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08VIENNA1893	AUSTRIA: SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM, Econ/Pol Counselor, DATT and Polchief discussed reftel demarche with GOA officials across the government, as well as with the German Ambassador to Austria during a series of meetings December 17 to 23. Austrian officials said the MFA and Defense Ministry would rev [...]	2008-12-24 12:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AU

08VIENNA20	NIAG 209: EFFORTS BY PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 16:53:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL AU PK
08VIENNA202	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 08, 2008 [...] In the controversy over allegations regarding a potential OeVP cover-up of shortfalls in the search for kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch, which may have prevented an earlier rescue of the girl, OeVP Secretary General Hannes Missethon told Austrian radio that late Interior Minister Liese Prokop ( [...]	2008-02-08 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA207	AUSTRIA: U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 14:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS AU
08VIENNA209	OMV TO CONTINUE OIL EXPLORATION IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) Austria's OMV will not discontinue its cooperation with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) despite the Government of Iraq's recent decision to impose an oil embargo on OMV. OMV maintains its decision to sign production sharing agreements with the KRG is in line with the Iraqi Constitu [...]	2008-02-12 15:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV AU IZ
08VIENNA21	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 16:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM AU PK
08VIENNA210	AUSTRIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION, STEERING GROUP, OSCE [...] (U) Econ/Pol Couns met 2/12 with MFA Acting Southeast Europe Department Director Thomas Schnoell to review Austrian plans for recognition of Kosovo membership in the Kosovo ISG, and related issues. Austrian Recognition -------------------- 2. (C) Schnoell reported that recognition involv [...]	2008-02-12 15:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK YI AU EU OSCE
08VIENNA211	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On February 11, post sent reftel points to the Ministries of Agriculture, Economics, and Health. We followed up with Ingrid Frasl from the Ministry of Economics' Multilateral Trade Policy Unit, underscoring that it was important for Austria to allow the EU's biotechnology system now in [...]	2008-02-12 16:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TBIO AU
08VIENNA212	AUSTRIA: U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 07:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS AU
08VIENNA216	AUSTRIA: INPUT FOR REQUIRED REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 11:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD
08VIENNA217	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES RESUMES FLIGHTS TO IRAQ [...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) announced February 13 that it would resume regularly scheduled service to the northern Iraqi city of Erbil starting April 2. AUA had suspended its flights to Erbil in August 2007, following an incident in which a Swedish commercial aircraft reportedly came under rocket [...]	2008-02-14 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON AU IZ
08VIENNA22	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: SUPPORTING ASPIRATIONS OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 17:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY AU
08VIENNA220	CORRUPTION CHARGES STRAIN AUSTRIA'S VOLATILE COALITION [...] (SBU) Austria's volatile coalition of Social Democrats (SPO) and Conservatives (OVP) has plunged into another crisis of confidence following corruption charges by a fired top police official against senior aides of former OVP interior ministers. While the public prosecutor is looking into alle [...]	2008-02-15 10:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA228	AUSTRIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION, EU DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) Charge delivered reftel message to MFA Deputy PolDir Ralph Scheide on 2/19. Scheide, noting that FonMin Plassnik had already announced Austria's intention to recognize Kosovo, reported that the formal process of recognition would begin with the Feb. 20 cabinet meeting and be concluded wit [...]	2008-02-19 13:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EU AU KV UNMIK
08VIENNA23	AUSTRIA'S 2008/2009 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK - GROWTH SLOWING, BUT [...] Austria's leading economic institutes - the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) and the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) -- have announced that in 2007 Austria's GDP grew at a rate of 3.3-3.4%. However, with a slowdown in the fourth quarter and with slower global growth on the [...]	2008-01-04 18:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
08VIENNA237	AUSTRIA: SPECIAL 301 INPUT ON PHARMA SUBMISSION [...] (U) This message provides post's response to reftel request for input to the annual Special 301 review. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Organization (PhRMA) has requested that the USG place Austria, as well as several other EU member states and Norway, on the Watch Li [...]	2008-02-21 10:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR AU
08VIENNA242	OMV: GAZPROM HOLDS SHARES IN GAS TRADING PLATFORM; NO [...] Charge and Emboffs met 2/19 with Werner Auli, board member of the Austrian oil and gas company OMV, and with Gottfried Steiner, head of the gas section's International Affairs unit, to inquire the latest developments in OMV's relations with Gazprom. Auli reconfirmed that Gazprom acquired a 50 [...]	2008-02-21 10:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV EPET AU
08VIENNA261	IEA: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON CHINA, INDIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 15:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG IEA AU
08VIENNA267	WIREC 2008 - AUSTRIAN DELEGATION AND PLEDGE INFO [...] On February 21, EmbOff contacted Elfriede More from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, to discuss the Austrian delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),March 4-6, 2008. More, who is Austria's inter-ministerial coordinator for WIREC, confirmed t [...]	2008-02-26 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA AU
08VIENNA268	AUSTRALIA GROUP: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE [...] (C) EconUnit Chief delivered reftel points on February 25 to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economics' Import and Export Control Division. Krehlik agreed to take an active part in both the discussion on Russia's export control regime and on Iranian efforts to procure technology and [...]	2008-02-26 13:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC CBW IR RS AU
08VIENNA269	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: EFFORT BY AUSTRIAN FIRM TO SELL [...] (S) EconUnit Chief delivered ref A points on February 25 to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economics' (MoE) Import and Export Control Division. Krehlik said that following up on ref C information, Austria's domestic intelligence agency (BVT) had launched an investigation into effort [...]	2008-02-26 13:36:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL
08VIENNA286	AUSTRIA EXPECTS NO MATERIAL EU RESPONSE TO IAEA [...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor met 2/28 with MFA Acting Disarmament Director Benedict and IAEA Office Director Launer to discuss the follow-up to the Feb. 22 and 25 briefings on Iran-IAEA developments. Launer agreed with the U.S. assessment that Iran's stance is not credible and that further action i [...]	2008-02-29 09:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA AU
08VIENNA296	TAIWAN IN THE OECD: AUSTRIA FAVORS U.S. POSITION [...] (C) Econ/Pol Couns met 2/29 with MFA Asia Department Director Zimburg to deliver reftel demarche. Zimburg reported that Austria's basic position on Taiwanese participation in international organizations was in favor of "pragmatic" engagement. Thus, Austria would tend to oppose proposals that [...]	2008-02-29 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OECD ECON CMGT TW AU
08VIENNA304	AUSTRIA ON COMMISSIONER'S CUBA VISIT [...] (C) MFA America's Department Director Isabel Rauscher confirmed to E/P Counselor 3/3 that EU Development Commissioner Michel's visit to Cuba March 6-7 will go ahead. She said that all member states had supported proceeding with the visit. 2. (C) E/P Counselor expressed concern at the decisi [...]	2008-03-03 13:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN PU AU
08VIENNA305	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 03, 2008 [...] ... headlines one Austrian daily newspaper, summing up the media's assessment of the current mood in the SPOe-OeVP government. There is new cause for conflict, adding to the two parties' recent disputes ranging from tax reform to the allegations of abuse of office in the OeVP-led Interior Minis [...]	2008-03-03 14:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA311	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 04, 2008 [...] The two governing parties, the OeVP and the SPOe, are in free fall in the wake of new allegations of political scandals and continued failure to agree on important issues, the most recent polls have revealed. The latest Gallup poll gives the OeVP 31 percent and the SPOe 29 percent of support. S [...]	2008-03-04 14:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA316	AUSTRIA: GOA VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] (U) Polchief discussed reftel points March 5 with Klaus Famira, MFA European correspondent. Famira said he did not believe Lebanon, Syria, or Afghanistan would be discussed at the March 10-11 GAERC, unless one of the participants wants to report on a recent visit to the region. Discussion on [...]	2008-03-05 16:46:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN ZL PK ZI IR GG IS SY LE AU
08VIENNA317	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 04, 2008 [...] Austrian President Heinz Fischer has called on the SPOe-OeVP coalition to "live up to the expectations" people "have placed in it." His comments came in response to the ongoing dispute between the two government parties, which he, too, was "quite aware of," Fischer stressed. A government was "n [...]	2008-03-06 07:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA320	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 06, 2008 [...] The trial of two people on charges connected with terrorism threats will continue at a Vienna court today. Prosecutors are planning to show a video clip which one of the defendants, Mohamed M., allegedly took part in producing. The video was released on the internet last March and threatened at [...]	2008-03-06 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA335	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 07, 2008 [...] The parliamentary investigating committee created earlier this month to look into allegations of abuse of office in the Interior Ministry will meet for the first time today. At the inquiry's inaugural session, members will vote on a chairperson - a position sought by both the Freedom Party (FPO [...]	2008-03-07 14:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA340	OVP TRIUMPHS, SPO FALTERS IN LOWER AUSTRIAN ELECTIONS [...] In Lower Austria's March 9 provincial elections (reftel),the center-right OVP, led by the popular Governor Erwin Proell, marginally enhanced its absolute majority in the province, while the center-left SPO, OVP's coalition partner at the national level, suffered major losses. The far-right FP [...]	2008-03-10 12:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA349	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 11, 2008 [...] All Austrian media report that President Heinz Fischer invited the leaders of the government coalition, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer (SPOe) and Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP),to talks at the Hofburg yesterday, in an attempt to resolve the current political deadlock. Details of the mee [...]	2008-03-11 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA362	AUSTRIA UNCERTAINTY EMERGING ON POST-BALI NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) In March 10-12 discussions with Emboffs, lead GoA ministries and the Chancery stated unequivocally that there were no plans for the March 13-14 European Council to call on other developed nations to commit to 25-40% cuts in emissions. The main focus of the climate change discussion at t [...]	2008-03-13 07:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EUN AU
08VIENNA363	AUSTRIA: UNCERTAINTY EMERGING ON POST-BALI NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) In March 10-12 discussions with Emboffs, lead GoA ministries and the Chancery stated unequivocally that there were no plans for the March 13-14 European Council to call on other developed nations to commit to 25-40% cuts in emissions. The main focus of the climate change discussion at t [...]	2008-03-13 07:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EUN AU
08VIENNA367	Prison Sentences for Two Islamists [...] The Vienna criminal court on March 12 sentenced Egyptian-born Mohamed Mahmoud to four years in prison and his wife, Mona S., to 22 months on charges of membership in a terrorist organization and coercion of the government. The couple had produced an internet video threatening the Austrian and [...]	2008-03-13 10:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER AU
08VIENNA370	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 13, 2008 [...] Mohamed M. and Mona S., an Austrian Muslim couple accused of involvement in the production and posting on the internet of a video message threatening attacks against Austria, have been found guilty of membership of a terrorist organization, namely al Qaeda. A Vienna court sentenced Mohamed M. l [...]	2008-03-13 14:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA383	Austria Confronts its Nazi Past [...] The Austrian government, media, and cultural institutions, as well as the general public, commemorated the 70th anniversary of Austria's "Anschluss" with Nazi Germany on March 12, 1938 with various events, ranging from a special session of parliament to a "night of silence" on Vienna's Heldenp [...]	2008-03-14 13:02:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
08VIENNA395	SAUDI INVESTOR OBTAINS 20% SHARE IN AUSTRIAN AIRLINES [...] Saudi investor Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber, who obtained Austrian citizenship in 2007, will obtain a 20% share in Austria's national carrier, Austrian Airlines (AUA). The Euro 150 million ($225 million) equity increase will help AUA purchase new aircraft and expand its Middle East network [...]	2008-03-18 07:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR AU
08VIENNA404	AUSTRIA: EARLY ELECTIONS COULD BE HELD IN FALL AT THE [...] Summary: Chancellor Gusenbauer (SPO) and Vice Chancellor Molterer (OVP) met March 19 in an effort to resolve the political stalemate between the two governing coalition partners. The party leaders agreed to continue the talks after Easter. The meeting came amid speculation on the possibility [...]	2008-03-19 15:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA411	SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S VISIT TO VIENNA [...] (SBU) Your visit to Vienna comes as Russia presses ahead with a regional campaign to promote the South Stream pipeline as a rival to the OMV-led Nabucco project. While some analysts claim that Nabucco is now "dead," OMV remains committed to starting operations by 2012. Your meetings with OM [...]	2008-03-20 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL EPET ECON AU
08VIENNA424	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 26, 2008 [...] Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer of the Social Democrats has received general approval from the SPOe party executive of his compromise position on tax reform at a special meeting on Tuesday. Gusenbauer said following the meeting that although he had not succeeded in bringing forward from 2010 to 20 [...]	2008-03-26 14:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA439	AUSTRALIA GROUP: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 16:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC AU
08VIENNA440	IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE ITEM PROVISION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 16:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP NSG MNUC IR AU
08VIENNA455	AUSTRIAN INTEREST IN THE MANPADS THREAT REDUCTION [...] EconPoloff delivered reftel demarch March 26 to Alexander Marschik, MFA director for Disarmament, Arms Control, and non-Proliferation, regarding the MANPADS Threat Reduction Initiative. 2. Marschik thanked us for informing the MFA of the appointment of Ambassador Bloomfield as Special Env [...]	2008-04-02 15:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM AU
08VIENNA463	AUSTRIA NOT INCLINED TO BE HELPFUL ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. In a disappointing meeting, MFA Director for the East and Southeast Europe indicated that Austria was not inclined to engage directly or through Brussels in active diplomacy in support of the U.S. in Belarus. Noting that Austria had no Embassy in Minsk and arguing that U.S. polic [...]	2008-04-04 07:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO AU
08VIENNA469	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTING THE FINANCIAL [...] (U) This cable includes a request for guidance from Treasury. Please see paragraph 5-6. 2. (S) On April 3, EconPol Counselor and Economic Unit Chief presented reftel non-papers to Thomas Wieser, Director General of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets Directora [...]	2008-04-04 13:25:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KNNP MNUC
08VIENNA493	VIENNA COURT SEES NO TERRORISM PLOT AGAINST US EMBASSY [...] (U) Summary: A Vienna court on April 8 cleared a 42-year-old Bosnian defendant of charges of plotting a bomb attack against the U.S. Embassy in Vienna in October 2007. The court sentenced him to 15 months in jail for illegal possession of explosives, document forgery, and slander. Explaining [...]	2008-04-09 13:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER AU
08VIENNA498	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 10, 2008 [...] The Austrian Parliament ratified the EU Reform Treaty on Wednesday after a heated and at times emotional debate. Along with the coalition partners OeVP and SPOe, the opposition Greens also supported the Treaty. The two other opposition parties, the FPOe and the BZOe, vehemently opposed ratifica [...]	2008-04-10 15:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA50	WIREC 2008 - INVITATION DELIVERED [...] On January 9, Post delivered reftel invitation to the WIREC conference to the Minister of Agriculture and Environment, and sent copies of the letter to the Chiefs of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economics, Labor, and Energy. We understand from the discussions [...]	2008-01-11 13:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
08VIENNA502	AUSTRIA RATIFIES EU REFORM TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 16:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EU AU
08VIENNA506	AUSTRIAN ALQAEDA HOSTAGES: GAO TURNS TO MUSLIM LEADERS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 15:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER AU
08VIENNA507	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 11, 2008 [...] Fears that Austria would receive a flood of asylum seekers after the enlargement of Europe's Schengen Zone appear to have been unfounded. The Interior Ministry in Vienna says there have been fewer applications for asylum in the three months since the borders opened in January 2008 than in the s [...]	2008-04-11 15:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA513	AUSTRIA'S GROWTH SLOWING AS CONCERN ABOUT INTERNATIONAL [...] Based on continuing uncertainty in international financial markets, Austria's two leading economic institutes have recently slightly reduced GDP growth forecasts for 2008 to 2.1%. Exports will remain the driving force behind growth, as consumer spending remains sluggish. Projections for 2009 [...]	2008-04-14 15:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
08VIENNA518	U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY WITH OMV AND [...] (C) During a March 27 meeting with U/S Jeffery, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer pointed to Turkey as the critical piece for the Nabucco pipeline's success. Ruttenstorfer hopes that Turkey will sign an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA),which EU Nabucco Coordinator is negotiating, by September [...]	2008-04-15 08:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET SENV PGOV AU
08VIENNA520	EMBASSYENGAGES GREENPEACE ON GMOS [...] Emboffs and AgCounselor met on April 10 with reenpeace representatives to respond to a letter,which the organization had addressed to the Chare regarding the U.S.-EU WTO biotech dispute. Twomain points emerged from the meeting: Greenpeace amitted they must focus more on the environmentalaspect [...]	2008-04-15 10:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON SENV KSCA PGOV AU
08VIENNA522	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 14, 2008 [...] A preliminary report of the Austrian Court of Audit sees considerable shortcomings in the climate policy during the past few years. Austria emits about one third more CO2 than allowed and the tendency is growing. Only half-hearted measures were taken in the sectors of transportation, industry a [...]	2008-04-15 14:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA527	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 16, 2008 [...] The parliamentary committee, which investigates charges of corruption against the Ministry of the Interior, has now issued a summons against Minister G\|nther Platter to account for holding back files and documents that are needed to assess the charges. The minister had done so with reference to [...]	2008-04-16 12:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA531	AUSTRIA'S ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) Austrian exports to Iran declined by 7.2% in 2007, following a drop of 21.7% in 2006. However, Iranian exports to Austria - 80% of which was energy -- Austria jumped 57.1% in 2007. Overall trade remained a very small part (.24%) of Austria's total trade, although Iran is still an import [...]	2008-04-17 09:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PGOV PREL IR AU
08VIENNA532	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 17, 2008 [...] There is no end to the price surge that shocks Austrian consumers: According to the latest statistics, the costs of living went up by 3.5 percent in March - more than in January or February. This price increase was especially noticeable in the costs for food products, gasoline, housing, and en [...]	2008-04-17 14:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA548	AUSTRIAN SECURITY POLICY: MINISTER [...] (C) Driven by a desire to win domestic political standing and to keep Austria engaged in the development of European security structures (other than NATO proper),Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos has both supported and compelled a re-orientation of his Ministry's mission, according to [...]	2008-04-21 11:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM PGOV AU
08VIENNA567	AUSTRIA: POSITIVE TOWARD U.S. NPT PAPERS [...] Econ/Pol Counselor met April 24 with MFA Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik, who will lead the Austrian delegation for the first week of the Prepcom, to discuss reftel papers. (Marschik's deputy, Andreas Launder, will take over during the second week.) Marschik said he expected Austria [...]	2008-04-24 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP ENRG NPT IAEA AU
08VIENNA568	AUSTRIA: NEXT STEPS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Austrian MFA Disarmament Director Alexander Marschik outlined the status and next steps in the Oslo Process to ban cluster munitions in a conversation with Econ/Pol Counselor April 24. Marschik averred that the outlook for the Oslo process was good. He noted that 39 African states had sig [...]	2008-04-24 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL AU
08VIENNA576	PROGRAM PROPOSALS FOR 2008 ESFP [...] Embassy Vienna would welcome participation in the Embassy Science Fellows Program (ESFP). Post envisions two potential programs: 1) a climate change-related research program; or 2) a program focused on environmental regulatory policy. 2. Overview of Climate Change Program --------------- [...]	2008-04-25 14:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL SENV EAGR AMGT OTRA APER AU
08VIENNA585	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - AUSTRIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 13:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV AU
08VIENNA587	AUSTRIA: LATEST NPT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 09:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP ENRG IAEA NPT AU
08VIENNA589	U.S.-AUSTRIAN AGREEMENT ON PROTECTION OF [...] This message contains action requests in paras 9 and 10. 2. Summary. Incidents of unauthorized Austrian release of USG classified information over the past year point to the need for U.S.-Austrian agreement on measures to protect such information. Austria's Information Security Law, passed [...]	2008-05-05 07:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AU
08VIENNA602	DEMARCHE REQUEST: TURKEY CHANGE OF STATUS AT THE EBRD - [...] (U) Summary. The Austrian Ministry of Finance (MoF) is unlikely to support the proposed U.S. approach linking Turkey's application for change membership status to a six-month strategic review of the EBRD's mandate. End Summary. 2. (U) Post conveyed reftel demarche on May 5 to Leander Tre [...]	2008-05-06 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU
08VIENNA61	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, Aus [...]	2008-01-15 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
08VIENNA612	AUSTRIA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND DISSIDENTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 10:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL AU
08VIENNA621	AUSTRIA: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] Austrian consumers have been hard hit by surging food prices, which rose by 8.4% in March 2008 over the previous year. For 2008, food prices are predicted to increase by 7%. Economists do not expect significant changes in the structure of Austria's agricultural sector, nor in the demand and [...]	2008-05-06 14:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA634	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 07, 2008 [...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) and the Oesterreichische Industrie Holding AG (OeIAG) are desperately trying to get Sheikh Mohammed Bin Issa Al Jaber back on board, after the Saudi businessman said he would pull out of a deal to purchase a 20 percent stake in AUA. The results of an emergency meeting to [...]	2008-05-07 14:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA635	AUSTRIA FULLY SUPPORTS USG ON WIPO DG ELECTION [...] On May 7, emboffs delivered reftel talking points to Robert Ullrich, Head of the Patent Office's Legal Department, a part of the Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology. Ullrich will represent Austria at the WIPO Coordination Committee May 13-14. We also conveyed the USG positi [...]	2008-05-07 15:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL AU
08VIENNA638	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 08, 2008 [...] Negotiations continue between Austrian Airlines (AUA) and Saudi businessman Sheikh Mohammed Bin Issa Al Jaber on a potential 150-million-Euro investment in the airline. There is still no agreement on whether Al Jaber, who has accused AUA of having been misled about its financial viability, will [...]	2008-05-08 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA640	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL AU
08VIENNA644	U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 11:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR AU
08VIENNA667	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 15:52:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PTER PINR EFIN PREL AU
08VIENNA67	AUSTRIA-AFRICA COOPERATION: FOREIGN MINISTER SKETCHES [...] (SBU) Speaking to African Ambassadors in Vienna January 14, FM Plassnik introduced her country as "Africa's European Partner," signaling that Austria was strongly committed to the EU's effort to develop "close and fair cooperation with Africa." Building on the new EU-Africa strategy introduced [...]	2008-01-16 12:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV AU
08VIENNA673	THE AUSTRIAN NATIONAL BANK'S NEW GOVERNING BOARD [...] The GoA recently announced the members of the new Governing Board for the Austrian National Bank (ANB). Ewald Nowotny, CEO of BAWAG P.S.K. Bank, will be the new Governor. Vice-Governor Wolfgang Duchatczek and Director Peter Zoellner were reappointed to the board, and Andreas Ittner will be t [...]	2008-05-16 13:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV EUN AU
08VIENNA675	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES CONSIDERING OPTIONS AFTER SAUDI INVESTOR [...] Saudi investor Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber has backed out of plans to acquire a 20% share in Austrian Airlines (AUA) through an investment of Euro 150 million ($225 million). Al Jaber claimed that AUA management had misled him about the financial stability of the airline, pointing to the [...]	2008-05-16 15:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
08VIENNA676	AUSTRIA ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLITICAL DRIVE FOR [...] (C) Summary. Despite serious concerns about interoperability in the armed services, Austria's Defense and Foreign Ministers are pushing for a robust, though not absolute, ban on cluster munitions. To achieve this, the MFA is prepared to discuss compromise definitions of CW and clarification [...]	2008-05-16 16:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL NATO UN AU
08VIENNA682	TIROLEAN ELECTION COULD RESHAPE NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary. The June 8 state elections in Tirol could lead to federal Interior Minister Platter, an excellent USG interlocutor on counter-terrorism, departing Vienna to become governor of his home state. However, the outcome of the election is unclear because of the impact of a popular forme [...]	2008-05-19 08:51:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AU
08VIENNA698	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 15:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY KNNP PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC AU IR
08VIENNA70	AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR CHAD MISSION SOLID [...] (C) A series of conversations with Austrian Foreign Ministry and Social Democratic party leaders have confirmed solid Austrian support for the EU's Chad Mission, despite a continuing campaign by opposition parties and Austria's most prominent newspaper against the deployment. MFA Security Pol [...]	2008-01-16 14:44:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN MARR PREF CD AU
08VIENNA708	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 16:17:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU KV AU
08VIENNA709	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] Embassy shared reftels Aides Memoire with high level contacts in the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment, Health, Economics and Labor, and European and International Affairs, following up with Friedrich Huemer, Head of the Department for International Trade at Agriculture. He said that [...]	2008-05-23 09:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO AU
08VIENNA71	CHANCELLOR SEEKS TO RALLY TROOPS WITH ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) To respond to criticism from within the party that the Social Democrats (SPO) had let the People's Party dominate Grand Coalition policy during the government's first year, the SPO organized a New Year's rally for party leaders and activists on Jan. 15. After an unintentionally comic openi [...]	2008-01-16 14:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AU
08VIENNA713	AUSTRIA: REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT SUSPENSION [...] (U) To date, the only known Austrian foreign investment in Cuba is a Havana brewery (Salm Brau),established in 2003. Any investment of 100,000 Euros or more must be included in the statistics of the Austrian National Bank; the bank's records to not indicate any new investments in Cuba. Since [...]	2008-05-23 15:14:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU AU
08VIENNA721	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 27, 2008 [...] According to a new opinion poll, there is little public support for the strike Austrian doctors have threatened to hold in June. Three quarters of Austrians believe a doctors' strike is not justified, and most say they believe the doctors' real concern in the matter is their own financial posit [...]	2008-05-27 15:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA726	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 28, 2008 [...] The Austrian government, under pressure to act against rising fuel prices, has said it will respond by introducing a series of countermeasures. Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP) told ORF radio this morning that both commuter and mileage allowances will be raised "cons [...]	2008-05-28 13:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA73	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION TO AUSTRIA OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 15:40:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC AU
08VIENNA734	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 29, 2008 [...] The coalition government's controversial healthcare reform is encountering resistance not only from doctors and the Austrian Medical Association, but also from Parliament. The three parliamentary presidents have dismissed the SPOe-OeVP cabinet's wish to have the reform law passed before Parliam [...]	2008-05-29 14:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA735	AUSTRIAN HOSTAGE SITUATION [...] (C) Johann Sattler, Political Affairs Advisor to Austrian MFA Secretary General Kyrle, reported May 29 that the Ministry saw no certain early prospect for the release of the two Austrian citizens held by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) since February 2008. Sattler said ongoing negotiat [...]	2008-05-29 14:19:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV AU
08VIENNA741	CODEX ALIMENTARIUS: AUSTRIA FAVORS U.S. CANDIDATE, BUT WILL [...] Post discussed reftel demarche on May 29 with Erhard Hoebaus, Head of the Department for Nutrition and Quality Assurance in the Ministry of Agriculture. Hoebaus, who is the Austrian POC for Codex Alimentarius, will represent the GoA at the 31st session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. D [...]	2008-05-30 15:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO AU
08VIENNA746	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 30, 2008 [...] The coalition partners SPOe and OeVP on Thursday agreed on changes to the state pension system following weeks of negotiations. A regulation will be extended until 2013 allowing persons to retire early, who have contributed to the pension scheme for long years, but have not yet reached the offi [...]	2008-06-02 10:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA752	SARKOZY IN VIENNA: IRAN, SYRIA, ENERGY, AND [...] (C) Summary. French President Sarkozy made little progress in efforts to persuade Austria to accept autonomous EU sanctions on Iran; was briefed on Austrian plans for their June 23 conference on reconstruction of a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, discussed European energy strategy in gene [...]	2008-06-02 14:21:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AU
08VIENNA76	Bomb Incident at Embassy: Trial on February 21 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 11:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV AU
08VIENNA763	TERRORISM FINANCE: AUSTRIA PRE-NOTIFIED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL AU
08VIENNA764	AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES NABUCCO, ILISU, [...] (C) Summary: Austrian President Fischer discussed the Nabucco pipeline, the Ilisu dam project, counterterrorism, and Turkey's EU candidacy during a May 19-22 visit to Turkey, according to Turkish Embassy and Austrian MFA readouts. Fischer pressed Turkish President Gul and PM Erdogan on the nee [...]	2008-06-05 07:54:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU EU ENRG EPET AU
08VIENNA797	OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL [...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]	2008-06-10 10:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR

08VIENNA798	CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN INTERIOR MINISTERS [...] (U) Classified by: Dean Yap, Econ/Pol Counselor, Department of State. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This message contains an Embassy recommendation and action request in para 8. 3. (C) Summary. Interior Ministers of 14 central and southeastern European states will gather in Vienna Ju [...]	2008-06-10 10:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV AU
08VIENNA799	OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL [...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]	2008-06-10 10:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA800	OMV UNDER PRESSURE TO CONCLUDE SOUTH PARS DEAL [...] (C) Thomas Mayr-Harting, the MFA's Political Director, told EUR DAS Bryza and Charge on June 2 that OMV is under intense pressure from Iran to conclude its South Pars deal "in the next 4-5 months." Mayr-Harting said that the GoA would continue to advise OMV to go slow, but, if other European [...]	2008-06-10 10:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
08VIENNA802	OMV WILL LIKELY SIGN UP TO SOUTH STREAM [...] (C) Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein has confirmed Russian press reports that OMV is considering joining the South Stream project. Russian media is speculating that an intergovernmental agreement could be concluded "before the end of the European Cup soccer championships" on June 29. [...]	2008-06-10 12:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL AU
08VIENNA810	NABUCCO: MOVING FORWARD ON VARIOUS FRONTS DESPITE [...] (C) In a June 2 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza and Charge, OMV Gas CEO Werner Auli and Nabucco Managing Director Reinhard Mitschek sounded optimistic about the project's progress despite a number of major issues that needed to be solved. Nabucco hopes an end-of-June meeting in Den Haag will prod [...]	2008-06-11 08:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET EINV AU
08VIENNA83	SENATOR SPECTER CHALLENGES AUSTRIA ON IRAN [...] (C)Summary: In a sometimes confrontational meeting with Senator Arlen Specter, senior Austrian MFA officials emphasized that the UN must remain the focal point of diplomacy vis-a-vis Iran and that an international consensus involving both Russia and China was imperative. Maintaining ties with [...]	2008-01-18 11:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP PARM ETRD OREP AU IR
08VIENNA843	Austria: SPO Re-Structures in Response Internal Troubles [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 14:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA87	FRENCH EMBASSY ON EU-3 SANCTIONS INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary. According to the French Embassy in Vienna, the EU-3 expect some progress on adding names of Iranian entities and individuals to existing sanctions lists. The French willl enlist German help in persuading the Austrians to accept the addition of Bank Melli to the existing sanction [...]	2008-01-18 15:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EU AU
08VIENNA871	AUSTRIAN AIRLINES LOOKING FOR STRATEGIC PARTNER [...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) is now officially considering a strategic partnership in an effort to shore up its worsening financial position. This turnaround stems from the decision by Saudi investor Sheik Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber to back out of his planned investment in AUA. Lufthansa and Aerof [...]	2008-06-20 10:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PGOV AU
08VIENNA879	AUSTRIA SEEKS U.S. SPEAKER FOR CONFERENCE ON [...] Summary: The Austrian Red Cross (OeRK) and the Austrian MFA (BMeiA) are presenting a conference about human rights issues called "A legal black hole? The War on Terror, human rights, and international humanitarian law." This one-day conference will take place on Sept. 15th, 2008, and includes [...]	2008-06-20 16:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL AU
08VIENNA926	Austria: Interior Minister-Designate Maria Fekter [...] The conservative OVP Executive Board decided June 27 to replace outgoing Interior Minister Guenter Platter with Federal Ombudswoman Maria Fekter. Platter will become governor of Tyrol province. Fekter will be sworn in July 8. Fekter Bio ---------- 2. Maria Fekter was born in February 1956 [...]	2008-06-27 15:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
08VIENNA939	AUSTRIA: IAEA INSPECTION IN SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 14:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL AU
08VIENNA940	LEADERS USE AUSTRIAN ECONOMIC REPORT TO REVIEW [...] Summary: At the June 30th presentation of the annual Austrian Economic Report, Minister of Economics and Labor Bartenstein and Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Molterer, both members of the Austrian People,s Party (OeVP),presented an optimistic view of the Austrian economy, highlighting [...]	2008-07-01 15:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV
08VIENNA942	AUSTRIA'S LEADING PARTY FAVORS EU REFERENDA, PUTS [...] (U) Summary: The SPO, beset by declining public support and internal squabbles, shocked the Austrian political world June 26 when Chancellor Gusenbauer and acting SPO Chairman Werner Faymann sent a letter to the mass tabloid Kronen Zeitung announcing that henceforth the party will favor nation [...]	2008-07-02 07:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU AU
08VIENNA953	AUSTRIAN INTERIOR AND FOREIGN MINISTRIES ON VISA [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met June 26 and July 3 with Austrian Interior and Foreign Ministry officials to discuss the proposed U.S.-Austria VWP MoU and related agreements. The Interior Ministry welcomed the idea of a MoU as clarifying the extent of U.S.-Austria cooperation and facilitating their [...]	2008-07-03 14:57:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PTER KCRM PREL EUN AU
08VIENNA954	INFLATION AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISIS DAMPEN [...] Austria's economy is starting to feel the impact of the international financial crisis and the high inflation resulting from continued raw materials and energy price hikes. Due to a still strong first quarter performance, Austria's two leading economic institutes recently upgraded GDP growth [...]	2008-07-03 15:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
08VIENNA956	HUGE INVESTMENT BY AUSTRIAN ENERGY FIRM "VERBUND" IN [...] On July 1st, Verbund, the largest Austrian electricity provider, working in a 50/50 consortium with the Turkish company Sabanci, won the bidding in tenders to privatize the state-owned Turkish electricity provider "Baskent EDAS," paying $1.2 billion for the company. One day later, Verbund los [...]	2008-07-03 15:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET AU
08VIENNA965	Government Collapses; Austria to Vote in September [...] The Social Democrat Party (SPO) and the Conservative People's Party (OVP) decided July 7 to terminate their coalition and schedule early elections in September. 2. OVP chairman Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer announced at a press conference at 10:00 the morning of July 7 that the OVP could [...]	2008-07-07 14:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA969	FOOD PRICES - BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR AUSTRIAN CONSUMER [...] Food prices are a continued concern in Austria and will remain high on the agenda of Austria's new government, to be elected in September 2008. The May 2008 inflation rate of 3.7% was the highest monthly rate in fifteen years, food price inflation was 7.2%. Food prices (excluding VAT) in Aus [...]	2008-07-07 16:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA982	VWP MOU AND RELATED AGREEMENTS: AUSTRIAN INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary. In a July 9 meeting with Emboffs, MoI Bi- and Multilateral Affairs Director Kurt Hager (protect) indicated he will seek Minister Fekter's approval for interagency consultations on negotiation of the HSPD-6 and Pruem-like agreements between the U.S. and Austria. However, the conc [...]	2008-07-09 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PTER KCRM PREL EUN AU
08VIENNA984	SPO LETTER ON EU POLICY SHIFT SPOTLIGHTS TABLOID'S [...] (U) Summary: When Austrian Chancellor Gusenbauer and SPO party leader Werner Faymann chose to announce their party's new policy on EU referenda in a June 26 letter to the mass tabloid Kronen Zeitung, setting in motion a chain of events that led to the collapse of the government, the move highli [...]	2008-07-10 07:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
08VIENNA991	DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION (UPU) - AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) Austria supports most U.S. positions in reftel. 2. (SBU) Embassy rep delivered reftel demarche to the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs on June 26 and subsequently mailed a copy of the demarche to the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology. [...]	2008-07-10 15:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO AU
08VIENTIANE10	WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? [...] (U) Summary: The USG estimate of poppy cultivation in Laos for 2007 is 1100 hectares, down from 43,150 hectares in 1989. Laos, at one time the world's third largest producer of illicit opium, stands poised to end its tenure as a part of the golden triangle. After an investment of more than [...]	2008-01-03 09:58:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID LA SNAR
08VIENTIANE111	LAOS: PLANS FOR FIVE LARGE DAMS ON THE MEKONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year the Government of Laos has signed 5 Memoranda of Understanding with companies from China, Vietnam, and Thailand to develop large dams on the mainstream of the Mekong river where both banks are within Laos. Four of the dams are estimated to individually produ [...]	2008-02-15 02:47:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ENRG EIND SENV BEXP LA VM CH CB
08VIENTIANE114	MINISTER OF COMMERCE WELCOMES U.S. INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid his initial official calls on Minister of Industry and Commerce Nam Viyaketh, whose father, Samane Viyaketh, is #2 in the Politburo, and Governor of the Lao Central Bank Phouphet Khamphounvong on February 11. Minister Nam welcomed U.S. investment in Laos and [...]	2008-02-15 08:38:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV EMIN ENRG PINR LA
08VIENTIANE116	DEMARCHE TO LAOS: HAGUE ADOPTION CONVENTION [...] The DCM called on MFA's Acting Director General for International Organizations Saleumxay Kommasith on February 14 regarding the Hague Adoption Convention. She informed Mr. Saleumxay that the U.S. has become a party to the convention and is encouraging the government of Laos (GOL) to consider [...]	2008-02-19 00:29:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CASC PREL LA
08VIENTIANE143	SOMALIA AND PIRACY, SEEKING VIEWS ON POSSIBLE UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 03:14:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM LA PBTS PREL SO
08VIENTIANE145	EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT FOR LAOS [...] (SBU) Laos is overwhelmingly a sending country for trafficking, although on a small scale it is also a receiving country, with some domestic trafficking victims in the commercial sex trade. The vast majority of Lao who seek work abroad, including those who are victims of trafficking, go to Thai [...]	2008-02-29 05:44:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KFRD PREL LA
08VIENTIANE149	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 01:30:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA
08VIENTIANE157	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HMONG ISSUES WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lao MFA Pres Department Director General Yong Chanthalangsy told the Ambassador that the 11 Hmong "voluntarily" returned from Thailand at the end of February are being held for "screening" preparatory to being allowed to return home or being resettled domestically. All are fine, [...]	2008-03-11 03:21:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PINR PREF PREL
08VIENTIANE159	LAOS INPUT FOR EISA REPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 06:46:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG SENV ABER ABUD LA
08VIENTIANE164	2008 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT FOR LAOS [...] Following is the 2008 fiscal transparency report for Laos, as instructed in reftel. The Lao Government (GOL) budget, a summary of revenue and expenditure for the current fiscal year, and a projection for the following fiscal year are generally published by the Ministry of Finance (MOF [...]	2008-03-13 10:33:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL LA
08VIENTIANE168	ATTENDANCE AT TRAINING ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 06:16:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ELAB LA OTRA PHUM
08VIENTIANE180	FRAUD SUMMARY-(VIENTIANE): Q1 FY 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 10:22:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LA
08VIENTIANE182	UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 09:06:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IR LA
