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07PARAMARIBO585	STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: FAILED ACTION OR OMINOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations organized by the Youth Collective Suriname (JCS) continued on November 5 and marked the third time in less than a week that students took to the streets of Paramaribo, ostensibly to protest deficiencies in the educational system and other youth issues. Mem [...]	2007-11-09 12:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NS ASEC

07PARAMARIBO586	STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: FAILED ACTION OR OMINOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations organized by the Youth Collective Suriname (JCS) continued on November 5 and marked the third time in less than a week that students took to the streets of Paramaribo, ostensibly to protest deficiencies in the educational system and other youth issues. Mem [...]	2007-11-09 12:10:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NS ASEC
07PARAMARIBO589	STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: DRIZZLE & FIZZLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A student protest march organized on November 9 by the Youth Collective Suriname (YCS) failed to develop gravitas, but organizers can take some comfort from knowing that, despite heavy rains, they were successful at least in attracting about 300 student, reversing the trend of t [...]	2007-11-09 20:32:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO596	PRESIDENT, TOP OFFICIALS WARN OF DESTABILIZATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Suriname (GOS) President Ronald Venetiaan and other officials warned on November 14 of attempts by the political opposition to destabilize the government. However, citizen reactions have been calm, and tended to blame the government for creating fear. Meanwhile [...]	2007-11-16 18:27:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASIC NS
07PARAMARIBO598	SURINAME: FOOT AND MOUTH (FMD) ERADICATION IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 13:45:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PTER KSCA XR
07PARAMARIBO599	SURINAME MAY ABSTAIN ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 19 Post delivered the message per reftel to Government of Suriname (GOS) Ambassador to the United Nations Henry McDonald, GOS Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Jane Aarland-Nanhu, and GOS MFA Acting Head of International Organizations Rosita Hubar [...]	2007-11-19 19:56:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN NS
07PARAMARIBO60	INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN SURINAME [...] (U) Per reftel Post submits a list of women influential and active in government, civil society, and business in Suriname. Post hopes these women will be included in future activities organized by the Office of the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment (S/WE). We are [...]	2007-02-01 19:11:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO600	SURINAME DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FATF STATEMENT AND [...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the Americas Division Terence Craig. Craig acknowledged receipt of information, and said he felt banks in Suriname were already well aware of the stipulations of FATF. Craig said he would pass the information on t [...]	2007-11-20 18:03:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ECON IR NS
07PARAMARIBO602	DECLINE: COMMEMORATION OF GREAT WHITE FLEET [...] (U) Post thanks the department for the opportunity to suggest participatory activities in commemorating the "great white fleet," but declines the offer to participate in related public diplomacy events at this time. 2. (U) Post discussed the "Great White Fleet" commemoration at the cou [...]	2007-11-21 19:47:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO NS
07PARAMARIBO603	SURINAME TO SUPPORT UNGA BURMA RESOLUTION, [...] (U) Government of Suriname (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Ambassador Robby D. Ramlakhan, the point-man for this year's UNGA 3rd Committee slate, told Ambassador Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes on November 21 that Suriname will break precedent and support the human rights resolution [...]	2007-11-21 19:47:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN BM NS BO IR KN
07PARAMARIBO604	SURINAME: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) 1. Post presents its 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Suriname: I. Summary: Suriname is not a regional financial center and is not yet a significant site for money laundering when compared to other count [...]	2007-11-21 19:48:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN NS
07PARAMARIBO609	SUGGESTED INFO MEMO ON BOUTERSE TRIAL [...] (U) The following is suggested text for an info memo on the "December Process" (Bouterse trial) in Suriname. 2. (C) The trial of Desi Bouterse and 24 co-defendants for the December 1982 murder of fifteen political opponents will begin on Friday, November 30. Bouterse is expected by many [...]	2007-11-29 15:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASIC SNAR NS
07PARAMARIBO610	CHINESE UNPOPULAR WITH SURINAME PRESS: "CHINESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Surinamese media is severely biased against Chinese immigrants to Suriname, Chinese products, and China as a political presence. Privately editors and journalists commented bluntly, "I don't like the Chinese." The newspapers are to a degree beholden to the Chinese, howeve [...]	2007-11-29 19:14:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NS CH TW
07PARAMARIBO617	JUSTICE MINISTER TALKS PRIVATELY ABOUT STRIKES, [...] (U) From Ambassador Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes. 2. (C) In response to my telephone request, Justice and Police Minister Chandrikapersad Santokhi invited me and my RSO, Doug Marvin, to attend his November 29 meeting with Dutch Ambassador Tanya van Gool and her political officer to disc [...]	2007-12-04 11:22:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASIC PREL SNAR NS
07PARAMARIBO618	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered message to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname. The Government of Suriname had no immediate response. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive reaction from the Government of Surina [...]	2007-12-04 14:57:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS NS
07PARAMARIBO619	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CASH COURIER INITIATIVE [...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered message to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname. The Government of Suriname had no immediate reaction. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive response from the Government of Surina [...]	2007-12-04 14:59:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER ASEC NS
07PARAMARIBO62	PROMINENT SURINAMER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MARITIME [...] (SBU) During a roundtable lunch for educators Kries Nandoe, Suriname's former Ambassador to the U.N., voiced his opinion about the maritime border dispute with Guyana currently being decided by an international tribunal in Washington. An observer during the preliminary hearings in December, 2 [...]	2007-02-02 20:16:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO621	U.S. SPONSORED MEDIA TRAINING ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED, [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 18:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OPRC NS
07PARAMARIBO622	BUREACRATIC BLOCKS ON OPEN SKIES, DIRECT FLIGHTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After delaying for months in response to Embassy attempts to set up a meeting to further discuss air traffic with the United States, government of Suriname (GOS) Minister of Transportation, Communication, and Tourism (TCT) Richel Apinsa tabled Open Skies, saying the GOS prefer [...]	2007-12-04 18:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA XL NS
07PARAMARIBO623	BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 20:23:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO624	CHINA UNPOPULAR WITH THE SURINAMESE PUBLIC: "DIRTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Surinamese public is biased against recent immigrants from China. These "new Chinese" are accused of entering Suriname illegally, and receiving preferential treatment in obtaining residency permits and business licenses. Their economic competition is feared, and viewed by [...]	2007-12-04 20:23:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH NS
07PARAMARIBO625	U.S. SPEAKER OFFERS STRATEGIES FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 12:16:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PHUM SOCI OEXC OPRC NS
07PARAMARIBO626	BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...]	2007-12-05 15:02:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO627	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post delivered message to Terence Craig, head of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of Suriname (GOS). Craig told EmbOff "you guys have our support... as long as it involves international peace and security, we are with you." 2. [...]	2007-12-05 18:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IR PARM NS
07PARAMARIBO629	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (U) In response to reftel Post provides the following updated information on Suriname's commitment to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. A. (U) Suriname has ratified ILO Convention 182 regarding the worst forms of child labor. ILO Convention 138, the Minimum Age Convention, is, howe [...]	2007-12-06 18:24:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID NS
07PARAMARIBO636	GOVERNMENT OF SURINAME AND OPPOSITION TRADE [...] (C) Summary. "At very short notice, violent confrontations can be expected in Suriname," Dutch Embassy interlocuters relayed to EmbOffs during a late evening meeting at the Dutch Embassy on December 6. This information was from a "reliable source," the Dutch DCM said, who had also indicated [...]	2007-12-07 20:22:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO638	BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...]	2007-12-10 19:19:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO649	EMBASSY PARAMARIBO ACTIVITIES -- TAKING ACTION ON [...] (U) Summary. Post marked the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women as well as World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse by conducting a variety of events focused on violence against women and children. Events included a radio address, a reading to school children, a gue [...]	2007-12-14 19:56:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KAPO PHUM NS
07PARAMARIBO661	UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 20:05:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN NS
07PARAMARIBO663	EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH SOCSOUTH JCET TOR [...] (S) Post provides initial concurrence with the Terms of Reference (TOR) provided by Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) with the following caveats noted: A.(S) Timeline: the following modifications are requested: (1) Pre-deployment site survey (PDSS): 3rd week of January 2008 [...]	2007-12-21 21:35:00	Embassy Paramaribo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC MARR PINS PREL PTER NS MASS
07PARAMARIBO668	U.S. EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH 1206 FUNDING [...] (C) Embassy Paramaribo reiterates its endorsement (REF B) of the FY-08 1206 OEF-CCA funding proposal (with total cost estimate of $2,470,617 for equipment),which was received from CDR Gregory Ross, U.S. Southern Command as e-mail attachment on July 20, 2007. Suriname lacks the resources to [...]	2007-12-28 15:35:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MAS MCAP PREL PTER NS
07PARAMARIBO89	GOLD MINE STRIKE BECOMES POLITICAL FOOTBALL [...] (U) SUMMARY. A deadlock in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement culminated in a tense work stoppage at the gold mine owned by the Canadian company IAMGOLD. At the height of the conflict, President Ronald Venetiaan ordered extra army troops to the site to guard explosives at t [...]	2007-02-21 12:30:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV NS
07PARAMARIBO94	Paramaribo Request for American Corner Sustaining Funds [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT: (A) Embassy Paramaribo requests "American Corner Sustaining Funds" for FY-07. Post is beginning to realize success in its efforts to re-energize the Embassy-American Corner relationship. The Pol-PD Officer and PD FSN have outlined a comprehensive plan of action to make the [...]	2007-02-23 12:50:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OPRC OIIP NS
07PARIS1	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: SOMALIA, THE ETHIOPIAN OFFENSIVE; [...] (SBU) The conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia, conducted with alleged "tacit" or "explicit" U.S. support dominated the international news in France this week. The French press denounced the pending execution of Saddam Hussein and complained that he is being put to death before being tried fo [...]	2007-01-03 05:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS1011	UNESCO DG REACTS TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT "DELIVERING AS [...] This is a guidance request, see para 4. 2. Summary: After some initial hesitation, UNESCO's Director General Matsuura continues to engage member states on the results of the UN high level panel report "Delivering as One." At a March 9 question and answer session with member states, the D [...]	2007-03-15 13:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID
07PARIS1026	ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ROYAL AND SARKOZY UNCERTAIN HOW [...] (C) Asked to predict the result of the first round of the French presidential election now five weeks away, President Chirac is reported to have facetiously replied, "I see Sarkozy, Royal, Bayrou and Le Pen each getting 20 percent of the vote." In the most reputable polls there remains more [...]	2007-03-16 13:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1027	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: PRESIDENT BUSH IN LATIN AMERICA; [...] (SBU) In a week dominated by President Chirac's address to the nation (March 11),domestic politics led the national agenda, whether questions about Chirac's legacy, centrist presidential candidate Bayrou's rise in the polls, or the essence of French identity. On the international front, Presi [...]	2007-03-16 13:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS1033	FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points March 14 to Olivier Berthelot, Technical Counselor for Aviation to Minister of Transportation Dominique Perben. Berthelot reiterated French support for the draft agreement, and said that Perben would be calling allies on the issue (mentioning the Netherland [...]	2007-03-16 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EAIR ECON PREL FR
07PARIS1034	EMBASSY PARIS PRESS OUTREACH ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris reached key media audiences March 16 with an exclusive print interview for DOD U/S for Policy, Ambassador Eric Edelman, as well as a press roundtable featuring U/S Edelman and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Henry Obering. French press coverage on the USG's missile defe [...]	2007-03-16 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KPAO MNUC MARR IR FR RU
07PARIS1038	ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ROYAL AND SARKOZY UNCERTAIN HOW [...] (C) Asked to predict the result of the first round of the French presidential election now five weeks away, President Chirac is reported to have facetiously replied, "I see Sarkozy, Royal, Bayrou and Le Pen each getting 20 percent of the vote." In the most reputable polls there remains more [...]	2007-03-16 17:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1040	FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points March 14 to Olivier Berthelot, Technical Counselor for Aviation to Minister of Transportation Dominique Perben. Berthelot reiterated French support for the draft agreement, and said that Perben would be calling allies on the issue (mentioning the Netherland [...]	2007-03-16 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EAIR ECON PREL FR
07PARIS1062	FRANCE/DARFUR: ALIGNMENT ON HSP, DIVERGENCE ON [...] (C) Africa Watcher met March 16 with MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal to discuss Sudanese President Bashir's rejection of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) for Darfur (Ref A). Le Gal expressed French concurrence with the USG effort to muster public denunciations of the Bashir letter, and she [...]	2007-03-19 15:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
07PARIS1063	DOD USDP EDELMAN AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 15 meeting with USDP Edelman, MFA Political Director Araud accepted fully the U.S. right to deploy MD in the Czech Republic and Poland while noting the need for careful Russia management. Agreeing with Edelman that this was more a problem of politics than physics, A [...]	2007-03-19 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR NATO PARM AF IZ IR MOPS MNUC KCFE
07PARIS1065	TOTAL DISCUSSES PROSPECTIVE IRANIAN INVESTMENTS [...] (C) On March 8, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Paul Simons met with Total Exploration and Production President Yves-Louis Darricarrere to discourage Total's prospective energy sector investments in Iran. Darricarrere said that Total would not make a final in [...]	2007-03-19 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EINV EPET FR IR
07PARIS1066	(SBU) UNESCO -- INFORMATION MEETING ON TECHNICAL MISSION [...] (U) Summary and background: Six Arab state members of UNESCO have requested an extraordinary and unprecedented special meeting of the UNESCO Executive Board to discuss Israeli archaeological work on the ramp leading to the al-Mughrabi Gate on the Temple Mount. At the invitation of the Israeli [...]	2007-03-19 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL IS
07PARIS1067	FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: LINKING THE OUAGA ACCORD TO [...] (C) Summary: French MFA AF DAS-Equivalent for West Africa Francis Blondet reviewed developments in Cote d'Ivoire during a March 14 meeting with AF/W Deputy Donald L. Heflin. Blondet did not deviate from the supportive French stance toward the Ouagadougou Accord; however, he reiterated French c [...]	2007-03-19 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR IV FR
07PARIS1074	INTERNET RIGHTS FORUM DISCUSSES PROPOSED INTERNET [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 08:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS1075	FRANCE?S COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF is promoting the establishment of competitiveness clusters ("poles de competitivite" in French),combining the efforts of enterprises, research entities, and higher education institutions to develop technologies into products with practical applications. The GOF hopes t [...]	2007-03-20 08:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD ECPS EAIR ENRG EIND TNGD TRGY
07PARIS1076	FRANCE'S AEROSPACE CLUSTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: As part of France's new scientific and innovation policy (see ref a),France embarked on an ambitious program of naming competitiveness clusters throughout the country (ref b). Possibly the most visible of these clusters focuses on aerospace and embedded systems in the Midi-Pyrene [...]	2007-03-20 10:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL EINV EAIR TSPA TNGD EIND ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS108	DOWNSIDES TO CHIRAC'S FEBRUARY 2-3 ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The French Embassy in Washington recently invited Interior Secretary Kempthorne and EPA Administrator Johnson to attend the Conference for Global Ecological Governance to be held in Paris in early February. Given the characterization of agenda issues and the s [...]	2007-01-10 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AORC PREL FR
07PARIS1090	FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...]	2007-03-20 17:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
07PARIS1103	FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...]	2007-03-21 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
07PARIS1104	FRANCE/ZIMBABWE: LOOKING FOR AFRICANS TO TAKE THE [...] (C) MFA interlocutors report a shift in French thinking on Zimbabwe and greater readiness to engage and bring pressure to bear on the regime through multilateral fora. France nonetheless emphasizes the importance of getting Africans into the lead and holds out hopes that SADC will take a stro [...]	2007-03-21 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC UNO IR KNNP ZI FR
07PARIS1111	GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...]	2007-03-22 08:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MNUC PARM FR
07PARIS1115	GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...]	2007-03-22 13:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MNUC PARM FR
07PARIS1116	OECD: MARCH 20 COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF ENLARGEMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 20 Council discussion of enlargement and enhanced engagement broke no new ground, with OECD Members holding to longstanding positions. Secretary General (SG) Gurria focused on the latest version of his informal paper, which continues to advocate opening discussions w [...]	2007-03-22 13:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD OECD
07PARIS1119	PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) The March 14 meeting of the Paris Club reviewed the debt status of 24 countries, taking steps to prepare for debt treatments in the coming months for the Central African Republic (likely in April),the Gambia (in May),Sao Tome and Principe (in May),and Liberia. Creditors confirmed the [...]	2007-03-22 13:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS112	FRENCH SHARE VIEWS ON LEBANON CONFERENCE, UNSCR [...] (S) Summary: EB PDAS Liz Dibble and NEA DAS Robert Danin met with the MFA's Herve Besancenot (DAS-equivalent for the Levant) and the Elysee's Dominique Boche (Chirac's Middle East advisor) on January 9 to discuss preparations for the January 25 Lebanon conference (septel to follow) and options [...]	2007-01-10 17:01:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1137	MFA CRITICAL OF SYG'S WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY VAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, THE MFA'S CHRISTIAN TESTO (DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE MAGHREB) AGREED THAT IT MADE SENSE TO PRESS FOR DIRECT MOROCCAN/POLISARIO TALKS. HE WAS CRITICAL OF PETER VAN WALSUM, THE UN SYG'S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR THE WESTERN SAHARA. TURNING TO UNSC DYNAMICS, HE [...]	2007-03-23 11:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AG FR MO PREL SP UK WI UNSC
07PARIS1146	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MISSILE DEFENSE; IRAQ--FOUR YEAR [...] (SBU) Most media outlets portrayed the issue of U.S. missile defense installations in the Czech Republic and Poland as splitting Europe on its 50th anniversary. The four year anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq was also cause for reflection on the status of the conflict and the U.S [...]	2007-03-23 14:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS1154	TALIBAN EXCHANGE: FRANCE AGREES SERIOUS; [...] (C) POL Deputy delivered reftel demarche March 23 to DAS-equivalent for Security Affairs Pierre Thenard and desk officer Francois Revardeaux, highlighting (also to dispel some press rumors that have circulated) failed U.S. attempts to dissuade the Italians and Afghans from proceeding with suc [...]	2007-03-23 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PREL AF IT NATO FR EUN
07PARIS1155	ELECTION SNAPSHOT: LEADERS HOLDING STEADY ONE [...] (U) With one month to go before the April 22 first round of France's presidential election, the campaigns of all twelve candidates are in high gear. Nicolas Sarkozy, who leaves his post as Interior Minister on March 26 to dedicate himself full-time to the presidential race, continues to lead [...]	2007-03-23 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1157	UNSCR 1267: FRENCH REACTION TO UPDATING TALIBAN NAMES [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL UNSC FR
07PARIS1170	FRENCH AGREE CIRCUMVENTION OF HRC WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 13:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PHUM PREL UNHCR
07PARIS1173	FRANCE LOBBIES STATE OFFICIALS ON GEOGRAPHIC INDICATION [...] Summary : On March 9 to 13, the Government of France (GOF) invited four state agricultural officials to France to convince them that France's approach to the Geographic Indications (GI) Issue could benefit their constituencies as well. Agricultural officials from Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas a [...]	2007-03-26 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS1190	OECD: AMBASSADOR MORELLA BRIEFS COUNCIL ON THE PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Ambassador Morella briefed the OECD Council March 20 on the status of the U.S. initiative for a "Partnership for Democratic Governance" (see speaking notes in Para 5 below). Due to the late hour, discussion was limited; however, several key OECD Members expressed strong support for the [...]	2007-03-26 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS1192	UNESCO INTERNAL AUDITOR ON EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary. In an off-the-record conversation (please protect),UNESCO's Director of Internal Oversight Services (IOS): (i) offered a harsh professional view of the overall quality of the External Auditor's recent report on contracting procedures used to carry out UNESCO Education Sector refo [...]	2007-03-26 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UNESCO
07PARIS1193	FRANCE ON GLOBAL FORUM V ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] (U) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption with DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre and desk officer Francois Legue on March 23 and 26. Legue said the French delegation to Johannesburg would be led by Ambassador-at-Large for the Fight Against Organized Crime, [...]	2007-03-26 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AORC ASEC KCRM KCOR KJUS PREL IO UN FR
07PARIS1220	FRANCE/GYMNICH: FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT ON ALL ISSUES [...] (U) We shared reftel points with MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet (all points),Bosnian desk officer Michel Clerx (Bonsia points),and Kosovo desk officer Herve Boisguillaume (Serbia and Kosovo points). 2. (C) Bosnia: Clerx said Bosnia is not on the Gymnich agenda. That said, the French agre [...]	2007-03-27 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI
07PARIS1228	A/S O'BRIEN MEETINGS ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (S) Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Patrick O'Brien consulted March 15-16 with French officials to discuss implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1737 on Iran sanctions, share information on individuals and entities involved in Iran's nuclear weapons program, learn the status of [...]	2007-03-27 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR
07PARIS123	UNESCO REFORM: NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR AWAITS CONCLUSIONS [...] Summary: On the margins of the January 9-12 meeting of the panel established to review UNESCO's Natural Sciences sector and Social and Human Sciences sector, there is uncertainty both in the delegations and in the secretariat as to what the review exercise might yield. This includes concern [...]	2007-01-11 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
07PARIS1233	MILD FRENCH GDP GROWTH IN FIRST HALF OF 2007 [...] SUMMARY. In its March overview of the French economy, the National Statistical Agency INSEE forecast GDP growth to stay on an annual pace close to 2.0 percent in the first half of 2007. Economic growth is forecast to remain dependent on household consumption. Presidential elections are not ex [...]	2007-03-28 08:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV ELAB FR
07PARIS124	FRENCH AND G7/EU REACTIONS TO ADDITIONAL IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: France appreciated early notice of the US decision to designate domestically Bank Sepah delivered per ref A, but will probably defer to the EU for any possible further action against the bank, since it lacks independent national authority on proliferation matters. Separately, Fra [...]	2007-01-11 15:37:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	EFIN PARM PGOV ETTC UNSC FR
07PARIS1242	FRENCH PUT CONTACT GROUP ON INDEFINITE HOLD [...] (S) Summary: On March 27, Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant, gave an equivocal response to reftel demarche, claiming that the Quai's position had remained consistent: the French support the Contact Group in theory, but the timing must be handled carefully because of the extr [...]	2007-03-28 17:01:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR GM IR IS IT LE PARM PGOV PREL SP SY UK
07PARIS125	FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DOUSTE-BLAZY TO ATTEND THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC NATO FR
07PARIS1252	CHAD/SUDAN/C.A.R.: CONVINCING DEBY TO ACCEPT UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Chad desk officer Michael Deslaimes (PROTECT THROUGHOUT) on March 27 said that the international community needed to emphasize to Chad's President Deby the benefits for Chad of a UN peacekeeping mission on the Chad-Sudan border, rather than stress how such a mission could h [...]	2007-03-29 11:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC CD SU FR
07PARIS126	FRENCH URGE DELAY ON BURMA VOTE: NOT ENOUGH TIME [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM FR
07PARIS1262	FRENCH LAW ON DIGITAL TELEVISION TAXES TELCO PROVIDERS [...] (U) On February 22, the French Parliament approved a GOF-drafted bill that will replace analog with digital television by 2011, launch high definition television (HDTV),and provide for handheld portable TV services. The GOF has not yet decided how it will allocate the spectrum freed by the en [...]	2007-03-30 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS127	FRENCH URGE DELAY ON BURMA VOTE: NOT ENOUGH TIME [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 06:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM FR
07PARIS1270	FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL OBERSTAR VISIT APRIL [...] (SBU) We would like to extend a warm welcome to Codel Oberstar for your April 3 - 6 visit to France. During your stay here you will have meetings with senior French officials, including Transportation Minister Dominique Perben, Minister Delegate for Trade Christine Lagarde, and Director Genera [...]	2007-03-30 10:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ETRD PREL FR
07PARIS1283	ELECTION SNAPSHOT: UNINFORMATIVE POLLS, URBAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three weeks from the April 22 first-round of France's presidential election, center-right former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Poitou-Charentes Region President Segolene Royal remain in the lead. Francois Bayrou, head of the centrist Union for French Democra [...]	2007-03-30 14:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1288	MFA SHARES SKEPTICISM ON SYRIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 07:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1294	JAMES MURPHY'S MEETING WITH KEY FRENCH AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: James Murphy, Assistant US Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs, met with high-level French agricultural officials to discuss a number of U.S./EU ag trade issues. Mr. Murphy was accompanied by Embassy staff from FAS and ECON. The French participants were: Francois Ri [...]	2007-04-02 11:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS1306	FRENCH IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747: BANK SEPAH [...] (S) France clamped down on Bank Sepah just before adoption of UNSCR 1747, ensuring no capital flight would occur and thereby allow Iran to elude an asset freeze. The French Banking Commission acted in advance of French or EU implementing texts. END SUMMARY. Bank of France Pre-Action ----- [...]	2007-04-02 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR
07PARIS1307	JOHNNY ABDO: DISTRUSTFUL OF SAUDI DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: In a March 30 meeting, Former Lebanese Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo said he distrusts the recent flurry of Saudi diplomatic activity on Lebanon, and faulted the Saudis for not taking Saad Hariri seriously. A March 14 supporter, Abdo nevertheless criticized the March 14 leadersh [...]	2007-04-02 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1312	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE SUGGESTS NEED FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials told PM Acting DAS Ruggiero that the GoF also opposes an international ban on cluster munitions and fears that Norway's push to establish a legally binding instrument could provoke the same fruitless debates between states that followed the Ottowa Convention on la [...]	2007-04-03 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL PGOV NATO FR
07PARIS1332	FRANCE WARY OF SHARING NSG'S EXPORT DENIAL [...] (C) Poloff met April 4 to deliver reftel demarche to the MFA's Luis Vassy, desk officer for the NSG, and David Bertolloti, desk officer for Iranian non-proliferation, in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs to deliver reftel demarche. Vassy said the MFA would have difficulty supporting the U.S. pro [...]	2007-04-04 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP IAEA IR
07PARIS1334	OECD: State of Play on Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement [...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the April ECSS and May Ministerial Council Meeting, elements of an OECD enlargement and enhanced engagement (EE) package are emerging. Members appear ready to bless opening accesion negotiations with Chile and Israel, although some continue to express concerns a [...]	2007-04-04 16:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS1361	A/S C/T COORDINATOR TALKS PKK TO THE FRENCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Acting S C/T Coordinator Frank Urbancic and a U.S. interagency delegation met March 29 with a French interministerial group to discuss strategies for dismantling the capabilities of the PKK to finance and recruit in Europe. The French delegation provided a comprehensive overview o [...]	2007-04-05 15:41:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU GM FR
07PARIS1364	JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL TRACING [...] (U) On April 5, German Embasssy First Secretary Stefan Krawielicki and Poloff delivered a joint demarche to French MFA Director of Archives Jean Mendelson concerning the opening of the International Tracing Service (ITS) archives for the purpose of research and the provision of copies of arch [...]	2007-04-05 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BE FR GM GR IS IT LU PHUM PL UK
07PARIS1383	FRANCE ON SHAMBA VISA [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 10:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG UNSC FR
07PARIS1386	ELECTION SNAPSHOT: PERSONAL ATTACKS INTENSIFY AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three weeks from the April 22 first round of France's presidential elections, the two leading candidates have intensified their attacks on each others' character as they aim to sway the undecided to vote against their opponent. Polls released during the week of March 31 - April [...]	2007-04-06 14:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PINR SOCI ECON EUN FR
07PARIS1418	France Telecom's Transformational Strategy [...] (SBU) On March 30, France Telecom (FT) executives told us that FT had to expand into new areas, both geographically and functionally, since telecom services were minimally profitable in France. FT emphasized that value-added services delivered through broadband and mobile telephony would be th [...]	2007-04-10 14:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS1424	FRANCE NOT INITIALLY ENCOURAGING ON RECEIVING GTMO [...] (C) POL Deputy delivered reftel demarches March 22 to MFA DAS-equivalent for Security Pierre Thenard and, following the meeting, provided ref B points March 23 as an aide memoire. Recalling the MFA's reaction to a U.S. approach several months ago to accept Uighers as "completely negative," Th [...]	2007-04-10 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG EUN
07PARIS143	NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO MINSK WILL DELIVER STRONG [...] (C) French MFA Belarus desk officer told us on January 12 that France's new Ambassador to Minsk, Mireille Musso, intends to deliver a strong message to President Lukashenko when she presents her credentials. Musso is expected to arrive in Minsk on January 16 and will request that her credenti [...]	2007-01-12 14:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR BO
07PARIS1448	NEW BIOTECH DEVELOPMENTS - FRANCE [...] Summary: Biotech issues continue to make headlines in France. An anti-biotech lobby reported on health risks associated with MON863 biotech corn, while the President and Director of Greenpeace France were charged with an ?incentive or direct provocation of GMO destruction? in a lawsuit. [...]	2007-04-11 11:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS1456	FRENCH PONDER UNSC MOVES ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: FRENCH MFA OFFICIALS ARE SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT THE POLISARIO -- IN THE HOPE OF PREEMPTING ANY USG ENDORSEMENT OF THE MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN -- WILL AGREE TO DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS WITH RABAT "WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS," WHILE INSISTING THAT THE MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN CANNOT SERVE AS A [...]	2007-04-11 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PGOV PREL UNSC MO AG WI
07PARIS1462	FRENCH PUBLIC DEBT RATIO DROPS IN 2006 [...] SUMMARY: French public debt decreased to 63.9 percent of GDP, based on Maastricht definitions used to report budget data to the European Commission. A reduction in the central government deficit, sales of shares in state-owned companies, and better management of government short-term securiti [...]	2007-04-12 10:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV ELAB FR
07PARIS147	Reporting Cable: NINTH OECD WORKING GROUP ON WASTE [...] The draft agenda (ENV/EPOC/WGWPR/A(2006)1) was accepted without comment, as was the Summary Record of the Eighth Meeting. AGENDA ITEM 3: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS --------------------------------------------- --- 2. Several countries including the US, gave brief synopse [...]	2007-01-12 15:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY FR

07PARIS1472	France's New DRM Authority [...] (SBU) French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres announced on April 6 the establishment of the Technical Measures Regulation Authority (TMRA),which will decide on issues of interoperability of digital rights management (DRM) systems, as well as rights to copy original works for priv [...]	2007-04-12 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECPS KIPR FR
07PARIS1476	HARIRI ADVISOR: CHIRAC DETERMINED TO PURSUE [...] (S) Summary: President Chirac has concluded that there is no way to establish the International Tribunal for Lebanon other than via Chapter VII action by the UNSC, and will exert all his influence to make that happen before leaving office next month, according to Basile Yared, the Paris-based [...]	2007-04-12 17:04:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1491	ELECTION SNAPSHOT: WITH TEN DAYS TO GO - SARKOZY [...] (U) With less than ten days remaining before the April 22 first round of France's presidential elections, the relative standing of the leading candidates in the polls remains essentially unchanged from what is was mid-March (refs). Heading into the home stretch, former Interior Minister Nicol [...]	2007-04-13 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB PINR SOCI ECON EUN FR
07PARIS150	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND NEW STRATEGY; AMERICAN AIR [...] (SBU) Speculation as to President Bush's new strategy for Iraq, including the replacement of Generals George Casey and John Abizaid, began to gain momentum in the French media this week. Before the President's address to the nation, commentators analyzed the possible consequences of sending ne [...]	2007-01-12 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS151	COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: A USG Delegation led by Ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, Hank Crumpton, held strategic counterterrorism consultations with senior French officials December 7. The two delegations exchanged views on the overall threat situation, improvements to both countries' counterterr [...]	2007-01-16 07:34:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS1530	FRENCH HEDGE ON COMPACT SIGNING EVENT [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel points to MFA Senior Iraq Desk Officer Bernard Chappedelaine on April 16. Chappedelaine noted that it might be difficult to secure French ministerial representation at the Compact signing event due to the French presidential elections; he predicted that the French w [...]	2007-04-17 12:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR EAID EFIN EG IC PGOV PREL UN GCC EU
07PARIS1537	France's Presidential Candidates' Views on the Digital [...] (SBU) The emergence of a new generation of candidates and voters is helping define France's response to Internet growth and regulation, electronic commerce, and new technologies. For the first time in a presidential campaign, this is an issue of political debate. The Forum of Internet Rights, [...]	2007-04-17 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS KIPR ETRD FR
07PARIS1566	THE ABC'S OF FRANCE'S APRIL 22 AND MAY 6 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The French presidential election is a single, national election in two rounds; it is, above all, a personal election by universal, direct suffrage absent reference to party affiliation. France's voters (except for the small portion that will use electronic voting machines) will [...]	2007-04-18 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS158	UPDATE ON LEBANON DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: FRANCE IS ENCOURAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON'S PROPOSED ECONOMIC PROGRAM TO GARNER DONOR SUPPORT, AND IS RELATIVELY WELL-ADVANCED IN PREPARATIONS FOR THE JANUARY 25 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR LEBANON. THE LEBANESE ECONOMIC TEAM GAVE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION OF ITS ECONOMIC [...]	2007-01-16 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL LE SY FR
07PARIS1581	CHIRAC SENDS ENVOY TO TEHRAN, BUT ENVOY HAS [...] (S) Several months after his plans to send a secret envoy to Tehran were frustrated by a press leak, President Chirac quietly dispatched Jean Felix-Pagagnon (NEA A/S-equivalent) and Damien Loras (FM Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor for the Middle East) to Iran on April 17 for a two-day visit. Do [...]	2007-04-19 08:58:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR LY SY IR PGOV PREL
07PARIS1585	MAIN FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AGRICULTURE PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the farm population makes up less than 4 percent of the French electorate it's political influence has been, during the tenure of President Chirac, disproportionately strong. In this Presidential campaign, the agricultural policies of the main candidates have not been a [...]	2007-04-19 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD KPAO EU FR
07PARIS1587	COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH REMAIN WARY, INTEND TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel said on April 18 that outward signs in Cote d'Ivoire remained positive but that France remained wary that the situation could take a turn for the worse. The GOF was not convinced of President Gbagbo's good intentions over the long [...]	2007-04-19 15:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IV FR
07PARIS1588	FRANCE AND KOSOVO UNSCR; LOCAL SERBIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) France has stood closely by us throughout the Kosovo final status process. Notwithstanding upcoming French presidential elections, we do not anticipate any change in France's position. That said, we believe that it will be important for our leadership to engage with France's new governme [...]	2007-04-19 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK FR
07PARIS159	FRANCE SEEKS EU COVER ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on January 16 to MFA Iran Desk Officer Arnaud Pescheux, who indicated that France had not budgeted any funds for democracy promotion in Iran. "If we were to do something, it would undoubtedly be via Brussels," Pescheux said. He noted that France "anticipate [...]	2007-01-16 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM LE PGOV PREL FR IR
07PARIS1592	FRANCE WANTS TO PLAY MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN GLOBAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: After welcoming reftel demarche, MFA nuclear non-proliferation expert, Delphine Hournau, requested Washington's views on a larger role for the GOF in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. France is particu [...]	2007-04-19 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIC PARM PREL AM CB MK RO FR
07PARIS1593	CHIRAC'S ENDGAME IN LEBANON [...] (C) Summary/comment: President Chirac does not believe Russia will veto a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, according to Chirac's Middle East advisor, Dominique Boche. Although the Russians have not yet proposed any quid pro quo for their support or abstention, the French w [...]	2007-04-19 18:16:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR LE SY PGOV PREL UNSC
07PARIS1595	ELECTION EVE: BETWEEN SARKOZY AND ROYAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the final days before the April 22 first round of the French presidential election, the latest polls continue to predict that center-right UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, followed by Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal, will be the two victors for the May 7 run-off. Ce [...]	2007-04-20 11:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1596	FRENCH RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche April 18 and ref B demarche April 20 to Jean-Louis Falconi, head of Common Foreign and Security Policy at the MFA. Falconi said he would review our points carefully and said he understood U.S. views. However, due to staffing shortfalls and pressing tasks [...]	2007-04-20 13:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN ETRD KPAL PREL XG IS IR AF FR
07PARIS1597	MUBARAK AND ABBAS BID ADIEU TO CHIRAC [...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac received Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Paris on April 16, and then met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on April 17. While both visits were essentially courtesy calls, Chirac seized the opportunity to press Mubarak for support on [...]	2007-04-20 14:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL EG FR IS PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS1608	FRANCE: IMPACT OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY. According to an evaluation of the leading French presidential candidates' job-creation proposals by a prominent think tank aligned with French business groups, only center-right UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy's policy proposals would create jobs and add to GDP growth; centrist UDF [...]	2007-04-20 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ELAB FR
07PARIS1609	UNSCR 1747/OECD: FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR
07PARIS1610	FRANCE QUIETLY SUPPORTS SPANISH APPROACH ON CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for Cuba Blandine Kreiss defended FM Moratinos' visit to Cuba, arguing the necessity of re-establishing government-to-government relations between Cuba and the EU and the need to give the human rights mechanism more time before judging its effectiveness. More [...]	2007-04-20 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CU FR EUN
07PARIS1611	SARKOZY LEADS ROYAL INTO SECOND ROUND OF [...] (U) In the first round of France's 2007 presidential election, center-right candidate Nicolas Sarkozy clearly bested center-left candidate Segolene Royal, with centrist candidate Francois Bayrou coming in third. As expected, therefore, Royal and Sarkozy will go on to the second round of the [...]	2007-04-22 20:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1623	C.A.R.: FRENCH HOPEFUL BUT NOT CONVINCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. desk officer Daniel Westerink on April 28 said that the GOF was encouraged by the recent peace pact engineered by President Bozize and UFDR leader Damane but was not convinced that this arrangement would prove significant because of uncertainty over whether other UFD [...]	2007-04-24 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS CT FR
07PARIS1654	NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL IN OSLO -- FRENCH AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Following up on the U.S. agenda for the Oslo Ministerial, the MFA confirmed April 24 that France agrees that NATO should focus on Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Missile Defense. In the context of Missile Defense, France will propose that NATO highlight the 10th anniversary of the NATO- [...]	2007-04-25 14:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO EUN FR
07PARIS1659	FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) Embassy Paris has regularly engaged the GoF on possibilities for French participation in the Iraq coalition, but has made little headway given President Chirac's original, adamant opposition to the war. Although the French have generally tried since then to avoid provoking the U.S., and t [...]	2007-04-25 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL IZ MARR MAS MOPS PTER
07PARIS1660	FRENCH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 15:55:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KNNP PARM IR FR
07PARIS168	UNESCO CONFERENCE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND MEDIA [...] (SBU) UNESCO hosted a three-day international conference on the "Freedom of Expression and Media Development in Iraq" January 8-10 in Paris, bringing together over 300 participants, including 200 Iraqi journalists, some 20 members of the Iraqi parliament, government officials, and media owners [...]	2007-01-17 14:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL KDEM IZ
07PARIS1689	SHIELD S32-06: FRENCH COMPANY COOPERATION WITH [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. (S)2. On April 25, econoff met with MFA Director for Export Control Jacques Raharinaivo to discuss the results of the GOF investigation into French company Paul Boye Manufacturing's dealings with two subsidiaries of the Iranian Defense Industrie [...]	2007-04-26 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM ETTC PREL FR
07PARIS1692	(S) TERRORIST ABDALLAH IN THE HOSPITAL; SIGNS GOOD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Convicted terrorist and political assassin, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, remains in prison. His parole request is not likely to be decided until June 2007. The Ministry of Justice has assured the Ambassador that it opposes parole. Abdallah's worsening health, however, could potent [...]	2007-04-27 05:16:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PGOV PTER FR
