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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09NAIROBI1955	SOMALIA - AL-SHABAAB SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACK AMISOM [...] (C) Summary: On September 17 al-Shabaab suicide bombers carried out two simultaneous attacks against AMISOM and Dyncorp positions in Mogadishu, wounding more than 40, including an American contractor, and killing as many as nine. According to AMISOM Special Envoy Bwakira, AMISOM Burundi D [...]	2009-09-17 15:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC MARR MOPS PGOV PTER SO

09NAIROBI1956	SOMALIA - Updated UNGA Attendance by President Sharif [...] We have received updated information from the Office of the President and the Somali Embassy in Nairobi on the Transitional Federal Government delegation that will represent Somalia at the 64th UN General Assembly. The delegation will be led by President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who plans to arriv [...]	2009-09-18 05:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA SO
09NAIROBI1962	SOMALIA - SECURITY MINISTER ON MOGADISHU, HIRAAN, [...] (C) Summary: TFG Security Minister Abdullahi Ali "Sanbaloshi" confirmed to us that there are joint TFG and AMISOM plans to mount an offensive in Mogadishu, but he doubted that would occur by September 20, as advertised. "Sanbaloshi" estimated that al-Shabaab had 4000 - 5000 troops in Mogadish [...]	2009-09-18 07:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PINR PTER MOPS SO ET
09NAIROBI1963	SOMALIA - REQUEST FOR MILITARY SUPPORT TO PUBLIC [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. Objectives ---------- 2. (SBU) Post requests Department of Defense support to produce two videos to support regional training of the Somali National Security Forces (NSF). Both films will be shown to Somali trainees who will undertake m [...]	2009-09-18 07:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR KPAO PGOV SO
09NAIROBI1966	SOMALIA - TFG MILITARY RECRUIT TRAINING IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) Summary: During the week that ended on September 11, 463 Somali military recruits concluded eight weeks of basic training by the Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD)at Djibouti's primary military education center. One hundred fifty Somali military recruits (including 10 officers) also concluded si [...]	2009-09-18 15:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2	2009 INCSR [...] Following please find Kenya's submission for the 2009 INCSR: 2. QUOTE: KENYA I. Summary Kenya remains a significant transit country for cocaine and heroin bound for Europe and the United States. Quantities of heroin and hashish transiting Kenya, mostly from Southwest Asia bound for Eu [...]	2009-01-02 07:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SOCI PGOV KE
09NAIROBI2005	PARLIAMENT ON RECESS AFTER CENSURING RINGERA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a contentious late night session on September 16, Parliament passed a motion declaring as null and void President's reappointment of Aaron Ringera as the director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission. Parliament also adopted the report of the Mau Forest Task Force, se [...]	2009-09-23 14:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL KCOR PGOV KE
09NAIROBI2007	KENYA: SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] KENYA BUREAU OF STANDARDS CHIEF SACKED; POTENTIAL POSITIVE STEP 2. GDP GROWTH BELOW TARGET, GOK MULLS IMF PROGRAM REQUEST, AND FOOD/ENERGY PRICES SET TO RISE 3. AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR AGRICULTURAL REFORM IN FACE OF RECURRING DROUGHT 4. TURKANA WIND PROJECT PROMISES NEW ENERGY CAPACITY [...]	2009-09-23 14:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PINR KCOR
09NAIROBI2008	SOMALIA: EID AL-FITR MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 14:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL SO
09NAIROBI2009	SOMALIA - NEXT STEPS FOR SOMALILAND [...] (C) Summary: Since the July 27 decision by the National Electoral Commission and President Riyale to throw out the voter registration list, Somaliland has been embroiled in a political crisis. In recent weeks, this crisis has escalated into violent confrontation between a presidential admin [...]	2009-09-23 16:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SO
09NAIROBI2010	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND INTER-PARTY AGREEMENT NOT [...] (C) Summary: September 24 telephone conversations with the Somaliland Foreign Minister, the leader of one of Somaliland's two opposition parties, and the Speaker suggest that disagreements over the way forward have crystallized in an effort by the presidential party-dominated Council of Elder [...]	2009-09-24 10:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2016	KENYA THREATENS END TO PIRACY PROSECUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 12, the Kenya Attorney General (AG),Amos Wako, presented opening remarks at the Kenya prosecutors' convention in Mombasa, and touted the Department of Public Prosecutions' (DPP) progress under his leadership. He listed a dozen specialized units that had been forme [...]	2009-09-24 14:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PHSA KCOR PGOV KE IT
09NAIROBI2024	A "STEP BACKWARD" ON LAND IN DADAAB [...] Summary. This is an action request. See paragraph 7. The Government of Kenya (GOK) has yet to authorize the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to construct a fourth refugee camp in Dadaab to relieve severe overcrowding. UNHCR Africa Region Head George Okoth-Obbo said the de [...]	2009-09-25 10:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE OPDC PGOV PREF PREL
09NAIROBI2027	AMBASSADOR ANNOUNCES STEPS TO PRESS FOR REFORM [...] (U) Summary. This message reports steps announced to increase pressure for implementation of the reform agenda. End summary. 2. (SBU) As instructed by Washington, on September 24, the Ambassador announced three USG steps to increase pressure for implementation of the reform agenda. Firs [...]	2009-09-28 08:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON KCOR KE CVIS KPAO KMDR
09NAIROBI2029	HORN OF AFRICA EL NINO REGIONAL [...] The recently concluded Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in East Africa Climate Outlook Forum confirmed the presence of the El Nino weather phenomenon in the greater Horn of Africa region. El Nino conditions are expected to result in normal to above-normal rainfall during the [...]	2009-09-28 08:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF KE
09NAIROBI2030	SOMALIA - Somaliland Averts Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 25, Somaliland averted what appeared to be an imminent political crisis when its Guurti (House of Elders) agreed that all parties must adhere to the six-point framework agreement that had been endorsed by all sides. (A day earlier, on September 24, most observers [...]	2009-09-28 10:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI2031	SOMALIA - American Corner Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The Somalia Unit has recently made tremendous progress in implementing the long-awaited American Corner in Mogadishu, Somalia. We recently arranged the delivery of a shipment of material that had been sitting in Nairobi for several years. We also organized the travel of our ne [...]	2009-09-28 11:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI2032	SOMALIA - HIRAAN AND ASWJ LEADERS MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Hiraan and ASWJ/Galgaduud leaders appear to be forming an alliance to confront al-Shabaab against the backdrop of recent defeats in Beledweyne and frustration at lack of TFG support to the regions. Former Hiraan Governor Ma,ow, who recently resigned from the TFG, reportedly [...]	2009-09-28 11:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2042	SOMALIA - MADOBE DISPLACES AL-SHABAAB IN KISMAYO; [...] (C) Summary: Forces loyal to Ahmed Madobe and Ibrahim Shukri, aligned with Darod/Kabalah/Absame/Ogaden and Darod/Kabalah/Harti clan militia on September 25 moved into Kismayo town, displacing al-Shabaab militia from all but a few checkpoint locations. (Note: Madobe and Shukri in recent [...]	2009-09-28 13:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2063	FRIENDS OF EASBRIG DISCUSS UPCOMING FTX [...] SUMMARY: The East African Standby Brigade (EASBRIG) is preparing to conduct its first Field Training Exercise (FTX) in November. While much has been done to prepare for the exercise, in which approximately 1,300 soldiers from 10 of EASBRIG's member states plan to participate, logistical challen [...]	2009-09-29 14:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP PREL KE XW
09NAIROBI2066	SOMALIA - Ambassador Speaks With Somaliland President [...] (SBU) On September 29, Ambassador Ranneberger spoke by phone with Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin. The Ambassador underscored the U.S.-Somaliland partnership and emphasized that by throwing out the voter registration list and the allowing violence to escalate, including the killing of [...]	2009-09-30 07:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI2069	SOMALIA-TFG-ALIGNED FORCES STRUGGLING TO HOLD [...] (C) Summary: On September 27, TFG-aligned forces again moved into eastern Beledweyne but may not be able to hold the strategic town due to risk aversion and lack of ammunition and reinforcements. TFG General Mukhtar on September 28 told Somalia Unit Poloff that al-Shabaab forces retreated fr [...]	2009-09-30 12:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PTER PINR SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI2079	SOMALIA FY 2010 DISASTER REDECLARATION [...] According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU),nearly 3.8 million people require humanitarian assistance in Somalia, representing 50 percent of the total population and a 17 percent increase since January 2009. The combined ef [...]	2009-10-01 06:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
09NAIROBI2081	KENYA FY 2010 DISASTER REDECLARATION. [...] An estimated 3.8 million drought-affected individuals require emergency food assistance in Kenya, according to the joint Government of Kenya (GOK),U.N., and non-governmental organization (NGO) Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG). The poor performance of the February to June long rain [...]	2009-10-01 08:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF KE
09NAIROBI2083	KENYA - 2010 HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLANNING [...] On September 23 and 24, the Kenya U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) organized the 2010 Kenya Emergency Humanitarian Response Plan (EHRP) workshop to asses current and projected countrywide humanitarian conditions to inform the development of the 2010 EHRP schedul [...]	2009-10-01 12:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF KE
09NAIROBI2086	SOMALIA - BATTLE FOR KISMAYO LIKELY TO CONTINUE; [...] (C) Summary: On the morning of October 1, heavy fighting broke out between Ahmed Madobe's Darod/Kabalah alliance and al-Shabaab militia in Kismayo (reftel). Fighting began about 7 a.m. (local) in the northern part of the city but eventually spread to other parts of the town. Our contacts t [...]	2009-10-01 15:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI209	PRESIDENT SUPPORTS COORDINATION CENTER ON PIRACY [...] During the Ambassador's meeting with President Kibaki on January 27, the President expressed strong interest in having a coordination center established in Kenya as a "headquarters unit" for the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP). Post understands the concept of a coordination center was ad [...]	2009-02-06 05:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA PGOV KE SO
09NAIROBI2093	KIBAKI THE KEY TO DADAAB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Nairobi has consistently engaged senior Government of Kenya (GOK) officials and members of the international community to resolve severe overcrowding in the Dadaab refugee camps (Reftels C-N). Since last October, the Ambassador has repeatedly brought to the attention o [...]	2009-10-02 11:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	KE PREF PREL
09NAIROBI2099	SOMALIA - RESIGNATIONS PAVE WAY FOR NEW SOMALILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the weekend of October 2, all of the members of the disputed Somaliland National Election Commission (NEC) resigned, paving the way for the appointment of a new, hopefully less controversial NEC that could go some way in preparing the ground for the much-postponed presiden [...]	2009-10-05 14:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR SO
09NAIROBI2103	SOMALIA - KISMAYO ACCORDING TO MADOBE [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 telecon from Kismayo, Ahmed Madobe told Somalia Unit Poloff that his alliance, after having been largely expelled from Kismayo on October 1 (ref a),remained determined to fight al-Shabaab and would accept help from any forces offering to support his regional alli [...]	2009-10-06 08:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER PGOV PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2116	SOMALIA - VOA Somali Service Banned in Puntland [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of October 1, the regional Government of Puntland, in two separate edicts, banned FM radio stations in Puntland from carrying Voice of America's (VOA) Somali Service and banned journalists from carrying out their work for VOA. The suspension remains in effect as [...]	2009-10-06 13:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI2129	SOMALIA - PRIVATE FINANCING FOR THE TFG [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 1, AF/E,s Senior Somalia Desk Officer and the Djibouti Somalia Watcher met with Banque Pour le Commerce et l,Industrie ) Mer Rouge (Bank for Commerce and Industry ) Red Sea; BCIMR) CEO Ould Amar Yahya at the Djibouti main office. BCIMR is the only international bank [...]	2009-10-07 09:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR SO
09NAIROBI2132	SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES TFG TROOP [...] (C) Summary: During an October 7 telecon, TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke updated the Somalia Unit on Yemeni support to the TFG, the status of TFG forces in Djibouti, and TFG support to Ahmed Madobe's alliance in Lower Juba. Sharmarke said the Yemenis have provided the TFG with AK47s, other equi [...]	2009-10-07 10:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL MOPS PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2133	ISIOLO SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenya's ongoing drought has exacerbated tribal and political tensions between pastoralists in Kenya's Isiolo District. The situation recently presented problems for the tourism industry in Kenya's northern corridor when armed livestock herders moved into wildlife conservation lan [...]	2009-10-08 04:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS EAID EIND PHUM SENV KCRM KE
09NAIROBI2140	SOMALIA - KENYAN FOREIGN MINISTER PULSES [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Foreign Minister Wetangula on October 8 convened EU representatives and the U.S. for what he said was an informal discussion of Somalia. Wetangula stressed several times that the GOK believed there was no alternative to the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG),but ackn [...]	2009-10-08 15:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID MOPS PTER SO KE
09NAIROBI2141	SOMALIS IN KENYA BEING RECRUITED TO FIGHT IN [...] (C) Summary: Reports from the Garissa Member of Parliament (MP) and UNHCR officials that Government of Kenya (GOK) officials and Somalis aligned with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) are supporting the recruitment of Kenyan-Somalis in North East Province and Somali refugees from the [...]	2009-10-09 06:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	KE MARR MOPS PINR PREF PREL PTER SO