08VIENTIANE183	BURMA REFERENDUM: DEMARCHE TO LAO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered Reftel demarche to Deputy Director General for Asia and the Pacific Viroth Soundara on March 19. Mr. Viroth said that the GOL supports the roadmap process and will assess its success in creating a more representative system once it concludes. The Charge urged [...]	2008-03-21 09:06:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LA BM
08VIENTIANE184	APPLICATION FOR 2008 DENVER RESOURCE ECONOMICS COURSE [...] Per reftel, the following is Joshua Archibald's application for the 2008 Denver Resource Economics Course, PE-142, scheduled for July 7-11. Current Assignment: Economic/Commercial/ESTH/AID/UXO/ODC officer in Vientiane Laos until summer 2009. Phone: (856)-21-26-7156 (office) Mobile: (85 [...]	2008-03-24 03:21:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI APER ENGR EMIN ECON LA
08VIENTIANE202	PLANNED CHINESE DEVELOPMENT IN VIENTIANE GENERATES [...] (C) Summary: A public controversy -- a rare thing in Laos -- is brewing over government plans to give a Chinese firm a large 1600-hectare concession near the revered That Luang monument close to the Vientiane city center. Although originally described as a location for 2,000-3,000 workers ( [...]	2008-03-31 10:03:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV SOCI LA CH
08VIENTIANE225	HMONG PROTECTION ISSUES: CONVERSATION WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with MFA DG Yong Chanthalangsy (strictly protect) to raise the case of three missing Hmong Americans and to discuss the first group of 11 Hmong returned from Thailand at the end of February -- ten of whom are now resettled within Laos. The Ambassador pressed Yo [...]	2008-04-10 10:34:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC FR LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08VIENTIANE226	GMS SUMMIT CELEBRATES IMPROVED REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The third Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit March 30-31 featured the meeting of all six GMS heads of state in Laos. The GMS leaders agreed to the "Vientiane Plan of Action for GMS Development," an ambitious 5-year plan with a reported $20 billion price tag. During the two h [...]	2008-04-11 04:37:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL ETRD PGOV LA CH CM VN BM TH
08VIENTIANE227	REPATRIATION OF 67 HMONG FROM THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 06:12:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	LA PHUM PREF PREL TH
08VIENTIANE228	MFA'S YONG DISCUSSES GOL EFFORTS TO END HMONG [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 conversation with Poloff, MFA spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy, who oversees Hmong returnee issues within the GOL, discussed the remaining Hmong insurgent groups within Laos. He predicted that situation of the final two groups would be resolved within months, noting [...]	2008-04-11 07:00:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV LA TH
08VIENTIANE230	HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 04:51:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSCA LA MNUC PREL TSPA
08VIENTIANE240	FOOD PRICES IN LAOS: STICKY RICE PRICES REMAIN [...] Summary: Despite rising world prices for white rice, sticky (glutinous) rice, the primary rice variety eaten in Laos, has seen only moderate price rises this year. One notable aspect of Lao sticky rice prices has been their stability over the past several years despite inflation averaging 7 [...]	2008-04-24 04:53:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL EPET LA
08VIENTIANE241	AMBASSADOR RAISES FOOD SECURITY; CHINESE DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Topics at an April 10 Informal Quarterly Donors Meeting co-chaired by the Ambassador included food security in Laos, focusing on poor governmental policy choices in the often rice-deficient uplands areas, and the Chinese-financed development project at That Luang marsh (ref A). [...]	2008-04-24 06:36:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV UN LA CN
08VIENTIANE244	NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 09:05:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL
08VIENTIANE246	Education in Laos, Part I: The Primary Years [...] Summary. This cable is the first in a series examining the education system in Laos, from elementary through university and technical/vocational schools. Future cables will examine the problems faced by secondary schools, the limits of tertiary education, and the growing role of private scho [...]	2008-04-25 09:34:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI LA
08VIENTIANE255	U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 09:27:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL
08VIENTIANE265	DEMARCHE TO LAOS: BURMA REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In response to delivery of Reftel demarche, a MFA official said that the GOL sees the referendum process in Burma as an internal affair, adding that the GOL hopes that the referendum and new constitution are successful. Asked whether the GOL has encouraged a more transparent p [...]	2008-05-05 10:13:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LA BM
08VIENTIANE266	FOLLOWING UP ON THE ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 01:16:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL LA
08VIENTIANE267	ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 09:05:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EFIN ETRD KNNP LA TRGY
08VIENTIANE272	DEMARCHE TO LAOS: HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO CYCLONE [...] (C) Summary: According to an MFA official who traveled to Rangoon on May 7 with the Lao Vice Foreign Minister, Burmese officials expressed appreciation for Lao material assistance ($20,000 and three tons of food) and said that they would welcome more, but declined the GOL's offer to send an [...]	2008-05-09 10:25:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL BM LA
08VIENTIANE285	IMF ANTICIPATES STRONG MACRO-ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF expects Laos's economy to continue to grow at a strong 8 percent annual rate, driven by mineral and electricity exports. Inflation is relatively low at 5 percent, but the IMF is concerned that the government is expanding commercial credit too quickly raising the specte [...]	2008-05-16 08:07:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ENRG LA PGOV
08VIENTIANE291	LAO GOVERNMENT ALLOWS BLANKET OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Reversing a 33-year-old policy, Lao officials notified the Embassy on May 19 that they would grant blanket overflight clearances for U.S. planes providing humanitarian support for Burma. This is another in a series of positive developments in U.S.-Lao military-to-military ties [...]	2008-05-21 09:23:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL EAID PGOV LA US BM
08VIENTIANE297	BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE: LAO FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials view the Burmese government as having changed its attitude toward outside assistance as a result of the recent ASEAN meeting in Singapore. They expressed high hopes the May 25 Pledging Meeting in Rangoon will be effective in [...]	2008-05-23 07:23:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM BM LA
08VIENTIANE320	UPDATE ON HMONG RETURNEES AND PHA LAK RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Spokesman Yong told Emboffs June 4 the 56 recent Hmong voluntary returnees from Thailand should finish processing and be sent to their home provinces soon. He said his video showing earlier returnees living peacefully in Laos was helping convince Huay Nam Khao camp residents [...]	2008-06-05 09:02:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	LA PHUM PREF PREL TH
08VIENTIANE338	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 07:47:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV ECON KIDE OPIC PGOV LA
08VIENTIANE339	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The Embassy is unaware of any changes to the below noted disputes since submission of the 2007 report. Please note the Embassy no longer has contact or biographical information for the Claimants. 2. a. Claimant A b. 1991 c. According to Claimant's attorney, Claimant A assert [...]	2008-06-13 04:33:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV ECON KIDE OPIC PGOV LA
08VIENTIANE355	837 HMONG RETURN FROM THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 22, Thai authorities repatriated to Laos 837 ethnic Hmong who had been residing at the Petchaboun camp. According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, they are currently in a temporary processing facility and most will soon be resettled in their home villages. [...]	2008-06-23 11:17:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM LA TH
08VIENTIANE360	LAO OFFICIAL ANTICIPATES RAPID RESETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: The senior Lao official responsible for Hmong resettlement told the Ambassador that the 837 Hmong returned from Thailand on June 22 had proper shelter and food available at their temporary processing site and would begin returning to their villages next week. He claimed that the [...]	2008-06-25 10:21:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC FR LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TH
08VIENTIANE365	LAOS: REVIEW FINDS NO GOODS PRODUCED WITH FORCED [...] SUMMARY: According to Lao government and industry as well as international organization and NGO sources, there is no evidence of forced or exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Laos. END SUMMARY 2. In response to reftel, the Embassy contacted Government of Laos (GOL) off [...]	2008-06-27 09:50:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD ECON PHUM SOCI LA
08VIENTIANE385	DEMARCHE TO LAOS: SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM delivered reftel demarche on July 2. In response, an official at the foreign ministry's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Department noted that many of the principles set forth in the demarche were consistent with the conclusions of the UN-ASEAN-Burmese T [...]	2008-07-07 09:11:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BM EAID LA PREL
08VIENTIANE4	Avian Influenza Update [...] Summary: There have been no new cases of avian influenza in humans or birds since the February-March 2007 outbreak. Progress in enhancing the GOL's laboratory diagnostic capacity continues. The GOL has reiterated its commitment to sharing viral isolates. A PACOM-supported training exercise [...]	2008-01-02 09:56:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KPAO SOCI ECON SCUL PREL AMED AMGT CASC
08VIENTIANE410	MILITARY-TO-MILITARY RELATIONS WITH LAOS STEADILY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the past two years, military-to-military relations with Laos have progressed quickly, including a long-sought agreement to exchange defense attaches (DATTs) and the implementation of an International Military Education and Training (IMET) program. The IMET program began with a [...]	2008-07-24 07:01:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL LA
08VIENTIANE415	NATURAL PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL TO LEAVE LAOS BY [...] (C) Summary: Natural Products International (NPI),a small American-owned company that has invested over $1.4 million since coming to Laos in 1997, and that in May secured a contract to produce all of the Corn-Soy Blend (CSB) for the World Food Program's (WFP) school feeding program in Laos [...]	2008-07-28 09:22:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON KIDE PREL EAGR LA
08VIENTIANE435	MONITORING REPORT FOR G/TIP FY06 PROGRAM: WORLD VISION'S [...] SUMMARY: In response to G/TIP's request (ref A) post conducted a review of the G/TIP-funded World Vision "Voices of Victims: Youth-to-Youth Advisory System on Safe Migration" grant project. The project period is currently September 2007 to September 2009, though the project draws on FY06 funds [...]	2008-08-06 09:21:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM LA
08VIENTIANE441	GOVERNMENT PRESENTS FY 2008-2009 BUDGET OUTLINE TO [...] (C) Summary. In a presentation to the National Assembly on July 7 the Minister of Finance laid out the Lao government's expectations for its FY 2008-2009 budget. The government projects a fiscal deficit 42% below that of the current fiscal year, thanks to revenues that are expected to climb [...]	2008-08-08 06:24:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN LA
08VIENTIANE458	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN LAOS [...] This is an action request. In view of the mounting reports of damage caused by flooding in Vientiane and various provinces in Laos and in response to the August 18, 2008, appeal of the Government of Laos to the international community for assistance, the Charge d'Affaires has determined that a [...]	2008-08-19 10:16:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV EWWT EAID CASC ASEC LA
08VIENTIANE461	LAO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES NEW MEDIA LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lao National Assembly (NA) approved a new law on the roles and responsibilities of the media during its July session by a vote of 101 to 2. The new media law codifies the powers of the Ministry of Information and Culture's Mass Media Department. It remains to be seen whethe [...]	2008-08-21 10:09:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO LA SOCI SCUL
08VIENTIANE465	LAO OFFICIALS PREPARE TO ISSUE DECREE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lao Public Administration and Civil Service Authority (PACSA) is currently drafting a new decree on non-profit association (NPA) registration. The decree is expected to be submitted to the Prime Minister,s Office by the end of August. The creation of a standardized legal [...]	2008-08-26 03:30:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL LA SOCI SCUL
08VIENTIANE468	LAOS AND U.S. HOLD INITIAL DISCUSSIONS ON REPATRIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: A three-member joint State/DHS(ICE) delegation traveled to Vientiane for "preliminary discussions" about the repatriation to Laos of Lao nationals and former Lao nationals. The Government of Laos (GOL) representatives agreed that they are obligated under international law to [...]	2008-08-26 09:33:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC KCRM LA
08VIENTIANE485	U.S. AND LAOS CONTINUE PROGRESS IN THIRD BILATERAL DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bilateral military talks held at historic Lockwood Hall on Pearl Harbor August 14-15 confirmed progress in U.S.-Lao military relations and widened the range of activities the Lao will consider during the coming year. One key focus for both sides was the upcoming exchange of Defe [...]	2008-09-04 03:03:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL LA
08VIENTIANE508	LAOS DEMARCHE: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Embassy Vientiane approached the French and German missions September 11 regarding reftel. Neither was aware of the Serbian proposal nor had they received any instructions to approach the Government of Laos (GOL) on the issue. On September 12 Econoff spoke with Deputy Director General of [...]	2008-09-12 06:47:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KVIR UN LA
08VIENTIANE519	Rear Admiral Burkhard Explores Initiating PACOM HIV/AIDS [...] SUMMARY: Rear Admiral (RADM) Thomas Burkhard, the Pacific Command (PACOM) Surgeon, visited Laos August 26-28 to discuss initiating U.S.-Laos military-to- military HIV/AIDS cooperation via PACOM endorsed PEPFAR (US Presidential Emergency Program for AIDS Relief) funding. Admiral Burkhard's visi [...]	2008-09-22 06:02:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL TBIO KHIV LA
08VIENTIANE525	AMBASSADOR MARCIEL'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS WARMER [...] (C) Summary: Senior Lao foreign affairs, defense and law enforcement officials confirmed to EAP DAS Ambassador Scot Marciel their interest in expanding bilateral cooperation. Lao Commission for Drug Control and Supervision (LCDC) Chairman Soubanh Srithirath hailed a new spirit of results-ori [...]	2008-09-23 09:44:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR SENV MARR LA
08VIENTIANE562	DASD CLAD VISIT TO LAOS CONTINUES MIL-MIL PROGRESS; LAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OSD's DASD James Clad may be the highest-ranking Pentagon policy official to have visited Vientiane since 1975. While senior DPMO officials involved in the MIA accounting process have visited regularly, Dr. Clad's visit sends another positive signal about the improving and broad [...]	2008-10-16 08:04:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL LA
08VIENTIANE569	RADIOACTIVE SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT VIENTIANE, LAOS [...] Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to the Embassy's attention via a phone call from the Australian owner of a lo [...]	2008-10-20 05:10:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER PREL ASEC LA
08VIENTIANE578	LAO GOVERNMENT INFORMED OF DEPLETED URANIUM [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Vientiane on October 23 spoke with Mr. Thammavong Phiphatsely to request he encourage his friend, the purported owner of the depleted uranium aircraft counterweight notified in ref. A and identified in ref. B, to turn th [...]	2008-10-27 09:54:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY LA
08VIENTIANE579	LAOS TO HOST REGIONAL RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE; NGO, DRL VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parallel visits by the Department's first Ambassador for Religious Freedom and a key DRL staff member helped promote the issue of religious freedom in Laos this past week. AMB (ret.) Robert Seiple brought an invitation from an NGO now headed by his son for Laos to host an intern [...]	2008-10-27 10:30:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI LA VM
08VIENTIANE593	OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] Embassy Vientiane has received a congratulatory letter to President-Elect Obama from Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. We will pouch the original to S/ES-CR. Text of the letter with original capitalization follows. Begin text. His Excellency Barack Ob [...]	2008-11-07 05:38:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC OVIP PREL LA
08VIENTIANE61	PACAF AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKSHOP FOR LAO MILITARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. Pacific Air Force (PACAF) medical specialists helped organize and funded a five-day "train the trainers" workshop on avian influenza (AI) rapid response for Lao medical personnel. More than seventy specialists -- including 35 from the Ministry of National Defense (MND) -- at [...]	2008-01-24 08:42:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU LA MOPS PREL TBIO MASS
08VIENTIANE611	LAO MINIMALIST RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Kham-Inh Khitchadeth. He acknowledged the longstanding problems presented by Burma but pointed out that the "ASEAN approach" to dealing with problems -- including the principle of non-interference -- [...]	2008-11-21 00:45:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	BM LA PGOV PHUM PREL
08VIENTIANE612	THE LAO SAPPHIRE INDUSTRY IN A NUTSHELL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Laos has significant gem resources, its sapphire industry remains paralyzed by a lack of capital and the technological expertise needed to develop it. A cumbersome bureaucracy and worries about corruption cause many foreign companies to avoid investing in long-term pr [...]	2008-11-21 09:58:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD PHUM PREL BM LA
08VIENTIANE632	BABY STEPS: U.S. SPEAKER BLONG XIONG OPENS SOME DOORS IN LAOS [...] SUMMARY. Blong Xiong, President of the Fresno City Council, participated in a U.S. Speaker program in Laos from November 17-21 that Post had planned to focus on local governance and constituent services in the United States for roundtables of smaller audiences from academic and administrative [...]	2008-12-04 10:34:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	LA KPAO PREL
08VIENTIANE645	U.S. DEFENSE ATTACHE OFFICE OPENS IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new U.S. Defense Attache (DATT) to Laos, LTC Jamie McAden, was warmly welcomed by senior Lao military and Foreign Affairs officials December 5 to mark the opening of the U.S. Defense Attache Office in Vientiane. This restores the bilateral defense relationship with Laos broken [...]	2008-12-15 03:31:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA MARR MOPS PINR PREL MASS
08VIENTIANE658	FIRST DIPLOMATIC ACCESS TO HMONG RECENTLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pressure from the U.S. and like-minded members of the international community on the GOL to allow independent access to Hmong repatriated from Thailand has finally resulted in a significant step forward. On December 10, the MFA arranged for the Ambassador and other diplomats and [...]	2008-12-18 10:36:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PHUM PREF PREL SOCI TH
08VIENTIANE662	FINANCIAL CRISIS BEGINS TO ERODE PILLARS OF LAO [...] (U) Summary: The weak integration of the Lao banking system with the international financial system initially cushioned the impact of the global financial crisis on Laos--there are no tranches of subprime debt in the Lao central bank. However, as the non-financial downturn has spread global [...]	2008-12-22 10:19:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LA
08VIENTIANE671	LAOS: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] General Assessment Since 2002, the Government of Laos has consistently denounced international terrorism and expressed a willingness to cooperate with the international community on counterterrorism. While there are domestic opposition elements that have in the past employed terrorist tacti [...]	2008-12-29 10:07:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC LA
08VIENTIANE68	CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN SOUTHERN LAOS ABATING [...] (U) Summary: The cholera outbreak in southern Laos that began in mid-December (reftel) appears to be abating. The director of the World Heath Organization's (WHO) office in Laos expressed appreciation for USG interest in assisting but said that no additional resources are necessary at this [...]	2008-01-30 07:18:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS SOCI PREL AMED EAID LA
08VIENTIANE83	SECOND U.S.-LAO COMPREHENSIVE BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The second U.S.-Lao Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue (CBD),led by Department of State East Asia and Pacific Bureau (EAP) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Scot Marciel on January 25, highlighted the slowly maturing relationship between Laos and the United States. Unlike the pr [...]	2008-02-06 06:48:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KHDP MARR MASS MOPS OTRA PGOV PHUM
08VIENTIANE88	VIENTIANE ILLICIT DRUG SECTOR DONOR GROUP BEGINS [...] (SBU) In January the Vientiane Illicit Drug Sector Working Group (IDSWG) conducted its first semi-annual meeting for 2008. What was once the Vientiane Mini-Dublin Group has evolved IDSWG, a larger body that includes all of the drug sector donors in Laos. China, Korea, and the members of ASEAN [...]	2008-02-08 10:13:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR XC LA
08VIENTIANE89	GOL SAYS COOPERATION WITH US ON COUNTER NARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of the President's Office and Chairman of the Lao National Commission for Drug Control and Supervision (LCDC) Soubanh Srithirath to discuss counter narcotics and transnational crime cooperation. The Minister noted the marked improvement in the GO [...]	2008-02-08 10:13:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR XC LA
08VIENTIANE94	SERIES OF BREAKTHROUGHS WITH LAO MILITARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Ministry of National Defense (MND) Chief of Cabinet (Permanent Secretary) Brigadier General Sisophonh Bang-one-seng-det February 8 to deliver recently-received materials from the PACOM Chiefs of Defense Conference which BG Sisophonh had attended. At the [...]	2008-02-11 10:21:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	LA MARR MASS MOPS PREL
08VIENTIANE97	LAOS: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS GRANT PROPOSALS FOR FY2008 [...] Embassy Vientiane recommends funding of the four proposals (two ESF and two INCLE) summarized in paragraph three, all of which address deficiencies identified in the Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Laos and the Interim Assessment. Only four proposals were submitted for this gran [...]	2008-02-12 07:46:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG LA
08VILNIUS100	GAERC: LITHUANIA WILL PUSH ON OPENINGS TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Head of Common Foreign and Security Policy Division (EU Department) Egidijus Navikas February 15. Navikas re-confirmed GOL's intent to issue a statement in support of Kosovo independence immediately after the EU and the United States. Navikas said he th [...]	2008-02-15 12:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL KVIR IS IR CD BM LH
08VILNIUS1007	BELARUS: REGIME DITHERING AS ECONOMIC CRISIS GROWS AND [...] (SBU) Showing precious little understanding of the situation in which Europe's last dictatorship finds itself, the Belarusian regime is making only limited positive political gestures and is in denial regarding the depth of the financial crisis. While the fundamental stability of the Belarusi [...]	2008-12-01 15:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL CASC BO
08VILNIUS1014	AMBASSADOR VISITS MOLETAI -- A REGION IN TRANSITION [...] Ambassador Cloud traveled November 13 to the Moletai district, a region transforming from a relatively poor, agrarian-based economy to one based mainly on domestic tourism to the vast woodlands and lakes in the area. In the first meeting of the day, he sat down with the long time Mayor of Mol [...]	2008-12-03 07:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON OTRA KGLB EAGR EAID LH
08VILNIUS1018	LITHUANIA WILL REMAIN IN CONSENSUS ON SUGGESTED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 15:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM LH
08VILNIUS1019	LITHUANIA TO SIGN CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 15:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS NATO LH
08VILNIUS1020	LITHUANIA WILL REMAIN IN CONSENSUS ON SUGGESTED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 15:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM LH

08VILNIUS1026	GAERC: LITHUANIA WANTS EASTERN PARTNERSHIP LAUNCH [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania hopes the EU, following the GAERC and the subsequent European Council meetings next week, will endorse the launch of the Eastern Partnership, a multilateral "platform" for EU 27 consultation and assistance with six former Soviet states. The Lithuanians will also look fo [...]	2008-12-05 09:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS XG LH
08VILNIUS1028	LITHUANIA CONCERNED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 14:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO LH
08VILNIUS1030	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 5, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Youth Leader Denied Readmission (para. 2) - United Civic Party Members Briefly Detained (para. 3) - Opposition Rallies Banned (para. 4) - Brest Opposition Activists Fi [...]	2008-12-08 05:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS1038	NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE, WINS APPROVAL FOR [...] (U) Summary: Lithuania's new prime minister, Andrius Kubilius, and center-right coalition Cabinet took oaths of office on December 9 and won approval for their program, which focuses largely on minimizing the effect on Lithuania of the world economic crisis. The program also emphasizes deeper [...]	2008-12-10 11:53:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON LH
08VILNIUS1040	LITHUANIAN ACTIVITY TOWARD CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 06:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU LH
08VILNIUS1046	LITHUANIA WILL CONSIDER FUNDING SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 11:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC EUN LE LH
08VILNIUS1047	YUSHCHENKO VISITS LITHUANIA, REBUFFED ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: President Adamkus and Ukrainian President Yushchenko met December 9 in Vilnius to sign a "roadmap" for the Joint Declaration of Strategic Partnership, previously announced in May. They also discussed Ukraine's membership in the new EU Eastern Partnership initiative, and the NATO- [...]	2008-12-18 15:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG UP LH
08VILNIUS1054	CIVIL NUCLEAR TRADE INITIATIVE -- RESPONSES TO [...] Below please find Post responses to reftel questions. Overview of Civil Nuclear Power Program --------------------------------------- 2. Lithuania plans to build a replacement nuclear power plant (NPP),known as Visaginas, for the currently operating Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) [...]	2008-12-23 07:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO LH
08VILNIUS118	LITHUANIA EVALUATING SITUATION IN CUBA; NO HINT OF [...] (SBU) We shared reftel points with Lina Antanaviciene, acting Director of the MFA's Americas, Africa, Asia, and Pacific Department. Antanaviciene thanked us for the information, and confirmed that events in Cuba had begun a discussion within the MFA about how to respond. She assured us that [...]	2008-02-25 13:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN CU LH
08VILNIUS146	LITHUANIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOL priority for the March 10-11 GAERC is increased EU engagement with Georgia. The Lithuanians are supportive of our positions on Kosovo and Pakistan, and we urged them to adopt a strong policy toward limited engagement with Syria and advocate it within the EU. The GOL doubt [...]	2008-03-07 14:11:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08VILNIUS173	LITHUANIA HAS SAME CONCERNS AS USG ON REFERENDUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 08:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM LH BM
08VILNIUS18	YOUTH AND POLITICS IN LITHUANIA: READY AND ABLE, [...] Summary. We discussed politics with 140 university and college students in groups of 15 to 25. Students support more liberal economic policies and their views of politics are similar to those in many countries: disappointment with politics, politicians, and political parties; concern about [...]	2008-01-08 15:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS182	LITHUANIA'S PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER RESIGNS; PM ALSO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Lithuania's Speaker of the Parliament announced his resignation on March 26 after he was caught on videotape apparently paying a bribe to a county official to facilitate his brother-in-law's real estate deal. Muntianas denies any wrongdoing and alleges he was framed by political [...]	2008-03-28 14:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS193	JUDGE ORDERS CONTINUANCE IN KIM CASE, TRIAL TO BE [...] (C) After opening formalities, Andrey Kim's trial for an alleged assault against a police officer during a January entrepreneurs' demonstration was halted April 1. The presiding judge ordered both a continuance in the case and the joining of this trial with another trial of Kim and numerous [...]	2008-04-03 10:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR BO LH
08VILNIUS194	LITHUANIA WITH EU ON AVIATION, CONCERNS ABOUT ETS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 11:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD SENV LH
08VILNIUS198	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 04, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Jailed and Fined (para. 2) - Vandals Attack Opposition Party Headquarters (para. 3) - Milinkevich Holds Meetings in Gomel Region (para. 4) [...]	2008-04-05 08:50:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS202	RUSSIA NOT BUDGING ON BELARUS GAS PRICES [...] Russia's Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andrey Belousov told a news conference in Minsk on March 21 that the price of natural gas to be supplied to Belarus in the second quarter of 2008 will be USD 128 per thousand cubic meters. The price was calculated in compliance with t [...]	2008-04-07 14:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ENRG BO
08VILNIUS203	MFA PUSHES FOR ANSWER ON TALKS [...] (SBU) MFA Americas Directorate Chief Vadim Lazerko called in Charge April 7 to underscore the urgency of receipt of an answer to Belarus' willingness for talks between our Ambassadors in a third country. Lazerko stated that Belarus' decision to cut diplomatic staff in the U.S., and to demand [...]	2008-04-07 14:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR CASC CVIS BO
08VILNIUS209	MFA ENCOURAGED BY USG INTEREST IN AMBASSADORS' MEETING [...] (SBU) Charge relayed April 8 to MFA Americas Directorate Chief Vadim Lazerko USG willingness to participate in discussions at the level of Ambassadors in Brussels on or after April 10 (ref). Lazerko stated that this was "very good news" and an encouraging step, and he agreed to be in contact r [...]	2008-04-09 07:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR CASC CVIS BO
08VILNIUS220	ONE MORE BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION LIST FOR PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Charge and A/DCM met April 9 with opposition politician Sergey Skrebets. Skrebets, who formerly served as counsel to political prisoner and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, thanked the Charge for the Embassy's work to gain Kozulin's freedom. He told Charge of a draft le [...]	2008-04-10 09:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS222	OPPOSITION YOUTH ACTIVIST RECEIVES FINE [...] (SBU) Polotsk City Court fined 19-year-old Malady Front activist Yekaterina Solovyova BYR 1,750,000 (USD 814) April 8 for violating Article 193 of the Criminal Code of Belarus -- Activity on Behalf of an Unregistered Organization. Her sentence was significantly less than the BYR 7,000,000 (US [...]	2008-04-10 11:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR OFDP BO
08VILNIUS226	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 11, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Official: Opposition Recommendations Constructive (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Banned From Traveling to Poland (para. 3) - Former Prisoner to Found Radiation Safety Cen [...]	2008-04-11 10:38:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON MCAP ENRG BO
08VILNIUS227	KOZULINAS DESCRIBE PRESSURE ON PRISONER FATHER [...] (SBU) Charge and A/DCM met April 10 with Olga and Yuliya Kozulina, the daughters of former presidential candidate and political prisoner Aleksandr Kozulin. The Charge briefly informed the Kozulinas that the Embassy was under increasing pressure from the Belarusian authorities but that both Be [...]	2008-04-11 10:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS229	LITHUANIA FOR STRICT UNSC SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 14:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC UNSC IR LH
08VILNIUS235	Bloggers, Officials React to Sanctions, Diplomatic Row [...] (SBU) Post has monitored the Belarusian public's reaction to recent events in the country including Belneftekhim sanctions, Belarus' recall of its Ambassador to the U.S., GOB demands for American Embassy staff reductions and the resulting suspension of some consular operations, and a spurious [...]	2008-04-15 10:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ASEC CMGT BO
08VILNIUS236	FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER KLIMOV TO VISIT U.S. [...] (SBU) Charge, A/DCM and A/Pol/Econ Chief met April 14 with former political prisoner Andrey Klimov. Klimov -- released from his third long-term sentence as a prisoner of conscience in February, and known for being somewhat eccentric -- described for Charge and Emboffs how the stress of his de [...]	2008-04-15 11:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS247	SECURITY TIGHT AT MASS TRIAL OF DEMONSTRATORS [...] (U) A/Pol/Econ Chief attended the April 16 opening of the trial of ten youth activists accused of participating in the unsanctioned January 21 demonstration for entrepreneurs' rights. Among the defendants is Andrey Kim, who has been in custody since January 31 and is facing additional charges [...]	2008-04-17 07:30:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS259	NO ROOM IN MINSK FOR UCP CONGRESS? [...] (SBU) After receiving refusals from 22 sites as well as from the Minsk Municipal Executive Committee, the United Civic Party (UCP) held an emergency session of its Political Council April 17 and voted to hold its 11th Party Congress at the Minsk headquarters of the Belarusian Popular Front (BP [...]	2008-04-18 14:53:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS261	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 18, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Fined and Detained (para. 2) - Independent Journalist Jailed (para. 3) - Internet Child Porn Ring Members Arrested (para. 4) - Activists P [...]	2008-04-21 07:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG KCRM BO
08VILNIUS262	LITHUANIA WELCOMES BAHRAIN AS NEW MEMBER OF GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 14:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PTER BA LH
08VILNIUS267	REMAINS FROM JEWISH CEMETERY TO BE RELOCATED [...] (SBU) Charge visited Gomel April 22 to view the site of a former Jewish cemetery which has been excavated as part of a construction project and has received extensive coverage in the international media. In a step which post believes does not conform with traditional religious requirements, t [...]	2008-04-23 09:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV BO
08VILNIUS277	REGIME RENEWS DEMAND FOR EMBASSY STAFF CUT [...] (SBU) MFA Americas Department Chief Vadim Lazerko called in Charge April 23 to renew previous calls for mutual cuts in diplomatic staff to six -- the Ambassador and and one slot reserved for ambassadors currently on consultations. He said that the reason for such a move was the lack of readin [...]	2008-04-23 14:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC OFDP ASEC BO
08VILNIUS279	SERGEY PARSYUKEVICH: THIRD POLITICAL PRISONER [...] (SBU) Minsk's Moskovskiy District Court sentenced entrepreneur activist Sergey Parsyukevich to two and a half years' imprisonment and about USD 500 in damages for allegedly striking a prison guard while incarcerated for participation in a peaceful demonstration. The harsh sentence -- which som [...]	2008-04-24 10:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS281	SEVERINETS CONCERNED FOR BELARUSIAN SOVEREIGNTY [...] (SBU) Charge and A/POL/ECON Chief met with Belarusian Christian Democracy Co-Chair and former political prisoner Pavel Severinets April 23 to discuss U.S. policy and plans for the future. Severinets expressed concern that the sovereignty of Belarus is under growing threat from Russia, and wish [...]	2008-04-24 13:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS290	LITHUANIA INTERESTED IN FUTURE OF TURKEY'S ROLE IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 11:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL TU LH
08VILNIUS293	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 25, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Gomel Opposition Activists Jailed and Fined (para. 2) - Ag Minister, Chief Ideology Officer Appointed (para. 3) - Civil Society Leader Jailed for Ceremony (para. 4) - [...]	2008-04-25 13:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG EAGR PINR BO
08VILNIUS294	SPECIAL 301 REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED - BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 13:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR BO
08VILNIUS298	HOLIDAY CLOSURE - MINSK [...] (U) Embassy Minsk will be closed Monday, April 28, 2008 in observance of Orthodox Easter Monday. 2. (U) Embassy Minsk is currently on SUSTEL. In case of an emergency, please call the Duty Officer at +(375-29) 676-0134 or Post One at +(375-17) 226-1601. Moore Cloud [...]	2008-04-25 14:44:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ACOA KRIM BO
08VILNIUS309	1,200 MARCH TO MARK CHERNOBYL DISASTER [...] (SBU) About twelve hundred peaceful demonstrators attended the opposition's annual Chernobyl March April 28, which followed a state-approved route from the Academy of Sciences past Minsk's Bangalore Square to a small church dedicated to victims of the Chernobyl tragedy 22 years ago. In spite [...]	2008-04-30 08:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS313	REGIME PNG'S TEN U.S. DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) When Charge delivered Washington's refusal to submit to diplomatic staff cuts demanded by Belarus (refs A, B),MFA Americas Department Chief Vadim Lazerko delivered him with a list of ten U.S. diplomats declared "persona non grata" and ordered to depart the country by 1500 local time May [...]	2008-05-02 04:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC OFDP BO
08VILNIUS318	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 02, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Prominent Protestant Pastor Fined (para. 2) - Police Confiscate Independent Newspaper Print Run (para. 3) - BKGB Drops Case against Opposition Youth (para. 4) - Opposi [...]	2008-05-05 04:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS322	EARTH DAY 2008 EFFORTS OF EMBASSY VILNIUS [...] SUMMARY. For Earth Day 2008, Post organized a park clean up, the Ambassador participated in a tree planting, and several sections began plans to "green" the Embassy. End Summary. 2. Post's CLO office co-organized a park clean up on April 22 with the American International School in Viln [...]	2008-05-05 12:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ADM KPAO SENV
08VILNIUS325	EMBASSY VILNIUS ON DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 14:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM LH BO CU
08VILNIUS327	HIGHER FOOD PRICES HAVE NO EFFECT ON LITHUANIAN [...] Neither the Director of the Economics Department of the Bank of Lithuania, Raimondas Kuodis, nor the PM's Advisor on Agricultural Issues, Mindaugas Bastys or the Head of the Ministry of Environment's Genetically Modified Organisms Division, Danius Lygis, feel that recent price rises in food a [...]	2008-05-06 06:09:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON LH
08VILNIUS330	LITHUANIA: STRONG SUPPORTER OF EU SANCTIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 14:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM LH BM
08VILNIUS339	LITHUANIA: NO REPORTS OF FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] There are no reports of child labor or forced labor for the production of goods in Lithuania, according to NGOs and the relevant GOL agency that post consulted. There were reports of violations of the labor law that affected children in service industries, but most violations were not severe. [...]	2008-05-08 14:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI LH
08VILNIUS341	U.S. EMBASSY MINSK -- THE POWER OF ONE [...] (SBU) On April 30, together with nine colleagues, I was declared "persona non grata" and given seventy-two hours to depart Belarus (reftel). The days since my departure have afforded me an opportunity to reflect on my tour and on some policy and management decisions that proved critical to o [...]	2008-05-09 09:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT PGOV PHUM PREL BO
08VILNIUS345	LITHUANIA: CONCERNED ABOUT CRISIS IN BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 14:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL LH BM
08VILNIUS352	BELARUS: REGIME DEMANDS BORROWING BY STATE-OWNED BANKS [...] (U) In an effort to increase investment, the National Bank of Belarus recently ordered the country's banks to attract at least USD 2.7 billion worth of loans and direct foreign investment in 2008. According to Statistics Ministry data, the foreign debt for Belarus' banking sector grew 73 perce [...]	2008-05-13 10:33:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BO
08VILNIUS353	BELARUS: VICTORY DAY "IN THE FACE OF TODAY'S THREATS" [...] (SBU) Charge attended the official May 9 ceremony marking the 63rd anniversary of Allied victory in Europe. Participating in a wreath-laying ceremony with the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and the Ambassadors of Russia, Serbia, and Vietnam, Charge was able to closely observe Lukashenko and his [...]	2008-05-13 11:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BO
08VILNIUS358	BELARUS: REGIME BLOCKING FREEDOM OF TRAVEL [...] (SBU) As reported previously, the GOB introduced a new database at the beginning of 2008 to track its citizens as they travel abroad. Entered into the database are an estimated 100,000 names (over one percent of the population) of persons who are not allowed to leave Belarus, ostensibly due t [...]	2008-05-14 11:21:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL BO
08VILNIUS361	LITHUANIA'S ENERGY CHALLENGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Geography, the Soviet legacy and governmental indecision has left Lithuania with no good options to respond to the shutdown of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) at the end of next year, as mandated by its EU accession agreement. Short term energy dependence on Russia will [...]	2008-05-14 15:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON LH
08VILNIUS365	BELARUS: POLL POINTS OPPOSITION TOWARD BREAD AND [...] (C) An April 2008 poll commissioned by the USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) demonstrated that the Belarusian public remains concerned about socio-economic issues like cuts in state benefits. Following a presentation on these data, the Presidium of the United Democratic [...]	2008-05-16 07:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM BO
08VILNIUS373	EMBASSY MINSK BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 16, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Belarusian Helsinki Committee Elects New Chairman (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Banned From Traveling Abroad (para. 3) - Outlawed Small Business Association Registered i [...]	2008-05-16 16:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS376	LITHUANIA AWARE AND PARTICIPATING IN GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 13:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP LH
08VILNIUS388	BELARUS: BLOGGERS REACT TO DIPLOMATIC CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Post has been monitoring the Belarusian public's reaction to the recent escalation in diplomatic tensions between the U.S. and the GOB. As the series of threatening public statements by the GOB culminated in the May 3 departure of eleven U.S. diplomats declared personae non gratae, ther [...]	2008-05-20 12:45:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR PHUM SOCI BO
08VILNIUS398	BELARUS: EU MEETS POLITICAL PRISONER'S DAUGHTER [...] (SBU) Charge hosted a meeting May 20 to introduce Olga Kozulina, daughter and lead representative of political prisoner Aleksandr Kozulin, to French Ambassador Mireille Musso -- currently representing the EU Presidency -- and recently-arrived European Commission Delegation Charge Jean-Eric Hol [...]	2008-05-22 14:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS401	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 23, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Activists Fined And Sentenced To Jail Terms (para. 2) - Minsk Authorities Ban Three Russian Channels (para. 3) - Police Disperse Opposition Rally (para. [...]	2008-05-23 08:45:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS407	BELARUS: BANKING SECTOR OPEN FOR INVESTMENT [...] (U) According to various news agencies in Georgia and Belarus, Georgia's largest private bank "Bank of Georgia" announced May 13 that it had signed an agreement to purchase a 70 percent stake in the private Belarusian Popular Bank. Reportedly, the USD 34.2 million deal also allows the purchas [...]	2008-05-28 14:09:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PGOV PREL BO
08VILNIUS408	BELARUS: OFFICIALS DOWNPLAY SANCTIONS IMPACT [...] (U) A number of GOB officials commented in the media on the May 15 designation of three Belarusian firms by the U.S. Treasury Department, dismissing any significant impact. They claimed that subsidiaries of the Belarusian energy conglomerate "Belneftekhim" had already converted financial tran [...]	2008-05-28 14:13:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BO
08VILNIUS418	BELARUS: WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 30, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Grodno Opposition Leader Warned Over A Concert (para. 2) - Radio Racyja Journalist Denied Accreditation (para. 3) - Human Rights Activist Fined and Jailed (para. 4) - [...]	2008-05-30 11:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS422	BELARUS: CHARGE'S MEETING WITH LUKASHENKO'S SON [...] (S/NF) Charge met May 21 with Viktor Lukashenko, President Aleksandr Lukashenko's oldest son and national security advisor. The meeting was a simple exchange of views; Viktor did not offer any concessions or speak of prospects that the current situation -- either the violations of Belarusian [...]	2008-05-30 14:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR BO
08VILNIUS425	EMBASSY VISITS AILING IMPRISONED AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Conoff met June 2 with ailing American citizen Emanuel Zeltser who has been held in Belarusian KGB pretrial confinement since March 12. Since the last visit on April 25 Zeltser's health had significantly worsened; he had lost even more weight, had trouble standing and walking, supportin [...]	2008-06-02 14:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CACS PREL PHUM BO
08VILNIUS427	PROPOSED FY-09 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR SLATE- Multi Regional [...] Post is pleased to present the following list of 2009 IVLP nominees for Multi-Regional Projects and European Regional Projects, as selected by the Mission IVLP Committee. All four principal candidates have gone through consular check and have a country team approval. Biographical data will b [...]	2008-06-03 06:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC SCUL BO