07PARIS1693	ELECTION SNAPSHOT: IN FIRST WEEK OF SECOND-ROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With a little more than a week to go, center-right Presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy continues to hold a distinct lead over center-left candidate Segolene Royal in all polls of second-round voter intentions, with 53 percent for Sarkozy and 47 percent for Royal. Sarkozy an [...]	2007-04-27 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1694	FRANCE WITH U.S. ON MINURSO MANDATE RENEWAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-27 13:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MO WI FR
07PARIS1695	AF DAS THOMPSON'S MFA DISCUSSIONS ON ZIMBABWE, [...] (C) Summary: AF DAS Carol Thompson pushed for active engagement on Zimbabwe and mapped out USG public health initiatives in Africa, e.g. PEPFAR and the President's Malaria initiative, in a meeting with MFA AF A/S-Equivalent Jean de Gliniasty. Gliniasty called for letting Africans take the le [...]	2007-04-27 14:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR ZI FR
07PARIS170	CHIRAC'S ENVOY TO IRAN -- WHAT'S PROMPTING THIS [...] (S) LE MONDE'S JAN. 17 EDITION RAN A FRONT-PAGE STORY ON CHIRAC,S INTEREST IN PURSUING A DIALOGUE WITH IRAN ON LEBANON, THUS CONFIRMING WHAT MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR GERARD ARAUD TOLD THE AMBASSADOR DURING THEIR JAN. 15 MEETING. WE FACE THE PROSPECT OF UNTOWARD POLICY INITIATIVES BY CHIRAC DUR [...]	2007-01-17 14:18:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR IR LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS1707	FRANCE DRAWS FIRE FOR HONORING CHINESE CENSOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA defended its decision to award the Legion of Honor to Long Xinmin, former head of the Chinese agency that controls and censors the press, against complaints from a French NGO and the media that such an honor compromises France's stated commitment to freedom of the p [...]	2007-04-27 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH FR
07PARIS1708	FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with the French April 26 to discuss Iraq and Iran. Officials remained positive about the Iraq Compact's goals, but were unable to confirm ministerial participation at the Compact launch due to French elections. On Iran, both of the president [...]	2007-04-27 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	EFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR
07PARIS1709	CODEL OBERSTAR VISIT TO FRANCE, APRIL 3-6 2007 [...] (SBU) Chairman James Oberstar and seven members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee visited France April 3-6. They met with the Minister of Transportation, the Minister Delegate for Trade, the Director General of Civil Aviation, as well as CEOs from Airbus, Air France and [...]	2007-04-27 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL FR
07PARIS1710	FRANCE: DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES G8 ISSUES, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Xavier Musca, DG for Economic Policy, April 27 to discuss G8 issues, Iraq, Iran and Liberia. Musca indicated concerns that European-led sanctions would lead to a vacuum to be filled in Iran by China and Russia. He promised to look into [...]	2007-04-27 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	EFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR LI
07PARIS1717	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 12, emboffs conducted a pre-license check on application 050038126 for the export of 12 filter assemblies to Sabena Technics in France via the UK. Sabena Technics has a good reputation in the aircraft maintenance field, and post has no derogatory information about the [...]	2007-04-30 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC FR
07PARIS1718	ISSAM FARES: NO PLANS TO RETURN TO LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Former Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares told us April 27 that he has no plans to return to Lebanon, saying that he preferred to remain focused on his business interests. He categorically denied rumors that Lebanese President Lahoud would appoint him as a caretaker Prime [...]	2007-04-30 14:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS1723	FRANCE SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL [...] (C) On April 30th, we raised reftel demarche on Russia and its CFE obligations with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE. Roux observed that France shared our concern with respect to Russian intentions, especially if Russia is looking to abandon its commitment to the CFE regime [...]	2007-04-30 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE PARM NATO RU FR
07PARIS1742	PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND CAR NEGOTIATION [...] (SBU) At the April 19-20, 2007 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided debt relief to the Central African Republic in recognition of its eligibility for the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and to facilitate the newly signed Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) wit [...]	2007-05-02 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS1763	CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL 26 REMARKS - RUSSIANS STATE [...] (C) In a May 2 follow-up conversation with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE (ref B),Roux provided us with a readout of his May 2 conversation with Russian Embassy representatives. According to Roux, the Russian representative emphasized that Putin's April 26 message was de [...]	2007-05-03 12:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE PARM NATO RS FR
07PARIS1784	ELECTION EVE: SARKOZY EXTENDS HIS LEAD GOING INTO [...] (U) On the eve of the run-off election between former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Poitou-Charentes Region President Segolene Royal, France's electorate is looking forward -- though not without some apprehension -- to the choice of direction for France that it will make in electing a [...]	2007-05-04 14:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1785	DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on April 30 said that recent developments in the Borrel case, involving judicial searches of the MFA and Justice Ministry, largely involved internal French legal issues. The Borrel case continued to affect France-Djibouti relations, although bo [...]	2007-05-04 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS1789	U.S. ECONOMIC STAKES IN FRANCE'S PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Going into the second round of France's presidential elections the stakes are modest for near to medium-term U.S. economic interests. We see little difference between the candidates on key foreign economic policy issues: a Doha deal would happen in spite of, not thanks to, France [...]	2007-05-04 14:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV FR
07PARIS1790	FRANCE BACKS EUROPEAN ENGAGEMENT WITH ERITREA [...] (C) France supports EU and EC efforts to engage Eritrea, including the invitation by the European Commission for President Isaias Afwerki to visit Brussels, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helen Le Gal informed Africa Watcher on May 3 in response to demarche (Ref A). Le Gal remarked that the invitation [...]	2007-05-04 14:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR ER FR
07PARIS1791	IT'S PRESIDENT SARKOZY -- IN A CLEAR-CUT VICTORY [...] (SBU) Nicolas Sarkozy has won France's presidency by a clear cut, 53 percent majority. Official results -- 53 percent of the vote for Sarkozy and 47 percent for Socialist Segolene Royal -- were announced by France's Interior Ministry 8 P.M. Paris time on Sunday May 6. President Bush called [...]	2007-05-06 18:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1799	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY FOR COMBATING [...] (U) SUMMARY.: Government and NGO sources report an overall increase in anti-Semitic incidents in 2006, with a much sharper increase in physical attacks on persons. More recently, March and April witnessed a spate of anti-Semitic crimes including cemetery profanations and physical attacks. P [...]	2007-05-07 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF SCUL SMIG SOCI FR
07PARIS18	FRANCE'S ENERGY SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) Summary. The GOF is enhancing its energy security through diversification of supply sources and increasing the percentage of nuclear and renewables in its energy mix, while decreasing the use of oil and coal. While these changes are guided partially by a desire to become more energy indep [...]	2007-01-03 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EPET ENRG KPRP ECON FR
07PARIS1817	THE FRENCH ELECT SARKOZY -- WHAT THEIR CHOICE MEANS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In electing Nicolas Sarkozy as France's sixth President under the Fifth Republic (ref),French voters: -- entrusted their country's highest office to an intensely ambitious and passionately action-oriented politician; -- endorsed the wide-ranging program of reforms -- includi [...]	2007-05-09 13:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS1844	ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...]	2007-05-10 09:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS
07PARIS186	RWANDA: EFFECT OF BRUGUIERE REPORT ON USG, STATUS [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXXl told us January 12 that Judge Bruguiere's November 17 report recommending the prosecution of President Kagame and requesting the arrest of nine of his associates had been forwarded to Interpol. He noted that it was incumbent on the U.S. to make its own determi [...]	2007-01-18 10:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KJUS INTERPOL RW FR
07PARIS1870	CWC CONSULTATIONS WITH FRANCE, UK AND GERMANY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French hosted consultations on the Chemical Weapons Convention with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 3, 2007 preceded on May 2 by biological weapons discussions (reported Septel). Due to new French and UK Heads of Delegation, this round of Close Allies discussions brou [...]	2007-05-11 13:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL FR GM UK
07PARIS1879	SAAD HARIRI'S MEETING WITH SARKOZY [...] (C) PRESIDENT-ELECT SARKOZY ASSURED PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND LEBANESE MP SAAD HARIRI ON MAY 10 THAT HE WILL STAY THE COURSE ON PURSUING A CHAPTER VII UNSCR TO ESTABLISH THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON. ACCORDING TO READOUTS WE RECEIVED AFTER THE MEETING FROM DOMINIQUE BOCHE, CHIRAC'S MIDDLE EAST [...]	2007-05-11 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS1882	FRENCH VIEWS ON TAKING CARE OF BRAMMERTZ. THE ICTY [...] (C) France is backing Serge Brammertz to succeed Carla Del Ponte as ICTY Chief Prosecutor from a belief that Brammertz will otherwise refuse to extend his mandate at the UN International Investigative Commission (UNIIIC),an outcome the French characterize as disastrous. MFA UN/Middle East Ac [...]	2007-05-11 15:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC SY LE FR
07PARIS1883	HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH AOUN'S HENCHMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: WE MET MAY 10 WITH MICHEL AOUN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN PARIS, SIMON ABI RAMIA, AND CHALLENGED HIS TEDIOUS ASSERTION THAT THE U.S. SHOULD REGARD AOUN AS AN ALLY. WE ARGUED, INTER ALIA, THAT AOUN IS BEING USED BY HIZBALLAH, THAT ABI RAMIA'S "AOUN IS YOUR ALLY" MESSAGE HAS LOST ALL CRED [...]	2007-05-11 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS1885	DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT INFORMATION ON FRANCE EXPAT [...] (U) John L. Espinoza is Paris Embassy Point of Contact for detainee issues. He can be contacted by classified email at EspinozaJL@state.sgov.gov, by unclassified email at EspinozaJohnL@state.gov, and by phone at 33(0)1-43-12-25-75. ------------------------------- RELEVANT EXPATRIATE COMMUNI [...]	2007-05-11 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PINR FR
07PARIS1887	FRANCE: GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON GAERC ISSUES [...] (U) We shared reftel points on May 11 with MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet. 2. (C) Western Balkans: Cohet indicated that Bosnia is unlikely to be discussed. Regarding Serbia, he indicated that France shares our position on the new government and on cooperation with the ICTY. On Kosovo, [...]	2007-05-11 17:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN ETRD KPAL XG IS IR AF
07PARIS1888	FRANCE AND LEBANON: UPDATE ON CHAPTER VII [...] (C) NEA Watcher met May 11 with Damien Loras, FM Douste-Blazy,s cabinet advisor for the Middle East, to discuss French thinking on the content and timing of a Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. On content, Loras noted that the French disagreed with essential [...]	2007-05-11 17:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS189	COTE D'IVOIRE: LACK OF PROGRESS WEIGHS HEAVILY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Desk officers from the MFA's AF and IO bureaus, in a January 10 meeting with AF/W desk officer Emily Plumb, expressed their dismay and frustration at the lack of progress towards a political solution in Cote d'Ivoire. The French remain committed to the various efforts by the i [...]	2007-01-18 12:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV MOPS PHUM IV FR
07PARIS1892	COMOROS: FRANCE SHARES U.S. ASSESSMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF DAS-equivalent Jean-Claude Brunet on May 10 said that France shared USG views (refs A and B) on the current situation in the Comoros. The situation had calmed in the past few days, but much depended on how President Sambi now responded to Anjouan "President" Bacar's con [...]	2007-05-14 08:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN FR
07PARIS1914	FRENCH POISED TO RAISE CONCERNS WITH VAN WALSUM [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, THE MFA'S DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE MAGHREB, CHRISTIAN TESTO, TOLD US ON MAY 14 THAT FRANCE AND THE U.S. ARE ON "EXACTLY THE SAME WAVELENGTH" WITH REGARD TO UN WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY PETER VAN WALSUM. TESTO NOTED THAT THE FRENCH ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED BY SIG [...]	2007-05-14 11:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PREL PGOV AG MO WI
07PARIS1938	UK READOUT OF BLAIR-SARKOZY MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK PM Blair's May 11 meeting with French President-elect Sarkozy focused primarily on next steps on the EU constitutional treaty in advance of Sarkozy's May 16 meeting with German Chancellor Merkel, according to UK DCM Hitchens; the UK hope is that the Blair, Sarkozy and Merkel will re [...]	2007-05-15 09:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN PGOV ETRD UK GM TU PINR
07PARIS1946	IRAN-VENEZUELA: FRANCE TOUGH ON NUCLEAR ISSUE, [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In response to ref A demarche, MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard assured us May 16 that President Chirac had taken a hard line with Chavez on Iran's nuclear weapons program during their last phone conversation before Chirac leaves office on May 16, and surm [...]	2007-05-15 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR EUN MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR
07PARIS1947	MAY 2 BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) The French hosted consultations on biological weapons (BW) nonproliferation with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 2, 2007. (May 3 chemical weapons discussions are reported reftel). New French and UK Heads of Delegation for this round of "Close Allies" reinvigorated discussions, fa [...]	2007-05-15 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL GM UK FR
07PARIS195	MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud was uniformly downbeat in his comments about Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and Lebanon. Iraq has passed the point of no return on remaining a unified state, Araud contended. The current hostilitie [...]	2007-01-18 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EFIN UNSC IR LE SY IZ FR
07PARIS1983	G8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: NO RADICAL FRENCH RETHINKING [...] (C) On May 10, we delivered reftel demarche to Philippe Errera, DAS-equivalent Director of the MFA's Nonproliferation and Disarmament bureau. In a follow-up conversation on May 15, Errera responded that, until the new French Government has been able to review the issue, he would be unable to m [...]	2007-05-16 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY FR
07PARIS1984	FRENCH MFA WELCOMES CALL FOR VIGILANCE ON IRANIAN [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, MFA IO Action Officer for Iran remarked favorably on the reftel demarche points regarding the diplomatic and reputational costs of allowing individuals designated under resolutions 1737 and 1747 to travel to or through UN member-state territory. Moscow had been deeply [...]	2007-05-16 17:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL UNSC RS IR FR
07PARIS1995	THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) The meeting between the President and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Heiligendamm June 6 will be their first official encounter since then-Interior Minister Sarkozy met briefly with the President on September 12, 2006. The two presidents will meet on the same day that Defense Secretar [...]	2007-05-18 09:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO ECON SENV AF IQ RS TU PGOV
07PARIS1999	OECD: EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan addressed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Meeting of the Council at Ministerial Level (MCM) during the May 16 session on "Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement." A/S Sullivan applauded on the decision to enhance relatio [...]	2007-05-18 10:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS2	French telecom officials discuss next generation network [...] (SBU) French telecom regulator ARCEP is using persuasion to cajole telecommunications operators that are constructing next generation fiber optic telecom networks to rent their infrastructure to competitors ("unbundle the local loop"). While historic operator France Telecom is resisting, their [...]	2007-01-03 05:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS2002	FRANCE: UN OPERATION IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 12:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO UNSC IC FR
07PARIS2003	PRESIDENT SARKOZY TAKES ON FRANCE'S WORK ETHIC [...] (SBU) President Nicolas Sarkozy has pledged to move swiftly to enact sweeping reforms to make good on his promise of an economic revolution. His first months in power have already been carefully planned. During, an "extraordinary session" of the French parliament in July the new government [...]	2007-05-18 12:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS2004	ENGAGING SARKOZY'S GOVERNMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Further to the recommendations made reftel on engaging President Sarkozy's government on a number of key foreign policy issues (including Iraq and Iran),this cable provides additional thoughts on how we might strengthen our partnership with France on the broad range of our mutual [...]	2007-05-18 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PGOV PREL LE SY MEPP
07PARIS2005	FRANCE: NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA on May 16 expressed reservations about reftel ideas on next steps for Darfur peacekeeping, in particular an approach to the AU and UN to revisit AU PSC decisions taken in November 2006. At the same time, France does continue to support an effective PKO for Darfur meetin [...]	2007-05-18 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU FR
07PARIS2027	THE FILLON GOVERNMENT, SARKOZY'S REFORM TEAM, NAMED [...] (SBU) Intent on maintaining the momentum for reform, President Sarkozy moved quickly following his inauguration May 16 (ref B). Sarkozy named his administration's first Prime Minster, Francois Fillon the following day, May 17, then immediately named the line-up of the Fillon government on Ma [...]	2007-05-18 17:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS2065	FRANCE'S NEW, GREEN, SUPER MINISTRY TO BE HEADED BY FORMER [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Prime Minister Alain Juppe has been tapped to become the Minister of State for a new, super Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Sustainable Planning in the May 17 government named by President Sarkozy. Juppe will rank third, after President Sarkozy and new [...]	2007-05-21 11:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG TPHY PINR EAIR FR
07PARIS2072	VICE FM ASANO ON KOREAN ABDUCTIONS, U.S.-JAPAN TRADE, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the ECD Ministerial Council Meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Katsuhito Asano. Asano proposed that President Bush and Prime M [...]	2007-05-21 12:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID OECD JA KN AF
07PARIS2073	GURRIA PLEASED WITH RUSSIAN INCLUSION IN OECD [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting with OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria. Gurria expressed satisfaction that Russia's inclusion in [...]	2007-05-21 12:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OECD RS
07PARIS2088	FRANCE: FIRST QUARTER GDP GROWTH DISAPPOINTING [...] SUMMARY: French GDP growth did not accelerate in the first quarter contrary to expectations, increasing only 2.0 percent (annualized) compared to the fourth quarter of 2006. GDP growth was still heavily dependent on consumption, but export growth rebounded. INSEE is now using European and U.S [...]	2007-05-22 08:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS2089	SARKOZY'S TAX CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposed fiscal and macro-economic policy reforms are every bit as ambitious as his micro-economic agenda (reftel). In short order we expect Sarkozy to propose eliminating payroll taxes on hours worked above 35 hours, cutting inheritance taxes, intro [...]	2007-05-22 08:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS2094	FRENCH MFA SEES IRAN'S MULLAHS AS DOING OUR JOB [...] (C) In a May 18 meeting with Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Persian Gulf, NEA Senior Advisor David Denehy explained the U.S. approach to democracy promotion in Iran. Denehy expressed interest in coordinating efforts with France and other like-minded states, and outlined a specific [...]	2007-05-22 12:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PREL PGOV MEPI
07PARIS2095	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 15 MEETING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR JEAN-DAVID LAVITTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary met informally May 15 with President-elect Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor-designate, Jean-David Levitte, to explore the U.S.-French foreign policy agenda in advance of Sarkozy's assumption of office on May 16. Levitte cautioned against expecting dramatic chan [...]	2007-05-22 12:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN ECON SENV PGOV NATO IZ IR AF TU
07PARIS2113	FRENCH DEMARCHING UNSC MEMBERS ON CHAPTER VII [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 10:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE UNSC PREL PTER
07PARIS2136	FRANCE ON CHINA/TAIWAN OIE DISPUTE: POSTPONEMENT [...] (U) POL Deputy delivered ref A demarche May 23 to MFA Bureau of International Organizations Affairs PDAS-equivalent Marc Giacomini, stressing the U.S. preference for delaying a vote on a China-sponsored resolution pending negotiation between China and Taiwan of a mutually acceptable solution [...]	2007-05-23 15:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR AORG TW CH FR EUN
07PARIS2137	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE PROPOSES PUSH IN CCW [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The French MFA shares the U.S. view that negotiations on cluster munitions cannot proceed productively outside the Convention on Chemical Weapons. To slow the growing political momentum behind the Norwegian push to ban [...]	2007-05-23 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PGOV PREL NATO FR
07PARIS2154	France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] (U) This update covers recent news in the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Telecom Policy Gets a New Home (para 2) -- Fourth Mobile License (para 3) -- High Speed Internet Success in France (para 4) -- Alcatel-Luc [...]	2007-05-24 13:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS218	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN; SECRETARY RICE IN THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) Iran dominated international news this week with the visit to Latin America of Iranian president Ahmadinejad, the deployment of an American aircraft carrier to the Gulf (described as a "warning to Iran" by right-of-center Le Figaro on January 16); and President Chirac's initiative to send [...]	2007-01-19 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS2194	FRENCH CONSIDER DELAYING TRIBUNAL VOTE TO APPEASE [...] (C) SELENA GRENET, THE MFA'S IO ACTION OFFICER FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, TOLD US MAY 25 THAT FRANCE IS INCLINED TO ACCEPT DELAYING THE VOTE BY ONE DAY (TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 30) ON THE UNSCR TO ESTABLISH THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN ORDER TO APPEASE RUSSIA. GRENET SAID THE RUSSIAN DELEGATI [...]	2007-05-25 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE UNSC PREL
07PARIS2196	GOF RESTRUCTURING: IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Reorganization of the French government's economic, social and transportation ministries (reftels) will create new challenges and opportunities for our interaction with the French on economic issues. The incorporation of transport and energy into Minister of State Alain Juppe' [...]	2007-05-25 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD FR
07PARIS2197	FRANCE: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED RUSSIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 25 to Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent for Disarmament. Grand explained that, like the U.S., France remained concerned about Russian intentions to change the fundamental nature of the OSCE. Russian declarations about modernization of the organizatio [...]	2007-05-25 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV RS FR
07PARIS2198	DARFUR: FRANCE SEEKING BROADER ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on May 25 said that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was likely to phone Secretary Rice later on May 25 to discuss Darfur. Kouchner may raise with the Secretary the possibility of France hosting a minister-level meeting of Darfur Contact Gro [...]	2007-05-25 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PHUM SU FR
07PARIS2202	STAYING IN SYNCH WITH FRANCE ON SYRIA [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: FM Kouchner's May 24 comments in Beirut have fed speculation here that France is on the verge of revising its policy toward Syria. While the French position remains somewhat murky (Kouchner appeared to walk back his comments on May [...]	2007-05-29 09:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE SY PREL
07PARIS2224	FRANCE'S NEW RESEARCH MINISTER TO REFORM UNIVERSITIES [...] Summary: On May 18, parliamentarian and spokesperson for France's center right UMP party, Valerie Pecresse, was appointed as a full minister for Higher Education and Research in the new Sarkozy government. (In the previous government a 'junior' minister held the same portfolio.) Pecresse will [...]	2007-05-30 11:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL SENV PINR KPAO FR
07PARIS223	FRANCE/GAERC: AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES, BUT [...] (U) Poloff shared reftel points January 19 with MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet. 2. (C) Kosovo: Cohet said France and the U.S. are in complete agreement on the need for unity between the U.S. and EU, particularly in supporting UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari. 3. (C) Serbi [...]	2007-01-19 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR EUN YI SR BK IS IR
07PARIS2263	FRENCH INITIATIVES ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: The French Government is finalizing an accelerated policy review of options on Darfur that promises a substantial uptick in diplomatic and other engagement, including a proposed ministerial-level Contact Group meeting in Paris on June 25 (Ref A). President Sarkozy will receive FM [...]	2007-05-31 13:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
07PARIS2269	FRANCE SUPPORTIVE OF ZOELLICK NOMINATION [...] (SBU) The Charge raised reftel points on nomination of Robert Zoellick as World Bank president with GOF Treasury Director Xavier Musca on May 30. Musca said that France was likely to support the nomination, and referred to remarks made by Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner earlier in the day on [...]	2007-05-31 13:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IBRD FR
07PARIS2286	JOHNNY ABDO TELLS THE LAF NOT TO PLAY INTO SYRIA'S [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, former Lebanese Military Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo said he recently advised LAF Commander Michel Suleiman not to play into Syria's hands in resolving the crisis in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp. Abdo said Syria's strategy was to goad the LAF into a pitched battle [...]	2007-05-31 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR LE PGOV
07PARIS2318	FRANCE ON THE PRESIDENT'S MAY 31 CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the President's climate change initiative 2. (C) Separately, Econ Counselor raised reftel points with Acting MFA 3. (C) Maillard noted that the proposed initiative -Q and remaining day STAPLETON [...]	2007-06-01 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON CLMT ENRG FR

07PARIS2319	FRANCE ON THE PRESIDENT'S MAY 31 CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the President's climate change initiative 2. (C) Separately, Econ Counselor raised reftel points with Acting MFA 3. (C) Maillard noted that the proposed initiative -Q and remaining day STAPLETON [...]	2007-06-01 17:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON CLMT ENRG FR
07PARIS232	FRANCE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2007-01-22 12:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
07PARIS2320	FRANCE ON THE PRESIDENT'S MAY 31 CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the President's climate change initiative 2. (C) Separately, Econ Counselor raised reftel points with Acting MFA 3. (C) Maillard noted that the proposed initiative -Q and remaining day STAPLETON [...]	2007-06-01 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON CLMT ENRG FR
07PARIS2321	FRANCE ON THE PRESIDENT'S MAY 31 CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the President's climate change initiative with President Sarkozy's National Security Advisor Jean-David Levitte on June 1. The Ambassador referred to public encouragement from Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Blair, and urged a statement of support from Sarkozy. [...]	2007-06-04 08:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON CLMT ENRG FR
07PARIS2359	FRENCH WILL NOT LEAVE AFGHANISTAN; LESS PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Gerard Araud told the Ambassador on June 4 that President Sarkozy had made a decision the previous day that France would not leave Afghanistan, but did want to begin discussing an exit strategy in a restricted format (Germany, the UK, the U.S., and France). [...]	2007-06-05 09:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR IR FR
07PARIS2374	PARIS CLUB - MAY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND PERU AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) At the May 22-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed to allow Peru to prepay at face value as much as $2.5 billion in previously rescheduled non-concessional debt in order to support its efforts to implement sound debt management policies. The Secretariat reported on technical [...]	2007-06-05 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS2384	FRANCE REACTS TO PRESIDENT'S MAY 31 CLIMATE [...] (C) Summary: Generally, the French government has been cautiously positive about the President's climate initiative. At the same time, it continues to stress the importance of involuntary constraints on greenhouse gas emissions. In a G-8 'tour d'horizon' with journalists, President Sarkozy w [...]	2007-06-06 07:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG FR GB SENV
07PARIS240	LIST OF UK/FRENCH-PROPOSED INDIVIDUALS IN UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP IR FR
07PARIS2405	MFA MIDDLE EAST CHIEF: A MIDDLE EAST LANDSCAPE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 6, JEAN FELIX-PAGAGNON, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S MIDDLE EAST BUREAU, PAINTED A RELENTLESSLY DEPRESSING TABLEAU OF THE MIDDLE EAST. AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, HE TRACED PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S PRIORITIES, BEGINNING WITH NORTH AFRICA (VITAL TO SARKOZY'S PLANS TO RESHAPE FRANCES IMMI [...]	2007-06-07 14:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR LE PREL
07PARIS242	AMBASSADOR STAPLETON'S VISIT TO USS OAK HILL [...] (U) CDR Stapf and LTCOL Arentz, I feel privileged to have spent time with the fine Navy and Marine Corps team aboard Oak Hill. The visit was first class, an excellent lunch and an outstanding tour of such a clean ship. Particularly, I was impressed with the men and women I met, all with high [...]	2007-01-22 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL OTRA FR
07PARIS243	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24-25 VISIT TO [...] (C) MADAM SECRETARY, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE JANUARY 25 PAGE 02 RUEHFRA0243 C O N F I D E N T I A L INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEBANON, AND THE STRONG U.S. FINANCIAL PACKAGE YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR LEBANON AND THUS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE FRENCH AND CHIRA [...]	2007-01-22 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE FR
07PARIS2440	FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN/IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: FRANCK GELLET, FRENCH DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE PAGE 02 RUEHFRA2440 C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 002440 PERSIAN GULF, SHARED HIS VIEWS ON IRAN AND IRAQ ON JUNE 7. GELLET ASSESSED THAT THE IRANIANS ARE OVERCONFIDENT AND VULNERABLE TO A BAN ON INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL. HIS ASSESSMENT [...]	2007-06-07 17:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IR IZ PGOV
07PARIS2450	FRENCH PROMISE TO BE HELPFUL ON MNF-I REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-08 11:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IZ UNSC
07PARIS2485	FRENCH MFA: GIVE US TIME ON KOSOVO; VETO IS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hours before President Sarkozy announced his proposal at the G-8 to delay a Kosovo final status UNSCR for six months while the parties could continue discussions (reftel),MFA Cabinet Advisor for the Balkans and Russia, Isabelle Dumont, told us on June 7 that FM Kouchner wanted mo [...]	2007-06-08 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM PBTS KPAO YI FR
07PARIS2488	REVEREND MOON'S REQUEST TO VISIT FRANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: International Unification Church founder, Dr. Sun Myung Moon, and his wife, currently designated as "dangerous persons" and banned from entering France under the Schengen Information System, hope that the recent ruling of a German court to overturn the ban [...]	2007-06-11 10:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL PROP PINS PHUM FR GM
07PARIS2511	FRANCE SHARES HRC "RED LINES" BUT DEMURS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on June 11 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet. Pellet stated that France wanted to maintain the country-specific rapporteur mandates, consistent with the EU position. Pellet equally agreed on the necessity to avoid any specific ant [...]	2007-06-12 09:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM HR PREL UNGA FR
07PARIS2516	GOF: KAKAHK 2009 OSCE BID AND MORE ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's Central Asia desk officer told us June 11 that the GOF's relationship with Central Asia was changing, but not dramatically. The key element: Central Asia policy would no longer depend on Chirac's personal relationship with Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev. France was [...]	2007-06-12 13:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS NATO OSCE ZK EU GM FR
07PARIS253	PARIS CONFERENCE ON HEALTH PROTECTION IN [...] Action request contained in para 8. . 2. Summary. France will host a high-level international conference entitled, "Health Protection in Developing Countries: Breaking the Vicious Circle of Disease and Poverty," in Paris, March 15-16. This is an initiative of President Chirac, first pr [...]	2007-01-22 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAID AORC PREL FR
07PARIS254	UNESCO - FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH'S UNESCO ROUNDTABLE ON [...] Summary. On January 15, 2007, Ambassador Oliver moderated a Roundtable at UNESCO hosted by First Lady Laura Bush and Director General Matsuura on the topic, "Teacher Training and Literacy". The purpose of this roundtable was to highlight the First Lady's role as Honorary Ambassador for the UN [...]	2007-01-22 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL KPAO
07PARIS256	FRENCH THOUGHTS ON NORWEGIAN CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On January 22, we discussed with Mr. Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for CB disarmament and the control of conventional weapons, the February 22-23 Norwegian conference in Oslo on cluster munitions. In response to our presentation of U.S. views (reftel),Grand observed that the [...]	2007-01-22 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO FR
07PARIS257	FRENCH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR'S VIEWS ON MIDDLE [...] (S) Summary: French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) told the Ambassador on January 22 that "some" are calling for France to freeze plans for establishing an international tribunal on Lebanon until next autumn, in the hope that this delay would allow Lebanese PM Siniora to break [...]	2007-01-22 17:22:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS259	FRANCE SIGNS ASEAN TREATY [...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen, MFA A/S-Equivalent Michel Filhot explained that France had now signed the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) at the instigation of President Chirac. France sought to deepen regional ties and to encourage other EU m [...]	2007-01-23 07:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PREL PINR BM FR
07PARIS2604	FRANCE/GAERC: LARGELY IN SYNCH WITH U.S. POSITIONS [...] (C) On June 15, MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet indicated France's general agreement with U.S. views in advance of the June General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Of note, he said that the EU Common Position on Cuba will not be weakened or strengthened and that decisiv [...]	2007-06-15 17:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ETRD KPAL XG IS IR AF FR
07PARIS2605	FRANCE AND THE JUNE 17 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A NIACT demarche on June 16 to MFA duty officer Jean-Louis Falconi and MFA DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet Union countries, Aurelia Bouchez. Falconi undertook to discuss the demarche with the appropriate MFA officials. DAS Bouchez agreed to contact the [...]	2007-06-16 13:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHCR PREL FR
07PARIS2606	GOF: NO GSP FOR MINSK; BEWARE ANOTHER KOZAK PLAN [...] SUMMARY: (C) The MFA desk officer for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova told poloff on June 14 that France fully supported the EU's decision to remove Belarus from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program and saw it as a test for Lukashenko. On Moldova, Gosset was concerned about Presi [...]	2007-06-17 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG EU BO MD UP RS FR
07PARIS261	FRANCE: TSA BRIEFS DATA PRIVACY AUTHORITY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: TSA provided an extensive briefing on U.S. aviation security arrangements to the French Data Privacy Authority (CNIL) in a meeting January 12. Because of the current risk that the CNIL may wish to review all U.S. airlines' aviation security practices regarding implementation of [...]	2007-01-23 11:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER FR
07PARIS2617	GOF WILL NOT BAN MON 810 BIOTECH CORN [...] (U) On June 14, the French Biomolecular Committee (the competent authority for reviewing biotech products) stated that in much as there was no new adverse information calling into question the environmental assessment of MON 810, the French Ministers of Ecology and Agriculture found that no mor [...]	2007-06-18 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS2634	INDUSTRY SOURCE DISCUSSES GALILEO WOES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy officers recently heard a litany of frustrations about the European Galileo Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) project from an EADS contact who had worked on various aspects of the project. According to the contact, financing has been only one of a number of trenc [...]	2007-06-19 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA ECPS FR
07PARIS2643	YOUR JUNE 24-25 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French [...]	2007-06-19 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS265	NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - FRANCE [...] SUMMARY: In response reftel, Mission France identified ten (10) influential women in politics, business, civil society and media. END SUMMARY. 2. Retel asked posts to contribute names to a worldwide roster of women leaders for contact use by the Secretary and other Department principals. L [...]	2007-01-23 15:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL FR
07PARIS2652	KOSOVO QUINT PARIS MINISTERIAL?; AHTISAARI'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kouchner's Balkans advisor told us on June 19 that Kouchner views the Secretary's participation in his proposed Kosovo Quint Paris ministerial as absolutely essential. The Secretary would be able to engage directly with Italian FM D'Alema on the way forward. The meeting will p [...]	2007-06-20 10:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC SR YI IT GM FR
07PARIS266	UNESCO: AFRICAN MIGRATION MEETING WITH ADG PIERRE SANE [...] An informal consultative meeting was held Wednesday, 17 January 2007 at UNESCO to discuss the issue of African Migration, in connection with the Executive Board resolution number 57, initially put forward by Senegal. 2. The meeting chaired by Pierre Sane, UNESCO's Assistant Director General [...]	2007-01-23 16:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCUL SOCI SMIG
07PARIS2663	UNSCR 1747/OECD: FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 08:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR FR
07PARIS2685	GOF: LEBANON CONFERENCE AND DIALOGUE WITH SYRIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Boris Boillon, President Sarkozy's Middle East Advisor, told us on June 21 that France would await the results of the Arab League's national dialogue conference in Beirut, scheduled for next week, before ultimately committing to host a similar event in Paris. As a result, the noti [...]	2007-06-21 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY FR
07PARIS27	FLYING IN STYLE: FRENCH STARTUP ELYSAIR EYES [...] (SBU) Summary: French start-up Elysair inaugurated flights on its Paris-New York route January 3 using its all business-class "L,Avion" brand. Touting fares that are 50% lower than Air France business-class and the convenience of using nearby airports at Orly and Newark, Elysair hopes to grab [...]	2007-01-04 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON FR
07PARIS2704	FRENCH APPROVAL OF MANUEL NORIEGA EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, POL Deputy discussed June 22 urgency of Manuel Noriega extradition proceedings with MFA Americas PDAS-equivalent Marc Laforet. Laforet was joined by DAS-equivalent for Cuba and Central America Blandine Kreiss and desk officers from the U.S. and Central American desks. 2. [...]	2007-06-22 14:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR CJAN
07PARIS2723	A/S FRIED'S JUNE 24 MEETING WITH FRENCH SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and Department Counselor Cohen met June 24 with French Special Envoy Cousseran, FM Kouchner's point man for the Lebanese dialogue meeting to be held in Paris in mid-July. Cousseran had just concluded a visit to Tehran, meeting there with national security chief Larija [...]	2007-06-25 17:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE FR SY
07PARIS2725	ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...]	2007-06-26 07:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS
07PARIS2726	U/S BURNS' JUNE 13 LUNCH WITH FRENCH FM KOUCHNER [...] (U) June 13, 2007, 1:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Ambassador Frank Wisner, U.S. Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Issues P Staff Bame Pol Espinoza (notetaker) France Foreign Minister Kouchner Political Director Araud A/S-equival [...]	2007-06-26 08:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO YI UNMIK UNO LE IR
07PARIS2741	FRENCH TAX REFORM PACKAGE [...] SUMMARY: New French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde introduced a tax reform bill on June 20 "in favor of labor, employment and purchasing power". The cost of the tax package could mean the government budget deficit in 2007 and 2008 will again exceed the EU-imposed limit of 3 percent of GDP [...]	2007-06-26 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS2743	U/S BURNS' JUNE 12 DINNER MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (U) June 12, 2007, 8:30 P.M. 2. (U) Participants U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton P Staff Bame Pol Recinos (notetaker) France MFA Political Director Gerard Araud Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier Elysee Americas Advisor Damien Loras MOD Diplomatic Advis [...]	2007-06-26 15:42:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS EUN NATO AF TU GG FR
07PARIS2744	FRANCE: MCC DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT FINANCE [...] (SBU) Maureen Harrington, VP for Policy and International Relations, and Richard Morford, Managing Director for Donor and Multilateral Relations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation met with French development officials Friday, June 15. They discussed approaches to the private sector, aid [...]	2007-06-26 15:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON AF FR
07PARIS2746	MICHEL BARNIER OUTLINES GOALS AS NEW FRENCH MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY: THE NEW FRENCH MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MICHEL BARNIER (REFTEL A) DELIVERED HIS FIRST OFFICIAL SPEECH AT THE YOUNG FRENCH FARMERS' UNION ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN EPINAL ON JUNE 21. BARNIER ASSURED THE AUDIENCE THAT HE WILL DEFEND THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY, WILL ADVOCATE AN INCREASE IN [...]	2007-06-26 16:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV WTRO EUN FR PINR
07PARIS2787	A/S FRIED AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS KOSOVO, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Paris -- and prior to the ministerial SIPDIS meeting that evening on Kosovo -- A/S Fried and Counselor Cohen discussed Kosovo, Iran, and Russia/CFE with MFA Political Director Araud. They generally agreed on the [...]	2007-06-28 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2791	FRENCH GDP GROWTH REMAINS MODERATE [...] SUMMARY: In its June overview, the National Statistical Agency INSEE forecast French GDP growth to increase 2.1 percent in 2007 compared to 2.2 percent in 2006. It stressed that GDP growth would reach 2.5 percent in Q-4 over Q-4 2006 due to solid household consumption. INSEE confirmed that th [...]	2007-06-28 14:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS2802	FRANCE INCREASING JUSTICE AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 28, MFA sources confirmed that that the new French administration is showing much more interest in Afghanistan, and that France plans to increase civil assistance to Afghanistan in a number of ways. The GOF has decided to provide an expert and some funding for a regional [...]	2007-06-29 12:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL SA AF IBRD FR
07PARIS2820	SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE 25, 2007 [...] (C) Summary. French Presidential Advisor on Africa Bruno Joubert said on June 25 that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would hold a meeting with President Sarkozy within a week to gain his support to station French troops (along with local gendarmes and an international police force) in Easte [...]	2007-06-29 14:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU
07PARIS2825	GOVERNMENT SELLS ADDITIONAL 2.5 PERCENT STAKE IN FRANCE [...] SUMMARY: To reduce the public debt, the government sold shares in France Telecom, the French telephone provider, reducing its stake in the company by 5.0 percent to 27.4 percent. The demand from institutional investors was not sufficient to sell a larger stake. The proceeds (2.65 billion euro [...]	2007-06-29 15:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS2827	U/S BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH SARKOZY DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) June 13, 2007, 3:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Political Minister-Counselor Rosenblatt P Staff Bame Poloff Waller (notetaker) France Amb. Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor to the President Francois Richier, Counselor for Strat [...]	2007-07-02 07:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR LE UNSC PREL
07PARIS2835	SUDAN: JUNE 24 ABDULWAHID MEETING WITH SE NATSIOS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 14:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS SU FR
07PARIS2837	SARKOZY SAYS TACKLE DARFUR FIRST, CHAD SECOND [...] (C) President Sarkozy decided in a June 27 internal meeting that France would focus first on advancing the UN-AU Hybrid deployment and on bringing clarity to AMIS finances before taking action on an MFA proposal for a French-EU-African force in Chad. Presidential adviser Romain Serman explain [...]	2007-07-02 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
07PARIS285	FRANCE STANDS BY ITS RIGA COMMITMENTS; NO NEW [...] (C) On January 22, the Ambassador raised our agenda for the Informal NATO Foreign Ministerial with Elysee NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM). Per ref C, MGM expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the NATO Summit at Riga, and, looking ahead to the Informal Ministerial on Janua [...]	2007-01-24 14:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF FR
07PARIS2884	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SEEKING REGIONAL SUPPORT TO [...] (S) Reftel demarche was delivered on July 3 to Gilles Bonnaud, MFA PDAS-equivalent for Middle East affairs. Bonnaud commented that he was not surprised that Damascus had failed to demonstrate the good will it offered at Sharm Al Shayk. He agreed to consider the request to conduct a joint dema [...]	2007-07-03 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PTER SY IZ FR
07PARIS2888	CODEL WEXLER STAFFERS DISCUSS EU-TURKEY AT MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 7 meeting with Representative Wexler's Staff Director, MFA officials offered a broad overview of French reasoning behind Sarkozy's opposition to Turkish EU membership; his proposal for an EU discussion before the end of the year on fixing the EU's final borders; his com [...]	2007-07-03 17:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN TU CY AR UNO