09NAIROBI2149	SOMALIA - ALL SIDES REINFORCING IN JUBA; TFG [...] (C) Summary: As of October 8, the battle for Kismayo was likely to continue as all sides in the conflict were seeking reinforcements. In an apparent effort to undercut Madobe, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys on October 6 called for an end to the fighting in Lower Juba and a Hisbul Islam (HI) off [...]	2009-10-09 11:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2150	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, OCTOBER 9 [...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post submits the following update for the first week of October 2009. End Summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-5 activities since the [...]	2009-10-09 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2151	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND'S PRESIDENT RIYALE SEEMS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In October 9 conversations, opposition Kulmiye party Chairman Ahmed Silanyo and UCID opposition party Chairman Ali Faisal Warabe told Somalia Unit that they and the Council of Elders (Guurti) had nominated their combined four candidates to the National Election Council (NEC),b [...]	2009-10-09 13:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2152	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND ADMINISTRATION PROMISES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a series of telephone conversations with Puntland Administration officials since the October 1 decision to ban Puntland FM radio stations from carrying the Voice of America's (VOA) Somalia Service (reftel),Puntland President Faroole's Chief of Staff October 9 called [...]	2009-10-09 14:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2156	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND ADMINISTRATION RE-INSTATES VOA [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 09:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2159	SOMALIA - JOINT MEETING SURVEYS SOMALI SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Joint Security Committee (JSC) of Somali government security officials and international donors met in Nairobi on October 13. This was its third meeting under its current mandate to coordinate government and donors' security sector initiatives. At the meeting, the U.S.-le [...]	2009-10-14 09:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER EAID SO
09NAIROBI2163	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND UCID CHAIRMAN ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) Summary: Somaliland UCID Party Chairman Warabe on October 14 updated Somaila Unit Poloff on the Somaliand political situation. (Note: In advance of the conversation, Somaliland President Riyale, in a likely attempt to delay naming his own nominees, rejected two opposition party nominatio [...]	2009-10-14 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2164	SOMALIA - TRAVEL TO HARGEISA, SOMALILAND [...] (C) Summary: Embassy requests permission for a member of its Somalia Unit to join a UN or other international community-organized, one-day trip to Hargeisa, Somaliland, at the next reasonable opportunity. A volatile security situation has meant that U.S. government representatives have not [...]	2009-10-14 15:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC OTRA PTER PREL SO
09NAIROBI2169	UPDATE ON RECRUITMENT OF KENYAN SOMALIS TO FIGHT [...] (C) On October 9, Garissa town's Member of Parliament Aden Duale told PolOff that during a second conversation with Kenyan Minister of Defense and fellow Kenyan Somali Mohamed Yusuf Haji, Haji not only told him that Somalis were recruiting young men in Kenya to fight in support of the Transiti [...]	2009-10-15 10:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	MARR MOPS PINR PREF PREL PTER KE SO
09NAIROBI2178	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND PRESIDENT RIYALE REJECTS [...] (C) Summary: Somaliland President Riyale, in a likely attempt to delay naming his own nominees, rejected two opposition nominations for the National Electoral Commission (NEC). Riyale managed to convince opposition UCID party Chairman Faisal to withdraw his nominee. In an October 13 telec [...]	2009-10-15 14:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2184	KENYA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2010 [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Country: Kenya 3. Current Status: Eligible 4. Country Background Summary: The population of Kenya is 38.6 million (mid 2008 estimate),estimated 2008 GDP is $30.4 billion, and per capita income is $770. An estimated 54% of the [...]	2009-10-16 08:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD EINV ENRG ELAB AGOA PGOV PREL
09NAIROBI2198	SOMALIA -SOMALILAND PRESIDENT STRONG-ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Somaliland President Riyale on October 19 forwarded the seven National Electoral Commission nominees to the Guurti, signaling both forward momentum toward elections and Riyale's ability to manipulate the process. Riyale submitted the names of his nominees only after the Kulmiye, U [...]	2009-10-19 15:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2199	SOMALIA - TFG MILITARY RECRUIT GRADUATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 15, 463 Somali military recruits trained by the Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) and 152 (including 8 officers) trained by the French Forces in Djibouti (FFDJ) participated in a graduation ceremony at Djibouti's primary military education center. The Djiboutian Prime Mini [...]	2009-10-20 12:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PHUM PREL DJ SO FR
09NAIROBI2202	SOMALIA - KISMAYO SITUATION MARKED BY COMPLEX [...] (C) Summary: As of October 19 the situation in Lower Juba was marked by an increasingly complex mosaic of interests and a fractious al-Shabaab, reportedly divided over whether to cooperate with the Darod/Marehan subclan in order to hold Kismayo. (Note: The Marehan subclan represents a small mi [...]	2009-10-21 12:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2203	SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT ON RECRUITMENT IN KENYA [...] (C) Summary: TFG President Sheikh Sharif met with the Ambassador and Somalia Unit as he ended his travels to Saudia Arabia, the United States and Libya. President Sharif told us he recognized the need for a vigorous political strategy to complement his security forces' efforts to seize the [...]	2009-10-21 12:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO KE
09NAIROBI2206	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 12:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KE UK
09NAIROBI2214	SOMALIA-LOCAL INITIATIVES OFFER TFG OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Summary: Increasing momentum behind local and regional governance initiatives in south-central Somalia offers the TFG an opportunity to broaden its support base and further marginalize al-Shabaab. Multiple contacts tell us efforts are underway in the regions to confront al-Shabaab and bol [...]	2009-10-23 05:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2241	SOMALIA - PM PREVIEWS EUROPEAN TRIP, HEARS OUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Nairobi Somalia Unit met with Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Sharmarke on Sunday, October 25 to discuss key issues on Somalia prior to the PM's departure for meetings in London with the FCO and Brussels with the EU and donor community. USAI [...]	2009-10-27 13:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2243	SOMALIA - GALCAIO DEVELOPMENTS MAY STRENGTHEN [...] (C) Summary: The warming relationship between administrations in the town of Galcaio is likely to reinforce ties between Puntland and south-central Somalia, despite the secessionist leanings of some within Puntland President "Faroole's" inner circle. (Note: Predominately Darod-clan led north G [...]	2009-10-27 14:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2245	USAID/OFDA and USAID/FFP Marsabit, Isiolo, and [...] (U) From October 5 to 10, USAID's Offices of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) staff visited Laikipia District, Rift Valley Province, and Isiolo and Marsabit districts, Eastern Province, to assess reports of food insecurity associated with poor perfo [...]	2009-10-28 05:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PREF KE
09NAIROBI2252	MINISTER MAPS OUT POLICE REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Following the removal of former Police Commissioner Ali and a major reshuffle in the senior ranks of the Kenya Police Service (see ref A),Ambassador Ranneberger, accompanied by a mission team, called on Minister of State for Internal Security and Provincial Administration George [...]	2009-10-29 11:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS KE
09NAIROBI2260	KENYA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] IMF FORECASTS CY2009 2.7% ECONOMIC GROWTH 2. TOURISM SHOWS SIGNS OF RECOVERY 3. WILDLIFE THREATENED BY DROUGHT AND INCREASED POACHING 4. CORRUPTION SURFACES AT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Â [...]	2009-10-30 09:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PINR KCOR
09NAIROBI2284	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND PASSES FIRST WATERSHED MOMENT [...] (C) Summary: Partly as a result of U.S. engagement and pressure (ref A and previous),the Somaliland Parliament on October 28 swore in all seven National Electoral Commission (NEC) nominees (ref B),the first step in implementing the September 29 Six Point Agreement to hold presidential electi [...]	2009-11-02 14:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2287	REFORM CAUCUS LAUNCHED IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a luncheon with Assistant Secretary (A/S) Johnnie Carson and an American Chamber of Commerce-hosted breakfast attended by Ambassador Ranneberger, an initial 17 Members of Parliament have launched a "Reform Caucus." The Reform Caucus, which may be recognized as an offic [...]	2009-11-03 08:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KE
09NAIROBI2304	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, NOVEMBER 4 [...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post submits the following update for the first week of November 2009. End Summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-7 activities since th [...]	2009-11-04 14:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2305	SOMALIA - DISPUTED NORTHERN REGION'S CLANSMEN [...] Summary. Leaders of a newly-declared Sol/Sanaag/Ayn (S/S/A) regional administration, including an American citizen, have called on us to explain their Dhulbahante clan's grievances against the Somaliland administration, and their political vision for extricating themselves from Somaliland's a [...]	2009-11-04 16:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DJ EAID KDEM PGOV PREL PTER SO
09NAIROBI2319	SOMALIA-TFG'S HIRAAN FORCE COMMANDER AND LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: TFG General Mukhtar's forces as of November 4 lost a strategic location five miles outside of the Hiraan capital Beledweyne to Hisbul Islam (HI) militia. TFG and TFG-aligned forces reportedly took the location 3 days before, fueled by local support but frustrated by lack of politi [...]	2009-11-06 12:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2335	SOMALIA - CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT SHEIKH SHARIF [...] (C) Summary: I spoke with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif as he began his travel to Turkey on November 6 to attend an Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit. The point of his trip was to see fellow Islamic heads of state and press for them to suppo [...]	2009-11-10 12:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER PINR SO
09NAIROBI2336	SOMALIA - CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT SHEIKH SHARIF [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 12:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER PINR SO
09NAIROBI2338	PUSHING REFORMS: THE NATIONAL YOUTH FORUM AND [...] (C) Summary. Sixty-six independent youth organizations across the country are planning, with our support and encouragement, to hold a National Youth Forum on November 17 to focus on the reform agenda and national reconciliation. The government feels threatened by such independent activity ) pa [...]	2009-11-10 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV KE
09NAIROBI2339	THE REFORM PROCESS: ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary. The visa ban we issued against Attorney General Amos Wako, who is a linchpin in the culture of impunity, has contributed to a groundswell of pressure for his removal. We are hearing that his days may be numbered. His departure will be a significant symbolic step in pushing for ch [...]	2009-11-10 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KCOR PREL KE
09NAIROBI2340	THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW PROCESS AND THE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Meaningful constitutional review is vital to successful implementation of the reform agenda and to mitigate prospects for violence and instability in connection with the 2012 elections. While there is broad appreciation of this, President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga and their t [...]	2009-11-10 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI2341	SOMALIA - AMISOM COMMANDER COMMENTS ON TFG SECURITY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 6 the Africa Mission to Somalia's (AMISOM) new Deputy Force Commander detailed AMISOM's recent support to the TFG's effort to stand up a national army. He said the TFG lacks the capacity and funds to sufficiently house, feed, water, equip and pay newly trained and [...]	2009-11-10 15:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV SO
09NAIROBI2342	Ambassador's Speech on the Reform Process [...] Summary. On October 30 the Ambassador gave the keynote speech at the Law Society of Kenya's luncheon. The speech, which was cleared by Washington, focused on the reform process. The speech was extensively covered by the media, was distributed to thousands of key actors through the Mission da [...]	2009-11-12 06:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL US KE
09NAIROBI2343	SOMALIA- HISBUL ISLAM DISMISSES ITS HIRAAN LEADER [...] (C) Summary: In recent days, Hisbul Islam leader Sheikh Abdirahman Ma'ow left Hiraan region and the TFG Security Minister's unpopular candidate for governor of Hiraan reportedly has refused to take the job, two events that signal the growing strength of Hiraan's political and diaspora communit [...]	2009-11-12 06:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2344	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PRESIDENT SEEKS INCREASED U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Despite some willingness in recent months to cooperate with TFG President Sharif, Puntland President "Faroole" continues to seek equal status with the TFG President and probably believes that stepped-up political engagement with Sharif can be parlayed into increased internationa [...]	2009-11-12 11:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2349	African Elephant Conservation Fund - Monitoring of [...] "Monitoring of African Elephants along the North Kenyan Coast" by Save the Elephants 2. Greater Ewaso Elephant Conservation by the Mpala Research Center Â [...]	2009-11-12 13:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL US KE
09NAIROBI2351	SOMALIA - SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS SUGGEST STEPPED UP [...] (C) Summary: On November 11, likely al-Shabaab operatives carried out three near-simultaneous attacks in Puntland, resulting in the assassination of two senior Puntland officials. Puntland Supreme Court Justice Mohamed Abdi Aware was gunned down as he left mosque in Bossaso and Puntland MP [...]	2009-11-12 15:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2360	USAID/OFDA COAST PROVINCE FLOODS ASSESSMENT [...] (U) According to the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS),heavy rains from late October to early November resulted in flooding in Malindi, Magarini, Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa, and Tana Delta districts, Coast Province, killing at least four people and displacing more than 1,000 households. In respons [...]	2009-11-16 11:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PREF KE
09NAIROBI2361	A/S SCHWARTZ DISCUSSES FOOD AID IN SOMALIA WITH WFP [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRM Assistant Secretary (A/S) Eric Schwartz met with World Food Program (WFP) Somalia, based in Nairobi, to seek clarification on how food aid is delivered in Somalia and the potential ramifications on WFP operations if the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) restrictions are n [...]	2009-11-16 14:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KE PREF PREL SO
09NAIROBI2364	GOK BORDER MANAGEMENT SUPPORTS REQUESTED IN RETURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 21, PRM Assistant Secretary (A/S) Eric Schwartz and Ambassador Ranneberger met with three senior government of Kenya (GOK) officials (Director General of National Security Intelligence Services Michael Gichangi, Minister of Immigration Otieno Kajwang, and Minister of [...]	2009-11-17 08:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KE PREF PREL SO
09NAIROBI2369	POLICE REFORM TASK FORCE PREVIEWS ITS [...] On November 11, three members of the Police Reform Task Force (PRTF) briefed members of the diplomatic corps on the Task Force's unanimous recommendations to the Government of Kenya. Carrying an estimated price tag of 81.4 billion Kenyan shillings (approximately $1.1 billion) over the next th [...]	2009-11-18 11:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KJUS PGOV PHUM KE
09NAIROBI2375	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND AGREES TO TRANSFER OF [...] (S) On November 17 we delivered ref A talking points to the Somaliland Minister of Interior Abdullahi Ismail Ali "Irro." The minister said the Somaliland government will accept the transferees, and confirmed that reftel B and C diplomatic notes and Somaliland's written assurances also will a [...]	2009-11-19 12:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO DJ