08VILNIUS428	LITHUANIA ON IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] Irena Skardziuviene, head of the MFA's UN and Global Policy division, told us on June 2 that the GOL has not decided which candidate to support for IOM Director General. She noted that the GOL supports the idea of a two term limit and therefore does not support the incumbent. 2. Skardziuv [...]	2008-06-03 08:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG AORC
08VILNIUS429	BELARUS: EMBASSY SEIZES MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) In recent months of escalating tension with the GOB, post has engaged the local independent and state-run press on numerous occasions, ensuring that the USG perspective is heard by as wide a Belarusian audience as possible. A series of attacks by the state-dominated media on the Embassy [...]	2008-06-03 10:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO BO
08VILNIUS435	LITHUANIA STILL CONCERNED ABOUT CYCLONE NARGIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 13:30:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM BM LH
08VILNIUS438	2008 TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO LITHUANIAN OFFICIALS [...] Darius Staniulis, head of the MFA's Human Rights and NGO division, was pleased to learn that Lithuania remained in Tier 1 when we shared the 2008 TIP report with him on June 4. He noted that both police and NGOs noticed a considerable decrease in identified victims over the last two years and [...]	2008-06-06 05:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KPAO OSCE LH
08VILNIUS444	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 6, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Gomel Opposition Activist Obliged to Pay Income Tax (para. 2) - Prominent Opposition Activist Jailed (para. 3) - Opposition Leader Denied Travel Ban Appeal (para. 4) - [...]	2008-06-06 13:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS459	LITHUANIA WILL NOT PLEDGE AT LEBANON CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 11:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PHUM XG LE LH
08VILNIUS469	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 13, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Union Of Poles' Leader Fined (para. 2) - Opposition Concerned by Low Nuclear Energy Awareness (para. 3) - Nesvizh Malady Front Leader Fined (para. 4) - Five Malady Fro [...]	2008-06-13 14:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS472	EMBASSY VILNIUS: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] Summary: Anti-Semitism and general intolerance are areas of concern in Lithuania. There are three specific issues that could warrant an expression of concern at the HDIM meetings: (1) lack of consistent condemnation by GOL officials of intolerant acts; (2) lack of protection of an old Jewi [...]	2008-06-16 14:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OSCE PREL KDEM LH
08VILNIUS473	LITHUANIA IN IRAQ: WHERE THEY ARE NOW [...] (C) Advisor to the Prime Minister Mindaugas Jurkynas told Ambassador June 10 that President Adamkus and PM Kirkilas are both committed to Lithuanian troops remaining in Iraq past July, despite DefMin Olekas's almost daily, public statements to the contrary. Jurkynas said the State Defense Coun [...]	2008-06-17 06:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL NATO IZ LH
08VILNIUS475	LITHUANIA IN AFGHANISTAN: WHERE THEY ARE NOW [...] (C) Summary: The GOL secured conditional funding from UAE and Saudi officials for reconstruction projects in Ghor province in a meeting facilitated and attended by USAID Administrator Fore on the margins of the June 12 Paris Conference. MFA U/S Talat-Kelpsa intends to combine a trip to Ghor i [...]	2008-06-17 13:10:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL NATO AF LH
08VILNIUS476	LITHUANIA PLEASED WITH U.S.-EU COOPERATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 13:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL LH
08VILNIUS477	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WASHINGTON MEETINGS WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Cloud met June 18 with Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas to discuss his July 2 meetings with the Vice President and other senior officials in Washington. Kirkilas said there is no decision yet on extending Lithuanian troops in Iraq past July; said Lithuan [...]	2008-06-18 13:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR ENRG SCUL PHUM XH IZ AF LH
08VILNIUS479	JEWISH ISSUES UPDATE: RESTITUTION STALLED, SLOW [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania continues to struggle with the legacy of the Holocaust and how to honor its once vibrant Jewish heritage. More than four years after joining NATO, Lithuania has yet to restitute Jewish communal property in any meaningful way and there are no signs of moving forward. A [...]	2008-06-18 14:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL PREL LH
08VILNIUS486	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 20, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Slonim Civil Society Activist Fined (para. 2) - Opposition Leader Warned Over Inquiry (para. 3) - Police Raid Opposition Activist's Residence (para. 4) - Autocephalous [...]	2008-06-20 11:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS491	BELARUS: GOB TIGHTENS SCREWS ON MEDIA [...] (SBU) The Parliament's lower chamber approved a controversial media bill which, if passed in the Upper Chamber and signed by the President, will subject online news sources to the same requirements as printed press, require re-registration of most existing media and accreditation of journalist [...]	2008-06-25 13:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS492	SCENESETTER FOR PM KIRKILAS'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas comes to Washington at a time of change for Lithuania. In less than a generation, the country has gone from the yoke of Soviet authoritarianism to being an EU and NATO member, punching above its weight in out of area missions. However, having achieved it [...]	2008-06-25 13:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM LH
08VILNIUS501	VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY CHRISTIAN KENNEDY: GOL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, visited Lithuania June 19-20 and met with members of the Jewish community and GOL officials. He found that, despite the upcoming visit of PM Kirkilas to Washington and resolutions pending in the U.S. Congress cri [...]	2008-06-27 10:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL PREL LH
08VILNIUS502	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 27, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democratic Activist Expelled (para. 2) - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration (para. 3) - National Bolshevist Party Activist Fined (para. 4) - BKGB [...]	2008-06-27 11:18:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS503	BELARUS' DECREED TIMELINE FOR 2008 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In a June 24 decree, President Lukashenko confirmed the date of September 28, 2008, for parliamentary elections and set a timeline of related events. This timeline mirrors those previewed in press statements by Central Election Commission Chair Lidiya Yermoshina (reftel). While Lukashe [...]	2008-06-27 12:31:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM BO
08VILNIUS505	BELARUS: MEDVEDEV'S SYMBOLIC VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 22, Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev paid a first official visit to Belarus, at the invitation of President Lukashenko. Meeting at the site of the Nazi invasion of the USSR during World War II, the presidents discussed a range of bilateral issues. While [...]	2008-06-27 14:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV WTRO USTR BO
08VILNIUS516	UNKNOWN HACKERS POST SOVIET PROPAGANDA ON [...] (C) Ministry of National Defense Head of Cyber Defense Policy Karolis Aleksa confirmed to Post July 1 recent media reporting that over the weekend of June 28-30 unknown hackers broke into approximately 300 websites in Lithuania, including those of the ruling Social Democratic Party and the Chie [...]	2008-07-02 05:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EINT PROP XG LH
08VILNIUS522	LITHUANIA AGREES SITUATION IN BURMA REMAINS SERIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 12:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID BM LH
08VILNIUS533	LITHUANIA UNDECIDED ABOUT UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 12:25:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AORC
08VILNIUS536	CONVICTED NAZI COLLABORATOR DAILIDE ESCAPES PRISON [...] On July 4, the Lithuanian Court of Appeals upheld the Vilnius District Court ruling of March 2006 that convicted but did not punish Algimantas Mykolas Dailide. Dailide had been found guilty of unlawful treatment of civilians during wartime but the judge ruled that he did not have to serve ti [...]	2008-07-10 11:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KAWC LH
08VILNIUS54	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GATES' VISIT TO LITHUANIA [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Welcome to Lithuania. Your interaction with your hosts during the Informal Meeting of NATO Defense Ministers comes at the right time, in the perfect setting, to positively impact Lithuanian contributions to the GWOT. As we broadly urge allies to increase effort [...]	2008-01-31 08:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PINS MARR LH
08VILNIUS542	LITHUANIA WISHES US LUCK FOR PRISONERS OF [...] (U) Irena Skardziuviene, Head of the MFA's UN and Council of Europe Division, told us on July 2 that the GOL was pleased with the EU-U.S. cooperation on the prisoners of conscience declaration. She said that, although she was not clear on the details, she thought it was unfortunate that ther [...]	2008-07-11 13:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM LH
08VILNIUS551	LITHUANIA WELCOMES CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 11:45:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS PREL MARR PARM LH
08VILNIUS552	LITHUANIA WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT NTM-I TRAINERS; [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 13:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO LH UP
08VILNIUS556	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 11, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Expelled from Schools (para. 2) - Minsk Authorities Ban Opposition Demonstrations (para. 3) - Independent Newspaper Evicted (para. 4) - Parliamentary [...]	2008-07-16 11:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS564	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 18, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Expelled (para. 2) - Demonstration Dispersed and Opposition Leader Beaten (para. 3) - United Civic Party Youths Jailed (para. 4) - Human Rights Adv [...]	2008-07-18 07:25:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS567	(C) LITHUANIA TO DESIGNATE IRANIAN ENTITIES AFTER [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 12:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN PARM IR IAEA LH
08VILNIUS570	GAERC: LITHUANIA WANTS TO BRING UKRAINE INTO [...] (C) On July 17, MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Head Egidijus Navikas discussed July GAERC points with Post, stressing that Ukraine is front and center on the agenda for the Lithuanians. They will lobby for consensus on a title to a future EU-Ukraine agreement (the Lithuanians want 'Enh [...]	2008-07-18 12:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV XG LH
08VILNIUS571	LITHUANIA OK ON IAEA-INDIA AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 13:18:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC IAEA LH
08VILNIUS576	LITHUANIA WILL RAISE FARC CONCERNS IN EU TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 04:50:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EUN VE LH
08VILNIUS586	LITHUANIA: ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 12:09:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP LH
08VILNIUS594	LITHUANIA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN NAM MEETINGS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 11:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PTER NATO LH

08VILNIUS595	ACTION REQUEST: LITHUANIA OFFERS RECIPROCAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 11:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AORC LH
08VILNIUS599	ALSO WANTS TO SEE SARG ACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 13:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE EUN IR IZ LH
08VILNIUS600	LITHUANIA FAVORS TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION DESPITE AKP [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 13:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU EUN LH
08VILNIUS603	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 25, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Denied Appeal (para. 2) - United Civic Party Members Detained and Warned (para. 3) - Prisoners' Rights Advocates Detained, Searched (para. 4) - Christian De [...]	2008-07-28 03:53:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS610	LITHUANIA OK ON NEW GI MEMBERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 13:08:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP LH
08VILNIUS622	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 1, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Militia Disbands Youth Tent Camp (para. 2) - Nomination of Representatives to Precinct Election Commissions Continues (para. 3) - Opposition Parliamentary Hopeful Take [...]	2008-08-01 05:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS627	BELARUS: OPPOSITION PARTY DROPS KOZULIN AS LEADER [...] (SBU) As expected, rivalry between two factions in the Belarusian Social Democratic Party-Gramada (BSDP-G) -- a key element of the opposition's United Democratic Forces (UDF) -- emerged at the BSDP-G congress August 3. Acting chair Anatoliy Levkovich received the support of a majority of the [...]	2008-08-04 12:13:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS634	BELARUS: REGIME STRENGTHENS RUBLE AGAINST U.S. DOLLAR [...] At various times over the past few years, rumors have circulated about the possibility that the Belarusian ruble (BYR) would be devalued. However, recent international economic trends and domestic conditions are pushing things in the opposite direction. 2. According to official statistics [...]	2008-08-06 05:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV AFIN BO
08VILNIUS637	GOL NOT CONCERNED BY EC INQUIRY INTO LEO FORMATION [...] (C) Following an inadequate first response from the Ministry of the Economy, the EC recently made a second request to the GOL to explain how the non-transparent formation of the national power holding company, LEO LT, did not violate EU directives on public procurement, according to Deividas [...]	2008-08-06 15:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL LH
08VILNIUS646	LITHUANIA'S SEIMAS ELECTIONS: POPULISTS IN STRONG [...] (U) This is the first in a series of reports on the upcoming parliamentary elections in Lithuania. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Lithuania will hold parliamentary elections on October 12. It is unlikely that a single party will win even a third of the parliament's seats and a coalition will be necessar [...]	2008-08-07 14:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS654	LITHUANIA FOR STRONG BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 13:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD LH BM
08VILNIUS655	PRESIDENT AND PM CONDEMN VANDALISM AT JEWISH [...] In the early morning of August 10, the Jewish Community Center in Vilnius and the Jewish Community Center in the city of Panevezys were vandalized with spray painted anti-Semitic symbols and other crude graffiti. The President and Prime Minister condemned the vandalism with strong statements [...]	2008-08-11 15:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OSCE KDEM LH
08VILNIUS657	TFGG01: LITHUANIA SUPPORTS NAC LANGUAGE ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Post shared reftel language August 11 with MFA Director of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Vytautas Leskevicius, who predicted that Lithuania will agree to the statement language at the August 12 NAC. 2. (C) Leskevicius told us that FM Vaitiekunas, having just returned from Tbi [...]	2008-08-11 15:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG GG LH
08VILNIUS663	BELARUS: REGIME NEUTRAL ON GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Utterly dependent on Russia for energy supplies and with close societal and military links, Belarusian relations with Moscow range from obeisant to defiant. At the same time, the GOB has maintained cordial relations with Georgia throughout that country's difficulties with Russia. Conta [...]	2008-08-12 12:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINR BO GG
08VILNIUS666	TFGG01: LITHUANIA TO PUSH EU VISA FACILITATION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 15:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG GG LH
08VILNIUS667	LITHUANIA WILL NOT OPPOSE INDIA EXCEPTION AT NSG [...] Robertas Rosinas, head of the MFA's Arms Control and Terrorism Prevention Division, told us on August 12 that the GOL will not oppose the exception for India at the NSG meetings August 21-22. He noted GOL concerns that India is not part of the Non-Proliferation Treaty -- concern shared by mo [...]	2008-08-12 15:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC AORC LH IN
08VILNIUS668	BELARUS: SPAT WITH RUSSIA OVER GEORGIA [...] (SBU) The neutrality of the Belarusian regime with regard to the conflict in Georgia (reftel) has now become the topic of a public bilateral dispute between Minsk and Moscow. Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Surikov, in remarks to the media August 12, decried the GOB's "timid silence" and complai [...]	2008-08-13 10:30:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINR BO GG
08VILNIUS678	BELARUS: POLITICAL PRISONER KOZULIN RELEASED, MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) As reported ref A, political prisoner and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was released August 16. Meeting with Charge and CONS/PAO briefly August 18, Kozulin said that without the United States he would be either dead or in jail. He thanked Charge for condolences on the d [...]	2008-08-18 16:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS681	BELARUS: OSCE ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION GETTING SETTLED, [...] (U) Charge met August 18 with Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission for the Belarusian parliamentary elections at the end of September. Ahrens was joined by his deputy, Dr. Beata Martin-Rozumilowicz, and Election Adviser Mats Lindberg. As of Aug [...]	2008-08-19 08:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS682	BELARUS: OSCE ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION GETTING SETTLED, [...] (U) Charge met August 18 with Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission for the Belarusian parliamentary elections at the end of September. Ahrens was joined by his deputy, Dr. Beata Martin-Rozumilowicz, and Election Adviser Mats Lindberg. As of Aug [...]	2008-08-19 09:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS688	LITHUANIA WILL CONSULT BEFORE EU CHANGES KARADZIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 08:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU LH
08VILNIUS689	TFGG01: LITHUANIA IMPRESSED WITH NATO SOLIDARITY; [...] (C) Lithuania remains very forward leaning in its reaction to the situation in Georgia. President Adamkus told Charge August 20 that he was pressing EU heads of state to take a more supportive stand on Georgia, and was pleased with the August 19 NAC statement. MFA Director of Transatlantic C [...]	2008-08-21 11:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG GG LH
08VILNIUS696	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 22, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Fewer Parliamentary Hopefuls Apply For Registration (para. 2) - Opposition Hopefuls Banned From Registration (para. 3) - Solidarity Demonstration Participants Detained [...]	2008-08-22 15:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS697	LITHUANIAN CITIES REJECT EC'S TOLERANCE TRUCK [...] Summary. The mayors of Lithuania's two largest cities, Vilnius and Kaunas, denied permission for the European Commission's "For Diversity, Against Discrimination" truck to set up its event in public squares. Instead, the pro-diversity campaign was relegated to a supermarket parking lot in V [...]	2008-08-22 15:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI LH
08VILNIUS708	RUSSIA, GEORGIA, GERMANY, LITHUANIA AND THE EU: [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Ambassador told the GOL August 27 that it would pay a price, including being subject to "not ordinary measures," for its outspoken support for Georgia, according to Lithuanian MFA U/S Zygimantas Pavilionis. He also reported that FRG Chancellor Merkel, in her visit to [...]	2008-08-27 15:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG GG RU LH
08VILNIUS715	ADAMKUS WILL RAISE SUSPENSION OF POST-PCA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 14:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU GG LH
08VILNIUS716	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON NATO-MED [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 14:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO LH
08VILNIUS719	BELARUS: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CONDITIONS ONE MONTH OUT [...] (SBU) With the release of the last three Belarusian political prisoners earlier this month, attention has turned to the conduct of Belarus' parliamentary elections September 28. The need to make significant progress in improving electoral conditions has been stressed by both the U.S. and EU - [...]	2008-08-29 15:13:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS721	GOL PM AND FM CAUTION BELARUSIAN COUNTERPARTS ON [...] (C) In separate conversations September 2, Lithuanian Prime Minister Kirkilas and Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas each cautioned their Belarusian counterparts on recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Acting Director of the MFA's Eastern Neighborhood Policy Department Nortautas Statkus told [...]	2008-09-03 15:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO LH
08VILNIUS724	GYMNICH: LITHUANIA FAVORS ESDP MISSION FOR [...] (C) MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Head Egidijus Navikas told Post September 4 that GOL Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas will speak at the September 5 Gymnich (refs a and b) in favor of sending an ESDP Mission to Georgia (and contributing Lithuanian personnel),making a political de [...]	2008-09-04 15:22:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN RU GG LH
08VILNIUS727	LITHUANIA LIKELY TO SEND HEALTH MINISTER TO API [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 11:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO EAGR PREL KFLU AORC
08VILNIUS728	LITHUANIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT UNFC RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 11:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL LH
08VILNIUS731	LITHUANIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S ICJ RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 13:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN LH
08VILNIUS732	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS STRONG U.S. ACTIONS ON HUMAN [...] Rita Kazragiene, head of the MFA's UN Division, told us on September 4 that the GOL was glad to see the USG take an active role on human rights at UNGA, particularly since the USG limited its involvement with the HRC. She said that the GOL is likely to support all the USG's human rights init [...]	2008-09-05 13:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN LH
08VILNIUS734	BELARUS ELECTION CONDITIONS: MUCH ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) Although interest in Belarusian parliamentary elections later this month -- early voting begins September 23 -- is getting more intense every day, the GOB has still not taken any clear steps that would significantly improve conditions in comparison to previous elections. The regime fail [...]	2008-09-05 14:20:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS735	SNIPISKES CEMETERY UPDATE: GPR STUDY RESULTS AND [...] (U) Arieh Klein, Israeli geotechnical consultant, and Amit Ronen, representative of the Israeli firm Geotech, presented the results of their Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) study to the GOL's Geological Service on September 3. The study revealed dozens of "anomalies" in the ground that are co [...]	2008-09-05 15:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PREL LH
08VILNIUS756	LITHUANIA: KEEN ON KEEPING IRAN FREE OF NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 14:20:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC KNNP MNUC LH
08VILNIUS757	LITHUANIA WILL CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO ISAF OPLAN ON [...] (C) MoND Undersecretary Andrius Krivas told Post September 11 that the Lithuanians are still considering their position on authorizing ISAF to participate in drug interdiction activity in Afghanistan (reftel). He did speculate however that if they agree to it, Lithuanian SOF operating in the [...]	2008-09-12 06:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR NATO AF LH
08VILNIUS759	IRAQ COALITION CHANGES: LITHUANIAN MNF-I AND NTM-I [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 11:44:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL IZ LH
08VILNIUS760	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 12, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Expelled From University (para. 2) - Central Election Commission Challenges Eight Registration Denials (para. 3) - Supreme Court Overturns Two Registr [...]	2008-09-12 12:11:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS761	GAERC: LITHUANIA SUPPORTS ESDP ACCESS TO ALL OF [...] (C) MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Head Egidijus Navikas told Post September 11 that GOL FM Petras Vaitiekunas will speak at the September 15-16 GAERC mainly on Georgia and Belarus. Navikas said Vaitiekunas favors conclusion language calling for Russia to decrease forces in Georgia to [...]	2008-09-12 12:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN XG GG BO LH
08VILNIUS766	LITHUANIAN FINANCE MINISTER SAYS ECONOMY IS [...] (C) Summary. On August 28, Lithuanian Finance Minister Rimantas Sadzius told the Ambassador that Lithuania's economy is not weakening, but developing, albeit at a slower pace than in the recent past. Inflation will be higher this year than last, but has stabilized according to Sadzius. High [...]	2008-09-16 10:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN LH
08VILNIUS77	(C) GOVERNMENT COALITION BECOMES A MAJORITY: [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas successfully brought the New Union (Social Liberal) Party into his governing coalition the week of January 28, giving him a majority in parliament for the first time since taking office. His bare majority (71 of 141 seats, plus the speaker) and [...]	2008-02-08 14:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS777	FM VAITIEKUNAS WILL ADDRESS RUSSIAN THREATS IN [...] Post discussed reftel points with Deputy Director of the MFA Global Policy Department Arvydas Daurnoravicius who will be the point person for the Community of Democracies when the Lithuanians assume the chairmanship next year. Daurnoravicius confirmed Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas will give the [...]	2008-09-18 15:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PGOV UNGA LH
08VILNIUS780	LITHUANIANS WILL CONSIDER MORE TRAINERS FOR NTM-I [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 11:55:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR NATO IZ LH
08VILNIUS784	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 19, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Brest Opposition Activists Arrested (para. 2) - Police Violently Disperse Solidarity Demonstration (para. 3) - Soligorsk Malady Front Activist Detained (para. 4) - Cen [...]	2008-09-19 14:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS786	BELARUS: REGIME AVOIDING RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (SBU) As discussed in reftels, the GOB has occasionally chosen a distinct approach to Georgia. Despite ridiculously elaborate praise of Russian aggression, Minsk has so far avoided calls from Moscow for the recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. For now, the regime continues to play for [...]	2008-09-19 15:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR BO GG
08VILNIUS796	GOL UNDERSTANDS AND SUPPORTS EU BIOFUELS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 14:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY LH
08VILNIUS803	VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY GREGG RICKMAN: CONCERNED [...] (U) SUMMARY. Gregg Rickman, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, visited Lithuania September 15-18 and met with members of the Jewish community, GOL officials, and representatives from civil society and academia. Rickman came away from his meetings concerned about the ineffect [...]	2008-09-26 12:25:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS804	BELARUS ELECTION CONDITIONS: AT POLLING PLACES, SOME [...] (SBU) The early voting stage of Belarusian parliamentary elections began Tuesday September 23 and will continue through Saturday September 27, with the majority of voters expected to cast their ballots on the full voting day (Sunday September 28). As reported reftel, the GOB missed a number o [...]	2008-09-26 14:22:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS807	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 26, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Belarusian Christian Democrat Detained at Border (para. 2) - Opposition Activist Banned from Foreign Travel (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful Assaulted (para. 4) - Malady [...]	2008-09-29 05:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS824	BELARUS: DEMOCRATIC FORCES ON PRACTICAL TRACK AFTER FLAWED [...] (SBU) The GOB did its critics and the opposition a huge favor by failing to deliver on promises of improved conditions for the September parliamentary elections. It is entirely possible that the flawed conduct of the elections and exclusion of all opposition members from the next parliament w [...]	2008-10-03 15:07:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS828	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 3, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activist Dismissed from Workplace (para. 2) - Embattled Protestant Community Offered Land (para. 3) - Opposition Protests Election Results (para. 4) - No Op [...]	2008-10-07 05:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS830	LITHUANIA"S PROSECUTOR DROPS CASE AGAINST YITZHAK [...] (U) On September 25, the Prosecutor's office issued a statement noting that, in the investigation into the "Vilnius" partisan squad's activities during World War II, the part of the investigation dealing with Yitzhak Arad's involvement, was closed due to a lack of evidence on September 19. T [...]	2008-10-07 08:13:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS834	BELARUS TO TABLE UNGA RESOLUTION ON WMD, REQUESTS USG [...] (U) Ihar Uhorych, Deputy Head of the MFA's Department of International Security and Arms Control, requested a meeting with Charge October 7 to present a non-paper on the subject of a resolution the GOB intends to bring to the UNGA October 17. 2. (U) The draft resolution -- text not provide [...]	2008-10-07 15:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP UNGA BO
08VILNIUS841	BELARUS: LOOKING FORWARD [...] (S) Belarus' failed parliamentary elections are behind us and the democratic forces are working to consolidate and strengthen themselves. We are following their efforts closely, and advocate continued support and engagement with them by U.S. and other NGOs, focused primarily on the existing [...]	2008-10-08 15:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM ETRD BO
08VILNIUS843	GAERC: LITHUANIA WORRIED DRAFT LANGUAGE NOT STRONG [...] (C) MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Head Egidijus Navikas told Post October 8 that Lithuania is concerned that current GAERC draft language "welcoming the progress of withdrawal" by the Russians in Georgia implies Russia is close to completing the commitments it made August 12 and Septe [...]	2008-10-09 09:33:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PHUM GG BO UZ ZI LH
08VILNIUS850	LITHUANIA'S SEIMAS ELECTIONS: THE QUIET CAMPAIGN [...] (U) This is the third in a series of reports on the upcoming parliamentary elections in Lithuania. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Lithuania will hold parliamentary elections on October 12, with run-off elections on October 26. No party is likely to win more than a third of the parliament's 141 seats. A [...]	2008-10-10 12:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS853	GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG: NO PROBLEM ON AGENDA BUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 13:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PREL PINS PINR PTER KGIC LH
08VILNIUS854	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 10, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Convictions for Assault against Opposition Activist (para. 2) - Foreign Students Protest Racist Attacks (para. 3) - Malady Front Splits (para. 4) - Independent Weekly [...]	2008-10-10 15:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS855	LITHUANIA'S SEIMAS ELECTION: CONSERVATIVES FARE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 12:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS858	THE BANKS OF LITHUANIA ARE PRIMARILY THE BANKS OF [...] Begin Summary. Lithuania's banking sector is composed of 15 banks, with the majority of assets held by Scandinavian institutions. Entities besides the top 15 hold only 1 percent of all bank assets. So far the Scandinavian and locally owned banks appear stable. Nonetheless, in response to [...]	2008-10-15 08:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN LH
08VILNIUS865	LITHUANIA WILL PLEDGE ONE MILLION EUROS AT GEORGIA [...] MFA's Director of Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion Renatas Juska told Post October 15 that the GOL plans to make a pledge of one million euros, to be spread over two years, at the Georgia Donors Conference October 22. Juska said that the Lithuanians intend their pledge to go tow [...]	2008-10-17 05:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID EFIN GG LH
08VILNIUS866	LITHUANIAN BANKS: RISK OF CONTAGION LARGELY DUE [...] (C) Begin summary. Lithuania faces economic risk if weakness appears in the Scandinavian banking sector or if problems in other Baltic nations are interpreted to involve the entire region. GDP growth is predicted to continue slowing, but remain positive in the near future, with inflation de [...]	2008-10-17 08:50:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN LH
08VILNIUS868	LITHUANIA WANTS INCREASED USG ATTENTION VIA [...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian political leaders have recently called in Vilnius and Washington for the U.S. to revive the 1998 Baltic Charter as a mechanism to get a more "muscular" USG presence in the Baltic region, and also have the U.S. help resolve Lithuania's security related issues. The Lithu [...]	2008-10-17 09:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIA NATO XG ZB LH
08VILNIUS877	(C) LITHUANIA STILL CONSIDERING TRAINING PRESENCE [...] (C) Post discussed reftel points October 15 with MoND Acting Director of International Operations Migle Budryte and her Deputy, Bartas Trakymas. Budryte said the MoND is still considering an increased training presence in Afghanistan and will let us know when a decision is final. 2. (C) On [...]	2008-10-20 08:07:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR NATO AF LT LH
08VILNIUS880	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 17, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Central Election Commission Dismisses Appeals (para. 2) - Lukashenka Places Restrictions on Respite Programs for Children (para. 3) - EU Suspends Travel Ban for Six Mo [...]	2008-10-21 05:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS898	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Secretary Chertoff, welcome to Lithuania! We and the Government of Lithuania are very much looking forward to your visit on October 30. The announcement by President Bush of Lithuania's entry into the Visa Waiver Program October 17 was the fulfillment of a long standing (and much discus [...]	2008-10-22 15:08:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL DHS KHLS KCSY EUN LH
08VILNIUS899	LITHUANIA TO PURSUE REDUCTION IN SCHENGEN VISA FEE [...] (C) MFA Head of Belarus Division Marijus Gudynas told Post October 17 that Lithuania is pleased with the recent European Council declaration temporarily suspending the travel ban on Belarusian President Lukashenka. He said current Lithuanian policy toward Belarus will follow parallel tracks -- [...]	2008-10-22 15:10:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU BO LH
08VILNIUS903	LITHUANIA, THE EU, AND RUSSIA: POSSIBLE VETO ON [...] (C) Lithuanian MFA U/S Zygimantas Pavilionis told Charge October 23 that he is very concerned that the EU is going to cave on normalizing relations with Russia in the coming weeks. Given pressure from France and Germany (along with southern tier countries),the November 10 GAERC will likely d [...]	2008-10-23 11:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU GG LH
08VILNIUS905	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 24, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Popular Front Celebrates 20th Anniversary (para. 2) - Democratic Seniors Denied Registration (para. 3) - Independent Election Observer Fined (para. 4) - Opposition You [...]	2008-10-24 09:12:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS912	CONSERVATIVES WIN SECOND ROUND; CENTER-RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: With preliminary results in, the Conservative Party appears to have won a significant plurality in the new Seimas (parliament) with 44 (of a total 171) seats. The Conservatives are moving quickly with probable coalition partners National Revival, Liberal Movement, and Liberal an [...]	2008-10-27 14:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
08VILNIUS92	PURSUING THE U.S. AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: One year ago, we laid out a plan to engage the Lithuanian government strategically to support key U.S. objectives, especially in mobilizing the government to support the Global War on Terror and to promote democracy in the former Soviet Union. With PM Gediminas Kirk [...]	2008-02-14 07:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV OIIP LH
08VILNIUS923	GAERC: LITHUANIA WANTS TO BUILD CONSENSUS TO DELAY [...] (C) Post discussed ref a points October 30 with MFA Head of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Division Egidijus Navikas in anticipation of the November 3 Gymnich and the November 10-11 GAERC. The most pressing issues to the Lithuanians for these two meetings are the resolution of the Geo [...]	2008-10-31 14:10:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN RS GG AF LH
08VILNIUS924	LITHUANIA, EU ADVOCATE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TO BOSNIAN [...] (C) The MFA's Acting Head of EU Enlargement Nerijus Aleksiejunas told Post October 28 that Lithuania is concerned by the deteriorating situation in Bosnia (ref a) -- all the more disturbing, he pointed out, given that the Bosnians just signed a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the E [...]	2008-10-31 14:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XG BK EU LH
08VILNIUS925	LITHUANIA FAVORABLE ON SUGGESTED CRITERIA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 14:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC IAEA LH
08VILNIUS928	BELARUS AND THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: FEELING THE [...] (U) Until recently, the GOB voiced no concern regarding the global financial situation. However, as the crisis deepens and expands, and its negative effects become more visible in Belarus, the regime is looking for ways to limit the consequences while fundamentally maintaining its command eco [...]	2008-10-31 17:25:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL BO
08VILNIUS93	LITHUANIA: PURSUING THE U.S. AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: One year ago, we laid out a plan to engage the Lithuanian government strategically to support key U.S. objectives, especially in mobilizing the government to support the Global War on Terror and to promote democracy in the former Soviet Union. With PM Gediminas Kirk [...]	2008-02-14 08:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV OIIP LH
08VILNIUS931	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 31, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Arrested (para. 2) - Election Authorities Deny Final Appeals (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful's Supporters Heavily Fined (para. 4) - Pro-Regime NGO Hold [...]	2008-11-04 06:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS932	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 31, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Arrested (para. 2) - Election Authorities Deny Final Appeals (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful's Supporters Heavily Fined (para. 4) - Pro-Regime NGO Hold [...]	2008-11-04 06:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS940	BELARUS: STATUS OF EMBASSY OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) All but four of Embassy Minsk's 35 State and other agency Americans departed post in two phases -- March 27 and May 3, 2008 -- as a result of demands by the GOB, lashing out in response to expanded USG economic sanctions. One of our highest priorities is maintaining the employment of ou [...]	2008-11-04 10:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT APER CMGT PREL ABUD BO
08VILNIUS941	BELARUS AND THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: IMF MISSION DOWN [...] (SBU) As discussed refs, the global financial crisis is beginning to be seen in various ways in Belarus, and GOB economists realize the necessity of economic reforms. However, there are no solid indications that the country's political leadership is prepared to junk its failed obsession with [...]	2008-11-04 11:21:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL BO
08VILNIUS944	LITHUANIA AWARE OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 14:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN LH
08VILNIUS950	LITHUANIA IMPLEMENTING LATEST FATF REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 10:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL EFIN LH
08VILNIUS951	BELARUS: PROSPECTS FOR REGIME APPROVAL OF INCREASE [...] (U) This message builds on ref A, which provides a report on the current status of operations at Embassy Minsk. 2. (C) Post anticipates that Lukashenka -- who is under increasing economic pressure and is now seeking a USD 2 billion loan for the IMF as reported ref B -- may soon make some [...]	2008-11-06 10:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT APER CMGT PREL ABUD BO
08VILNIUS953	LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 13:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP
08VILNIUS956	GAERC: LITHUANIA WILL NOT JOIN CONSENSUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 15:11:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS XG LH
08VILNIUS957	(C) LITHUANIA WANTS NATO CONSENSUS ON MEDVEDEV [...] (C) MFA Director of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Vytautas Leskevicius discussed with Post November 5 Lithuanian views on both the Medvedev Proposals and the recent Russian announcement of plans to deploy the short-range "Iskander" missile system in neighboring Kaliningrad. Le [...]	2008-11-06 15:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO XG LH
08VILNIUS958	(U) PARLIAMENT REJECTS LAW TO EQUATE NAZI AND [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania,s outgoing parliament on November 6 failed to outlaw praise or denial of Soviet aggression against Lithuania, but backers of the measure expect to try again next year. They said their bill was the first step in an effort to have the European Union legally equate the Sovi [...]	2008-11-06 15:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	LH PGOV PREL EUN
08VILNIUS960	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 7, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Protests Travel Ban (para. 2) - Opposition Activist Fined (para. 3) - Opposition Commemorates Ancestors, Stalin Terror Victims (para. 4) - Kurapaty Vandals [...]	2008-11-07 10:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS962	NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES SHAPE, SEEKS TO DEAL WITH [...] (U) Summary: Lithuania's new government is taking shape as the four parties in the ruling coalition divide up ministerial posts and draft the government program. The parties agree that their most pressing task is to deal with economic challenges. While most of these result from Lithuanian po [...]	2008-11-10 16:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
08VILNIUS968	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 14, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Kurapaty Vandals Face Criminal Charges (para. 2) - Malady Front Members Sentenced to Jail (para. 3) - Catholics Continue Fasting to Return Former Monastery (para. 4) - [...]	2008-11-14 15:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS972	ESTA OUTREACH IN LITHUANIA [...] (U) Summary. Post has an aggressive outreach program underway for the Electronic System of Travel Authorization (ESTA). Post introduced the concept of ESTA in spring 2008, in anticipation of Lithuania's admission to the Visa Waiver Program. Post intensified outreach efforts in fall 2008, wh [...]	2008-11-18 12:53:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT PREL KPAO KHLS EN LH
08VILNIUS974	LITHUANIA TAKES PREVENTING IRANIAN PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 06:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP LH
08VILNIUS981	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 21, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - MFA Says Lukashenka's Comment on Iskander Missiles Misinterpreted (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Lawyer Unable to See Hunger-Striking [...]	2008-11-21 15:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS984	LITHUANIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 14:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY LH
08VILNIUS986	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS COMPLIANCE ON NON-PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 14:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA LH
08VILNIUS993	LITHUANIA'S ECONOMY SLOWING BUT NO DIRE SITUATION [...] Summary. Economic growth is slowing and unemployment is rising, with mixed news for retailers. Banks continue to lend but are stingy with some sectors and charge more for everyone. What happens with Lithuania's neighbors matters, not just as export markets, but for international and domest [...]	2008-11-26 09:22:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN LH
08VILNIUS994	LITHUANIA DOUBTFUL ON PAKISTAN CONTRIBUTION THIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 12:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IBRD IMF PK LH
08VILNIUS995	RUSSIAN LOBBYING LITHUANIA FOR MEDVEDEV PROPOSALS [...] (C) MFA Director of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Vytautas Leskevicius told Post November 21 that the Russians are not lobbying the Lithuanians in Vilnius for the Medvedev proposals (ref). He said it would be a waste of time looking for support from the Lithuanians and the Rus [...]	2008-11-26 12:18:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN NATO RU LH

08VILNIUS997	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 28, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - Lukashenka Notes Positive Changes in EU-Belarus Relations (para. 2) - Lukashenko Signed Two Edicts in Support of Cooperation with the European Comm [...]	2008-11-28 12:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VLADIVOSTOK102	ADDICTION, SMUGGLING, AND CRIME IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST [...] Summary. Speakers at a drug prevention conference discussed the challenges involved in fighting drug use and trafficking in the Russian Far East, an area with higher-than-average drug use and drug-related crime, and that is rife with smuggling. A predominant theme throughout the conference w [...]	2008-09-18 10:20:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM RS
08VLADIVOSTOK103	WHAT'S RUINING FISHING AND WHY LEGAL CATCH DOESN'T PAY [...] Summary. Industry experts gathered in Vladivostok for the 2008 Fishery Congress to discuss problems facing Russia's fishing industry. Participants outlined several problems which include an obsolete fleet, confusing regulations, lack of processing facilities, and dwindling fisheries. An ev [...]	2008-09-18 10:20:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK106	AIRLINES IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST SKIDDING TO A STOP [...] Summary. The airline industry in the Far East continues its downward trajectory. Dalavia has become the latest in a series of bankruptcies in the industry. Vladivostok Avia remains relatively strong, but may become a tempting takeover target. Ticket prices will remain prohibitively expensiv [...]	2008-09-26 06:59:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK109	SOUTH KOREA TO IMPORT RUSSIAN GAS THROUGH NORTH KOREA [...] Gazprom and Korean Gas Corporation signed a letter of understanding outlining a thirty-year, USD 90 billion deal to bring Russian natural gas to the Republic of Korea via a pipeline through North Korea. Construction of the pipeline is scheduled to begin in 2011 for completion in 2015. North [...]	2008-10-08 06:56:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EPET KS KN RS