07PARIS2889	CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S MEETING WITH SARKOZY'S [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Wexler and Presidential Diplomatic Adviser Jean-David Levitte discussed Hizbollah and Lebanon, Darfur, Kosovo, Turkey and Iran during a July 2 meeting. Levitte emphasized that Sarkozy continued to hold to the view he espoused during the presidential campaign that Hiz [...]	2007-07-05 07:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM FR
07PARIS2890	CODEL WEXLER'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH FM KOUCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Congressman Wexler, FM Kouchner said that the current disarray in the Palestinian Authority presented an historic opportunity for an initiative on the peace process, but he described Israeli "inertia" -- mainly PM Olmert's weakness -- as the main obstacl [...]	2007-07-05 07:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2899	PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed in principle to accept Gabon's offer to buy back its previously rescheduled debt at a discount. Terms will be negotiated at the July meeting. This would be the first time the Paris Club has conducted a standalone mark [...]	2007-07-05 08:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS2912	SUDAN - SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE [...] (C) Summary. China Special Envoy for Sudan Liu Guijin told Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Andrew Natsios on June 25 that a new Security Council resolution would bring official endorsement of the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping force. A new resolution need not refer to UNSCR 1706, but [...]	2007-07-06 08:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU
07PARIS2913	SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE 25, 2007 [...] (C) Summary. French Presidential Advisor on Africa Bruno Joubert said on June 25 that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would hold a meeting with President Sarkozy within a week to gain his support to station French troops (along with local gendarmes and an international police force) in Easte [...]	2007-07-06 08:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU
07PARIS2914	FRANCE/KOSOVO: OK TO SECURITY SECTOR CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) On July 5, we received an interim response to reftel demarche from MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs Nicolas Niemtchinow noting that the MFA had nothing against such consultations in principle. He did not go into further details. Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: http: [...]	2007-07-06 12:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL KV FR
07PARIS2927	FRANCE: ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHES ON KEY POSITIONS AND [...] (SBU) Econoff and FAA senior representative discussed reftel demarches June 28 with Jean-Michel Bour, head of the Office of International Affairs at the French Civil Aviation authority. Though key advisors on aviation and environment have not yet been officially appointed in the recently reorga [...]	2007-07-06 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD SENV FR
07PARIS2939	OECD -- GUIDANCE REQUEST -- ESTABLISHING OECD SUPPORT UNIT [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 12 Council will be asked to take a decision on establishing a Support Unit for the Heiligendamm Dialogue Process (HDP) agreed at the G-8 Summit. Although the Germans, as G-8 President, are pushing for a quick decision in order to initiate the process in the fall, they [...]	2007-07-06 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS2967	BRIEFING ON DECLARATION ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND [...] (U) As instructed reftel, on July 9, ESTH Counselor, together with Russian Embassy disarmament expert, Dr. Igor Kondratskiy, called on Martin Briens, Head of the Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation Office, and Jean Cazalet, Adviser on Civilian Nuclear Matters, Economic Affairs Department [...]	2007-07-10 09:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM FR
07PARIS2971	DEMARCHE DELIVED: REVEREND MOON'S REQUEST TO VISIT [...] (SBU) Poloff on July 5 conveyed USG request that France consider lifting the Schengen ban on Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon and his wife to Denis Fromaget, Deputy Councelor for Religious Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fromaget responded that he saw no immediate other r [...]	2007-07-10 14:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM FR GM PINS PROP SCUL SOCI KIRF
07PARIS3014	OECD: PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE PDG)- COUNCIL [...] (SBU) The OECD Council on July 12 agreed to the establishment at the OECD of an Advisory Unit (AU) for the proposed Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) The decision was taken as an "A" point - consensus having been reached prior to the Council meeting, with no discussion by Permanent [...]	2007-07-12 11:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS3024	FRENCH RECEPTIVE TO IOM CANDIDACY OF AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini told poloff on July 10 that the MFA was open to the candidacy of Ambassador William Lacy Swing for Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The MFA concurred with the U.S. "in principle" that tenure in senior UN offices [...]	2007-07-12 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF ELAB FR
07PARIS3027	FRANCE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON LIBYAN CW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 10, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officers for CW issues Olivier Sigaud and Minh-di Tang. Sigaud related that the GOF understood that, as of late 2006, Libya was considering the U.S. and French proposals. He commented that the U.S. proposal was expensive, but [...]	2007-07-13 09:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC GM IT LY FR
07PARIS303	GUINEA: FRENCH WATCH CLOSELY, MAKE READY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are observing events in Guinea and readying for an evacuation if events turn for the worst. A small GOF interagency team is in place and focusing on operational needs should an evacuation be necessary. The French believe that the situation is uncertain and volatile, w [...]	2007-01-25 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR ASEC CASC AEMR GV FR
07PARIS3032	SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...]	2007-07-13 12:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3039	SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...]	2007-07-13 14:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS306	ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES - FRANCE [...] Summary: The Ambassador and all of Mission France support a sustained and focused effort to engage France's Muslim minorities, recognizing that organizing and executing such an effort will continue to require considerable discretion, sensitivity and tact on our part. Although there is some ev [...]	2007-01-25 17:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL PHUM KPAO KISL FR XG
07PARIS3062	FRENCH-HOSTED LEBANESE GATHERING MEETS LOW [...] (U) The French-hosted "inter-Lebanese meeting" just outside Paris concluded the evening of July 15 with no dramatic breakthroughs and in accord with the modest expectations French officials had expressed in the days leading up to it. French FM Bernard Kouchner told a July 15 press conferenc [...]	2007-07-16 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS307	A/S WELCH PRESSES FRENCH TO CAPITALIZE ON LEBANON [...] (S) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch met separately January 24 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East Advisor, and Jean Felix-Pagagnon, his French MFA counterpart. Welch strongly urged the French to take advantage of the political moment created by the Lebanon Conference, noting that [...]	2007-01-26 09:31:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR IR IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS3077	IVLP ALUM MEET IN FRANCE [...] Summary: Alumni from the 2003 European biotech and food safety group of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) met June 10-12 in Toulouse, France to continue their review of agricultural biotech issues. Representatives from FAS/Paris and the American Presence Post in Toulouse co [...]	2007-07-17 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS3079	FRANCE INCREASES BORDER CONTROLS ON CHINESE FEED AND FOOD [...] (SBU) Following the lead of the U.S. to tighten border controls following the discovery of melanine tainted feed from China, the European Commission has asked Member States to reinforce safety controls on Chinese imports. The French Ministry of Agriculture (animal and animal product imports) [...]	2007-07-17 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS3080	TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON STATE OF PLAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 11, Turkish Ambassador Koroturk told the Ambassador that Sarkozy's declared opposition to Turkish EU membership is presenting challenges for French-Turkish relations on a practical level as the French bureaucracy rushes to implement what it interprets as Sarkozy's will, [...]	2007-07-17 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN TU CY AR FR
07PARIS309	NEA DAS DANIN PITCHES INFORMAL LEBANON CONTACT [...] (S) Summary: NEA DAS Robert Danin met separately on January 23 with his MFA counterpart, Herve Besancenot, and with President Chirac's Middle East adviser, Dominique Boche. Danin proposed establishing a contact group on Lebanon (with the likely participation of the U.S., France, Italy and Ger [...]	2007-01-26 12:16:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS3107	FRANCE/LEBANON: TO DAMASCUS AND BEYOND [...] (U) The unexpected July 17 visit to Damascus by French envoy for Lebanon Jean-Claude Cousseran has for the past couple of days vied with news about an expected imminent visit to Libya by President Sarkozy in connection with the "Bulgarian medics" case as the top international story. This wa [...]	2007-07-19 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS312	OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: USOECD reiterates the importance of having the OECD's impending enlargement include a major emerging economy to ensure the Organization's viability and its effectiveness as a tool to promote a U.S.-friendly global economic system. As a virtual invitee since 1997, Russia presen [...]	2007-01-26 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD OECD AORC
07PARIS3132	FRANCE: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON IRAN [...] (S) Summary: In July 10 - 11 meetings with Elysee, GOF and Banque de France officials, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey, ISN A/S John Rood and accompanying delegation pressed France to consider ratcheting up pressure on Iran by targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),entities it contro [...]	2007-07-23 08:59:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	EFIN KNNP PARM IR FR
07PARIS3138	FRANCE'S NEW DEVELOPMENT AID POLICY GOALS: EFFICIENCY AND [...] (U) Summary: French State Secretary for Cooperation and Francophone Affairs Jean-Marie Bockel recently outlined France's public development aid priorities, which include developing clear strategic aims (such as support for good governance and democracy) through a variety of players, including [...]	2007-07-23 14:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV FR
07PARIS3147	DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: LEGAL ISSUES CONTINUE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on June 19 said that legal issues concerning the death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel continued to aggravate relations with Djibouti. Le Gal confided that she was beginning to believe that Borrel's death may have been the result of foul pl [...]	2007-07-23 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS3166	AMBASSADOR TO NATO NULAND'S JULY 19-20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 20 meetings with Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Levitte, MFA Political Director Araud, and MOD Strategic Affairs Director Ponton d'Amecourt, Ambassador to NATO Nuland previewed U.S. preliminary thinking on preparations for the 2008 NATO Bucharest Summit, highlighting the [...]	2007-07-24 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO FR PARM RS
07PARIS317	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: LEBANON DONORS' CONFERENCE, STATE [...] (SBU) The Lebanon Donors' Conference, held in Paris in the presence of Secretary Rice and Lebanese PM Siniora, received a fair amount of coverage and gave President Chirac personally a publicity boost in France, while the rioting prior to Siniora's departure from Beirut elicited commentary on L [...]	2007-01-26 14:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS3179	U/S REUBEN JEFFERY MEETS WITH FRENCH ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, in his first official visit to France July 18-21, underscored the breadth of U.S. economic ties with France and reaffirmed U.S. support for OECD and IEA (septel). In Jeffery's bilateral meeti [...]	2007-07-25 14:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ELAB EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3181	OECD: REPORT OF MARCH 12-14, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its March 12-14 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) conducted Phase 2 peer-review evaluations of Portugal and Ireland's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ("Convention"). The WGB called on Portugal to raise awareness of foreign bribery in both th [...]	2007-07-25 14:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS3183	FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, JULY 24 [...] (C) The French are starting to worry about the clock ticking down in Lebanon and the decreasing likelihood of a carefully sequenced settlement that addresses the need to elect a successor to President Lahoud as well as form a new government representing the different factions. NEA A/S-Equiv [...]	2007-07-25 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS3184	FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, JULY 24 [...] (C) The French are starting to worry about the clock ticking down in Lebanon and the decreasing likelihood of a carefully sequenced settlement that addresses the need to elect a successor to President Lahoud as well as form a new government representing the different factions. NEA A/S-Equiv [...]	2007-07-25 18:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS319	PARIS HOSTS INAUGURAL W. MED RSI CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton hosted the inaugural Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Conference on December 5-6 in Paris. U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from France, Italy, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal and Malta gathered as a first [...]	2007-01-26 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER FR AG LY IT MT SP
07PARIS3193	PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S TRIP TO LIBYA SETS HIGH HOPES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Having achieved the desired political effect of burnishing his image as a man who can help resolve intractable issues, French President Nicolas Sarkozy used his July 25 visit to Libya following the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to boost economic and t [...]	2007-07-26 16:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON FR
07PARIS3195	FRENCH REPRESENTATION AT UPCOMING NPT-RELATED [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, MFA NPT desk officer Arnaud Mentre told us July 26 upcoming NPT-related meetings would be attended by their relevant Ambassadors. However, the policymaking and preparation lead will remain in Paris. 2. (SBU) For the IAEA meetings in September, Francois-Xavier [...]	2007-07-26 16:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT FR
07PARIS3198	DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH ELYSEE RUSSIA ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting, Damien Loras, the Presidency's diplomatic advisor for the Americas, Russia, Central Asia, and non-EU Europe, including the Balkans, told DAS Kramer that France would recognize Kosovo's independence at the conclusion of renewed negotiations. Loras stated that [...]	2007-07-27 09:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS ZL XT FR
07PARIS3199	CFE: DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting with Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, PDAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs, DAS Kramer explained that Russian DFM Kislyak would be in the U.S. the last week of July to discuss missile defense and CFE issues. Though not optimistic, we hoped to obtain a better unders [...]	2007-07-27 09:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR RS FR KCFE
07PARIS32	MFA REMAINS LEERY OF CHAPTER VII OPTION FOR [...] (C) On January 4, Poloff reviewed legal options for establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with Salina Grenet, MFA Action Officer for Middle East issues at the UN. Grenet said the Quai is still taking a "wait and see" approach to the tribunal in hopes that the March 14 coalition will ye [...]	2007-01-05 13:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS3200	SCENESETTER CABLE: CODEL OBEY AUGUST 5-7 [...] (SBU) You will be arriving in a France whose mood is decidedly up-beat. President Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French electorate's decision [...]	2007-07-27 10:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL FR EUN ETRD ECON PGOV SENV UNO
07PARIS3202	DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 PARIS QUAD MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Kramer met with his "Quad" (UK, France, Germany) counterparts on July 20 in Paris. (Their last meeting had been in London, April 2007.) Discussions included support for reform in Ukraine and key areas for further policy engagement there. Ukraine, all agreed, was generally m [...]	2007-07-27 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV EU XH ZL FR
07PARIS3209	PARIS CLUB - JULY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND GABON DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 17-18 meetings of the Paris Club, creditors accepted a stand-alone discounted debt buyback offer from Gabon, the first such operation by the Club. While welcoming Gabon's efforts to use USD 500 million in oil revenues toward debt management, the USG lacked legal aut [...]	2007-07-27 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS321	UNESCO: SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Summary: Ref A calls for posts to supply the names of influential women to be included in a roster of women leaders worldwide. We at the U.S. Mission believe that UNESCO can act as an effective multiplier on global issues, including those involving women's empowerment. End Summary. 2. [...]	2007-01-26 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KWMN PHUM PREL
07PARIS3210	FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, JULY 24 [...] (C) The French are starting to worry about the clock ticking down in Lebanon and the decreasing likelihood of a carefully sequenced settlement that addresses the need to elect a successor to President Lahoud as well as form a new government representing the different factions. NEA A/S-Equiv [...]	2007-07-27 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07PARIS3213	FRENCH VIEWS ON EU FORCE IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on July 26 said that France sought the deployment in eastern Chad of an EU peacekeeping force (2,000-2,500 troops) early in November. Prior to that, France would seek a UN Security Council Resolution authorizing the EU to undertake the mission; [...]	2007-07-30 09:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR

07PARIS322	C/T JUDGE ON FRANCE, RWANDA, PAKISTAN, AND HIS [...] (S) SUMMARY: France,s chief counterterrorism judge, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, told us on January 19 that a recent surge in overall GSPC activities worried French counterterrorism officials, who are convinced there is now a significantly higher threat against France and its interests abroad. Tunisi [...]	2007-01-26 16:37:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PREL INTERPOL KJUS TS AG MO RW
07PARIS3227	DARFUR: FRENCH READY TO ADOPT UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 10:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO SU FR
07PARIS3237	FRENCH MFA PUTS SARKOZY'S JULY 10-11 NORTH AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy's first visit outside Europe July 10-11 to Algeria and Tunisia underscored his determination to proceed with his still vague Mediterranean Union initiative, establish his own relationships with the leaders in those countries, and pave the way for state visits in 20 [...]	2007-07-31 14:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PTER PBTS ETRD FR AG TU MO
07PARIS3250	FRANCE WILL BEGIN RATIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE [...] (SBU) French MFA counterterrorism official, Francois Revardeaux, told poloff at the end of July that the MFA will begin working in September 2007 on ratification of the UN International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. The Convention's ratification, Revardeaux said [...]	2007-08-01 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL FR
07PARIS3251	"MINIMUM SERVICE" LABOR REFORM BILL CHALLENGES FRANCE'S [...] (SBU) A bill to be adopted by Parliament at the end of this summer's extraordinary session requires public transport providers to maintain minimum service during strikes -- a key campaign promise by President Nicolas Sarkozy (ref A). Regarded as the most symbolic of Sarkozy's social reforms, [...]	2007-08-02 05:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS3268	GAO VISIT ON FRENCH FDI REGIME AND PRACTICES [...] (U) SUMMARY: French interlocutors confirmed to the GAO (during the visit of a GAO team to Paris from July 2 through July 5) that France welcomes Foreign Direct Investment despite a 2005 decree regulating FDI in sensitive sectors. The screening process implemented subsequent to the decree did [...]	2007-08-02 15:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS3269	PRESIDENT SARKOZY AND FRANCE'S INDUSTRIAL POLICY [...] (C) President Nicolas Sarkozy's calls for a more aggressive industrial policy have elicited criticism in some quarters of the EU, but largely favorable responses at home. Sarkozy's perspective is in line with France's long- time perception of an EC liberal "bias" (a perception partly behind [...]	2007-08-02 15:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS3273	DRC ARMS EMBARGO: FRANCE CONSIDERING [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, MFA Acting DRC Desk Officer Claude Blevin said on August 2 that the GOF was considering ways to modify the arms embargo affecting the DRC under the UNSC's sanctions regime, but that France was not yet ready to support the USG proposal. Blevin was familiar [...]	2007-08-03 09:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL DR FR
07PARIS3274	GILCHRIST OLYMPIO: CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMNARY: UFC leader Gilchrist Olympio told us on August 2 that he would travel to Togo within the next few days, arriving in Lome probably on August 6 or 7. He expressed cautious optimism about the legislative elections, which he believed would take place in mid-October, although he di [...]	2007-08-03 09:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM TO FR
07PARIS328	PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MACEDONIA & [...] (SBU) During the January 23-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors granted Sierra Leone completion point treatment under the enhanced HIPC initiative, cancelling 100 percent ($363 million) of Sierra Leone's bilateral debt to the Club. The United States wrote off $44 million in USDA concession [...]	2007-01-29 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS3292	NIGER: FRENCH VIEWS OF AREVA EXPULSION CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The expulsion of AREVA executive Dominique Pin from Niger on July 26 represented the identification of a scapegoat for Niger's lack of success in quelling MNJ rebel elements and a settling of "personal scores," according to MFA Niger Desk Officer Michael Deslaimes. The July 30 [...]	2007-08-03 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EMIN PBTS ENRG LY NG FR
07PARIS3295	SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...]	2007-08-06 07:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3296	SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 07:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR
07PARIS3298	FRENCH NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON AWAIT CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: As of August 3, France was waiting until after the August 5 parliamentary by-elections to decide what to do next in Lebanon, including the possibility of a restricted meeting of Lebanese factions in Beirut per reftel. The MFA's Syria/Lebanon desk officer thought the weekend of [...]	2007-08-06 08:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM PTER FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3319	FRANCE REOPENS MONETARY DEBATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the euro has come off its recent highs against the U.S. dollar, President Nicolas Sarkozy is unlikely to give up efforts to convince Eurogroup partners that European governments should discuss European Central Bank (ECB) monetary and exchange rate policy. France, which [...]	2007-08-06 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS3336	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the latest in a series of periodic updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. CONTENTS: -- Areva wins 5 billion USD contract in China, but agreement postponed (para. 2) -- EDF [...]	2007-08-07 16:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
07PARIS3340	THE WAR ON TERROR: FRANCE ON U.S. PROPOSALS FOR [...] SUMMARY: (C) Poloff shared reftel non-paper in late July with Louis Blin, Acting MFA DAS-Equivalent for Security and Counterterrorism in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs. Following up in an August 7 meeting, Blin told poloff that the GOF was particularly impressed with the U.S. initiative, espe [...]	2007-08-08 11:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KTFN FR
07PARIS3341	FRENCH INTENTIONS FOR AFRICA-RELATED MEETINGS AT [...] (SBU) MFA AF PDAS Caroline Dumas on August 3 provided the following information on Africa-related meetings the French would like to see held on the margins of this year's UNGA. She provided this information in response to our request for clarification in view of the different signals we had [...]	2007-08-08 12:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA XA FR
07PARIS3342	AMISOM: FRENCH MFA SAYS NEW RESOURCES NOT LIKELY [...] (C) France is not likely to provide additional resources to assist Burundi and the AU to facilitate Burundi's participation in AMISOM, MFA Somalia Desk Officer Thierry Caboche explained on August 8 in response to reftel. Caboche noted the contributions France is already making bilaterally a [...]	2007-08-08 14:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO FR
07PARIS3344	COUNTERTERRORISM IN FRANCE: PKK, LTTE, ETA, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Poloff met on August 7 with Louis Blin, the MFA's Acting DAS-equivalent for security and counterterrorism in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs, to discuss current U.S./France counterterrorism cases. Blin expressed disappointment (but not surprise) at Vienna's release and assist [...]	2007-08-08 15:11:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL EFIN PGOV AU IZ PO SP TU FR
07PARIS3348	AS A SECULAR COUNTRY, FRANCE DOES NOT OFFICIALLY CERTIFY [...] In response to reftel, FAS Paris confirms that the Governement of France (GOF) has not signed any agreement, nor is currently in negotiation with, Malaysia regarding any halal related issue. As halal is perceived as a religious attestation and not a phytosanitary requirement, France has no gove [...]	2007-08-09 13:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR MY
07PARIS3363	COMOROS: FRENCH MFA SEES NO EASY SOLUTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Comoros Desk Officer Stephane Le Brech said on August 7 that there appeared to be no ready solution to the current crisis in the Comoros, because of Anjouan "President" Bacar's intransigence and the improbability of any military solution to the impasse. Le Brech said that t [...]	2007-08-10 10:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN FR
07PARIS3385	METN BY-ELECTION RESULT ALLOWS FRANCE TO RELAX A [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA told us August 9 that FM Kouchner's anticipated August 25 return to Beirut was more tentative than public statements and press reporting have indicated since the hotly contested Metn by-election last weekend has not led to violence. The new DAS-equivalent for th [...]	2007-08-10 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IS IR
07PARIS3386	METN BY-ELECTION RESULT ALLOWS FRANCE TO RELAX A [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA told us August 9 that FM Kouchner's anticipated August 25 return to Beirut was more tentative than public statements and press reporting have indicated since the hotly contested Metn by-election last weekend has not led to violence. The new DAS-equivalent for th [...]	2007-08-10 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IS IR
07PARIS3392	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 9, EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan met with officials from France's Ministry of Ecology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Prime Minister's office, to discuss the President's September 27-28 Major Economies Conference. The French were supportive of the initiat [...]	2007-08-13 10:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG ECON FR
07PARIS3399	FRENCH BIOTECH FARMERS FACE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS AND [...] Summary. French biotech farmers are facing multiple challenges as they expand biotech corn acreage four fold in 2007. Despite this increase, talk of a biotech moratorium during the presidential campaign and new reporting requirements chilled what was expected to be an even larger amount follo [...]	2007-08-13 15:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS34	FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM [...] (U) We passed the information about the February 13-14 Liberia Partners Forum to our contacts in the French Finance and Foreign Ministries. At the MFA, our contacts lauded USG plans to host the Forum, but regretted that a timing conflict with the biennial Africa-France summit of heads of stat [...]	2007-01-05 14:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EFIN PTER ECON FR
07PARIS3401	FRENCH BUDGET DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The French parliament approved on August 1 one of France's largest-ever tax packages, a tax reform bill "in favor of labor, employment and purchasing power." The tax cuts are intended to improve France's competitiveness, but may have a modest impact on economic growth in the ne [...]	2007-08-13 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS3402	MUSLIM OUTREACH -- SENIOR ADVISOR FARAH PANDITH'S [...] (SBU) In meetings in Paris July 25 - 26 with a wide range of figures from France's large and diverse Muslim community and France,s new government, EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith underlined U.S. interest in respectful dialogue and exchange of ideas with France's Muslim population, the larges [...]	2007-08-14 07:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PTER PGOV EUN FR PINR ECON
07PARIS341	GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritoria [...]	2007-01-30 11:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN
07PARIS3414	SARKOZY'S SHAKE-UP OF FRENCH PUBLIC BROADCASTING [...] (SBU) French public radio and television, long a stable and dominant force in the French media scene, looks set to make some changes in the coming year. We expect these changes will leave it with a leaner management structure and with at least some overlapping functions eliminated in an effort [...]	2007-08-14 15:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO OPRC FR
07PARIS342	GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritoria [...]	2007-01-30 11:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN
07PARIS3423	DJIBOUTI/PSI: GOF INFORMED [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 13:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT DJ FR
07PARIS3429	BIOTECH OPPONENTS MEETING WITH FRENCH MINISTRY, THREATEN [...] In mid July 2007, approximately 500 activists, led by Jose Bove, a noted anti-biotech activist, gathered in Brittany calling for the destruction of the entire GM corn crop in France before it pollinates. On July 23rd, close to 150 activists blocked the Port of Saint Nazaire, denouncing the imp [...]	2007-08-16 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS343	OFFICIAL - INFORMAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 11:25:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	AMGT FR
07PARIS3480	FRENCH RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to both the Strategic Affairs/ Non-proliferation and the United Nations bureaus at the French MFA. Our interlocuters were unfamiliar with the South African and Ind [...]	2007-08-21 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ID KNNP PREL PTER SF KPAO
07PARIS3496	STARTING AN IMPORT SAFETY DIALOGUE WITH FRANCE [...] (U) Post shared reftel points on starting an import safety dialogue with Sophie Hubert at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for the Americas (Office of North America),and with Francis Amand, Head of Security and Regulations at the Ministry of Economy and Finance's Directorate for Con [...]	2007-08-21 16:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN KIPR FR
07PARIS350	GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritorial [...]	2007-01-30 13:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN
07PARIS3534	FRENCH MFA "REFLECTING" ON IMPLICATIONS OF [...] (C) Summary: French FM Kouchner's visit to Iraq allowed France to re-engage meaningfully with a wide range of Iraqi political and confessional/ethnic leaders and left Kouchner "moved" by the extent of destruction in that country. The French MFA told us August 24 that Kouchner and his staff are [...]	2007-08-24 15:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR IZ US
07PARIS356	GOF POSTS LOWER 2006 BUDGET DEFICIT, PLANS FOR WITHHOLDING [...] SUMMARY: France's central budget deficit decreased more than expected to 2.0 percent of GDP in 2006, prompting the government to announce that the overall budget deficit (including local government and social security budgets) would not exceed 2.6 percent of GDP. Nonetheless, the European Comm [...]	2007-01-30 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS3577	NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSES KOUCHNER VISIT TO IRAQ AT [...] (C) Summary: Visiting NEA A/S Welch used the beginning of his August 21 meeting with the director of French FM Kouchner's private office, Philippe Etienne, to ask about Kouchner's then ongoing visit to Iraq (other subjects reported separately). Etienne expressed pleasure at the generally p [...]	2007-08-28 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL FR IZ
07PARIS3579	PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S AUGUST 27 FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On August 27 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a major foreign policy address in Paris to the annual French Chief of Missions Conference. He identified the building of Europe as "the absolute priority of France's foreign policy," and cited Iran as the "mo [...]	2007-08-28 18:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR FR
07PARIS3600	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR ICAO ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Jean-Michel Bour, Deputy Director of European and International Affairs of France's Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) August 23. Bour took note of the U.S. request for support, but stopped short of indicating how France would vote. He reminded Econoff [...]	2007-08-30 07:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL ICAO AORC FR
07PARIS363	A/S FRIED-POLDIR ARAUD ON IRAN, KOSOVO, GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Political Director Araud informed EUR A/S Fried during a January 25 meeting that Russian Security Council Chairman Ivanov had revealed to him the previous day while in Paris that he would travel to Tehran February 28 at the behest of President Putin. Araud said the Russian [...]	2007-01-31 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL KDEM EUN NATO UNO UNMIK FR KCFE RS SR
07PARIS3631	FRENCH NOT PREPARED TO ISSUE PUBLIC STATEMENT ON [...] (C) France does not intend to issue a public declaration on Syrian dissident Riad Seif (reftel),according to French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge. He indicated August 31 that France had delivered a joint EU demarche on August 29 to Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Miqdad asking [...]	2007-08-31 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM FR SY LE
07PARIS3663	NEAR-TERM ANTI AL-QAIDA COMMUNICATION ACTIONS [...] This is Embassy Paris Anti Al-Qaida Communication Plan (ACAP) report number 1, as tasked reftel A. Task 1 (Encouraging French CT Internet effort) No activities to report. Task 2 (Support to surrogates, "credible voices") Post currently provides small PA program grants to French NGOs [...]	2007-09-04 18:22:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER OIIP KPAO FR
07PARIS3668	FRENCH MFA READOUT ON AUGUST 23 TEHRAN VISIT BY [...] (C) Summary: The GOF took a hard line during an August 23 trip to Tehran by French presidency strategic affairs adviser Richier and French MFA DAS-equivalent Gellet that Iranian leader Khamanei's foreign policy adviser Velayati hoped would open a new channel to Paris. Gellet explained Augu [...]	2007-09-05 12:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR IR
07PARIS3672	FRENCH MFA STAFF "REFLECTS" ON IRAQ: UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary: Franck Gellet, the French MFA's DAS covering Iraq, stressed August 31 that the lack of progress toward national reconciliation in that country is the main obstacle to internal peace and reconstruction. In that context, he believes the notion of France providing assistance to i [...]	2007-09-05 13:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR IZ
07PARIS3708	RWANDA: FRANCE SENDING A DELEGATION IN OVERTURE [...] (C/NF) An MFA delegation will travel next week to Rwanda in an effort to improve diplomatic relations, severed since November 2006, we learned on September 5 from Helene Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa. She disclosed that MFA A/S-equivalent Jean de Gliniasty and Laurent C [...]	2007-09-07 10:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ICJ RW FR
07PARIS3709	DJIBOUTI: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BORREL CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa Helene Le Gal told us on September 5 that a court in Versailles had issued warrants against Djibouti's chief prosecutor Djama Souleiman and secret service chief Hassan Said, for allegedly suborning the testimony of a witness involved i [...]	2007-09-07 11:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ICJ DJ FR
07PARIS3727	UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) Per reftel para 4 here below updated contact information for key French government officials as requested. HEAD OF STATE ------------- 2. (SBU) President of the French Republic Nicolas SARKOZY - Office telephone number 011 33 1 42 92 81 00 - Residence telephone number 011 33 1 42 9 [...]	2007-09-07 15:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PGOV FR
07PARIS3733	FRENCH ELYSEE NEA ADVISER RECOUNTS TOUGH LINE [...] (C) Following up on reftel, Polmincouns and poloff asked French presidential adviser for NEA issues Boris Boillon September 6 about the visit to Tehran by French Presidency official Richier and MFA DAS Gellet. Polmincouns noted the stark phrasing in President Sarkozy's speech to French amba [...]	2007-09-07 18:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR IR
07PARIS3734	FRENCH REEPHASIZE THE PRIORITY FOR A "CONSENSUS" [...] (C) Summary: Nabih Berri's recent initiatives to resolve Lebanon's political crisis has caused the GOF to reemphasize its position that the next president of Lebanon needs to be a consensus figure. Meetings at the Presidency and the MFA confirmed that the GOF believes "extremists" in March [...]	2007-09-07 18:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3735	FRENCH REEPHASIZE THE PRIORITY FOR A "CONSENSUS" [...] (C) Summary: Nabih Berri's recent initiatives to resolve Lebanon's political crisis has caused the GOF to reemphasize its position that the next president of Lebanon needs to be a consensus figure. Meetings at the Presidency and the MFA confirmed that the GOF believes "extremists" in March [...]	2007-09-07 18:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3737	GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...]	2007-09-10 05:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR
07PARIS3738	GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...]	2007-09-10 05:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR
07PARIS3739	FRENCH PRESIDENCY NEA ADVISER ON THE "COLOSSAL [...] (C) In the course of a September 6 meeting largely devoted to Lebanon (septel notal),French Presidency adviser on NEA issues Boris Boillon spoke briefly about France's role in securing the release of Bulgarian "medics" from Libyan custody. Boillon stated that he was one of only three people [...]	2007-09-10 05:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR LI
07PARIS3740	FRENCH PRESIDENCY NEA ADVISER ON THE "COLOSSAL [...] (C) In the course of a September 6 meeting largely devoted to Lebanon (septel notal),French Presidency adviser on NEA issues Boris Boillon spoke briefly about France's role in securing the release of Bulgarian "medics" from Libyan custody. Boillon stated that he was one of only three people other [...]	2007-09-10 05:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR LI
07PARIS3741	GOF PUTS GROWTH FRONT AND CENTER [...] (SBU) The Sarkozy government has spent the political rentree talking up proposals to stimulate economic growth. Despite the OECD's September 5 downward revision of French growth estimates to 1.8%, the government is maintaining its 2.25% projection. In an August 30 keynote speech to the annual [...]	2007-09-10 06:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS3750	TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 12:18:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL FR
07PARIS3772	FRENCH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche late the afternoon of September 7 to French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille. He was a bit surprised to receive such a message so late, i.e., after FM Kouchner had already left to attend the Gymnich. After confirming the message was address [...]	2007-09-11 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY EU
07PARIS379	FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-31 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS3791	FRENCH WELCOME U.S. DEMARCHE ON BURMA [...] (SBU) On September 12, poloff met with the MFA Burma desk officer, Jeremy Petit, and presented reftel points. Petit, who agreed with all points, then handed poloff a September 12 op-ed from French daily Le Figaro by MFA Secretary of State for Human Rights Rama Yade. In the article, Yade calls [...]	2007-09-13 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNSC BU FR
07PARIS3798	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO, GEORGIA, KOSOVO, CFE [...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 10, A/S Dan Fried met with Political Director Gerard Araud at the MFA to discuss developments on NATO, Georgia, Kosovo and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. Araud welcomed the U.S. parallel action plans to move forward on the Adapted CFE treaty, bu [...]	2007-09-13 10:48:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL NATO MARR PARM FR GG RS SR
07PARIS3799	(S/NF)MFA BRIEFS ON FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, MFA Security Affairs Director Philippe Carr told Treasury A/S O,Brien that he foresees trade-offs if Russia and China are to be kept on board for a third UN Security Council Resolution against Iran. In any case, France is prepared to "go beyond" multilateral Ira [...]	2007-09-13 11:04:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETTC EFIN UNSC FR
07PARIS380	FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-31 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS3808	A/S FRIED CFE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN FRANCE [...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and an interagency team met with Russian DFM Kislyak September 11 in Paris to discuss next steps on the U.S. parallel actions plan for ending the current deadlock on fulfillment of Istanbul commitments by Russia and ratification of Adapted CFE by [...]	2007-09-13 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR NATO KFCE FR GG RU MD
07PARIS3823	KOSOVO: GOF NOTES PROGRESS ON INDEPENDENCE IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials told us on September 12 that they are increasingly optimistic that the EU will come to a consensus on the recognition of an independent Kosovo after the December 10 Troika deadline. Edouard Beslay, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, told us that only seven of [...]	2007-09-13 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC YI DSR EU FR
07PARIS3825	TOGO: GILCHRIST OLYMPIO REMAINS "CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's UFC opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio told us on September 13 that he remained "cautiously optimistic" about the integrity of the upcoming October 14 legislative elections in Togo and upbeat about the UFC's chances. He intends to travel to Ghana on September 15 and th [...]	2007-09-14 10:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM UNGA TO FR
07PARIS3827	TERRORIST FINANCE: FRENCH FOLLOWUP ON SAUDI FIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-14 15:32:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
07PARIS384	FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA, based on its perception of widespread international exasperation with Pakistan's failure to control the Taliban insurgency that operates within its borders, is considering a proposal to encourage NATO allies -- particularly the U.S. and the U.K. -- to push Pakistan [...]	2007-01-31 17:05:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS3873	FRENCH NEA A/S EQUIVALENT ON IRAN, SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (C) We used a September 17 meeting with French MFA NEA A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon to ask for his take on French FM Kouchner's statements in an interview the previous day on the possibility of war with Iran as part of the ongoing crisis over that country's nuclear program (summarized i [...]	2007-09-17 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ETTC FR IR EU
07PARIS3874	FRENCH NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON THE [...] (C) Polmincouns called on French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon September 17 to request a readout from FM Kouchner's visit September 10-14 to the Levant before Kouchner travels to Washington. Felix-Paganon, accompanied by DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, focused on [...]	2007-09-17 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL FR IS SY LE
07PARIS3875	A/S ROOD MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak hosted State/ISN A/S John Rood and a U.S. delegation including State/EUR A/S Dan Fried for U.S.-Russia bilateral missile defense talks in Paris on September 10. Rood and Kislyak welcomed this installment of on-going talks as a vital [...]	2007-09-17 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	MARR PREL MCAP NATO RS FR
07PARIS3876	FRANCE SUPPORTS MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] (SBU) On September 17, poloff demarched Marianne Peron-Doise, acting MFA desk officer for the United Nations and International Organizations, concerning the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Peron-Doise agreed with U.S. points and said that France supports an extension of MINUST [...]	2007-09-18 09:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO EAID EFIN PGOV HA FR
07PARIS389	CHIRAC ADVISER: FRANCE'S IRAN POLICY HAS NOT [...] (C) Summary: According to Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East advisor, Chirac's comments on Iran (reported in the February 1 edition of the International Herald Tribune) did not contradict official policy or Chirac's own professed views. "France's (Iran) policy has not changed," B [...]	2007-02-01 10:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PINR IR FR
07PARIS3892	ACCOUNTABILITY OF WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL -FRENCH CONSIDERING [...] (U) Econoff delivered on September 14 reftel points and nonpaper advocating accountability for WIPO Director General to Jean-Baptiste Mozziconacci, Head of bilateral affairs and international cooperation at the National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI). 2. (SBU) Mozziconacci noted [...]	2007-09-18 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC WIPO KIPR FR
07PARIS3909	MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING - AMBASSADOR GRAY ENGAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 17, IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE WASHINGTON SEPTEMBER 27-28 MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING (MEM),AND WITH THE MFA'S DEPUTY MINISTER FOR ECONOMICS AND FINANCE, USEU AMBASSADOR GRAY ADDRESSED FRENCH CONCERNS AND HIGHLIGHTED U.S. MEM O [...]	2007-09-18 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV FR
07PARIS3911	NSDD 38 - DOD/DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY STAFFING [...] (C//NF) The Chief of Mission approves the proposal to add two U.S. Direct Hire positions - an Assistant Air Attache (A/AIRA) on a one-time basis, and a Secretary, and to abolish two U.S. Direct Hire positions - Bilingual Research Technicians (BLRT). 2. (C) The proposed staffing change is no [...]	2007-09-18 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AODE FR PINR KMRS
07PARIS3919	FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...]	2007-09-18 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS3921	FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, [...] (C) French MFA NEA A/S-Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon reviewed with Polmincouns September 17 FM Kouchner's visit to Beirut during Kouchner's recent swing through the Levant. He provided little detail and began the discussion of Lebanon as a carryover from a preceding discussion of the peace p [...]	2007-09-19 11:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3926	FRANCE AND COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 13:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV FR
07PARIS3941	FARC HOSTAGES: GOF LEAVING "NO STONE UNTURNED" TO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The French determination to explore all options that could lead to the release of Franco-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt has led them to support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,s offer to mediate a humanitarian accord between the Colombian government and FARC guerillas. MFA officials a [...]	2007-09-19 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR FR CO