09NAIROBI2376	Pushing the Reform Process - Continued Outreach to the [...] Summary. As part of continued outreach activities, the Ambassador and a Mission team visited Eldoret, Kitale, and Kapenguria in Rift Valley November 13-14 to promote peace reconciliation and conflict resolution, and to encourage domestic-driven pressure for implementation of the reform agenda. [...]	2009-11-19 12:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KE
09NAIROBI2383	EAST AFRICA REGIONAL COUNTER TERRORISM OFFICERS [...] (U) Counterterrorism action offices from nine East African posts plus the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) the USAID and the Office of the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT) met in Nairobi, Kenya on September 29 for in depth discussion [...]	2009-11-20 09:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PREL PGOV ER ET KE SU TZ UG YM PTER DJ
09NAIROBI2384	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PRESIDENT BACKS AWAY FROM TFG - [...] (C) Summary: Puntland President "Faroole", in a likely effort to undercut the TFG and deter his political rivals in Puntland, has backed away from a TFG - Puntland cooperation agreement (reftel) that he had signed with TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke in August. President "Faroole" appeared to atte [...]	2009-11-20 10:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2387	ENTRY OF ARMS FOR SECURITY PROTECTING U.S. FLAG VESSELS [...] Ref A requests procedures to transport firearms, ammunition, and related equipment into air and seaports in Kenya. As indicated in Ref B, U.S. flag vessels wishing to do so should contract with a freight forwarder which will navigate the Kenyan bureaucracy on their behalf. U.S. flag ships sh [...]	2009-11-23 07:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KPIR ASEC MARR PARM PREL KE
09NAIROBI2397	SOMALIA - RAS KAMBONI LEADERS DENOUNCE AWEYS; [...] (C) Summary: During a November 18 meeting with Somalia Unit Poloff, key Ras Kamboni leaders denounced Hisbul Islam leader Sheikh Dahir Aweys, discussed recent fighting between the Darod/Kabalah alliance and al-Shabaab in Lower Juba and recounted recent events. Ras Kamboni leaders said that they [...]	2009-11-23 16:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV MOPS PTER PINR SOCI KDEM SO
09NAIROBI2398	SOMALIA - WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE TFG'S FINANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Somalia Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) finances are generally funneled through four accounts that we are aware of: a UN trust fund, the PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) mechanism, the Central Bank, and a government account at the Somali money transfer company Dahabshil [...]	2009-11-23 17:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON KDEM EAID SO
09NAIROBI24	Cultural Programs Keep Embassy Nairobi Busy in 1st Qtr [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 13:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO
09NAIROBI2400	SOMALIA - PRESIDENT SHARIF CRITICIZES ASWJ [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Donald Payne met with President Sharif in Nairobi on November 13. Sharif said he feared an upcoming IGAD conference would force the TFG into closer cooperation with Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ),an organization he thought might be positioning itself to challenge th [...]	2009-11-25 04:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PTER SO ET
09NAIROBI2401	POLICE REFORM ADDITIONAL RESOURCES REQUEST [...] Summary: This cable is an action request. Please see para 5. Following high-level discussions with the leadership of Kenya's law enforcement agencies (see ref B) and our review of the Police Reform Task Force's recommendations (see ref A),post's inter-agency team on police reform has identifi [...]	2009-11-25 04:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KJUS KCRM EAID PGOV KE
09NAIROBI2405	S/WCI RAPP'S VISIT PUSHES ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rapp's November 5-6 visit highlighted in a timely way the importance the U.S. attaches to accountability for post-election violence, as part of the broader reform agenda. Amb Rapp stressed the need for Kenyan authorities to cooperate to apprehend Rwandan fugitive Kabug [...]	2009-11-25 08:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KE US
09NAIROBI2408	KENYA: CHINA DRILLING FOR OIL IN ISIOLO [...] (SBU) Summary: The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is drilling for oil in the Isiolo region of Kenya. Kenya won't realistically know until January 2010 if they have struck a commercially viable deposit. To date, oil exploration in Kenya has been unsuccessful. Kenya has no o [...]	2009-11-25 11:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG SENV KE
09NAIROBI2410	Outreach to Propel the Reform Process [...] Summary. This message summarizes recent travel throughout Kenya as part of continuing and intensified outreach efforts aimed at encouraging domestic-driven peaceful pressure for implementation of the reform agenda. End summary. 2. The Mission remains engaged in intense outreach to all regi [...]	2009-11-25 11:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI2412	KENYA: NOVEMBER ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] IMF APPLAUDS KENYA'S NEW INFLATION CALCULATION 2. EVICTIONS PROCEED IN MAU FOREST 3. KENYA SIGNS COMMON MARKET TREATY Â [...]	2009-11-25 12:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD PINR KCOR SENV KE
09NAIROBI2419	SOMALIA - NEW SOMALILAND NATIONAL ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: During November 25 meetings in Addis Ababa with the Nairobi-based Democratic Steering Committee (DSC)the new Somaliland National Electoral Commission (NEC) appeared united and eager to move forward on the election process. The NEC agreed to the terms of reference for an internation [...]	2009-11-30 08:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2421	SOMALIA - MULTI-FACTIONAL ASWJ APPEARS [...] (C) Summary: The multi-factional Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) in late November appeared increasingly cohesive, as ASWJ leaders from several regions began to more actively collaborate. ASWJ leaders from the regions of Galgaduud, Hiraan, Middle Juba, Somaliland as well as the diaspora told Soma [...]	2009-11-30 11:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2422	SOMALIA - Recent Threats to Freedom of the Press [...] (SBU) Since the temporary ban of VOA's Somali Service by Puntland authorities in early October (reftel),Somali media have encountered a series of additional hardships. Independent media outlets have experienced closures, arrests, and violence. Among the most notable incidents was the shootin [...]	2009-11-30 11:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO SO KE
09NAIROBI2427	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, NOVEMBER 30 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post submits the following update for the third week of November 2009. End Summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-9 activities since t [...]	2009-11-30 14:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2429	KENYA'S NOMINEES AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PLAN FOR THE [...] Ms. Summaiya Athman, Legal Manager, Sitara Investment Ms. Athman holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Commercial Law from the University of Bristol United Kingdom. She is the head of the legal department of a State-owned oil corporation which is engaged in both the Petroleum upstream (explorati [...]	2009-12-01 11:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI KE
09NAIROBI2434	DOING MORE WITH LESS; UK AFRICA REGIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The State Department coordinator for the East Africa Regional Strategic Initiative (EARSI) met with UK officers from several North and East Africa missions as well as London based Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) specialists in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October 13-14 for discussions o [...]	2009-12-02 07:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ER ET KE SO UK YM
09NAIROBI2443	KENYAN RECRUITMENT FOR SOMALIA CONTINUES, [...] (S/NF) As the fight for control over Somalia's Kismayo and Lower Juba region drags on, the Government of Kenya appears determined to send 2,000-4,000 newly trained recruits into Somalia, reportedly in December. Recent discussions indicate that many if not most of these recruits are in fact Ken [...]	2009-12-03 09:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PINR PREL PTER KE SO

09NAIROBI2444	SOMALIA - THREE MINISTERS KILLED IN MOGADISHU [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on December 3, an apparent suicide bombing at a graduation ceremony at the Shamo hotel in Mogadishu killed at three TFG Ministers, one of them an Amcit, and over a dozen faculty, students, and journalists who were present. As of 2:30 p.m. (local) no gr [...]	2009-12-03 14:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2456	SOMALIA - Media Reaction to Suicide Bombing [...] (U) Somali media outlets have uniformly expressed revulsion at the December 3 suicide bombing in Mogadishu that took the lives of three TFG ministers, seriously injured a fourth, and killed more than a dozen others attending a medical school graduation. Some of the Media are suggesting that th [...]	2009-12-04 11:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI2457	SOMALIA - CLAN ALLIANCE RE-GROUPS AS AL-SHABAAB [...] (C) Summary: The reportedly tactical withdrawal of Ahmed Madobe and clan militia from Dhobley this week resulted in an unopposed al-Shabaab move into that key Lower Juba town. Multiple contacts tell us Madobe's move, rather than signaling an end game in Lower Juba, indicates a shift in Ogaden- [...]	2009-12-04 13:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER PGOV SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI2458	SOMALIA - TFG MOVES FORWARD IN WAKE OF DECEMBER 3 [...] (SBU) Summary: TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke is pushing forward with plans to replace the TFG's controversial Police Commissioner and lackluster Armed Forces Commander in the wake of the December 3 suicide bombing that took the lives of three TFG ministers and left a fourth near death in a Nair [...]	2009-12-06 12:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MARR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2465	PREPARATIONS FOR AFRICA REGIONAL UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 09:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE
09NAIROBI2469	SOMALIA - Ambassador Visits Suicide Bombing Victims [...] On December 7, Ambassador Ranneberger visited the fourteen Somalis who had been flown to Nairobi for treatment after the December 3 suicide bombing in Mogadishu. The visit was heavily covered by the press. Post issued a local press release, reaching media outlets inside Somalia. End summary. [...]	2009-12-08 12:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI2470	SOMALIA - NOMINEES TO THE PRESIDENT'S [...] Post and its Somalia Unit appreciate the opportunity to submit Somali entrepreneur nominees to the President's Entrepreneurship Summit in Q1 2010 (in para 2). We chose the nominees in consultation with our private sector, NGO and civil society partners. We have also included (in para 3) our [...]	2009-12-08 14:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI EAID KPAO SO
09NAIROBI2477	Former Members of Congress engage the Reform Agenda [...] (U) Summary: From November 23 to 28, Embassy Nairobi hosted Kenya's first-ever "EXDEL," a delegation of former Members of Congress who spent a week representing the Congressional House Democracy Partnership as they engaged political leaders and civil society to advance the reform agenda. End S [...]	2009-12-10 13:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP OREP KDEM KE
09NAIROBI2483	Annan Visits to Maintain Pressure on Reform Agenda [...] Summary: Kofi Annan's December 2-8 visit usefully maintained pressure, publicly and privately, for implementation of the reform agenda. He is remaining engaged, and plans to return to Kenya next March. He sees the United States as his key partner in pressing on the reforms, and I am contin [...]	2009-12-14 14:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KE PGOV
09NAIROBI2485	National Youth Forum Pushes on the Reform Agenda [...] Summary. On November 17 a National Youth Forum was held in Nairobi with U.S. financial support. The Forum was organized by 66 independent youth organizations and brought together representatives from every constituency in the country. The fact that the coalition government at the highest l [...]	2009-12-15 13:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
09NAIROBI2487	Kenya's Conventional Arms End-User Violation [...] Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Vicki Huddleston and Kenya-U.S. Liaison Office Chief Col. McNevin delivered reftel demarche regarding transfer of Ukrainian-origin LME by the government of Kenya (GOK) to the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) to Kenyan Assistant Minister for Defe [...]	2009-12-15 16:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS KE SU UG UP
09NAIROBI2497	Kenya responds to Sudan tank demarche [...] On December 15, Ambassador Ranneberger discussed the tank transfer issue with Prime Minister Odinga, who said that the GOK was committed to assisting the GOSS and that there was "intense pressure" from the GOSS to deliver the tanks. He hinted that the GOK might instead transfer the tanks to Uganda [...]	2009-12-16 14:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP MOPS MASS PARM PINR PTER PREL KE UG UP SU
09NAIROBI2499	Somalia - Security Meeting Delivers Modest Results [...] (SBU) Summary. Key security sector donors, as well as representatives from the UN, AMISOM and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) gathered in Kampala on December 9 for a Joint Security Committee. The committee is a forum to coordinate activity to assist the TFG's security sector. The c [...]	2009-12-17 08:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SO MOPS UG BY
09NAIROBI2503	SOMALIA - POLITICAL DISCONTENT A KEY FACTOR IN INCREASED [...] (C) Summary: The recent up tic in violence in Puntland appears to be due, in part, to al-Shabaab's ability to exploit political grievances against Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamud "Faroole". On December 13 the Puntland Vice-President survived an IED attack on his convoy and [...]	2009-12-17 14:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SO
09NAIROBI2505	SOMALIA - CONTINUED EXPRESSIONS OF OUTRAGE OVER DECEMBER 3 [...] (SBU) The December 3 suicide bombing that killed government ministers, medical students, and teachers sparked protests across Somalia's regions and around the globe. Somalis and their diaspora brethren have publicly condemned the attack at conferences, in marches, and on live national and inter [...]	2009-12-17 15:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SO PTER
09NAIROBI2510	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, DECEMBER 9 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post submits the following update for the third week of November 2009. End Summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-6 activi [...]	2009-12-09 19:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2514	Draft Constitution Includes Powerful Prime Minister, [...] Summary: The Harmonized Draft Constitution proposes significant changes to executive powers, installs accountability mechanisms throughout government, ushers in a new house of parliament, reshapes the judiciary, and devolves power and some budgetary control to local governments. The document s [...]	2009-12-10 13:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KISL KDEM PHUM KE
09NAIROBI2517	Somalia - TFG Tentatively Moves Forward with Galgaduud ASWJ [...] (C) Summary: The TFG appears to be tentatively moving forward on its relationship with the well-armed north Galgaduud faction of ASWJ following stepped up pressure from the international community and political opinion makers inside Somalia. The TFG in mid-December reportedly reached an agreeme [...]	2009-12-21 15:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO
09NAIROBI2519	Somalia - TFG Tentatively Moves Forward with Galgaduud ASWJ [...] (C) Summary: The TFG appears to be tentatively moving forward on its relationship with the well-armed north Galgaduud faction of ASWJ following stepped up pressure from the international community and political opinion makers inside Somalia. The TFG in mid-December reportedly reached an agreeme [...]	2009-12-21 15:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO
09NAIROBI2521	PREPARATIONS FOR AFRICA REGIONAL UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP ON [...] This is an action message. Please see paras. 14 and 15. 2. Summary: Officials from the Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) visited Nairobi November 16-19 to perform a site survey in preparation for the Afr [...]	2009-12-21 20:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE
09NAIROBI2522	Civil Society Delegation to Washington [...] This is an Action request, see para 4. 2. We remain actively engaged with civil society, business groups, women's associations, religious leaders, and youth as part of our continuing efforts to advance the process of reform in Kenya. On November 17 we sponsored a highly successful nat [...]	2009-12-11 10:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KE
09NAIROBI2530	SOMALIA - NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR INTERNATONAL [...] (U) The Embassy Nairobi's Somalia Unit respectfully nominates the late Somalia Minister Dr. Qamar Aden Ali for the 2010 Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. Until her death on December 3, 2009, at the hands of a suicide bomber in Mogadishu, Dr. Ali was the Minister of [...]	2009-12-11 14:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO PTER SO KWMN
09NAIROBI2531	Constitutional Debate 2 - PNU seeks Strong Presidency, [...] (U) Summary. This cable is part two of a five part series on the contentious issues and political landscape surrounding the debate on Kenya's Harmonized Draft Constitution. Cable one provided a snapshot of the outstanding contentious issues in the draft constitution: executive authority, devo [...]	2009-12-22 14:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS KE
09NAIROBI2533	Constitutional Debate 3: ODM Defending Current Draft [...] Summary: This cable is part three of a five part series on the contentious issues and political landscape surrounding the debate on Kenya's Harmonized Draft Constitution. Cable one provided a snapshot of the outstanding contentious issues in the draft constitution: executive authority, devolu [...]	2009-12-22 14:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KE
09NAIROBI2535	Security Sector Assistance in Kenya: Navy Special Boat Unit [...] Due to the threat of spillover effects from fighting in Somalia, the Government of Kenya views effective border control as its top national security concern. Using multiple funding sources, including 1206 funding, the United States' security sector assistance in Kenya supports the development o [...]	2009-12-22 14:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS MARR KE SO EAID
09NAIROBI2537	Somalia - VOA Arrest Highlights "Faroole's" Increasingly [...] (C) Summary: Puntland President "Faroole's" movement over recent months toward increasingly autocratic behavior (ref a) was on display once again when on December 21 Puntland security forces arrested Voice of America (VOA) reporter Mohamed Yasin Isaq in the town of Galcaio. President "Far [...]	2009-12-22 17:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO PHUM KDEM SOCI
09NAIROBI2539	Constitutional Debate 4: Prospects for Compromise [...] (C) Summary: This cable is part four of a five part series on the contentious issues and political landscape surrounding the debate on Kenya's Harmonized Draft Constitution. Cable one provided a snapshot of the outstanding contentious issues in the draft constitution: executive authority, dev [...]	2009-12-23 13:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI2543	Somalia - Transitional Parliament Re-convenes After [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 21, the Somalia Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) kicked off its tenth session following a three-month recess. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sharif opened the TFP with a well-received speech that focused on security and urged the administ [...]	2009-12-24 09:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SO SOCI KDEM PINR
09NAIROBI2545	Somalia - December 3 Suicide Attack Deepens Long-Standing [...] (C) Summary: Long-standing intra-Shabaab tensions, apparently exacerbated by the December 3 suicide bombing in Mogadishu, were brought to the surface in late December when al-Shabaab faction leaders began to publicly voice their internal disagreements about the way forward in Somalia. Our [...]	2009-12-24 09:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV SO PTER PINR MARR
09NAIROBI255	Kenya's Developing Food Crisis [...] (SBU) A shortfall of white maize (Kenya's staple food crop) has left an estimated 3.2 million Kenyans in need of emergency food assistance. Millions more - particularly in urban areas - are food insecure due to rising maize prices. The forces contributing to the shortfall include: reduced pr [...]	2009-02-11 09:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EAID BEXP PINR PGOV KE
09NAIROBI2551	Somalia - TFG Deputy Prime Minister Offers View on ASWJ, TFG [...] (C) Summary: TFG Deputy Prime Minister Sharif Hassan during a late December meeting with the Somalia Unit expressed cautious support for ASWJ/Galgaduud and a possible role in the TFG for former deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Abdisalaam. In addition, Hassan described TFG plans for the Mogadis [...]	2009-12-29 14:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SO SOCI PINR
09NAIROBI2553	Somalia - Continued Efforts to Gain Release of VOA Reporter [...] (SBU) Post continues to press the regional government of Puntland to release Voice of America (VOA) Somali Service reporter Mohamed Yasin Isaq, who was detained on December 21 (reftel) and remains in custody, with no charges filed against him. The Somalia Unit has spoken directly with Puntland [...]	2009-12-30 12:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SO KPAO
09NAIROBI2586	Ambassador's Letter to GOK on Expanding US Support to [...] Ambassador Ranneberger sent the following letter on December 8 to the Kenyan Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security Professor George Saitoti. The letter was a follow-up to the conversation PRM Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz and the Ambassador had with Mi [...]	2009-12-15 13:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF SO KE PREL
09NAIROBI2592	KENYA: FIBER CUTS UNDERMINE GROWTH OF ICT SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: Fiber cuts are degrading the potentially positive impact of the new broadband Internet connections in Kenya. Kenya Data Networks (KDN),the country's largest private data carrier and infrastructure provider, has experienced 153 fiber cuts in the last three months. KDN suspects that [...]	2009-12-16 09:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ECPS ETRD AMTC AADP ACOA ANET KE XW
09NAIROBI2594	COLLECTIVE DEMARCHE TO PRESIDENT KIBAKI ON DADAAB [...] During the visit of PRM Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz to Kenya on October 17 - 22, the donor community agreed to a collective demarche urging President Kibaki to authorize the opening of a fourth Dadaab camp (09 Nairobi 2363). Ten Ambassadors signed a joint letter which was sent to P [...]	2009-12-17 06:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF KE SO
09NAIROBI2598	EU Troika Pushes on Kenya Reform [...] Summary: Gunilla Carlsson, Sweden's Minister for International Development Cooperation, headed an EU Troika one-day visit to Kenya to push for reform. Carlsson pushed on the need for implementation of the reform agenda, urged greater political will on the part of the government to engage on r [...]	2009-12-17 13:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KE SW WEU
09NAIROBI26	SOMALIA - PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf's December 29 resignation (reftel),a succession race has begun. Somalis and members of the international community, have become engaged in the effort to harmonize the effort to form a TFG - Alliance for [...]	2009-01-06 16:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI2628	GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVE: KENYA COMMENT [...] Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on goals and principles of President Obama?s Global Health Initiative. As stated, individual government agencies involved in defining practices, implementation, and governance have been actively involved in discussions (e.g. HHS/CDC, USAID, STATE),[...]	2009-12-21 05:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV KWMN KOCI KE
09NAIROBI2640	Kenya's Media: Part I - Overview and the New Media Law [...] (SBU) Summary. This is the first part of a four-part report on the state of the Kenyan Media. The parts are: 1) Overview and the new media law; 2) Radio Stations; 3) Media Houses and Cross Ownership; and 4) Role of the media and New Trends. Since the liberalization of the media industry in [...]	2009-12-21 11:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KPAO KMDR KE
09NAIROBI2642	Judges Protest Proposed Constitutional Changes, Call for [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. Summary: Kenyan judges, long unpopular with citizens due to their status as the public face of the country's backlogged and inefficient justice system, are finding few sympathizers with their concern that provisions in the draft constit [...]	2009-12-21 11:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR KE KJUS
09NAIROBI2644	KENYA: 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] Al-Shabaab extremists, supported by members of al-Qa'ida, continued to present a serious terrorist threat to American and allied interests throughout the Horn of Africa. Due to ongoing fighting between al-Shabaab, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG),and other armed factions within [...]	2009-12-21 12:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL KE SO
09NAIROBI2646	Kenya's Media: Part II - FM Radio Stations [...] (U)Summary. This is the second part of a four-part report on the state of the Kenyan Media. The parts are: 1) Overview and the new media law; 2) Radio Stations; 3) Media Houses and Cross Ownership; and 4) Role of the media and New Trends. The 90s liberalization of the broadcast industry co [...]	2009-12-21 12:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KPAO KMDR KE
09NAIROBI2648	SOMALIA: 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] The fragile hold on power of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG),a protracted state of violent instability, long unguarded coasts, porous borders, and proximity to the Arabian Peninsula, made Somalia an attractive location for international terrorists seeking a transit or launching [...]	2009-12-21 12:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL PTER SO
09NAIROBI2656	Kenya's Media: Part III- Media Houses and Cross Ownership [...] (U) Summary. This is the third part of a four-part report on the state of the Kenyan Media. The parts are: 1) Overview and the new media law; 2) Radio Stations; 3) Media Houses and Cross Ownership; and 4) Role of the media and New Trends. A handful of media houses dominate and even manipula [...]	2009-12-22 10:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KPAO KMDR KE
09NAIROBI2662	Kenya's Media: Part IV - Role of the Media and New Trends [...] (U) Summary. This is the last part of a four-part report on the state of the Kenyan Media. The parts are: 1) Overview and the new media law; 2) Radio Stations; 3) Media Houses and Cross Ownership; and 4) Role of the media and New Trends. The rapid growth of media outlets in Kenya has set a [...]	2009-12-22 13:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KPAO KMDR KE
09NAIROBI2664	KENYA: FORWARD THINKING TO NEGATE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" [...] (U) Summary: This message is a response to an action request in Ref A, and provides post input for Kenya to the Secretary's "Defamation of Religion" working group. Although Kenya has strong domestic incentives to oppose "defamation of religions" resolutions, the influence of African Union, G- [...]	2009-12-22 13:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC KE
09NAIROBI2666	Constitutional Debate 1: A Primer on the Contentious Issues [...] (U) Summary: This cable is part one of a five part series on the contentious issues and political landscape surrounding the debate on Kenya's Harmonized Draft Constitution. This cable provides a snapshot of the outstanding contentious issues in the draft constitution: executive authority, devo [...]	2009-12-22 14:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS PREL KE
09NAIROBI267	GOK COMMITS TO FOURTH DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP [...] During his recent visit, UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) Craig Johnstone told the Ambassador that he had received a "commitment" from the Kenyan Prime Minister to a package approach to resolving Somali refugee issues - including the allocation of land for a fourth camp - to relieve severe [...]	2009-02-11 11:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SO
09NAIROBI2688	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, DECEMBER 23 [...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post submits the following update for the third week of December 2009. End Summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-8 activit [...]	2009-12-24 08:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI270	SOMALIA - UN FIELD COVERAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable is in response to reftel request for information on the efficacy of the field offices of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). As noted in reftel, OHCHR maintains involvement in Somalia through human rights advisors to the United Political Office for Soma [...]	2009-02-11 14:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SO
09NAIROBI2702	HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS IN KENYA PERTAINING TO SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Same sex relationships in Kenya are criminalized as felonies, and individuals in such relationships face strong public attitudes which stigmatize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) relationships as "un-African" and "against the order of nature." However, the Kenyan go [...]	2009-12-31 06:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KE HURI PHUM
09NAIROBI2706	Civil Society Activists Spend Christmas in Jail [...] (SBU) Police arrested twenty-two members of Bunge la Mwananchi (The "People's Parliament" in Swahili) on December 24, 2009. The Bunge members were holding a peaceful demonstration to call for the resignation of Minister of Education Sam Ongeri, who has been implicated in a recent scandal invo [...]	2009-12-31 10:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM KE
09NAIROBI279	KOFI ANNAN PRESS STATEMENT ON PARLIAMENT'S FAILURE [...] Kenya's Parliament on February 12 rejected a constitutional amendment to establish a Special Tribunal to try perpetrators, organizers, and financiers of the post- election violence that occurred in the wake of Kenya's botched 2007 general elections (Septel). Creation of a Special Tribunal wa [...]	2009-02-13 09:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG SENV SOCI KE
09NAIROBI284	A National Forum Discusses the Reform Process [...] The coalition government sponsored a conference called "One Kenya, One Dream: The Kenya We Want" from February 4-6 as a forum to discuss the issues which surfaced during the post-electoral violence, and the coalition's reform agenda to address these. The Ambassador as asked to present a keyno [...]	2009-02-17 13:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KE
09NAIROBI285	AMBASSADOR'S "THE KENYA WE WANT" REMARKS [...] As reported Septel, the coalition government sponsored a conference called "One Kenya, One Dream: The Kenya We Want" from February 4-6 as a forum to discuss the issues which surfaced during the post-electoral violence, and the coalition's reform agenda to address these. The Ambassador was ask [...]	2009-02-17 13:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI308	AMBASSADOR REQUESTS PERSONAL INTERVENTION OF [...] Following the Ambassador's meeting with the UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) on February 5 (Reftel),the Ambassador sent the following letter to the Kenyan Prime Minister on February 18 urging the PM's personal intervention in implementing the package of activities agreed with the UNHCR DH [...]	2009-02-19 14:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE PGOV PREF PREL SO
09NAIROBI325	KENYA CONSIDERS USG PREFERENCE FOR 2009 AGOA FORUM FORMAT [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary. After informing Kenya's 2009 AGOA Forum preparatory committee members February 12 that the USG prefers keeping the forum's standing format, rather than moving private sector events to the opening day, August 4, ECON/C soothed di [...]	2009-02-20 08:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI342	IRANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS KENYA [...] (U) Iranian President Ahmadinejad arrives in Kenya on February 24th at the head of a delegation of over 100 government officials and private businessmen. Ahmadinejad's visit follows a flurry of reciprocal visits between high level Kenyan officials and their Iranian counterparts over the past [...]	2009-02-23 13:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IR KE PINR PREL EINV