08VLADIVOSTOK110	SAKHALIN-KHABAROVSK-VLADIVOSTOK PIPELINE PLANNED FOR 2011 [...] Gazprom has announced plans for a pipeline from Sakhalin to Vladivostok that will begin pumping natural gas from the island to the Asia-Pacific region in 2011. The pipeline will also provide gas to the Khabarovskiy and Primorye regions, and may connect with the proposed trans-Korean gas pipel [...]	2008-10-09 06:53:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK111	ECONOMIC FORUM: RFE'S PROBLEM? DEMOGRAPHICS, TRANSPORTATION, [...] Summary. Participants gathered at the third annual Far Eastern International Economic Forum in Khabarovsk to discuss economic development in the Russian Far East. The most widely discussed topics were the region's ever-decreasing population and the high cost and inefficiency of transportatio [...]	2008-10-09 07:57:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK116	FAR EAST ELECTIONS: RESULTS AS PREDICTED [...] Elections completed in five Far East jurisdictions on October 12 yielded no surprises, with Yedinaya Rossiya and incumbents prevailing (reftel A). Roman Abramovich and his team handily won three seats in the Chukotka Duma, Yedinaya Rossiya won 12 of 14 Sakhalin seats, and incumbent mayors Pec [...]	2008-10-14 06:57:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK120	THE PROBLEM WITH THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST'S MORIBUND AGRICULTURE [...] Primorye is no longer the prosperous and productive agricultural region it was during Soviet times. In hopes of improving the region's stagnant rural economy, Moscow announced a new regional agriculture promotion plan last March. The new plan replaces the largely unsuccessful national plan t [...]	2008-10-22 04:48:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK122	GUBERNATORIAL MACHINATIONS AND BANK PANIC IN KHABAROVSK [...] Thousands of customers in Khabarovsk began a run on the Dalkombank, withdrawing almost 2.4 billion rubles in cash -- four times the usual monthly amount. The withdrawals between October 8 and 12 were fueled by rumors of the bank's impending collapse. The rumors appear to have been started by [...]	2008-10-23 04:20:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK123	'AMBITIOUS WORKAHOLIC' KOZHEMYAKO TAKES OVER IN AMURSKAYA [...] The Amurskaya Oblast Duma approved Oleg Kozhemyako as new governor of the region on October 20. He replaces unpopular Governor Nikolay Kolesov, whom the Kremlin forced to resign after allegations of corruption and mismanagement. Kozhemyako is a popular figure known for his crisis-management [...]	2008-10-27 08:15:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK124	POLITICIAN USING TRAFFIC INCIDENT AS POLITICAL STEPPING [...] About a dozen demonstrators from Molodaya Gvardia -- the youth wing of Yedinaya Rossiya (YR) -- picketed in front of Congen Vladivostok October 27 to mark the tenth anniversary of the traffic incident that left Vladivostok resident Aleksandr Kashin paralyzed from the chest down (reftel A). Tr [...]	2008-10-28 07:44:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK125	CAN A NEW MAYOR WITH FEW ALLIES AT LEAST FIX THE ROADS? [...] Igor Pushkaryov took over as Vladivostok mayor on May 20. The new mayor seems to have few allies -- he avoids media attention and the public, has set up an administration of outsiders, and appears headed for a major conflict with Primorye Kray Governor Darkin. With campaign promises unfulfill [...]	2008-10-30 02:27:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK127	TIGHTER CREDIT, CURRENCY SHORTFALL MAY SLOW ECONOMY IN [...] Although Russian politicians generally refuse to acknowledge the possibility of financial crisis in here, signs of financial distress have emerged in the Russian Far East. Banks have significantly tightened credit terms, many areas are experiencing a shortage of hard currencies, and companies [...]	2008-11-10 06:49:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK129	APEC 2012, U.S. BUSINESSES, CULTURAL TIES FOCAL POINTS OF [...] (U) There were many highlights of Amb. Beyrle's November 16-19 trip to the Russian Far East -- a hike through leopard country, jazz concert, trip to the port of Vladivostok and a youth protest to name a few -- but if there was an underlying theme to the trip it was anticipation. The Ambassad [...]	2008-11-22 03:48:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SENV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK130	PRO-RIGHT HAND DRIVE RALLIES TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT EASTERN [...] On November 22, demonstrators throughout the Russian Far East (RFE) staged rallies to protest the National Duma's proposal to ban the import and limit the use of right-hand drive vehicles from Japan. The largest demonstration -- which took place in Vladivostok -- attracted seven thousand part [...]	2008-11-26 08:53:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK134	NEW "OPPOSITION" PARTY ANNOUNCES KHABAROVSK LEADER [...] On November 25 the government-approved "opposition" party Pravoye Delo announced its appointment of Georgiy Podkolodniy to a four-year term as its Khabarovsk regional leader. Podkolodniy, who was the former head of the defunct Democratic Party in Khabarovskiy kray, edged out his main rival for [...]	2008-12-09 08:25:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK135	LARGER PROTESTS IN FAR EAST AGAINST INCREASED AUTO TARIFFS [...] Ten thousand demonstrators took to the streets in Primorye on December 14 to protest the upcoming increase in used car import tariffs, blocking main roads in Vladivostok and smaller cities for up to eight hours. Several thousand cars from Vladivostok, Ussuriisk and Nakhodka also organized a b [...]	2008-12-15 06:38:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK136	TAIGA NATIVE VILLAGE KRASNIY YAR: EVERY DAY IS A CRISIS [...] (U) Summary. In the 1930's Stalin relocated many indigenous minorities of Primorye and Khabarovskiy Krai to remote northern areas. One such town is Krasniy Yar. The remote town is an eleven hour drive from Vladivostok, the last four hours over a rough snow road (zimniki) cut through the woo [...]	2008-12-15 07:16:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PHUM RS
08VLADIVOSTOK139	VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT LATEST VLADIVOSTOK DEMONSTRATION [...] Vladivostok citizens' third protest against proposed tariff increases on imported used cars turned violent and resulted in large-scale detentions. Though past demonstrations were peaceful and ended without incident, it was clear from the beginning of this December 21 rally that the Kremlin wo [...]	2008-12-23 06:37:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK3	RUSSKIY ISLAND: FROM ICE FISHING PARADISE TO APEC HOST? [...] (U) Summary. Consulate staff chose the coldest day of the season at minus 21 centigrade to visit Russkiy Island, the purported site of the 2012 APEC summit. It is immediately apparent that the island has a long way to go before it is ready to accept many international visitors, let alone ho [...]	2008-01-15 03:24:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SENV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK31	SUPERJET READYING FOR TAKEOFF IN KOMSOMOLSK [...] (U) Komsomol'sk-na-Amure is the third largest city in the Russian Far East and home to the Sukhoi Superjet, a multinational project that involves Boeing and a half a dozen other U.S. firms, as well as German and French aviation companies. At the Sukhoi assembly plant, CG saw one Superjet th [...]	2008-03-26 06:36:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK64	RUSSIAN FAR EAST: LOCAL FIRM WINS TENDER TO BUILD LANDMARK [...] Summary. A local company has won a tender to build a landmark bridge across Vladivostok's picturesque Zolotoy Rog Bay. Tikhookeanskaya Mostostroitelnaya Kompaniya (TMK),based in the southern Primorye town of Ussuriysk, won under suspicious circumstances, however: all of the other firms drop [...]	2008-06-20 08:26:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN PGOV KCOR ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK67	DIRECT FLIGHTS RESUME BETWEEN RUSSIAN FAR EAST AND ALASKA [...] Despite high prices, uncertain schedules and a good deal of behind-the-scenes wrangling between U.S. and Russian officials, direct flights between the U.S. West Coast and Pacific Russia have resumed, courtesy of the Russian carrier Vladivostok Avia (VladAvia). On July 7, the first flight from [...]	2008-07-08 05:32:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN ECIN ECON RU
08VLADIVOSTOK68	RUSSIAN FAR EAST: CHUKOTKANS WORRY AS THEIR "HERO," [...] Summary. On July 3, President Dmitriy Medvedev agreed to accept the voluntary resignation of longtime Chukotka Governor Roman Abramovich and appointed Vice Governor Roman Kopin as acting Governor until a permanent replacement is named. Under billionaire Abramovich, Chukotka has gone from bei [...]	2008-07-09 07:21:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR RS
08VLADIVOSTOK7	FIRST VICE GOVERNOR OF PRIMORYE SHOT IN VLADIVOSTOK [...] (U) On January 28, Primorye's First Vice Governor Sergey Sopchuk was shot as he was leaving home for work. The apparent assassination attempt failed and Sopchuk is reportedly recuperating in a Vladivostok hospital in satisfactory condition with wounds to his shoulder and hands. Police have [...]	2008-01-28 06:01:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK8	GOLD, GULAG AND GEOGRAPHY DEFINE MAGADAN [...] (U) Summary: With a region half the size of Alaska and a population of only 170,000, the Magadan region has big challenges. First is finding enough skilled labor to exploit the gold, silver and other mining riches of its vast territory. The mines operate year round, even when temperatures hi [...]	2008-01-28 06:20:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL RS
08VLADIVOSTOK82	RUSSIAN FAR EAST FISHING: THE NORTH KOREAN CONNECTION [...] (U) Summary. Fishing is often said to be the most criminalized industry in the Russian Far East. After several months of planning, one small fishing company in Zarubino agreed to allow the CG and one FSN to accompany the trawler MPC 254 on a fishing trip in Peter the Great Bay. While the Aug [...]	2008-08-06 00:15:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SENV
08VLADIVOSTOK83	HIGHWAY THREATENS ENDANGERED LEOPARD HABITAT [...] Last weekend, CG paid a visit to the World Wildlife Fund's "Leopard House," a visitors' center dedicated to educating residents and tourists about the plight of the Amur leopard, the world's rarest big cat and one of the most endangered animals overall (reftels). The center, located in the ha [...]	2008-08-06 11:09:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK89	A HIKE THROUGH LEOPARD TERRITORY [...] (U) Consulate staff hiked through World Wildlife Foundation's (WWF) leased forest in Barabash on August 17. The trail takes about two hours and includes information on the leopard habitat and how the forests of the Far East have changed. The forests are much more diverse than in northern Ru [...]	2008-08-18 02:52:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK94	RUSSIAN-NORTH KOREAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION: DISTANT TRAIN [...] (U) Summary. Russian and North Korean officials have signed an agreement to renovate the railroad linking the two countries and to jointly develop the North Korean port of Najin to handle major container cargos. The move, which has been anticipated for years, is seen as the first step in upg [...]	2008-08-22 06:21:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD RS
08WARSAW1004	DPM/ECONMIN PAWLAK PROPOSES CAP REFORM [...] (U) This message is an action request - see para 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Warsaw is receiving more signals that the GoP - or elements within it - sees the failure of Doha Round negotiations as a point of departure for deeper U.S.-EU economic integration and liberalization. In Ref B meeting with [...]	2008-08-27 12:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD EUN PGOV PL TBIO WTO
08WARSAW1009	POLAND REJECTS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) MFA Director for Eastern Policy Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz told us that the Polish Foreign Minister's public statement of August 27 makes clear the GoP's rejection of Russian recognition of Georgia's breakaway regions. Bratkiewicz noted in particular that Russian actions are in violation of t [...]	2008-08-28 14:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU PL
08WARSAW101	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DRAFT RESOLUTION ON GAZA [...] POLOFF delivered reftel talking points on the proposed Human Rights Council draft resolution on Gaza to Ambassador Maciej Kozlowski at the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division on January 24. He had no immediate reaction. ASHE [...]	2008-01-24 16:10:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PL
08WARSAW1010	CODEL LIEBERMAN URGES UNITED SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Codel Lieberman met separately August 21 with Polish FM Sikorski and PM Tusk to express solidarity over events in Georgia. FM Sikorski said Western Europeans were starting to understand the nature of the Russian threat, although he warned of Russian "purchases" of leading Europ [...]	2008-08-28 15:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON ENRG GG PL
08WARSAW1018	POLISH MFA OFFERS NO RESPONSE TO MED-D SOFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 12:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL EUN PL
08WARSAW102	POLAND: SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) In accordance with ref A, poloff engaged Polish diplomats, Juliusz Gojlo, Iraq Desk, and Piotr Erenfeicht, NATO Operations Action Officer, on the future of Polish engagement in Iraq, its legal basis and the possibility of a Defense Cooperation Agreement. The Polish government has declared [...]	2008-01-24 16:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ PL
08WARSAW1032	POLISH VIEWS ON GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) The GOP stated officially that it was pleased with the results of the September 1 special EU Foreign Ministers' summit on Georgia and Russia, but in private, Poles express disappointment that more was not done. In response to reftel demarche, Tomasz Orlowski of the Polish MFA Department of [...]	2008-09-03 12:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GG PL
08WARSAW1037	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: POLAND STILL SUPPORTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 14:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA PL
08WARSAW1039	POLES SUPPORT AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION [...] (C) Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Komorowski thanked DCM September 4 for reftel information about plans to increase the capabilities of the Afghan National Army, and expressed support for the effort. Komorowski reminded that Poland has been seeking to join the Joint Coordination Board. [...]	2008-09-05 07:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF PL
08WARSAW1053	BELARUS/POLAND - FM SIKORSKI TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told AmEmbassy Minsk Charge Moore that Belarusian authorities are "terrified" about the implications that Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has for Belarus. FM Sikorski reportedly sees recent developments in Belarus, including the release of politic [...]	2008-09-09 16:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL
08WARSAW1055	POLISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA EU Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us the GoP has avoided responding "emotionally" on Georgia, notwithstanding the severity of the crisis. The GoP will not press for strong EU measures against Russia, preferring to give Russia time to reflect on developments. Although i [...]	2008-09-11 09:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EUN ZL ZI SO YI TU GG RS PL
08WARSAW1060	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV OPEN TO MD CONFIDENCE-BUILDING [...] (C) The fact alone that FM Lavrov followed through on a planned visit to Warsaw September 11 spoke volumes about Russia's and Poland's ability to talk to each other despite major differences over Missile Defense (MD) and the Caucasus. The respectful atmospherics were as important as the visi [...]	2008-09-12 11:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG PL
08WARSAW1069	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. GOP will consider guarded support for amendment of the ISAF oplan to expand CN authorities, provided actions resulting from amendment do not have a negative impact on safety of Polish troops. However, the Poles believe that the priority should be training Afghans to take on thei [...]	2008-09-15 14:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PL
08WARSAW1073	GEORGIA - POLAND TO TAKE "BALANCED APPROACH" TO [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche September 15 to MFA Georgia Desk Officer Tomasz Orlowski. Orlowski said Poland agrees with U.S. views that Russia appears to be pushing harder in international fora on allegations that Georgia committed acts of genocide in South Ossetia during the conflic [...]	2008-09-16 11:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CG RS XG XH PL
08WARSAW1074	BELARUS/POLAND - MFA CONTINUES TO LOBBY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Polish MFA officials told us that Belarusian FM Martynov took a "soft, friendly" tone in his September 12 meeting with FM Sikorski. They attributed the meeting's success -- and Belarus' apparent warming to the West -- as a reaction to Russian actions in Georgia and a growing Bel [...]	2008-09-16 12:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL
08WARSAW1075	UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 15:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID PL
08WARSAW108	POLISH MFA'S RUSSIA EXPERT SEES CHANGE IN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's newly-appointed Eastern Policy Director, Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz, described the atmosphere during FM Radek Sikorski's recent visit to Russia as warm, but doubted it reflected any fundamental change in Russian outlooks. He said the Russians now say publicly that they acknow [...]	2008-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS
08WARSAW1081	POLISH MFA: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV SENT MIXED MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a briefing for European and US diplomats, MFA Director for Eastern Policy Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz characterized Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Poland on September 10-11 as a "mixed message" to Warsaw regarding Russia's policy towards its neighbors. The Russian [...]	2008-09-17 16:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS CG PL
08WARSAW1086	NO TO IRAN DEAL FOR NOW; BUT WHAT NEXT ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) EEB DAS Doug Hengel met the week of September 8 with government officials and leadership of the state-controlled oil and gas company (PGNiG) and was assured that no energy deal with Iran was imminent. All agreed on the importance of ensuring that Iran did not develop nuclear weapons and [...]	2008-09-18 11:25:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IR PREL PL
08WARSAW1093	THE END OF A SUCCESSFUL IRAQ MISSION: EVALUATING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 15, Poland will bring to a close her five-year mission in Iraq. On balance, the Polish military presence in Iraq must be seen as a success. The deployment dates from the earliest days of the coalition in 2003; it survived two changes in government in Warsaw; and the [...]	2008-09-19 10:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL
08WARSAW1098	MISSILE DEFENSE: WHAT THE LOCALS WANT [...] Paragraph 3 contains the text of a petition presented to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk by the inhabitants of Redzikowo, the small town near Slupsk where a U.S. missile interceptor site (part of the "anti-missile shield) is to be located. Tusk received the petition during his visit to Slups [...]	2008-09-19 14:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PGOV PL
08WARSAW1099	POLES CONSIDERING REQUEST FOR INCREASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 05:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ PL
08WARSAW1104	POLAND/DPRK - GROWING INTEREST IN PROMOTING HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish Government is very interested in the humanitarian and human rights situation in North Korea (DPRK). MFA officials told Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Christian Whiton that they are exploring ways to take effective action. The Poles expressed inte [...]	2008-09-23 05:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PHUM PREL KN PL
08WARSAW1105	POLAND CONCERNED ABOUT VENEZUELA AND BOLIVIA; SEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoP is concerned about the political situation in Bolivia and Venezuela -- particularly after the expulsions of the U.S. Ambassadors to both countries. MFA Deputy Director Daniel Gromann indicated that Poland supports the EU position of "constructive engagement" with both cou [...]	2008-09-23 05:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ENRG BL VE PL
08WARSAW1108	A POTENTIAL ALLY ON CHINESE PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Econ and Political Officers discussed points and passed on non-paper to officials at the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Foreign Affairs respectively (REF A). Polish officials were supportive of the message and agreed with the importance of engaging the Chinese on weapons proliferation [...]	2008-09-23 12:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR PL
08WARSAW1112	POLES AGREE THERE SHOULD BE NO BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 05:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RS PL
08WARSAW1114	POLAND AG BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Polish debate on biotechnology is heating up, with nudging from the Embassy. From April to September, an industry coalition supporting biotech has coalesced, and we are starting to see local leaders following their constituents in countering negative propaganda and demanding ac [...]	2008-09-24 07:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL
08WARSAW1117	RECOMMENDATION FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Warsaw recommends that a presidential delegation at the highest possible level represent the United States at commemoration ceremonies in Warsaw on November 11 marking the 90th anniversary of Poland's regaining its independence. This is a tremendously significant milestone for t [...]	2008-09-24 10:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PL
08WARSAW1128	POLAND ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AND ESC VOTE [...] (C) Embassy Warsaw delivered ref A points to the Polish MFA. Miroslaw Luczka, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of UN and Human Rights, informed us on September 24 that Poland would most likely abstain if the ESC were brought to vote because of external political factors. Luczka expla [...]	2008-09-25 16:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PL
08WARSAW1129	PSL LEADERS SEE FUTURE CLOSELY TIED TO CIVIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Polish People's Party (PSL) has largely linked its short-term future to the success of its senior coalition partner, Civic Platform (PO). According to PSL's Parliamentary Caucus Chair Stanislaw Zelichowski and PSL Deputy Party Chairman Jan Bury (also a Deputy Treasury Minist [...]	2008-09-26 07:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PL
08WARSAW113	BAD AROLSEN ARCHIVES AND SECOND PROTOCOL PROCEDURE [...] In a January 23, 2008 meeting with EUR/OHI's Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, the MFA Legal Department's Krzystof Kocel said that all partner countries involved in the International Tracing Service (ITS) had completed their internal requirements for passage, and that the Second Protocol gove [...]	2008-01-28 16:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KJRE PREL PGOV PL
08WARSAW1138	GOP TO PUT FORWARD DRAFT PRIVATE PROPERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish Treasury Vice Minister Krzysztof Laszkiewicz told visiting Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy September 12 that draft legislation on compensation for WWII and Communist-era confiscations is ready to be introduced to the Sejm (the lower house [...]	2008-09-29 11:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PL
08WARSAW1140	POLAND WRESTLING WITH CIVILIAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland begins its fourth Afghanistan rotation November 1 with the consolidation of 1,450 soldiers in Ghazni province. The GoP agreed to take sole responsibility for operations in Ghazni in March 2008, and began detailed military planning at that time -- particularly to secure t [...]	2008-09-29 14:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MAPP AF PL
08WARSAW1141	Animal Cloning Attitudes in Poland [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable reports a round table discussion Sept. 19 in Warsaw on the subject of scientists' views on animal cloning and the food supply. January's announcement of deregulation for clones by FDA has sparked controversy, with a vote by the European Parliament against the techn [...]	2008-09-29 14:25:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL
08WARSAW1142	ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche regarding the upcoming Georgia donors conference in Brussels to Tomasz Orlowski, Georgia desk officer at the Polish MFA, as well as Barbara Gronowska and Joanna Poplawska in the MFA's Development Cooperation Department on September 22. The MFA is working [...]	2008-09-29 15:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KCRS EUMEM PREL GG RS PL
08WARSAW1144	POLISH MFA: CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH BELARUS AFTER [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 13:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL
08WARSAW1147	POLISH MFA: CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH BELARUS AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official told us that the GoP agrees with the U.S. and OSCE assessment that the September 28 parliamentary elections in Belarus were neither free nor fair. The MFA saw some "minor improvements" in the election process and will seek to continue a dialogue with Bel [...]	2008-09-30 14:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL
08WARSAW1170	POLAND TO CONTINUE STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (C) The GOP considers the potential threat posed by Iran to be among the world's "highest concerns," according to Piotr Kozlowski, Iran desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Political External Chief made reftel demarche 3 October with Kozlowski and left copies of UNSC Resolution [...]	2008-10-03 15:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR MNUC PARM PL
08WARSAW1171	OPIC SUPPORT FOR GREEN EMERGY MARKETS FUND - DUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 11:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PL
08WARSAW1173	POLES DEEPEN AFGHANISTAN ENGAGEMENT DESPITE PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 1, Poland will increase its military presence and take on new responsibilities in Afghanistan. Polish forces will consolidate control over military operations in Ghazni province, and a Polish civilian contingent will replace its U.S. PRT counterpart over the course [...]	2008-10-07 06:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PL MAPP
08WARSAW1175	POLAND TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poland will abstain on Serbia's UNGA resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ),according to MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow. In response to reftel demarche, Sobkow, who is responsible for EU foreign policy an [...]	2008-10-07 10:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV PL
08WARSAW1176	RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL LEGAL [...] (SBU) DCM and Legatt delivered reftel demarche to Lukasz Redziniak, Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) October 3. 2. (SBU) DCM took the opportunity to raise our disappointment in the outcome of a Polish court case involving Randy Craig Levine, who allegedly committed [...]	2008-10-07 12:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN EUN KCRM KJUST KTIA PGOV PREL BE EI GR
08WARSAW1183	SECOND SOFA PLENARY CONCLUDES AMID POSITIVE [...] (SBU) U.S. and Polish delegations convened in Warsaw October 6-8 for the second plenary round of negotiations on the supplemental bilateral SOFA. Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Komorowski and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer led the Polish delegation. PM Senior Advisor Ambassador J [...]	2008-10-09 06:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PL
08WARSAW1185	US CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE THIRD REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 06:41:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP OTRA TRGY PL
08WARSAW1188	GAERC - POLISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER 13 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us October 9 that while Belarusian elections were flawed and there has been no significant improvement in terms of democracy and human rights, Poland will support a temporary suspension of the travel ban. The ban should be lifted, [...]	2008-10-10 06:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN BO GC RS UZ ZI PL
08WARSAW1195	UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE SESSION: POLAND TO ABSTAIN [...] (C) Despite the U.S. request to do so, Poland will not oppose any of the four resolutions of interest to NATO during the current session of the UNGA First Committee. Lukasz Zielinski and Monika Lipert of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy Department told us October 10 that join [...]	2008-10-14 15:23:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC UNGA PL
08WARSAW1205	POLAND NON-COMMITTAL ON ACCEPTANCE OF PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 12:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO PL
08WARSAW1217	POLISH FINANCIAL SECTOR OK; THE REAL WORRY IS THE [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of denial that worsening global economic conditions would have a significant impact here, Poland,s economic elite is wakening to increased risk. Poland does not appear to share the immediate risk to its bank balance sheets that is crippling global finance, though p [...]	2008-10-17 15:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PL
08WARSAW1218	POLISH MFA WORKING WITH FINANCE MINISTRY ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 15:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS PL
08WARSAW1225	MISSION POLAND'S NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S WOMEN [...] U.S. Embassy Warsaw nominates Stana Buchowska, the Co-Founder and National Coordinator for La Strada Poland (Foundation Against Trafficking in Human Beings and Slavery) for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Stana Buchowska was notified by U.S. Embassy Warsaw of he [...]	2008-10-20 12:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM POL
08WARSAW1236	EXPERTS LEVEL ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL DIALOGUE(ECD) CONTINUES [...] Commerce/ITA DAS for Europe Paul Dyck held a series of meetings Oct. 1-2 in Warsaw with U.S. industry and the Ministry of Economy as a part of continuing our Bilateral Economic and Commercial Dialogue (ECD) with the Polish government. He was accompanied by Commerce/ITA Director for European Cou [...]	2008-10-23 13:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON BEXP PL
08WARSAW124	COHABITATION TENSIONS CONTINUE AS PRESIDENT SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: President Lech Kaczynski's often-clumsy efforts to assert the power and role of the presidency have created a bumpy record at "cohabitation" with PM Donald Tusk's government, and done nothing to increase the president's influence or his party's popularity. President Kaczynski a [...]	2008-01-30 11:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL
08WARSAW1250	AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 28 MEETING WITH SEJM SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of the Sejm (lower house of parliament) Bronislaw Komorowski expressed satisfaction with lessons learned by the Polish military in Iraq. Discussing the November 1 Polish takeover of responsibilities in Afghanistan's Ghazn [...]	2008-10-29 07:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM AF IZ PL
08WARSAW1258	POLAND AGREES THAT ATTENDANCE AT IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Warsaw has no intention of participating in the November 30 nuclear conference in Iran. Juliusz Gojlo, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Africa and the Middle East, said October 29 that Poland fully respected its obligations under various UNSC resolutions [...]	2008-10-29 17:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MNUC TRGY IR PL
08WARSAW1259	COMBATTING NUCLEAR TERRORISM: POLISH MFA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) indicated that it might host Exercise Planning Group (EPG) activities of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism in 2010, but could not do so in 2009 due to internal staffing concerns. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Poloff delive [...]	2008-10-29 17:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER PL
08WARSAW1264	UNESCO MEETING ON HUMAN CLONING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 13:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TBIO UNESCO PL
08WARSAW1271	POLAND INTENSIFIES EMISSIONS DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Summary: Recent robust Polish diplomacy on climate change issues has raised the country's profile in the EU's internal energy and climate debate and spotlighted its role as host of the 14th Annual Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP-14) in December. In visits to Madrid, Paris, Be [...]	2008-11-03 16:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EMIN ENRG SENV PL
08WARSAW1274	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' VISIT TO POLAND - 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE [...] Mr. Secretary, you are coming to Poland at an exciting time, following several high-profile bilateral successes: the August signing of the Missile Defense Agreement; the successful conclusion of a five-year Polish deployment in Iraq; and the simultaneous strengthening of support for the NATO [...]	2008-11-04 15:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD KIPR PL PGOV
08WARSAW1278	BLUE LANTERN SITE VISIT TO WB ELECTRONICS POST [...] SUMMARY: Staff from Embassy Warsaw, including Political Officer Duncan Walker, DHS/ICE official Glenn Spindel, and ODC representative Lt. Marek Strosin, accompanied Blue Lantern team on site visit to WB Electronics (WBE). Team met with WBE representative Justyna Dytrych who verified order, pr [...]	2008-11-06 11:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC PL
08WARSAW1280	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WELCOMES OBAMA'S ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Grzegorz Schetyna told the Ambassador the November 4 elections in the U.S. recalled the excitement of Poland's own November 2007 general elections, and said Poles are counting on President-elect Obama to bring about a more open U.S. foreign policy. Schetyn [...]	2008-11-06 14:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR PTER PL
08WARSAW1281	MDA VISIT ADVANCES PROSPECTS FOR RATIFYING MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 28-30 visit to Poland, Missile Defense Agency Director Obering and Incoming Director O'Reilly described the benefits of the planned interceptor Missile Defense (MD) interceptor site to Slupsk area residents and, in Warsaw, reviewed U.S.-Russian consultations o [...]	2008-11-06 15:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PL
08WARSAW1285	POLISH VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski, Poland will oppose the unconditional resumption of negotiations on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Russia, but will take a "careful" approach at the November 10-11 EU Foreign Ministers Meeting (GAERC). B [...]	2008-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN GA RS BK AF SY IZ PL
08WARSAW1289	LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM PRIME MINISTER TUSK [...] Post has been informed that the following letter of congratulations from Polish Prime Minister Tusk has been delivered by the Polish Embassy in Washington to President-elect Obama. A scanned copy of the letter is posted on the Prime Minister's website (www.premier.gov.pl). 2. Begin English [...]	2008-11-10 06:25:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP PL
08WARSAW1295	POLAND SUPPORTS RESTARTING OF EU-RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. An MFA official told us November 12 that the GoP had shifted policy and now supported the November 10 EU decision to re-initiate negotiations with Russia on a new partnership agreement, despite Russia's failure to meet its commitments in Georgia. The official denied press reports [...]	2008-11-12 15:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV GG RS PL
08WARSAW1301	WARSAW EMPATHIZES WITH U.S. ON DEA EXPULSION BUT [...] (C) Warsaw agrees that the suspension of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) operations in Bolivia could have a serious impact on the level of narcotics, particularly cocaine, entering the European market. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was aware of the DEA suspension and fea [...]	2008-11-14 07:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SNAR BL PL
08WARSAW1312	FORMER POLISH PRESIDENT WALESA STILL INTENDS TO [...] (C) Post appreciates and concurs with Embassy Caracas' reporting (reftel) on the aborted visit of former Polish President Lech Walesa to Venezuela. Although they were not responsible for arranging Walesa's visit, MFA officials downplayed "exaggerated" Polish press coverage of the visit cance [...]	2008-11-17 14:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PL VE
08WARSAW1327	INCSR/POLAND - POST INPUT FOR 2008-2009 [...] (SBU) Per ref A guidance, the following is Embassy Warsaw's submission for Part I of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Strategy Report (INCSR). Post's submission for Part II will follow septel. 2. (SBU) Begin text: ---------- I. Summary ---------- Poland has traditionally bee [...]	2008-11-20 06:47:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS PL
08WARSAW1334	GOVERNMENT ACTS QUICKLY TO AVERT POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Poland's two coalition parties -- Civic Platform (PO) and the Polish People's Party (PSL) -- acted quickly to resolve what Prime Minister Tusk characterized as a "misunderstanding" between himself and Labor Minister Jolanta Fedak (PSL). Controversy erupted November 17 when Fedak unexpec [...]	2008-11-20 15:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON PL
08WARSAW1338	POLAND TO SIDE WITH EU ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 07:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PL IS PA LE SY

08WARSAW134	FUNDING REQUEST FOR FY2008 EEB BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH IN [...] Summary. Post requests USD $34,000 to fund agricultural biotechnology programs in FY 2008. Funds are targeted at key issues where USG investments can have the greatest impact. This year, prospects are brighter to influence Polish decision-makers with a new, more pro-business government in pl [...]	2008-01-31 06:43:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL
08WARSAW1346	USEU AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials told USEU Ambassador Kristen Silverberg that Poland reluctantly agreed to support resumption of negotiations on the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement after the French Presidency made clear no consensus was needed to move forward. The decision not to [...]	2008-11-25 15:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG SENV KGHG ECON EAGR EUN
08WARSAW1350	POLAND: PRESIDENT'S SECURITY ADVISOR HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 26 meeting with DCM, Wladyslaw Stasiak, the Head of the Polish President's National Security Bureau, highlighted the Presidential Administration's policy towards Poland's Eastern neighbors, emphasizing President Kaczynski's desire to revive Europe's waning inter [...]	2008-11-26 15:12:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AJ BO GG UP PL
08WARSAW1365	WARSAW WILL NOT SIGN CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 14:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO MOPS PREL PL
08WARSAW1366	POLAND ON POTENTIAL PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Polish government is keenly aware of the challenges in Pakistan and the importance of managing them successfully. Provided that it can muster a meaningful donation, Poland is likely to attend the proposed conference, although no information is available regarding the leve [...]	2008-12-01 16:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK PL
08WARSAW1374	POLAND SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) The U.S. can rely on Polish support on the major issues of concern at the December 4-5 Helsinki ministerial meeting -- the Russian European security treaty initiative, Georgia, and the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). Jacek Emmel in the MFA Security Policy Department told us th [...]	2008-12-03 17:47:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KDEM GG RS PL PHUM
08WARSAW1378	GAERC - POLISH VIEWS ON DECEMBER 8-9 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland is "90 percent satisfied" with the EU Commission's report on the Eastern Partnership, despite the fact that the Commission failed to appoint a Special Coordinator for the project and had committed only 400 million euros, 200 million less than the sum originally proposed by [...]	2008-12-04 14:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN ZL IS PK CG TU PL
08WARSAW1382	POLISH ISAF STRATEGY UNCLEAR ON CIVILIAN ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOP has engaged in a continuing interagency review to determine its long-term strategy in Afghanistan. The strategic planning process has gained little traction, stalling on the question of how long to plan for a Polish presence. On the other hand, the GOP has taken near-t [...]	2008-12-05 13:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PL MAPP
08WARSAW1386	USDA TRAINS VETS IN PULAWY WITH EMERGING MARKETS FUNDS [...] SUMMARY: USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service provided training to 22 veterinarians and scientists of the Ukrainian Veterinary Service at Poland's Pulawy National Institute for Veterinary Science December 1-5, 2008. Poland's vets invited USDA to take part in an EU-sponsored event alr [...]	2008-12-08 11:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PL
08WARSAW1387	STAFFDEL YOUNG: POLES LOOKING FOR DEFENSE AID IF [...] (C) StaffDel Young told GoP interlocutors November 26 that the new U.S. administration's review of missile defense (MD) effectiveness could take longer than 8-10 months. In response, working-level officials from the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs replied that a long delay or cance [...]	2008-12-08 12:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MCAP PL
08WARSAW1391	POLAND: NO OBJECTIONS TO U.S. CRITERIA-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 07:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PL
08WARSAW1392	POLAND/GERMANY - ALL SMILES, BUT HALTING PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit here, GoP officials are pointing to an improved Polish-German relationship as one of the top accomplishments of the government's first year in office. However, despite the Germans' poorly hidden preference for Prime Minister Tu [...]	2008-12-09 07:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SENV PL
08WARSAW1393	OPEN SKIES TREATY REIMBURSEMENT FOR POLAND [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 07:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PL
08WARSAW1394	SCENESETTER FOR THE UN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Poland's government recognizes that the on-going Fourteenth United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Poznan (due to enter its High Level segment later this week) is largely a waypoint on the road to next year's Fifteenth UN Conference in Copenhagen. It nonetheless views [...]	2008-12-09 07:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PREL ETRD KIPR PL
08WARSAW1395	POLISH FM A LOCAL FAVORITE IN NATO RACE [...] (SBU) Polish media place Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on a short list of international favorites to succeed de Hoop Scheffer as NATO Secretary General. Besides Sikorski's individual merits, analysts here believe the Polish option stands out because other powers have had a recent turn [...]	2008-12-09 11:10:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PL
08WARSAW1405	CUBA - LIBERTAD ACT RESPONSE FROM POLAND [...] (U) Post provides the following in response to ref A questions. 2. (U) Promotion of democracy and human rights in Cuba: Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movement and it [...]	2008-12-10 14:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC PREL CU PL
08WARSAW1408	POLISH LEFTIST LEADER OUTLINES RECOVERY STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Grzegorz Napieralski, Chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD),blasted the intransigence of the ruling Civic Platform (PO) party, a stance that has forced the SLD into tactical alliances with President Kaczynski and the Law and Justice (PiS) party on some votes. Despite [...]	2008-12-11 13:23:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
08WARSAW1409	POLAND: A NATURAL U.S. ALLY ON EASTERN POLICY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Like us, Poland seeks to draw key countries on the eastern boundary of Europe, like Ukraine and Georgia, towards Western institutions. An increasingly active regional player, Poland has evolved since 1989 from aid-recipient to donor, helping us to spur reforms in the region. Warsaw [...]	2008-12-12 06:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV BO GG UP RS PL
08WARSAW1418	POLAND UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO [...] (S) The GoP is leery about taking on additional financial commitments in the Middle East, including support for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). In addition to the possibility of cuts in the GoP's overall foreign affairs budget next year, Stanislaw Gulinski of the MFA's Africa and Mid [...]	2008-12-15 14:39:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL PTER UNSC LE SY PL
08WARSAW1419	POLAND - UN HARMONIZATION OF SERVICES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) While not familiar with the U.S. proposal for the harmonization of conditions of service at the UN, MFA UN Department Counselor Dariusz Manczyk told poloff December 15 he is familiar with the current system's problems. Manczyk was pessimistic about the prospects for a quick solution. De [...]	2008-12-15 14:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PL PREL UNGA
08WARSAW1425	Poland - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence [...] (U) Summary. Mission Poland actively participated in the 2008 international campaign "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" by raising awareness of the problem through a series of profiles posted on Embassy Warsaw's website of individuals and institutions actively working against g [...]	2008-12-16 13:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM SCUL PL OIIP
08WARSAW1428	POLES EAGER FOR DEBRIEF ON FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 15:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREF PARM NATO PL
08WARSAW1435	POLISH MFA ON MANPADS: RUSSIA CAPITALIZING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Polish MFA attributed Russia's alleged October discovery of Polish-made GROM MANPADS in Chechnya (originally delivered to Tbilisi) to Georgia's unprofessional handling of the weapons. The Russians, in turn, capitalized on the discovery to "discredit Poland and Georgia." The M [...]	2008-12-18 14:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MCAP PREL PTER MASS GG RS PL
08WARSAW1437	CODEL SCHWARTZ/POLAND - NATO, EU MUST DO MORE ON [...] (C) Polish National Security Advisor Wladyslaw Stasiak and prominent Polish MPs, including Sejm Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Krzysztof Lisek, told CODEL Schwartz that NATO must do more to address Georgia's security problems. If NATO does not offer MAP, it must offer something tangible to r [...]	2008-12-19 11:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CG PL
08WARSAW1446	FOURTH SOFA PLENARY CONCLUDES AMID STEADY PROGRESS [...] (SBU) U.S. and Polish delegations convened in Warsaw December 16-18 for the fourth plenary round of negotiations on the supplemental bilateral SOFA. Deputy Defense Minister Stanyslaw Komorowski and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer led the Polish delegation. PM Senior Advisor Ambassado [...]	2008-12-23 09:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PL
08WARSAW1448	POLAND MIGHT RE-EVALUATE TROOP LEVELS IN [...] (S) Warsaw fully recognizes the importance of next year's presidential election in Afghanistan and will do its best to maintain the security and integrity of the electoral process, especially in Ghazni Province, where approximately 1600 Polish troops are stationed. Roman Strzemiecki and Domin [...]	2008-12-23 13:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	NATO PREL MOPS MARR PL
08WARSAW1450	POLAND'S PLANS FOR A CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Polish government has committed to develop a nuclear power sector, driven by CO2 emissions constraints and reluctance to rely on imported energy. Prime Minister Tusk recently announced his intention to have two reactors up and running by 2020; an ambitious target for a coun [...]	2008-12-23 15:50:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV TRGY BEXP BTIO PL
08WARSAW1452	INVITATION TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 10:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIT PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER PL
08WARSAW150	POLAND: RRRFR DIP NOTE RECEIVED [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Polish Government. 3. (SBU) (Begin text) DPB 10-9-08 (Complimentary opening) in order to facilitate the provision of technical assis [...]	2008-02-04 14:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP KTIA TRGY ENGR PARM PL