07PARIS3942	SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES SUDAN, CHAD C.A.R. WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios discussed Darfur and related issues with French officials on September 15. Both sides agreed that Abdulwahid el-Nur's continued failure to participate in peace talks, including the October 27 meeting in Libya, posed serious problems, and [...]	2007-09-20 07:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID UNGA MARR SU CD CT FR
07PARIS3955	OVERVIEW OF FRENCH TREATY RATIFICATION PROCESS [...] In response to reftel, Embassy surveyed the French treaty ratification process. The French treaty ratification process is complex and generally takes at least a year, although this depends heavily on the legislative calendar and may sometimes take longer. Article 53 of the French Constitutio [...]	2007-09-21 08:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIA FR
07PARIS3956	KOUCHNER EXPECTED TO MEET IRANIAN COUNTERPART AT [...] (C) During a September 19 call on French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, we asked whether he had heard anything that might indicate FM Kouchner or any other French officials planned to meet with Iranian President Ahmadi Nejad in New York. Pouille shook his head no on Ahma [...]	2007-09-21 09:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM FR IR
07PARIS3964	USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE [...] (U) Please see paragraphs 4 and 7 for requested Washington follow-up actions. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, USD/P Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with French Political Director Gerard Araud to discuss Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Missile Defense, CFE and Kosovo [...]	2007-09-21 12:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP FR RU SR IZ IR AF
07PARIS3967	"LE GRENELLE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sarkozy administration has organized "The Grenelle for the Environment" to develop an environmental compact with the French people. The Grenelle brings together a range of stakeholders impacted by Sarkozy's projected "greening" of all social and economic policy areas. Th [...]	2007-09-21 12:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ELAB SENV ETRD EU FR
07PARIS3970	PRESS REPORTING FRENCH MORATORIUM ON COMMERCIAL BIOTECH [...] Summary: On September 20, a "Le Monde" article, titled "France Turns Towards the End of GMOs," reported that the French government is considering freezing the sale of biotech seeds in 2008 pending legislation to more rigorously control biotechnology in France. This disclosure reportedly took a [...]	2007-09-21 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ETRD EU FR
07PARIS3971	INVITATION LETTER DELIVERED -- UNDER SECRETARY [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel letter of invitation to MFA September 20. PolOff also spoke with Lionel Paradisi, Senior Country Officer equivalent for Colombia at Quai d'Orsay who assured us that GoF sincerely appreciated the invitation and would send a formal reply as soon as possible. Please vi [...]	2007-09-21 16:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PTER PHUM UNGA CO FR
07PARIS3972	FRENCH READOUT ON KOUCHNER VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary. An MFA interlocutor related that the September 18 meeting between French Foreign Minister Kouchner and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov did not prompt any breakthroughs on the sensitive issues of Kosovo or Iran, but the tone of the meeting--their fist as foreign ministers--was [...]	2007-09-21 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS
07PARIS3973	FRANCE: STILL RESERVED ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Emboffs have discussed the Partnership for Democratic governance (PDG) on several occasions with French officials in recent weeks. They have told us they do not believe France will join as a founding member, but have not excluded deeper involvement at some later date. 2. (SBU) In a [...]	2007-09-21 16:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM EAID FR
07PARIS3994	PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's September 12 Tour d'Horizon, creditors welcomed in principle Jordan's proposal to buy back debt and generally supported the Secretariat's assessment of a 6-8 percent market discount. In a significant move, the Secretariat and creditors agreed with the U.S. [...]	2007-09-24 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS3996	IRAN,S BANK MARKAZI OPENS NEW ACCOUNTS IN EUROPE [...] (S) On September 21, Econoff delivered reftel nonpaper on Iranian Central Bank activity to the MFA Non-Proliferation Office and the Finance Ministry,s International Financial Affairs Office. Both stressed France,s forward-leaning approach to applying economic pressure on Iran and said they [...]	2007-09-24 15:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	KNNP MNUC EFIN IR FR
07PARIS3997	FRENCH ON EU BORDER MISSION ON LEBANON AND LEBANON [...] (C) We presented reftel demarches to French MFA DAS-equivalent Ludovic Pouille on September 19. On the EU border mission for Lebanon, Pouille said that France agreed with all of the points as conveyed and made the following additional points: --Coordination has not been easy on this withi [...]	2007-09-24 16:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR FR LE SY
07PARIS400	FRENCH REACTION TO LIBERIA ARREARS CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 11:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR FR
07PARIS403	A/S FRIED'S MEETING'S WITH MONIQUE SALIOU AND [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met January 24 with Monique Saliou, European Affairs Advisor to Socialist Party (PS) party presidential candidate Segolene Royal and, separately, with Nicolas Bavarez, a leading essayist and political analyst regularly consulted on policy questions by Unio [...]	2007-02-01 13:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS4069	SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT IN FRANCE-ANGOLA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Angola desk officer Carole Blestel told us on September 26 that Angola was apparently seeking to improve relations with France, citing the meeting between Presidents Dos Santos and Sarkozy on September 24 in New York. She said that Angola had initiated the meeting and that [...]	2007-09-27 15:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AO FR
07PARIS407	INITIAL FRENCH REACTION TO HALTING IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, we raised the issue of current levels of sovereign and non-sovereign exposure to Iran with our working-level contacts in the Finance Ministry. France is interested in ratcheting up the pressure on Iran to convince it to give up its nuclear weapons program, but is not [...]	2007-02-01 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR
07PARIS4071	FRENCH READOUT ON IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA,s Iraq desk officer on September 20 described Iraqi FM Zebari,s brief visit to Paris as a useful opportunity to take stock of some bilateral issues FM Kouchner had not raised during his visit to Baghdad last month but little else. Part of this was due to the fact [...]	2007-09-27 16:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROG ETRD EINV FR IZ EU IR

07PARIS408	FRENCH SUPPORT FOR THE TERROR FINANCE TRACKING PROGRAM [...] (C) France's Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, replied to the Ambassador's letter encouraging continued support for the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP, per reftels) on January 16. Sarkozy underscored the need to balance terrorism concerns with privacy concerns, and that the program [...]	2007-02-01 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ECON FR
07PARIS4083	SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS YADE'S CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: Pol M/C and Poloff met on September 25 with the Chief of Staff for the Secretary of State for Human Rights Brigitte Collet and Counselor Pierre Thenard to discuss Rama Yade,s role and priorities in her newly created position, Yade,s recent visit to Haiti, her upcoming visit to [...]	2007-09-28 12:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI UNSC FR HA BM
07PARIS4084	UNAMID: FRENCH WANT SEPARATE DEMARCHES; MINURCAT [...] (C) MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal told us on September 28 that France preferred that the U.S., UK, and France carry out separate demarches rather than a joint one regarding contributions by other countries to the UNAMID operation for Darfur (reftel). 2. (C) Le Gal said that she ha [...]	2007-09-28 13:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR
07PARIS409	SHIELD S32-06: FRENCH COMPANY COOPERATION WITH [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. On February 1, econoff met with MFA DAS-equivalent for Export Control Marc Abensour and his Deputy Jacques Raharinaivo to discuss the possibility that a French company, Paul Boye Manufacturing, may have negotiated a Memorandum of Understandi [...]	2007-02-01 15:54:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM ETTC PREL FR
07PARIS4109	PAULSON DISCUSSES FINANCIAL MARKETS, IRAN WITH SARKOZY, [...] (C) Summary: In successive meetings Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson told Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde and President Nicolas Sarkozy that it was important not to overreact to financial market turbulence. Sarkozy asked for U.S. support for Dominique Strauss-Kahn's candidacy for IMF Mana [...]	2007-10-01 10:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL FR
07PARIS412	French Elections and the Politics of Globalization [...] (C) Summary: With French elections ahead in spring 2007, issues associated with globalization risk becoming increasingly politicized. On international trade and domestic reform issues, we will see both the left and the right try to out-protectionist the other in defense of French values and t [...]	2007-02-01 16:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV WTO FR
07PARIS4130	FRANCE TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (SBU) On October 1 poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officer for Burma, Jeremy Petit, who described France,s position as "totally parallel" to the U.S. position. Petit expects the EU to announce new sanctions on Burma on October 3 and speculated these sanctions could add names to [...]	2007-10-02 15:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BM FR
07PARIS4131	FRANCE'S NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO [...] (U) SUMMARY. French Defense Minister Herve Morin used the September 10 - 11 "Summer Defense University" (an annual conference organized by the two houses of French parliament) to lay the foundation for a transformation of France's armed forces including a new relationship with NATO. END SUMMAR [...]	2007-10-02 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS4139	FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOCUSES INWARDLY ON ENVIRONMENT: [...] (SBU) Summary: While the world debates global climate issues, France's environmental attention is inward-focused. Sarkozy and State Minister Borloo of the 'mega' Environment Ministry - together with a range of stakeholders - are shaping environmental policies which will largely determine Franc [...]	2007-10-02 16:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS414	FRENCH INFORMED U.S. WILL NOT ATTEND PARIS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on February 1 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jacques Pellet to convey the U.S. decision not/not to participate in the February 5-6 Ministerial Conference in Paris entitled "Free the Children from War. Poloff explained that the U.S. decision did not/not reflect di [...]	2007-02-01 17:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC FR
07PARIS4170	FRANCE REEVALUATES BIOTECH POLICY; MUCH AT STAKE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 14:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ETRD EU FR
07PARIS4176	French Textile and Apparel Industry [...] (U) Per reftel request, the Federation of the French Textile and Apparel Industry (UIT - Union des Industries Textiles) provided us with an update on developments in 2006 and initial estimates for sector performance in 2007. In 2006, the French textile sector experienced growth in household c [...]	2007-10-05 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON FR
07PARIS4183	SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: UPDATE ON FRENCH VIEWS TOWARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France now agrees to carry out joint demarches with the U.S. and the UK regarding contributions to the UNAMID mission for Darfur (refs A and B),but only/only with respect to non-EU potential donors. The French will demarche EU members separately, taking into account the need [...]	2007-10-05 12:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR
07PARIS4201	FRANCE: DAS ANDERSON BILATS ON UN REFORM, WIPO, ICAO, UNEP, [...] (SBU) On October 3, DAS Gerald Anderson met with MFA PDAS-equivalents Marc Giacomini of the Directorate for UN and International organizations, and Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel of the Directorate for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament. Anderson presented an overview of the U.S. transparenc [...]	2007-10-05 17:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON UN ETRD EAIR FR
07PARIS4215	RWANDA: FRANCE READY TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 08:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM RW FR
07PARIS422	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHIRAC's IRAN-GAFFE, IPCC CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Left-of-center weekly Le Nouvel Observateur devoted its cover story to climate change with an interview of President Chirac, which the magazine characterized as "The President's Legacy for the Environment." In this interview the French President stated: "I want the U.S. to adopt Kyoto and [...]	2007-02-02 15:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS4223	TERRORIST ABDALLAH DENIED PAROLE; APPEAL EXPECTED [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris was informed by Embassy Counsel Georges Kiejman on the afternoon of October 10 that the Paris Tribunal refused parole for convicted terrorist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. We expect that Abdallah will file an appeal with the Paris Court of Appeals within the next ten days (the [...]	2007-10-10 13:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL FR
07PARIS424	UNESCO REACTS TO UN HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT "DELIVERING AS [...] This is a guidance request, see para 4. 2. Summary: After some initial hesitation, UNESCO's Director General Matsuura is engaging member states on the results of the UN high level panel report "Delivering as One." In a recent standing-room-only information session attended by UNESCO staf [...]	2007-02-02 15:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID
07PARIS4254	FRANCE/GAERC: BROAD AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES [...] (C) On October 9, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the October 15-16 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers. On October 12, PolOff delivered ref B demarche to MFA DAS-equiva [...]	2007-10-15 05:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS IZ
07PARIS4255	FRANCE'S ABSTENTION AT EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-15 06:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV EU FR
07PARIS4258	PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH MFA [...] (C) On October 12, Embassy DutyOff transmitted reftel NIACT demarche to Martin Briens, MFA DAS-equivalent for Nuclear Non-Proliferation. PolOff followed up with Briens during business hours to answer any questions; however, the MFA requested no additional information. Please visit Paris' C [...]	2007-10-15 12:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EWWT GR FR KN SY
07PARIS4265	FRENCH FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO BURMA PASSES THROUGH [...] (SBU) On October 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to DAS equivalent for SE Asia, Fabrice Mauries who replied France does not provide any direct assistance to Burma. Mauries expressed interest in assistance that promotes democracy but noted that all French assistance goes through the EU. [...]	2007-10-15 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM FR
07PARIS4270	U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING THE USE OF [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Raphael Trapp, MFA desk officer covering the Rights of Women and Children on October 16. Trapp said the French support the resolution in principle, but national preferences aside, they are obligated to join the EU consensus. 2. (SBU) Without d [...]	2007-10-16 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI FR
07PARIS4271	SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH PUSHING HARD ON ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, an AF advisor at the French presidency, told us on October 16 that President Sarkozy remains personally engaged on Darfur-related issues and is pushing for rapid progress on UNAMID and, especially, MINURCAT. Force generation and financial issues regarding MINURC [...]	2007-10-16 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR SU CT CD FR
07PARIS4273	FRENCH NATIONAL STATISTICAL AGENCY REVISES DOWNWARD 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: INSEE, the French National Statistical Agency, forecasts real GDP to increase 1.8 percent in 2007 compared with 2.2 percent in 2006. Similar to OECD and European Commission forecasts, INSEE's projections are below the lower bound of the GOF's 2.0-2.5 percent forecast. Nonetheles [...]	2007-10-16 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS4276	MINFIN OFFICIAL BRIEFS DEPSEC KIMMITT ON WEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 12 meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Finance Ministry Director General Xavier Musca highlighted his concerns regarding sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments, particularly when not made via intermediaries. When the Deputy Secretary inquired as to how [...]	2007-10-16 16:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN UNSC IR FR
07PARIS430	FRANCE ASSERTS NO CHANGE IN ITS IRAN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In line with their earlier statements (reftel) on the matter, French MFA officials continued on February 2 to emphasize to us that there has been no change in official French policy with respect to Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions. End summary. MFA Commentary -------------- [...]	2007-02-02 17:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PINR IR FR
07PARIS4309	FRANCE PREPARING TO ANNOUNCE NEW AFRICA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: France is planning to announce a major shift in its Africa policy, to be unveiled by President Sarkozy during his scheduled visit to South Africa in February 2008, according to Romain Serman, an AF-advisor at the French Presidency. The change in policy is intended to minimize, [...]	2007-10-18 13:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA FR
07PARIS4311	OUTREACH TO WOMEN LEADERS IN FRANCE [...] October 10-12, Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli conducted outreach to women leaders at the Deauville Women's Economic Forum and in Paris, reaching audiences from leaders in French politics to women social workers in underserved areas [...]	2007-10-18 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL FR PHUM
07PARIS4313	FRENCH UPDATE ON LEBANON, AS THE "THREE MINISTERS" [...] (C) Summary: France does not believe the October 23 session of the Lebanese parliament will result in the election of a new Lebanese president and sees the visit by French, Italian, and Spanish foreign ministers October 19-20 as a way to remind Lebanese political figures of their &responsib [...]	2007-10-19 09:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR IT SP
07PARIS4314	ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY SCHWEICH BRIEFS FRENCH [...] (C) On October 10, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Thomas Schweich briefed French officials on the 2007 U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan. Ambassador Jean-Pierre Vidon, Ambassador for the Fight Against Organized Crime, and [...]	2007-10-19 09:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL FR MARR MOPS PINS SNAR AF
07PARIS4315	THE SARKOZY ECONOMIC AGENDA - REFORM OF GOODS AND SERVICES [...] (SBU) French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made goods and services market reform an important element of his plans to boost purchasing power and create a more dynamic French economy. He has announced a series of proposals to liberalize retail distribution, open up competition in goods and ser [...]	2007-10-19 10:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS4320	NON-COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1267 OBLIGATIONS: HASSAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 16:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
07PARIS4327	THE SARKOZY ECONOMIC AGENDA - LABOR MARKET REFORM [...] (SBU) France's labor market rigidities are a key impediment to stronger growth and lower unemployment. President Sarkozy has dusted off reforms proposed during his time as Finance Minister to jumpstart the French economy. The key labor market initiative is a more flexible contract between wor [...]	2007-10-23 08:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS433	CWC: FRANCE SHARES OPPOSITION TO IRAN AS EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Poloff met February 2 with Frederick Junge, desk officer in the office of Chemical and Biological Weapons Disarmament at the MFA and delivered reftel demarche. Junge said the MFA shares the USG's strong opposition to Iran as Executive Council Chair of the Organization for the Prohibition [...]	2007-02-05 10:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR FR
07PARIS4349	THE SARKOZY ECONOMIC AGENDA: FISCAL ADJUSTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy took office pledging to reduce France's public debt of nearly 65% of GDP and to boost growth rates by one percentage point. Annual budget deficits have moved below the Maastricht criteria of 3% of GDP as a result of increasing revenues rather than cuts to publ [...]	2007-10-25 11:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS4352	PARIS NOMINEE FOR 2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel action request, Embassy Paris nominates Fadela Amara, Secretary of State for Urban Policies and founder of the NGO "Ni Putes Ni Soumises" for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Born in France to an impoverished family of Alger [...]	2007-10-25 16:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PHUM KWMN KPAO PREL FR
07PARIS4353	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] (C) We delivered the non-paper and fact sheet October 25 to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf states Franck Gellet and Iran desk officer Arnaud Pescheux. Gellet, who did not seem aware of the announcement of the designations in Washington earlier in the day, rapidly read [...]	2007-10-25 17:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EFIN FR IR
07PARIS4356	PSI UPDATE DELIVERED TO FRENCH MFA [...] (C) On October 24, PolOff transmitted reftel A demarche to Luis Vassy and Melanie Rosselet, MFA desk officers for nuclear non-proliferation. Vassy thanked us for the close cooperation, including the reftel A update. He said that the GOF is still evaluating whether UNSCR 1718 will apply, and [...]	2007-10-26 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC EWWT KNNP GR SY TU FR
07PARIS4357	PRESIDENT SARKOZYâ€™S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...]	2007-10-26 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR
07PARIS4358	FRENCH NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON [...] (C) In an unfortunately abbreviated meeting, French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille gave us a quick update October 25 on how the French intend to move forward on Lebanon over the next couple of weeks. --FM Kouchner intends to continue his process of pressing the Lebanese [...]	2007-10-26 12:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR
07PARIS4362	YOUR OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit comes close to six months into Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term. Sarkozy has made effective use of his policy of inclusiveness ("ouverture"),bringing in leading [...]	2007-10-26 14:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO MOPS MARR PARM FR IR IZ AF SR
07PARIS4363	FRENCH POLICY ON BURMA: FREEZE NEW INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jeremy Petit, MFA desk officer for Burma on October 24. Petit said the EU is currently considering increased financial sanctions; however, he could not provide specifics. Petit noted France supported a complete freeze of all new investments in Burma [...]	2007-10-26 14:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM CVIS EFIN BM FR
07PARIS4364	SARKOZY ANNOUNCES MARSHALL PLAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, Nicolas Sarkozy, flanked by Al Gore, Wangari Maathai and Manuel Barroso, concluded the four-month French 'Grenelle' environment process calling for a series of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut pesticide use, and implement a "freeze" on planting GMOs [...]	2007-10-26 14:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS4368	AG BIOTECH FREEZE IN FRANCE: NEXT STEPS FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy announced October 25 a number of significant steps on the environment following the conclusion of the "Grenelle" consultative process (Septel). Environment is a key focal point for his administration and, in contrast to key foreign policy issues, is an area in [...]	2007-10-29 07:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAG PREL SENV FR
07PARIS437	LITTLE FRENCH REACTION TO USDA PROPOSED FARM BILL [...] Reaction among French authorities and media to the recent announcement by USDA of its Farm Bill proposal has been minimal. To date, the daily economic newspaper "Les Echos" has been the only one dedicating a full article on this topic providing primarily factual info as compared to policy ana [...]	2007-02-05 12:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS4373	BOLIVIA'S SUPPORT OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Aurelien Lepine-Kouas, French MFA desk officer for Bolivia on October 26. Poloff stressed U.S. concern over Bolivia's support of Iran's nuclear program, and provided the GOF with a text of Chocquehuanc's statements. Lepine-Kouas said the GOF had no [...]	2007-10-29 13:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PGOV PREL IAEA USUN BO IR FR
07PARIS4378	IRAN/FRANCE: THE RELATIONSHIP "UNRAVELS" [...] (C) In the course of an October 25 conversation about the recent U.S. decision to designate Iranian entities and individuals for WMD and terrorist activities (reftel),French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf states Franck Gellet described French/Iranian relations as &unraveling [...]	2007-10-29 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR IR
07PARIS4382	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES BMENA WITH FRENCH [...] (SBU) Visiting DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, accompanied by poloff and pol LES, met October 25 at the French MFA with DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, Director of the office of cooperation for the Middle East Jean-Michel Ledain, and the MFA's coordinator for BMENA Nicolas Fondraz [...]	2007-10-30 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BMENA FR EG
07PARIS4393	LUKEWARM FRENCH INTEREST IN ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL [...] (C) We contacted French FM Kouchner,s adviser on NEA issues, Christophe Bigot, October 29, who indicated that Kouchner,s priority was to have a one-on-one with the Secretary to discuss Lebanon as well as the SIPDIS Israeli/Palestinian peace process (before the Secretary,s next visit to Is [...]	2007-10-30 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER FR LE
07PARIS4398	FRENCH CONTINUE TO PRESS ASEAN ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 26 to MFA desk officers for Burma, Jeremie Petit and Marie-Pierre Giron. This demarche was timely as Petit was preparing Foreign Minister Kouchner's visit to Thailand, Singapore and China on October 28. Marie-Pierre Giron responded that the [...]	2007-10-31 11:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BM FR
07PARIS4399	PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2007 REPORTING CABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Paris Club agreed to accept a buyback of previously rescheduled Jordanian debt at an average discount of 11 percent off face value. This figure is significantly above the 5-7% figure that the Paris Club Secretariat initially estimated to be a fair market disco [...]	2007-10-31 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS4401	PKK: GOF AGREES WITH U.S. AND WANTS INFO ON ALTUN [...] (S) Embassy delivered ref A talking points to MFA counterterrorism officials on October 26. The GOF fully agrees with the U.S. assessment of the PKK and promised to continue encouraging its European partners to take action against PKK operatives in Europe. Poloff was told in the meeting that [...]	2007-10-31 17:55:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN FR
07PARIS4412	FRANCE: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 12:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KEMS PHUM PREL UNGA FR
07PARIS4420	DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' MEETINGS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary. On October 24-25 in Paris, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and Embassy staff advanced U.S. positions regarding thematic and country-specific resolutions proposed for the upcoming UN Third Committee with DAS-equivalent for Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs Jacques Pellet, [...]	2007-11-06 08:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN FR
07PARIS4428	SARKOZY HEARS FISHERMEN'S COMPLAINTS BEFORE TRAVELING TO [...] (U) Nicholas Sarkozy traveled to Brittany to meet with fishermen protesting the increased cost of diesel fuel just before his departure for the United States Tuesday November 6. In a contentious meeting-punctuated by protesters' insults and presidential disdain and anger in response, Sarkozy p [...]	2007-11-06 15:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL EFIS FR
07PARIS4430	INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 17:05:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR FR
07PARIS4432	FRANCE QUESTIONS BIOFUEL SUSTAINABILITY [...] In announcing the conclusions of the "Grenelle of the Environment" on October 25, President Sarkozy said that in France, the development of biofuels will be reassessed. He specifically targeted first generation biofuels (produced from food and feed crops) and suggested that a priority should b [...]	2007-11-06 17:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ETRD EU FR
07PARIS4439	U/S BURNS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 working dinner with MFA Political Director Gerard Araud, U/S Burns urged the European community to respect the "firm" deadline of December 10 to conclude final status negotiations on Kosovo and pushed for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Georgia. Araud hoped t [...]	2007-11-07 15:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO AZ FR SR GG RU BM IN IR
07PARIS444	EMBASSY RESPONSE TO FDA REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF [...] U.S. Consul at Embassy's subsidiary American Presence Post in Toulouse, France met with ORFAGEN President Patrick Dupuy on 1 February in response to request in referenced telegram. Consul confirms that a spin-off of Pierre Fabre Laboratories, ORFAGEN, specializes in developing dermatological [...]	2007-02-05 14:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO FR
07PARIS445	WHO RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] Embassy science officer delivered demarche in REFTEL to Emmanuel Jean, Head of European and International Affairs at the French Ministry of Health, on 11 December 2006. Ms. Jean referred the demarche to AFSSAPS, the French agency for the sanitary security of health products, which is responsib [...]	2007-02-05 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR UNCND UNCRIME FR
07PARIS4455	ERITREA/ETHIOPIA: FRANCE CONCURS ON APPROACH FOR [...] (C) Africa Watcher conveyed reftel demarche to MFA AF DAS for East Africa Helene Le Gal on November 8. Le Gal commented that France agreed on the need to support U/SYG Pascoe's efforts and to allow space for the parties alone, as signatories of the Algiers Agreements, to decide the effect o [...]	2007-11-09 14:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM PINR ET ER FR
07PARIS4456	HANS PETERSON MURDER CASE: EMBASSY'S DELIVERY OF [...] (U) Embassy drew on talking points and delivered reftel letter from the Cook County, Illinois State Attorney's Office on October 24 to the Americas desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Embassy requested that the letter be forwarded to the letter's addressed recipient, Jean-Marie Huet, Dire [...]	2007-11-09 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS446	OECD: SG GURRIA NOMINATES DEPUTIES SECRETARIES GENERAL [...] (SBU) At the conclusion of the February 5 Council, SG Gurria distributed a letter to delegation heads (see para 4) putting forward his proposal for the four Deputy Secretaries General. He will formally present these to the Council on February 20 for agreement (by consensus). 2. (SBU) The [...]	2007-02-05 15:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OECD ETRD EAID EFIN AORC IT JAPAN NL
07PARIS4463	ELYSEE SECRETARY GENERAL FLIES TO BEIRUT NOVEMBER 9 [...] (C) Summary: Claude Gueant, secretary general of the French presidency, arrived in Beirut November 9 for meetings with Lebanese focused on the presidential election -- with an expected emphasis on securing the Maronite Patriarch,s agreement to develop an acceptable list of names. Speculatio [...]	2007-11-09 17:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY
07PARIS4483	FRENCH TRADE MINISTER NOVELLI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON: KEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State Secretary Herve Novelli, the junior minister responsible for international trade, visits Washington and Miami November 13-15. Novelli's visit provides an opportunity to underline key economic issues -- the Transatlantic Economic Council, agricultural biotechnology, intell [...]	2007-11-13 12:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS4506	FRANCE STILL INTENDS TO CO-SPONSOR RAPE RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 13 to MFA desk officer for International Organizations Fanny Benedetti. Benedetti said that discussions within the French government concerning the resolution were ongoing in Paris and New York. As a co-sponsor of the current draft, France i [...]	2007-11-15 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA FR
07PARIS451	PARIS ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE: CHIRAC [...] (U) Summary: The Paris Conference on Ecological Governance - as anticipated - reiterated the call for the creation of a United Nations Environment Organization (UNEO),as well as the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Environmental Rights and Duties. Following on the heels of the strong [...]	2007-02-05 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AORC FR
07PARIS4511	TERRORIST FINANCE: ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] SUMMARY: France has had measures in place and investigative units dedicated to money laundering detection and prosecution since 1990. Cross-border movements of cash and other negotiable instruments worth 10,000 euros or more must be declared to Customs. In 2006, Customs seized 126 million eu [...]	2007-11-16 12:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KCRM KTFN PREL PTER FR
07PARIS4513	CHAD/C.A.R: FRENCH VIEWS ON FORCE GENERATION [...] (C) Following receipt of reftel, we spoke with MFA Strategic Affairs desk officer Alexis Morel, who is responsible for force generation issues regarding the peacekeeping operation the EU has decided to deploy to Chad and the Central African Republic. Morel said that "we were not surprised" [...]	2007-11-16 12:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS EUN PHUM CD CT FR
07PARIS4514	OSCE: FRANCE'S LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials told us on November 13 that France is not optimistic that there will be significant developments at the November 29-30 OSCE Madrid Ministerial. Due to Russian intransigence on so many issues, even a Ministerial declaration appears increasingly unlikely, the Fr [...]	2007-11-16 13:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE FR
07PARIS4515	FORMER FRENCH COOPERATION MINISTER TO LEAD FRENCH [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM BMENA FR YE AG
07PARIS4516	GAERC DEMARCHE: FRENCH RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the November 19-20 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. EU-CHINA SUMMIT: The GOF agrees with the USG position on worki [...]	2007-11-16 15:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK
07PARIS452	PARIS ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE: CHIRAC [...] (U) Summary: The Paris Conference on Ecological Governance - as anticipated - reiterated the call for the creation of a United Nations Environment Organization (UNEO),as well as the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Environmental Rights and Duties. Following on the heels of the strong [...]	2007-02-05 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AORC FR
07PARIS4520	FRANCE SUPPORTS TOUGHER FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) 1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 15 to MFA desk officer for Burma, Jeremie Petit. Petit agreed that stronger sanctions are needed to pressure the Burmese regime. He noted the GOF is currently considering ways to "touch the regime's bank accounts." Petit also mentio [...]	2007-11-16 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD EFIN BM FR
07PARIS4521	TOGO: AMBASSADOR DUNN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE [...] (C) SUBJECT: UFC opposition party leader Gilchrist Olympio told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn on November 8 that he thought that his opposition party deserved a prominent role in Togo's government given the roughly 50 percent of the vote that it won during the October 14 legis [...]	2007-11-16 17:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID TO FR
07PARIS4522	USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, USD/P Eric Edelman met with senior GOF officials to discuss Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, missile defense, Russia, NATO and ESDP, and Georgia. There are internal discussions about future French contributions to Afghanistan, but there is no consensus yet on fielding [...]	2007-11-19 09:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4523	CHAVEZ VISIT TO FRANCE: HOSTAGES SOLE FOCUS OF GOF [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 10:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE FR
07PARIS4529	USD(P) EDELMAN MEETING WITH FRENCH DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 9, USD(P) Eric Edelman met with French Defense Minister Herv Morin in Paris as a follow-up to Secretary Of Defense Gates, 25 October meeting with Morin at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerials. Edelman provided Morin information on the Iranian ballistic missile thr [...]	2007-11-19 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4533	FRENCH MFA OVERVIEW OF NORTH AFRICAN ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: We reviewed a number of North African issues with French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau earlier this month. She called President Sarkozy,s state visit to Morocco positive and, despite the failure to sell the Moroccans Rafale fighters, excellent for French comm [...]	2007-11-20 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD PINR FR MO AG TU LY
07PARIS4534	PKO FOR CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH WORST CASE SCENARIO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF Advisor at the French Presidency, said on November 19 that, if there are no further significant contributions to the French led-EU/UN peacekeeping operation for Chad and the C.A.R., two options could be presented to President Sarkozy for his decision: 1) that [...]	2007-11-20 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS EUN PHUM CD CT FR
07PARIS4549	CHAVEZ DISAPPOINTS IN PARIS: IN MEETING WITH [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY. Venezuelan President Chavez's November 20 discussions with French President Sarkozy focused "99 percent" on the FARC hostages. Chavez's unfilled promise to bring "proof of life" of Ingrid Betancourt disappointed the French, and left the GOF with lowered expectations for pro [...]	2007-11-21 18:52:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR FR CO
07PARIS4564	FRANCE AND GMO LOW LEVEL PRESENCE [...] Per reftel, Post delivered talking points to French Ministries of Agriculture (MinAg),Environment, and Economy on low levels of unapproved biotech products in imports. 2. French MinAg does not foresee any change in the general EU policy on low-level presence of biotech products not author [...]	2007-11-23 17:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EEB TPP ABT BTT SENV ETRD EU FR
07PARIS4574	FRENCH, BRITISH SHARE CONCERNS ON CHINESE IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the annual OECD Executive Committee meetings on November 12, A/S Sullivan met with UK FCO Director for Global and Economic Issues Scott Wightman and subsequently with French MFA DG for Economic Affairs Christian Masset. The principal subject of their discussion [...]	2007-11-26 18:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PARM CM IR FR
07PARIS4581	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE REQUESTING FRANCE'S SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 14:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA FR
07PARIS4584	BLUE LANTERN PRELICENSE CHECK 05-050069775 [...] (U) Embassy has contacted reftel end user, Delegation General pour l'Armement - Etablissment d'Experimentation Technique de Bourges (DGA-ETBS, i.e., Ministry of Defense Procurement Agency Technical Testing Center) at Bourges, France. Technical Procurement Specialist for Sensors Patrick Chantel [...]	2007-11-27 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC DA FR
07PARIS4586	CLIMATE CHANGE: FRANCE ON THE EVE OF BALI [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 18:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG PREL FR
07PARIS4592	MAURITANIA: AMBASSADOR BOULWARE'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania Mark Boulware in Paris on November 19 hailed Mauritania's transition to democracy, which the French said they would tout as an example to other African countries and use to justify rewarding Mauritania for its good beh [...]	2007-11-29 10:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID ECON MR FR
07PARIS4594	OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL: GOF DEMARCHE REPONSE [...] (C) Post delivered reftel A talking points on November 19 to French MFA officials in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs responsible for OSCE affairs. Our interlocutors agreed to notify the U.S. (either in Paris or Vienna) of any significant shift in French positions regarding the issues presente [...]	2007-11-29 12:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE FR
07PARIS4602	ELSYEE TAKE ON LEBANON: THE INITIATIVE TO ELECT [...] (C) French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon told PolMinCouns and poloff November 29 that he is concerned that the March 14-backed initiative to elect LAF commander Michel Sleiman as president has already failed. He criticized the maladroit way he claimed March 14 had prematurely announce [...]	2007-11-29 17:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR
07PARIS4606	FRANCE'S DRAFT BIOTECH BILL: MON-810 AT RISK [...] (SBU) Summary: Following France's months-long internal environmental review (ref A, B and C),French authorities have generated a draft biotech bill for review by the Council of State then the National Assembly and Senate, where it will be debated before becoming law. A preliminary version, s [...]	2007-11-30 13:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR
07PARIS461	DOD DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN EUROSATORY 2008 [...] IN ANTICIPATION OF JUNE 2008 EUROSATORY, U.S. EMBASSY PARIS STRONGLY SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN THIS IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENT. 2. THE WORLD LARGEST LAND AND AIR DEFENSE ARMAMENT TRADE SHOW, SCHEDULED FOR 16-20 JUNE 2008, PROVIDES AN UNEQUAL [...]	2007-02-06 14:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MILI PINS ETRD MARR FR
07PARIS4615	WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM FRANCE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, President Sarkozy addressed the U.S. Congress and announced that France will "remain in Afghanistan for as long as it takes," marking a deepening commitment to Afghanistan under the Sarkozy presidency. Currently, the French Joint Staff is considering proposals for [...]	2007-11-30 15:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS PREL MARR FR
07PARIS4616	INPUT ON FRANCE RE COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW FOR [...] (U) The following information is keyed to the questions contained in reftel request for information related to Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. France ------ 2. (C) What is the nature of investment that host country businesses have in Cuba? Frenc [...]	2007-11-30 15:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU FR
07PARIS4617	FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERS AND [...] (SBU) Paris extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your visit comes close to six months into President Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term, a period in which the strong U.S.-French bilateral relationship has been reinvigorated. Sarkozy's personal initiative is already visible in ne [...]	2007-11-30 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL FR
07PARIS4618	CLIMATE CHANGE: FRANCE ON THE EVE OF BALI [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and French approaches to reducing GHG emissions diverge dramatically. Jean-Louis Borloo, State Minister for the 'super' Ministry for the Environment told the Ambassador pointedly that, in his opinion, the U.S. was not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the [...]	2007-11-30 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG PREL FR
07PARIS4619	A "FURIOUS" SARKOZY DECIDES TO PROCEED WITH HIS [...] (U) Just as the French government was on the verge of cancelling President Sarkozy,s state visit to Algeria next week (see refs),Algerian President Bouteflika phoned Sarkozy November 29 to calm things down. He reportedly assured Sarkozy that the minister who was publicly quoted making anti [...]	2007-11-30 17:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR AG
07PARIS4622	PARIS CLUB - November 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) At the November 14, 2007 Paris Club tour d'horizon, Chairman Musca urged countries to stay on message in their contacts with the government of Argentina - Argentina should clear its arrears. Iraq's recent agreement with Bulgaria was deemed roughly comparable to Iraq's Paris Club agreement, [...]	2007-12-03 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS4634	TV COOP HIGHLIGHTS FRENCH GOSPEL SINGER IN THE UNITED [...] (SBU) Based on a proposal from APP Lille and with funding from PA, regional television affiliate France 3 Nord-Picardie produced a twenty-six minute magazine feature on Sabrina Adel, a young musician of Muslim origin whose lifelong dream was to study American gospel music in the U.S. France 3 [...]	2007-12-04 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KPAO SCUL FR
07PARIS4635	FRENCH REACTION TO THE NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) We passed the key judgments for the Iran nuclear NIE and accompanying non-paper to French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Franck Gellet late December 3 and followed up with an office call December 4 (when we gave him the secret releasable paper). We also gave the French Presidency [...]	2007-12-04 17:44:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL KNNP PARM MNUC FR IR

07PARIS4636	SARKOZY SENDS WARM CONGRATULATIONS TO PUTIN ON [...] (C) Damien Loras, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor for the Americas, Russia, Balkans, Caucuses, and Central Asia, told POL M/C on December 4 that, as reported in the press, President Sarkozy had indeed called and warmly congratulated President Putin on the Duma elections. Terming Sarkozy and Putin f [...]	2007-12-04 18:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS FR
07PARIS4637	SARKOZY RACKS UP SALES, BOLSTERS ROLE FOR ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 25-27 visit to China French President Sarkozy highlighted to Chinese leaders the global responsibilities that come with being a global power, according to the MFA. Using this broad theme, Sarkozy addressed economic, political and environmental issues while at t [...]	2007-12-04 18:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD SENV EFIN FR CH TW
07PARIS4646	FRANCE'S DRAFT BIOTECH BILL [...] (SBU) The final version of the French biotech bill, transmitted on November 30 to the Council of State (in French, "Conseil d'Etat) for review, is very similar to the preliminary version described in reftel with the notable exception that not only farmers but seed companies will be held liable [...]	2007-12-05 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR
07PARIS4650	SARKOZY EAGER TO ACT ON COLOMBIA HOSTAGE SITUATION [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY. Franco-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt's "proof of life" letter had a profound impact on President Sarkozy and only reinforced his personal engagement, according to Presidential Advisor for the Americas' Damien Loras. Sarkozy is reviewing options following a December 1 telep [...]	2007-12-06 10:35:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SNAR PINS CO FR
07PARIS4653	FRANCE: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In November 29 meetings with MFA, Finance Ministry and French Central Bank officials, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey sought an update on status of current French and EU measures against Iranian entities and discussed further actions. The MFA Political Director expressed frustration at [...]	2007-12-06 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP PARM IR FR
07PARIS4660	FRANCE SUSPENDS MON810/ CREATES BIOTECH PLANNING AUTHORITY [...] Summary: On December 6, the government published a ministerial order suspending the sale and use of MON810 corn seeds, and a decree instituting a new interim biotech committee on GMOs. This authority will have two subcommittees, one will be scientific, while the other will focus on social, e [...]	2007-12-07 07:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR
07PARIS4661	CHAD/C.A.R. PKO: "20 HELICOPTERS ARE HOLDING UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF Presidential Advisor Romain Serman told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro on December 6 that the issue of financing 20 helicopters was holding up the establishment and deployment of EUFOR to Chad and the Central African Republic. Serman said that France would continue to [...]	2007-12-07 08:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR
07PARIS4667	FRENCH EUROPEAN AFFAIRS SECRETARY SHARES VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 4, Ambassador Stapleton and DCM Pekala met with Jean-Pierre Jouyet, State Secretary for European Affairs at the MFA. Jouyet stated his expectation of quick French ratification of the simplified EU treaty and outlined France's priorities of immigration, energy and en [...]	2007-12-07 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN FR