09NAIROBI344	SOMALIA - ENCOURAGING KENYAN ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) Summary: Kenya is increasingly concerned about Somali instability spilling over its border and affecting its share of Indian Ocean trade. The Government of Kenya is seeking ways to help stabilize Somalia, cooperate on counter-piracy, and improve the plight of Somali refugees in Kenya. [...]	2009-02-23 14:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EWWT KE PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SO
09NAIROBI345	SOMALIA - The Case for Expanded Assistance [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Now is the time for the United States to provide an expanded package of security, development and humanitarian assistance to consolidate the formation of a new Unity Transitional Federal Government (UTFG) in Somalia, while ensuring that additional funds are made available to both [...]	2009-02-23 14:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID PINR PHUM SO
09NAIROBI346	SOMALIA - DOUBLE SUICIDE ATTACK ON AMISOM [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 22 two suicide bombers struck inside AMISOM's Burundian battalion base at the former Somali National University (SNU) compound. Eleven Burundian soldiers were killed and 15 wounded. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack through spokesman Mukhtar Robow. T [...]	2009-02-23 14:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SO
09NAIROBI347	SOMALIA - CAPITALIZING ON TFG'S MOVE TO MOGADISHU [...] (C) The February 21 confirmation of a clan-sensitive cabinet by the transitional Parliament in Djibouti (septel) and the near-immediate, February 22 move of President Sheikh Sharif and his government to Mogadishu offer an important opportunity for the USG to cement its relationship with the ne [...]	2009-02-23 16:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV MARR SO
09NAIROBI348	SOMALIA - Cabinet Nominated and Sworn In [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 20, Prime Minister Sharmarke nominated a 36-member cabinet to lead the new unity Transitional Federal Government (TFG). In composing the cabinet, each of the ministries was first allocated to a specific clan and sub-clan and then the ministers were chosen from thes [...]	2009-02-24 04:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SO
09NAIROBI354	OVERCROWDING BIGGEST PROBLEM IN KENYAN PRISONS [...] Summary: In late January, poloff joined a delegation from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to visit three Nairobi-area prisons. UNODC is considering allocating some funding to assist the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) in improving prison conditions. KPS officials seemed quite open in show [...]	2009-02-25 06:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS KE
09NAIROBI356	OVERCROWDING BIGGEST PROBLEM IN KENYAN PRISONS [...] Summary: In late January, poloff joined a delegation from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to visit three Nairobi-area prisons. UNODC is considering allocating some funding to assist the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) in improving prison conditions. KPS officials seemed quite open in show [...]	2009-02-25 08:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS KE
09NAIROBI357	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER III [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes just over one year after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Mwai Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 500,000 Kenyan [...]	2009-02-25 08:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ECON IN KE LO PA SA CY
09NAIROBI363	SOMALIA - TFG AND ISLAMISTS CLASH IN MOGADISHU [...] (SBU) Summary: In the fiercest fighting in Mogadishu since Ethiopian troops' January departure, Hisbul Islam, a recently-formed alliance of Islamic militias, clashed with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces in western Mogadishu on February 24 and briefly in the morning on February 25 [...]	2009-02-25 14:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI364	SOMALIA - Engaging Puntland and Somaliland [...] (SBU) Summary. Following on our cables (reftels) on the way forward for Somalia, here we propose ways to engage the Somaliland and Puntland regions of northern Somalia. To assure the north maintains its stability in the face of the south's volatility, we propose increased education, economic [...]	2009-02-25 15:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI369	JOINT HEADS OF MISSION STATEMENT ON IMPUNITY IN KENYA [...] On February 26, the Ambassador joined in a statement on impunity in Kenya, which was issued by Heads of Mission in Nairobi regarding impunity in Kenya. Begin text: Statement on impunity in Kenya We, the undersigned heads of diplomatic missions in Nairobi, welcome Professor Philip Alston [...]	2009-02-26 10:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC MOPS KE
09NAIROBI370	RELIGIOUS LEADERS CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, [...] In their first real attempt since the post-election crisis to regain their role as advocates for social change, leaders from the Inter-Religious Forum called on Kenyans to come together for a day of prayer and reflection on February 19. In a transparent attempt to preempt criticism for their [...]	2009-02-26 11:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KIRF KCOR KE
09NAIROBI371	Letters to the President and PM on Reform [...] On February 26 the Ambassador sent identical letters to President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga to urge greater action on the reform agenda and combating corruption. Begin Text: February 26, 2009 Dear Mr. President: I am writing with regard to the progress and pace of implementati [...]	2009-02-26 11:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PGOV KCRM PREL KE
09NAIROBI372	KENYA PROVIDES PROPOSED AGOA FORUM AGENDA; MISSION [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Following receipt of ref B, mission AGOA committee has determined that an interagency visit during the week of March 16 would be difficult to support. Key logistics personnel will be out of Kenya during proposed TDY. Mid-March is also s [...]	2009-02-26 11:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI373	TOURIST NUMBERS DEPRESSED WHILE POACHING OF WILDIFE, [...] SUMMARY: Kenya Wildlife Service, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, and Ministry of Tourism officials are concerned by a sudden spike in the numbers of elephants, especially in Amboseli and Tsavo East National Parks, apparently poached for their tusks. At the same time, they along with count [...]	2009-02-26 12:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD KCRM KSCA ECON KE
09NAIROBI391	The Watershed Crisis and Fundamental Reform [...] (U) NOTE: This cable was prepared by the Ambassador in mid-November 2008 but was inadvertently not/not transmitted. However, we are sending it now for the record because it should be read in conjunction with Septel, which follows on U.S. policy and the current status of Kenya's reform efforts. [...]	2009-02-26 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAIROBI4	KENYAN VIEWS ON SOMALI PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] Summary: Kenya supports the proposal to establish a Contact Group on Somali Piracy and plans to send an appropriate high-level official to participate in the inaugural meeting of the CGSP in New York January 13-14. End Summary. 2. In response to Reftel, the Kenyan MFA told us December 29 th [...]	2009-01-02 08:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PHSA PBTS PTER KE
09NAIROBI40	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND ELECTION UPDATE: FRONT-RUNNERS, [...] (U) Summary: On the eve of the presidential election in Puntland, observers tell us that General Abdullahi Ahmed Jama is the front-runner. The electoral commission very belatedly announced on January 6 a series of registration criteria for candidates. The electioneering, it is rumored, has be [...]	2009-01-08 04:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO
09NAIROBI405	SOMALIA - ATA 7031 Leahy Vetting Request for Somaliland [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following members of the Somaliland interior ministry, immigration, customs, police forces and coast guard nominated to participate in a USG-sponsored course on Integrating Counter Terrorism Strategies at the National Level, March 16 - Apr [...]	2009-02-26 14:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO
09NAIROBI407	U.S. Policy, the Reform Agenda, and Impact of President [...] (C) Summary. This message discusses the status of the reform agenda agreed to by the coalition government, the central U.S. role to ensure its full implementation, and specific steps we are taking. The election of President Obama, viewed here as a "son of Kenya," has greatly enhanced already s [...]	2009-02-26 15:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAIROBI409	SOMALIA - Ambassador Visits Wounded Burundian Troops [...] (U) On February 25, Ambassador Ranneberger visited the fifteen Burundian troops who were wounded in the February 22 suicide bomb attack on their Mogadishu base and subsequently evacuated to Nairobi. The Ambassador was joined by the Czech Consul (representing the EU Presidency),the Charge d' A [...]	2009-02-27 08:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO PTER SO BY
09NAIROBI41	Working the Public and Press: Theme Based and Inter-Agency [...] Summary. During the first quarter, Embassy Nairobi emphasized theme-focused programming: from the overarching reform agenda Kenya must meet this year to many social issues where the media could play a constructive role. The Kenyan media face challenges both from within and without. After sp [...]	2009-01-08 08:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE KMDR KPAO
09NAIROBI410	SOMALIA - TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-BARAKAAT ADDRESSES [...] (S) Summary: This cable is in response to reftel request for information from Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Ahmed Nur Ali Jumale and the Al-Barakaat group of companies. We obtained all of the information on the various entities in all locations directly from Mr. Jumal [...]	2009-02-27 09:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL SO KTFN ETRD
09NAIROBI413	UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CRITICIZES GOK ON [...] (C) On February 25, the UN Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Killings (the Special Rapporteur),Philip Alston, issued a preliminary report of his ten-day visit to Kenya where he noted that extrajudicial killings by police were "systematic, widespread, and carefully planned". During his vi [...]	2009-02-27 10:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI417	Somalia - Amended ATA 7031 Leahy Vetting Request DS/ATA [...] Reftel A listed names, years of birth, and ministries of Somaliland participants in ATA 7031, Integrating Counter Terrorism Strategies at the National Level, March 16 - April 3, 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (as announced in reftel B). At post's encouragement and Government of Somaliland's ag [...]	2009-03-02 09:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO
09NAIROBI421	KENYA PROVIDES FULL THREE-DAY AGOA PROGRAM [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary. During the February 26 meeting of the Government of Kenya's (GOK) AGOA Preparatory Committee, the Technical Sub-committee provided a full three-day AGOA Forum program (see para 7 below). It also announced a separate pre-meeting [...]	2009-03-02 12:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI428	KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES: MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO GOK LEADERS: "GET REAL" 2. (SBU) IMF MISSION EXPLORES SUPPORT FOR KENYA 3. (SBU) HORTICULTURE EXPORTERS LOOK TO THE U.S. MARKET 4. (SBU) KENYAN TRAVEL TO THE U.S. DECLINES Â [...]	2009-03-03 09:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC
09NAIROBI43	EASBRIG UPDATES ITS FRIENDS [...] (U) On November 25, the East African Standby Brigade (EASBRIG) used the occasion of its first-ever Command Post Exercise (CPX) to bring donors together for an update on EASBRIG's progress and to request further support. While the meeting's agenda focused on capacity building for the still-nas [...]	2009-01-08 11:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL KE XW
09NAIROBI45	ANNAN IN KENYA REFORM PROCESS [...] As promised, Kofi Annan has remained intensively engaged in the carrying out of Kenya's reform agenda. On Sunday, January 4, Annan published a full page Op-Ed in all major Kenya papers in which he praised Kenya for progress made, but urged the Government of Kenya to quicken the pace of reforms [...]	2009-01-08 13:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI450	USRAP EXPLORES POSSIBILITY OF INITIATING REFUGEE [...] (SBU) UNHCR-Djibouti anticipates submitting between 400-450 Priority 1 referrals to the USRAP (US Refugee Admissions Program) should USRAP reinitiate refugee resettlement in Djibouti. Embassy Djibouti, while neutral about USRAP re-initiating resettlement activities, is concerned that USRAP [...]	2009-03-06 07:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DJ ET PREF PREL SMIG SO XA
09NAIROBI455	Embassy Science Fellows Program 2009 (Kenya) [...] Embassy Nairobi requests a Science Fellow from USGS, NOAA, USDA, or other appropriate agency to provide technical assistance to Kenya's Ministry for the Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands in land use planning for Kenya's Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASALs). Timing for the Fellowsh [...]	2009-03-06 09:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER EPA KE
09NAIROBI458	TWO HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS MURDERED IN APPARENT [...] (C) On March 5 the Executive Director and Communications Director of the Oscar Foundation, a well-known human rights organization, were murdered in an apparent assassination. The Oscar Foundation had criticized police for killing youth suspected of being members of the outlawed Mungiki sect. I [...]	2009-03-06 16:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM KE
09NAIROBI46	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND ELECTS PRESIDENT IN PEACEFUL [...] (U) Summary. Abdirahman Mohamed Faroole secured 49 or 66 votes from Parliament on January 8, and was elected as Puntland's next President. The election was reportedly fair and free of major scandals. The election of Faroole, who was not among Abdullahi Yusuf's chosen candidates, represents a [...]	2009-01-08 14:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO
09NAIROBI479	SOMALIA - Sharif Previews Government Reforms, Sharia Law [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador spoke to Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif in Nairobi at the beginning of Sharif's trip to Uganda and Burundi to thank those governments for their Africa Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) troop contributions. He said integration of former [...]	2009-03-10 14:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI480	TERRORIST THREAT PROMPTS KENYA TO EXPAND BORDER [...] (U) The Kenyan government has announced plans to recruit 4000 additional Administrative Police (AP) officers to boost security along Kenya's porous borders and protect against terrorist threats. Permanent Secretary for Internal Security and Provincial Administration, Francis Kimemia, announced [...]	2009-03-11 09:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE PGOV PREL PTER SO
09NAIROBI481	RWANDA WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR MAKES FINAL APPEAL [...] (U) On March 2 ICTR Chief Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow briefed representatives of the informal "Friends of the ICTR," made up of several African and western diplomatic missions in Nairobi, Kenya on the status of efforts to apprehend fugitive Rwandan war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga, wh [...]	2009-03-11 12:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KE RW
09NAIROBI49	KENYA FORMALLY SETS AUGUST 3-7 AS THE OFFICIAL DATES FOR [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. This is an action request for the USG 2009 AGOA Forum interagency preparatory committee. See paragraph 4. 3. By formal diplomatic note dated 8 January 2009, the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified post that "the Government of [...]	2009-01-09 10:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI496	CAUTIOUS KENYA FINALLY ENACTS LONG AWAITED BIOSAFETY ACT OF [...] Summary: On February 12, 2009, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki signed the long awaited and hotly disputed Biosafety Act of 2009 into law. Kenya thus becomes the fourth African country (following South Africa, Egypt, and Burkina Faso) to enact legislation establishing the legal framework to gover [...]	2009-03-11 13:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR KIPR ETRD SENV EINV ECON PGOV KE