08WARSAW153	POLAND: TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] (C) On February 1, Econoff shared reftel points with the Polish government regarding USG plans to submit the names of four Syria-based terrorist facilitators to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee. Econoff met separately with Elzbieta Frankow-Jaskiewicz from the Polish Ministry of Finance's Depa [...]	2008-02-05 09:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN PL
08WARSAW160	POLAND TO ATTEND UN.GIFT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 14:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG PL
08WARSAW165	POLAND SEEKS TO BE EUROPEAN IPR LEADER [...] (U) Summary: Poland's Minister of Culture has ambitious plans to introduce cutting edge EU-wide legislation regarding intellectual property rights (IPR) during Poland's EU presidency in 2011. The first step is an update to Polish legislation, at the end of 2008. At the same time, a consens [...]	2008-02-07 10:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ITRD KIPR PL
08WARSAW189	POLAND: SMOOTH SAILING AHEAD FOR COAST GUARD PORT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Econoff accompanied a team of U.S. Coast Guard officers to a meeting on January 29 with Polish officials to discuss an upcoming port facility visit under the International Port Security Program (IPSP). The Polish [...]	2008-02-11 15:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PGOV PL
08WARSAW199	POLAND REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR FATF MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) On February 11, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) called in the embassy to ask that the USG support Polish membership at the upcoming February 25-29 plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The MFA indicated that achieving FATF membership is a top priority for [...]	2008-02-12 14:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PL KTFN EFIN PREL PTER
08WARSAW223	POLAND SIGNS REACTOR FUEL RETURN CONTRACT [...] (C) Summary. Wlodzimierz Tomczak, chief of Poland's Radioactive Waste Management Plant (RWMP),signed a preliminary contract with Battelle Energy Alliance, a U.S. Department of Energy contractor, on February 8, putting into motion Poland's long-stalled participation in the Russian Reactor R [...]	2008-02-19 13:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA PARM PL RS TRGY ENGR
08WARSAW237	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: REMOVE POLAND FROM WATCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Poland made notable progress in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) in 2007. The Warsaw Stadium closed. Poland implemented the EU's Enforcement Directive, closed a major legal loophole, called for IPR education for all university students, and began working to crea [...]	2008-02-21 11:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR PL
08WARSAW243	PM TUSK AND ADVISERS CONFIRM PUBLICLY THAT POLAND [...] (C) Per Refs B and C, during the week of February 18 Charge demarched MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski and Presidential Chief of Staff Anna Fotyga urging prompt Polish recognition of Kosovo. Following a February 20 meeting with President Lech Kaczynki, PM Donald Tusk told the media February 21 th [...]	2008-02-22 14:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR KV PL
08WARSAW244	POLAND INPUT FOR ENERGY REPORT TO CONGRESS [...] Poland produces limited quantities of oil and gas for domestic consumption and serves as a transit route for Russian gas pipelines to Western Europe. Poland has significant coal reserves which are used to produce 90% of its electricity. In response to reftel request, post is pleased to prov [...]	2008-02-22 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV APER ABUD PL
08WARSAW245	POLISH FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON PM'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: Polish PM Donald Tusk's February 8 trip to Moscow accomplished little in concrete terms, but the political symbol of renewed dialogue with the Russians was viewed positively by the majority of Poles. FM Radek Sikorski briefed foreign mission representatives February 19 on Tusk' [...]	2008-02-22 15:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PL PREL ENRG ETRD RS LI LO
08WARSAW250	POLAND: AMBASSADOR AND MIN FINANCE DISCUSS FATF, [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. In an introductory courtesy call on new Minister of Finance Jacek Rostowski on February 14, Rostowski told Ambassador that Poland's Financial Action Task Force (FATF) membership is an important GOP priority. He explained that the Ministry is currently amendi [...]	2008-02-26 09:01:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PL
08WARSAW258	PGNIG MOU COULD LEAD TO $2 MILLION INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Summary. PGNiG Executives told post that the agreement recently signed with Iran's Offshore Oil Company is a Memorandum of Understanding to discuss future cooperation in gas exploration and development. The next step would be another agreement to invest up to $2 million in seismic surv [...]	2008-02-28 14:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETTC IR PL PREL
08WARSAW277	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR MEETING MARCH 10 WITH POLISH [...] (C) Mr. President, your meeting on March 10 with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will underscore Poland's importance as a key ally of the United States, one which has stood shoulder to shoulder with us in Iraq, is stepping up its commitments in Afghanistan, and is the potential host for mis [...]	2008-03-03 16:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS OVIP PL
08WARSAW285	POLAND: EIGHTH ANNUAL (2008) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-31 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Andrea Gorog (telephone: 48-22-504-2621, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail GorogA@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-04) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one political [...]	2008-03-04 15:01:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL
08WARSAW309	POLISH RESPONSES TO THE MARCH 10 GAERC [...] (C) Acting PolCouns met with Pawel Herczynski of the MFA's EU Department on March 7 to discuss the March 10 GAERC. Owing to FM Sikorski accompanying PM Tusk to Washington that day, the Polish delegation will be led by MFA Undersecretary Grazyna Bernatowicz. Herczynski said the GOP's top prio [...]	2008-03-10 06:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN PL
08WARSAW314	MISSILE DEFENSE AND POLISH MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] (C) Summary: A State-DOD delegation led by PM Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull met with Polish counterparts February 29, in Warsaw to propose a way forward on U.S.-Polish collaboration in support of Poland,s defense modernization as related to U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations. [...]	2008-03-10 15:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR PL RS
08WARSAW361	DOMESTIC POLITICAL SQUABBLE DELAYS LISBON TREATY [...] (C) Summary: Prospects for ratifying the EU's Lisbon Treaty in the Polish parliament are anything but clear, as the treaty has taken center stage in a domestic political ruckus pitting PM Tusk against the Kaczynski brothers. After hard-headed negotiating by President Kaczynski over Poland's [...]	2008-03-19 16:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
08WARSAW370	POLAND'S RESPONSE TO BURMA REFERENDUM DEMARCHE [...] (C) On March 19, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA,s Burma desk officer Sebastian Domzalski. Domzalski stated that the GOP shares the U.S. concerns regarding the planned May referendum on the Burmese constitution. He noted that although Poland is unlikely to make a bilateral statement [...]	2008-03-21 15:16:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PL BM
08WARSAW388	POLISH NON-PAPER ON MD NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador Ashe met with Polish FM Radek Sikorski on March 27 to receive the GOP's non-paper with respect to the Missile Defense initiative and modernization of Polish defenses. The text of that paper is provided in paragraph 4. FM Sikorski said that the paper would not be delivered in [...]	2008-03-27 16:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR PL RS
08WARSAW390	MINDEF KLICH APOLOGIES FOR MD PRESS LEAK [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 11:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PL
08WARSAW391	FM SIKORSKI ON PROPOSAL FROM CUBA ON PRISONER [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting to pass a non-paper on Polish cooperation with the United States on the Missile Defense initiative, Polish FM Radek Sikorski raised a proposal for releasing political prisoners passed by Cuban authorities to the United States through Poland. The substance of t [...]	2008-03-28 11:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PL CU
08WARSAW392	POLISH FM ON BELARUS JOINT COMMUNIQUE AND [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting to pass a non-paper on Polish cooperation with teh United States on the Missile Defense initiative, Polish FM Radek Sikorski raised two additional issues with respect to possible collaboration on a joint U.S./EU communique on Belarus and U/S Paula Dobriansky's [...]	2008-03-28 11:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL BL
08WARSAW393	CODEL BOUCHER'S MEETINGS WITH POLISH MINISTRIES OF [...] (U) Summary: On March 20, a visiting delegation of six U.S. Members of Congress met with Rafal Baniak, Under Secretary in the Polish Ministry of Economy, and with SIPDIS Minister of Environment Maciej Nowicki. Given Poland's heavy dependence on coal, the Polish government is scrambling t [...]	2008-03-28 12:58:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ENRG SENV EU PL
08WARSAW443	POLAND'S MINISTER OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Regional Development Bienkowska told Ambassador that the EU funds Poland will receive in 2007 to 2013 will not be sufficient to meet all of Poland's needs. Infrastructure development is her Ministry's main priority. The Tusk government devolved responsibility fo [...]	2008-04-09 11:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL PL
08WARSAW446	POLAND'S MINISTER OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT JUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Regional Development Bienkowska told Ambassador that the EU funds Poland will receive in 2007 to 2013 will not be sufficient to meet all of Poland's needs. Infrastructure development is her Ministry's main priority. The Tusk government devolved responsibility fo [...]	2008-04-09 14:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL PL
08WARSAW457	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY [...] Welcome to Poland. You are coming to Poland at a time when the Polish government is eagerly looking forward to hosting the 14th session of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 14). More than 10,000 participants from over 190 countries are expected to [...]	2008-04-10 14:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP SENV ECON ENRG PREL PL
08WARSAW468	POLAND ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: So far Polish officials have not begun to discuss whether to make a pledge at the Afghanistan Conference in Paris in June, let alone the possible amount. Like other European governments, they have been thinking of the Conference in purely political terms. Nevertheless, Afgha [...]	2008-04-14 08:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NATO PGOV PREL AF PL
08WARSAW512	POLAND: U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETING WITH MFA SIKORSKI [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Radek Sikorski told Under Secretary for Global Affairs Dobriansky that Poland has selected a head for the Secretariat of the Community of Democracies, although the name is not yet public. Minister Sikorski believes the U.S. should do more to support [...]	2008-04-23 08:39:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV KDEM PL
08WARSAW519	ACTION REQUEST: APPROVAL OF WITNESS PROTECTION [...] This is an action request for INL/AE. Please see para 3-5. ----------- Background ----------- 2. In November 2002, the U.S. signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the GOP on "Financing the Activities Aimed at Preventing and Combating Crime in Poland." There were five projects outlined p [...]	2008-04-24 09:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN ABUD PL
08WARSAW529	POLAND'S AGREES WITH USG ON ZIMBABWE CHAIR OF CSD [...] (SBU) Econoff raised reftel points on Zimbabwe chairing the Commission on Sustainable Development with Mariusz Lewicki, Head of the Department of United Nations System and Global Affairs in the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lewicki stated that Poland's thinking on the Zimbabwe chairmans [...]	2008-04-28 11:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID ECON EUN PREL SENV
08WARSAW532	U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETS WITH POLISH MINISTERS OF [...] This cable contains a guidance request. See para. 8. 2. (SBU) On April 14, Under Secretary of State Paula Dobriansky met with Polish Minister of Environment Maciej Nowicki and Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak to discuss the upcoming United Nations Framework on Climate Change's fourte [...]	2008-04-29 12:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SENV ECON ENRG PREL PL
08WARSAW538	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - POLAND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Overall food prices in Poland have risen about 7 percent in the past year, but are not reflected in lower rates of consumption as wage increases topped 10 percent in the same period. A continuing increase in prices could affect at-risk populations in poorer regions. Rising food [...]	2008-04-30 13:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PL PREL
08WARSAW578	POLAND ON WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] (C) On May 9, EconOff delivered reftel demarche to (1) Alicja Adamczyk, President of the Polish Patent Office (and one of the candidates for WIPO Director General),(2) Zbigniew Barszcz, from the Department of Economic Development at the Economy Ministry, and (3) Karina Kostrzewa, Deputy Dire [...]	2008-05-09 14:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL PL
08WARSAW579	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POLISH HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 14:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BM PL
08WARSAW588	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 12:16:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL PL AG
08WARSAW594	PHARMACEUTICALS: NEW REIMBURSEMENT LIST LEAVES [...] (C) Summary: On May 14, Polish Health Minister Ewa Kopacz announced a draft update to the list of drugs eligible for reimbursement from the National Health Fund. As expected, the list contains only generics. The new list is sure to raise the frustration level of U.S. producers of innovativ [...]	2008-05-14 14:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR PL
08WARSAW596	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on May 13 2008 to Juliusz Gojlo, head of the Polish MFA,s Iraqi Task Force. Gojlo said that MFA Undersecretary Ryszard Schnepf would head the Polish Delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm, though he [...]	2008-05-15 14:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ PL
08WARSAW597	POLAND-MISSILE DEFENSE: MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In support of USG commitments to work with Poland on the latter,s military modernization, and to secure Poland,s earliest return to missile defense (MD) talks, PM AA/S Stephen Mull led an interagency team (including DASD Fata and EUCOM BG Mayville and BG Carr) to a bilateral Secur [...]	2008-05-15 15:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MCAP PL
08WARSAW603	MAY 21 -- CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY [...] Embassy Warsaw is working with the Government and local NGO's on outreach efforts related to Cuba Solidarity Day, described in reftels. Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movem [...]	2008-05-16 12:13:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL CU PL
08WARSAW604	MAY 21 -- CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY [...] Embassy Warsaw is working with the Government and local NGO's on outreach efforts related to Cuba Solidarity Day, described in reftels. Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movem [...]	2008-05-16 12:16:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL CU PL
08WARSAW608	POLAND'S NATIONAL BANK GENERALLY SYMPATHETIC TO [...] (C) National Bank of Poland (NBP) President Slawomir Skrzypek told us May 15 that he is generally sympathetic to Turkey's desire to change its status at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from that of a donor country to that of a 'country of operation.' Skrzypek said h [...]	2008-05-16 16:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PL EAID TU
08WARSAW614	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON LEBANON [...] (C) In absence of Ambassador and of senior Middle East officials at the MFA, Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche May 19 to Boguslaw Ochodek, First Counselor in the Africa and Middle East Department. After PolCouns reviewed points urging Poland to make private and public statements, [...]	2008-05-19 13:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE PL
08WARSAW631	FRENCH PRESIDENT SIGNS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP ON [...] (C) French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Poland on May 28, signing a "strategic partnership" agreement with Poland that is more symbol than substance. The French DCM admitted to Poloffs on May 29 that they were relieved that the trip, cancelled three times since the first proposed date i [...]	2008-05-30 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
08WARSAW643	POLAND - MISSILE DEFENSE: FINDING A WAY FORWARD? [...] (C-NF) After a lengthy hiatus, there are high expectations in Warsaw that Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) negotiations will resume soon. As irritating as the pause has been, Polish positions on defense modernization have softened in the interim, and we may actually be better positi [...]	2008-06-04 12:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS PL RS IR
08WARSAW674	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: SINGLE IMPORTS OF VEHICLES [...] (U) This cable contains a request for guidance regarding a proposed Polish law that could threaten several hundred million dollars of U.S. trade in vehicles. ------------------------ Background: Homologation ------------------------ 2. (U) Polish law specifies three procedures applic [...]	2008-06-11 09:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD BEXP PL
08WARSAW687	POLAND: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) In response to reftel, post provides the following information, in the format requested in reftel para. 15. 2. (U) Post is aware of two (2) claims of U.S. Claimants that may be outstanding against the Government of Poland. 3. (SBU) (A). Claimant designation: Claimant A. (B) A [...]	2008-06-16 06:57:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KIDE PL
08WARSAW702	POLAND SEEKS ADVICE ON OIL EXPLORATION IN IRAQI [...] (U) This cable contains an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) Former PKN Orlen VP for Exploration and Development Cezary Filipowicz told EconOff that state-owned PKN Orlen is interested in on-shore oil exploration in Iraqi Kurdistan. Filipowicz noted that Orlen had long experience in Ir [...]	2008-06-19 09:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PL IZ
08WARSAW709	POLAND ENERGY SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Poland's concern about its energy security heightened with the Russian shut-offs of gas to Ukraine, oil to Belarus, and oil to the Mazeikiu refinery through the Druzba pipeline in the last few years. The previous PiS-led government developed a plan and began to take steps to i [...]	2008-06-23 13:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PL PREL
08WARSAW710	HELPING POLAND HELP ITSELF ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Poland continues to look to the USG to work with it to ensure its energy security in view of what it considers a significant threat from the government of Russia and Russian energy companies. Continuing a dialogue on energy security issues with Poland and the EU will assist the [...]	2008-06-23 13:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PL PREL
08WARSAW731	POLAND ENERGY SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Poland's concern about its energy security heightened with the Russian shut-offs of gas to Ukraine, oil to Belarus, and oil to the Mazeikiu refinery through the Druzba pipeline in the last few years. The previous PiS-led government developed a plan and began to take steps to i [...]	2008-06-26 06:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PL PREL
08WARSAW732	HELPING POLAND HELP ITSELF ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Poland continues to look to the USG to work with it to ensure its energy security in view of what it considers a significant threat from the government of Russia and Russian energy companies. Continuing a dialogue on energy security issues with Poland and the EU will assist the [...]	2008-06-26 06:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PL PREL
08WARSAW74	POLAND READIES AIR MARSHALL AGREEMENT WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) William Gaches, Assistant Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA),and Paul Rodgers, TSA Representative in Brussels, visited Warsaw December 6-7. While in Warsaw, Gaches and Rodgers met with officials from Poland's Civil Aviation Office to discuss a proposed [...]	2008-01-17 15:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PL PTER
08WARSAW746	POLAND: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 08:01:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP
08WARSAW75	POLAND BIO: BARBARA KUDRYCKA, MINISTER OF SCIENCE [...] Barbara Kudrycka was appointed Minister of Science and Higher Education on November 16, 2007. Prior to her appointment, Kudrycka served since 2004 as a deputy to the European Parliament in Brussels. She also served as rector of the Bialystok School of Public Administration from 1998-2007. [...]	2008-01-17 15:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PL SCUL TSPL
08WARSAW794	DEMARCHE DELIVERED:POLAND AND THE UPU CONGRESS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 12:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO PL
08WARSAW806	PGNIG ON REPORTED GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The president of Poland's state-owned gas company, PGNiG, confirmed that his company is in discussions with Iran to develop the Lavan gas field. However, contrary to press reports, he stated the company is not on the verge of signing a deal. End summary. 2. (C) On June 30 [...]	2008-07-07 15:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PL IR
08WARSAW81	A/S FRIED MEETINGS WITH NEW POLISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: A/S for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Fried during his January 16-17 visit discussed Missile Defense (MD),Iraq, and Afghanistan during his meetings with President Lech Kaczynski, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw [...]	2008-01-18 16:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PL
08WARSAW812	NEW FRIENDS OF GEORGIA CALL FOR MAP, LESS RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 25, DAS Bryza participated in the "New Friends of Georgia" (NFG) conference along with Foreign Ministers, State Secretaries or Special Representatives from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, NATO, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden and the EU Council [...]	2008-07-09 09:57:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GA PL
08WARSAW813	POLAND AND MISSILE DEFENSE: 95 PERCENT DONE OR 95 [...] (S) As Washington sits down to lunch today, President Kaczynski will be trying to cajole/pressure Prime Minister Tusk into concluding negotiations with the US on Missile Defense (MD). Kaczynski will draw on an agreement privately reached between the two last March in Urata, when, according t [...]	2008-07-09 10:39:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PL RS IR
08WARSAW823	POLAND MAY AVOID GM ANIMAL FEED BAN [...] (U) Summary. Legislation to delay a ban on genetically modified crops in animal feed until 2012 will likely be signed by President Kaczynski soon after he receives it from the Parliament. The Sejm (parliament) and Senate gave final approval to the legislation July 11 and will send the draft [...]	2008-07-11 13:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL
08WARSAW828	EU Ends Excessive Deficit Procedure [...] (U) Summary: On July 8, EU Finance Ministers formally ended a four-year old excessive deficit procedure (EDP) regarding Poland. This lifts a cloud over some EU subsidies, brings Poland closer to Euro adoption, and gives the Polish government more breathing room for decisions on aid programs and [...]	2008-07-14 13:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PL
08WARSAW837	RECENT POLISH PROGRESS ON IRAQI DEBT [...] (C) EconOffs met on July 10 with Wojciech Rzasiecki, Deputy Director of the Guarantees Department in the Polish Ministry of Finance, to get the latest readout on Iraqi debt. According to Rzasiecki, Finance Minister Jan Vincent Rostowski had recently held interministerial meetings with the Mi [...]	2008-07-15 09:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IZ PL
08WARSAW845	POLAND'S ENERGY CZAR ON GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: According to the Polish Prime Minister's top energy advisor, if PGNiG were to abandon its discussions with Iran regarding the Lavan gas field, PGNiG would expect U.S. help -- and deals with U.S. companies -- to obtain natural gas elsewhere in the Middle East. In addition, the [...]	2008-07-16 15:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IR PL
08WARSAW86	AMBASSADOR HONORS POLISH PROFESSOR FOR DISTINGUISHED [...] (U) Summary. January 17, Ambassador Victor Ashe presented an award to Professor Henryk Jasiorowski, acknowledging his scientific work and leadership to develop Polish and global agriculture. The award, a post-initiated project of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),recognizes Jasiorows [...]	2008-01-22 15:13:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL
08WARSAW870	POLES SKEPTICAL ABOUT CUBAN INTEREST IN EU DIALOGUE [...] (C) PolCouns told the MFA's Deputy Director for American Affairs Daniel Gromann (who served as Polish Charge D'affaires in Havana from 2005-2007) that the U.S. welcomes the US-EU Summit declaration's call for the unconditional release of all political prisoners in Cuba. He urged the GoP to [...]	2008-07-22 10:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN CU PGOV PREL PHUM
08WARSAW871	POLAND: MAKTOUM FOUNDATION ENTREPRENEURS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Post regrets that it does not have any names meeting criteria contained in reftels to recommend for the Maktoum Foundation Entrepreneurs Conference. Ref A requested that discussion of the event and potential invitees be restricted to USG only. If that restriction were removed, post mi [...]	2008-07-22 13:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL PL
08WARSAW889	UPU CONGRESS: POLAND WANTS US SUPPORT, BACKS US [...] (SBU) Ref A requested post demarche the Polish government seeking support for U.S. candidates at the upcoming Congress of the Universal Postal Union. When the demarche was delivered, Poland had no candidates of its own (see ref B). However, on July 18 post received a diplomatic note stating [...]	2008-07-24 14:57:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO PL
08WARSAW909	ANTARCTIC TREATY: POLAND MAKING PROGRESS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 15:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY PL
08WARSAW910	INVESTMENT IN POLAND [...] Summary: Inflows into Poland from foreign direct investment continue at sustained, high levels. In 2007, FDI was estimated at USD 18.5 billion. EU funds accounted for another USD 10.1 billion, and remittances for USD 4.3 billion. Poland continues to be attractive to investors, although some [...]	2008-07-30 05:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PL
08WARSAW923	POLAND TO JOIN EU CONSENSUS ON LIFTING KARADZIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 15:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EU ICTY PL BK
08WARSAW934	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW BURMA SANCTIONS: POLAND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-06 13:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD BM PL

08WARSAW937	POLAND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT EU ACCESSION FOR TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-06 15:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV TU EUN PL
08WARSAW940	BIOTECH: MINISTRY OF ECONOMY ENGAGING [...] (SBU) Polish Economy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak (PSL) August 6 signaled to Charge that he regarded Poland's hard-line stance on agricultural biotechnology as a relic of the previous government's tactic of deploying conflict and fear - in this case against GMOs. Quoting [...]	2008-08-07 14:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL
08WARSAW941	POLAND/IRAN: DEPUTY PM OPPOSES POLISH INVESTMENT [...] (C) In a meeting August 6 with Charge, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak expressed in clear terms his opposition to Polish state-owned gas company PGNiG's discussed $2 billion investment in Iran's Lavan gas field. He said he would express his opposition to th [...]	2008-08-07 14:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC EPET ENRG PREL PL IR
08WARSAW945	POLISH ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Plans are still being developed for a proposed Polish-Spanish-Emirati Agricultural Training School in Afghanistan. Poland's USD 1.3 million pledge at the Paris Support Conference will be used for a 2008 donation to the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund. The Poles remain keenly [...]	2008-08-11 14:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON NATO MARR EAID PL AF
08WARSAW947	GOP RALLIES NEIGHBORS, EU TO CONDEMN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland has taken on a surprisingly forceful leadership role during the Georgia conflict. President Kaczynski has coordinated regional demonstrations of solidarity with Tbilisi -- including a planned August 11 joint trip to Tbilisi along with the Ukrainian and Baltic presidents -- and l [...]	2008-08-11 16:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL
08WARSAW949	TFGG01: POLES SUPPORT GEORGIA, PREDICT RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer told Charge August 12 that the GoP welcomes the Russian announcement of a cease-fire, and hopes for early Russian-Georgian talks. Kremer said President Kaczynski's visit to Georgia today is aimed at gathering information, and demonstratin [...]	2008-08-12 18:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL
08WARSAW95	POLAND: LET OPERATIVES PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (C) On January 18, Econoff shared reftel points with the Polish government regarding USG plans to submit the names of four LeT operatives to the UN 1267 sanctions committee. Econoff met seperately with representiatives from the Polish Ministry of Finance's Department of Financial Information, [...]	2008-01-23 14:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN PL
08WARSAW953	TFGG01: POLAND'S CHOD ON GEORGIA, UKRAINE, AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 12:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL
08WARSAW963	MISSILE DEFENSE AGREEMENT INITIALLED AD REF [...] (C) After two days of talks between Polish and U.S. delegations, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer and Under Secretary John Rood initialled ad referendum a Missile Defense agreement and a bilateral Declaration of Strategic Cooperation on August 14. FM Sikorski, who took part in two one [...]	2008-08-14 20:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PEL MARR MASS MCAP PL
08WARSAW973	POLAND'S UNCOMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable outlines the upcoming crisis in Polish agriculture. The rural economy enjoys significant subsidies from the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP),but the CAP, drought, and a failure of leadership from the Ministry of Agriculture, are creating the circumstances under w [...]	2008-08-20 14:12:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL
08WARSAW974	POLAND: SECRETARY RICE, FM SIKORSKI SIGN MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 15:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MCAP PL
08WARSAW984	POLAND ASKING WHAT'S NEXT? RESPONSE TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. In an August 22 meeting with DCM, Polish National Security Advisor Wladyslaw Stasiak commended the creation of the NATO Commission on Georgia as "a good first step," but had little to offer in terms of Polish thinking on follow-up, despite President Kaczynski demonstrated flair for [...]	2008-08-25 15:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RU GG PL
08WARSAW99	POLISH PHARMACEUTICALS: U.S. COMPANIES UPBEAT [...] (C) Summary: The November 2, 2007 update to Poland's reimbursement list represents a dramatic breakthrough on market access to Poland for the U.S. research pharmaceuticals industry. At least six major pharmaceutical companies saw key products added to the list, a change which will mean subst [...]	2008-01-24 14:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KIPR TBIO ETRD PL
08WELLINGTON103	ONGOING SAGA OF THE SALE OF THE AUCKLAND AIRPORT [...] (U) Summary. The perseverance of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) seemed to pay off last week when local shareholders of New Zealand's largest airport approved the CPPIB's NZ$1.8bn ($1.4bn) bid for a 40 percent stake in the Auckland International Airport (AIA),which handles 70 [...]	2008-03-19 18:33:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EFIN ETRD ECON PREL PGOV NZ
08WELLINGTON105	POLITICAL OBJECTIVITY OF NZ MEDIA QUESTIONED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Labour Government's relationship with the New Zealand media has become increasingly tense and prompted Prime Minister Clark to call into question its behaviour and political objectivity. At the same time, opposition National Party leader John Key has received lighter press [...]	2008-03-19 23:29:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON112	NON-PAPERS DELIVERED REGARDING UNSCR 1803 AND [...] (C) Per Ref A, Non-Paper regarding Iranian Banks' deceptive financial practices was delivered by Econoff to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT) Middle East Division with responsibility for sanctions issues regarding Iran and to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the New Zeala [...]	2008-03-27 02:15:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IR NZ
08WELLINGTON114	PIF MINISTERIAL MEETING ON FIJI [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 26, Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers met in Auckland to review the situation in Fiji, in particular to assess progress by the Interim Government (IG) towards meeting the commitments made by Commodore Bainimarama to PIF leaders in Tonga in October 2007. I [...]	2008-03-28 02:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL FJ UN NZ XV
08WELLINGTON115	NO TURNING BACK THE SUBSIDY CLOCK FOR NEW ZEALAND FARMERS [...] Note: This is a joint Foreign Agricultural Service and State report. End note. 2. (SBU) Summary. Up until approximately twenty years ago, New Zealand farmers were some of the most heavily subsidized in the world. Farmers were provided with price supports, low-interest loans, extensive [...]	2008-03-30 18:58:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PREL NZ XV
08WELLINGTON121	NEW ZEALAND AND CHINA TO SIGN HISTORIC AND CONTROVERSIAL [...] (U) Summary: New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will sign an historic bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Beijing on April 7, China's first free trade pact with an OECD country. Details of the agreement, the result of three years of negotiations, will [...]	2008-04-04 03:01:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON125	NEW ZEALAND REQUEST FOR SSI U.S. SPEAKER ON U.S. [...] MSP Theme: MSP Goal 08-01 Mutual Understanding. Description/Purpose: There are close ties between the countries in this region; at the same time there is also a high level of interest in U.S. politics, which is reflected daily in the New Zealand media. New Zealand requests support for a second [...]	2008-04-09 19:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NZ
08WELLINGTON126	DVC Request for "Climate Change and Security Planning for [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests a DVC with Marc Levy, CIESIBN, Columbia University. 2. Preferred Activity Date, Fiscal Year, and Quarter: FY09 program, November 13; 1st quarter; Washington time, November 13 at 5.00pm. This is November 14, 9.00am NZ time. 3. PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION: Rece [...]	2008-04-09 19:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NZ
08WELLINGTON130	Request for Two Management DVCs in June [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests two Management/Business DVCs in June with experts suggested in paragraph 6 below. 2. Preferred Activity Dates, Fiscal Year, and Quarter: FY08 programs, Monday, 9 and 16 June; 3rd quarter; Washington time, at 5:00pm. This is 10 and 17 June at 9:00am NZ time [...]	2008-04-13 23:34:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NZ
08WELLINGTON138	LABOUR HAS DOMINATED THE STAGE, BUT NOT THE POLLS [...] (SBU) For the past month, Labour has dominated the stage and the headlines in New Zealand: talk of prospective tax cuts; a refusal to authorize sale of Auckland Airport shared to a Canadian investor; the Beijing signing of the FTA; and then the Party Congress. After all of that the One News-Co [...]	2008-04-22 01:02:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON140	DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETINGS WITH GNZ ON THE [...] (C) Summary. During EAP DAS Christensen's April 7 visit to New Zealand, MFAT officials explained that the China-NZ free trade agreement (FTA) derived from New Zealand's concern over becoming marginalized in emerging East Asian trade relationships, coupled with China's willingness to enter int [...]	2008-04-23 23:47:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PHUM PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON141	PETERS REVEALS MAJOR EFFORT TO EXPAND NZ DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 16, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced an ambitious funding and staffing boost for MFAT which will pave the way for a significant expansion of New Zealand's presence around the world. The new funding come after decades of under-resourcing of New Zea [...]	2008-04-24 05:32:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NEW ZEALAND
08WELLINGTON142	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 06:02:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON145	NZ DEFENSE MINISTER COMMENTS ON MILITARY REBUILDING AND THE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: On April 27 New Zealand's Defense Minister Phil Goff was interviewed on the Sunday morning current affairs program "Agenda TV". Minister Goff emphasized that New Zealand is pouring billions of dollars into rebuilding its defense capacity and he focused on the cooperative dynam [...]	2008-04-28 20:02:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IO NZ
08WELLINGTON15	CODEL HOYER MEETS WITH GNZ LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 9, a 13-member Congressional delegation led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) met with Deputy and Acting Prime Minister Michael Cullen and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Chief Executive Simon Murdoch to discu [...]	2008-01-18 03:37:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KGHG MOPS MARR AF NK NZ
08WELLINGTON151	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES IN NEW [...] Note: This is a joint Foreign Agricultural Service and State report. Responses are keyed to Ref A questions regarding the impact of rising food and agricultural prices in New Zealand. End note. 2. SUMMARY. As a developed country and a net agricultural exporter, the recent rise in commo [...]	2008-05-02 03:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAIG ETRD ECON PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON154	FM PETERS TO ADJUST BEHAVIOR AS ELECTION NEARS [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 8, Foreign Minister Winston Peters repudiated the China-New Zealand FTA, widely hailed as the premier foreign policy accomplishment of Prime Minister Helen Clark's Labour Government. Clark was widely criticized when she appointed Winston Peters as New Zealand's Foreig [...]	2008-05-07 19:32:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NEW ZEALAND
08WELLINGTON157	NEW ZEALAND, CLUSTER MUNITIONS, AND [...] (C) Summary. New Zealand considers interoperability to be one of two key issues (the other issue being the definition of a cluster munition that causes unacceptable humanitarian harm) for resolution in Dublin at the upcoming cluster munitions convention meeting beginning May 19. However, MF [...]	2008-05-08 03:13:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KTIA MOPS NZ
08WELLINGTON158	NEW ZEALAND CONTRIBUTING TO BURMA RELIEF, PRESSING [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel instruction, DCM contacted David Taylor, the Director of the Asia Division in New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On May 7, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that the New Zealand Government committed NZD 500,000 (USD 387,000) to New Zealan [...]	2008-05-09 03:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BM NZ
08WELLINGTON159	NEW ZEALAND LABOUR PARTY RETURNS NEW ZEALAND RAIL TO A [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of New Zealand (GNZ) has agreed to buy back Australian-owned Toll Holdings Ltd. rail and ferry business in New Zealand for NZ$665 million (USD$520million). This completes the renationalization of the railroads which a National Government privatized in 1982. Nat [...]	2008-05-09 22:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON160	NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS AUSTRALIA FOR WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-11 22:32:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON163	NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY LOOMING AS MAIN ELECTION ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary. With poor economic news for consumers likely to continue up to the New Zealand election later this year, the political party that can win voters' confidence that it can address Kiwis' mounting financial woes will likely emerge as the winner in 2008. PM Helen Clark, however, [...]	2008-05-14 03:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON168	NEW ZEALAND'S 2008 BUDGET - TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. [...] (SBU) Summary. The New Zealand Labour Party's 2008 Budget offered social expenditures and tax cuts in a last ditch appeal to voters in this election year where Labour lags badly in recent polls (see Ref A). It includes a three-year program of personal tax cuts, starting with an average rebat [...]	2008-05-23 06:33:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN NZ
08WELLINGTON174	NO POLLING DIVIDEND FOR LABOUR FROM 2008 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent polling showed that the Labour Government's 2008 budget failed to provide any boost to its flagging popularity. In fact, Labour lost ground in all three post-budget polls as the opposition National Party gained support. PM Helen Clark also lost ground to National Party [...]	2008-06-05 01:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NEW ZEALAND
08WELLINGTON175	NEW ZEALAND TO CONTRIBUTE TO ZIMBABWE ELECTION [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Counselor spoke on June 5 with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) official handling the issue of GNZ assistance to the Zimbabwe Presidential run-off election later this month. Paul Roberts, Deputy Director of the UN office at MFAT, said that New Zealand's missio [...]	2008-06-06 03:36:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON180	NEW ZEALAND SEEKS FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH JAPAN, SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary. In what has been predicted to be her last official overseas trade mission as Prime Minister ahead of the upcoming general election, Helen Clark traveled last month to Japan and South Korea to discuss securing free trade agreements (FTAs) with both countries. The timing of Clark [...]	2008-06-09 04:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON183	NEW ZEALAND THANKS ITS VIETNAM VETS, AND ALSO [...] (U) Summary. The New Zealand government sponsored a series of events called "Tribute 08" over the May 31-June 2 three-day weekend to honor and thank NZ veterans who served and died in the Vietnam War, and to apologize to survivors and their families for not recognizing their service until n [...]	2008-06-11 03:57:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
08WELLINGTON189	POTENTIAL POWER SHORTAGES COULD MEAN LIGHTS OUT FOR LABOUR [...] (SBU) Summary. A dry winter has prompted debate about New Zealand's power supply as low hydroelectric lake levels bring about the prospect of rolling power shortages throughout the country. Fearing a political backlash, the Labour Government denies there is a problem, while quietly taking me [...]	2008-06-18 01:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG SENV NZ
08WELLINGTON198	NEW ZEALAND ATTENDING CODEX ALIMENTARIUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 04:43:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PREL PGOV NZ
08WELLINGTON199	NEW ZEALAND VIEWS ON USG AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On June 18, Pol/Econ Counselor met with MFAT Deputy Director for the UN, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division, Michael McBryde to discuss reftel contents. McBryde had recently returned from Geneva, where he had participated in the Human Rights Council discussions. Senior MFAT Policy [...]	2008-06-30 03:53:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON20	NEW ZEALAND REACTS CAUTIOUSLY TO U.S. ECONOMIC [...] Summary: New Zealand politicians along with its Reserve Bank reacted cautiously last week to the news of a possible downturn in the U.S economy and its potential impact on the New Zealand's economy. Attempting to soothe the concerns of the equity and export markets, the Prime Minister and the [...]	2008-01-28 02:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV NZ
08WELLINGTON200	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) A senior policy analyst from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT contacted Pol/Econ Counselor on June 26 with an interim response to reftel demarche. She noted that her office has sought detailed advice from a New Zealand expert, who is also part of the IAEA's expert group [...]	2008-06-30 03:53:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP KTIA NZ
08WELLINGTON201	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 23:26:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NZ
08WELLINGTON202	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 01:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NZ
08WELLINGTON203	BLUE LANTERN TEST TEST TEST [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 02:43:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NZ
08WELLINGTON204	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO MAJOR ISSUES AT UPU [...] In response to reftel, Econoff delivered talking points to New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). MFAT's initial response was favorable to both the candidacy of the United States to the Council of Administration (CA) and Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Post [...]	2008-07-01 06:20:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO NZ
08WELLINGTON207	NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCES AID BUDGET FOR THE PACIFIC [...] (U) On June 24, NZ Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters announced NZ's Pacific development strategy for 2007-2015. The strategy included a budget of 1.5 billion USD for aid to Pacific Island Countries (PICs) over the eight-year period, which included 183.7 million USD for FY 2008/2009. [...]	2008-07-02 03:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NZ
08WELLINGTON22	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Faleomavaega and delegation to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from on/about January 31 - February 7, 2008. The purpose of this visit is to discuss bilateral issues with government officials. 2. (SBU) Embassy con [...]	2008-01-29 20:39:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