07PARIS4670	DECEMBER GAERC: FRENCH POSITIONS CLOSE TO U.S.' [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the December GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. KOSOVO: Cohet said that the U.S. and France share an approach, fully [...]	2007-12-07 17:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN IR IZ IS BM SU KV FR
07PARIS4678	PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...]	2007-12-11 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4679	PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...]	2007-12-11 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4680	PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...]	2007-12-11 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4681	PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...]	2007-12-11 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM FR
07PARIS4682	CHAD: AMBASSADOR NIGRO'S DECEMBER 10 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MOD and MFA officials expressed both concern and optimism over force generation issues related to the EU's planned mission for Chad and the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) during December 10 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro. The lack of helicopters re [...]	2007-12-11 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR
07PARIS4683	USD/P EDELMAN AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor (C) Eliot Cohen discussed the U.S. desire to develop a three- to five-year strategic vision for the Alliance in Afghanistan with senior French officials on December 5 in Paris. The French were [...]	2007-12-11 10:28:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4685	YOUR DECEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) That the first international follow-on to Annapolis is taking place in Paris reflects the new confidence and greater cooperation that characterize our relationship with France seven months into the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. France's support for our efforts to achieve peace in the Mid [...]	2007-12-11 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV PINR KPAL EU FR LG SY IS IR
07PARIS4693	AF A/S FRAZER'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETINGS IN PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF A/S Jendayi Frazer met with Darfur rebel leader Abdul Wahid al Nur and, separately, with Presidential Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert and MFA AF A/S Jean de Gliniasty on November 27. Abdul Wahid requested a range of U.S. assistance, professed his support for the U.S [...]	2007-12-12 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EUN SU IV CD CT SG FR
07PARIS4694	FRENCH AGREE TO DRAFT MNF-I UNSCR TEXT WITH MINOR [...] (C) We conveyed to the French MFA, per reftel, key points along with the texts of the draft UNSR on MNF-I renewal and draft U.S. and Iraqi letters to the UNSC on December 11. On December 12, we followed up, accompanied by UK emboff with instructions to present a joint demarche with us on th [...]	2007-12-12 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR EFIN UNSC FR IZ
07PARIS4695	FRANCE INCSR 2007-2008 [...] (U) Following is post's draft of the France INSCR for 2007-2008. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: I. SUMMARY France continues to be a major transshipment point for drugs moving through Europe. Given France's shared borders with trafficking conduits such as Spain, Italy and Belgium, France is a n [...]	2007-12-13 09:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR FR
07PARIS4696	FRANCE CARIBBEAN INSCR FOR 2007-2008 [...] (U) Following is post's draft of the France Caribbean INSCR for 2007-2008. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: France Caribbean I. Summary French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, the French side of Saint Martin and St. Barthelemy are all overseas departments of France and therefore subject to Fren [...]	2007-12-13 10:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR FR
07PARIS4704	FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN TLSA [...] (C) On December 11, MFA desk officer for strategic affairs Paul Zajac confirmed that France will participate in the Transportation and Logistics Support Arrangement (TLSA). He named two contact points: Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, Deputy Director (PDAS-equivalent) of Strategic Affairs, Security [...]	2007-12-14 10:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS KPKO EUN FR
07PARIS4709	FRENCH SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO PRESSURE BURMA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 13 to MFA desk officer for Burma, Jeremie Petit. Petit reiterated French interest in maintaining pressure on the Burmese regime, and worried that the international pressure on Burma and other Asian countries to start a dialogue on humanitarian [...]	2007-12-14 13:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM FR
07PARIS4710	PRESSING THE FRENCH ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: On December 12, Ambassador to Afghanistan William Wood met with French officials to brief them on the situation in Afghanistan and to press the GOF to host an Afghan Donors Conference in May or June of 2008. Both Christian Masset, Director General for Economi [...]	2007-12-14 13:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM AF FR
07PARIS4718	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Embassy contacted Laurent Dufraix, Purchasing Manager for Sogerma Services, the foreign consignee. He confirmed that the end-user of the entire consignment of C-130 parts cited in the export license is the Cameroon Air Force. He provided the following point of contact regarding C-130 acti [...]	2007-12-14 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MCAP CM FR
07PARIS4719	FRENCH SUGAR BEET GROWERS SUPPORT BIOTECH [...] During its annual conference in Paris on December 4, the French Sugar Beet Growers' Association (CGB),representing 35,000 French sugar beet growers, openly expressed its support for biotechnology. The chairman, Dominique Ducroquet, reiterated that in order to remain competitive, French sugar b [...]	2007-12-14 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR
07PARIS4722	XXXXXXXXXXXX DESCRIBES CAUTIOUS, [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 10 meeting, XXXXXXXXXXXX, said the December 7 Merkel-Sarkozy meetings in Paris were very productive even though Merkel and Sarkozy's personalities are like "fire and water." XXXXXXXXXXXX described Sarkozy's management style as exhausting and said many expected a reshuffli [...]	2007-12-14 16:21:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV EUN GM FR
07PARIS4723	FRANCE AND THE WTO AG BIOTECH CASE [...] (C) Summary: Mission Paris recommends that that the USG reinforce our negotiating position with the EU on agricultural biotechnology by publishing a retaliation list when the extend "Reasonable Time Period" expires. In our view, Europe is moving backwards not forwards on this issue with France play [...]	2007-12-14 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV SENV FR
07PARIS4731	SCIENTISTS PETITION SUPPORTING MON810 [...] On December 7, more than 300 scientists (from France and world-wide) publicly stated in French and English their opposition to France's MON810 suspension. See http://nonaumoratoire.free.fr/english.htm 2. The petition was initiated by members of the French Association for Scientific Inform [...]	2007-12-17 16:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR
07PARIS4732	FRANCE/AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Advisor Romain Serman on December 17 reported on key France-Africa issues, some resulting from meetings at the December 8-9 Lisbon EU-Africa Summit: -- Rwanda: Presidents Sarkozy and Kagame agreed to work to normalize relations and to maintain personal super [...]	2007-12-17 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR SU CD IV RW CT UV FR
07PARIS4742	FRENCH MFA LEVANT DAS ON LEBANON, DECEMBER 18, 2007 [...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on December 18 said France was pleased the overall results of the previous day,s Lebanon ministerial. He particularly praised the Secretary's performance at the meeting in the face of initial Egyptian, Arab League, Saudi, Spanish, [...]	2007-12-19 17:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MARR FR LE SY SA EG SP IT
07PARIS4743	FRENCH BELIEVE MAJOR PUSH ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] (C) We passed reftel points November 27 to French MFA desk officer for Israel/Palestinian affairs Adrien Pinelli, who had no immediate response but said he would pass them to the appropriate people in his immediate chain of command as well as to the MFA,s IO directorate. We followed up with [...]	2007-12-19 17:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL FR IS
07PARIS4750	FRENCH PRESIDENCY STRATEGIC ADVISER RICHIER [...] (C) We passed reftel points to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States Franck Gellet on December 13. PolMinCouns and poloff also passed these points on December 13 to French Presidency strategic affairs adviser Francois Richier. Richier commented that the points were [...]	2007-12-20 16:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNUP FR IR EU RU CH
07PARIS4751	FORMER GTMO DETAINEES CONVICTED IN FRANCE; GOF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Five of six French nationals transferred from the Guantanamo detainee facility to France were convicted in Paris on December 19 of "criminal conspiracy with a terrorist organization." A sixth defendant was acquitted. The court ruled entirely in accordance with the (less than maxi [...]	2007-12-20 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER FR
07PARIS4752	FRENCH MFA POSITION ON UN BUDGET FAVORS TARGETED [...] (C) We carried out reftel demarche on December 20 with MFA IO Desk Officer Olivier Guerot. He said that France, in tandem with the UK and Germany, had been working to identify specific areas where budget savings could be realized and had come up with about USD 200 million that could be saved [...]	2007-12-20 17:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UNGA XA XD FR
07PARIS476	PSI: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON VIBRAFUGE MATTER (S) [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C/NF) Subsequent to reftel, Embassy has engaged the French authorities on the pending export to China from France of vibrafuge/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) partly manufactured by the U.S. Company Data Physics and assembled for export by the Fr [...]	2007-02-07 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR
07PARIS4765	FRANCE WILL USE EU PRESIDENCY TO PRESSURE [...] (C) On December 20, MFA DAS-equivalent for Central Asia Alexandre Vulic told us that France will use its EU presidency, and bilateral initiatives, to push Kazakhstan to fulfill commitments the Kazakhs made at the OSCE November 2007 Madrid Ministerial where they secured the Chair-in-Office (CiO [...]	2007-12-21 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS480	FRANCE?S AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC PLANNING: [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. --------------------------------------------- ------ Paris Eager For Collaboration With U.S. Authorities --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) Embassy ESTH officers recently met with Ministry of Health officials, who expr [...]	2007-02-07 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU FR AIAG
07PARIS483	France raises AI vigilance level [...] On February 5th, following the announcement by UK's DEFRA of the first reported case of AI in a commercial turkey farm in Great Britain, the French Ministry of Agriculture raised its AI risk assessment and vigilance from level 2 (negligible risk) to level 3 (low risk). Impacts of this change i [...]	2007-02-07 15:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO FR
07PARIS484	FRENCH POLICE ARREST KEY EUROPEAN PKK TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 7 French authorities confirmed to us that French national counterterrorism police had arrested on February 5 ten individuals who are suspected of having links with Kurdish separatist movements in Turkey and Iraq. French police refer to these groups variously as the [...]	2007-02-07 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR
07PARIS486	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S-Equivalent for Africa Gliniasty told DCM on February 1 that France had not invited President Mugabe of Zimbabwe to the February 13-15 Africa-France Summit. Gliniasty confided that the Zimbabwean delegation had complained vocally in the course of the AU Summit abou [...]	2007-02-08 08:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR SU SO CI FR
07PARIS499	FRANCE TV COOP [...] France 3, a regional state television channel, will send a team led by Serge Guynier, anchor for France 3's Aquitaine news shows, who has extensive experience in the U.S. and speaks fluent English. He will be assisted by Thierry Julien and Jean Marc Ceccaldi. They will focus on the following [...]	2007-02-08 11:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP KPAO FR
07PARIS508	FRANCE: NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPE ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Paris nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference entitled, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) Philippe Carre, A/S-Equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarma [...]	2007-02-08 15:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL
07PARIS510	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador Stapleton met on February 6 with Michel Barnier, former foreign minister (2004 - 2005) and now Senior Foreign Affairs advisor to Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) presidential nominee Nicolas Sarkozy. Barnier addressed the state-of-play in the French presidential campaign and [...]	2007-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS514	FRENCH AGRICULTURAL ELECTIONS REFLECT SOME CHANGES [...] Summary. French agricultural stakeholders recently held elections to choose their representatives to the Agricultural Chamber of Commerce, an influential organization for French agriculture that works with the Government of France to manage and implement farm policy. Election results showe [...]	2007-02-09 05:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS515	U.S. BIOTECH COMPANIES CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AND OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, 2007, Embassy FAS, Econ, Science and Regional Security Officers met with representatives of three U.S. companies involved in agricultural biotechnology in France: Monsanto, Dupont/Pioneer, Dow Agro-Sciences. The companies raised concerns about security conditions [...]	2007-02-09 05:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS516	FRENCH WELCOME FORMATION OF PALESTINIAN UNITY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on February 9 to Herv Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant. Besancenot said that the MFA was finalizing a statement that would be put out later that same day, possibly by FM Douste-Blazy himself. The statement would welcome the formation of the NUG [...]	2007-02-09 10:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS KDEM KPAL PGOV PREL
07PARIS525	OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OECD members are divided on a number of key issues regarding enlargement and enhanced engagement. A February 5 Council discussion highlighted differing views on how to deal with the BRICS, whether Russia should be invited to begin discussions on accession negotiations, whether [...]	2007-02-09 14:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD OECD
07PARIS528	FRENCH REACTION TO LIBERIA ARREARS CLEARANCE [...] (SBU) We conveyed ref C message about Liberia's arrears to the office of Cooperation Minister Girardin on February 7, and to the MFA on February 8. According to the MFA, France is quite close to re-opening its embassy in Monrovia. The French have asked the Liberian government for agrement f [...]	2007-02-09 14:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR FR
07PARIS530	GOOGLE WARNS OF GROWING DATA PRIVACY CONCERNS IN FRANCE AND [...] (SBU) Google tells us that it faces several liability and public relations issues because its customers' data are stored in the U.S. Potential business customers are nervous about storing data on U.S.-based servers where U.S. law enforcement officials can easily gain access and where tougher E [...]	2007-02-09 14:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD ECON KIPR FR
07PARIS533	COUNTRY CLEARANCE NSF: VISIT TO FRANCE OF NSF OFFICIAL ANNA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Anna Kerttula de Echave, Program Director in the Office of Polar Programs (OPP),National Science Foundation, who will attend the European Science Foundation BOREAS Cyber-Infrastructure Workshop in Paris from February 18 to 21, 2007. Dr. Ke [...]	2007-02-09 14:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TPHY KSCA FR
07PARIS538	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MIDDLE EAST (IRAQ, PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Following last week's major conferences on the environment, international conferences in Paris this week on child soldiers and on enforced disappearances offered new media opportunities for French officials to portray themselves in opposition to U.S. policy. Moreover, U.S.-French differe [...]	2007-02-09 14:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS540	US-DESIGNATED TERRORIST GROUP SUING WIESENTHAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The public trial for defamation brought against Dr. Shimon Samuels, Director for International Affairs of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, by the Committee for Welfare and Aid to the Palestinians (CBSP) concluded on February 2, after two days and 13 hours of testimony. The CBSP, [...]	2007-02-09 15:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PTER PREL PREF PINS PHUM EAID FR IS
07PARIS541	MINUSTAH MANDATE RENEWAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel A demarche on February 9. We thanked GOF for its participation in the Haiti Contact Group meeting on February 1 and requested that the GOF urge China to support a one-year MINUSTAH mandate renewal. We delivered demarche to MFA DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central Amer [...]	2007-02-09 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UN HA EUN SF ID PE
07PARIS542	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMABT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche about plans for outreach regarding the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Arms Control Department official Philippe Errera on February 9. Russian interlocutors were unavailable to deliver the demarche jointly. GoF officials provided no res [...]	2007-02-09 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
07PARIS543	DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO ON [...] (U) Embassy received diplomatic note number 2001-08229 dated February 5, 2007 from the Principality of Monaco announcing the accession of Romania to the Convention of the International Hydrographic Organization. Informal translation: "The Department of External Relations of the Principalit [...]	2007-02-09 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY OPDC RO FR
07PARIS544	FRANCE TIGHTENS POLICY ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France ratcheted up the pressure on Iran by publicly announcing a change in its export credit policy. It will strictly apply UNSCR 1737, ask companies to screen all transactions with its export credit agency, and lower its exposure to Iran. The announcement marks a u-turn in Fr [...]	2007-02-09 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR
07PARIS546	EXBS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE - [...] (U) France will send the following participant to the March 6-8 Eighth Annual International Export Control Conference in Bucharest: Participant: Alain A. Nicaud Agency: Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry (Ministere de l'Economie des Finances et de L'Industrie) Title: Direct [...]	2007-02-09 16:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC FR RO
07PARIS568	FRANCE DEFENDS AVIATION EMISSIONS TRADING; WILLING [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel points on the EU's proposed aviation emissions trading scheme (ETS) January 26 with Jean-Michel Bour, Civil Aviation Authority Director of International and Multilateral Relations, and February 7 with Olivier Berthelot, Advisor for Aviation to the Minister of Tra [...]	2007-02-12 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON SENV EUN FR
07PARIS571	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE TO FRANCEREF: [...] (SBU): We shared reftel points February 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent fo CFSP Emmanuel Cohet, who responded with the following comments on February 12. 2. (C) Kosovo: Cohet stressed that while the GoF shares USG support for Ahtisaari, the MFA does not believe short delays in resolving the matte [...]	2007-02-12 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KPAL
07PARIS572	FY-2007 Voluntary Visitor Program: Madame Sylvie [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 09:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR
07PARIS575	FRANCE: GOF TO PERMIT AIR FRANCE TO SCREEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reversing several years of reticence, the French Civil Aviation Authority indicated in an e-mail January 29 that it was now prepared to allow Air France to fully implement TSA Emergency Amendments concerning No-fly, Selectees, and the Master-Crew List. This is good news. The G [...]	2007-02-13 13:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER FR
07PARIS577	FRANCE RESTRICTS TRANSACTIONS WITH ENTITIES AND [...] (C) On February 12, per ref b, we raised with the MFA's Nonproliferation office the need to freeze assets of Iranian entities and persons not specifically listed in the annex of UNSC 1737. David Bertolotti, deputy to the DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation, took note of our demarche, [...]	2007-02-13 16:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC EUN PARM IR FR
07PARIS578	FRANCE/AFRICA: SUMMIT NO-SHOWS AND MUGABE; MFA AMBIVALENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: There is MFA speculation that Zimbabwean leader Mugabe, angry at his own exclusion, has tried, with mixed results, to promote a SADC boycott of the 2/15-2/16 Africa-France Summi in Cannes. On Darfur, MFA is resisting a campaign by Khartoum for Frenc mediation between Deby and Bas [...]	2007-02-13 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR SU SO ZI FR
07PARIS579	FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: THE MESSAGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) As campaigning picks up for France's Presidential elections in April, business groups and think tanks are making their voices heard in unusual ways to "ensure that key economic issues are not ignored." All forms of communication -- from special web sites, to books and jamboree-style mee [...]	2007-02-13 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS585	FRANCE: FUEL TAX EXONERATION FOR U.S. RESEARCH VESSELS [...] Embassy received from the MFA diplomatic note number 82/AME dated 24 January 2007 (Ref A). Informal Embassy Translation follows. 2. QUOTE: In its Diplomatic Note number 460 dated 14 September 2006, the Embassy had asked the Ministry whether U.S. vessels conducting scientific research co [...]	2007-02-14 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC EWWT FR
07PARIS598	USUNESCO: INDIAN RESOLUTION ON RUMI INVOLVES US, IRAN, [...] (C) Classified by: PAO Caitlin Bergin for reasons 1.4; B/D 2. (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission was invited by the Indian delegation to a preview of a film by the Indian Film Director Muzaffar Ali on the prose of Mawlana Jalal-ud-Din Balkhi Rumi, 12th century writer and mystic. In [...]	2007-02-15 14:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO KPAO PREL
07PARIS599	FRENCH WELCOME SIX-PARTY TALKS AGREEMENT AS [...] (C) On February 14, we shared ref A text of agreement and nonpaper with key MFA offices, including the Asia Directorate, the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Directorate, the political Director's office, and the Minister's Cabinet advisor for Strategic Affairs. 2. (C) Arnaud Mentre, nonprol [...]	2007-02-15 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN IR FR
07PARIS6	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-03 09:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL
07PARIS600	PKK MEMBERS REMAIN IN CUSTODY; MFA COMMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM spoke with the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff, Pierre Vimont, on February 12, and with Political Director Gerard Araud on the 13th to express appreciation for the government's arrest of suspected PKK terrorist financiers and to encourage a successful prosecution. French MFA [...]	2007-02-15 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR
07PARIS609	EXBS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE - [...] (U) France wishes to add a second participant to the March 6-8 Eighth Annual International Export Control Conference in Bucharest: Participant: Navy Captain Patrick Beau Agency: Prime Minister's Office, Secretariat General for National Defense Itinerary: Arriving during the evening of [...]	2007-02-16 08:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC FR RO
07PARIS613	GHASSAN SALAME: LEBANON'S POLITICAL SYSTEM IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER LEBANESE CULTURE MINISTER GHASSAN SALAME SHARED WITH US ON FEBRUARY 14 A BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF LEBANON'S POLITICAL SITUATION. SALAME SAID LEBANON'S POLITICAL SYSTEM WAS BROKEN, THAT BOTH SIDES WERE LOSING IN THE CURRENT CRISIS, THAT SYRIA WAS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, AND THA [...]	2007-02-16 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS627	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP PUTIN IN MUNICH AND THE MIDDLE EAST; [...] (SBU) Although Putin's excoriation of alleged U.S. unilateralism at Wehrkunde and in the Middle East might have been expected to fall on fertile soil in French media, French editorialists generally compared his calculated outbursts unfavorably with Secretary of Defense Gates's measured response [...]	2007-02-16 15:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS633	FY 2007 AG BIOTECH OUTREACH - FRANCE [...] Summary: There is a strong disconnect in France between farmers, consumers and politicians on the issues of need, utilization and implementation of biotechnology. The Embassy can help create opportunities for stakeholders to explore their differences and find common ground for acceptance of [...]	2007-02-16 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD KPAO EU FR
07PARIS634	UNESCO REFORM: SECRETARIAT AND EXPERTS SPLIT ON WAY FORWARD [...] Summary: In recent weeks, there have been a number of meetings relating to the ongoing review of the Natural Sciences and Social and Human Sciences sectors. The panel itself met January 9-12. During that week, the Indian Ambassador held a January 10 dinner where guests included some panel ex [...]	2007-02-16 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
07PARIS636	GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA WITH DAS BRYZA; FRENCH FAVOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, MFA A/S-equivalent for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Terral argued for keeping Georgia/Abkhazia on the back burner for the time being to avoid provoking the Russians on Kosovo; Terral was particularly keen on the smoothest possible [...]	2007-02-20 07:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN UNO GG UNMIK YI RS
07PARIS637	FRANCE: MFA ON DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNANCE, STABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ Counselor and Econoff met February 14 with Jerome Walter, Counselor to Minister Delegate for Cooperation and Development Brigitte Girardin, and Herve Magro, Deputy Director for Governance in the MFA's General Directorate for International Cooperation and Development, to tak [...]	2007-02-20 12:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM KCRS FR
07PARIS647	ARCEP RESPONSE TO COMPTEL 1377 COMPLAINT [...] (U) Summary. On October 9, 2006 French telecoms regulator ARCEP issued a decision on the business leased lines market, which introduced a more transparent framework for price setting. ARCEP hosts a meeting every other month with all operators, including France Telecom (FT),to compare prices [...]	2007-02-20 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS648	BOSNIA PIC MEETING: FRENCH AGREE WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) French MFA Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) desk officer, Michel Clerx, told us on February 20 that France fully supported all of the points in the U.S. non-paper provided in reftel, including an extension of the Office of the High Representative's (OHR) mandate, and the reform agenda. He n [...]	2007-02-21 07:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BK FR
07PARIS652	TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL (HAI) [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-21 09:56:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON FR
07PARIS653	CPI AND UNEMPLOYMENT DATA ENTER POLITICAL DEBATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Domestic issues - purchasing power, inflation and unemployment - continue to dominate the French presidential campaign. One consequence is that public perceptions of being less well-off, and the confusing barrage of competing statistics, have caused some to question the validity [...]	2007-02-21 09:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS654	AMBASSADOR'S REVIEW OF ELECTORAL SITUATION WITH [...] (C) At a meeting February 15, Ambassador reviewed the state of play in the French presidential election with noted author and political insider Jacques Attali. Attali, whose dense network of friendships includes decades-long relationships with President Chirac and the two leading contenders [...]	2007-02-21 12:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS661	FRANCE READY TO PUSH FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA maintains its longstanding position that the international community should pressure Burma to move toward democracy and a respect for human rights, but MFA desk officers Benoit Guidee and Jeremie Petit were skeptical, following the UNSC resolution's failure, that ac [...]	2007-02-21 14:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH FR
07PARIS663	FRENCH PUSH MOROCCANS TO ENSURE CREDIBLE AUTONOMY [...] (C) On February 20, Poloff delivered reftel demarche separately to Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb, and Francois Touazi, FM Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor for North Africa. Both said the GoF would continue to stress to the Moroccans the importance of producing a credible a [...]	2007-02-21 16:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL WI
07PARIS685	RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton took up with Political Director Gerard Araud February 22 our concerns about Russia's reaction to our missile defense initiative with Poland and the Czech Republic and, in particular, Russian threats against those two NATO allies. Araud, who had coincidentally [...]	2007-02-22 16:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EZ FR PL
07PARIS688	JAPAN/AFRICA: JAPANESE EMBOFF DISCUSSES WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chie Kinumaki, an Africa Watcher at Japan's Embassy in Paris, on February 21 discussed efforts to assist 30 Japanese nationals in leaving Guinea; the impasse in Cote d'Ivoire; concerns about China's lack of interest in promoting democracy, human rights, and sound business pract [...]	2007-02-23 09:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR CONS ASEC XY GV IV CH JA FR
07PARIS692	FRENCH SEEKING TO OPEN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After five years of cool relations, France hopes to open a "strategic dialogue" with Pakistan based on shared security concerns. Notwithstanding the 2002 terrorist attack in Karachi that killed 11 French nationals, the Pakistan desk officer said the MFA now believes it would only [...]	2007-02-23 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF PK FR MASS KNNP
07PARIS693	FRANCE STILL DUBIOUS ABOUT POSITIVE DDA OUTCOME [...] (SBU) Paris AGR and ECON officials transmitted the reftel talking points to Philippe Duclaud, Foreign Affairs Adviser to the French Minister of Agriculture, Christian Ligeard, the Head of the International Affairs Office at the Ministry of Agriculture and Raphael Alomar, Agricultural Adviser to [...]	2007-02-23 18:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS701	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...]	2007-02-23 18:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS702	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...]	2007-02-23 18:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS703	NEW SATELLITE TV CHANNELS: THIRD IN A SERIES ON FRENCH [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris is reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of satellite providers is the third in a series of cables analyzing the media [...]	2007-02-23 18:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS704	FRENCH GDP GROWTH SLUGGISH AT TWO PERCENT IN 2006 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French GDP increased two percent in 2006. Export growth recovered in Q-4, but GDP growth was still heavily dependent on consumption. Job creation was lower than expected, although the unemployment rate (ILO definition) fell to 8.6 percent. Sluggish growth could further complic [...]	2007-02-23 18:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
07PARIS709	ELECTION SNAPSHOT: SARKOZY AND ROYAL STILL THE [...] (U) Nine weeks from the first round of France's 2007 presidential election, Segolene Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy still dominate the field of presidential hopefuls. They remain strong favorites to win, on April 22, the first round of the Presidential elections. That said, French voters have a [...]	2007-02-26 10:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS710	CHIRAC ADVISOR PROVIDES READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In his February 24 meeting with President Chirac, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas urged the French to support a resumption of international economic assistance to the PA, but also suggested a continued refusal to engage in political contact with the new governme [...]	2007-02-26 13:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IR IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS711	SECURITY OFFICIALS VIGILANT IN ADVANCE OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: Christophe Chaboud, Director of the Ministry of Interior,s Coordination Unit for the Fight Against Terrorism (UCLAT),told us February 21 that the terrorism threat in France remains elevated, and that security officials are especially vigilant in the run up to the French president [...]	2007-02-26 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS72	FRENCH THINKING ON UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: France continues to support the UNSC resolution on Burma as the optimal outcome, but would accept a PRST if necessary to avoid a Chinese veto. Whether a UNSCR or a PRST, the MFA highlighted two points that remain "non-negotiable:" support for U/SYG Gambari's good offices mission [...]	2007-01-08 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
07PARIS722	FY 2007 NOMINATION FOR USUNESCO VOLUNTARY VISITOR AURORA [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-27 05:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
07PARIS723	FY 2007 NOMINATION OF MOKTAR GAOUAD FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-27 05:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
07PARIS73	CHIRAC REMAINS TRUE TO FORM IN NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (C) In the traditional New Year's remarks to the Diplomatic Corps on January 5, President Chirac delivered a distillation -- with only a few months left in office, perhaps his last -- of his exceedingly "Gaullist" (France-centric) world view. He broke no new ground, restating long-held Frenc [...]	2007-01-08 17:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS735	A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES CASPIAN ENERGY, OECD, G8 ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: On February 14 A/S Dan Sullivan briefed French FASS Jacques Lapouge on the state-of-play on Caspian energy and his recent trip to the Caspian region. Sullivan said the U.S. was "very interested" in the French proposal for an "IPR FATF" tabled by Finance Minister Breton. On OECD e [...]	2007-02-27 09:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ENRG FR
07PARIS741	YOUR MEETING WITH FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT VALERY [...] (C) Steve, Thank you for agreeing to a brief meeting with former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing. The historical perspective Giscard brings to his assessment of international developments are unmatched. I believe you will also find his views on the current French presidential elec [...]	2007-02-27 12:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR PINR SOCI ECON EU

07PARIS743	CODEL TANNER: MEETING WITH FRENCH POLITICAL [...] (C) During a meeting with Codel Tanner on February 22, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud reviewed the current state of the bilateral relationship, commented on NATO's continuing purpose, and compared France's and Britain's historically distinct orientations towards the U.S. He also [...]	2007-02-27 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR
07PARIS775	ACTION REQUEST; TERRORIST ABDALLAH UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) On February 27 we were contacted by, and subsequently received a letter to the Ambassador from Georges Kiejman who was legal counsel for the USG (as a civil party) during the prosecution of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. Abdullah was con [...]	2007-02-28 16:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER FR
07PARIS776	FRENCH POLICY PLANNER SHARES VIEWS ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Christian Nakhle, the MFA's lead policy planner for the Middle East, told us on February 27 that he just returned from a 10-day trip to the Gulf and was deeply worried about Bahrain's internal stability, saying he foresaw the possibility of serious political unrest developing withi [...]	2007-02-28 16:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IR IS IZ LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS777	SARKOZY PRESS CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN POLICY [...] SUMMARY: Interior Minister and center-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, appearing relaxed and confident in a February 28 press conference and Q-and-A session, laid out a foreign policy vision that focused straight-forwardly on strengthening Europe, preserving the importance of the [...]	2007-02-28 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL FR EUN UNO NATO IR MNUC IS KPAL
07PARIS779	JERUSALEM ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The excavation work at the Temple Mount site in Jerusalem has prompted calls at UNESCO by six Arab states for a rare special session of the Executive Board. Based on the its interpretation of a resolution negotiated between the Palestinian observer and the Israeli Ambassador i [...]	2007-03-01 05:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL IS
07PARIS792	EU C/T LIST IN TROUBLE; SOMALIA; PANDITH VISIT [...] (S) SUMMARY: French diplomats from the MFA,s strategic affairs, security directorate expressed concern on February 27 about the future of the EU terrorist designations list, and explained their rationale for seeking the UN 1267 committee's designation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM). Officials [...]	2007-03-01 13:35:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EU PTER FR
07PARIS797	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] Answers below are keyed to section and paragraph numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Charlie Davis, daviscr3@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393),fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 50 hours. LES-9 50 hours. FS-1 Deputy [...]	2007-03-01 16:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PARIS798	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 16:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PARIS805	France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This update covers recent news in the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Personnel Changes in ARCEP (paras 2-3),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (para 4) -- ARCEP President Says No to CSA-ARCEP Merger (para 5) -- Fourt [...]	2007-03-02 12:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS807	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN -- AMERICAN INTERVENTION?; [...] (SBU) Iran and Iraq dominated French media coverage, with editorialists playing up stories about the possibilities of an eventual American intervention in Iran (although all coming to the conclusion that intervention was unlikely for the moment). Journalists also emphasized what they termed a " [...]	2007-03-02 12:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS809	France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This update covers recent news in the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Personnel Changes in ARCEP (paras 2-3),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (para 4) -- ARCEP President Says No to CSA-ARCEP Merger (para 5) -- Fourt [...]	2007-03-02 14:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD FR
07PARIS812	FRENCH ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points Feb 28 to MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS- equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Affairs Director Natacha Rimbon (Energy Issues). 2. (C) Energy: Rimbon told us that France would push for a target of 20 percent renewable [...]	2007-03-02 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK IS LE
07PARIS815	FRANCE: AIRBUS RESTRUCTURES; UNIONS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European aviation giant Airbus presented its "Power 8" restructuring plan February 28, after more than a week of Franco-German wrangling over how job cuts and future production would be distributed between the two countries. The restructuring includes a 10,000 workforce reducti [...]	2007-03-02 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL FR
07PARIS829	OECD: U.K.'S BRIEFING ON TERMINATED BAE/SAUDI ARABIA [...] (SBU) The January 16-18, 2007 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) included a separate session on January 16th devoted to the U.K.'s termination of an investigation into BAE plc and a defense contract with Saudi Arabia. A condensed readout of that session was included in an over [...]	2007-03-05 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS830	OECD: REPORT OF JANUARY 16-18, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its January 16-18 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) heard remarks from Secretary General Gurria on the need for the WGB to combat corruption. The WGB also conducted a Phase 2 peer-review evaluation assessing Poland's implementation of its OECD Anti-Bribery Conv [...]	2007-03-05 14:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS834	FRANCE - SPECIAL 301 2007 ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Following PhRMA's nomination of France for the 2007 Watch List, Embassy officers have met with two of France's major interlocutors in the pharmaceutical sector: the French Pharmaceutical Companies Association LEEM, and the Price Negotiating Committee (CEPS) for reimbursable drugs [...]	2007-03-05 16:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EUN FR
07PARIS835	French President opposes further EU concessions in DDA [...] During an opening speech at the annual agricultural show in Paris on March 3rd, French President Jacques Chirac stated that he was -quote- extremely shocked by Mr Mandelson's giving more and more concessions without receiving compensation from the United States for concessions on agriculture an [...]	2007-03-06 05:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS847	PART I: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - CEREMONY OVER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes was an anodyne event that took place without pyrotechnics under the banner of "Africa and World Equilibrium." Turn-out, with 34 African heads of state in attendance, was below the peak of the 2003 Paris Summit and failed to matc [...]	2007-03-06 08:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA FR
07PARIS848	PART II: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT -- THE DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac, on the margins of the XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes, facilitated a February 15 Mini-Summit on the regional spillover of the Darfur crisis. Ghana President Kufuor, in his capacity as Chairman of the African Union, presided over the event, which took place in [...]	2007-03-06 08:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA SU CD CT FR
07PARIS849	PART III: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - AVOIDING A MUGABE [...] (C) Summary: For the 2007 Africa-France Summit at Cannes, President Chirac made a watershed policy choice to abide by the EU travel ban and exclude Zimbabwean pariah leader Robert Mugabe. Chirac had invited Mugabe four years earlier to the 2003 Paris Summit, amid concerns about the risk of a b [...]	2007-03-06 09:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA ZI FR
07PARIS861	GUINEA: FRANCE OFFERS NEW ASSISTANCE AS "CARROT" [...] (C) SUMMARY: France was quick to respond to the February 25 naming of Lansana Kouyate as Guinea's Prime Minister, sending Minister-Delegate Brigitte Girardin (Cooperation, Development, Francophonie) to Conakry for a lightning visit on March 1. She met with Kouyate and announced a 1.1 milli [...]	2007-03-06 15:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS EAID KDEM GV FR
07PARIS864	BOUCHER AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAUD TALK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 1 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gerard Araud offered frank views on Afghanistan, counter-narcotics in Central Asia, and France-Turkey relations and offered reco [...]	2007-03-07 07:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PBTS PREL PTER SNAR NATO MOPS FR AF PK
07PARIS889	A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH HIS MFA COUNTERPART ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean-Francois Terral, A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe and Central Asia, told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher on March 1 that France supported Germany,s engagement in Central Asia and fully backed EU Special Representative (EUSR) Pierre More [...]	2007-03-08 10:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR ZK
07PARIS902	FRANCE KICKS OFF IPY RESEARCH [...] Summary: Following the March 1 launch of the fourth International Polar Year (IPY) in Paris, 70 French research teams plan to participate in 55 approved programs, evidencing keen French interest in glaciology, biology and astronomy in the polar regions. A number of the programs France will lea [...]	2007-03-09 09:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR
07PARIS904	ELECTION SNAPSHOT: SARKOZY'S "COMPETENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Seven weeks from the first round of France's 2007 presidential election, the leading candidates -- Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Poitou-Charentes region President Segolene Royal -- seem to be turning to accentuating their candidacies' respective electoral strengths. Sar [...]	2007-03-09 09:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EUN FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS91	DARFUR REBEL LEADER PROLONGS EUROPEAN TOUR [...] (SBU) Abdulwahid El-Nur, SLM/A leader and Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) rejectionist, met January 6 with Africa Watcher at El-Nur's request. Nur, who has been traveling in Western Europe, including the Netherlands, explained that he had returned temporarily to Paris in order to extend his Sche [...]	2007-01-09 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR SU FR
07PARIS915	USUNESCO - ADEQUATE MISSION STAFFING [...] I am very concerned about this mission's continuing ability to support the Secretary's program of transformational diplomacy after the departure this fall of our remaining reporting officer, Nancy Cooper. At that point the only Foreign Service Officers on my staff will be the DCM and the PAO. [...]	2007-03-09 13:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	APER UNESCO
07PARIS917	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: AIRBUS MANEUVERING; IRAQ WAR--TAKING [...] (SBU) Domestic issues dominated headlines this week, focused on Airbus's plans to restructure, anticipated job cuts and the presidential candidates' support for the ailing company. "Airbus caught in campaign turbulence" and "Airbus trapped in the campaign" were the headlines of economic daily [...]	2007-03-09 14:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS921	FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NICOLAS SARKOZY OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy has not and probably will not play a prominent role in the French presidential election campaign, and neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor Segolene Royal has enunciated a fleshed out foreign policy vision. (This message does not discuss emerging "third man" centrist Francois [...]	2007-03-09 16:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR EUN NATO ETRD ECON UNO IR PHUM
07PARIS922	SOME FRENCH THOUGHTS ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (C) On March 9, in a follow-up to ref B missile defense discussions at NATO, and in the absence of MFA DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation Philippe Errera, we met with Melanie Rosselet and Luis Vassy, nonproliferation desk officers at the MFA. Vassy noted that France understood U.S. [...]	2007-03-09 16:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL NATO FR
07PARIS923	SIGIR STUART BOWEN RAISES AWARENESS OF IRAQ [...] (C) Post took advantage of the presence of Special Inspector for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, to inform a broad array of GOF officials and press outlets of the points in reftel. Bowen, en route to Washington from Iraq, had scheduled, in a public diplomacy effort, a series of meetings wi [...]	2007-03-09 17:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OIC ARAB LEAGUE UN IZ FR
07PARIS965	CONFERENCE ON FRENCH GROWTH GAP [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 6 Prime Minister De Villepin hosted a conference on economic growth. There was much talk of the Scandinavian-inspired concept of "flexisecurity," as well as GOF policies designed to support innovation. But real reforms required to boost GDP growth in the medium-term hav [...]	2007-03-13 13:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ELAB FR
07PARIS98	MTCR: ASSURANCES OF MTCR CATEGORIZATION FOR BLACK [...] (S) ESTH Officer delivered note verbale in reftel to David Bertolotti, in the Bureau of Disarmament and Nonproliferation at the MFA, on January 9. In response, Bertolotti expressed his government's gratitude for the favorable result of USG deliberations on the missile system in question. Al [...]	2007-01-10 14:53:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	KSCA PARM PREL ETTC TSPA MTCR FR UK
07PARTO7	(U) SECRETARY RICE'S FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Arnold Chacon, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) SIPDIS 2. (U) February 17, 2007; 12:30; Baghdad, Iraq. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad S/I David Satterfield Shayna Steinger (Embassy [...]	2007-02-21 23:53:00	US Delegation, Secretary	SECRET	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV PINS PTER