09NAIROBI50	SOMALIA - TFG-ARS WORKING GROUP SKETCHES PATH TO [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) - Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) working group suggested by the November 25 Djibouti communique began work under UNPOS auspices in Nairobi the week of January 5, and appears to have quickly reached a decision to create a u [...]	2009-01-09 13:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI52	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: As noted reftel, Abdirahman Mohamed "Faroole" was elected the fourth President of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland on January 8. Mohamed's inauguration on January 11 should cap an election that has been free of acrimony and whose results no one at this point appears to b [...]	2009-01-09 15:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR SO
09NAIROBI525	THREATS TO HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS INCREASING [...] (C) Following the March 5 murder of two human rights activists from the Oscar Foundation NGO in Nairobi (Reftel A),an increasing number of human rights activists have been subjected to threats, mainly through text messages. Several leading human rights activists have temporarily fled Kenya in [...]	2009-03-16 05:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KE
09NAIROBI530	THE REFORM AGENDA IN KENYA: ENERGIZING THE PRIVATE [...] As previous reporting has noted, peaceful pressure coming from civil society groups, religious organizations, the private sector, and the media were instrumental in helping resolve the crisis triggered by the December 2007 disputed elections. Having undertaken some steps to implement relati [...]	2009-03-16 15:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KE

09NAIROBI531	THE REFORM PROCESS IN KENYA: ENERGIZING CIVIL [...] Peaceful pressure coming from civil society groups, religious organizations, the private sector, and the media were instrumental in helping resolve the crisis triggered by the December 2007 disputed elections. Having undertaken some steps to implement relatively easy elements of the reform ag [...]	2009-03-16 15:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
09NAIROBI532	KENYA: KOFI ANNAN FULLY ENGAGED AND PRESSING FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a recent stop in Nairobi, Kofi Annan called both the President and Prime Minister to urge them to act quickly on the outstanding reform agenda items that the government has yet to address. Annan asked to see me to consult on how best to push the reform agenda forward, and s [...]	2009-03-17 04:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
09NAIROBI538	THE KIBERA SLUM: POVERTY, REFORM, AND THE [...] On January 29 and March 10, the Ambassador visited the Nairobi slum area of Kibera (with almost 1 million people, it is the largest slum in sub-Saharan Africa) as part of a continuing series of visits to interact with the people, to support assistance U.S. efforts including by publicizing what [...]	2009-03-17 12:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PGOV ECON KE
09NAIROBI540	THE REFORM AGENDA IN KENYA: PRESSURE THROUGH [...] Septels have reported extensively on Mission efforts to press the coalition government to implement the reform agenda. Energizing civil society, the private sector, religious groups, and the media are essential. We are also carrying out vigorous public diplomacy. 2. During February the A [...]	2009-03-17 12:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV KE
09NAIROBI541	KENYA: AMBASSADOR'S REMARKS TO KENYA [...] As reported in septels, as part of efforts to tackle the culture of impunity, and specifically corruption, the Mission is using a combination of private pressure on the coalition government leaders, support for Parliament, a range of programs like the MCC threshold, assistance to civil society [...]	2009-03-17 13:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV KE
09NAIROBI543	KENYA: PUSHING KIBAKI AND ODINGA ON REFORM [...] (C) Since the beginning of the year, in addition to keeping in close touch by phone, I have met with President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga each a number of times to urge them to follow through on implementation of the reform agenda agreed to as part of the coalition agreement last year. [...]	2009-03-17 13:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
09NAIROBI544	PUSHING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ECONOMIC AND [...] The U.S. has a strong interest in seeing the coalition government move ahead with both economic and political reforms. They are inextricably linked, especially in view of the global economic crisis. As our reporting has indicated, we are pursuing a concerted strategy to achieve this, includi [...]	2009-03-17 13:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL ECON KE
09NAIROBI545	KENYA: PROMOTING RECONCILIATION AND PUSHING ON THE [...] Summary: Promoting reconciliation in the wake of the post-election violence and pushing for implementation of the reform agenda are inter-related aspects of supporting democratic change in Kenya. As part of these efforts, a Mission team, headed by the Ambassador, recently visited Nakuru and El [...]	2009-03-17 13:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
09NAIROBI546	ADVANCING THE REFORM PROCESS IN KENYA -- VISA [...] As approved by Washington, we have found an individual ineligible under section 212f for engaging in official corruption. This step has been taken on the merits, and as part of continuing efforts to encourage coalition government action on the reform agenda, including specifically action agai [...]	2009-03-17 14:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PGOV CONS KE PINR
09NAIROBI550	FOREIGN MINISTER WETANGULA BRIEFS THE DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) Summary: On March 3 Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula convened the Nairobi diplomatic corps to review developments in Kenya and highlight the accomplishments of the Coalition Government. Th Coalition Government is strong, and Wetangula expects it to serve out its full term to 2012. The GO [...]	2009-03-18 11:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA PREL PHUM PGOV KE
09NAIROBI551	GOVERNMENT RAIDS SAMBURU CATTLE, STAGE SET FOR [...] In response to complaints of the theft of 560 head of livestock by Samburu raiders, Kenyan security forces staged a major livestock roundup operation in and around Samburu District at the end of February that netted a total of approximately 4,000 animals, none of which reportedly belonged to t [...]	2009-03-18 12:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KE
09NAIROBI553	IRAN TRADE MISSION TO KENYA STRICTLY BUSINESS; AHMADINEJAD [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Division director Ken Vitisia, the recent visit of Iranian President Mahjmoud Ahmadinejad, accompanied by 200 businessmen and Iranian government officials, among them Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki, was principally a tr [...]	2009-03-19 08:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EPET PREL ENRG ECON EINV PINR IR KE
09NAIROBI559	AGOA FORUM UPDATE: GOK PRESENTS COUNTER THEME, REMAINS [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary. During the March 12 meeting of the AGOA Forum Preparatory Meeting, the Government of Kenya (GOK) presented the counter theme, "Realizing the full potential of AGOA through expansion of trade and investment," which it considers a [...]	2009-03-20 05:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI565	KENYA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DEFENDS RECENT IRAN VISIT [...] Summary: On March 9, post received a formal response from Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula to the Ambassador's February 24th letter expressing U.S. concerns about the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Kenya. Ahmedinejad headed a large delegation for a two-day visit that was almo [...]	2009-03-20 09:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EPET KE IR
09NAIROBI571	KENYA: GOK THOUGHTS ON DADAAB REFUGEES AND FOURTH [...] Summary: Government of Kenya (GOK) officials underscored the need for a "special solution for a special problem" during a recent discussion about Somali refugees in Kenya with representatives of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM). They highlighted Kenya's waning patience w [...]	2009-03-23 09:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV EAID PHUM KE ET SO
09NAIROBI579	ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF ON KENYAN KLEPTOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission Director Justice Ringera told Econ/C that while there was no evidence of involvement by "big fish" in either the Triton Oil or maize scandals (ref b) "every mover and shaker" in the Parliament, Cabinet, and the Attorney General's office is corrupt [...]	2009-03-24 11:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	KCOR KCRM KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ECON KE
09NAIROBI581	DEMARCHE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] (C) On March 19, Acting Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, head of the Americas division at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chepsongol noted that, when now-President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed headed up the Islamic Courts Union in Somalia in 2007, he play [...]	2009-03-24 14:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SO KE
09NAIROBI582	DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] (C) On March 19, A/Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, head of the Americas division at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While not overly familiar with the dynamics of the recognition issue, Chepsongol did ask how the situation was different from Kos [...]	2009-03-24 14:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS KE
09NAIROBI583	DEMARCHE ON ANNUAL DECLARATIONS TO HAGUE CODE OF [...] On March 19, Acting Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, head of the Americas division at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chepsongol expressed surprise that Kenya was a signatory to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Mission Proliferation (H [...]	2009-03-24 15:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA KE
09NAIROBI588	SOMALIA - Engaging the Diaspora [...] (SBU) On March 13 participants at a United Nations Development Program (UNDP)-sponsored workshop in Nairobi explored ways to engage the Somali Diaspora in making a greater contribution to peace and the development of the country. Intellectuals, civil society representatives and others from th [...]	2009-03-25 07:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SO
09NAIROBI594	SOMALIA - DIALOGUE AND DINNER WITH PRESIDENT SHARIF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 17, the Ambassador hosted President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and five TFG ministers for dinner at his residence. Sharif was in Nairobi at the conclusion of his mission to Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda. The trip marked Sharif's first bilateral visits since becom [...]	2009-03-25 12:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI597	DEMARCHE ON KENYAN TRAINING OF SPLA IN SOUTHERN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 13:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR OFDC KY SU KE
09NAIROBI6	SOMALIA - JOURNALIST KILLED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY [...] (C) Summary: The year 2009 began tragically for Somali journalism with the murder of Radio Shabelle reporter Hassan Mayow Hassan on New Year's Day. Hassan reportedly was on the way to cover an armed conflict between two groups when he was killed. The Somali media variously allege that Hassan [...]	2009-01-02 13:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PREL PGOV SO
09NAIROBI600	AMBASSADOR URGES GOK TO BEGIN ENFORCING ITS [...] In his keynote address at a March 11 workshop on brand protection and the observance of intellectual property rights organized by the Kenya Association of Manufacturers, Ambassador Ranneberger urged the Government of Kenya to begin enforcing the recently enacted Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2009 in [...]	2009-03-25 14:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KE
09NAIROBI601	SOMALIA - BOSSASO CLERIC'S SUPPORTERS PROTEST ARREST [...] (SBU) On March 24, violent protests erupted in Puntland's port city of Bossaso as police and Puntland Intelligence Service (PIS) officers arrested Osman Mohamed Shire, a prominent local cleric. Puntland residents told us that PIS targeted the cleric for his public statements in support of a re [...]	2009-03-25 15:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SO
09NAIROBI614	SOMALIA - TFG INTERIOR MINISTER SLIGHTLY WOUNDED [...] (SBU) Recently-appointed Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Interior Minister Sheikh Abdikadir Ali Omar was slightly injured by the explosion of a roadside bomb or mine in an apparent assassination attempt as he was walking near Bakara market, Mogadishu, at about 9:30 (local) on March 26. O [...]	2009-03-26 15:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV SOCI PINR SO
09NAIROBI619	KENYA WILL "SERIOUSLY CONSIDER" NOT INVITING GUINEA AND [...] (SBU) As instructed ref A, Economics Counselor urged the Government of Kenya (GOK) not to invite Guinea and Madagascar to the August 4-6, 2009, AGOA Forum in Nairobi. 2. (SBU) During a March 24 meeting between the senior GOK officials responsible for organizing the forum and a visiting USG [...]	2009-03-27 08:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON AGOA PGOV PREL GV MA KE
09NAIROBI623	SOMALIA - REVISITING THE MEDIA LAW [...] (SBU) The Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) new Minister of Information, Farahan Ali Mohamed, is making an effort to revisit and ratify the media law that was endorsed by Parliament in 2007 but never signed by former TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf. Several journalist associations are inv [...]	2009-03-27 11:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI624	SOMALIA - ASSISTING THE TFG WITH THEIR OUTREACH [...] (C) Post continues working to assist the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in developing and implementing its media strategy, and the TFG remains very willing to receive any help offered. Indeed, President Sharif repeated a request for assistance during his March 19 dinner with Ambassador [...]	2009-03-27 13:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI625	SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT RETURNS TO MOGADISHU [...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and his party returned March 27 to Mogadishu from Libya after a voyage that began March 14 and included stops in Kenya (twice),Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Djibouti, and Sudan. Sharif's unscheduled return (we had be [...]	2009-03-27 14:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SO
09NAIROBI626	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND INTELLIGENCE SERVICE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-28 09:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PTER MOPS PGOV PREL PINR SO
09NAIROBI627	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, MARCH 27 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post submits the following update for the third week of March 2009. End summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-5 activities since the [...]	2009-03-30 03:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PTER EAID MOPS SO
09NAIROBI633	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PRESIDENT SEEKS GREATER [...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 Djibouti meeting with Ambassador Swan and visiting Somalia Unit Poloff, Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamed "Farole" expressed support for the Somalia federal system but criticized many aspects of the Djibouti peace process, especially a perceived lack of consult [...]	2009-03-31 04:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SO
09NAIROBI638	KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES: APRIL 2009 [...] (SBU) Drought Contributes to GOK Fiscal Woes; A Macro Update 2. (SBU) Shipping News from the Port of Mombasa 3. (SBU) Coastal Tourism in Decline 4. (SBU) Broadband Comes to Kenya 5. (SBU) Anti-Money Laundering Legislation Still Stalled 6. (U) Kenya Expands Geothermal Production [...]	2009-04-01 08:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC
09NAIROBI641	AUSTR LISER URGES KENYA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AGOA [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant United States Trade Representative Florizelle Liser encouraged Kenyan Trade Minister Amos Kimunya on March 16 to take full advantage of the AGOA framework to seek greater exports to the United States. She also underscored that progress on Kenya's reform agenda is fund [...]	2009-04-01 09:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAIR ECON ETEX ETRD AGOA PGOV KCOR KE