08WELLINGTON225	NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY FACING RECESSION WHILE BATTLING [...] Summary. The recent slowdown in New Zealand's economy is the result of weaker private consumption growth, owing to higher fuel, food, utilities and housing costs, which are cutting into Kiwis' disposable income. Both business and consumer confidence remains weak amid higher prices and rising [...]	2008-07-21 21:08:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON226	NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY FACING RECESSION WHILE BATTLING [...] Summary. The recent slowdown in New Zealand's economy is the result of weaker private consumption growth, owing to higher fuel, food, utilities and housing costs, which are cutting into Kiwis' disposable income. Both business and consumer confidence remains weak amid higher prices and rising [...]	2008-07-21 21:08:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON227	WINSTON PETERS' GREATEST POLITICAL CRISIS? [...] (SBU) Summary. As Prime Minister Helen Clark and Foreign Minister Winston Peters prepare to welcome the Secretary of State to New Zealand, they find themselves preoccupied with an ugly domestic political battle. FM Peters is fighting off press allegations that he failed to disclosure to autho [...]	2008-07-23 07:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON230	RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND SEES RECESSION AS A MORE [...] The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced today that it is cutting the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points. Fearing that recession pressures pose a greater threat than inflation to the New Zealand economy in the near term, the RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard decided to reduce the OC [...]	2008-07-24 02:07:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON236	Request for a DVC with Thomas Mann and David Gergen to [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests a DVC with highly respected congressional scholar Thomas Mann and political analyst David Gergen to discuss the state of the 2008 elections, the candidates, their policies, and their potential impact on Congress and the Presidency. 2. PREFERRED ACTIVITY [...]	2008-07-31 22:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP SCUL
08WELLINGTON237	NEW ZEALAND TRADE MINISTER'S REACTION TO DOHA [...] Action Request - see paragraph 5. 2. In a press release issued Wednesday (7-30),NZ Trade Minister Goff said, "Despite substantial progress made across a range of issues taking us closer to agreement than the (DOHA) Round has ever been...differences of opinion between the U.S. and India ov [...]	2008-08-01 04:23:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD OPRC PREL WTRO NZ
08WELLINGTON24	UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY EMPHASIZES STRONG US-NZ [...] (C) Summary. During her January 14 meetings with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials, Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky highlighted the recent successful discussions in Bali, underscored USG support for a multilateral approach to cl [...]	2008-01-29 21:38:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCGC PHUM KDEM MOPS NZ
08WELLINGTON257	NEW ZEALAND HAS CONDITIONS FOR US-INDIA DEAL [...] (C) In an August 20 meeting between the Ambassador and Minister for Disarmament Phil Goff, the Ambassador pointed out the strategic and historic importance of the US-India deal, and the very real possibility that the Indians could shelve it if the NSG demands proved too politically difficult [...]	2008-08-20 04:24:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC NZ
08WELLINGTON259	POLLS SHOW THAT NATIONAL STILL ON TARGET FOR ELECTION WIN [...] (SBU) Summary. Political polls released over the August 15-17 weekend showed that National maintained its strong lead over Labour despite some missteps by senior National MPs that threatened its popularity. While Labour is struggling to turn the tide, National appears impervious to much chang [...]	2008-08-21 04:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON26	BACK-TO-BACK LEADERS' SPEECHES KICK OFF NZ ELECTION YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary. New Zealand's political season is now underway in earnest following the first major speeches of the year by Prime Minister Helen Clark and opposition leader John Key of the National Party. Breaking with established tradition, the PM changed the date of her speech and the locat [...]	2008-02-04 03:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON264	DASD CLAD/MAJOR GENERAL CONANT'S AUGUST 4-6 VISIT [...] (C) Summary. During a joint visit by DASD James Clad and PACOM J-5 Major General Conant to New Zealand, both met with Minister of Defense Phil Goff, Secretary of Defense John McKinnon, and Vice Chief of the Defense Force Jack Steer. Senior MOD officials welcomed enhanced bilateral military [...]	2008-08-27 01:12:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS NZ
08WELLINGTON268	BLUE LANTERN POST SHIPMENT END-USE ON LICENSE [...] In response to reftel request, Econoff conducted a site visit of Custom Aeronautical Support (CAS) located in Christchurch on August 26 and met with company director Greg Gaba and sales manager Emma Niu. CAS is physically located in a relatively small but modern and secure building in an ind [...]	2008-08-28 04:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NZ TW
08WELLINGTON271	DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING, MONROVIA: GNZ [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of New Zealand has confirmed that it cannot send a representative to the Development Ministers Meeting to be held in Monrovia, Liberia September 5-6. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In response to Reftel request regarding host nation participation in the Development M [...]	2008-08-28 23:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID LI PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON276	PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM 2008: POST FORUM DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary. During the August 21 Post Forum Dialogue, dialogue partner nations outlined ongoing and projected assistance projects with the Pacific island nations and generally lauded the Forum's Communique issued a day earlier. Most countries associated themselves with the Forum's stron [...]	2008-09-01 20:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EAGR EAID NZ
08WELLINGTON285	NEW ZEALAND'S EXPECTATIONS ON EVE OF P-4 TALKS IN SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A member of the New Zealand delegation to the P-4 talks says that GNZ expectations remain positive, and that all sides will make progress in San Francisco. He noted that this second round will not be the last, but that discussions should result in consolidated text for both c [...]	2008-09-08 00:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON287	TROUBLED NZ FM STEPS ASIDE; PRESSURE REMAINS ON PM CLARK [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 29, Winston Peters agreed to step down as New Zealand's Foreign Minister pending investigation over fraud allegations involving his New Zealand First party. PM Helen Clark has assumed Peters' portfolios but left the door open for him to resume his ministerial duties [...]	2008-09-08 03:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON290	NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCES CONCLUSION REACHED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. New Zealand's Trade Minister Phil Goff recently announced that a "substantive conclusion" was reached at the negotiations between ASEAN, New Zealand and Australia for a Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) held during the 13th annual meeting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers-Closer Eco [...]	2008-09-09 03:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON292	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel action request, on September 9 poloff met with Michael McBryde, deputy director of the United Nations and Human Rights Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Poloff and McBryde discussed each of the U.S. priorities contained with [...]	2008-09-10 04:59:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA NZ
08WELLINGTON295	NEW ZEALAND ELECTION 2008 - THE CHINESE VOTE [...] (C) Summary. Asians make up nearly 10% of New Zealand's population, and most of them are Chinese. Chinese are underrepresented in national politics, with only one member of parliament. While Asian representation in parliament may improve this year because parties are diversifying their lis [...]	2008-09-12 05:04:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON296	RESERVE BANK ANNOUNCES SECOND REDUCTION IN OFFICIAL [...] (U) Summary. New Zealand's Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard aggressively slashed the prime interest rate from 8 percent to 7.5 percent, leaving some economists surprised expecting only a 25-basis point move. The unexpectedly large cut caused the New Zealand dollar to slide about US1.5c to [...]	2008-09-12 05:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON297	NZ'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME LEGISLATION PASSES [...] (SBU) Summary. With the support of the Green Party and New Zealand First, the Labour Party pushed through its controversial Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) bill on September 10 by a vote of 63 to 57. National opposed the draft legislation and has promised to amend it if elected to lead the g [...]	2008-09-12 06:05:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG SENV NZ
08WELLINGTON310	NZ DEFENSE REPORT REVEALS SHORTCOMINGS, CREATES DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The publication of the 2008 New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) Annual Report created recent media controversy as it revealed shortfalls in the country's military preparedness. The NZ Defense Chief and Defense Minister defended the status of the NZ military. A subsequent report [...]	2008-09-19 07:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR EFIN NZ
08WELLINGTON316	NEW ZEALAND ELECTIONS 2008 - AUCKLAND RACE [...] (C) Summary. The National Party is making a serious play for Auckland Central, an electorate that has been in nearly uninterrupted Labour control for almost a century. That a 28-year-old virtual unknown has a serious chance of ousting a Labour stalwart demonstrates just how vulnerable the La [...]	2008-09-26 04:45:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON322	NEW ZEALAND AND ANA EXPANSION [...] (C) On September 18, A/DCM met with Wayne Higgins, Director for the Ministry of Defense International Relations Division, MOD defense policy and planning analyst Greg Mitchell, Ron Logan, MOD staff officer to the Chief of Defense Force, and Richard Prendergast from the Ministry of Foreign Af [...]	2008-09-30 01:47:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL AF NZ
08WELLINGTON323	NZ-AUSTRALIA WHALING VENTURE UNVEILED [...] (U) Summary. On September 10, the governments of New Zealand and Australia announced a joint venture to undertake non-lethal scientific research of whales in the South Oceans to better manage whale numbers in the region. Although both governments avoided characterising the proposed research [...]	2008-09-30 03:58:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIS SENV NZ
08WELLINGTON325	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] (U) In response to reftel, Econoff conducted a phone interview with Dr. David Park who is the CEO of Geospatial Research Centre (GRS). The Embassy's RSO local investigator also conducted an on-site visit and met with Dr. Park. Our site visit confirmed that GRC's offices are located at 20 Kirk [...]	2008-10-03 03:09:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NZ
08WELLINGTON327	NEW ZEALAND AND THE SERBIAN ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Secretary Caroline Forsyth and European Affairs Division policy officer Rob Little, Charge d'Affaires Keegan summarized the points in reftel. He noted that the USG position remains that referring the question of K [...]	2008-10-06 04:10:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS NZ
08WELLINGTON336	EFFECT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON NEW ZEALAND'S [...] (U) Summary: New Zealand is not totally immune to the global credit crisis with the first visible signs being manifested in the NZ$260 million loss (4.9 percent) in value of the country's Superannuation Fund due in large part to its fifty percent exposure to international equities market. The [...]	2008-10-14 21:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON337	NEW ZEALAND'S GRIM PRE-ELECTION ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: New Zealand's economy contracted dramatically since the release of the May 2008 Budget projections, resulting in budget deficits twice as large as forecasted due primarily to two quarters of negative growth and growing current account deficits. GNZ officials however, maintain th [...]	2008-10-14 21:51:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON341	NEW ZEALAND AND CCW CLUSTER MUNITIONS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) On October 14, Pol/Econ Counselor met with Jillian Dempster, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's office for disarmament. PE Counselor made the points in the reftel, focusing on whether or not New Zealand and other core Oslo Process supporters are willing to b [...]	2008-10-16 01:31:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR NZ
08WELLINGTON342	OPPOSITION LEADER KEY WINS OPENING DEBATE WITH PM [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 14, Prime Minister Helen Clark and opposition National Party leader John Key participated in the first of a series of head-to-head debates before the November 8 election. The debate was particularly timely in that recent polling has shown the gap between the two p [...]	2008-10-16 04:42:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON35	NEW ZEALAND: UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S JANUARY [...] (C) Summary. New Zealand PM Clark believes the indifference of most Japanese to whaling leaves the most extreme whaling advocates free to drive GOJ policy. Clark opposes Antarctic tourism and she is pleased with her government's efforts to get developing economies to accept some responsibi [...]	2008-02-07 03:53:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV SENV NZ AY AF BM FJ UK IN MY
08WELLINGTON356	A/S FORT'S OCTOBER 9-10 VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary. During an October 9-10 visit to New Zealand, INR A/S Randall Fort met with members of the External Assessments Bureau (EAB),the Chief Executive of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Secretary Caroline Forsyth, and official [...]	2008-10-24 01:29:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON357	NEW ZEALAND'S RESERVE BANK SLASHES KEY INTEREST RATE [...] (U) Summary: New Zealand's Reserve Bank announced on October 23 a cut in the benchmark interest rate by a record 1 percentage point to 6.5 percent in order to help stimulate the economy and ward off fears of a global economic downturn. Some economists predict the rate could drop as low as 4.5 [...]	2008-10-24 02:14:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON36	GNZ SHARES SIMILAR VIEWS ON ARF; PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) On February 7, Pol/Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche material to Tim McIvor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) head of the Asia Regional Unit that deals with ARF and ASEAN affairs. McIvor indicated that the GNZ had already supplied comments to the USG's ARF proposal to [...]	2008-02-07 19:02:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEAN NZ
08WELLINGTON365	NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND IRANIAN-SPONSORED [...] (C) In response to reftel, PE Counselor contacted Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Iran Desk Officer Marina Anderson on October 22 to inquire as to New Zealand's possible attendance at the November 30 conference. Anderson explained that New Zealand had not received an invitation and th [...]	2008-10-30 00:55:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC TRGY NZ
08WELLINGTON370	NZ'S ELECTION UNDER THE CONTROVERSIAL MMP [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 8, New Zealand goes to the polls under the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) parliamentary system. Though initially popular when introduced in 1996, the country is now divided over MMP's merits. If National forms the next government, it has promised to review MMP. [...]	2008-11-03 06:13:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON376	US ELECTION RESULTS OVERSHADOW NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Summary. The election of Barack Obama was greeted enthusiastically in New Zealad with extensive press coverage and media commentary. The Embassy-sponsored election viewing events on November 5 in Auckland and Wellington had large crowds who watched the election returns and speeches by [...]	2008-11-06 02:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL NZ US
08WELLINGTON378	NATIONAL LIKELY ELECTION WINNER [...] (SBU) Summary. One day before New Zealand heads to the polls, the odds appear to be stacked against Labour winning a fourth term in government. Polls released in the last two days show the opposition National Party is maintaining a double-digit lead over Labour. The economy is the main elec [...]	2008-11-07 04:09:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON379	NEW ZEALAND - 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the 2009 National Trade Estimate Report (NTE) regarding New Zealand per request reftel. We understand that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data. 2. Begin text of NTE submission: IMPORT POLICIES Tariff rates in New Z [...]	2008-11-07 05:03:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON381	PM ELECT JOHN KEY'S CROWDED FIRST 100 DAYS [...] (SBU) Summary. National Party leader and Prime Minister-elect John Key, victorious in New Zealand's November 8 General Election, has announced an ambitious 100-day plan. Key plans to quickly formalize governing arrangements with support parties ACT and United Future. In past elections, this [...]	2008-11-10 04:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON385	AMBASSADOR PAYS FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER HELEN CLARK [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 21:38:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL US NZ KS XU XV
08WELLINGTON388	WHY THE LABOUR PARTY LOST THE NZ ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ever since John Key took the helm of the National Party in December 2006, Helen Clark and the Labour Party seemed flat, out of step, and headed for defeat in the 2008 election. Economic issues were at the forefront of voters' minds and National convinced the electorate that it [...]	2008-11-17 04:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON389	NEW NZ GOVT ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 16, a mere eight days after election day, New Zealander's Prime Minister- elect John Key announced that a new center-right government has been formed after he secured the support of three smaller parties. A new National-led minority government will include the ACT, [...]	2008-11-17 05:12:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON391	SANDIA EXPLORES RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSPORTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 31 - November 1, Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) representatives Bruce Balfour and Dr. Blake Simmons visited New Zealand to solicit support for a Sandia proposal to create a global network of public-private partnerships for the development and deployment of lo [...]	2008-11-18 20:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KRGY ELTN KGHG PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON392	NEW ZEALAND - HOSTED PSI EXERCISE MARU [...] (U) Summary: In September 2008, the United States participated in the New Zealand-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) exercise, MARU, in the Hauraki Gulf and the port of Auckland, New Zealand. MARU was the thirty-sixth PSI exercise since the inception of the initiative in 2003. T [...]	2008-11-19 04:44:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PTER NZ
08WELLINGTON397	NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS STRONG STATEMENTS ON IRAN, [...] (C) On November 25, Pol/Econ Counselor met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Security and Disarmament Division Chief Joan Mosley and Deputy Director Jillian Dempster to discuss the recent IAEA reports on Iran and Syria, ongoing TACC discussions and next steps in Vienna. [...]	2008-11-25 23:42:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL KNNP IAEA PARM NZ
08WELLINGTON400	NEW ZEALAND, ASEAN AND THE ARF DISASTER RELIEF [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 02:06:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MOPS PREL MARR NZ
08WELLINGTON401	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HOST [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past five years, as the GNZ has ramped up its involvement in Global Climate Change (GCC) issues under the leadership of Helen Clark, there have been no significant structural changes within the government. Instead, the GNZ has absorbed GCC responsibilites within the [...]	2008-11-28 03:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PINR NZ

08WELLINGTON404	NEW ZEALAND SLASHES KEY INTEREST RATE [...] (U) Summary: On December 4, New Zealand's Reserve Bank (RBNZ) lowered the official interest rate from 6.5 percent to 5 percent, paralleling a move by Australia earlier in the week. The 1.5 percent reduction brings the rate to its lowest level for the past five years marking a 3.25 percent cum [...]	2008-12-04 04:02:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN APEC PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON408	NEW GOVERNMENT'S EVENTFUL FIRST WEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary. In his first weeks as Prime Minister John Key has addressed, in quick succession, many challenges: the APEC Leaders' Meeting in Peru; a national aviation tragedy; and having hundreds of New Zealand travelers stranded in Bangkok. On the whole, observers judge that Key has perf [...]	2008-12-08 20:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON409	NEW GOVERNMENT PROMISES AMBITION [...] (SBU) Summary. As the new Parliament opened December 9, the new National-led Government laid out its program for the next three years along lines familiar from its election campaign. Prime Minister John Key's immediate priorities are to address the pressing economic challenges facing New Zeal [...]	2008-12-09 20:17:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON413	CONTINUITY URGED IN BRIEFING TO NZ FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Briefing to Incoming Ministers (BIM),publicly released on December 8, makes a strong case for continuing the policies and approach of the previous government. The MFAT BIM provides the Ministry's opening summary of its current p [...]	2008-12-15 02:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON414	FOREIGN MINISTER MCCULLY DISCUSSES FIJI AND [...] (SBU) The Ambassador paid his introductory and farewell call on newly appointed Foreign Minister Murray McCully December 15. They agreed that there had been dramatic improvement in our bilateral relationship during Ambassador McCormick,s tenure due to the efforts of many leaders in both gover [...]	2008-12-15 04:08:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS ENRG PREL NZ FJ AS XV
08WELLINGTON418	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AMENDING NSG [...] (SBU) In response to reftel action request, on December 3 Poloff shared talking points with Jillian Dempster, deputy director of the International Security and Disarmament Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Dempster contacted Poloff on December 15 and s [...]	2008-12-20 04:47:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY KNNP NZ
08WELLINGTON424	NEW ZEALAND: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) New Zealand attaches importance to its compliance with international counterterrorism instruments. It has ratified 12 of the 16 international instruments and maintains up-to-date reporting to the United Nations (UN). New Zealand uses the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy as a key refe [...]	2008-12-22 03:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON430	USTR TPP DISCUSSIONS IN NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 8 to 11, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Douglas Bell visited Wellington and Auckland in preparation for discussions, scheduled for March 2009, concerning the expansion of the P-4 trade agreement to include New Zealand (among other countries) or into the " [...]	2008-12-23 01:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON44	LOBBYING NEW ZEALAND ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) DCM presented the demarche reftel to Caroline Forsyth, MFAT Deputy Secretary for Multilateral and Global Affairs, on February 12. She responded that New Zealand has been following developments in Kosovo closely. GNZ has a long-standing established practice of not making declarations of rec [...]	2008-02-13 05:25:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ UN YI EU UNMIK
08WELLINGTON46	WTO DEMARCHE REQUEST - U.S./EC TAFT PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Econoff together with EU's Charge' d'Affaire George Cunningham, jointly delivered reftel demarche points to Mark Trainor, Deputy Director of the Goods Trade Negotiations Division and Andrew White of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) inviting GNZ to join as co-s [...]	2008-02-14 03:33:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON NZ
08WELLINGTON48	DOE A/S KARSNER MEETS WITH NEW ZEALAND ENERGY LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14, US Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner met in Wellington with key NZ energy officials and experts in roundtable discussions hosted by the NZ Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST). The productive dialogue covered many e [...]	2008-02-15 03:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TRGY KGHG AY NZ
08WELLINGTON51	DOE AND GNZ OFFICIALS DISCUSS USG-PROPOSED CLEAN ISLAND [...] (SBU) Summary. Following a visit to Antarctica, U.S. Department of Energy DAS Steven Chalk met with a GNZ inter-ministerial group chaired by the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MORST) to discuss a proposed Clean Island Initiative, which was first discussed during DOE A/S Andy K [...]	2008-02-19 21:02:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON54	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COL. VINCE E. CRUZ AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington welcomes and grants country clearance to Colonel Vince Errol Cruz and Sergeant Major Paul J. Nugent, United States Marine Corps, Quantico Virginia, for travel to Wellington, New Zealand during the time period March 11-14, 2008. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a [...]	2008-02-20 22:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NZ
08WELLINGTON55	CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA STRESSES USG SUPPORT FOR PACIFIC; STRONG [...] (U) Summary. Codel Faleomavaega visited New Zealand from January 31 to February 7. In Auckland, the Codel met with ConGen staff to discuss consular issues and traveled to Whangarei for the Waitangi Day celebrations on February 5-6. On February 4, the Codel held meetings in Wellington with M [...]	2008-02-21 01:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NZ
08WELLINGTON58	NEW ZEALAND DOES NOT SUPPORT ISRAELI MEMBERSHIP IN [...] (C) DCM David Keegan presented reftel demarche February 21 to Carolyn Forsyth, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) responsible for international organization issues. After DCM reviewed U.S. concerns and our assessment of the importance of Israel into full membe [...]	2008-02-21 18:27:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AA IS KS LI NZ PHUM SZ
08WELLINGTON59	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary. Charge presented reftel demarche to MFAT Deputy Secretary Peter Hamilton who repeated Prime Minister Clark's earlier insistence that New Zealand has an established practice of not publicly announcing diplomatic recognition but allowing it to be inferred over time from its actions. [...]	2008-02-21 18:27:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NZ
08WELLINGTON64	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that New Zealand (GNZ) not/not be placed on the Special 301 List in 2008. The country's overall commitment to the protection of intellectual property (IPR) is relatively high as compared to most countries cited in the Special 301 review. Despite the slower than [...]	2008-02-22 03:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR NZ
08WELLINGTON66	NEW ZEALAND ACCEPTS U.S. PROPOSAL ON DEFENSE [...] (C/N) SUMMARY. DCM contacted MFAT to express once again our concern at New Zealand's continuing delay in formally accepted the proposed U.S. streamlining of our mil-mil relationship. On February 21, MFAT responded with a non-paper formally welcoming the U.S. proposal, and promising that NZ Amb [...]	2008-02-25 21:29:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL US NZ
08WELLINGTON71	HAVE NEW ZEALAND VOTERS SIMPLY TUNED OUT LABOUR? [...] (SBU) Summary. Successive political polls in the past two weeks showed that the ruling Labour Party has failed to cut into the opposition National Party's sizable lead as the 2008 election year begins. The Colmar Brunton poll, New Zealand's most important, had Labour at 34% trailing National [...]	2008-02-26 04:12:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON73	US AND NEW ZEALAND ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING CUBA [...] (C) On February 27, A/DCM met with MFAT Deputy Secretary John McArthur to deliver demarche points. A/DCM noted that the handover to Raul Castro would not constitute systemic change; only elections and improvement in human rights will signal meaningful progress towards democracy. McArthur a [...]	2008-02-27 19:19:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ CU
08WELLINGTON75	NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS CHINA, INDIA OUTREACH WITHIN [...] (SBU) On February 28, MFAT economic policy staff official John Ballingall spoke with A/DCM regarding demarche points (reftel),which post had forwarded to MFAT for review. While Ballingall underscored that his remarks constituted an initial reaction, he said that like many IEA members, New [...]	2008-02-28 18:32:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL AORC NZ
08WELLINGTON76	SOMALIA AND PIRACY: NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE [...] (C) On February 28, Andrew Robinson, a Middle East and Africa policy officer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) contacted the Embassy to report on his initial feedback from the Ministry of Defense regarding possible GNZ assistance on addressing piracy off the Somalian coas [...]	2008-02-28 18:33:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KCRM EWWT NZ
08WELLINGTON77	NEW ZEALAND IN STEP WITH USG VIEWS ON TAIWANESE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 18:33:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON OECD NZ CM TW
08WELLINGTON9	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATE FOR NEW ZEALAND [...] Following is Post's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) regarding New Zealand per request reftel. 2. Begin text of ICS submission: 2008 Investment Climate Statement - New Zealand Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Foreign direct inve [...]	2008-01-14 05:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR NZ
08WELLINGTON91	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 2/2007 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 00:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD NZ
08WELLINGTON92	NEW ZEALAND UNDECIDED ON ASSISTANCE TO KOSOVO [...] (C) In a February 29 meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Europe Division Director, George Kroup, and Europe Policy Officer Kate Russell, Pol/Econ Counselor outlined planning for an upcoming donors conference regarding Kosovo, provided the needs table included in ref [...]	2008-03-07 03:17:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN NZ
08WINDHOEK106	(C) IMAM SHAFI SHUNS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND IRANIAN MOSQUE [...] (C) Namibia's most senior Imam and head of the Windhoek Islamic Center, Kenyan-born Sheikh Shafi Aziz, told PolOff recently that representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood visited his offices in 2006 and 2007 seeking Shafi's support to obtain work permits and open a mosque in Namibia. Shafi po [...]	2008-04-15 16:14:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM WA
08WINDHOEK107	CABINET SHUFFLE, MINISTERIAL MERRY-GO-ROUND [...] (C) On April 8, President Pohamba announced a much anticipated cabinet reshuffle -- then fired no one. The few portfolio changes that Pohamba adopted appear to be those that did not challenge the traditional power base loyal to Founding President Sam Nujoma. Working around that big constraint [...]	2008-04-15 16:14:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM WA
08WINDHOEK115	ZIM PANEL SHEDS LIGHT ON MUGABE'S MESS [...] (SBU) A panel of five Zimbabwean activists, sponsored by PAS Harare and Freedom House to travel the region, impressed their Namibian listeners with revelations about the situation in Zimbabwe. Their cogent arguments prompted a public discussion that turned upside-down many of the liberation t [...]	2008-04-22 05:41:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS MARR WA
08WINDHOEK122	NAMIBIA-CHINA RELATIONS [...] China's focus in Namibia is mainly economic and commercial, with an underlying political objective of maintaining Namibian support for Chinese positions on certain issues (One China policy, Taiwan, UN, etc.). Chinese firms dominate the Namibian construction industry and have faced numerous al [...]	2008-05-06 06:37:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR SENV TRGY WA
08WINDHOEK126	HCOC AND NAMIBIA [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, encouraging Namibia to join the Hague Code of Conduct, to MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer Nada Kreuger on May 7, 2008. Kreuger had no substantive reply, but promised to forward the information to the relevant MFA legal officials who review all possible Namib [...]	2008-05-08 14:38:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA WA
08WINDHOEK127	NAMIBIA AND UNSCR TRAVEL BANS ON IRANIANS [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the issue of UNSCR-imposed travel bans on designated Iranian officials (reftels) with MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer Nada Kreuger on May 7, 2008. Kreuger explained that Namibia had hosted a team from the UN Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee (1267 Committee) in [...]	2008-05-08 14:38:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA WA
08WINDHOEK229	NAMIBIA: DEMARCHE ON ZIMBABWE TALKS [...] (U) Acting DCM presented reftel points to MFA Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete on Tuesday, July 29. The meeting was cordial and Nghiwete made clear that the GRN hopes the negotiations in Zimbabwe will result in a unity government. Nonetheless, he stressed that the GRN sees sanctions on Zi [...]	2008-07-29 17:10:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SADC ZI
08WINDHOEK235	NAMIBIAN OPPOSITION FEARS ZIMBABWE-STYLE POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) senior officials and Council of Democrats (COD) President Ben Ulenga, in recent meetings with Embassy officials, voiced their concern that the Namibian government is sliding toward autocracy under the continued influence of Founding President [...]	2008-07-31 17:20:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL WA
08WINDHOEK249	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE, LAND REFORM WITH [...] (C) During a cordial 45-minute meeting with the Ambassador in his office on August 12, Foreign Minister Marco Hausiku declined to describe the kind of agreement he hoped ZANU-PF and the MDC would reach, saying that was up to Zimbabweans. The Ambassador stressed the U.S. view that Morgan Tsvangi [...]	2008-08-13 16:24:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EAID EAGR KMCA ZI WA
08WINDHOEK254	NAMIBIAN MINISTER OF LANDS: EXPROPRIATION SHOULD [...] (C) Minister of Lands and Resettlement Alpheus Naruseb told the Ambassador on August 13 that expropriation of land (eminent domain) should be a last resort, and that he intends to allocate land without antagonizing key stakeholders and nsure it remains productive. He lamented that a majority o [...]	2008-08-18 16:23:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR PGOV PHUM KMCA PINR WA
08WINDHOEK265	RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF S. OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA: [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel talking points on August 27 to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Wilbard Hellao. He underscored our strong concern over Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, noting the move was inconsistent with previous UNSC resolutions (which Russia had voted in fa [...]	2008-08-28 16:37:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU WA
08WINDHOEK266	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION POLITICIAN [...] (C) Ambassador Mathieu and Poloff met on August 27 with Congress of Democrats (COD) Member of Parliament Nora Schimming-Chase. Schimming-Chase predicted that the current leadership impasse between factions of the COD would be resolved by November and the party would be united going into the 2 [...]	2008-08-28 16:41:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR WA
08WINDHOEK268	KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: NAMIBIA UNDECIDED [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel talking points on September 2 to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Martin Andjaba. He underscored that UNGA's approval of the Serbian resolution could have adverse consequences, impeding the international community's efforts to address the pressing needs of Kosov [...]	2008-09-03 08:16:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNAUS KVIR WA
08WINDHOEK279	PRESIDENT CREATES STANDALONE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (U) On September 8 President Hifikepunye Pohamba acted to split the Office of the Attorney General from the Justice Ministry, appointing Dr Albert Kawana as interim Attorney General. The move to decouple the offices has been met with support from legal professionals and opposition parties. E [...]	2008-09-09 13:20:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR WA
08WINDHOEK283	AMBASSADOR DYBUL VISIT TO NAMIBIA [...] (SBU) U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Mark Dybul recently completed a three day official visit (September 8-10) to Namibia. The visit's main purpose was to underscore the USG's partnership with Namibia in its fight against HIV/AIDS. During his meetings with Namibian government (GRN) [...]	2008-09-12 11:14:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KHIV WA
08WINDHOEK290	NAMIBIA UNDECIDED ON UNAIDS DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 15. According to Shiweva, Namibia had not yet been approached regarding the selection of a new Executive Director for the Joint Unit [...]	2008-09-17 08:52:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV UNGA EAID WA
08WINDHOEK291	NAMIBIA'S RESPONSE TO UNGA HR RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 15. Shiweva stated that Namibia would, in all likelihood, vote on the United Nations General Assembly's Third Committee Human Rights [...]	2008-09-17 10:38:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN WA
08WINDHOEK301	NAMIBIA: IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE [...] (C) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 22. Shiweva stated that "to his knowledge Namibia had not yet been approached by any country" with regards to the nomination of a memb [...]	2008-09-26 11:08:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUCWA WA
08WINDHOEK302	NAMIBIA'S LABOR PAINS [...] (C) Namibia's leading labor union federation, the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW),has long argued that its close relationship with the ruling South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) party ensures workers' concerns are considered when the Namibian government (GRN) crafts and [...]	2008-09-29 12:12:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB WA
08WINDHOEK303	NAMIBIA: SWAPO ASSERTS STRENGTH IN LOCAL VOTE [...] (SBU) The Rally for Democracy and Progress' (RDP) second electoral challenge to Namibia's ruling and dominant South West African Peoples Organization (SWAPO) fell considerably short of expectations on September 26. RDP only managed to win 123 votes to SWAPO's 1299 votes in the election for se [...]	2008-09-30 11:01:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM WA
08WINDHOEK304	NAMIBIA: AFRICA GROUP HAS DECIDED ON CONSENSUS [...] (U) In a call on Ministry of Health deputy Permanent Secretary Norbert Forster on September 30, Charge followed up on earlier discussions with the MFA (ref A) regarding the appointment of a successor to UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot. Conveying ref B talking points, Charge explained th [...]	2008-09-30 13:40:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV UNGA EAID WA
08WINDHOEK305	NAMIBIA: IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE [...] (C) CDA met with Ministry of Health deputy Permanent Secretary Norbert Forster on September 30 to discuss the IAEA vote for the MESA Group open seat, per ref C. The Ministry of Health's Permanent Secretary, Forster's immediate superior, is currently in Vienna as head of Namibia's delegation [...]	2008-09-30 13:53:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUCWA WA
08WINDHOEK314	NAMIBIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE: USITC RESPONSE [...] (U) This cable is in response to reftel request from the U.S. International Trade Commission for information on infrastructure conditions that effect export competitiveness. 2. (SBU) Compared to other Sub-Saharan African countries, Namibia has fairly well developed and maintained infras [...]	2008-10-03 08:50:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD OTRA ASEC WA
08WINDHOEK315	NAMIBIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is the AGOA Eligibility Review submission for Namibia. Responses are keyed to paragraph 3 of reftel. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Country: NAMIBIA Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. (SBU) Country Background Summary: Namibia has a population of approximately 2 [...]	2008-10-06 08:57:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON XA WA
08WINDHOEK320	NAMIBIA: UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION, BUT [...] (C) Charge d'affaires met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete to deliver reftel demarche on October 6. CDA was accompanied by poleconoff, while Nghiwete was joined by Deputy Permanent Secretary Hinyangerwa Asheeke and Deputy Director for Bi [...]	2008-10-07 11:48:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV WA
08WINDHOEK331	AMIDST ACCUSATIONS, NAMIBIAN GOVERNMENT BACKS MCA [...] (C) Beginning September 18, the SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) began leveling unfounded accusations that certain senior Namibian government officials were planning to sell off Etosha National Park to the United States Government using the recently signed Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) co [...]	2008-10-15 16:51:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	KMCA PGOV ECON WA
08WINDHOEK333	NAMIBIA: F-77 REPORTER DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 11:42:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINS WA
08WINDHOEK335	NAMIBIA: PRIME MINISTER CONVOKES CHARGE ON MCC [...] (C) Prime Minister Nahas Angula convoked the Charge d'affaires October 21 to express the Namibian Government's (GRN) continued commitment to the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program, following news reports that senior ruling SWAPO party officials continue to have serious concerns about [...]	2008-10-21 15:36:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	KMCA PGOV ECON WA
08WINDHOEK336	NAMIBIA: ONE VIEW ON SADC ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Charge d'affaires delivered reftel demarche to Secretary to the Cabinet Franz Kapofi on October 23. Kapofi, a senior advisor to President Hifikepunye Pohamba, explained that he was not sure if Namibia would send a representative to the SADC Politics, Defense and Security Organ Troika Su [...]	2008-10-23 15:36:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI PGOV WA
08WINDHOEK337	NAMIBIA MCA COMPACT: THE HARD ROAD TO RATIFICATION [...] (C) Charge d'affaires called on Namibia's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact lead negotiator Franz Kapofi on October 23 to discuss the prospects for the Compact's ratification before Parliament' December-January recess. Charge emphasized that failure to ratify the Compact before the r [...]	2008-10-24 15:45:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	KMCA PGOV ECON WA
08WINDHOEK338	NAMIBIA: NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE (IWOC) [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Windhoek is proud to nominate Elizabeth !Khaxas as our candidate for the Secretary of State's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Despite threats and harassment, Elizabeth !Khaxas has demonstrated outstanding courage and leadership in promoting the politic [...]	2008-10-28 15:17:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM WA
08WINDHOEK340	NAMIBIA: INCSR PART I, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] (SBU) While occasionally used as a drug transit point, Namibia is not a major drug producer or exporter. Nevertheless, statistics compiled in 2008 showed a marked increase in illegal drug seizures compared to previous years, with approximately $570,000 worth of drugs (1383 kilograms of marijuan [...]	2008-11-03 12:44:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR WA
08WINDHOEK345	NAMIBIA: SWAPO WINS AGAIN AMIDST AN OPPOSITION BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) As it has in previous by-elections this year, the ruling SWAPO party retained control of the Tobias Hainyeko Constituency seat with an overwhelming victory. The October 31 by-election became necessary when SWAPO expelled the previous Tobias Hainyeko Councilor, Erasmus Hendjala, from the [...]	2008-11-05 15:56:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM WA
08WINDHOEK365	NAMIBIAN DEFENSE MINSTER INSISTS SOLDIERS WILL NOT [...] (U) Namibian papers reported on November 14 that Minister of Defense Charles Namoloh told journalists that, despite Angola's announcement this week that it would send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the GRN would not act unilaterally and send the Namibian National Defense Fo [...]	2008-11-14 11:03:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL WA
08WINDHOEK367	NAMIBIA: INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Although Namibia has one of the most highly developed financial systems in Africa, it is not considered a regional financial center. In addition to the Bank of Namibia (the central bank),Namibia has four commercial banks. 2. (SBU) The major sources of potential money laundering in N [...]	2008-11-17 10:46:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR WA
08WINDHOEK368	TSVANGIRAI MEETS QUIETLY WITH POHAMBA IN WINDHOEK [...] (C) In a November 14 meeting with Namibian MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador Veiccoh Nghiwete, DCM asked about a press report that President Pohamaba had met in Windhoek with Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai before the November 8-9 SADC summit. Nghiwete confirmed the story, say [...]	2008-11-18 16:21:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM WA ZI
08WINDHOEK370	NAMIBIA ON U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) On November 24, Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to Absalom Nghifitikeko, social and humanitarian desk officer of the multilateral affairs department of the MFA. Nghifitikeko said he would convey the USG position to the MFA's senior leadership, but he had no substantive comments on the dem [...]	2008-11-24 15:37:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA WA
08WINDHOEK371	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (U) On November 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Absalom Nghifitikeko, social and humanitarian desk officer of the multilateral affairs department of the MFA. Nghifitikeko had no substantive comments and did not indicate whether the GRN would support the USG position. Poloff urged the G [...]	2008-11-24 15:49:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY WA
08WINDHOEK378	NAMIBIA: GPAF DEMARCHE SPURS FOOD SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 05:48:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV
08WINDHOEK394	POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA FORESHADOWS [...] (C) Namibia's general elections are approximately one year away, but the campaign season is in full swing. After a series of minor political confrontations during the Tobias Hainyeko by-election (reftel),a violent attack on a Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) rally by supporters of the [...]	2008-12-09 13:43:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM WA
08WINDHOEK398	NAMIBIA: LACEY ACT AMENDMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to members of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF),as well as the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). Director of Forestry J.S. Hailwa remarked that the new import declaration requirements under the amended Lacey Act should not impo [...]	2008-12-09 14:29:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO WA
08WINDHOEK407	SIZING UP THE RDP [...] (C) Summary: The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) celebrated its first birthday in November. The party may be new to Namibian politics, but its players are not. Led by former SWAPO stalwarts and well-known personalities elected at the party's December 5 congress, the RDP seems poised to [...]	2008-12-15 13:21:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV WA
08WINDHOEK95	NAMIBIA "CONCERNED" ABOUT ZIMBABWE, NOT READY TO MAKE PUBLIC [...] (C) Foreign Minister Hausiku told the Ambassador on March 7 that Namibia was "concerned" by the situation in Zimbabwe, but would not issue a public statement in the absence of declared results by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). The Ambassador urged the GRN to encourage all parties in [...]	2008-04-07 16:13:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI WA