07PARTO8	(U) Secretary Rice's May 31, 2007 Meeting with [...] (U) May 31, 2007, 2:00 PM, Vienna, Austria. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Assistant Secretary Sean McCormack Ambassador Julie Finley General William Fraser, Special Assistant, JCS Brian Besanceney, Deputy Chief of Staff Ted Kontek, John Du [...]	2007-06-05 00:29:00	US Delegation, Secretary	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM OSCE KCFE RS
07PESHAWAR169	NWFP: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON NWFP GOVERNOR [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador paid a farewell call on March 7 on Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Jan Mohammad Orakzai. The Governor's Secretary Azmat Hanif and PO (notetaker) also attended. Pakistan's and Afghanistan's jirga commissions will meet on March 12 or 13 in Islamabad to [...]	2007-03-13 13:04:00	Consulate Peshawar	SECRET	PREL PTER EAID PK AF
07PESHAWAR714	FATA: PRIMER - JUDICIAL PROCESS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION [...] This is the fourth in a series of primers on Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). This cable describes how tribesmen in the FATA and Frontier Regions (FRs) resolve disputes in an area that is not subject to the laws that govern the rest of Pakistan. The concentration of judi [...]	2007-11-09 11:25:00	Consulate Peshawar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER EAID MOPS PK
07PESHAWAR716	NWFP: MILITANTS EXPANDING THEIR HOLD ON SWAT [...] (C) Swat's militants are expanding their hold, moving north and east in the district. Security forces and local residents have been demoralized by militant gains. Local officials acknowledge the task of re-establishing government control of the district is becoming increasingly difficult. Wh [...]	2007-11-09 15:03:00	Consulate Peshawar	SECRET	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
07PESHAWAR717	CONSULATE PESHAWAR EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITEE MEETING [...] (U) On 11/09/2007 at approximately 15:40 (local),an explosion occurred in Peshawar's Hayatabad suburb (approx. 5 miles west of the Consulate) at the residence of Amir Muqam, Federal Minister for Political Affairs and Northwest Frontier Province President for the Pakistan Muslim League - Qaid [...]	2007-11-09 15:19:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PK ASEC
07PHNOMPENH1000	CAMBODIAN BAR ASSOCIATION ALTERING POLICIES, [...] (SBU) Summary. Last week, the Ambassador met with Cambodian Bar Association (CBA) President Ky Tech laying the groundwork for dialogue to rebuild a relationship between USAID and the CBA after USAID suspended support earlier this year (ref). A renewed relationship addresses the need for a s [...]	2007-08-03 03:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH103	RGC WORRIED ECCC PROSECUTIONS COULD AFFECT PEACE [...] (C) Summary. Former Ambassador David Scheffer's January 19-21 consultations in Cambodia with DPM Sok An and members of the ECCC staff suggest there is room for possible compromise on ongoing discussions over the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) internal rules. However [...]	2007-01-22 10:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH1034	CAMBODIA'S TOP TEN TYCOONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen is making efforts to bridge the gap between the political and private sector by cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with the country's most prominent business tycoons. These business leaders contribute money to the ruling Cambodian Peoples Par [...]	2007-08-09 10:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PINR CB
07PHNOMPENH1059	CHHAY HOUR II JUDGE REMOVED [...] (U) Summary: This weekend, a Cambodian Royal Decree removed Appeals Court President Ly Vouch Leng from her position for taking bribes to overturn a prison sentence for managers of the Chhay Hour II brothel. The development comes at the heels of Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) commitments t [...]	2007-08-14 10:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH1065	INFORMATION FROM EMBASSY PHNOM PENH FOR SAO/CLASS CLEARANCE [...] (Last Name) Kim, (First Name) Uk Chul, (All known Aliases) Kim Chul, (DOB) September 15, 1979, (Gender) M, (UNHCR #/OPE#) 935, (SAO REQ DATE) August 17, 2007. 2. (Last Name) Yoon, (First Name) Ok Sun, (All known Aliases) Yun Ok Sun, (DOB) August 23, 1973, (Gender) F, (UNHCR #/OPE#) 935, (SAO [...]	2007-08-17 10:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF CB
07PHNOMPENH1067	CAMBODIA'S REPRESENTATIVES TO THE 62ND UNGA [...] Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has sent us two submissions on their delegation to the UNGA but has not provided detailed travel itineraries. Post provides information in para 2 as requested reftel. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF RGC DELEGATION: A. Attendance of the Head of State. No plans to [...]	2007-08-17 13:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA CB
07PHNOMPENH1081	IS CAMBODIA'S REPUTATION AS A TRADE LIBERALIZER [...] (SBU) Summary. Seen as a trade liberalization leader among least developed countries (LDCs) due to its WTO membership, pilot participation in the Integrated Framework, and charismatic trade liberalization guru, Cambodia's initial progress in committing to and implementing trade reforms has s [...]	2007-08-21 08:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV KTEX EAGR ELAB CB
07PHNOMPENH109	CAMBODIAN PM LAUDS US-CAMBODIAN TIES; WILL VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 22 meeting with visiting PDAS Stephens, PM Hun Sen praised improvements in US-Cambodian ties over the past year. He spoke at length about RGC reform efforts, saying that economic growth and political development can move forward together. On Cambodia's bilateral [...]	2007-01-23 02:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN PHUM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH1098	ICRC'S ROLE IN BURMA, SOUTHERN THAILAND, CAMBODIA [...] (U) On August 23, incoming and outgoing heads of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation Bangkok paid a courtesy call on the Charge. The Delegation's new Head, Christian Brunner, said that he has already met with Embassy Bangkok officers, and that the ICRC Hea [...]	2007-08-24 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREF CB
07PHNOMPENH1151	ENGAGEMENT ON CAMBODIAN TRADE REFORM GETS A BOOST FROM [...] Summary. Cambodian government officials once again displayed open and engaged attitudes during recent trade consultations with U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) official David Bisbee. Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh highlighted the recent passage of legislation on key economic topics and agree [...]	2007-09-10 01:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ELAB KIPR CB
07PHNOMPENH1156	STEADY AS SHE GOES: CAMBODIA'S CONTINUED ECONOMIC [...] Summary. Business leaders and government officials gathered to tout economic reforms already made and highlight areas needing further attention during the 12th Government-Private Sector Forum, held September 5. Cambodia's economic growth and stability remain impressive, as the country expect [...]	2007-09-11 09:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB KTEX EAIR ELTN EAGR EFIN CB
07PHNOMPENH1168	FP/SECVET COMPLETION FROM EMBASSY PHNOM PENH [...] (U) This cable replaces Phnom Penh 1155. 2. (SBU) Five individuals had their fingerprints cleared on September 7, 2007 and have been security vetted by ROK on September 7, 2007. The individuals' bio info is listed in paras. 3-7 below. 3. (SBU) (Last Name) Kim, (First Name) Uk Chul, (DOB [...]	2007-09-13 03:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF CB
07PHNOMPENH1189	DAMMING THE MEKONG: HYDROPOWER'S HIGH PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary. Existing and planned hydropower projects along the world's eighth largest river reflect the development dilemma of cheaper, low-polluting power vs. healthy fisheries and the interests of downstream communities. Villagers along eastern Mekong tributaries in Cambodia complained [...]	2007-09-17 10:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ENRG EIND SENV VM LA CH CB
07PHNOMPENH1193	LAW AND REALITY CLASH IN CAMBODIA'S FORESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: While Cambodian law provides for environmental and social safeguards in the sale of land and in the establishment of Economic Land Concessions (ELCs),poor enforcement of these laws means that land sales and large concessions threaten both the environment and community livelih [...]	2007-09-18 08:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR SENV PHUM PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH1203	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL ACHIEVES BENCHMARK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 19 announcement of the detention of Nuon Chea, Khmer Rouge "brother number two", marks a turning point in the proceedings of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). For the first time, a senior KR leader stands in the dock of a credible tribu [...]	2007-09-19 10:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PREL PINR EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH1239	PHNOM PENH: 2008 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 07:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT ACOA CB
07PHNOMPENH1247	AMBASSADOR PRESSES CAMBODIA TO TAKE FIRMER STAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In back-to-back meetings with Acting Foreign Minister Long Visalo and Prime Minister's Adviser Om Yentieng, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche, expressing U.S. gratitude for the strong ASEAN statement on Burma, noting that more would need to be done to support the Gambari mis [...]	2007-10-01 09:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM CB
07PHNOMPENH1270	UNHCR CAMBODIA ON MONTAGNARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR'S Phnom Penh office reported that direct arrivals of Montagnards to the UNHCR office in Phnom Penh makes up 75 percent of new arrivals in 2007, compared to 40 percent of new arrivals in 2006. During the UNHCR office reporting period starting May 1, the UNHCR has seen an [...]	2007-10-05 08:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1303	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO POSTPONE MONTAGNARD [...] (SBU) The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) went above and beyond expectation today when it decided to postpone deportation of 20 Montagnards. The 20 individuals were scheduled to be repatriated to Vietnam tomorrow, October 17, because they had been denied by the U.S. Department of Homeland [...]	2007-10-16 10:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1308	CAMBODIA TIP ACTION PLAN RECEIVED WITH INTEREST, [...] (SBU) Summary. Royal Government of Cambodia anti-TIP contacts eagerly received the Cambodia Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan and stated their intent to work towards the goals of the plan's high-priority action items. MOJ Secretary of State Chan Sotheavy was not confident that anti-TIP court ac [...]	2007-10-17 09:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH131	PDAS STEPHENS MEETS CAMBODIA'S POLITICAL AND CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary. EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Stephens visited Cambodia January 20-24. Stephens spoke at EAP Management Conference, met with PM Hun Sen (reftel) and visited a number of USG-funded programs. She also met Interior Minister Sar Kheng, Foreign Minister [...]	2007-01-25 07:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1341	CAMBODIA ON U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA [...] (C) DCM October 25 delivered demarche (Ref B) to MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith noting newly imposed USG SIPDIS sanctions and inquiring about what steps the Royal Government of Cambodia was taking to put pressure on the Burmese leadership to release political prisoners and move toward [...]	2007-10-26 12:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM
07PHNOMPENH1342	CAMBODIA ON U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA [...] (C) DCM October 25 delivered demarche (Ref B) to MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith noting newly imposed USG SIPDIS sanctions and inquiring about what steps the Royal Government of Cambodia was taking to put pressure on the Burmese leadership to release political prisoners and move toward [...]	2007-10-29 01:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM
07PHNOMPENH1347	CAMBODIA DEMARCHE ON HMONG AND MONTAGNARD [...] (SBU) On October 25, Deputy Chief of Mission Piper Campbell met with Ministry of Interior Cambodian National Police General Commissioner Hok Lundy to deliver the demarche on Hmong and Montagnard "material support" exemptions (ref B),following up with a letter to Hok Lundy. Post also deliver [...]	2007-10-30 09:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KJUS CVIS CB LA VN
07PHNOMPENH1352	CAMBODIA LEANING TO SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF DAVID [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 01:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UNAUS UNGA CB
07PHNOMPENH1374	DEFENSE DAS RAY'S VISIT TO CAMBODIA REINFORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW and Missing Personnel Affairs Charles A. Ray visited Cambodia from November 3-6, to review ongoing POW/MIA recovery efforts. Discussions included the current state of the U.S.-Cambodia relationship as well as TIP, upcoming electio [...]	2007-11-06 10:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PHUM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH1376	CAMBODIA INCSR REPORT PART I [...] The following is post's submission for the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part 1. 2. Begin text: Cambodia I. Summary With the recent discovery of a major methamphetamine laboratory, Cambodia now has a confirmed role in drug production, consumption, and traff [...]	2007-11-07 01:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CB
07PHNOMPENH1426	PRM ADMISSIONS OFFICER VISITS CAMBODIA UNHCR AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 19, PRM Office of Admissions Program Officer for Southeast Asia Margaret Burkhardt met with the Phnom Penh UNHCR and IOM offices to discuss the impact of the Montagnard action plan six months after its May 1 implementation date. UNHCR reported an increase in Montag [...]	2007-11-21 11:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1438	SUCCESSFUL TRADE TALKS FEATURE TARIFF, INVESTMENT, IPR, [...] (SBU) Summary: A strong bilateral partnership and Cambodia's commitment to economic reform were on display November 21 as U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh led Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) joint council discussions. The Commerce Min [...]	2007-11-26 23:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX EINV ELAB EAGR CB
07PHNOMPENH1454	CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA PROMOTES STRONGER TIES, [...] Summary. Building stronger relations through educational, economic, and agricultural cooperation were key themes of Congressman Eni Faleomavaega's visit to Cambodia from November 22 to 24. During an informal dinner, Congressman Faleomavaega, Delegate from American Samoa and Chairman of the [...]	2007-11-30 06:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI ECON EAGR ELAB CB
07PHNOMPENH1458	ANOTHER UNEVENTFUL CAMBODIAN DEPORTATION OF [...] (SBU) Early in the morning of November 30, 21 ethnic Montagnard Vietnamese citizens departed a UNHCR site in Phnom Penh by bus headed for the Cambodia-Vietnam border in the first forced repatriation since January 2007 (ref B). The 21 individuals being deported arrived in Cambodia prior to May [...]	2007-11-30 11:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF CB VM
07PHNOMPENH1463	ECONOMICS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND GOVERNMENT REFORM TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Building the political and economic foundation for economic growth and development was the key theme of a November 25-29 visit by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA). Cantwell, a member of the Senate's Finance and Energy Committees, brought her private sector experience to bear in [...]	2007-12-03 08:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ELAB KTEX PHUM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH1491	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT PERMITS NGO HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH [...] (U) Summary. In a step forward for Cambodia on freedom of assembly, on December 7, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng gave a local human rights group, Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC),permission to organize a human rights march and rally in Phnom Penh on [...]	2007-12-07 09:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1500	CAMBODIA'S PEACEFUL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MARCH [...] (U) On December 10, Cambodia seized a prime opportunity to show its progress as an increasingly open society by allowing a Human Rights Day march and rally in Phnom Penh. The Ambassador took part in the orderly, peaceful march along with approximately 500 (some estimates as high as 1,000) hum [...]	2007-12-10 11:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH1506	CAMBODIA: TRADE DIAGNOSTIC REPORT PROMPTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent discussions between key Cambodian government officials and USAID staff about a USAID-funded trade diagnostic report have led to increased political will to tackle economic reform and a resultant improvement in USAIDQs relationship with the government on economic issues. [...]	2007-12-12 09:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV KCOR CB
07PHNOMPENH1540	GARMENT FACTORIES AND TOP BUYER GIVE CAMBODIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent conversations with a senior executive from The Gap--the top buyer of Cambodian garments--and the Secretary-General of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) yielded different perspectives on the garment industry. Ken Loo of GMAC explained that after a [...]	2007-12-18 09:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KTEX ETRD ENRG CB
07PHNOMPENH1575	INVESTOR INTEREST IN CAMBODIA SURGES DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary: A dramatic surge in investor interest in Cambodia was evident during a recent investment conference held in Phnom Penh. Presenters emphasized a realistic view of Cambodia--a country with tremendous business opportunities, but where operating challenges such as corruption, poor in [...]	2007-12-31 10:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KCOR EAGR EAID CB CH
07PHNOMPENH16	SCENESETTER FOR PDAS KATHLEEN STEPHENS JANUARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. U.S. strategic interests are at play in Cambodia, although they relate as much to Cambodia's neighbors as to Cambodia. As has long been the case, Cambodia remains something of a "sideshow" in which world and regional powers (China, Vietnam, Thailand and the U [...]	2007-01-05 06:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH160	SAVING CAMBODIA'S FRESHWATER DOLPHINS: NGOS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A 120-mile stretch of the Mekong River in northern Cambodia is home to the world's largest group of Irrawaddy dolphins, a critically endangered freshwater species. The dolphins, which are a significant tourist draw in a little-visited corner of the country, have been dying in [...]	2007-01-30 10:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH161	ECCC LIMPS ON; RULES COMMITTEE TO MEET AGAIN IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 26, the Review Committee ended its second session debating the draft internal rules and procedures of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The press release noted that progress was achieved but there remain several issues where agreement be [...]	2007-01-30 10:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH191	CAMBODIAN VIEWS OF THE ASEAN AND EAS SUMMITS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia came away from the Cebu meetings pleased with the ASEAN declaration on migrant workers, the Convention on Counterterrorism, and the shortened timeframe from 2020 to 2015 for the establishment of an ASEAN economic community. Cambodia remains keen to see comprehensive [...]	2007-02-02 10:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PTER SMIG CB
07PHNOMPENH193	CAMBODIA: 4TH QUARTER 2006 REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: During the last quarter of 2006, the Cambodian police arrested 16 human traffickers and six pimps. At least 31 victims of trafficking were identified during the reporting period, and police removed 28 sex workers from brothels. Police also arrested three foreigners, including t [...]	2007-02-02 10:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH197	CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT: INTEREST RATE MAY STILL [...] (SBU) On January 31, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Finance Secretary General Vongsey Vissoth regarding the US-Cambodian bilateral debt, and the Prime Minister's response to EAP PDAS Stephens' request that the RGC sign the draft bilateral agreement provided to the Cambodian government l [...]	2007-02-02 10:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON CB
07PHNOMPENH207	REOPENED CHHAY HOUR II CLOSED; OWNERS RE-ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary. On February 3, the Minister of Justice directed the re-arrest of the owners of the Chhay Hour II. On February 4, the Minister of Interior Sar Kheng shut down the establishment, vowing that it will not re-open. These events followed several interventions by the Ambassador. Pres [...]	2007-02-05 11:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS KCRM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH234	CAMBODIA INDOOR AIR POLLUTION ASSESSMENT [...] SUMMARY: While some NGOs, most notably the Cambodia Rural Development Team (CRDT),are promoting the use of technology to reduce indoor air pollution, there is little awareness or government commitment to addressing IAP in Cambodia. END SUMMARY. IAP a Low Priority for Cambodian Government [...]	2007-02-09 09:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH240	THE FIGHT FOR THIRD PLACE IN CAMBODIA'S APRIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent discussions with NGOs and political party members suggest that the real race for the April 1 commune council elections will be between FUNCINPEC and the NRP of Prince Norodom Ranariddh probably competing for third place. As the clear front-runner, the ruling CPP conti [...]	2007-02-12 06:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH244	CAMBODIA'S TROUBLED JUDICIARY AND DRAFT ANTI-TIP [...] (C) Summary. On February 8, the Ambassador met Cambodia's Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana, thanking him for swift Cambodian action in reclosing the Chhay Hour II hotel and returning the owners to prison. The Minister noted that the questionable release of the owners by the Appeals Cou [...]	2007-02-13 10:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH286	CAMBODIA: COMMENTS FOR SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Post recommends that Cambodia not be placed on the Special 301 Watch List for the time being. Cambodia is not fully TRIPS compliant and its IPR enforcement is weak. Although pirated optical discs and counterfeit products are pervasive in the market place, virtually all of the [...]	2007-02-22 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR CB
07PHNOMPENH310	LAWSUITS KEEP RANARIDDH OUT OF CAMBODIA; OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Legal action against Prince Norodom Ranariddh by his estranged wife on adultery grounds and by FUNCINPEC over the Prince's alleged improper handling of the sale of FUNCINPEC's party headquarters to a development company have acted to keep Ranariddh largely out of Cambodia sin [...]	2007-02-23 09:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH315	CAMBODIA AND NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith on February 22 at the latter's request, and used the occasion to raise reftel demarche points regarding Burma. Borith, however, was more eager to discuss North Korean affairs, and related his recent discussions with J [...]	2007-02-26 05:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH318	A VIOLENT WEEKEND IN CAMBODIA: POPULAR SINGER [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 23, popular singer Pov Panhapich was shot by an unidentified gunman and later evacuated to Vietnam for medical treatment. She is in stable condition, and media reports speculate that she was linked romantically to a high-level RGC official and vengeance may have [...]	2007-02-27 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS ELAB KTEX CB
07PHNOMPENH337	SAM RAINSY ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. In recent meetings with Embassy officials and in public statements, opposition leader Sam Rainsy and SRP officials have raised concerns regarding the technical flaws surrounding the upcoming commune council elections, which they claim could impact the results. Rainsy's party [...]	2007-03-02 05:03:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH342	VIETNAMESE MONKS PROTEST SITUATION IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 27, approximately 40 Buddhist monks -- mostly from southern Vietnam -- staged a four-hour protest demonstration near the Vietnamese Embassy to protest conditions affecting the ethnic Khmer in Vietnam; in particular, the defrocking of monks. The unapproved but pea [...]	2007-03-02 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PREL CB VM
07PHNOMPENH350	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] (U) The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2006 - March 2007. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (S [...]	2007-03-05 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH351	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH352	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 01:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH354	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 02:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH366	LEGAL LABOR MIGRATION -- REDUCTING POVERTY OR TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Summary. On February 22, 37 Cambodian workers, who migrated legally to Thailand in January 2007 to work in a rubber factory, returned to Cambodia through their recruiting company. Workers complained that their working conditions were not as promised. The Cambodian government promotes la [...]	2007-03-06 04:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ELAB CB
07PHNOMPENH377	CAMBODIA'S ECONOMY BOOMS, BUT LEAVES MANY BEHIND [...] Summary. With 13.4% GDP growth in 2005 and 10.4% growth in 2006, Cambodia has managed to become one of the world's fastest growing economies while maintaining low levels of inflation. However, inequality has risen dramatically over the last decade, and Cambodia's narrow economic base -- foc [...]	2007-03-07 10:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTEX EPET CB
07PHNOMPENH399	SCENESETTER FOR MARFORPAC PANDEMIC/AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While fully normal relations between the United States and Cambodia have eluded both countries since diplomatic relations began more than a half century ago, the bilateral relationship has improved markedly over the last few years. Cooperation is particularly close on security [...]	2007-03-13 01:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO SENV ECON CASC CB
07PHNOMPENH408	PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS DISCUSS PROGRESS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Kek Galabru, president of LICADHO, a local human rights NGO and Margo Picken, head of the Cambodia Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR),recently discussed the latest developments as Cambodian civil society and the Cambodian government dis [...]	2007-03-13 09:49:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB

07PHNOMPENH418	KEM SOKHA REENTERS POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) President Kem Sokha's March 11 announcement that he is reentering politics by forming a new political party is not a surprise, except with respect to the timing of the announcement coming before April 1 elections. Many observers from c [...]	2007-03-14 11:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH419	UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL CANCELS TRIP TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai, has canceled his planned visit to Cambodia, according to the UN Human Rights Office. UN Human Rights Office Director Margo Picken said that Yash Ghai's visit was postponed for reasons unrelated to Cambodia. She [...]	2007-03-14 11:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH42	AMBASSADOR AND DPM SOK AN REVIEW BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a two-hour meeting on December 28, 2006, the Ambassador called on Deputy Prime Minister Sok An to review the advances in bilateral relations in 2006 and outline the new USG Operational Plan Framework for foreign assistance. The Ambassador stated that the current projections [...]	2007-01-11 09:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KTEX ETRD EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH422	THE ECCC AND OSJI [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Society Justice Initiative's (OSJI) mid-February press statement highlighting an ongoing UNDP audit into the Extraordinary Chambers' hiring practices as well as possible corruption and kickback allegations continues to be a front burner issue in Cambodia. While the [...]	2007-03-15 10:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH429	FRIENDS OF THE ECCC OR RGC? [...] (C) Summary. The main donor coordinating body for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal, the Friends of the ECCC, has proven an effective information-sharing group for reviewing ECCC progress and donor activities in support of the Tribunal's work. The ECCC's problems since the November 2006 plen [...]	2007-03-16 09:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH438	CAMBODIAN BAR ASSOCIATION SAYS TO ECCC: SHOW ME [...] (U) On Friday, March 16, the Review Committee of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) issued a press statement announcing that they had resolved all the remaining disagreements between the Cambodian and international judges, although the statement noted that additional [...]	2007-03-20 01:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH455	CAMBODIA SAYS YES TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] On March 21, Ambassador and Russian Ambassador Valery Tereshchenko jointly presented the demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (reftel) to Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong. The Foreign Minister reiterated Cambodia's commitment to fighting terrorism, d [...]	2007-03-22 06:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH456	RGC RESPONSE TO USG-PROPOSED ARF INITIATIVES [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Nuon Chivorn, MFA Deputy Director for ASEAN Affairs. Chivorn said that he would share the proposals with his colleagues but did not offer any initial response. He noted that the RGC did not plan to send anyone from Phnom Penh to the March 28-3 [...]	2007-03-22 09:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF MARR CB
07PHNOMPENH468	TIP CASE RAISES CORRUPTION CONCERNS IN SIHANOUKVILLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite overwhelming evidence in favor of conviction, a trafficking in persons (TIP) trial in Sihanoukville resulted in the acquittal of two defendants and a third being sentenced to a two-year prison term for the lesser charge of pimping. The judge's irregular behavior in the [...]	2007-03-26 02:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH47	CAMBODIAN REACTION TO BURMA DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) On January 10 and 11, Pol/Econ Chief discussed the draft UNSC resolution on Burma with Sun Suon of the MFA's International Relations Department. Post has passed the original and revised (reftels C and A) texts to the MFA. Suon flatly stated that the Cambodian government does not belie [...]	2007-01-11 10:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH470	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MAP PROCUREMENT MISSION [...] Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes and hereby grants country clearance to INR/I/M Geographic Specialists Michael Heerschap and Sara Mayfield to Cambodia from May 18, 2007 to May 25, 2007 for the purpose of conducting a mission critical map procurement and geographic reporting and training TDY. [...]	2007-03-26 06:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINR OTRA ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH480	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INR/B OFFICER SODERBORG FOR TDY [...] Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes and hereby grants country clearance to INR/B Biographic Officer Brent Soderborg to Cambodia from May 5, 2007 to May 11, 2007 to support mission biographic programs and consultations with post officers. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at the Hotel Le [...]	2007-03-28 03:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR OTRA CB
07PHNOMPENH482	AMBASSADOR HANDS CNP COMMISSIONER HOK LUNDY HIS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador presented a pleased Cambodian National Police (CNP) Commissioner General Hok Lundy with his passport and visa to the U.S. He pressed him to do more to combat TIP, particularly in the beach resort of Sihanoukville and to continue investigating how the owner and m [...]	2007-03-28 11:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH484	CAMBODIAN RESPONSE TO CASH COURIERS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poleconoff presented reftel demarche to Pen Simanh, Director General of Customs and Excise Department, on March 27. Pen Simanh noted that in the past three years, there have been 16 cases of illegal cash smuggling, all discovered at the Phnom Penh International Airport and all destined [...]	2007-03-29 02:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SNAR CB
07PHNOMPENH489	CAMBODIAN MONEY LAUNDERING VULNERABILITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An external assessment team recently rated Cambodia as falling far short of international financial regulatory standards and described government officials as being in a "state of denial" about the potential for money laundering. Poor coordination among Cambodian government a [...]	2007-03-29 10:23:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SNAR KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH491	SCENESETTER FOR DAS JOHN'S APRIL 4-7 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Eric, your visit to Cambodia comes roughly just one month shy of a similar regional trip last year. Remarkably, in the intervening period, there have been no major bilateral problems and relations between our two countries have continued to grow. Recent positive developments and signs [...]	2007-03-30 10:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH496	CAMBODIA'S COMMUNE ELECTIONS: CPP WINNING AMID [...] (SBU) Summary. Based on preliminary reports from the April 1 commune elections, the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen has won a majority of the nation's 1,621 communes, with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) coming in a clear second. It appears that most of the FUNCINPEC votes went [...]	2007-04-02 11:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH515	METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB DISCOVERED; EIGHTEEN [...] (SBU) Summary. An April 1 police raid of two locations in Cambodia uncovered a large methamphetamine drug lab and resulted in the arrests of 18 individuals and the seizure of four tons of chemicals. A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official who assisted in the aftermath of the raid [...]	2007-04-05 11:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH530	CAMBODIAN PM LAUDS PEACE CORPS ARRIVAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter visited Cambodia April 2-5, 2007, during which he officiated at the swearing-in ceremony for the first Peace Corps volunteers in Cambodia, had an audience with King Norodom Sihamoni and met with Prime Minister Hun Sen. The meeting with the P [...]	2007-04-10 01:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SOCI CB
07PHNOMPENH534	CAMBODIAN PM DISCUSSES UPCOMING BURMA TRIP WITH [...] (C) Summary. During an April 4-7 visit to Cambodia, EAP DAS John met with PM Hun Sen and FM Hor Namhong on US-ASEAN relations, the PM's planned visit to Burma in May, North Korea, elections, and Cambodia's bilateral debt to the U.S. The PM claimed that the ROK and Japan are using Cambodia to [...]	2007-04-10 04:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EFIN ASEAN CB
07PHNOMPENH535	TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE IN CAMBODIA [...] (C) Summary. At the Australian High Commission's invitation, representatives of the U.S., Japanese and Australian missions met on April 5 for a Cambodia-specific trilateral counterterrorism (CT) dialogue. Australia framed the dialogue as part of the follow-up to the October 2006 high-level [...]	2007-04-10 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EAID CB AS JA
07PHNOMPENH536	DEA SAYS CAMBODIAN SUPERLAB WAS INITIAL PROCESSING [...] (SBU) A Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) team has determined that Cambodia's newly discovered methamphetamine superlab was capable of completing only the first stage in the thionyl chloride method of methamphetamine production, meaning that an intermediate product, chloroephedrine, must have been [...]	2007-04-11 06:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV PGOV ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH537	CAMBODIAN DIP NOTE ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM INITIATIVE [...] On April 10, Embassy received the RGC diplomatic note dated April 4 indicating their desire to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Post has included the complete text below: BEGIN TEXT OF NOTE (As Writte [...]	2007-04-11 07:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH543	DAS JOHN MEETS OPPOSITION POLITICAL FIGURES, IFI [...] (SBU) Summary. Human rights leader Kem Sokha told visiting DAS Eric John that his move into politics was in response to lowered USAID funding to his Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) NGO as well as continued calls from the Cambodian people that he return to political life. Kem Sokha [...]	2007-04-12 08:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EFIN EPET CB
07PHNOMPENH551	MONDULKIRI PROVINCE: TRADITION, ELECTIONS AND THE CHINESE [...] (U) Summary. During the Embassy's recent election monitoring program, Emboffs visited Cambodia's remote Mondulkiri Province on the Vietnamese border. Mondulkiri is a rapidly-changing region that encapsulates most of the major issues affecting Cambodia and its minority population -- property [...]	2007-04-13 08:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM ENV CB
07PHNOMPENH560	CAMBODIA AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) On April 19, A/DCM and Russian DCM Vladen Semivolos met with MFA Director for International Organizations Sun Suon to pass on the Global Initiative documents sent to each respective mission. Prior to the meeting, A/DCM and Semivolos conferred on the documents sent by their respective [...]	2007-04-19 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PARM KGIC PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH567	CAMBODIA TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR FY 2007 [...] In response to the solicitation for anti-trafficking in persons project proposals, Embassy Phnom Penh reviewed approximately 25 proposals from non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Post recommends the following five proposals in no particular order. Embassy will e-mail the complete proposals [...]	2007-04-20 09:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ELAB ASEC KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH577	CAMBODIA DRUG TRENDS: INCREASED SEIZURES REFLECT [...] (SBU) Summary. Even before the April 1, 2007 raid on a methamphetamine superlab (reftels),significant increases in drug seizures in Cambodia in 2006 pointed to a strong increase in drug trafficking and modest improvements in police effectiveness. Increased trafficking by ethnic Chinese and [...]	2007-04-24 04:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH58	CAMBODIA'S UNIONS STUMBLE TOWARD DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last week of 2006, three labor union federations, representing more than 120,000 garment, shoe, and rubber workers and teachers, held their congresses to elect new leaders. While the congresses fell short of democratic ideals, the increasing number of unions that are ch [...]	2007-01-16 01:29:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX CB
07PHNOMPENH582	CAMBODIA: 2007 1ST QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary. During the first quarter of 2007, the Cambodian police arrested seven human traffickers and eighteen pimps. At least 60 victims of sexual trafficking and 39 victims of labor trafficking were identified during the reporting period, and 52 sex workers removed from brothels. Three [...]	2007-04-25 02:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH586	GUILTY VERDICT UPHELD IN CONTROVERSIAL LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 12, the Appeals Court upheld guilty verdicts against Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, two men accused of assassinating national labor leader Chea Vichea on January 22, 2004. The two men have protested their innocence, and a vocal local and international community of la [...]	2007-04-25 08:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KJUS PHUM PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH596	CAMBODIA NONCOMMITTAL ON WMO DEMARCHE [...] On April 25, Poleconoff presented points in reftel to two officials from the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Long Saravuth, Director of Meteorology Department, and Oum Ryna, Deputy Director of Meteorology Department. The officials indicated that they had already been alerted to [...]	2007-04-27 09:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY AORC CB
07PHNOMPENH602	REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB [...] (U) This is an action request for INL and OES. Please see paragraph 10. Methamphetamine Superlab Discovered in Cambodia --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) On April 1, the Cambodian Anti-Drug Police (CADP) raided a a chemical storehouse in Phnom Penh and ametham [...]	2007-04-30 11:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV PREL SOCI KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH62	FINANCE MINISTRY ON CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT [...] (SBU) On January 10, Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Secretary General Vongsey Vissoth at the Ministry of SIPDIS Economics and Finance (MEF) to relay points outlined in reftel A. Vissoth thanked the Embassy for the assurances regarding the USG position vis-a-vis the cut-off date, and ment [...]	2007-01-16 12:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON KTIA CB
07PHNOMPENH631	AFTER THE APRIL 1 ELECTIONS: CAMBODIA'S POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Discussions with political party sources suggest that Cambodia's parties are reviewing their political futures and respective strategies going into the 2008 national elections. The Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) is focused on uniting the non-ruling parties to face off against the CPP [...]	2007-05-07 09:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH654	CAMBODIAN RESPONSE TO CITES DEMARCHE [...] On May 3, Poleconoff met with Mr. Suon Phalla of the National CITES Authority to discuss reftel demarche. He revealed that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization had queried the Cambodian government (RGC) about all of the marine proposals under consideration, but the MFA responded that it [...]	2007-05-10 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA ETRD CB
07PHNOMPENH655	CAMBODIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT JAPAN ON WHALING ISSUE [...] (U) On May 10, Poleconoff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Ing Try, Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. Ing Try asked a few clarifying questions about the bowhead quota, but gave no immediate indication as to how Cambodia was likely to vote. 2. [...]	2007-05-10 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL ETRD CB
07PHNOMPENH662	CAMBODIA: PROPOSED NIGHT SHIFT WAGE DECREASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked the National Assembly to lower night shift wages from 200% of daytime pay to 130%. A vote is expected on May 17, and the Free Trade Union (FTU),a large and vocal group loosely allied with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, has vowed to launch a [...]	2007-05-11 09:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH665	CAMBODIA ON BILATERAL SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT [...] (U) On May 10, A/DCM met with Yos Makana who is head of the Department of the Americas, as well as her deputy, Chhay Song Heng to discuss the shipboarding agreement and provide the draft talking points included in reftel. Makana was pleased to receive USG reassurances, but noted that followi [...]	2007-05-11 10:53:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP KTIA PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH666	RGC RESPONSE TO DOE ASSISTANCE OFFER [...] (U) On May 8, A/DCM met with Ministry of Mines and Industry Secretary of State Ith Praing, and delivered the letter from Kelly Cummins included in reftel. Praing welcomed the offer of USG assistance and suggested a timeframe of July 9-15 for a visit by a DOE team. Praing and his Deputy Dir [...]	2007-05-15 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAID TRGY KNNP CB
07PHNOMPENH668	CAMBODIA: SUCCESSFUL VISIT BY U.S.-ASEAN BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. In the latest of a series of trade and investment related visits to Cambodia, a delegation from the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council met May 9 with senior Cambodian government (RGC) officials, including the Ministers of Commerce, Finance and Health. ConocoPhillips representatives u [...]	2007-05-15 04:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV CB
07PHNOMPENH679	OUR ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY AND THE MCC: CAN WE [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary. Corruption in Cambodia is systemic and pervasive, and one of the country's key challenges to surmount if its economic profile is to continue to grow in a positive manner. Transparency International ranke [...]	2007-05-16 07:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH682	BUCKING A DISTURBING TREND IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: [...] (SBU) Summary. According to a 2006 study by Freedom House, Cambodia stands alone among mainland Southeast Asian countries as having improved its commitment to freedom of the press. At Embassy urging, Cambodia removed all prison terms for criminal defamation -- a weapon of choice in this part [...]	2007-05-17 03:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KPAO CB
07PHNOMPENH694	CAMBODIAN POSITION ON USG PROPOSALS FOR MAY 25 SOM [...] (SBU) A/DCM met on May 18 with MFA Deputy Director for ARF matters, Nong Sakal, to discuss points outlined in reftel. On the matters of UNSCR 1540 and the ISM for Nonproliferation, Nong Sakal indicated that he believed the RGC would support the USG positions. With respect to the ISM Workin [...]	2007-05-18 10:29:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF KNNP PTER CB
07PHNOMPENH710	AMBASSADOR PRODS DPM ON TIP, MONTAGNARDS, MISSING [...] (C) Summary: On May 17, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng to discuss Trafficking in Persons (TIP),Montagnards in Cambodia, and a missing Vietnamese dissident. The Ambassador stressed the necessity for Cambodia to upgrade from the Tier 2 Watch [...]	2007-05-23 11:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
07PHNOMPENH741	DRAFT LEGISLATION ON "LAND TAKING" RAISES EYEBROWS [...] (U) Summary. The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) recently made available a draft expropriations law formalizing procedures for RGC confiscation of land for public projects. At the same time, the MEF, with counsel from an Asian Development Bank (ADB)-sponsored East-West Management Inst [...]	2007-05-31 11:17:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ECON CB
07PHNOMPENH751	PRINCE RANARIDDH: WILL HE GET AMNESTY AND RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary. Following a March 13 court verdict sentencing Prince Norodom Ranariddh to 18 months in prison, the Prince's followers petitioned the King for a royal pardon -- even though PM Hun Sen had rejected RGC support for any pardon in advance of Ranariddh's trial. As backroom negotia [...]	2007-06-04 05:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH752	UN HUMAN RIGHTS REP YASH GHAI VISITS CAMBODIA, [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 31, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Yash Ghai briefed the diplomatic corps regarding his visit to Cambodia and his meeting earlier the same day with DPM and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, and fielded questions regarding his draft report on Cambodia. Yash Ghai [...]	2007-06-04 08:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH765	EAP/MLS DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAGY MEETS POLITICAL PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) Secretary General Mu Sochua told visiting EAP/MLS Deputy Director Eleanor Nagy that 2007 commune council election flaws are a preview of problems likely to arise during the 2008 national elections. Sochua expressed hope for a U.S. delegation visit to Camb [...]	2007-06-06 10:00:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KWMN KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH767	THE FRONT LINE IN THE CAMBODIAN DRUG STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) Summary: A remote location, geography conducive to evasion, and a long and poorly patrolled border with Laos make Stung Treng province Cambodia's drug smuggling hot spot, with the value of drugs smuggled estimated in the "dozens of millions" of dollars. During a May 17-19 visit to thi [...]	2007-06-07 09:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH77	UPDATE ON THE ECCC; DAVID SCHEFFER COMING TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Society's Justice Initiative (OSJI) has requested and will fund former Ambassador David Scheffer to visit Cambodia from January 19-21 to intervene with senior RGC officials on the future of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Recent OSJI dis [...]	2007-01-17 10:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH778	SAM RAINSY: DISENFRANCHISED VOTERS, KEM SOKHA, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. In a June 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Sam Rainsy and Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) National Assembly Whip Son Chhay conveyed concerns over voter disenfranchisement in the 2008 national elections because of voting registration problems and also discussed the lack of "proper represe [...]	2007-06-08 04:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH782	CAMBODIA: EFFECTIVE NARCOTICS CONTROL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodia has a wide-ranging and growing narcotics problem which the government has only limited funding, equipment, skills, and political will to address. During a May 21-23 visit to Phnom Penh, two INL officers learned that drug use in Cambodia is growing, and that while ATS [...]	2007-06-08 07:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI CB