09NAIROBI643	THE REFORM PROCESS IN KENYA: PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary. On March 27 Prime Minister Odinga delivered a speech which he had been billed as a major address on the reform process and corruption. The speech was delivered at a time when Kenyans have become increasingly frustrated with lack of action to tackle the longstanding culture of im [...]	2009-04-01 14:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI644	KENYA: ANNAN FOUNDATION CONFERENCE IN GENEVA [...] (C) Summary. Kofi Annan used his Annan Foundation to hold a two-day conference in Geneva focused on &The Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation: One Year Later,8 which I attended. His purpose was to push implementation of the reforms agreed to by the coalition government in February, 200 [...]	2009-04-01 14:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KE
09NAIROBI645	SOMALIA - DATE OF SOMALILAND PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: An on-again, off-again dispute over the date of the Somaliland presidential elections, which had most recently been tentatively scheduled for May 31, gathered steam on March 28, when a special session of the Guurti (House of Elders) voted to extend incumbent President Riyale's [...]	2009-04-01 15:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI646	SOMALIA - Business Community Pledges to Support Youth and [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 21-22, more than 80 prominent Somali business leaders gathered in Djibouti for the UN-sponsored workshop, "Job Opportunities and Youth Employment: The Role of the Business Community." The two day session was the largest formal gathering of Somalia's private-sector princ [...]	2009-04-01 16:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID SO DJ
09NAIROBI656	PROPELLING THE REFORM PROCESS IN KENYA: MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. On March 23 I met separately with the National Intelligence Chief, the Foreign Minister, and the President,s permanent secretary to press on implementation of the reform agenda. I called attention to growing concerns at senior levels in Washington regarding insufficient progress [...]	2009-04-02 13:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KE PGOV PHUM PREL
09NAIROBI662	SOMALIA - TOUGH MONTH FOR JOURNALISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Somali journalists encounted more problems in the second half of March, with new arrests in Somaliland and Puntland. The Puntland arrest has resulted in a long jail sentence. Embassy has registered its concern in the Puntland case with recently-elected President Faroole. End s [...]	2009-04-03 15:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI663	President Obama's Comment on Kenya [...] I have today sent the following letter to President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga pointing out the comment made on Kenya by President Obama on April 3. The comment was also prominently covered in the media. 2. Begin text of letter: April 6, 2009 Mr. President and Mr. Prime Ministe [...]	2009-04-06 06:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KE
09NAIROBI679	SOMALIA - TFG PARLIAMENT MEETING IN MOGADISHU [...] (SBU) Summary: Transitional Parliament Speaker Aden Mohammed Nur "Madobe," who was en route from Mogadishu via Nairobi to Prague for the April 6 - 9 meeting of the ACP - EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, in an April 4 meeting described security in Mogadishu as steadily improving, although recen [...]	2009-04-06 13:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI SO
09NAIROBI7	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PARLIAMENT SEATED, YUSUF NEUTRAL [...] Summary: The semi-automous region of Puntland's 66 new legislators were sworn in on January 1 in Garowe. They will spend the next week being courted by candidates for the presidency of Puntland. The MPs are scheduled to elect a President on January 8. Recently-resigned Transitional Federa [...]	2009-01-02 14:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR SO
09NAIROBI706	MINISTER OF JUSTICE KARUA RESIGNS FROM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Minister of Justice, National Cohesion, and Constitutional Affairs Martha Karua on April 6 resigned from the Grand Coalition government, explaining to the press that she could no longer discharge her duties due to interference from unnamed persons within government. Karua's resignation is [...]	2009-04-07 14:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI707	SOMALIA - TFG MEMBER DESCRIBES CONTACT WITH AWEYS [...] (C) Summary: Recently-appointed TFG Intelligence Chief Mohammed Sheikh, who arrived in Nairobi from Khartoum April 6, told us April 7 that Minister of Justice "Janaqow" spoke twice by telephone with ARS-Asmara Chairman Hassan Dahir Aweys, who was also in Khartoum, at the end of March. The cal [...]	2009-04-07 17:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER PREL SO ER SU
09NAIROBI708	Somalia - Humanitarian Funding Not Keeping Pace With Rising [...] (SBU) At the end of March 2009, contributions to the U.N.-led Common Appeals Process (CAP) stood at $251 of the $918 million requested for humanitarian operations in Somalia. Food aid accounts for $200 million of this received amount, leading to an imbalance in the response. Several sectors hav [...]	2009-04-08 04:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
09NAIROBI71	Prime Minister Speaks About Coalition Government [...] In a lengthy newspaper interview published January 10 Prime Minister Raila Odinga revealed candidly his thoughts on the Coalition government, his relations with President Kibaki, his expectations for the U.S.-Kenya relationship, and the state of Kenya one year after the compromised elections of [...]	2009-01-12 11:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI710	COALITION RETREAT HIGHLIGHTS STALLED REFORM PROCESS [...] Summary. President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga held an off-site "retreat" to take stock of the coalition government and to discuss the way forward on the reform process. The retreat failed to map out the way forward, instead highlighting differences of approach. The calling of the retrea [...]	2009-04-08 08:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI711	SOMALIA - 19 AMCITS ON BOARD PIRATED SHIP [...] (S/NF) At approximately 0713 local time April 8 (0013 EST) suspected Somali pirates hijacked the U.S.-flagged cargo container ship Maersk Alabama with 19 American citizens on board, according to the U.S Navy. The attack took place 260 nautical miles (nm) southeast of the Indian Ocean town of [...]	2009-04-08 09:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV EWWT KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI712	CONSTITUTION REVIEW COMMITTEE FACES HUGE TASK [...] Summary: The Constitution of Kenya Review Act of 2008, as part of the reform agenda outlined in the political power-sharing agreement, provided for a Committee of Experts (the Committee) to review the Kenyan Constitution and existing drafts from previous constitutional review efforts. Followin [...]	2009-04-08 10:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI714	THE REFORM PROCESS - OUTREACH TO SENIOR CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] Summary. As part of continuing outreach to civil society, religious groups, the private sector, and the media, the Ambassador recently met with senior Catholic Church representatives. They emphasized their commitment to help push forward the reform process, and described their efforts to prom [...]	2009-04-08 11:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KE
09NAIROBI715	KIBAKI TOURS THE COUNTRY [...] (C) Since mid-March President Mwai Kibaki has been visiting different areas of the country. This appears to be an effort to enhance the President's credibility with the Kenyan people, given polls showing substantial dissatisfaction with the performance of the coalition government in implement [...]	2009-04-08 12:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI718	Somalia - Central Region Drought Decimating Livelihoods [...] A briefing on April 2, by the United Nation's Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU) to donors highlighted the severity of the ongoing drought in Somalia's Central Regions (Mudug and Galgaduud extending into Hiran). Based on an analysis of historical indictors, FSAU states that this drought is comp [...]	2009-04-08 16:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
09NAIROBI719	SOMALIA - Somaliland Sets Election Date Amid Protest [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 6, Somaliland's National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced September 27 as the new date for presidential elections citing technical and legal reasons for postponing the date from May 31. Although the voter registration law requires the NEC to make decisions regardi [...]	2009-04-08 17:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SO
09NAIROBI720	SOMALIA - SOMALIA UNIT REQUESTS SUMMER TDYERS [...] Post requests temporary duty (TDY) coverage for the Somalia Unit during the period June 2-26, August 17-31, and September 1-25 to allow the Unit's FSOs and their families to take R&R while maintaining the Unit's responsiveness and output. A breakdown of specific days, needs and costs follows i [...]	2009-04-08 17:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AMGT SO
09NAIROBI731	KENYA WILL NOT INVITE GUINEA AND MADAGASCAR TO AGOA FORUM [...] (SBU) At the conclusion of the Government of Kenya's April 9 AGOA Forum preparatory committee meeting, Economic Counselor reiterated to Ministry of Trade Chief Economist and committee co-chair Richard Sindiga that the United States does not want Guinea and Madagascar invited to the August 4-6, [...]	2009-04-09 13:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON AGOA PGOV PREL GV MA KE
09NAIROBI734	SOMALIA - PRESIDENT SHARIF: A 60-DAY SCORECARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 7, President Sheikh Sharif returned to Mogadishu after being elected TFG President. In the two months since, the Sharif government has made progress that has prompted thousands to return to Somalia's capital. While security remains tenuous, there have been no major v [...]	2009-04-09 17:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI735	SOMALIA - FOREIGN MINISTER DESCRIBES EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) In an April 9 meeting, TFG Foreign Minister Omar, accompanied by Minister of Defense "Gandi," described a recent visit to Rome, and the state of his efforts to elicit financial support for the Sheikh Sharif government from the UAE, Iraq, and Kuwait. Rome, he said, had promised $4 million [...]	2009-04-11 08:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID MARR SO
09NAIROBI737	SOMALIA - FOREIGN MINISTER DESCRIBES EFFORTS TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-11 08:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID MARR SO
09NAIROBI743	SOMALIA - REACTION TO MAERSK ALABAMA CAPTAIN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Somali reaction to the use of force used to secure the release of Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips has been largely positive. Somali media outlets have reflected an understanding of the actions, although some have wondered if this show of force has come too late, now th [...]	2009-04-14 15:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER KPAO SO
09NAIROBI744	A Troubled Coalition, the Reform Process, and U.S. Policy [...] (C) Summary. Following a honeymoon period during its first six months in office, the coalition government emerged as an embattled marriage early this year. Disagreements between the two principal coalition government partners, President Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) and Prime Minister [...]	2009-04-14 15:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
09NAIROBI753	The Reform Process - Engaging the National Council of [...] Summary. As part of the Mission's continuing engagement with religious groups, civil society, the private sector, and the media in an effort to push implementation of the reform agenda, the Ambassador recently met with leaders of the National Council of Churches (NCCK). The NCCK played a very [...]	2009-04-15 13:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KE
09NAIROBI759	Visit to Aberdares and Mount Kenya Highlights [...] Summary. A recent visit to the Aberdares Forest and Mount Kenya highlighted the serious environmental challenges Kenya confronts. Conservation efforts in the Aberdares have yielded impressive results, reflecting good cooperation between the Kenyan government and non-governmental groups. Effort [...]	2009-04-15 14:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV KE
09NAIROBI761	DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK BID [...] (SBU) Emphasizing the high priority the USG places on Kosovo's success and the need for Kenya's support for Kosovo's application to the World Bank and IMF, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Finance Kenyatta on April 15. Kenyatta, carefully considering the Ambassador's po [...]	2009-04-16 06:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL KV KE
09NAIROBI765	AGOA FORUM UPDATE: GOK PRESENTS FINAL DRAFT PROGRAM WITH [...] This is an action message; please see para 10. 2. Summary: During the April 9 meeting of the AGOA Forum Preparatory Meeting, the Government of Kenya (GOK) presented a final draft of the full three-day program. After consulting with embassies of AGOA-eligible countries, the GOK accepted a [...]	2009-04-16 11:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI766	Religious Leaders Call for Action on Reform [...] Summary. In recent months religious leaders have been exerting strong leadership to press President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga to implement the reform agenda. The religious leaders have enormous influence with the Kenyan people, and thus are a positive force in urging peaceful pressure [...]	2009-04-16 13:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KE
09NAIROBI767	ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING EMERGING YOUTH LEADERSHIP [...] (U) Summary. At a time of ferment in Kenya, when many observers are focused primarily on problems within the coalition government, new youth leaders are emerging who are pressing peacefully for change. They are cooperating across ethnic lines, and coordinating with civil society and religious [...]	2009-04-16 14:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI773	SOMALIA - Shortcut to Sharia [...] (SBU) Summary. Somalis generally accept Sharia law, but most favor a form of Sharia that allows them to exercise their unique cultural traditions. Prime Minister Sharmarke told the Ambassador that establishing Sharia is a political decision to diffuse criticism by certain communities and an [...]	2009-04-17 15:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SO
09NAIROBI780	CONTROVERSIAL JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS HIGHLIGHT NEED [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 2, seven new judicial appointments became official as judges were sworn in by Chief Justice Evans Gicheru. The seven appointments included the elevation of two judges from the High Court to the Court of Appeal, as well as the appointment of five judges to the High Court. [...]	2009-04-21 08:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KE
09NAIROBI782	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PRESIDENT ON PIRACY [...] (C) Summary: In an April 16 tour d'horizon between President Mohamud "Faroole" and his team, and the Ambassador and Mission team, Faroole defined his Puntland Administration's main tasks as re-organizing the security forces and improving revenue collection mechanisms. Faroole told the Ambass [...]	2009-04-21 09:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MARR PINR SO
09NAIROBI784	SOMALIA - TFG PRIME MINISTER REPORTS ON EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke had a long tour d'horizon discussion with the Ambassador and Mission team on April 16. He stressed that the TFG's highest priority is establishing the Joint Security Force, and emphasized the need for urgent international support for this effort. He [...]	2009-04-21 13:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID SOCI MARR SO ET
09NAIROBI785	THE SECRETARY'S LETTER AND THE REFORM AGENDA IN KENYA [...] (C) Summary. In response to the letter from Secretary Clinton, President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga both said that the reform agenda will move forward. While neither took responsibility for the slowness of implementation, they admitted that progress has been slow and that government ac [...]	2009-04-21 14:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KE
09NAIROBI799	KENYA REITERATES IT WILL ADHERE TO AU POSITIONS ON GUINEA [...] (SBU) Paul Mdungu, the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Africa Division deputy director, reiterated April 21 that Kenya will adhere to all African Union policies on Madagascar and Guinea. Describing our requests (refs A and D) as "reasonable," Mdungu said Kenya fully understands the USG's p [...]	2009-04-22 13:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL GV MA KE