08WINDHOEK97	NAMIBIA TO REVIEW U.S. SOFA PROPOSAL [...] (U) During a March 7 meeting, the Ambassador told Foreign Minister Marco Hausiku that the USG would be pleased to enter into negotiations to discuss the draft Status of Forces Agreement that the Embassy provided to MFA officials in November 2007 (ref A) and the Ambassador again delivered on Ap [...]	2008-04-08 16:01:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MASS MARR WA
08YAOUNDE10	CAMEROON FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon Finance Minister Essimi Menye told the Ambassador during her December 21 courtesy call that "the future of Cameroon is cocoa" and that long-running plans to privatize national airline CAMAIR and national telecom CAMTEL are being revisited. Economic growth will remain l [...]	2008-01-03 16:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAIR ECON PREL EINV CM
08YAOUNDE103	CAMEROONIAN PRESIDENT BIYA TELLS AMBASSADOR HE [...] (C) On January 31, Ambassador met for one-and-a-half hours with President Paul Biya, at our request. Biya outlined his plans to change the constitution in March to eliminate term limits. He hoped this would reduce internal friction within his government. He plans to create a Vice Presiden [...]	2008-01-31 18:04:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ENIV MAS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08YAOUNDE1032	CAMEROON'S COTTON SECTOR IN PAIN [...] (U) Summary: Cameroon, the seventh largest cotton producer in Africa, has seen the sector decline steadily since 2005. Contacts at Sodecoton, the government cotton parastatal, recently told the Ambassador and Emboffs that this was a result of lower world prices for raw cotton, a spike in fer [...]	2008-10-20 15:52:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD CM
08YAOUNDE1033	CAMEROON: EXPECTATIONS FROM MINING INVESTMENTS FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Facing sluggish economic growth, declining oil reserves and under- and unemployment that have rendered the population volatile, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) has hitched its economic development to a series of ambitious mining projects. Recent visits to the East, Adamaoua, [...]	2008-10-21 06:41:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EMIN ECON ELAB CM
08YAOUNDE1034	SHOW ME THE MONEY! CAMEROON FOCUSES ON ASSET [...] (C) Summary. In the midst of an ongoing anti-corruption drive--the most aggressive in Cameroon's history --Cameroonians, from government officials and journalists to the proverbial man on the street, are increasingly fixated on the prospects of asset recovery. With dozens of senior officia [...]	2008-10-21 06:42:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR EFIN ECON PREL CM
08YAOUNDE1041	CAMEROON-NIGERIA JOINT COMMISSION ENDS ON A HIGH [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 8-11 Fourth Session of the Cameroon-Nigeria Joint Commission highlighted the desire by both countries for a new era of cooperation. The final document from the session called for expanded cooperation on security, including joint land and maritime patrols and inte [...]	2008-10-22 13:41:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CM ECON MARR NI PREL
08YAOUNDE1042	CAMEROON POLICE SUSPENDED FOR KIDNAPPING OF EQUATO-GUINEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon has reacted with shock to reports that Cameroonian police officials collaborated with security officials from the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (GREG) to kidnap a Equatoguinean convicted in absentia and seeking refugee status in Cameroon. The two po [...]	2008-10-22 13:42:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CM
08YAOUNDE1046	Cameroon: Municipal Elections Bode Well for Democracy [...] (U) On October 26, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) will re-run municipal elections in six districts where the Supreme Court determined the original elections (in July 2007) were fatally flawed. The government has held parliamentary re-run elections in the past. The Supreme Court annulled [...]	2008-10-23 15:04:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CM
08YAOUNDE1047	BAKASSI DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES: THE PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon has formed a committee to coordinate future development projects for Bakassi, under the auspices of the Prime Minister. The committee's initial report, designed to provide a broad road map for consideration by the government and donors, outlines priority needs for Ba [...]	2008-10-23 15:52:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM EAID ECON NI PGOV PREL
08YAOUNDE1056	CAMEROON OPEN(ING) FOR BUSINESS; COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS [...] (U) Summary: Post has been heavily engaged in commercial and economic policy outreach, reflecting the priority given to enhancing bilateral trade and fostering economic development, a key Mission Strategic Plan objective. Working under the aegis of a mission-wide Economic Working Group tha [...]	2008-10-27 15:49:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD BEXP KCOR CM
08YAOUNDE1057	UNCOMMON COURAGE: CAMEROON'S MADELEINE AFITE [...] (SBU) I am proud to nominate Madeline Afite, the President of Cameroon's Maison de Droits de l'Homme and a extraordinary champion of democracy and human rights, for the Secretary's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage. Madeline is a fearless champion of human rights and democracy. [...]	2008-10-27 16:34:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KPAO PHUM PGOV CM
08YAOUNDE1071	PIRATES ATTACK OIL SUPPLY VESSEL IN CAMEROON, [...] (SBU) At approximately midnight on October 31, unknown assailants in three boats attacked a vessel contracted by the French oil company Total off the Cameroon shore, between Bakassi and Limbe, taking 10 or 11 crew members hostage (no Amcits). According to Total's Cameroon Director, the host [...]	2008-10-31 12:06:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CM EPET PGOV PREL
08YAOUNDE1077	CAMEROON ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE NETS ANOTHER [...] (U) Cameroon's anti-corruption drive, dubbed Operation Epervier ("Sparrowhawk") by the Cameroonian public, has netted another government official for embezzlement. Jean Dieudonne Ndoumou, most recently assigned to the Prime Minister's office, was detained by judicial authorities during the [...]	2008-11-04 14:35:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL ECON EINV CM
08YAOUNDE1102	CAMEROON: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] (U) Summary: Cameroon, with a GDP of about $20.6 billion, is the largest economy in the six-nation Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC). It is enjoying its thirteenth consecutive year of GDP growth, currently projected at 4.6 percent. It has a population of 18.5 million, a [...]	2008-11-10 10:08:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM CM
08YAOUNDE1104	CAMEROON: REQUEST FY09 PEPFAR FUNDS FOR TREATMENT [...] (U) This message contains an action request for OGAC. 2. (U) The USG has the opportunity to assume responsibility for ongoing anti-retroviral treatment (ART) program for about 5,500 men, women and children in the regions hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic in Cameroon. The Cameroon Baptist [...]	2008-11-10 10:16:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV PREL CM
08YAOUNDE1107	CAMEROON: BANKERS' VIEWS ON FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: The global financial crisis has not significantly affected Cameroon and the country will likely remain relatively insulated in the short term. However, Cameroon's economy is heavily exposed to international commodity prices in everything from oil to cocoa and cobalt. Local fin [...]	2008-11-10 15:50:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD CM
08YAOUNDE1114	CAMEROONQS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS REVEAL WEAKNESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26, six re-run municipal council elections were peaceful and to some degree improved from other recent polls. However, turnout was lower than expected and there were numerous irregularities, highlighting major areas for improvement as Cameroon heads toward national [...]	2008-11-13 09:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CM
08YAOUNDE112	CAMEROON: MINISTER OF TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 1, Ambassador met with Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Hamidou Yaya Marafa, whose responsibilities includes elections, decentralization, local administration and some aspects of internal security. Marafa said a recent Governor [...]	2008-02-04 16:11:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PHUM
08YAOUNDE1133	TOWARD 2011: FOCUS ON "CHANGE" IN COUNTRY-WIDE ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Yaounde's highest priority Mission Strategic Plan goal is strengthening democracy and good governance, an objective of great importance as President Biya celebrates 26 years in power and 2011 Cameroonian presidential elections approach. To that end, Post used the U.S. e [...]	2008-11-19 15:20:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRC KPAO PREL OIIP SCUL PGOV CM
08YAOUNDE1169	CAMEROON: PRESIDENT BIYA AT 26 [...] (C) November 6 marked President Paul Biya's 26th year in power. The occasion passed with little of the fanfare we saw at his 25th anniversary, perhaps reflecting greater anxiety and frustration in the country. 2008 was a particularly eventful political year, marked by a controversial const [...]	2008-12-03 14:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL
08YAOUNDE119	CAMEROON'S FINANCIAL WATCHDOG SAYS CABINET [...] (S) Summary. In a recent meeting with Poloff, the head of Cameroon's financial crimes watchdog, Hubert Nde Sambone, said that all but a few members of Cameroon's 57-person cabinet have accumulated ill-gotten gains, naming Essimi Menye (Finance),Muna (Culture),Fuh Gentry (Mines),and Ephri [...]	2008-02-07 16:11:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	KCOR EFIN PREL KTFN CM
08YAOUNDE121	CAMEROON: OPPOSITION TO CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Civil society representatives and opposition parties in Cameroon continue to speak out against President Biya's proposal to change the constitution. (Biya announced in his New Year's address that he would "reconsider" a constitutional amendment that would remove presidential term [...]	2008-02-08 10:42:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CM
08YAOUNDE1227	ACOTA SCORES WIN-WIN WITH CAMEROON TRAINING [...] (U) This cable is supplemented by photographs and other records of the event available on Yaounde's unclassified website at http://yaounde.usembassy.gov/ln_121209.html 2. (U) Summary: A Cameroonian battalion of 600 soldiers has completed ACOTA training in preparation for an eventual pea [...]	2008-12-18 16:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PHUM KPKO KWMN KTIP AORC PREL CM
08YAOUNDE1228	CAMEROON: APPROVAL OF FY09 1206 PROPOSAL FOR BASIC [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde concurs with U.S. Africa Command,s (USAFRICOM) proposal to use FY 09 1206 funds for Cameroon to participate in a Military Intelligence Basic Officer Course Africa(MIBOC-A)focused on the Gulf of Guinea. Post understands that this training will be offered to Cameroon as part [...]	2008-12-18 16:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM MARR MAS PINR PTER UV
08YAOUNDE1233	CAMEROON: DEMARCHE ON DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH IRAN [...] (S) On December 17, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on terminating defense cooperation with Iran to Secretary General Sebastien Foumane at the Ministry of External Relations. Secretary General Foumane responded that, to his knowledge, Cameroon did not have any defense cooperation agre [...]	2008-12-22 10:34:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	AF IR PARM PREL XA ISN NEA CM
08YAOUNDE1235	BIYA READY FOR PEACEKEEPING; PROMISES MORE [...] (C) Summary. Talk of security--Cameroon's recent ACOTA training and threats from armed groups in Bakassi--dominated the Ambassador's December 19 meeting with Cameroonian President Paul Biya. Biya said Cameroon is ready to participate in a peacekeeping mission and expressed confidence that [...]	2008-12-22 11:13:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	CM EAIR ECON EFIN KCOR KPKO MARR PGOV PINR
08YAOUNDE1236	CAMEROON: ANTI-CORRUPTION DEMONSTRATION REPRESSED [...] (U) On December 10, a local NGO, Association Citoyenne de Defense des Interets Collectifs (ACDIC),held a demonstration in Yaounde to protest corruption in the Agriculture Ministry. According to media and NGO sources, the police dispursed the demonstration forcibly, resulting in several inju [...]	2008-12-22 13:25:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM KCOR PGOV PHUM
08YAOUNDE1237	CAMEROON: INTEREST IN USG POSITION ON ZIMBABWE [...] 1. (C) In a meeting on December 17, Ministry of External Relations Secretary General Sebastien Foumane asked about the USG position on the crisis in Zimbabwe. He opined that the position of some countries, including the USG, was too strong. Cameroon felt a softer position that allowed Presid [...]	2008-12-22 13:27:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PREL ZI
08YAOUNDE1257	BIYA TAPS PARTY FAITHFUL TO RUN NEW ELECTION AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Paul Biya appointed the membership of the newly created elections agency ELECAM in a Presidential Decree issued on December 30, one day after the legislative deadline. The process of devolving management of the elections from the central government to an independent [...]	2008-12-31 14:52:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL PHUM PINR CM
08YAOUNDE126	Cameroon-based UN Assessment of the Refugee Situation in [...] (U) Summary: On February 8, Poloff attended a UNDP-organized meeting of UN agencies, the ICRC, and diplomats to discuss ongoing humanitarian assistance efforts to refugees from Chad currently in Kousseri. According to those at the meeting, the 30,000 refugees in the area lack adequate sh [...]	2008-02-08 15:11:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF CM CD

08YAOUNDE154	DISCUSSING CHAD AT THE CAMEROON FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (SBU) In a February 15 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, Secretary General of the Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS Sebastien Foumane said that Cameroon had supported President Deby "very firmly" and noted that the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) had issued a joint press [...]	2008-02-15 13:58:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD CM PREL TBIO
08YAOUNDE164	CAMEROON SCENSETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S FEBRUARY [...] (C) Summary: Welcome back to Cameroon. Since your July 2006 visit (refs b and c),we have made much progress on military cooperation with Cameroon, highlighted by the launch of the ACOTA program in 2007. Following the standing up of the new Africa Command, we have also engaged in a robust [...]	2008-02-20 11:57:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON PGOV PHUM PREL
08YAOUNDE167	CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hosting a February 5 public diplomacy event for leaders of Cameroonian civil society, Ambassador delivered remarks in which she encouraged open dialogue on the issue of changing Cameroon's constitution and stated USG opposition to amending executive term limits. She hosted a [...]	2008-02-20 14:44:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CM PGOV PREL
08YAOUNDE187	EMBASSY YAOUNDE TRIPWIRES [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde informs the Department of specific tripwires Post is monitoring in light of the recent civil unrest and widespread rioting in Cameroon. Today, February 27th, various neighborhoods in Yaounde have reported gunfire, tire burning, destruction of small shops, stores, and ston [...]	2008-02-27 13:58:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE190	CAMEROON: UPDATE ON RIOTS, NATIONWIDE TAXI STRIKE, [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 09:45 am local time on February 26 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance [...]	2008-02-27 16:49:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE191	CAMEROON: RIOTS AND TAXI STRIKE STILL IN FORCE [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 08:30am local time on February 27 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance were [...]	2008-02-27 19:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE192	CAMEROON: RIOTS AND TAXI STRIKE STILL IN FORCE [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 08:30am local time on February 27 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance were [...]	2008-02-28 09:03:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE193	CAMEROON: BIYA'S SPEECH OUT OF TOUCH AND UNHELPFUL [...] (SBU) President Paul Biya addressed the Cameroonian people February 27 on the recent violence in Cameroon. He minced no words, blaming opposition politicians (whom he labeled "demons") for manipulating the country's youth to "obtain through violence what they were unable to obtain through the [...]	2008-02-28 11:56:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO ASEC CM
08YAOUNDE194	Cameroon: Update on security situation [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...]	2008-02-28 16:42:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE195	Cameroon: Update on security situation [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...]	2008-02-28 17:07:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE197	Cameroon: Update on security situation [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...]	2008-02-28 17:19:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE199	CAMEROON: UPDATE ON RIOTS, NATIONWIDE TAXI STRIKE, [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 09:45 am local time on February 26 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance [...]	2008-02-29 06:46:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE203	TFCM-01: SITREP 1 [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde EAC met at 08:30 local time on February 29 to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. In attendance were AMB, DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, MGT, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. "Enforced calm" throughout most of Cameroon -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) [...]	2008-03-03 09:05:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT KFLO KSAC MARR PHUM PINR PGOV
08YAOUNDE204	Task Force Cameroon-01: SITREP 1 [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde EAC met at 08:30 local time on February 29 to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. In attendance were AMB, DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, MGT, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. "Enforced calm" throughout most of Cameroon -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) [...]	2008-03-03 09:06:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT KFLO KSAC MARR PHUM PINR PGOV
08YAOUNDE209	CAMEROON'S ECONOMY: BACKDROP TO A WEEK OF VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon's economic outlook portends continued tepid growth despite high oil prices, reflecting low levels of investment, poor execution of the budget, and the reduced competitiveness of agricultural exports. Recent conversations with IMF and World Bank officials underscore [...]	2008-03-04 13:10:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM ECON EFIN EIND EMIN PGOV EINV ELAB PINR
08YAOUNDE211	CAMEROON: STRIKES AND DEMONSTRATIONS...WHAT NOW? [...] (C) Summary. On February 25-27, Cameroon experienced its worst period of violence since the early 1990s. Violent protests and looting left major property damage and 16-17 dead (according to government estimates; nonofficial estimates are much higher). The causes were a mix of political and e [...]	2008-03-04 15:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL MARR ECON ELAB CM
08YAOUNDE215	CAMEROON: EAC MEETING AND UPDATE ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] (U) On March 5, 2008, Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 0930 to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. The EAC was chaired by the Ambassador and in attendance were the DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, Peace Corps, Health Unit, Embassy Branch Office, GSO, and MGMT. 2. (U) The situation [...]	2008-03-05 14:15:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE236	CAMEROON: FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS IN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Foreign Minister on March 5 told Ambassador that comments about domestic politics, such as the ruling party's plan to amend the constitution and eliminate presidential term limits, violate "diplomatic law." He nonetheless reaffirmed our mutual ties, leaving us wonderin [...]	2008-03-11 12:04:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CM KJUS PGOV PHUM
08YAOUNDE237	THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY: TRACING CAMEROON'S [...] (S) Summary. President Biya has reason to believe that powerful political barons worked to manipulate the population's genuine political-economic frustrations in order to cultivate instability in more than 30 Cameroonian cities during the week of February 25 (ref a). Amid the conflicting a [...]	2008-03-11 13:37:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	PGOV PREL KCOR CM
08YAOUNDE247	CAMEROON: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On March 5, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Henri Eyebe Ayissi, and encouraged Cameroon to recognize Kosovo's independence and support the Organization of Islamic Conference's (OIC) statement. The Minister took notes but offered no response. GARVEY [...]	2008-03-13 08:48:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV KISL CM
08YAOUNDE256	DAS SWAN'S VISIT TO CAMEROON: RIOTS, THE [...] (C) Summary: During a March 7-9 visit to Yaounde and Douala, DAS Jim Swan met with President Biya, other senior government officials and representatives of business, media and civil society. Publicly and privately, Swan expressed USG concerns about Cameroon's recent riots, President Biya's [...]	2008-03-14 14:56:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON PGOV PHUM PREL
08YAOUNDE259	YAOUNDE EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS REVERSE TRIPWIRES [...] (SBU) Embassy Yaounde expanded Emergency Action Committee met on March 17 to discuss the security situation and reverse tripwires following recent violent civil unrest in Cameroon. The EAC was chaired by the DCM and in attendance were RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, CONS, PA, HU, MGMT, GSO, CLO and Peace C [...]	2008-03-17 12:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE26	CAMEROON'S NEW MINISTER OF ECONOMY: DYNAMIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 8 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (MINEPAT) Louis Paul Motaze highlighted the need for more decisive action to spur economic growth and improve Cameroon's business climate. He was anxious to engage on the M [...]	2008-01-10 09:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EIND KMCA CM
08YAOUNDE262	CAMEROON INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON FISCAL [...] (SBU) The following information is keyed to questions in reftel: --Is Cameroon's Budget Made Public? At the beginning of the fiscal year, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) publishes an overview of projected expenditures, indicating how the GRC intends to spends money at the Ministry-level [...]	2008-03-17 14:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON KCOR PREL CM
08YAOUNDE266	CAMEROON PRESS FREEDOM AT RISK [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 10:02:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SOCI OPRC CM
08YAOUNDE280	CAMEROON: RIOT TRIALS BEGIN, SIGNS OF INJUSTICE [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Ministry of Justice is conducting trials to prosecute those suspected of participating in the February 25-29 riots in five of the country's ten provinces. Most of the accused are poor young men. Minister of Justice Amadou Ali told reporters at a March 6 press conferenc [...]	2008-03-24 11:01:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CM
08YAOUNDE297	CHADIAN ACADEMIC EXILE IN CAMEROON SEEKS USG [...] (S) On March 26, Pol/Econ Chief met with Professor Balaam Facho, a Chadian veterinarian, professor at the University of Ndjemena, former government minister (including Foreign Minister) and political figure, who said he currently serves as Coordinator of the Chad-based "Groupe de Reflection [...]	2008-03-28 06:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	CD CM PGOV PINR PREL
08YAOUNDE300	CAMEROON LURCHING TOWARDS GLOBAL AIDS FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Seeking to address the governance flaws that doomed Cameroon's Round 7 application to the Global Fund for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (GFATM),Cameroon's Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) met on March 27 to reform the size and composition of its membership. Although th [...]	2008-03-28 12:55:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV EAID PREL KCOR CM
08YAOUNDE313	CAMEROON CORRUPTION: FORMER MINISTERS OF FINANCE, [...] (U) Former Minister of Finance Polycarpe Abah Abah and former Minister of Health Urbain Awono Olanguena and as many as four lower level officials from their ministries were arrested and detained by Cameroon's judiciary police during the night of March 30 to March 31, according to state-owned [...]	2008-03-31 16:34:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM CVIS KCOR PGOV PREL
08YAOUNDE329	CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) The Deputy Secretary General of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) and head of parliamentary affairs at the Presidency, Gregoire Owona, told Pol/Econ Chief on April 4 that the text of a proposed constitutional revision was submitted to parliament late April 3 and that [...]	2008-04-04 13:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PINR CM
08YAOUNDE33	CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary: President Paul Biya's New Year's speech, in which he announced his intention to "reconsider" changing the constitution, particularly presidential term limits (ref A),has sent shock waves throughout Cameroon. The private media, many civil society activists, and some opposition fi [...]	2008-01-11 11:26:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PHUM PREL
08YAOUNDE330	CAMEROON RIOTS SPUR GOVERMENT ACTION, BUT TO WHAT [...] (C) Summary. In the month since violent social unrest rattled Cameroon's highly touted stability, the Government has responded with uncharacteristic celerity and a flurry of highly publicized economic decisions. President Paul Biya on March 7 called a rare Cabinet meeting, issuing firm ins [...]	2008-04-04 13:26:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON EFIN PINR CM
08YAOUNDE331	CAMEROON REACTS TO EUROPEAN UNION STATEMENT ON [...] (U) The independent media and many civil society contacts in Cameroon have welcomed the European Union's March 27 statement (see paragraph 4 for text) addressing riots in February and President Paul Biya's stated plans to change the constitution and eliminate term limits. They have also noted [...]	2008-04-07 06:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL CM EU
08YAOUNDE346	CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) on April 4 presented a bill to the National Assembly to revise the 1996 Constitution (ref c). Embassy contacts tell us the Assembly will likely approve the amendments by April 11, and President Biya will ratify them soon thereafter. This bill con [...]	2008-04-09 13:49:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ASEC KDEM PHUM CM
08YAOUNDE35	CAMEROON: NEW TWISTS IN ANTI-CORRUPTION COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Amadou Ali's anti-corruption effort, with USG support, made headline news in Cameroon on January 9. Ambassador Garvey and the Ambassadors of Italy and the Netherlands met with Ali that evening. The Minister reaffirmed his and President Biya's commitment to [...]	2008-01-14 15:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL PGOV CM
08YAOUNDE358	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 10, the National Assembly overwhelmingly passed a controversial constitutional amendment which, among other things, removes presidential term limits and gives the president immunity from prosecution for acts committed while in office. Opposition parties suggested changes [...]	2008-04-11 12:25:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CM
08YAOUNDE359	CAMEROON FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINS BIYA'S MOTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon's Minister of External Relations, Henri Eyebe Ayissi, asked to speak with Charge d'Affaires on April 9 to present the government's official position on recent "major events in the life of Cameroon," specifically, the constitutional revisions currently in process (reftels [...]	2008-04-11 13:15:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM PHUM CM
08YAOUNDE366	CAMEROON'S ANIF DIRECTOR DISCUSSES TERRORIST [...] (S) Summary: In an April 11 meeting with Poloff, Hubert Nde Sambone, Director of Cameroon's National Agency for Financial Investigations (ANIF),welcomed Washington's response (ref a) to ANIF's request for more information regarding financial transfers from the Revival of Islamic Heritage S [...]	2008-04-15 14:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	CM EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
08YAOUNDE367	BIYA SIGNS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REMOVING TERM [...] (U) President Paul Biya on April 14 signed and ratified the controversial constitutional amendment passed by the National Assembly on April 11. Among other things, the bill removes presidential term limits and creates immunity for the president after he leaves office. A widely rumored opposi [...]	2008-04-15 15:13:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CM
08YAOUNDE368	YAOUNDE AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE LESSONS LEARNED: IT [...] (U) Summary: During the last week of February 2008, Cameroon's renowned stability and tranquility of Cameroon were shattered by a spasm of rioting and violence that led Embassy Yaounde to request the authorized departure of eligible family members. Mission Cameroon's lessons learned from this [...]	2008-04-15 15:43:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AF AFIN AMGT ASEC CA CASC CM CMGT KFLO
08YAOUNDE416	CAMEROON UPDATE: AMBASSADOR MEETS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, Ambassador met with Philemon Yang, Minister Assistant Secretary General at the Presidency. He defended President Biya's decision to change the constitution, said Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) would be established by June and strongly suggested that Biya would not ru [...]	2008-04-25 11:12:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
08YAOUNDE428	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroon's civil unrest in February highlighted the risk of political volatility caused by rising food prices. Cameroon's high food prices are mostly caused by poor economic planning and management over the long-term. Blessed with enormous agricultural potential, Cameroon cou [...]	2008-05-02 11:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV EFIN CM
08YAOUNDE43	CAMEROON: MINISTER OF MINES PROVIDES OVERVIEW OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 9, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Badel Ndanga Ndinga, Minister of Industry, Mines and Technological Development, and his mining team. They noted Cameroon's large (though largely untapped) mining potential, including its active artisinal mining sector. The U.S [...]	2008-01-15 16:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM ECON EIND EMIN
08YAOUNDE440	CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS PRIME MINISTER INONI [...] (C) Summary: In an April 29 meeting with Ambassador, Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni said he had completed a list of members for Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) and was advocating for an extension of the exploration license for US-led mining company Hydromine. He alleged the President [...]	2008-05-07 10:44:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL
08YAOUNDE449	CAMEROON: 212F HELPS GRC DETAIN CORRUPT OFFICIAL [...] (U) Paragraph 6 of this message contains an Action Request for INL/C. 2. (U) Cameroonian police detained Zachaeus Mungwe Forjindam on May 7, the same day he was replaced as General Manager of the parastatal Cameroon Shipyard. Forjindam's arrest has been greeted by Cameroonian press rep [...]	2008-05-09 11:10:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR CVIS PREL ECON CM
08YAOUNDE458	CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR VISITS EIFORCES [...] (U) Summary: On May 7, the Ambassador and other Embassy personnel visited the planned future site of L'Ecole Internationale des Forces de Securite Interieure (EIFORCES) outside of Yaounde. EIFORCES is a Cameroon-led initiative with strong French support which is intended to build a robust, per [...]	2008-05-13 12:37:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS MOPS CM
08YAOUNDE510	UNSYG REP CONCERNED ABOUT BAKASSI HANDOVER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Said Djinnit, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative to the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission on the Bakassi border issue, expressed concern over security and other matters in connection with the upcoming (August 14) transfer of authority in the zone curre [...]	2008-05-29 07:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM MARR MOPS NI PREL PTBS
08YAOUNDE511	UNSYG REP CONCERNED ABOUT BAKASSI HANDOVER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Said Djinnit, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative to the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission on the Bakassi border issue, expressed concern over security and other matters in connection with the upcoming (August 14) transfer of authority in the zone curre [...]	2008-05-29 07:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM MARR MOPS NI PREL PTBS
08YAOUNDE517	CAMEROON: POLITICAL MOOD UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Political tension continues to be high at the top levels of the Cameroon government amidst persistent rumors of an imminent Cabinet shuffle and stepped-up anti-corruption efforts. The President,s much-vaunted emergency measures (reftel) have had little impact the economic prob [...]	2008-05-30 11:24:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM PREL
08YAOUNDE518	CAMEROON HIKES PUBLIC SECTOR SALARIES: WHAT IMPACT FOR [...] (U) Summary: The pay raise that President Biya promised Cameroonian civil servants in the wake of February riots took effect on April 25, when an estimated 170,000 officials saw their salaries rise by 15 percent and their lodging benefits rise to 20 percent of their base salaries. The Unite [...]	2008-05-30 11:27:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN AMGT APER CM
08YAOUNDE521	Snapshot of Douala Post-Riots [...] (U) Summary: Douala -- CameroonQs business capital, largest city, and hotbed of the opposition -- remains calm following riots in February and a constitutional amendment in April. However, there is rising frustration about the price of food. End summary. 2. (U) Douala has remained calm [...]	2008-06-02 06:41:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR ASEC CM
08YAOUNDE546	CAMEROON CORRUPTION: ALBATROSS AFFAIR EMBROILS PM, [...] (C) Cameroonian media and gossip circuits have been abuzz in recent weeks with speculation that dozens of high-level officials and prominent Cameroonians, including Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni, will be arrested for their role in what looks to become the biggest corruption scandal in Cameroo [...]	2008-06-04 15:02:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM EAIR ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV
08YAOUNDE586	CAMEROON'S NORTHWEST PROVINCE: NEGLECTED SEAT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador's first trip to the Northwest Province on May 11-15, local contacts expressed frustration with the region's poor infrastructure and lack of economic development. This Anglophone region feels marginalized by Yaounde, in part because it is the stronghold of the m [...]	2008-06-10 15:08:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM
08YAOUNDE587	ASTOUNDING CORRUPTION AT CAMEROON'S AIRPORT AGENCY [...] (U) This message contains an action request for INL/C. 2. (C) Summary: Roger Ntongo Onguene, the General Manager of Aeroports du Cameroun (ADC),the Cameroonian government agency charged with management of the nation's airports, has embezzled millions of dollars from the ADC's coffers, [...]	2008-06-11 09:08:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR EAIR CVIS CM
08YAOUNDE591	CAMEROON LANDS MINISTER ON CORRUPTION, SOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon's economic growth is hampered by pervasive problems in the system that governs land use and ownership, according to Lands Minister Pascal Anong Adibime. During a June 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Adibime said he was shocked by the level of corruption within his own [...]	2008-06-11 13:40:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KCOR PREL PGOV EINV ECON CM
08YAOUNDE592	CAMEROON'S IMF PROGRAM AT A KEY DECISION POINT [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, Pol/Econ Chief met with IMF Resrep for Cameroon Malangu Kabedi-Mbuyi to discuss the Fund's plans for Cameroon after the anticipated end of its three-year program later this month. She explained that the GRC is currently deciding whether to pursue a new IMF Poverty [...]	2008-06-11 15:06:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM ECON EFIN
08YAOUNDE622	CAMEROON: EMBASSY ENGAGES ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary. On June 4, the Embassy hosted the opening ceremony for a USG-funded American Bar Association (ABA) seminar titled "Promoting a Multi-Disciplinary Strategy to Combating Trafficking in Persons". The Ambassador addressed the opening session by calling for stronger implementation of [...]	2008-06-17 13:05:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN CM
08YAOUNDE625	CAMEROON DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL MARITIME [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post demarched the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense on the Global Maritime Partnership. We have not yet received a substantive response. The GRC actively participates in the Africa Partnership Station (APS) and appears interested in future collaborations. We expec [...]	2008-06-20 08:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08YAOUNDE672	CAMEROON: ELECTIONS CAMEROON (ELECAM) DELAYED BY [...] (U) On June 27, the GRC asked the National Assembly to extend the implementation deadline for the creation of Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) by six months, leaving in place the National Observatory of Elections (ONEL) and the current electoral administration structure in place during the interi [...]	2008-06-30 15:57:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM PGOV PHUM
08YAOUNDE687	CAMEROON TAKES OVER BAKASSI IN SIX WEEKS [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GoN) is expected to hand over the remaining area of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula (known as "the zone") to Cameroon on August 14 2008, in accordance with the 2006 Greentree Agreement. Insecurity and criminal activity in "the zone" has risen in the two y [...]	2008-07-03 12:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08YAOUNDE698	CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS PM TO DISCUSS AGOA, [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 8, Ambassador met with Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni, at his request. He asked for advice in preparation for his travel to Washington as head of the Cameroon delegation to the July 14-16 AGOA Forum. Inoni is going with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Fi [...]	2008-07-08 16:46:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM ETRD MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL
08YAOUNDE706	ATTACK ON U.S. OIL SHIPPING VESSEL NEAR THE [...] (U) Summary: On July 08, 2008, RSO received information from Douala-based Captain Richard Manchester (who is in charge of security for Tidewater Marine International, Inc. West Africa and Schlumberger Area UIC Dock Wouri River) about the attack on their vessel MV Gulf Fleet No. 103 by armed [...]	2008-07-09 15:27:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC CM
08YAOUNDE707	HIGH-POWERED CAMEROONIAN DELEGATION TO AGOA: A [...] Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni will lead a high-powered, 26-member delegation to the upcoming AGOA Forum, which will include Finance Minister Essimi Menye, Minister of External Relations Henri Eyebe Ayissi, Minister of Economy and Planning Louis Paul Motaze, Minister of Trade Luc Ma [...]	2008-07-09 16:07:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	CM ECON EFIN ETRD OVIP PGOV
08YAOUNDE712	CAMEROON: DISCUSSION WITH BIYA'S CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary: On July 10, Pol/Econ Chief met with President Paul Biya's Director of Civil Cabinet (Chief of Staff) Jean-Baptiste Beleoken, who is in charge of managing the president's private affairs, protocol, and scheduling. Beleoken was focused on economics and said that this would be the [...]	2008-07-11 12:42:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CM ECON KCOR MARR PGOV PINR
08YAOUNDE713	CAMEROON: CEMAC CONFERENCE - LOTS OF PROTOCOL, [...] (SBU) Summary: From June 19-24, Cameroon hosted the Ninth Ordinary Session of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) in Yaounde. The Conference focused on the free movement of people within CEMAC, the creation of a CEMAC passport and airline and a proposal to rotate the [...]	2008-07-11 12:43:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AORC ECON ECIN CM
08YAOUNDE72	CAMEROON'S MINISTER OF ENERGY AND WATER ON SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon Minister of Energy and Water Jean Bernard Sindeu realizes there is a serious energy deficit, costing the economy an estimated 1-1.5% of annual GDP growth. He is planning a major expansion in the electricity sector but foresees continued significant supply shortfalls [...]	2008-01-28 13:11:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM ECON ENRG EPET EWWT
08YAOUNDE73	TALKING FINANCE IN CAMEROON'S COMMERCIAL CAPITAL [...] (U) Summary. Despite billions of dollars in excess liquidity in central African banks, much-needed investment in Cameroon is hindered by a lack of long-term capital, underdeveloped capital markets, and a challenging business climate, according to Douala-based bankers and businesspeople. Pri [...]	2008-01-28 13:40:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON EINV EMIN CM
08YAOUNDE738	CAMEROON'S FOOD CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon's food sector challenges remain unchanged since rising food prices were a major factor in sparking civil unrest in February. Significant impediments to a more productive agricultural sector include the dysfunctional nature of the government (particularly the Ministry o [...]	2008-07-16 14:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM EAGR EAID ECON PGOV
08YAOUNDE754	BAKASSI: 12 DEAD IN LATEST ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) In the early hours of July 24, an unidentified armed group attacked a Cameroonian naval detachment at Kombo a Junea in the Bakassi Peninsula, killing two Cameroonian soldiers and wounding four. Later that same day, Cameroonian Minister of Defense Remy Ze Meka released statement claiming [...]	2008-07-25 12:32:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	CM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08YAOUNDE758	AES TO "DOUBLE DOWN" WITH $1.3 BILLION IN CAMEROON [...] (U) Summary: In a July 24 meeting with President Biya, Paul Hanrahan, CEO of American power company AES, dismissed allegations of AES' flagging commitment to Cameroon and promised that AES' new investment would top $1.3 billion by 2011. Explaining that AES had rebuffed overtures from sove [...]	2008-07-29 13:45:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON ETRD CM
08YAOUNDE762	CAMEROON: GOV'T OFFICIALS ON IMPENDING BAKASSI [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) is not well-positioned to understand or deal with on-going violence in Bakassi and likely will not be so until well after the planned August 14 handover, according to meetings the Ambassador had with GRC officials and others during the week of J [...]	2008-07-30 06:25:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI MASS
08YAOUNDE770	CAMEROON ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNGA [...] (SBU) On July 31, Joe Nzume, the Director of North American Affairs at the GRC Ministry of External Relations, provided the following information concerning the Cameroonian delegation to UNGA. Nzume emphasized he is still in the planning stages for UNGA. Typically, the GRC does not decide [...]	2008-08-01 11:59:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	CM PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08YAOUNDE772	CAMEROONIAN MINISTER: "SHUFFLE COMING, BIYA WANTS [...] (C) Summary. President Biya had wanted to step down in 2011, but when he learned "young" officials were robbing the treasury to finance their 2011 succession campaign, he was forced to remove presidential term limits in order to squelch internal jockeying for succession, according to Victor [...]	2008-08-04 11:07:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR TBIO CM
08YAOUNDE784	CAMEROON: BIYA THANKFUL FOR USG ROLE, BUT WORRIED [...] (S) Summary. Although concerned by efforts within Nigeria to derail the Greentree Accords, President Biya is confident that Nigerian President Yar'adua is committed to an August 14 handover of the Bakassi Peninsula. In an August 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Biya was effusively appreciativ [...]	2008-08-08 09:30:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	PREL PGOV PBTS KCOR MOPS MARR NI UN CM
08YAOUNDE800	CAMEROON: BIYA PROMISES PROGRESS ON CORRUPTION AND [...] (C) Summary. In a jovial August 7 conversation with the Ambassador, President Biya said he planned to set up three key government institutions--an elections agency, the Senate, and the Constitutional Court--before the end of the year. Applauding USG efforts to fight corruption in Cameroon, Bi [...]	2008-08-11 14:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM ECON EINV ETRD UN CM
08YAOUNDE817	NIGERIA-CAMEROON: BAKASSI HANDOVER - A WEDDING [...] (C) Summary: The handover of final control of the Bakassi Peninsula from Nigeria to Cameroon took place in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, on August 14 as scheduled, amid tight but spotty security and obviously poor coordination between the two governments. It was clearly a difficul [...]	2008-08-18 15:26:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA CM NI
08YAOUNDE822	CAMEROON: G/TIP FY06 MONITORING REPORT [...] Below are Embassy Yaounde's responses keyed to reftel request. A. Poloff spoke with Yolande Fouda, resident staff member of the G/TIP sponsored American Bar Association (ABA),Rule of Law Initiative. Additional information is based on observation. B. An ABA staff member from Washington ha [...]	2008-08-20 16:26:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM CM
08YAOUNDE825	CAMEROON: BIYA ADDRESSES THE NATION ABOUT BAKASSI [...] (U) On August 21, Cameroonian President Paul Biya gave a televised speech to the nation that dealt exclusively with Nigeria's August 14 final handover of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon (reftel). Biya congratulated the people of Cameroon for their "moderation and patience" in pursuing a p [...]	2008-08-22 12:30:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA MOPS MARR CM NI
08YAOUNDE855	VISAS DONKEY: CELESTIN NDONGA CORRUPTION 212(F) [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for the Department. See paragraph 14. 2. (C) Summary. Celestin Ndonga is a public servant whose influence--exclusively negative--far exceeds his official positions and whose corrupt acts have damaged an American company and dealt setbacks to U [...]	2008-09-08 15:57:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCVM EMIN CVIS CM
08YAOUNDE856	CAMEROON: BIO OF DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE [...] (U) Summary. Philemon Yang, already a senior official in Cameroon's Presidency, is pegged by many for more senior positions in the Government of Cameroon, including perhaps as a future Prime Minister. Anglophone and comfortable with the Western (especially English-speaking) world, Yang has im [...]	2008-09-08 16:03:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL CM
08YAOUNDE873	CAMEROON: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: On September 9, Pol/Econ Chief met with Minister for Parliamentary Affairs at the Presidency and Deputy Secretary General of the ruling CPDM party Gregoire Owona. Owona confirmed that the ruling CPDM party will hold a major Congress in the coming months, indicated that Preside [...]	2008-09-10 15:54:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON KCOR PGOV
08YAOUNDE877	CAMEROON ILL-PREPARED FOR AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Public health threats in Cameroon include the possibility of meningitis, cholera, or polio outbreaks, and cases of these diseases are recorded every year. While not currently present in Cameroon, ebola and Avian Influenza (AI) are also considered threats. The Government of C [...]	2008-09-12 09:03:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM KHIV PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU
08YAOUNDE879	GEORGIA: REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) Poloff met September 11 with Sebastien Foumane, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche. Foumane, who had just returned from an official visit to Moscow, said the Government of Russia had not yet approached the Government of Cameroon (GRC) re [...]	2008-09-12 15:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM GG PGOV PREL RU