07PHNOMPENH788	CAMBODIA'S STRIKES WANE, BUT CONTENTIOUS LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's often tumultuous labor sector has been notably calm so far in 2007, with working days lost to strikes down 50% from 2006 levels. A crackdown on a particularly notorious union, a recent minimum wage increase, embassy efforts to discourage illegal strikes, and slowly [...]	2007-06-11 01:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH820	GLOBAL WITNESS REPORT: ACCUSATIONS, THREATS, [...] (C) Summary. On June 1, U.K.-based Global Witness made public a 95-page "Cambodia's Family Trees" report. The report's content is extremely confrontational by Cambodian standards as it accuses well-connected government and military officials of illegal logging activity, kidnapping, and attempted mu [...]	2007-06-15 05:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PHUM SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH826	ECCC PASSES INTERNAL RULES [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, the judges of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) approved a set of internal rules governing the court's work. While both the national and international sides of the court hailed the passage of the rules as a major step forward in the court [...]	2007-06-15 09:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH853	MU SOCHUA ON SRP CONCERNS: VOTER REGISTRATION, [...] (SBU) Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) Secretary General Mu Sochua met with the Ambassador on June 22 to revisit the ongoing problem of voter registration obstructions in preparation for the 2008 national elections. Mu Sochua detailed National Election Committee (NEC) unresponsiveness to SRP's concerns [...]	2007-06-22 11:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH90	BILATERAL COOPERATION PRAISED IN DEFENSE DAS RAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Reviewing excellent bilateral cooperation in POW/MIAaffairs and taking stock of the current US-Cambodia relationship were the focus of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/MIA Affairs Charles Ray's visit SIPDIS to Cambodia January 15-18. DASD Ray, who served as US [...]	2007-01-19 01:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS CB
07PHNOMPENH904	RUDDERLESS FUNCINPEC NOT RULING ANYTHING OUT [...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC's leaders appear to have no guiding vision for their party and are disjointedly discussing party independence, reunification with the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP),and a continued coalition with the ruling CPP. At a June 28 lunch with the Ambassador and DCM, FUNCINPE [...]	2007-07-03 10:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH905	KHMER KROM MONK'S POSSIBLE FORCED RETURN TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the weekend a Khmer Krom monk in Cambodia was reportedly defrocked and carried off by uniformed authorities. While the monk's whereabouts are not yet confirmed, Ministry of Interior Spokesperson Kheiu Sopheak verified that the monk went to Vietnam. Whether the monk was [...]	2007-07-03 11:41:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH909	CAMBODIA'S REVERSAL ON MEMORIAL STUPA [...] (C) Summary. On June 29, the Ambassador confirmed in a meeting with Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema that Prime Minister (PM) Hun Sen has given word not to destroy a memorial stupa commemorating a 1997 grenade attack on a Sam Rainsy Party rally killing 16 people (reftel). During a June 25 m [...]	2007-07-05 03:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH925	SOUTH KOREANS AGREE TO VET NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES [...] (C) On July 9, the DCM called on Embassy of the Republic of Korea Counselors Nak-Young OH and Gon-Jong JANG regarding the five North Korean refugees seeking resettlement in the United States (reftel). The DCM passed biographical information and fingerprints of the five individuals to the Kor [...]	2007-07-10 07:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KS KN CB
07PHNOMPENH926	ENCOURAGING CHINESE ENGAGEMENT WITH CAMBODIA'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: China's economic influence in Cambodia is immense and growing. Already Cambodia's largest donor and foreign investor, China's aid comes with no overt conditions and often serves to build infrastructure used to shi [...]	2007-07-10 07:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ECON PGOV CB CH
07PHNOMPENH936	CAMBODIA: 2007 2ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: During the period April to June 2007, the Cambodian police arrested four human traffickers, one German pedophile, and two pimps. At least five victims of trafficking were rescued during the reporting period and ten sex workers were removed from brothels. Cambodian courts senten [...]	2007-07-16 01:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PODGORICA1	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2006 [...] ON DEC. 27, THE MONTENEGRIN PARLIAMENT ADOPTED THE BUDGET FOR 2007 IN THE AMOUNT OF EUROS 617 MILLION, UNDER WHICH CURRENT AND CAPITAL EXPENSES HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. (THE SEPARATION, COMMON PRACTICE IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE, WAS FACILITATED BY USG EXPERT ASSISTANCE.) TOTAL [...]	2007-01-03 14:47:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW
07PODGORICA100	MONTENEGRO SENDS DRAFT CONSTITUTION TO PUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 09:31:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW
07PODGORICA102	OSCE: PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR MONTENEGRO [...] (U) Summary: The two projects proposed by OSCE/Montenegro for extra-budgetary funding in FY2007 are duplicative of projects funded by the USG, and by the Government of Austria. Post does not recommend USG funding of either proposal as submitted. End summary. Strengthening the Capacity of [...]	2007-04-12 11:15:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN EAID KCRM PGOV MW
07PODGORICA106	MONTENEGRO'S STOCK MARKET: BULL OR BALLOON? [...] Summary: Montenegro's stock exchanges exhibited strong growth in the first quarter of 2007, with indices up 79 percent (Montenegroberza) and 90 percent (NEX Montenegro). Roughly half the increase came in March. Similar growth was seen in 2005, at that time driven by demand for shares in large, [...]	2007-04-12 14:47:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MW
07PODGORICA117	COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY FOR U.S. FIRM - DATACARD - CONTRACT [...] (U) Summary: U.S.-based DataCard has been awarded the Euros 8 million contract for the production of Montenegro's passports, drivers' licenses, and identification cards. On April 13, Montenegro's Public Procurement Commission rejected as "unfounded" a complaint lodged by the French firm "Axalto [...]	2007-04-18 14:23:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON MW
07PODGORICA122	MONTENEGRO MOVING FORWARD ON DEFENSE AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Montenegro is moving forward promptly on a number of defense agreements, both bilaterally with the USG, and with NATO. The GoM on April 19 adopted a decision to sign a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the U.S., and also agreed to enter into an "Article 98" [...]	2007-04-19 14:21:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PARM MW
07PODGORICA123	MONTENEGRO APPROVES SOFA TRANSLATION, REQUESTS MAY 1 [...] Post has received the final approved Montenegrin translation of the SOFA agreement, which accepts all the changes proposed by State Language Services. The text arrived under cover of a diplomatic note, which requests that the SOFA be signed during the upcoming visit of President Vujanovic to W [...]	2007-04-20 10:33:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA13	KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO ADVOCATES CG UNITY ON EARLY DECISION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE GOM BELIEVES THAT DELAYING A DECISION ON THE STATUS OF KOSOVO IS ULTIMATELY DETRIMENTAL TO SERBIA AND THE SERBS. FM ROCEN STRESSED THAT CONTACT GROUP UNITY ON THE STATUS OF KOSOVO IS CRUCIAL. DRAWING ON HIS EXPERIENCE AS SAM AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW, ROCEN SAID HE BELIEVED THAT R [...]	2007-01-19 16:51:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MW SR
07PODGORICA130	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES KOSOVO, NATO WITH MONTENEGRO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 08:50:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF MW RS SR
07PODGORICA139	OSCE: ADDITIONAL PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR MONTENEGRO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-30 08:04:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN EAID KCRM PGOV MW
07PODGORICA140	"PRO-WESTERN" SERBIAN NATIONALIST IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ANDRIJA MANDIC, LEADER OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (SNS) IN MONTENEGRO, TOLD POLOFF APRIL 27 THAT THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH IN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE. WHILE SINGLING OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RUSSIA TO MONTENEGRO, MANDIC SAID HE WAS TRYING TO [...]	2007-04-30 17:01:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MW
07PODGORICA146	PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC'S U.S. VISIT SHADOWED BY CONTROVERSY [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC'S MAY 1-4 VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES, HIS FIRST SINCE MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE LAST JUNE, GOT WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE AND GENERALLY POSITIVE REACTIONS. VUJANOVICS MEETINGS WITH VP CHENEY AND SECRETARY WERE COVERED FACTUALLY. HOWEVER, THE SIGNATURE OF THE STATUS OF F [...]	2007-05-04 15:31:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA154	MONTENEGRIN OPPOSITION OPINES AGAINST SOFA, ARTICLE 98 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS IN MONTENEGRO CONTINUE TO MAKE HAY OF THE RECENT USG-GOM SOFA AND ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS (REF). POST HAS ENERGETICALLY COUNTERED, PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, THE NUMEROUS MISUNDERSTANDING AND MISSTATEMENTS ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS. CONSEQUENTLY, ATTACKS ON THE SOF [...]	2007-05-09 13:55:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA159	SCENESETTER FOR ADM ULRICH VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins debate their new draft constitution, and as the opposition continues its misinformed attacks on the GoM-USG SOFA, and our Article 98 agreement. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while l [...]	2007-05-14 12:52:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA167	TRANSPARENCY OF MONTENEGRIN MILITARY SPENDING [...] (U) This cables responds to requests for information in Ref. Montenegro only established its Ministry of Defense in November 2006, following independence in June 2006. A number of key laws in the defense area remain in draft, such as the Law on Defense, the Law on the Armed Forces, and the Law [...]	2007-05-16 16:13:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN MARR MW
07PODGORICA172	RUSSIA WANTS TO COOPERATE WITH MONTENEGRIN MILITARY [...] (U) Russian Ambassador Jakov Gerasimov paid a courtesy call on Defense Minister Vucinic on May 18. According to press reports, the Ambassador proposed an agreement on technical cooperation and military education and indicated plans to assign a defense attache to the Russian Embassy in Podgori [...]	2007-05-25 09:26:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MW RS
07PODGORICA178	MONTENEGRO FAILS TO RENEW FORMAL IMF AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) The GoM on May 27 missed its deadline to agree to a new Standby Arrangement agreement with the IMF. As Montenegro is not currently borrowing from the IMF, the failure is not a default, but may be seen by donors, investors and others as a "black mark" on its economic reform program. The fa [...]	2007-05-31 12:39:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV ECON MW
07PODGORICA182	MONTENEGRO MARKS ONE YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE (C-RE7-00522) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 21 MONTENEGRO MARKED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE. MANY HAVE DESCRIBED MONTENEGRO AS A SOUTH EUROPEAN SUCCESS STORY, REFERRING TO THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE INDEPENDENCE QUESTION AND THE VISIBLE PROGRESS THE COUNTRY HAS ACHIEVED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EU [...]	2007-06-04 11:55:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MARR MW
07PODGORICA190	REDUCING THE SIZE OF MONTENEGRO'S SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) Reducing the size of Montenegro's security establishment (police and soldiers) is needed to achieve more professional, more deployable forces, and is a goal set out in Podgorica's FY 2009 Mission Strategic Plan (MSP). The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has developed a pr [...]	2007-06-07 07:30:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID MASS MCAP ELAB MW
07PODGORICA195	RIFT IN MONTENEGRO'S RULING COALITION (C-RE7-00522) [...] (SBU) A "principled" disagreement over privatization of the large thermo-electric plant in Pljevlja (TE Pljevlja) has led to a rift in Montenegro's ruling coalition. The larger Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) is seeking to finalize the sale of TE Pljevlja to En+ Group, owned by Russian t [...]	2007-06-08 14:14:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG MW
07PODGORICA2	SOLE SUSPECT ACQUITTED IN 2004 MURDER OF OPPOSTION EDITOR [...] (U) Damir Mandic, accused of taking part in the May 2004 murder (Ref A) of the editor-in-chief of the opposition Podgorica based daily "Dan", Dusko Jovanovic, was acquitted on December 27 by the Higher Court in Podgorica. Mandic was accused of, along with other unknown persons, killing Jovanovi [...]	2007-01-03 15:26:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM CVIS SOCI MW
07PODGORICA200	HEAD RUSSIAN SPY VISITS MONTENEGRO, SAYS LOCAL MEDIA [...] (U) Summary: Sergei Lebedev, Director of the Russian Intelligence Service (SVR) is "secretly" staying in Montenegro as the guest of Montenegrin National Security Agency (NSA),according to "reliable sources" cited by the Montenegrin daily "Vijesti" on June 9. There have been no official announc [...]	2007-06-11 12:52:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR MW RS
07PODGORICA204	VISIT OF ADM ULRICH TO MONTENEGRO, MAY 21-22 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. COMMANDER OF JOINT FORCES COMMAND NAPLES (COMJFC) AND U.S. NAVAL FORCES EUROPE (COMNAVEUR) ADMIRAL HENRY G. ULRICH VISITED MONTENEGRO FROM 21-22 MAY 2007. ADM ULRICH'S VISIT COINCIDED WITH THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE AND THE U.S. NAVY SHIP VISIT BY THE S [...]	2007-06-13 13:07:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV MASS MW
07PODGORICA206	INTERNATIONALS COMMENT ON DRAFT MONTENEGRO'S CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE VENICE COMMISSION (VC),OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE (COE),AND THE OSCE OFFICE FOR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS (ODIHR),HAVE COMMENTED ON MONTENEGROS DRAFT CONSTITUTION. BOTH CITE SHORTCOMINGS IN THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INSUFFICIENT GUARANTEES FOR THE INDEPE [...]	2007-06-13 14:46:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS MW
07PODGORICA21	MONTENEGRO'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE DRAFT STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) (REF) WAS PRESENTED BY CHARGE BARNES TO MINISTER OF DEFENSE BORO VUCINIC ON JANUARY 30; THE DRAFT SOFA WAS FORMALLY DELIVERED TO THE GOM BY A DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON JANUARY 26. MINDEF VUCINIC STATED THAT HE HOPED TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS ON THE A [...]	2007-01-31 16:52:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL MW AF
07PODGORICA213	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - MONTENEGRO [...] a) Claimants A (involves three claimants; all three are American citizens) b) 1981 c) Claimants' property, a house under construction and a stable, is located in Ulcinj. Two of the claimants inherited property from the father. In 1981, a part of the property was expropria [...]	2007-06-15 12:55:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE MW
07PODGORICA214	FOREIGN PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE IN MONTENEGRO (C-RE7-00522) [...] (U) Summary: Foreigners, mainly Serbs, own 1.39% of all land, and 8.5% of all condominiums, in Montenegro. Among foreigners, Russians are second in condo ownership, but fourth in land ownership. Current law in Montenegro allows foreigners to buy realty with few restrictions. End summary. [...]	2007-06-15 13:11:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV MW
07PODGORICA215	MONTENEGRO ARRESTS PIFWC VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Montenegrin police arrested Hague indictee Vlastimir Djordjevic on June 17 in Budva. The arrest was executed in cooperation with Serbian police and the ICTY. Djordjevic was flown directly to The Hague on the afternoon of June 17. Local media reported he was working in construction [...]	2007-06-19 07:37:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KAWC KCRM MW SR
07PODGORICA220	MONTENEGRO'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO PRESENTLY IMPORTS 40% OF ITS ANNUAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION - IMPORTING 1866 GWH COMPARED TO DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF 2818 GWH. THE KOMBINAT ALUMINA PODGORICA (KAP) ALONE CONSUMES NEARLY 2000 GWH A YEAR. THE GOM PLAN TO BEGIN PRIVATIZING THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY OF MONTENE [...]	2007-06-26 06:48:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PGOV EINV MW
07PODGORICA222	FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS RANGE OF ISSUES WITH CHARGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER ON MONDAY JUNE 25 COVERED A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING THE CANCELLATION OF THE TENDER FOR THE THERMAL POWER PLANT, THE CONSTITUTION PROCESS, THE TRIAL OF AMERICAN CITIZENS CHARGED WITH SUPPORTING TERRORIST ACTIVITY, DEFENSE RELATIONS, VISA SER [...]	2007-06-26 14:00:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA223	MONTENEGRO DIVIDED ON NATO [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH SIX. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLLS SHOW MONTENEGRO STILL DIVIDED ON THE PROSPECT OF NATO MEMBERSHIP. WITH ONE POLL ACTUALLY SHOWING OPPONENTS OUTNUMBERING SUPPORTERS, THE GOM IS LOOKING TO REORGANIZE ITS APPROACH ON THE ISSUE [...]	2007-06-26 15:00:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA226	FORMER PM DJUKANOVIC AGAIN IMPLICATED IN 1990S CIGARETTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FORMER PM MILO DJUKANOVIC AGAIN FACES THE PROSPECT OF INDICTMENT IN BARI, ITALY, ON CHARGES OF CIGARETTE SMUGGLING AND MONEY LAUNDERING, ACCORDING TO ACCOUNTS FROM THE ITALIAN NEWS AGENCY ANSA. THE SMUGGLING, ALLEGEDLY UNDER COLOR OF GOM PERMISSION, BEGAN IN THE 1990S WHEN THE FE [...]	2007-06-29 15:31:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PINR MW
07PODGORICA227	SERBS IN MONTENEGRO PROTEST U.S. POLICY ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SMALL BUT STRIDENT, TWO LOCALLY-BASED ETHNIC SERB ORGANIZATIONS, THE ASSOCIATION OF DISPLACED PERSONS IN MONTENEGRO AND THE SERBIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MONTENEGRO, HAVE STRONGLY OPPOSED THE USG POLICY SUPPORTING INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO. IN LETTERS TO THE EMBASSY, AND A JUNE 21 D [...]	2007-07-02 10:54:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MW SR
07PODGORICA229	ORGANIZED CRIME IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A SMALL NUMBER OF ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS IN MONTENEGRO USE LINKS WITH GROUPS IN NEIGHBORING STATES AND ELSEWHERE TO EXPLOIT MONTENEGRO FOR THE TRANSIT OF SMUGGLED DRUGS, PEOPLE AND ARMS. THE GOM, LARGELY IN RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, IS CONFRONTING THE CRIMINAL GROUPS M [...]	2007-07-03 10:36:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM MW
07PODGORICA231	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins continue to debate their new draft constitution. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while looking to maintain good relations with Moscow and Belgrade, particularly on Kosovo. The result is a [...]	2007-07-03 11:55:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AMGT ECON EINV MW
07PODGORICA24	RUSSIANS ARE COMING TO MONTENEGRO - BUT SO ARE OTHERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE RUSSIAN PRESENCE ON MONTENEGRO IS VISIBLE, YET OFTEN OVERSTATED BY MONTENEGRINS AND OUTSIDERS ALIKE. SINCE 1999, REPORTED RUSSIAN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) HAS AMOUNTED TO EUROS 135 MILLION, OUT OF A TOTAL OF NEARLY EUROS 1 BILLION. THROUGH THE END OF 2006, THE ONLY L [...]	2007-02-05 13:36:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV MW RS

07PODGORICA240	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES KOSOVO WITH GOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC AND FOREIGN MINISTER ROCEN, MEETING SEPARATELY WITH VISITING EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED JULY 9, REITERATED THE GOM POSITION ON KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO SEEKS A BROADLY SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL SOLUTION IN THE UNSC FOR KOSOVO, AND WILL NOT RECOGNIZ [...]	2007-07-10 13:23:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MW SR
07PODGORICA243	A/S FRIED MEETS WITH MONTENEGRIN OFFICIALS, OPPOSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JULY 8 VISIT TO MONTENEGRO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED MET SEPARATELY WITH FOREIGN MINISTER MILAN ROCEN, PRESIDENT FILIP VUJANOVIC, PRIME MINISTER ZELJKO STURANOVIC, AND SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT RANKO KRIVOKAPIC. HE ALSO HAD AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION OVER DINNER WITH ME [...]	2007-07-10 14:59:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON CVIS CASC PTER MW
07PODGORICA244	ENERGY COMMUNITY MINISTERIAL COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN [...] (U) Introduction and summary: The "Energy Community" is a process that aims to extend the EU internal energy market to the Southeastern European region. The Treaty establishing the Energy Community was signed on October 25, 2005 in Athens, and entered into force on July 1, 2006. The Treaty exte [...]	2007-07-12 11:29:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL MW
07PODGORICA246	ABUSE ALLEGATIONS INTENSIFY AS EAGLE'S FLIGHT CASE [...] (U) Summary: On September 9, 2006 the Montenegrin police arrested 12 individuals, including three American citizens, on suspicion of planning to use violence to disrupt the Parliamentary elections scheduled for September 10. An additional six were named in the indictment, three of whom are no [...]	2007-07-12 13:02:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL MW
07PODGORICA247	MONTENEGRO'S NEW CONSTITUTION - REFERENDUM INCREASINGLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO'S POLITICAL PARTIES REMAIN UNABLE TO CLOSE RANKS ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION. INCREASINGLY, IT APPEARS THAT 2/3 OF THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE SAME TEXT. THEY ARE SPLIT OVER "HERITAGE" ISSUES INCLUDING THE CONSTITUENT PEOPLES (IN THE PREAMBL [...]	2007-07-17 10:18:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MW
07PODGORICA250	FURTHER DELAYS IN HIGH-PROFILE MURDER CASE [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE TRIAL OF THE ACCUSED IN THE 2005 MURDER OF POLICE CHIEF INSPECTOR SLAVOLJUB SCEKIC HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR ORGANIZED CRIME STOJANKA RADOVIC HAS STATED THAT SHE DISTRUSTS THE IMPARTIALITY OF A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL PANEL. SHE CLAIMS THA [...]	2007-07-20 16:07:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM CASC MW
07PODGORICA27	MONTENEGRO, EU EXPRESS MUTUAL DISAPPOINTMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoM and the EU's two resident Ambassadors in Montenegro have expressed to Charge mutual disappointments on the pace to an Stability and Accession Agreement (SAA). The GoM faults what they see as a long delay between reaching technical agreement on the SAA, and bringing it in [...]	2007-02-08 09:59:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON MW
07PODGORICA28	PRESS SAY MOORE "MOST SERIOUS CANDIDATE" FOR U.S. AMBASSADOR [...] (U) The Podgorica daily "Vijesti" on February 7 cites "diplomatic" (nfi) sources which speculate that Roderick Moore (currently DCM in Embassy Belgrade) is the leading candidate to become the first American ambassador to Montenegro. The front page story, later picked up by radio, says the U.S [...]	2007-02-08 11:57:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER PREL MW
07PODGORICA29	AHTISAARI PLAN CAUSES MILD REACTIONS IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE GOM IS URGING PRISTINA AND BELGRADE TO FIND A SOLUTION, BUT IS REMAINING OTHERWISE VAGUE ON THE AHTISAARI PACKAGE IN ORDER TO AVOID ALIENATING EITHER OF ITS NEIGHBORS. OPPOSITION REACTION TO THE PLAN HAS BEEN MOSTLY PRO-SERBIAN; ALBANIAN PARTIES ARE RESPONDING TO IT WITH [...]	2007-02-08 16:27:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF MW SR
07PODGORICA30	MONTENEGRO FM ROCEN DISCUSSES TALLINN VISIT, KOSOVO, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM ROCEN WAS QUITE PLEASED WITH HIS PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH DAS DICARLO IN TALLINN. HE REITERATED THAT, WHILE THEY SUPPORT PROGRESS, THE GOM WILL LAY LOW ON THE AHTISAARI PLAN. THE GOM IS EAGER TO SIGN A SOFA, BUT THE CEREMONY SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO PAST ARRANGEMENTS MADE FO [...]	2007-02-09 16:38:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SR MW
07PODGORICA32	MONTENEGRO DEBATES NEW CONSTITUTION [...] SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT OF MONTENEGRO ARE SEIZED WITH THE NECESSITY OF DRAFTING AND ADOPTING A NEW CONSTITUTION, FOLLOWING MONTENEGRO'S RE-EMERGENCE AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE LAST JUNE. THE GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION ALIKE ARE AIMING AT A "CONSENSUS" TEXT WHICH COULD GAIN AT LEAST 2 [...]	2007-02-12 13:56:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MW
07PODGORICA33	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: JANUARY 2007 [...] THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE ANNOUNCED THAT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES WERE EUROS 582.3 MILLION, YIELDING A SURPLUS OF EUROS 34.6 MILLION. A SURPLUS OF ONE MILLION EUROS WAS PLANNED. RECEIPTS WERE 15 PERCENT HIGHER THAN PROJECTED, DRIVEN BY VAT RECEIPTS WHICH WERE 36 PERCENT HIGHER THAN IN 2005 [...]	2007-02-13 14:50:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KPAO PGOV MW EIND ETRD
07PODGORICA36	MONTENEGRO AND WAR CRIMES [...] (U) SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO HAS BEEN COMMENDED BY ICTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR DEL PONTE FOR ITS COOPERATION WITH THE HAGUE. YET AS ONGOING COURT CASES DEMONSTRATE MONTENEGRO'S PAST IS NOT SPOTLESS. FOUR DISTINCT ACTIONS ARE THE SUBJECT OF ONGOING OR POTENTIAL LAW CASES END SUMMARY 1991 - YUGOSLAV [...]	2007-02-14 08:34:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KAWC PGOV MW
07PODGORICA39	MONTENEGRO PROGRESSES ON PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Montenegro made steady progress on protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) in 2006. The government official who has been in charge of IPR has been promoted to deputy prime minister, from which position she can more effectively require cooperation on protecting IPR. In 2007, [...]	2007-02-20 14:34:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR MW
07PODGORICA46	MONTENEGRO WELCOMES ICJ RULING [...] (U) MONTENEGRO'S PRESIDENT AND OPPOSITION ALIKE WELCOMED THE FEBRUARY 26 RULING BY THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) THAT ABSOLVED MONTENEGRO FROM LIABILITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA'S 1993 GENOCIDE SUIT AGAINST THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC SAID THE ICJ'S DECISION CONFIRMED [...]	2007-02-27 16:04:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KAWC KPAO MW SR
07PODGORICA50	MONTENEGRO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 09:54:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW
07PODGORICA58	MEETING WITH MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 11:15:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA61	THE STATE OF MONTENEGRO'S JUDICIARY [...] (U) MONTENEGRO'S JUDICIARY IS WIDELY SEEN AS THE WEAK LEG OF GOOD GOVERNANCE. PUBLIC OPINION POLLS ROUTINELY SHOW A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE COURTS. MORE DAMNING, THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR, HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION AND EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT AGR [...]	2007-03-09 09:44:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS CASC MW
07PODGORICA64	MONTENEGRO STARTS ON LONG PATH TO NATO [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Montenegro started down its long road to possible NATO membership last December 14, when it joined NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP),after the invitation from the Riga Summit. The campaign to gain popular support for NATO membership will likely prove difficult. [...]	2007-03-09 15:22:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA65	STATE DEPARTMENT REPORTS PROMPT DISCUSSION [...] (U) Summary: The March 2 publication of the Department's International Narcotics Strategy Control Report (INSCR),and the March 5 publication of the Department's Human Rights Report not only attracted widesprad media attention in Montenegro, but also prompted calls for discussion and action. Th [...]	2007-03-09 16:22:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SNAR OPRC MW
07PODGORICA72	COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY FOR U.S. FIRM - DATACARD - UPDATE [...] (U) On March 7, the Montenegrin Ministry of Internal Affairs again awarded the contract for the production of passports and identification documents to DataCard Group (USA). The award came after a contentious second round of negotiations. The first award to DataCard in November had been cancel [...]	2007-03-15 16:05:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV MW
07PODGORICA75	NATO SYG SAYS MONTENEGRO ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] (SBU) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer visited Montenegro for several hours on March 16. Following meetings with top GoM interlocutors, Scheffer briefed NATO Ambassadors. He made the following points: -- The Montenegrins uniformly expressed eagerness to move quickly to sign [...]	2007-03-16 14:24:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA91	PRIME MINISTER, DEPUTY, DESCRIBE GOM GOALS: EURO-ATLANTIC [...] (U) PRIME MINISTER ZELKJO STURANOVIC AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GORDANA DJUROVIC DESCRIBED THE CURRENT GOVERNMENTS GOALS AS EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION AND IMPROVED LIVING STANDARDS. THE MINISTERS MET WITH VISITING EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER HOH AND CHARGE ON MARCH 28. THE PM SAID THAT MONTENE [...]	2007-03-29 12:38:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR EINV CVIS ECON PINR MW
07PODGORICA93	EUR/SCE DIRECTOR HOH'S VISIT EXTENSIVELY COVERED IN LOCAL [...] (U) Summary: The Montenegrin print and electronic media extensively covered EUR/SCE Director Christopher Hoh's March 25-29 visit to Montenegro and his meetings with Montenegrin officials, as well with NGOs, religious leaders, and human rights figures. Hoh stressed the need for continued reform, [...]	2007-03-30 11:49:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREL OPRC MW
07PODGORICA94	MONTENEGRO'S NORTHERNMOST CITY - PLJEVLJA: COAL, ELECTRICITY [...] SUMMARY: PLJEVLJA IS THE THIRD LARGEST ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION (MUNICIPALITY) IN MONTENEGRO. IT IS HOME TO MANY OF THE COUNTRY'S NATURAL RESOURCES AND PRODUCER OF ALMOST HALF OF THE NATIONS ELECTRICITY. YET A VISIT TO THIS DOWN AT THE HEELS NORTHERN CITY OFFERS A SHARP CONTRAST TO DEVELOPME [...]	2007-04-04 09:10:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EMIN ENRG ETRD SOCI PGOV PINR MW
07PORTAUPRINCE1018	ASSESSMENT OF DEPORTEE INTEGRATON PROGRAM [...] Summary. Against the countervailing negative perceptions that most Haitians and the GoH have against deportees, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has convincingly established the foundations of a potentially successful deportee integration program. IOM reported that deporte [...]	2007-06-08 17:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1019	PM ON HOPE, CITE SOLEIL, AND DRUGS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis June 6 to discuss a recent issue in the GoH's implementation of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 (HOPE),as well as his contention that the USG and other international donors [...]	2007-06-08 17:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1048	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING AND PROVIDING EQUIPMENT TO [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Leahy vetting for 17 HNP officers assigned to Security for the Haitian Secretary of State for Public Security. This team will receive training and be provided with equipment. The training is scheduled for July 9, 2007, and therefore the [...]	2007-06-14 19:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1049	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING AND PROVIDING EQUIPMENT TO [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Leahy vetting for 27 regular police officers assigned to the security team for the Haitian National Police (HNP) General Director and the Haitian National Palace. the HNP officers will receive training and be provided with equipment.The [...]	2007-06-14 19:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1057	FIGHTING GANGS: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Since the beginning of 2007, MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) have arrested 750 gang members. The greatest effects are seen in Cite Soleil, where new gang members periodically ris [...]	2007-06-15 17:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM MOPS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1080	THE POLITICAL BASIS FOR VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES - [...] (C) Summary. All interviewees concurred that the basis for the violence in Gonaives is political: specifically, the political rivalry between Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and Senator Youri Latortue, both of whom are from Gonaives and are positioning themselves for the next presidential ele [...]	2007-06-20 12:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1081	POLITICAL PARTIES SELF-REGULATE [...] (U) Summary: The Assembly of Haitian Political Parties (Convention des Partis Politiques Haitiens, or CPPH, in French) on May 31 and June 1 held a colloquium on political parties and construction of a democracy. The main focus of the workshop was a debate over a proposed law governing polit [...]	2007-06-20 15:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1082	JUNE 11 REPATRIATION OF 50 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (U) The United States Coast Guard (USCG) on June 11 transferred 50 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The USCG in the late evening of June 8 intercepted a sail freighter carrying 50 Haitian migrants 25 nautical miles south of Great Inagua, Bahamas. The US [...]	2007-06-20 18:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1133	ELECTIONS LIMP FORWARD; CEP STALLING? [...] (U) Summary: Marking another delay to the pending indirect elections, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) submitted to the GoH in June a new law outlining elections logistics that could make members of the current CEP eligible for the permanent CEP. Beginning at the county council (ASEC) [...]	2007-06-27 12:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1134	ELECTORAL COUNCIL TOUTS PROGRESS DESPITE POOR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The provisional electoral council (CEP) is awaiting action from the executive, specifically President Preval, and parliament before beginning the pending indirect elections process. They purpo [...]	2007-06-27 13:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1136	FORUM EXAMINES SECURITY, GANGS, DEPORTEES [...] (U) Summary: Members of the GoH, civil society and the international community, including post's DEA representative, came together on June 19 to discuss the challenges Haiti faces from organized crime, corruption and gang violence. Much of the discussion focused on the GoH's National Disarma [...]	2007-06-27 17:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PARM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1138	YOURI LATORTUE REACHES OUT [...] (S) Summary. Senator Youri Latortue, during a June 18 meeting with Poloff granted at Latortue's request, expressed his desire to have better relations with the embassy and expand the reach of his political party. Latortue explained that he supported forming an army that would help the state [...]	2007-06-27 19:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MARR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1141	HAITIAN OFFICIALS WARN ILLEGAL MIGRANTS [...] Summary. A Haitian migration official and prosecutor denounced persons who undertake and organize migrant voyages during a June 15 conference on clandestine sea migration held on the Ile de la Tortue. Though the message coming from Haitian officials on illegal migration, delivered with acc [...]	2007-06-28 16:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1148	THE POLITICAL BASIS FOR VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES - [...] (C) Summary. Like their local political leaders, civil society leaders in Gonaives believe that insecurity in Gonaives results from the political rivalry between Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and Senator Youri Latortue. According to post's interlocutors, gang leaders, who are linked [...]	2007-06-29 12:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1150	THE POLITICAL BASIS FOR VIOLENCE IN GONAIVES - [...] (C) Summary. MINUSTAH and Haitian National Police (HNP) officials joined in the chorus who believe that the basis for the violence in Gonaives is the political rivalry between Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis and Senator Youri Latortue, both of whom are from Gonaives and are positioning [...]	2007-06-29 17:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1173	TASK FORCE PRESSES FOR MORE HNP IN CITE SOLEIL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: As a result of renewed reports that some gang members in Cite Soleil continue to disrupt local projects and threaten employers, international donors, NGOs and MINUSTAH representatives agreed o [...]	2007-07-05 15:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KPKO EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1174	POSTCARD FROM GONAIVES [...] Summary. Gonaives, the capital city of Haiti's Artibonite department, is Haiti's third largest city with a population of roughly 100,000. During a May 29-31 trip, Poloff found the city still coping with the aftermath of flooding in 2004. Gonaives, in which the GoH has a very weak presence, [...]	2007-07-05 16:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1182	MINUSTAH'S EFFECTIVENESS IN COMBATTING SEXUAL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The following information is in response to Reftel A requesting information on the effectiveness of UN efforts to combat sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in UN peacekeeping missions. Reftel B is the la [...]	2007-07-06 18:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1184	GOH CLARIFIES JULY 1 PETROCARIBE DEADLINE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 11:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ENRG EPET HA PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1185	JULY 4 REPATRIATION OF 76 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] The US Coast Guard (USCG) on July 4 transferred 76 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The USCG in the early morning of July 2 intercepted a sail freighter carrying 94 Haitian migrants 36 nautical miles northwest of Cape du Mole, Haiti. Seventy-six migrants [...]	2007-07-09 13:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1198	OAS TO REOPEN VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (U) Summary: The Organization of American States (OAS) is working with the Ministry of Justice's national identity office (ONI) to reopen voter registration inside existing civil registry offices. The OAS, though short of funding, plans to begin registration in August but does not expect a [...]	2007-07-10 12:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1224	JUSTICE MINISTER MOVING ON JUSTICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Rene Magloire on July 3 told the Ambassador that his ministry was moving forward to vet Haiti's judges, even as his legislative reform proposals remain stalled in parliament. Because most judicial terms will expire in the coming months, the minister will use the [...]	2007-07-13 15:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1235	MINUSTAH CONFIDENT IN ABILITY TO KEEP PEACE IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil is calm for the moment, but MINUSTAH troops emphasize the need for Haitian National Police (HNP) presence to control persistent crime. MINUSTAH is conducting more foot patrols tha [...]	2007-07-16 18:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1239	MANGO MAYHEM: REACTION TO THE HAITI-US SUSPENSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) suspension of mango imports from Haiti has dominated the news since first announced on July 2. The suspension jeopardizes export earnings for thousands of independent growers throughout the country. State Secretary for Agriculture J [...]	2007-07-17 15:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR ETRD ECON
07PORTAUPRINCE124	MINUSTAH SEES LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH continues its push into the Port-au-Prince slums of Cite Soleil, Cite Militaire and Martissant and, according to their political staff, they are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. Residents of Cite Soleil are welcoming MINUSTAH more openly than during prev [...]	2007-01-24 19:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KPKO MARR ASEC MOPS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1240	PREVAL NEEDS A PUSH ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Since post and Department first addressed the issue of proceeding with indirect elections and subsequent senatorial elections, post has determined through consultations in Haiti that the indirect elections will not produce a Permanent Electoral Council (CEP) in time for that bod [...]	2007-07-17 16:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1243	CANADIAN PM HARPER TO VISIT HAITI JULY 20 [...] (U) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will arrive in Port-au-Prince on the morning of July 20 and depart Haiti later that day. During the visit, Harper plans to meet with President Rene Preval, attend an award ceremony for Canadian UN Police, and tour a hospital in Cite Soleil. Harper w [...]	2007-07-18 15:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA OVIP
07PORTAUPRINCE1247	POSITIVE PUBLIC REACTION TO DRUG STRIKE [...] (C) Public reaction to joint operations conducted by the GoH and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on July 16 to arrest and remove drug traffickers to the U.S. has been largely positive. Coming after a months-long rhetorical campaign against drug-trafficking and corruption led by Presi [...]	2007-07-19 19:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KCOR KCRM SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE1253	PETROCARIBE STILL STALLED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiations between the GOH and fuel vendors operating in Haiti to implement the PetroCaribe agreement with Venezuela remain stalled. The GoH sought to conclude arrangements by July 1 (reftel),but [...]	2007-07-20 19:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EAID PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE126	HAITIAN FM LIKELY TO ATTEND HAITI MEETING [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post delvered a diplomatic note containing the invitationto the January 19 Haiti Key Players meeting on Fbruary 1 in Washington DC. Foreign Minister Jea Renald Clerisme's chief of staff, Anthony Dessoures, told Polcouns on January 13 that Clerisme's chedule was clear and th [...]	2007-01-24 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UN HA EUN
07PORTAUPRINCE1276	HAITI/CANADA RELATIONS ENHANCED BY PM VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's July 20 visit to Haiti was hailed as a success by both Canadian and Haitian representatives. President Preval solicited Canada's help in the struggle [...]	2007-07-26 17:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA OVIP
07PORTAUPRINCE1277	PM LAUNCHES HOPE COMMISSION [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis formally introduced the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Commission on July 23, and stressed the importance of the [...]	2007-07-26 17:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX BTIO BEXP ETRD ECON PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE129	VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-3. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian Coast Guard for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individuals a [...]	2007-01-25 12:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1294	PARLIAMENT/EXECUTIVE REACH AGREEMENT ON JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: Parliament and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have resolved an impasse over justice reform legislation that parliament has been deliberating since May. Parliament's judicial committees capitulated on the most controversial issue: the structure of a judicial council. The president [...]	2007-07-31 12:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE130	VISIT OF SENATOR BILL NELSON TO HAITI, JANUARY [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida) on January 12-13 led a congressional delegation to Port-au-Prince that included the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Southern Command, Major General Glenn Spears. CODEL Nelson [...]	2007-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1308	HAITI MONTHLY: JULY, 2007 [...] (U) With this message, post initiates a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. 2. (C) BOB MANUEL, PHONE HOME. Preval intimate, Bob Manuel, who left Haiti a few months ago in a fit of pique pleading poverty, is currently living in Guatemala. [...]	2007-08-02 17:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1322	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FORENSICS TRAINING FOR 13 HNP CRIME [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Leahy Vetting for 13 Haitian National Police officers assigned to Crime Scene duties. These officers will receive Forensics training led by DOJ/ICITAP personnel traveling to Haiti - Dr. Gessy Coicou and Aric Dutelle - who will also rece [...]	2007-08-03 17:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1329	(C) PREVAL FEELS ATTACKED BY VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies passed a vote of no confidence against Minister of Culture and Communication Daniel Elie on July 31. The deputies alleged that the minister had committed malfeasance in his distribution of funds for Haiti's annual Carnival celebration in February. Presid [...]	2007-08-06 13:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1344	HAITIAN ELECTIONS GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (C) Summary: While the Core Group ambassadors are generally supportive of pressuring the GoH to move forward with indirect and senatorial elections, we have not yet presented a united message, in writing, to President Preval. In conversations with Core Group ambassadors, Preval has shown no [...]	2007-08-08 17:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE135	VETTING REQUEST: VETTING HNP OFFICERS TO WORK WITH [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-3. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individual [...]	2007-01-25 19:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE136	HAITIAN-DOMINICAN RELATIONS: MORE THAN TALK [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The Dominican Republic's Ambassador to Haiti Jose Serulle Ramia told Poloff January 20 that Haitian-Dominican relations are stronger than ever, following President Rene Preval's inauguration June 2006. Ha [...]	2007-01-25 19:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM HA DR
07PORTAUPRINCE1402	MINUSTAH SAYS IT BROKERS EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATURE [...] (C) MINUSTAH reported to Embassy August 16 that it brokered an agreement between President Preval and leaders of the Haitian legislature August 14 that commits leaders of the two branches of government to meet monthly to discuss differences and improve cooperation. The agreement followed the [...]	2007-08-21 18:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1407	MINISTER OF CULTURE SUBMITS RESIGNATION [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Culture Daniel Elie submitted his resignation to President Preval on August 9 following a vote of no confidence against the Minister in the Chamber of Deputies on July 31 (reftel). [...]	2007-08-22 18:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1410	POSTCARD FROM PORT-DE-PAIX AND ILE DE LA TORTUE [...] Summary. Port-de-Paix, the capital city of Haiti's Northwest department, is Haiti's fifth largest city with a population of roughly 100,000. Ile de la Tortue, also known as Tortuga, is an island located off the coast of Port-de-Paix that has a population of 35,000. During a June 14-16 trip [...]	2007-08-22 19:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1417	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANTI-KIDNAPPING SEMINAR FOR 10 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following judiciary police units of the Haitian National Police, who have been selected to participate in a U.S. sponsored training in the Dominican Republic from September 10-14, 2007. Therefo [...]	2007-08-23 19:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1442	HAITIAN SENATE BALKS AT CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The latest of a string of controversial investigations by Haiti's zealous anti-corruption chief prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, produced a thus far empty threat from the Senate August 22 to take a no-confidence vote in the Alexis government. After Gassant summoned prominent business [...]	2007-08-28 16:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL UNSC
07PORTAUPRINCE1447	EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE COMPROMISE BREWING OVER [...] (C) Summary: President Preval and Senate leaders are working on a compromise that will have Port-au-Prince Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant testify before the Senate, heading off a Senate threat to hold a no confidence vote against the Alexis government over Gassant's previous refusal to testif [...]	2007-08-30 17:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1451	HAITI MONTHLY: AUGUST, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) PROMINENT LAVALAS ACTIVIST DISAPPEARS. The Haitian media reports that Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, Lavalas leader and potential senatorial candidate in November [...]	2007-08-30 18:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1458	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: CENTER FOR DRUGS INFORMATION (CDI) [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, of the Haitian National Police (HNP),who have been nominated for training in a U.S. sponsored training in the Dominican Republic from September 18-21, 2007, pursuant to t [...]	2007-08-31 19:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA DEA
07PORTAUPRINCE146	LAMBERT ON JEAN-JACQUES' VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: Chamber of Deputies President Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques (Lespwa - Delmas, West) took advantage of the disorganization among the larger political parties and grouped together the smaller political parties to win his second term, according to Senate President Joseph Lambert. Despite [...]	2007-01-26 13:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1476	CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S TESTIMONY MOLLIFIES SENATE [...] (C) Port-au-Prince Chief Prosecutor Gassant's deferential appearance before the Senate August 30 has sharply reduced tensions between the government and the legislature. A minority of Senators insists that the Senate still must summon the Prime Minister for a vote of no confidence. Senate Pre [...]	2007-09-06 12:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1484	PROMINENT JOURNALIST'S ASSASSINS BROUGHT TO [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified please protect accordingly. 2. (U) According to media reports, two young men, Alby Joseph, 22 and Chery Beaubrun, 16 were sentenced to life in prison for the July 2005 murder of well-known poet and journalist, Jacques Roche in Port-au-Prince. Th [...]	2007-09-10 12:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR
07PORTAUPRINCE1492	POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIEN [...] SUMMARY: The chief executive official in Haiti's North Department (capital: Cap-Haitien) described his two priorities as an improved security environment to attract foreign investment and a more effective natural disaster response. The Department chief executive said that the new mayor of Cap [...]	2007-09-10 17:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SNAR SMIG EAID SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1507	PEASANT MOVEMENT LEADER PLANNING TO SPEAK OUT [...] (C) During an August 30 meeting with Embassy Poloff in Papaye (Central Department) Chavanne Jean-Baptiste, the leader of Mouvman Peysan Papay (Peasant Movement of Papaye - or MPP) laid out a list of grievances against President Preval. Jean-Baptiste views President Preval as the latest inca [...]	2007-09-14 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1511	SOME IN PRIVATE SECTOR GETTING RELIGION ON [...] (SBU) American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) leaders are seeking to influence President Preval's anti-corruption campaign by creating a private sector commission to work with the GoH. Some members believe that the GoH, particularly Port-au-Prince's Chief Prosecutor, is unfairly targeting the p [...]	2007-09-14 19:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1517	HURRICANE SEASON NOT DETERRING HAITIAN BOAT [...] Summary: The hurricane season traditionally forces a hiatus for clandestine sea voyages by Haitian migrants, however, due to the relatively mild hurricane season to date, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has repatriated 225 migrants within the last 30 days; another 6 migrants successfull [...]	2007-09-17 17:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1524	"FUSION" CHAIRMAN GILLES PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) "Fusion" Chairman Serge Gilles is increasingly worried that the lack of strong political party structures has made Haiti's parliament dysfunctional, and that President Preval has no desire to work constructively with parliament, boding badly for Haiti's political future. Many Haitian polit [...]	2007-09-18 16:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1532	GOH "MISSING IN ACTION" IN HINCHE [...] (C) GoH neglect of the Center Department and its capital city, Hinche, emerged as the major theme during an August 28-31 poloff visit to Hinche. The government-owned electric company (EdH) has provided no electricity to Hinche in over a month. The government-owned telephone company (Teleco) [...]	2007-09-19 16:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1533	HAITIAN ELECTIONS AWAITING PREVAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the office of the Prime Minister are awaiting the order from President Preval to put in motion the elections for renewal of one-third of the Senate, as well as the indirect elections that will complete the decentralization process and [...]	2007-09-19 17:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1546	PRESIDENT, SENATE PROPOSE ELECTIONS "PAUSE" [...] (C) Summary: President Preval and Senate President Joseph Lambert are seeking support from Haitian political parties and institutions and the international community for a plan to put off elections for two years and to rework the Haitian constitution. Preval and Lambert, citing the cumbersome [...]	2007-09-21 20:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1559	PORT DIRECTOR REACTS TO U.S. LAW ON MARITME CARGO [...] Poloff and USAID officer met with Jean Evans Charles, Director General of the National Port Authority (APN) in Port-au-Prince on September 20. Poloff referred to talking points provided in reftel, and told Charles that President Bush has signed into law the 9/11 Act of 2007, which mandates t [...]	2007-09-24 18:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER
07PORTAUPRINCE156	LAMBERT: PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS ACTION AGAINST DRUG [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the question of drug trafficking in Haiti to National Assembly President Joseph Lambert, and he took the opportunity to speak at length about the problem. In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 25, Lambert stated that the Haitian parliament is ready to support [...]	2007-01-29 13:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1566	SENATORS PITCH ELECTORAL "PAUSE" AND EXTENSION OF [...] (C) Summary. Ambassadors from the US, Brazil, Canada and France met with the President of the Senate and his colleagues to discuss his proposal for an "electoral pause" which would put Haiti's electoral calendar on hold while allowing for constitutional reform. Lambert argued that the proposa [...]	2007-09-25 16:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1572	NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE NAMED AS FORMER IS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOH installed a new Minister of Culture, Eddy Lubin, on September 25, just days after two government oversight bodies cleared impeached Minister of Culture Daniel Elie of charges of corrup [...]	2007-09-26 16:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1574	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST:PARTICIPATION OF TWO HAITIAN NATIONAL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following participants, of the Haitian National Police (HNP),who have been invited to the 114th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP),pursuant to the [...]	2007-09-26 17:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA DEA
07PORTAUPRINCE1586	HAITIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 19:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
07PORTAUPRINCE1593	OPPOSITION IN "FUSION" TO ELECTIONS FREEZE [...] (C) Officials from ''Fusion,'' which otherwise supports President Preval, are strongly opposed to Preval's plan to freeze elections for several years and extend the terms of all Senators to six years. They are still expressing their opposition privately -- both to Embassy officials and to the [...]	2007-10-01 16:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1594	CORRUPTION AND SECURITY VOID IN HINCHE [...] (C) Summary. A Poloff visit to Hinche in Center Department August 28-31 determined that local government corruption is pervasive and a central concern of local residents. Local actors blame systematic neglect by the central government (reftel) as the root cause for the corruption. Judicia [...]	2007-10-01 16:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1620	HAITI MONTHLY: SEPTEMBER, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) LOVINSKY PIERRE-ANTOINE KIDNAPPING STILL A MYSTERY. Frantz Thermilus, Director General for the Judicial Police (DCPJ) told Poloff at a reception September [...]	2007-10-04 18:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1623	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: M-4 RIFLE SHOOTING AND [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following units of the Haitian National Police (HNP) assigned to Security for the Haitian Secretary of State for Public Security (HSSPS) and for the Director General of the HNP to participate i [...]	2007-10-05 13:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1644	HAITI RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (U) Poloff presented text of the draft resolution to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Wiener Jean-Baptiste October 1, and explained the U.S. position per talking points in reftel. On October 9, Jean-Baptiste said he shared the content of the draft resolution with Minister of For [...]	2007-10-10 12:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1649	CONSENSUS NEAR ON RE-FORMING ELECTION COUNCIL; [...] (C) Summary: Following a meeting of President Preval with political party leaders October 9, a senior government official announced October 10 that the Provisional Election Commission (CEP) has been dissolved. However, some party leaders say there is agreement with the President only that a [...]	2007-10-10 18:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1668	RELIGION AND SUPPORT FOR LAVALAS IN HINCHE [...] (C) Summary. Local leaders in the central plateau town of Hinche believe that Lavalas remains a dangerous political force that may win seats in upcoming Senate elections. Some of Hinche's political class fear and detest Lavalas because they were once victims of attacks by Lavalas partisans. [...]	2007-10-15 12:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1678	LESPWA STILL FAR FROM TRANSFORMING INTO A [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Lespwa's efforts to transform itself into a viable political party have yet to show tangible results. Lespwa remains a coalition of two regional political parties and two rural organizations. Th [...]	2007-10-16 12:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1680	WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN HAITI [...] Haiti has experienced protracted rains and severe flooding over several parts of the country caused by rains beginning on 29 September. The most recent damage assessment by Haiti's Department of Civil Protection (DPC) the afternoon of October 14 reported 37 dead, 4 missing, 78 injured, 14,150 [...]	2007-10-16 19:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV EAGR SOCI HA

07PORTAUPRINCE1682	MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES DIVIDED ON ELECTIONS, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Opposition to President Preval's plan to reconstitute the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is emerging. Political parties and civil society groups are also commenting on the President's pro [...]	2007-10-17 17:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1683	ELECTORAL COUNCIL MEMBERS DEFEND THEIR [...] (C) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) continues in office despite public announcements that President Preval is seeking to form a new provisional council. Six of the CEP's nine counselors claim to be willing and capable of managing both the indirect elections - part of their [...]	2007-10-17 18:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1688	CITE SOLEIL: EXCUSES, BLAME OUTWEIGH NEW SOLUTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Peace in Cite Soleil remains fragile as MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) struggle with mandate and capacity issues in their fight to control gang activities. MINUSTAH troops insis [...]	2007-10-18 16:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM KPKO HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1695	SEVERE CONDITIONS IN MEN'S NATIONAL PENITENTIARY [...] Summary. Prisoners in the men's national penitentiary in Port-au-Prince suffer from severe overcrowding and live in extremely unhygienic conditions. The prison lacks the most basic facilities and equipment for hygienic food preparation and elementary health care. Numbers of correctional of [...]	2007-10-22 11:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA KCRM KCRS KJUS SOCI
07PORTAUPRINCE1701	HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR AT ODDS OVER PREVAL'S [...] (C) Summary. Haiti's private sector leaders are divided over President Preval's proposal to replace the provisional electoral council (CEP),set a date for senatorial elections, and launch a process which would lead to the drafting of a new constitution. One group of leading businesspeople, [...]	2007-10-22 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL ECON
07PORTAUPRINCE1704	PREVAL PLAYS COY ON ELECTIONS: EVERYONE PLAYS THE [...] (C) Summary. n a series of encounters wth President Preval over the past week, he has continued to insist that he will go forward with senatorial elections. He has not offered any specifics or date. At the same time, he said, he will press ahead on constitutional reform. The President was su [...]	2007-10-22 19:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1705	BUILDING SYNERGY: IMPROVING ECONOMIC PROSPECTS IN [...] Summary: As part of a new effort to generate long term employment, the Haiti Stabilization Initiative (HSI) and USAID are encouraging private sector interest in Cite Soleil. Several major Haitian business figures are leading social welfare projects in Cite Soleil and are interested in providi [...]	2007-10-23 11:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1715	HAITI "WOMAN OF COURAGE" 2008 NOMINEE [...] Per reftel, Post nominates Marilyn Allien, founder of the Haiti Legacy Foundation, for the Seretary of State's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage. 2. Biographical information and justification for award selection: Full legal name of nominee: Marilyn B. Allien Job title/associ [...]	2007-10-24 17:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1718	HAITI SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BINGAMAN-CORKER-HARKIN [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Consolidation of Haiti Democratic Institutions --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) Haiti is still consolidating basic institutions of democratic governance that were undermined in the period foll [...]	2007-10-25 11:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1720	Improving Human Rights vetting processing from Washington [...] In 2007, the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) in Port-au-Prince assumed responsibility for handling the human rights vetting at Post in compliance with the Department of State Leahy Amendment. Post has developed a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Leahy vetting. However, we have encountere [...]	2007-10-25 14:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1721	PREVAL: THE DAY THE CEP IS RE-FORMED, I CAN GET ON [...] (C) Summary. In a three hour meeting October 22, President Preval told me and my French and Canadian colleagues that he wants to move on Senatorial elections "as fast as possible." He is convinced that the current Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is dysfunctional. He proposes replacing t [...]	2007-10-25 15:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1742	WORLD BANK ON HAITI'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT MONEY [...] (U) A World Bank assessment team out-briefed PolCouns and Poloff October 5 on Haiti's efforts to combat money laundering and financial crimes subsequent to a two-week in-country evaluation. World Bank assessment team leader Jean Pesme highlighted several factors that contribute to money laund [...]	2007-10-29 18:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV KCOR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1743	HAITI LIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] (U) Reftel points were discussed October 26 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Azad Belfort. Belfort told Poloff that Haiti enjoys good relations with Cuba. He noted that Cuba has provided assistance to Haiti in a number of areas, including health. 2. [...]	2007-10-30 13:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA ETRD PHUM UNAUS CU HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1752	PREVAL NEARS COMPROMISE ON CEP; PRIVATE SECTOR TO [...] C) Sources both within the Presidency and without have told us that a compromise is near on the reformation of the Provisional Electoral Council. If true, this would permit President Preval to name a new council and set the date for Senatorial elections, ending an impasse that has preoccupied [...]	2007-10-31 18:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1753	TROPICAL STORM NOEL: EIGHTEEN FATALITIES, [...] Tropical Storm Noel has been characterized by long, steady rains that have caused slowly rising rivers and localized flooding. 2. As of 0730 EDT October 31, Direction de Protection Civil (DPC - Haiti's disaster response authority, under the Ministry of Interior) reported flooding that has c [...]	2007-10-31 18:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1754	PARTY LEADERS: NO ELECTIONS/CONSTITUTION CRISIS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Leaders of four principal political parties and/or alliances -- Lespwa, Fusion, OPL and Alyans -- met with the Ambassador on October 24. There was general agreement that the President would even [...]	2007-10-31 18:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1781	VETTING OF HAITIAN COAST GUARD PERSONNEL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. Post requests that the Department initiates review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian Coast Guard Personnel for credible information of gross human rights violat [...]	2007-11-08 16:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1782	HAITI MONTHLY: OCTOBER 2007 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (U) MINUSTAH DEPUTY RECALLED. Local press reports that the deputy MINUSTAH For [...]	2007-11-08 16:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON HA KPKO
07PORTAUPRINCE1784	CODEL BINGAMAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PREVAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary ----------- 2. (SBU) Senators Bingaman, Harkin and Corker and several staffers met with Haitian President Rene Preval October 26 and reviewed Haiti,s main development and assistance priorities. The Pres [...]	2007-11-08 18:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1810	MUTINY IN THE NATIONAL PENITENTIARY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A riot ensued in the National Penitentiary on November 7 after Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant authorized the release of 121 long-serving male prisoners. The riot was quelled in under two hours by [...]	2007-11-14 15:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1811	UN REPS TELL U.S. SENATORS SECURITY, INVESTMENT, AND JOB [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Senators Bingaman, Harkin and Corker were briefed October 26 by UN officials on the current security and economic situation in Haiti. UN representatives lauded U.S. support and encouraged continue [...]	2007-11-14 20:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1831	HAITI RESPONSE: INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following information on Haiti's government practices concerning collection, screening and sharing in items (A-K) was collected from authorities within the government of Haiti's Office of Immigratio [...]	2007-11-19 16:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PTER KHLS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1832	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: COUNTER TERRORISM SEMINAR FOR 11 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, of the Haitian National Police, who have been nominated to participate in a U.S. sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. Thi [...]	2007-11-19 17:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA DEA
07PORTAUPRINCE1833	HAITI SUPPORTS UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY [...] (U) Poloff discussed reftel points November 16 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Affairs Director Wiener Jean-Baptiste and Judicial Affairs Director Fortune Dorlean. Jean-Baptiste told Poloff that Haiti supports the resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Belarus, the De [...]	2007-11-19 18:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1837	HAITI FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO EXERCISE GREATER [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 17:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON MNUC PARM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1841	LETTER FROM REPUBLIC OF HAITI TO SECRETARY LEAVITT [...] The following letter to Secretary Michael O. Leavitt from Haitian Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis was received by Embassy on November 16. Text is an English translation by the PM's office of the French original. The Embassy will pouch original letter to WHA/CAR Desk Officer Chris Ward f [...]	2007-11-20 19:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1852	HAITIAN POLICE ACADEMY GRADUATION SPEECHES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On November 6, the 19th class of recruits of the Haitian National Police (HNP) Academy graduated. The class consisted of 627 cadets, including 86 women. This is the largest number of women to ever enter [...]	2007-11-21 19:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR SOCI KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1853	SLOW PROGRESS TOWARD NEW PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 20:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1856	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: CONTINUATION OF FORENSICS TRAINING [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in Vetting the following unit of the Haitian National Police assigned to Crime Scene duties. The instructors- Dr. Gessy Coicou and Mr. Aric Dutelle - delegated by the DOJ/ICITAP will continue the second porti [...]	2007-11-23 17:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1858	DEMARCHE: ELECTION FOR COMMITTEE ON THE [...] PolCouns delivered reftel diplomatic note and Ambassador Prosper CV November 23 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Affairs Director Wiener Jean-Baptiste. Drawing from reftel talking points, PolCouns emphasized Ambassador Prosper's eminent qualifications and professional experience in fi [...]	2007-11-23 19:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1859	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST:PARTICIPATION OF COMMISSAR [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following participant of the Haitian National Police (HNP) to the FBI National Academy for a period of three (3) months of intensive command course in Quantico, Virginia, pursuant to the Leahy [...]	2007-11-23 20:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA DEA
07PORTAUPRINCE1871	HAITI NONCOMMITAL ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolCouns drew from reftel points in a meeting November 23 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Affairs Director Wiener Jean-Baptiste. PolCouns emphasized how these three committees over the years hav [...]	2007-11-27 16:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1880	AMBASSADOR VISITS LES CAYES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador traveled November 14 and 15 to the South Department's capital city, Les Cayes, accompanied by DepDir USAID and Emboffs. Haiti's ''southern claw'' is still recovering from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Noel and its aftermath. Les Cayes thus far has been spared si [...]	2007-11-29 19:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID ECON SNAR SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1897	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PARTICIPATION OF COMMISSAR FRANTZ [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following participant of the Haitian National Police (HNP) to the inaugural event in "the CARICOM-US Partnership to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Arms" in Nassau/Bahamas, December 11-12, 2007, [...]	2007-12-03 20:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1898	LAVALAS MIFFED AT PREVAL OVER ELECTORAL COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pro-Aristide party Lavalas is angry that President Preval has not consulted them bilaterally in the process to form a new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). Influential Lavalas Deputy Jonas Coffy believes Preval is trying to politically marginalize Lavalas to help pave the w [...]	2007-12-03 20:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1899	POSTCARD FROM LES CAYES: POOR BUT PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern city of Les Cayes does not face the major security concerns common to Port-au-Prince, but social problems stemming from widespread poverty do arise on occasion. Local Haitian National Police grapple with drug trafficking, poor prison conditions and a faulty justic [...]	2007-12-04 13:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SNAR SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1904	HAITI MONTHLY: NOVEMBER, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 2. (SBU) PREVAL SEEKS CONSENSUS ON NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM FROM MAJOR LABOR UNIONS. Gesner Milcent, General Coordinator for the Haitian Syndicate Initiative (I [...]	2007-12-05 18:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HA PGOV SMIG SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE1910	HUMAN TRAFFICKING/SMUGGLING ON THE HAITIAN BORDER [...] Summary. Kenel Senatus of Solidarite Fwontalye, a human rights/anti-human trafficking organization in Ouanaminthe, reported that human trafficking and alien smuggling are widespread and openly conducted at Haiti's northeastern border with the Dominican Republic. Traffickers take both adults [...]	2007-12-06 13:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1913	MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS: HAITI ACTING ON [...] (SBU) The Ambassador laid out the case to the Minister of Social Affairs that Haiti should adopt a policy and legislation aimed at combatting trafficking in persons. The Minister explained that Haiti is working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on legislation criminalizi [...]	2007-12-06 17:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM ELAB HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1921	HAITI: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Haiti values its relationship with Cuba because of the significant amount of technical assistance it receives from that country. The bulk of that assistance comes in the form of [...]	2007-12-07 11:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC PREL CU HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1930	CORRECTED COPY: HUMAN TRAFFICKING/SMUGGLING ON [...] SUMMARY. Kenel Senatus of Solidarite Fwontalye (SF),a Haitian-based human rights/anti-human trafficking organization in Ouanaminthe, reported that human trafficking and alien smuggling are widespread and openly conducted at Haiti's northeastern border with the Dominican Republic. Trafficker [...]	2007-12-07 20:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1931	PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO DITHER ON PROVISIONAL [...] (SBU) President Preval has yet to make the final appointments of counselors of the reconstituted Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). He continues to quibble with certain social sectors he called on to nominate persons to sit on this body. After rejecting one private sector nominee, the Pres [...]	2007-12-07 20:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1955	JUSTICE REFORM PASSES PARLIAMENT AFTER MONTHS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The second and third of a package of three laws governing judicial reform passed the Chamber of Deputies in late November. The three laws require establishment of a judicial council to oversee the judiciary, set down required qualifications and obligations of "magistrates" (in [...]	2007-12-13 18:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1959	NEW PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL SWORN IN [...] (C) Summary: President Preval and the Cabinet of Ministers signed a decree December 11 naming new members of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). The new councilors were sworn in and assumed office December 12. Preval has yet to officially announce his choice for Director General, Jacqu [...]	2007-12-14 14:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE198	MINUSTAH OFFICERS' THOUGHTS ON MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH's Political Affairs Director Gerald Lechevallier told Poloff on January 26 that he would like the new mandate to reaffirm resolution 1702 (establishing MINUSTAH) and maintain Security Council commitment to a long-term stabilization force in Haiti. Added to the new mand [...]	2007-01-31 17:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1989	VENEZUELAN & CUBAN CONSTRUCTION OF 3 ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuela and Cuba appear to be taking advantage of Haiti's electricity gap. GOH sources up to and including President Preval say Haiti is accepting delivery of three Venezuela-supplied generators to supply Port-au-Prince, Cap Haitien and Gonaives. The generators are to be inst [...]	2007-12-20 19:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG EFIN XL HA VE CU
07PORTAUPRINCE199	DEPUTIES SCRUTINIZE FORMER MFA SPENDING [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly 2. (SBU) The chamber of deputies' foreign affairs committee, led by Committee President Sorel Francois (Famni Lavalas),accused former foreign ministry employees, including the Haitian ambassador to the U.S., Raymond Joseph [...]	2007-01-31 17:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1992	LAVALAS: A CONFLICT OF LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The pro-Aristide party, Fanmi Lavalas, is increasingly beset by infighting. A key divisive issue is that absentee party chairman and former president of Haiti Jean Bertrand Aristide continues to pull the strings and make leadership appointments from exile, while leading party f [...]	2007-12-20 20:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KDEM PGOV PREL
07PORTAUPRINCE1996	JACQUES BERNARD APPOINTED ELECTORAL COUNCIL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In an important step forward for Haitian elections, the GOH on December 14 issued a decree naming Jacques Bernard Director General of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). Prime Minister Al [...]	2007-12-21 12:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE2024	DECEMBER 24 REPATRIATION OF 202 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (U) On December 24, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 202 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On December 21, the USCG intercepted a sail freighter carrying 228 Haitian migrants 33 nautical miles south of Great Inagua, Bahamas, at which time 202 agreed t [...]	2007-12-28 18:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE2031	HAITI MONTHLY: DECEMBER, 2007 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (U) PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER NEW WOMEN'S RIGHTS LAWS. The Ministry of Women's A [...]	2007-12-31 15:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KTEX
07PORTAUPRINCE210	PM RAISES DRUGS, AIRPORT WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Having asked for a meeting on an hours notice, Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on January 26 raised concerns to the Ambassador about potential USG plans to add Haiti's international airport to a list of those requiring "extraordinary security measures" and expressed a desire for clo [...]	2007-02-01 15:57:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM EAIR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE240	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FUNK, CARTNER, AND NIXON [...] Post grants countr clearance to the following NEC contractor personnel to travel to Port au Prince: MARK EDWARD FUNK - Fluor, Project Director arrive: 02/05/07, depart: 02/16/07 JAMES SMOOT CARTNER, JR. - Fluor, Sr. VP arrive: 02/05/07, depart: 02/09/07 EDDIE (NMN) NIXON - Fluor, Craft [...]	2007-02-03 12:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ABLD ASEC
07PORTAUPRINCE246	ALEXIS: WE WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO PARLIAMENTARIAN [...] (U) Summary: The Superior Council of the National Police (CSPN),headed by Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, appeared before the chamber of deputies on January 30 to discuss the dispute between the deputies and Jean Saint-Fleur, the administrative director of the Haitian National Police ( [...]	2007-02-05 19:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE252	MINUSTAH SLOWS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH has a habit of blaming international aid agencies for moving too slowly to implement projects in the disadvantaged neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. However, staff at the International Organization for Migration (IOM),USAID's main implementing partner in community deve [...]	2007-02-06 13:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO EAID HA
07PORTAUPRINCE266	CHAVEZ COMING TO HAITI? [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Haitian Media on February 2 reported that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez planned to visit Haiti as early as the following week. However, the foreign ministry's political director, Wiener Jean Baptiste, on Fe [...]	2007-02-07 17:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE283	MINUSTAH'S LAUNCHES LARGEST OPERATION YET IN CITIE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) MINUSTAH troops on February 9 initiated an operation to take control of the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Boston from gang leader Evans Jeune. Initiated sometime around 0200, the battle between MINUSTAH and ga [...]	2007-02-09 19:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPPS MARR KCRM ASEC UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE288	LAVALASIAN OPS STRIVE TO STAY IN THE GANG [...] (U) Summary: Lavalasian "popular organizations" (OPs) such as PLANOP (National Platform of Progressive Popular Organizations) continue to make demands on the government in radio interviews and in street demonstrations, including asking for the return of Aristide and the departure of MINUSTAH [...]	2007-02-12 11:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE297	UPDATE ON CITE SOLEIL OPERATION [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) MINUSTAH's deputy chief of the political department, Elizabeth Cullity (strictly protect),provided Polcouns the following details regarding MINUSTAH's operation in the Boston area of Cite Soleil (reftel) o [...]	2007-02-12 19:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MOPS KCRM ASEC UNSC HA
07PORTAUPRINCE303	SENATE PRESIDENT LAMBERT: I AM NOT A [...] (C) Summary. Senate President Joseph Lambert on February 6 calmly and methodically denied accusations that he had connections to drug traffickers in a two-hour conversation with Polcouns. Lambert acknowledged that suspicions arose as a result of his association with Jean Marie Fourel Celestin [...]	2007-02-13 17:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM
07PORTAUPRINCE319	HAITI "WOMAN OF COURAGE" NOMINATION [...] (U) Per reftel, Post nominates Dr. Marie Gessy Coicou, Inspector General of the Haitian National Police, for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of SIPDIS Courage. 2. (U) Biographical information and justification for award selection: Name: Dr. Marie Gessy Coicou T [...]	2007-02-16 12:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE327	ELECTION RESULTS: TWO MONTHS LATER... [...] (SBU) Summary. Two months after the December 3 elections, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has not certified any local or municipal election results. The CEP has certified results of the re-run legislative races, and parliament has sworn in those lawmakers, leaving both houses short on [...]	2007-02-21 13:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE330	SCENSETTER FOR CODEL PRICE VISIT [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified --- please protect accordingly. 2.(U) We very much look forward to your visit to Haiti next week and have worked hard to put together a program that will begin to build bridges between the Congress and the Parliament. Parliamentary leaders are eager [...]	2007-02-21 14:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE342	GOH AND MINUSTAH ON HSI [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7-8 the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, Ambassador John Herbst, accompanied by Ambassador Sanderson and WHA/CAR Director Brian Nichols met with Prime Minister Alexis and select members of his cabinet, the UN Country Team, and NGOs currently opera [...]	2007-02-22 15:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MARR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE343	HNP DG ANDRESOL ON HSI [...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization John Herbst, accompanied by the Ambassador and WHA/CAR Director Nichols, met with Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Mario Andresol February 8 to discuss the police portion of the new US $20 million stabilization [...]	2007-02-22 15:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE344	CARNIVAL A SMASH SUCCESS [...] Haitians on February 21 concluded a Carnival celebration exponentially larger and more festive than any seen in recent years. Local media estimates spectators to have numbered nearly 1 million in Port-au-Prince (roughly one third of the city's population) over the three- day celebration. The [...]	2007-02-22 17:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC AA
07PORTAUPRINCE36	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. Security Job 1 ---------- 2. (SBU) As your visit approaches, the issue of security -- kidnapping and related criminality in the greater Port-au-Prince area -- continues to dominate public discourse in Haiti and daily [...]	2007-01-10 19:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AMGT HA
07PORTAUPRINCE365	CITE SOLEIL: GANGS SCURRY FOR COVER [...] (U) Summary: MINUSTAH is continuing operations in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil. Recent successes include the arrest of 17 suspected gang members, the take-over of a major base of operations for gang leader Amaral Duclonat, and the arrest of an Evans deputy named "Ti Bazil". [...]	2007-02-26 13:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID HA KCRM MARR MOPS PGOV
07PORTAUPRINCE37	GOH OFFICIALS: DO NOT WORRY ABOUT MANDATE RENEWAL; [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Jean Raynald Clerisme January 9 (the day President Rene Preval departed for Nicaragua) to discuss the Haiti/Taiwan/China issue, which threatens to affect the renewal of MINUSTAH's UNSC mandate in February. Citing her previous conversations with Chine [...]	2007-01-10 19:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH
07PORTAUPRINCE370	STATUS OF JUSTICE REFORM [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The justice sector in Haiti is in dire need of reform. Despite ongoing efforts by the international community, no single part of the apparatus functions properly, from arrest to trial. Havin [...]	2007-02-26 14:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE38	HAITI CARICOM OFFICE READY TO DISCUSS CSME [...] (U) Marie Michele Rey, the appointed head of the new Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and other trade negotiations office, confirmed Haiti's commitment to moving CARICOM's Single Market Economy (CSME) forward. Though private sector sources indicate that the CSME may be more trouble than it is w [...]	2007-01-11 17:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD HA
07PORTAUPRINCE389	MINUSTAH DEVELOPMENT WORK PROGRESSES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Jean-Philippe Laberge, MINUSTAH's civil affairs coordinator for the West Department, spoke to Poloff about MINUSTAH's plans to engage local government, specifically the new mayor, in their efforts to reha [...]	2007-02-27 17:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO HA
07PORTAUPRINCE40	INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN HAITI [...] (U) Per reftel, Post submits a list of women who are influential and active in Haitian government and civil society. Post hopes that these individuals will be included in future activities organized by the Office of the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment (S/WE). [...]	2007-01-11 21:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE408	RESPONSE TO INR/B REQUIREMENTS ON PRESIDENT PREVAL [...] (C) Introduction: Reftel asks for a comprehensive assessment of President Preval's decision-making process and leadership style. As noted in reftel, post has reported on many of the specific topics inquired about over the course of Preval's re-election campaign and the first year of his second [...]	2007-03-01 17:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE42	PREVAL CALLS FOR UNITY, HITS U.S. ON DRUG [...] (C) Summary: President Preval used his constitutionally-mandated speech opening the new parliamentary session on January 8 to blame drug trafficking for instability in Haiti, which is a victim of the United States, "a drug-consuming country." Preval's speech followed a three-hour long di [...]	2007-01-11 21:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE424	SCENESETTER FOR DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Post retransmits below, beginning para 3, Ambassador Sanderson's message to DEA Administrator Tandy, prepared in January in advance of her visit subsequently rescheduled for March 7. Since the original transmission of that message, post has continued to engage with various senior officials [...]	2007-03-05 14:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE433	JUAN GABRIEL VALDES RETURNING TO HAITI [...] (C) According to Denneth Modeste (strictly protect),the OAS' representative to Haiti, on March 8, the former Special Representative of the Secretary General in Haiti (2004-2006),Juan Gabriel Valdes (Chile),will return to Haiti under the auspices of the Secretary General of the OAS to hold p [...]	2007-03-05 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE440	POLITICIANS IN HAITI NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM [...] (C) Summary: Cite Soleil mayoral candidate Andou Evel met with Poloff and detailed his knowledge of the neighborhood and his hope that he would be declared the winner of the election. However, Poloff later learned that he may be heavily implicated in violent gang activity and has since cut [...]	2007-03-06 18:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE450	CODEL PRICE VISIT TO HAITI [...] Congressman David Price (D-NC) led a bipartisan delegation of twelve, including two other representatives, on a three-day visit to Port-au-Prince on February 22 - 24. The purpose of the visit was to establish a cooperative exchange program under the auspices of the House Democracy Assistance [...]	2007-03-07 13:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE477	LAVALAS CLASHES WITH CAP HAITIEN PORT AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Lavalas demonstrations began on February 24 at the Port of Cap Haitien in response to an incident in which a port security guard pepper sprayed a Fanmi Lavalas deputy mayor-elect, Fritz Joseph. Joseph was attempting to gain entry to the port without proper identification as part [...]	2007-03-09 18:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINR SNAR EWWT HA
07PORTAUPRINCE492	CHAVEZ ARRIVES LATE [...] (SBU) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Haiti March 12 for meetings with Haitian President Rene Preval and Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo Hernadez. Though the GoH had announced bilateral meetings with the Venezuelan President, as well as a trip to a construction site, Chavez arr [...]	2007-03-13 17:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE506	PREVAL HIGHLIGHTS DRUG-TRAFFICKING WITH CODEL PRICE [...] Summary: President Preval on February 23 focused his meeting with CODEL Price on narcotics trafficking, thanking the delegation for their efforts to assist the Haitian parliament, but devoting most of the rest of the 75-minute meeting to a discussion of the threat that drugs pose to Haitian st [...]	2007-03-14 19:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE512	CAP HAITIEN'S UNSAVORY NEW LAVALAS MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: Fanmi Lavalas (FL) won the December 3 mayoral election in Cap Haitien, Haiti's second largest city. The three-person slate, consisting of mayor-elect Michel Saint Croix and two deputy mayors, has little experience in formal politics but campaigned heavily in Cap Haitien's urban [...]	2007-03-15 18:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE513	JUSTICE MINISTER REQUESTS DRUG ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Justice Minister Rene Magloire told the Ambassador on March 8 that the anti-drug trafficking unit of the Haitian National Police (known by its French acronym, BLTS) does not have the means to combat drug trafficking in Haiti without improved performance of the judiciary. He specifically [...]	2007-03-15 18:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE515	POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIEN [...] (U) Summary: Cap Haitien, on the north coast of Haiti, is the country's second largest city with a population of roughly 100,000. Local residents and officials downplay the city's insecurity problems, but cite lack of infrastructure and basic social services, such as garbage collection, as [...]	2007-03-15 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SNAR SMIG EAID SOCI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE52	PREVAL-TAIWAN RELATIONSHIP: THE LOVE CONNECTION [...] (C) Summary: The personal relationship between Preval and the Taiwanese started during Preval's first presidency from 1996-2001, with agricultural projects in Marmalade, Preval's hometown. The foreign ministry's director of political affairs Weiner Jean Baptiste told Poloff January 11 that th [...]	2007-01-12 19:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO HA CH
07PORTAUPRINCE522	PREVAL: CHAVEZ VISIT A MESS [...] (C) Summary: To hear President Rene Preval tell it, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Haiti on March 12 was a logistical nightmare and an annoyance to the GoH. Chavez thwarted Preval's efforts to keep the public profile of the visit low key. In the aftermath of the visit, Preval t [...]	2007-03-16 19:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE523	GANGS OF CITE SOLEIL: BACK TO BASICS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil is rife with gang activity, which continues even in light of the March 13 arrest of gang leader Evans Jeune (reftel). The International Institute of Migration (IOM) reported that [...]	2007-03-16 19:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM ASEC PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE526	JUSTICE MINISTER ANTICIPATES REFORM [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 8, Justice Minister Rene Magloire told Ambassador that his priorities are to reduce pre-trial detention times and to create effective task forces for serious crimes. His endeavors are bei [...]	2007-03-19 14:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE531	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 20:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ZI HA
07PORTAUPRINCE54	PREVAL ON THUGS, DRUGS, AND HIS HEALTH [...] (C) I met with President Preval for an hour the evening of January 11, shortly after the president returned from the Ortega inauguration in Manugua. Key topics of discussion included the security situation, Haiti's drug problem and his agreement to meet with his Colombian and Dominican counte [...]	2007-01-12 19:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR HA US
07PORTAUPRINCE55	PREVAL IN JAMAICA TO INCREASE COOPERATION [...] Summary: President Rene Preval visited Jamaica January 3-7 to meet with GoJ officials and discuss bilateral and regional integration. President Preval and Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller publicly discussed strategies for eliminating the trafficking of drugs and weapons. Whereas [...]	2007-01-12 20:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE558	HAITI ABUZZ WITH CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM [...] Summary and Introduction: On March 7, President Rene Preval began holding working-group ''reflections'' with various sectors of society to discuss possible amendments to the constitution. From issues such as referencing Haiti's newly created tenth department (Nippes) to streamlining the nume [...]	2007-03-21 14:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE577	PM ALEXIS IN TROUBLE IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: Both senate and chamber majorities are ready to give Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis a vote of no confidence, according to President of the Senate Joseph Lambert. The government under Alexis, in the view of his parliamentary opponents has few tangible accomplishments, and [...]	2007-03-23 18:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE578	OAS ''FRIENDS GROUP'' MEETS RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) Organization of American States (OAS) Special Representative, Denneth Modeste, said that the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, proposed to re-establish a SIPDIS Group of Friends during his visit to Haiti on March 19. (Note: The OAS convened the Group of Friends in Port- [...]	2007-03-23 18:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA XA
07PORTAUPRINCE58	HAITI: GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S IRAQ POLICY ADDRESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 20:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV HA PREL IZ
07PORTAUPRINCE59	DEPUTIES TO ELECT NEW LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: As a result of continuing political maneuvering and lobbying, the deputies in Haiti's lower house have delayed executive board elections originally scheduled for the first day of the new session on January 8. A coalition of the Fusion, Alyans, and OPL parties has reportedly agree [...]	2007-01-12 20:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE626	DIO DESIGNATION: NONPAPER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 18:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE642	CITE SOLEIL INDICATORS POSITIVE [...] (U) This message is senstive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil has turned a corner and the citizens, the GoH, and the international community are all poised to attempt to bring normalcy to the embattled slum. MINUSTAH is renting a facility on t [...]	2007-04-05 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM ASEC PREL KPKO MOPS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE643	NOTORIOUS "TI-BLANC" ARRESTED [...] On April 4 at approximately 9:50 pm, Haitian National Police (HNP) arrested William Baptiste, aka "Ti-Blanc," in the Delmas 33 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. Ti-Blanc was passing through an HNP checkpoint when he and his driver were apprehended. MINUSTAH was not involved in the arrest. Ti-B [...]	2007-04-09 14:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM ASEC HA

07PORTAUPRINCE653	OAS PREPS FOR APRIL 29 ELECTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has announced that all necessary local, municipal and legislative re-runs of the December 3, 2006 elections will be held on April 29. The CEP, MINUSTAH a [...]	2007-04-10 19:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA

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