08YAOUNDE881	CAMEROON: UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff met September 11 with Sebastien Foumane, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche. Foumane appreciated the USG's solicitation of the Government of Cameroon's (GRC) priorities for UNGA and promised to share any information as it became a [...]	2008-09-12 15:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CM PHUM PREL UNGA UN
08YAOUNDE885	Cameroon Requests Support for ICJ Candidate [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Cameroon has requested USG support for its candidate to the International Court of Justice, Professor Maurice Kamto. Kamto is an outstanding legal figure in Cameroon, whose experience in settling the Bakassi dispute and in unifying Anglophone and Francophone cr [...]	2008-09-15 10:31:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL CM
08YAOUNDE9	CAMEROON'S PRESIDENT BIYA SIGNALS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a dramatic December 31 New Year's Message, Cameroonian President Paul Biya stated he would "reconsider" term limits in the constitution. He saw 2007 as a transition year toward a higher growth path with improved living conditions. He discussed three priorities for 2008: rev [...]	2008-01-03 16:15:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PREL
08YAOUNDE909	IMF TEAM HEARS LITTLE FROM GRC BUT AN EARFUL FROM [...] (C) Summary: A joint IMF/World Bank/African Development Bank (ADB) team visited Cameroon from September 1-12 for the final assessment of its three-year program, which is scheduled to end in January 2009. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) did not indicate to the team whether it wants a follo [...]	2008-09-19 11:20:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL
08YAOUNDE913	AMEMBASSY YAOUNDE: ALL HANDS ENGAGED IN [...] (C) Summary: All elements of the U.S. Mission to Cameroon are engaged in aggressively fighting corruption and promoting good governance in Cameroon, a paramount USG objective inextricably linked to strengthening democratic institutions and furthering economic development. With no corruptio [...]	2008-09-22 11:34:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL
08YAOUNDE933	BIYA REGIME MAKES CAMEROON "EXPLOSIVE" SAY [...] (S) Summary: In a September 19 discussion with AMB and Emboffs, four leading Cameroonian intellectuals presented a unanimously bleak assessment of the prospects for peaceful transition in Cameroon, arguing that the Biya regime is so myopically focused on its own preservation that it would tak [...]	2008-09-29 16:31:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM PINR PINS CM
08YAOUNDE941	AMID RISING CONCERN, YAOUNDE GOV'T TO RAZE 13 MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts have expressed concern that the Yaounde City Council's (CUY) plan to demolish thirteen more neighborhoods as part of an urban renewal plan will render homeless thousands of residents, threatening to foster criminality and unrest. The demolitions initially gar [...]	2008-10-02 07:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL CM
08YAOUNDE949	CAMEROON JAILS SINGER FOR ROLE IN FEBRUARY RIOTS [...] (U) On September 24, the Mungo High Court in the Littoral Province sentenced prominent singer and political activist "Lapiro de Mbanga" to three years in prison, claiming Lapiro had instigated rioting in the Littoral Province town of Mbanga during the February unrest that engulfed 31 citie [...]	2008-10-02 15:45:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL CM
08YAOUNDE967	CAMEROON'S NORTHERN PROVINCES: EMBASSY TEAM [...] (U) Summary: During a September 21-27 trip to the Extreme North, North and Adamaoua Provinces, the Ambassador launched a Virtual Presence Post (VPP) for the region and did extensive public outreach. The northern provinces are poor and largely agricultural, suffering from the effects of a d [...]	2008-10-06 16:56:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EINV KPAO
08YAOUNDE987	NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND HIGH COMMISSIONER IN [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe, speaking at the launch of the Nigeria-Cameroon Joint Commission in Yaounde, praised the peaceful resolution of the Bakassi dispute and heralded "a new day" in Cameroon-Nigeria relations. He outlined the "urgent" need for joint military p [...]	2008-10-10 12:48:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CM MARR MAS NI PGOV PREL
08YAOUNDE999	CAMEROON: MONEY, MONEY EVERYWHERE, BUT HOW'S IT BEING [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite pressing development needs and years of programs to improve government spending and budget execution, the Government of Cameroon continues to fall short of targets for badly-needed public investment. Over the first six months of 2008, the GRC's total receipts ($2. [...]	2008-10-15 06:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR CM
08YEKATERINBURG64	INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN PREVAILS OVER UNITED RUSSIA MACHINE IN [...] (SBU) The October 12 Municipal elections in Nizhny Tagil resulted in a rare defeat in United Russia's (UR) scorebook, but one which party publicists have sought to characterize as a victory. The campaign demonstrated that UR's overwhelming "administrative" resources do not always guarantee vi [...]	2008-10-24 10:14:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV RS
08YEKATERINBURG71	SNOWY UFA WARMLY WELCOMES CONSULATE TRAVELERS [...] (SBU) Consul General and Public Affairs Officer traveled to Ufa November 6-8. The delegation had official meetings with the president of the Bashkortostan Republic Murtaza Rakhimov, Bashkortostan Minister of Foreign Relations and Trade Boris Kolbin, Ufa mayor Pavel Kachkayev and Supreme M [...]	2008-11-13 10:10:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV RS SCUL
08YEKATERINBURG72	URAL REGION BRACES FOR ECONOMIC HARD TIMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Not long ago, Consulate interlocutors believed that the regional economy would not feel the full effects of the world crisis due to Russia's oil and gold reserves and relatively low levels of international investment in the region. They have been proved wrong, however, as a cris [...]	2008-11-18 23:27:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV RS
08YEKATERINBURG82	URALS AUDIENCE WANTS MORE ON IPR [...] The December 22, 2008 PAS Yekaterinburg DV conference on copyright protection in education, science, and academic research proved to be wildly successful, leaving the audience clamoring for more. Professor Doris Estelle Long of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago was our U.S. expert. The [...]	2008-12-31 08:09:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON RS
08YEKATERINBURG83	HOW TO WEATHER THE ECONOMIC CRISIS: A TALE OF TWO FORA [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate officers attended a Sverdlovsk oblast Advisory Council meeting on November 28, and the Eighth Urals Investment Forum in Chelyabinsk on December 4. Both meetings were dedicated to discussing ways to weather the economic crisis. Politicians were enthusiastic promoters [...]	2008-12-31 09:52:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV RS
08YEREVAN100	ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Yerevan, Armenia submits the following as its 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. According to data from the National Statistical Service (NSS),foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to [...]	2008-02-08 03:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AM

08YEREVAN1002	INSTANT REPLAY: NO VENUE YET FOR OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) On December 12, Levon Zurabian, a top LTP aide and coordinator of the ANC, publicly threatened to hold a planned conference in Tbilisi should the ANC not receive permission by December 15 to hold it at the Government Sessions Hall. Having applied on December 3, Zurabian said that absent a [...]	2008-12-15 14:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN1006	FROM SURVIVAL TO REVIVAL - EMBASSY EVENTS MARK 2OTH [...] Two photo exhibits, a Speaker's Program, a message from President Bush and a U.S. military flight bringing humanitarian aid served to recall the devastating earthquake that struck northern Armenia in 1988 and the leading role the USG played as part of the international response. The exhibits [...]	2008-12-16 12:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO SCUL AM
08YEREVAN1010	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NEW CASSATION [...] (C) On December 2, the Ambassador had an introductory meeting with Judge Arman Mkrtumian, the newly appointed President of Armenia's Cassation Court, and Karen Matevosian, Head of the Judicial Department of the Court. The judicial officials briefed the Ambassador on planned reforms to the Cas [...]	2008-12-16 14:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN1011	AUTHORITIES OFFICIALLY DENY VENUE FOR OPPOSITION [...] (C) The Armenian Government has officially denied permission for Armenia's largest political opposition group to hold its December 21 party congress in a publicly-owned facility commonly used for such events. The Armenian National Congress (ANC),led by former President Levon Ter-Petrossian ( [...]	2008-12-16 16:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN1012	ARMENIA TO BACK EGYPT'S CULTURE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Acting Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on December 16 to Tziunik Aghajanian, Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aghajanian said Armenia has long committed to supporting the candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni to be the next [...]	2008-12-16 16:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO AM
08YEREVAN1013	DASHNAK LEADERS TELL AMBASSADOR VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Top Dashnaksutyun party leaders called on the Ambassador to broaden their contacts with USG. The Dashnaks fretted about the rights and welfare of Georgia's Armenian minority, which they portrayed as a dangerous crisis with the potential to deteriorate into irredentist conflict. T [...]	2008-12-17 06:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS CVIS KIRF KDEM TU RU GG
08YEREVAN1014	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH CENTRAL [...] (C) In their introductory meeting December 8, Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) Chairman Arthur Javadyan stressed to the Ambassador the high priority the CBA places on maintaining monetary stability and preventing panic among Armenian depositors. He insisted that Armenia's banking system is in so [...]	2008-12-17 07:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL ECON EFIN EINV AM RU
08YEREVAN1015	CENTRAL BANK CHAIRMAN DEFENDS SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on December 8, Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) Chairman Arthur Javadyan defended the CBA's August decision to expel Western Union from Armenia in response to its decision to close its branches in Nagorno-Karabakh under pressure from the Government of Azerbaijan (G [...]	2008-12-17 12:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV AM RU
08YEREVAN1018	GOAM TO AUCTION SEIZED ASSETS OF OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) The GOAM announced on December 9 that the Bjni mineral water bottling plant--one of the key parts of fugitive opposition oligarch Khachatur Sukiasian's SIL Group business holdings--will be put up for auction December 19. The announcement follows the October 23 seizure of the Bjni facilit [...]	2008-12-18 13:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN102	BAGHDASSARIAN RALLY DRAWS GOOD CROWD; FEATURES [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 13:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN1020	AUTHORITIES DROP COUP CHARGES AGAINST FOUR [...] (C) On December 17, Armenia's Special Investigative Service (SIS) announced it was dropping its charges against four prominent opposition politicians who supported Levon Ter-Petrossian in February's disputed presidential election. A senior SIS official said he dropped the charges due to a lack [...]	2008-12-18 14:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN1022	PRESIDENT SARGSIAN THANKS PRESIDENT BUSH FOR [...] At the December 17 annual MFA holiday reception, featured guest President Sargsian handed the Ambassador a letter addressed to President Bush thanking the United States for its assistance to Armenia in the aftermath of the 1988 Gyumri-Spitak earthquake. What follows is the unofficial transla [...]	2008-12-19 11:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC AM
08YEREVAN1028	TURKISH PERFORMERS WOW ARMENIAN AUDIENCE [...] The Turkish folk group Kardes Turkuler and the Armenian Sayat Nova Choir, both from Istanbul, gave a moving performance at the Yerevan opera house as part of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation "Music Bridge" project funded by USAID. Playing to a full hall, the groups sang to traditional instr [...]	2008-12-22 12:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL AM
08YEREVAN103	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: ARTUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 13:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM AM
08YEREVAN1032	AMBASSADOR YOVANOVITCH PAYS COURTESY CALL ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador Yovanovitch paid a courtesy call December 3 on Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharyan at City Hall. The Mayor described his administration's accomplishments and plans for the city of Yerevan, particularly in alleviating traffic congestion and in maintaining the city's economic stabil [...]	2008-12-23 12:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SENV KDEM AM
08YEREVAN1033	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) In the Ambassador's December 10 introductory meeting with Minister of Agriculture Aramayis Grigorian, the Minister outlined the GOAM's priorities in the agriculture sector, and assured that planned changes to safety standards on poultry imports were not intended to exclude imports in violat [...]	2008-12-23 12:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR EAID AM
08YEREVAN1034	HOTELS CONFIRM GOAM PRESSURE TO DENY VENUES FOR [...] (C) Two western hotels operating in downtown Yerevan confirmed that the National Security Service (NSS) continues to pressure them to deny rented meeting space to organizations that seek to hold events of a political nature (reftel). Both the Armenian-American-owned "Marriott Armenia Yerevan" [...]	2008-12-23 14:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN1035	ARMENIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been no major terrorism-related developments in Armenia in 2008. Armenia continued to be a constructive partner of the United States in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The Armenian Government (GOAM) made measured progress in implementing border security and an [...]	2008-12-24 08:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR AM
08YEREVAN1038	OPPOSITIONISTS' "COUP" TRIAL OFF TO CHAOTIC START [...] (C) The controversial trial of seven prominent opposition figures charged with an attempted coup d'etat during Armenia's post-election unrest has gotten off to a chaotic start. After a relatively peaceful first hearing on December 19, the second hearing on December 22 nearly erupted into fist [...]	2008-12-24 14:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN1046	EMBASSY PRESSES GOAM ON "CASE OF SEVEN" [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with a presidential adviser and met with the Prosecutor General to register USG concerns over the GOAM's handling of the "Case of Seven," which has gotten off to a tumultuous start (reftel). In observing the first three hearings of the trial so far, Emboffs have witnes [...]	2008-12-30 15:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN1049	ARMENIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 09:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
08YEREVAN1051	HARSH REACTION FROM GOAM TO DEPUTY SECRETARY'S [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On December 30, the Ambassador met separately with Foreign Minister Nalbandian and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Sargsian, who both expressed the President,s anger over the Deputy Secretary,s letter to President Sargsian. They both stated that the U.S. had t [...]	2008-12-31 11:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	ETTC PARM PGOV PREL IR BU AM
08YEREVAN106	ELECTION SEASON HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP (JANUARY-FEBRUARY) [...] (SBU) In light of the current presidential election in Armenia, scheduled for Tuesday, February 19, this issue of Yerevan's Human Rights Round-up is exclusively dedicated to reported and alleged election-related violations. Reports are organized chronologically. This issue's headlines: [...]	2008-02-11 12:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KDEM KPAO KJUS KWMN AM
08YEREVAN108	ARMENIA ON POST-2008 PLANS IN IRAQ (C-DI7-02264) [...] (S) In response to reftels, the Defense Attache (DATT) and two PolOffs met February 5 with Armen Yedigarian, Head of the Department of Arms Control and International Security at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inquire about GOAM intentions in Iraq after the eventual expiration of th [...]	2008-02-11 12:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM
08YEREVAN109	DASHNAKS DRAW 10,000 IN FIRST MAJOR YEREVAN RALLY [...] (SBU) On February 8, presidential candidate Vahan Hovannisian of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) held his first major rally in Yerevan, drawing approximately 8,000-10,000 supporters whom the party bussed in from around the country . Under a heavy police presence, consid [...]	2008-02-11 13:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN110	FEB 9 TER-PETROSSIAN RALLY THE BIGGEST SO FAR THIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ter-Petrossian proved February 9 that he can still bring out a truly large crowd (40,000) of supporters, at least for a rally. His speech hit hard against the current rulers for allegedly being ready to sell out Armenian land in the south -- and thus, Armenia's vital national [...]	2008-02-12 03:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN112	NO ARMENIAN FIRST-WAVE RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO -- [...] (C) Polchief met with the savvy and plugged-in director of the MFA Americas Department, Armen Yeganian, to deliver points from reftels. We left a slightly-slimmed down version of the two cables' talking points -- redacted somewhat in consultation with EUR/CARC to downplay Nagorno-Karabakh (N [...]	2008-02-13 11:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE UNMIK YI SR AM
08YEREVAN113	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: ARTUR [...] (C) Ex-parliament speaker and 39-yr-old presidential hopeful Artur Baghdassarian of the centrist-opposition Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) party continues to run a consistent second in mission-sponsored polls. The only challenger with double digit poll numbers, the charismatic Baghdassarian al [...]	2008-02-13 11:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM AM
08YEREVAN117	LIKELIHOOD OF STREET PROTESTS, POSSIBLE VIOLENCE, [...] (C) The Armenian political scene is growing more, rather than less, unpredictable as Election Day draws near. It is clear to us that both ex- President Levon Ter-Petrossian's (LTP) and PM Serzh Sargsian's camps are each "all in" on this election outcome. Neither will be prepared to accept a [...]	2008-02-13 15:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC AM
08YEREVAN118	ARMENIA: PRE-ELECTION TOUR OF ARARAT MARZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 6, Embassy Officers traveled to Ararat Marz (region) to meet with local political leaders and opposition party representatives to discuss the Presidential election campaign scheduled for February 19. Emboffs visited key population centers of the region including Arta [...]	2008-02-13 16:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN125	ARMENIA'S SOUTH RELATIVELY QUIET BEFORE [...] (C) Blanketed by feet of snow, residents of Armenia's southern regions of Syunik and Vayats Dzor seem more interested in their crops, the weather and even the U.S. presidential campaign than in their own presidential elections slated for February 19. Opposition activists are having trouble ge [...]	2008-02-14 12:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AM
08YEREVAN127	THE DVD WAR: THE RULING PARTY STRIKES BACK, [...] (C) Levon Ter-Petrossian's (LTP) campaign has for weeks been distributing campaign DVDs, featuring the former president's campaign speeches and rallies. This technique has been somewhat effective, not only as a medium to reach voters in the absence of fair television coverage, but also as a [...]	2008-02-15 03:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN140	BITTER LEMONS: ELECTION TENSION TURNS FUNERAL [...] (C) During a pre-election regional reporting trip to the northwestern city of Stepanavan, PolOff uncomfortably watched a funeral gathering degenerate into a tense shouting match between friends and family when discussion turned to Armenia's approaching February 19 presidential election. Forget [...]	2008-02-15 14:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PROG PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN141	ARMENIA: VISIT OF E.U. TROIKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An EU Troika delegation met with senior GOAM officials as part of a 3-day visit to the South Caucasus February 4-6. The delegation discussed, among other things, issues related to Armenia's upcoming presidential elections, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, as well as other [...]	2008-02-15 14:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SMIG KDEM AM
08YEREVAN142	ON EVE OF ELECTION, KOCHARIAN AND SARGSIAN ON [...] (C) With Armenian voters set to elect a new president February 19, outgoing President Robert Kocharian and his most likely successor, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian, appear to be on diverging paths that reflect both their perceived political interests and their differing visions for Armenia's f [...]	2008-02-18 13:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN144	VOTERS FOR SERZH SARGSIAN -- ARMENIA'S MOST [...] (C) Although he is the front-runner in Armenia's February 19 presidential election, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian nevertheless remains little known by the Armenian electorate. While many despise him and accuse him of being sinfully corrupt, countless others respect him as an experienced mili [...]	2008-02-19 14:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN145	ARMENIA: PRE-ELECTION TOUR OF ARAGATZOTN REGION [...] (C) While characterizing the pre-election campaigning as "routine to date," governmental, non-governmental, political party and international observers in the Aragatzotn region of Armenia nevertheless highlighted a growing undercurrent of widely suspected fraud, particularly vote buying, in th [...]	2008-02-19 14:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC AM
08YEREVAN150	PM SARGSIAN DECLARED WINNER OF PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Armenia's Central Election Commission announced preliminary results from yesterday's presidential election showing PM Sargsian as the winner with 52.8 percent of the vote. The PM's margin ensures that he will (barely) escape a runoff with second-place finisher and former president Levon T [...]	2008-02-20 15:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AM
08YEREVAN154	ARMENIA ELECTION AFTERMATH: TER-PETROSSIAN PASSES [...] (C) "URGENT MESSAGE": Presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian's (LTP) adviser, Levon Zurabian, requested an urgent meeting with PolChief February 21. Suggesting the possibility of electronic eavesdropping, Zurabian passed PolChief a note (text at para 5),which he said was directly from [...]	2008-02-21 12:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN156	MFA, PRESIDENCY RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT USG ELECTION [...] (C) In back-to-back meetings on February 21, and as a major opposition protest was getting underway just blocks away, Foreign Minister Oskanian and Presidential Chief of Staff Armen Gevorkian expressed to the Charge their concerns about the Department's planned statement on Armenia's February [...]	2008-02-21 16:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN159	ARMENIAN'S WAIT-AND-SEE SUPPORT OF KOSOVO [...] (C) CDA delivered Ref A demarche to FM Oskanian February 21. We had earlier telegraphed the main substance, while awaiting the chance to see the FM during the hectic Armenian election period. CDA emphasized US view that Kosovo was a unique case and that its declaration of independence did no [...]	2008-02-22 14:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UN UNMIK GG RU SR YI AM
08YEREVAN16	ARMENIAN PM CONTRADICTS PRESIDENCY: EXIT POLL [...] (C) In a hastily called meeting, Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan told Charge that he still favors the holding of a USAID-funded exit poll during the upcoming presidential election, as long as a key condition be met. Contradicting the presidential administration, which has privately oppo [...]	2008-01-08 13:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM OSCE KPAO AM
08YEREVAN160	ARMENIAN DEMOCRACY LOOKING SHABBIER EVERY DAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: While most of Armenia gets on with life, a significant core of Yerevan's population -- especially the more educated -- remain bitterly unreconciled to the election outcome. And not without reason: while it is impossible to know how the election would have turned out if it had b [...]	2008-02-25 15:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN161	ARMENIAN RECOUNT CONFIRMS SARGSIAN VICTORY, BUT IS [...] (C) Recounts of ballots cast in last week's presidential election in most disputed precincts concluded on the afternoon of February 24. The recounts did not produce significant changes to the preliminary results announced by the Central Election Commission on February 20. But the process, wh [...]	2008-02-26 03:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AM
08YEREVAN163	PM STAFF PLEA FOR U.S. SUPPORT IN CANDID CHAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA and polchief met with two of the PM's closest advisers over drinks late February 26 to compare notes. PM staff probed for our political assessment. We expressed concerns over arrests of opposition politicians, voting infractions we had seen, the conduct of the recounts, and [...]	2008-02-27 14:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM AM
08YEREVAN164	LTP AND SARGSIAN HOLD DUELING RALLIES; LTP WINS [...] (C) Ex-president Levon Ter-Petrossian and president-elect Prime Minister Serge Sargsian held competing rallies blocks away from each other in downtown Yerevan the afternoon of February 26. While Sargsian's first post-election rally drew approximately 60,000 to 70,000 bussed-in supporters, LTP' [...]	2008-02-28 04:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN167	ARMENIA INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT "FALSE" PKK [...] (C) During a February 21 meeting with CDA, FM Oskanian expressed increasing GOAM concerns about reports alleging the expansion into Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh of militant cells from Turkey's Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK). He asked that Washington help "put an end" to such reports, which he [...]	2008-02-28 13:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC AJ TU AM
08YEREVAN168	MR. KOCHARIAN'S WORLD: WHERE THE GOVERNMENT NEVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kocharian called in CDA February 28 to discuss election-related violations, recent opposition arrests, and the possible use of force to clear the square. He alleged that the recent arrests were necessary to deter oppositionists from bringing firearms to the square, and s [...]	2008-02-28 15:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN173	EMBASSY OFFERS TO ACT AS GO-BETWEEN [...] (C) Implementing a strategy informally agreed with the Department (EUR),post has floated an offer to the Prime Minister to serve as go-between to the opposition movement led by former President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP). Polchief sought a brief meeting with PM adviser Levon Martirosian, dur [...]	2008-02-29 11:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN176	FM OSKANIAN URGES REJECTION OF UN RESOLUTION ON N-K [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) In a meeting with all Yerevan chiefs of mission at the MFA February 29, Foreign Minister Oskanian urged countries to reject a draft UN resolution being circulated by Azerbaijan regarding the situation i [...]	2008-02-29 12:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA AM AJ
08YEREVAN178	RULING PARTY OFFICIAL OFFERS INSIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republican Party official Samvel Nikoyan offered confidential, personal insights on the political standoff. He reported that President Kocharian and President-elect/PM Sargsian have very different strategies, with Kocharian favoring a "get tough" approach, and Sargsian preferin [...]	2008-02-29 15:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN179	ARMENIA SITREP: VIOLENT PROTESTS AFTER DAWN RAID [...] (C) Riot police drove opposition squatters from Freedom Square at about 06:45 local time on March 1. Former President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) was taken home, and apparently placed under house arrest. Police established perimeter around Freedom Square, and forcefully dispersed media, would [...]	2008-03-01 13:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN186	ARMENIA SITREP: ARMY CALLED IN TO RESTORE ORDER; [...] (C) Calm prevailed in Yerevan March 3, after pitched battles between opposition protesters and security forces ended in the early hours of March 2. Official GOAM reports state that eight people died in the armed clashes, 33 police were injured, and 100-200 injured overall, although a higher d [...]	2008-03-03 14:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN187	ARMENIA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 1, Armenian President Robert Kocharian signed a decree declaring a state of emergency in the city of Yerevan. The state of emergency is to last until March 20, unless extended. It prohibits or limits any opposition political activity, independent news reporting, and ce [...]	2008-03-03 14:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN190	PRESIDENCY PROVIDES OFFICIAL VERSION OF YEREVAN [...] (C) In briefings for selected diplomats including CDA during and immediately following the violent events in Yerevan on March 1-2, Presidential Chief of Staff Armen Gevorkian provided the official version of events. Gevorkian asserted that "all political responsibility" for the violence rests [...]	2008-03-04 16:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN194	HOW THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS AFFECTING NGOS AND [...] (C) With a GOAM-enforced State of Emergency (SoE) in Yerevan in effect until March 20 (reftel),many local and international NGOs have been forced to curtail their activities. USG assistance implementers, especially those working on Democracy and Governance (DG),have not been spared this fat [...]	2008-03-05 14:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PGOV KDEM AM
08YEREVAN197	ARMENIA: OSCE POST-ELECTION WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) On March 3, 2008 embassy officers attended the first OSCE Post-Election Working Group (PEWG) meeting hosted by OSCE Deputy Head of Mission Mark Bojanic. Present were representatives of the European Commission, several diplomatic missions, and a number of NGOs and civil society groups. [...]	2008-03-07 12:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN199	ARMENIAN SUPREME ALLEGES FIXED DECISION AGAINST LTP [...] (S) Late on March 6, Valery Poghossian, one of Armenia's nine Constitutional Court justices, secretly approached the Embassy for an urgent meeting at his home. Poghossian alleged to Emboffs that President Kocharian has fixed the court's upcoming March 8 decision to decide against the complain [...]	2008-03-07 14:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN200	ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Rejecting dialogue with the opposition it used lethal force to subdue on March 1-2 following Armenia's disputed February 19 presidential election, the Armenian government in the last five days has taken extraordinary measures to clamp down on any would-be dissent and isolate opposition lead [...]	2008-03-07 14:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN202	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER PESSIMISTIC THAT CRACKDOWN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential national security adviser Garnik Isagulian conceded to polchief March 9 that the March 1 morning crackdown was authorized by President Kocharian the day before, contrary to the government's official line. Isagulian believes that PM Sargsian -- bolstered by hardline ad [...]	2008-03-10 13:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN203	ARMENIA: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BERLIN DECLARATION [...] Pursuant to reftel request, post reports the following on the status of implementation in Armenia of the Berlin Declaration on Tuberculosis. 2. On 27 February Embassy Officers attended a meeting with the National Tuberculosis Program Manager Vahan Pogosian and his deputy Tatevik Kostanian [...]	2008-03-10 14:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO WHO AM
08YEREVAN204	ARMENIA'S POLITICAL FUTURE -- WHERE DO WE GO FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mounting evidence -- including the latest ODIHR interim report -- has called into question the government's claim that PM Serzh Sargsian won a legitimate first-round majority on February 19. This result, combined with the subsequent heavy-handed use of force and declared State o [...]	2008-03-10 14:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN208	ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT DETAINING 97 PERSONS FOLLOWING [...] (C) The GOAM began arresting political opponents even before the disputed February 19 Presidential election, though the pace accelerated during the ten days of demonstrations at Freedom Square and again following the March 1 crackdown. While many detainees were quickly released, as of March 10 [...]	2008-03-11 13:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN209	VOICES FROM ARMENIA'S FREEDOM SQUARE: IT'S NOT [...] (U) This cable was mostly drafted late February 29, before police cleared the protesters from Freedom Square March 1, and the subsequent chaos. After some thought, we have decided to transmit it anyway, as a small window into what continues to be an important constituency. ------- SUMMARY [...]	2008-03-12 02:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN213	OSCE/ODIHR POST-ELECTION INTERIM REPORT ON [...] (SBU) OSCE/ODIHR released another interim report on Armenia's February 19 election on March 7. Cloaked in bland ODIHR language, the report documents some serious problems that have come to light since the February 20 Preliminary Statement. Characteristically, some of the most provocative find [...]	2008-03-12 13:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN214	THE UGLY--AND UNUSUAL--SPECTER OF ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenia's presidential election period bizarrely featured an unwelcome guest: anti-Semitism. A government-affiliated national television network aired a despicable, hour-long "documentary" of hate speech, that labeled the leading opposition candidate a "Zionist Jew" in cahoots wi [...]	2008-03-12 13:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KDEM AM
08YEREVAN218	EUR DAS BRYZA MEDIATES POLITICAL CRISIS IN YEREVAN [...] (C) EUR DAS Matthew Bryza visited Yerevan March 6-8 to consult with key leaders on Armenia's post-election political crisis. He met the President, Prime Minister (twice),Foreign Minister Oskanian, opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP),and a range of other politicians, civil society [...]	2008-03-13 07:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN221	RADIO LIBERTY RE-AIRING IN ARMENIA'S REGIONS [...] (C) In spite of stringent media restrictions imposed by the March 1 state of emergency, Radio Liberty (RL) began re-airing March 7 in Armenia's regions where the emergency decree does not apply. According to the local broadcaster Radio Hay (Armenian Radio),the station began re-airing RL broa [...]	2008-03-13 16:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN226	ARMENIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS [...] (SBU) In a March 8 decision, Armenia's Constitutional Court found that while there were irregularities in the conduct of the February 19 presidential election, they were not sufficient to alter the outcome of the vote won by Prime Minister Serzh Serzh Sargsian. The plaintiffs in the court cas [...]	2008-03-14 14:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM AM
08YEREVAN227	GOAM RATCHETS UP THE PRESSURE UNDER STATE OF [...] (C) Despite recent conciliatory public statements from President-elect Sargsian, the authorities appear to be ratcheting up their pressure on opposition supporters with one week left to the state of emergency. Foreign election observers who stayed to observe Constitutional Court proceedings r [...]	2008-03-14 14:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN228	GOAM'S SPIN CYCLE UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) The suspension of independent media in Armenia following the March 1 imposition of a State of Emergency has allowed the GOAM to construct its own narrative of recent events without the inconvenience of opposition challenge or independent scrutiny. Not surprisingly, the GOAM has used this [...]	2008-03-14 15:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN229	ARMENIA - MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW FOR 2007 [...] Armenia's economy continued its double-digit growth trend of the past five years, again driven primarily by the construction and service sectors. The gap between import and export of goods and services continued to increase, and year-end inflation was 6.6 percent. The Armenian Dram appreciated [...]	2008-03-17 02:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID AM
08YEREVAN238	GOAM'S MCC POINT OF CONTACT ASKS FOR PATIENCE [...] (C) On March 13 MCC resident country director (RCD) and acting Polchief met with Minister of Trade and Economic Development Nerses Yeritsian to convey USG concerns about Armenia's ongoing political crisis, warn about its potential impact on continued funding of MCC programs, and urge the GOAM [...]	2008-03-19 05:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL PHUM EAID ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN240	ARMENIAN OPPOSITIONISTS DEVELOP UNDERGROUND [...] (C) Supporters of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian and others disillusioned with Armenia's post-election crackdown are engaged in a spirited technological battle with the authorities to maintain access to independent news sources in the face of the near-total media ban imposed under the [...]	2008-03-19 12:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO PREL AM
08YEREVAN241	NEW LAW ON DEMONSTRATIONS GIVES GOVERNMENT BROAD [...] (U) Armenia's National Assembly on March 17 passed a new Law on Rallies and Marches, in a hurry-up procedure that compressed into one day a legislative process that normally unfolds over several weeks. The new law allows municipalities to refuse to permit demonstrations "in the event there is [...]	2008-03-19 14:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN243	ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...]	2008-03-20 03:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08YEREVAN244	ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...]	2008-03-20 05:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08YEREVAN248	DETAILS ON LTP'S DE FACTO HOUSE ARREST [...] (C) Poloff has been able -- through weekly weekend hikes in the adjacent park -- to keep an eye on the de facto house arrest of former President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP). To our knowledge, LTP has only once been allowed out since March 1, and this was to address the Constitutional Court Marc [...]	2008-03-20 13:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN249	FUGITIVE MP'S PRESS SECRETARY VISITS EMBASSY [...] (C) Anna Mkrtchian, press secretary for the fugitive Armenian member of parliament Khachatur Sukiasian, visited the Embassy March 17 to discuss her boss's plight. She said authorities continue to exert pressure on Sukiasian's family and associates that began last fall when he became Armenia's [...]	2008-03-20 13:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN252	ARMENIA ACCUSES AZERBAIJAN OF UNDERMINING N-K [...] (C) FM Oskanian convoled all Yerevan Chiefs of Mission on March 21 to raise the alarm about what he described as Aserbaijan's efforts to undermine the N-K peace process, and ultimately to dissolve the Minsk Group. Oskanian decried the recent UN resolution on N-K pushed by Azerbaijan and, spea [...]	2008-03-21 12:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AM PGOV PREL AZ
08YEREVAN258	ARMENIA: PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY INVITATION DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel invitation regarding the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Fifth Anniversary Events to Armen Yedigarian, Director of the Department for Arms Control and International Security on March 20. Yedigarian stated that the Armenian MFA would try to participate at the Dep [...]	2008-03-25 13:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP KSTC AM
08YEREVAN26	ARMENIA: UPDATE ON THE SPREAD OF AFRICAN SWINE [...] (SBU) As of Mid-December 2007, approximately 14,000 swine had died or been culled in Armenia due to ASF, according to government estimates. Post confirmed reports of outbreak in four regions in addition to Nagorno-Karabakh. The Government has been slow to react to the spreading virus despite [...]	2008-01-14 03:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AM EAGR
08YEREVAN261	REGIONAL PRO-OPPOSITION TV STATION HOLDS TELETHON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The embattled, Gyumri-based GALA TV station continues to fight for survival, hoping supporters will help it raise the USD 82,000 in fines levied last October in apparent political retaliation for airing footage of opposition presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian. After a [...]	2008-03-25 13:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN267	UNEASY SEMI-CALM SETS IN; ALL SIDES AWAIT APRIL 9 [...] (C) The much-anticipated end of the state of emergency (SOE) on March 21 transpired without any violence, with Armenian police massed in downtown Yerevan to deter would-be protesters. The silent evening protest drew roughly 3,000 supporters, a smaller-than-expected number that suggests GOAM p [...]	2008-03-28 12:50:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN268	OMBUDSMAN KEEPS UP DISAPPROVAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) Armenia's government Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Armen Harutyunian criticized the GOAM's recent conduct, in a March 27 interview with the Russian Regnum news agency. The ombudsman condemned continued restrictions on and violence against journalists, reported on his staff's prison vi [...]	2008-03-31 01:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN272	PM SARGSIAN CRITICIZES EMBASSY YEREVAN, DAS BRYZA [...] (C) Prime Minister Sargsian sharply criticized both the US embassy and DAS Bryza during a March 22 lunch with Euruopean ambassadors, according to two ambassadors who were in attendance. Sargsian reportedly claimed to the Europeans that the Armenian opposition "is being run out of the US embas [...]	2008-03-31 12:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
08YEREVAN274	TOUGH LOVE: ARMENIA'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE PROGRAM [...] (C) As we consider the future direction of U.S. relations with Armenia in light of recent problems and broader negative trends in Armenia's democracy and human rights record, the future of Armenia's continued eligibility for the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) should be high on the agenda [...]	2008-03-31 15:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN281	FORECAST FOR REFORM IN ARMENIA: MOSTLY CLOUDY [...] (C) Recent public comments by PM Sargsian suggest that he understands his "legitimacy problem" and views a return to reform as the best way to overcome it. Serious questions remain, however, about Sargsian's understanding of basic concepts of democratization and his willingness to take on the [...]	2008-04-01 15:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN296	ARMENIAN GENERAL'S SON ALLEGEDLY INVOVLED IN MURDER, BUT [...] (SBU) Armenia's Association of Investigative Journalists has reported that the son of a notorious retired army general and Member of Parliament, Seyran Saroyan, has escaped justice for his alleged participation in the March 13 murder of a youth from Edjmiadzin. The murder allegedly took place a [...]	2008-04-07 03:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS AM
08YEREVAN297	ARMENIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE JOINS CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) In what appears to be the GOAM's latest retaliatory measure against a pro-opposition (and currently fugitive) oligarch, Khachatur "Grzo" Sukiasian, a Sukiasian aide tells us the customs agency has for several weeks been holding up release of cigarettes imported by a Sukiasian-affiliated co [...]	2008-04-07 13:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN3	ARMENIAN PRESIDENCY OPPOSES EXIT POLL FOR [...] (C) During a lengthy, back-and-forth discussion, President Kocharian's Chief of Staff and senior aide conveyed the president's opposition to the exit poll proposed by USAID for the February presidential election. Asking the Mission to understand, and not politicize the president's request to [...]	2008-01-04 09:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM OSCE KPAO AM
08YEREVAN302	SARGSIAN BLOGS WITH ARMENIAN PUBLIC, DENIES JOB [...] (SBU) Although the events described herein are some four weeks old, we believe there is still value in sharing them on the eve of President-elect Sargsian,s inauguration. They reflect an interesting attempt on his part to reach out to the Armenian public, using some of the same tools heretofor [...]	2008-04-08 14:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC AM
08YEREVAN304	CLOUDINESS SURROUNDING ARMENIA'S MARCH 1-2 DEATH TOLL [...] (SBU) It has been difficult to obtain detailed information on the deaths of the eight people killed in the March 1-2 clashes between protesters and security services. Besides the total number killed, official information on the specifics of the deaths has been sparse. The lack of a full, publ [...]	2008-04-09 03:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN313	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-MARCH 2008 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) training begins; FY09 SA Planning Coordination meeting conducted by ODC; SASWG conducted by EUCOM in Ramstein. 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. On 24 Mar 08, ten Kansas National Guard instructors and two representatives from EUCOM's Humani [...]	2008-04-10 12:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
08YEREVAN315	ARMENIA'S PRESDENTIAL INAUGURATION: SERZH STANDS [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian was sworn in as Armenia's third president in a solemn ceremony in Yerevan's opera house on April 9. Meanwhile, several thousand opposition supporters laid flowers near the French Embassy in honor of those killed in the authorities' March 1-2 crackdown [...]	2008-04-10 13:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AM
08YEREVAN316	KRUSCHEV'S "VIRGIN LANDS" ALL OVER AGAIN?: NEW [...] (C) President Serzh Sargsian has been calling for a new national program to make Armenia self-sufficient in the production of wheat and corn. Emboff's discussions since mid-March with senior Agriculture Ministry, regional, and local officials have made clear that the GOAM is already activel [...]	2008-04-11 05:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD AM
08YEREVAN329	EMBASSY YEREVAN REPORTING ON INTELLIPEDIA PORTAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 12:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR AM
08YEREVAN331	ARMENIA: MARCH 1 DEATH TOLL HITS TEN [...] (SBU) The official death toll of the March 1-2 clashes between protesters and security services in Yerevan has reached ten. Local media report the April 11 death of 19-year-old policeman Tigran Abgarian, who had suffered a gunshot wound in his neck that damaged his spinal cord. 2. (SBU) On [...]	2008-04-14 12:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC AM
08YEREVAN337	HRAZDAN RESIDENTS RALLY FOR JAILED MP [...] (C) Since March 24, residents of Hrazdan have staged daily protests against the arrest and continued detention of Sasun Mikaelian. A Republican member of parliament and Karabakh war hero, Mikaelian supported Levon Ter-Petrossian in the recent Presidential election. Mikaelian appears to enjoy [...]	2008-04-16 13:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN339	POLITICAL INTIMIDATION IN THE WORKPLACE - ONE [...] (C) Over the course of the recent Presidential election campaign and its aftermath, we have frequently heard accounts about workplaces being used as organizational hubs in support of the candidacy of new President Serzh Sargsian as well as for harassment and intimidation of opposition supporter [...]	2008-04-21 03:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM

08YEREVAN340	WIVES OF POLITICAL DETAINEES PROTEST AT US EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Approximately 50 women assembled at the Embassy on April 17 to protest the jailing of their male relatives for their political views. Melissa Brown, the Amcit wife of detained ex-Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanian led the peaceful protest. The women carried photos of the jailed and [...]	2008-04-21 03:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM

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