09NAIROBI8	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PARLIAMENT ELECTS NEW SPEAKER [...] (U) Summary: Puntland's newly-seated Parliament elected a new Speaker on January 3. Member of Parliament Abdirashid Muhammad Hersi, from Mudug Region, was the only candidate and was elected unanimously. In accordance with the tradition of sharing power in Puntland, since the Speaker is from [...]	2009-01-05 13:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PROG PINR SOCI KDEM SO
09NAIROBI800	MUNGIKI-INSPIRED VIOLENCE HITS CENTRAL PROVINCE [...] Violence erupted in Karatina town and surrounding communities in Central Province after local residents resisted moves by the Mungiki criminal organization to force payment of a monthly levy on local residents and businessmen for "protection." Despairing that police were unable or unwilling [...]	2009-04-23 08:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM KCRM CASC KE
09NAIROBI805	SOMALIA - Targeted Killings of Prominent Leaders [...] (SBU) Summary. The last month has marked a surge in assassinations and attacks targeting prominent members of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and leaders associated with the TFG in Mogadishu. By targeting prominent persons engaged in peace and reconciliation efforts and those tryin [...]	2009-04-24 09:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SO
09NAIROBI806	CENTRAL PROVINCE: SIGNS OF POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION [...] (C) During a recent visit to the Kikuyu homeland of Central Province by the Ambassador and Pol FSN, residents expressed growing frustration with their Members of Parliament (MPs) and the lack of financial and development benefits from the government despite their steadfast support of President [...]	2009-04-24 11:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KE
09NAIROBI807	SELECTION OF NEW ELECTORAL BODY MOVING AHEAD [...] The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) has settled on a Chair and 8 Commissioners for the Independent Interim Electoral Commission (IIEC). The IIEC is a temporary body that was formed in December 2008 to replace the discredited Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) (Reftel). It is tasked wit [...]	2009-04-24 11:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI808	FRAGILE PEACE IN RIFT VALLEY: THE KALENJIN [...] Summary: On a recent trip to Rift Valley province, poloffs accompanied Ambassador Ranneberger to an important peace event at Ndeffo and Egerton University near Nakuru and then met with a range of contacts to discuss the situation on the ground and possible approaches to achieving the desired en [...]	2009-04-24 11:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ASEC KE
09NAIROBI809	KIBAKI ADDRESSES OPENING OF PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: At the April 21 opening of the third session of Parliament, 199 of 222 members of Parliament (MPs) attended and listened attentively to the President's and Speaker's speeches. In their opening prayers, religious leaders called for peace, unity, and strength even as the country was goin [...]	2009-04-24 12:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAGR SENV KE UG
09NAIROBI810	SOMALIA - Aweys' Return to Mogadishu [...] (SBU) On April 23, opposition leader Hassan Dahir Aweys (Hawiye/Habar Gedir/Ayr) returned to Mogadishu after a more than two-year absence. With a checkered past that has found Aweys in the leadership of many of Somalia's Islamic movements, he is now considered the leader of the Hisbul Islam ( [...]	2009-04-24 14:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SO
09NAIROBI82	KENYAN TEACHERS PREPARE TO STRIKE [...] (U) After more than six months of salary negotiations with the Ministry of Education, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has said its 148,000 members will strike January 19. To call off the strike, KNUT demands a 35% average pay raise effective January 1, 2009. The government has of [...]	2009-01-13 12:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM SOCI KE
09NAIROBI822	Crisis in Coalition Government [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 14:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI823	Crisis in Coalition Government [...] (C) Summary: Although in mid-April meetings between President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, and their teams held out prospects to resolve differences which had troubled the coalition, another serious crisis threatens its existence. The crisis developed at the end of last week when Prime Mini [...]	2009-04-27 15:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI832	SOMALIA - Attack on Parliament [...] On April 25 a mortar attack against the Somali parliament killed at least eight people and wounded fifteen others. There were no causalities among the lawmakers. The temporary house of the Somali parliament, located at the former police transport headquarters in Mogadishu, was attacked with [...]	2009-04-28 13:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SO
09NAIROBI846	LETTER FROM PM ODINGA TO THE SECRETARY [...] In reply to the Secretary?s letter (Reftel),Post received April 29 the following letter dated April 24 from Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Original to follow via pouch. 2. Quote: Dear Madam Secretary of State, I thank you for your letter of April 9, 2009. Your concerns and suggestions reg [...]	2009-04-29 13:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI848	Parliament Speaker's Ruling Averts Crisis [...] (C) Summary. Speaker of Parliament's solomonic ruling on April 28 has averted a crisis within the coalition government. The ruling potentially paves the way for Parliament to focus on implementation of the reform agenda. However, the continuing differences between President Kibaki and Prime M [...]	2009-04-29 15:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI859	AGOA FORUM UPDATE: PROGRESS ON CO-CHAIRS AND [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: During the April 23 AGOA Forum Main Preparatory Committee, the Government of Kenya (GOK) presented a revised program - provided by the Kenyan embassy in Washington - with changes to breakout session co-chairs. The GOK, along w [...]	2009-04-30 14:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI86	KENYA PASSES LONG AWAITED ANTI-COUNTERFEIT GOODS BILL [...] Summary: On 10 December 2008, Kenya's Parliament finally passed a long awaited anti-counterfeit goods bill, which substantially raises penalties for individuals convicted of manufacturing, importing, and selling knockoffs. President Mwai Kibaki signed it December 24 and it is expected to be p [...]	2009-01-13 14:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM ETRD PHUM EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KE
09NAIROBI863	SOMALIA - AWEYS TELLS HIS CLAN HE WILL FIGHT [...] (C) African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) contacts shared their reporting of opposition leader Hassan Dahir Aweys' activities in Mogadishu since he arrived on April 23 (reftel). AMISOM's political analysts in Mogadishu say that Aweys has little support from his Ayr clan's elders and opin [...]	2009-04-30 15:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI864	SOMALIA - Meeting with the TFG Minister of Humanitarian [...] (U) On April 23, we met for the first time Mohamoud Abdi Ibrahim, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Resettlement for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Ibrahim was appointed in February and was an active member of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia and participated [...]	2009-05-04 04:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SO
09NAIROBI866	DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK BID [...] (SBU) On May 4, Econ Counselor followed up with the Kenyan Ministry of Finance regarding Kenya's vote on Kosovo membership of the IMF and World Bank. Staff in the office of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Secretary (third ranking in the Ministry) confirmed that Kenya faxed in its "yes" vot [...]	2009-05-04 11:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL KV KE
09NAIROBI873	SOMALIA - IDPs RETURNING TO MOGADISHU [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 10:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
09NAIROBI876	MUTULA KILONZO NAMED MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] The government announced on May 4 that Mutula Kilonzo has been named Minister of Justice, National Cohesion, and Constitutional Affairs (Minister of Justice). Until his appointment as Minister of Justice, Kilonzo had been serving as the Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan Development. He is k [...]	2009-05-05 13:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAIROBI90	POLITICAL PARTIES ACT: NUMBER OF PARTIES SLASHED [...] (C) The Political Parties Registrar, Lucy N'dungu, told poloff on January 8 that her office had issued certificates of registration to 38 Kenyan political parties which had complied with the requirements of Political Parties Act of 2007 (Reftel B). The 38 parties are now entitled to particip [...]	2009-01-14 12:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI908	SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, MAY 6 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post submits the following update for the third week of April and first week of May 2009. End summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3- [...]	2009-05-06 14:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PTER EAID MOPS SO
09NAIROBI930	Migingo Island -- The View from Kenya [...] Summary: The current dispute over Migingo Island in Lake Victoria sparked in 2006 when Ugandan customs officers began to collect levies from Kenyan fishermen fishing in waters around the disputed island. Despite the competing claims to ownership and the generally inflammatory media hype, the K [...]	2009-05-08 12:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIS ASEC UG KE
09NAIROBI94	SOMALIA - MORE REACTION TO FAROOLE'S WIN IN PUNTLAND [...] (U) Summary: With the election and inauguration of Puntland's president complete, Puntlanders remain pleased with Abdirahman Mohamed "Faroole," their new leader. The inauguration took place on January 11 and was reportedly a well-executed ceremony punctuated by positive remarks from the outgo [...]	2009-01-16 04:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PDEM PINR SO
09NAIROBI941	DEMARCHE: ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT VESSELS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-11 12:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA KE

09NAIROBI951	SOMALIA - FIGHTING ERUPTS IN MOGADISHU [...] (SBU) Summary: In the worst fighting in months, on May 9-10 Islamic extremists allied with Hisbul Islami clashed with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) troops and TFG-allied militias in Mogadishu. Over 60 Somalis were killed, including civilians, and hundreds more injured and displaced. [...]	2009-05-11 14:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SO
09NAIROBI955	SOMALIA - MOGADISHU TENSE BUT CALM [...] Summary: Mogadishu remained calm on May 12 after continued fighting between Islamic extremists and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on May 11. TFG officials tell us they retook some lost ground in two counterattacks late on May 11, but are still facing a considerable challenge from a [...]	2009-05-12 13:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EAID SO
09NAIROBI963	SOMALIA - LEAHY VETTING FOR SOMALI NSF COMMANDERS [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following commanders of the Somali National Security Force for eligibility to benefit from FY2009 Bridge Supplemental Peacekeeping Operation funds, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has reviewed its files and found [...]	2009-05-13 16:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO
09NAIROBI964	SOMALIA - MOGADISHU FIGHTING CONTINUES FOR A FIFTH DAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between Islamists and Hisbul Islami and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) continued in Mogadishu May 13. Somali media report injured and wounded in the hundreds and displaced persons in the thousands. TFG officials tell us Ras Kamboni leader Hassan al Turki, [...]	2009-05-13 17:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EAID SO
09NAIROBI967	SOMALIA - TFG IN GRAVE JEOPARDY AS FIGHTING RAGES [...] (S/NF) Summary: This message reports on actions we are taking and recommend to support the TFG to resist the al-Shabaab onslaught in Mogadishu. Very urgent action is required. End summary. 2. (S/NF) As reported through cables, e-mails, and phone calls, the al-Shabaab onslaught in Mogadis [...]	2009-05-14 10:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS PREL EAID PTER PINR SO
09NAIROBI970	SOMALIA - PRESIDENT SHARIF DESCRIBES CURRENT [...] (SBU) Summary: TFG President Sheikh Sharif told us May 14 that his government's al-Shabaab opponents are increasingly being supplemented by foreign fighters who are leading some of the attacks against TFG forces. Sharif ascribed initial TFG setbacks in the fighting to confusion among his Alli [...]	2009-05-14 13:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR EAID SO
09NAIROBI985	USG Influenza Surveillance, Preparedness, and Response in [...] SUMMARY: Most Sub-Saharan African countries including Kenya have lacked proper laboratories and public health infrastructure to conduct influenza surveillance in support of outbreak response. In 2006, CDC - Kenya, and the US Army Medical Research Unit - Kenya (USAMRU-K) initiated a collaborati [...]	2009-05-14 14:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI986	SOMALIA - PRESS STATEMENT ON MOGADISHU VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) In response to the fighting in Mogadishu in recent days and reports of foreign fighters involved in the attacks, post released the press statement below to Somali media outlets on May 14. End Summary. --------------- Press Statement --------------- 2. (U) The text of the press [...]	2009-05-14 14:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO SO
09NAIROBI988	AGOA PREPARATIONS MOVE APACE [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: At the May 7 meeting of the AGOA Main Preparatory Committee, the Government of Kenya (GOK) agreed to our request to separate lunch and the ministerial closing on the final day of the forum. The committee agreed with the recomme [...]	2009-05-15 06:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
09NAIROBI991	WESTERN KENYA USAID/OFDA FLOOD ASSESSMENT [...] A USAID/OFDA visit to flood affected areas in western Kenya reveals no cause for alarm as seasonal flooding is mostly held in check by dykes. A flash flood did cause limited displacement in Nyatike district; victims are being assisted by the GOK and the Kenya Red Cross. Dyke construction and [...]	2009-05-15 08:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI992	KENYA'S NEW BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE PROMISES GROWTH [...] Summary: Kenya will revolutionize its telecom industry when it initiates its first fiber optic internet connection on June 27. This broadband connection will vastly improve the quality of internet access to Kenya and contiguous landlocked countries. With increased internet capacity, the fibe [...]	2009-05-15 09:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD ETTC ECON EINT PGOV EFIN EINV KE
09NAIROBI994	AFRICOM DEPUTY COMMANDER DISCUSSES SECURITY, [...] (C) On May 5, Africa Command Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities Ambassador Mary Yates had a wide-ranging and cordial meeting with Kenya's Chief of General Staff, General Jeremiah Kianga. Kianga discussed the inherent difficulties of controlling Kenya's border with Somalia and the [...]	2009-05-15 09:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV PTER KE US SO
09NAIROBI997	SOMALIA - AL-SHABAAB HARASSMENT OF MEDIA OUTLETS [...] (C) Elements of al-Shabaab have been involved in the apparent harassment of three separate radio stations in the past month. Two stations, one in Beled Hawa and another in Baidoa, were temporarily closed for airing content disagreeable to al-Shabaab. A Shabelle reporter in Baidoa was reporte [...]	2009-05-15 14:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI998	SOMALIA - MAY 3 DISSOLUTION OF NATIONAL MEDIA [...] (SBU) On May 3, ironically World Press Freedom Day, the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Minister of Information abruptly dissolved Somalia's National Media Council (NMC),charged with advocating for journalists in the development of Somalia's media law. The Minister told us the NMC "e [...]	2009-05-15 14:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI999	A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 08:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAPLES102	REPORT SHOWS ALARMING INCREASE IN ORGANIZED CRIME IN NAPLES [...] (U) A report issued on September 30 by the Rome-based research institute Censis, and funded by the Italian Parliament's Anti-Mafia Committee, concludes that organized crime is on the rise throughout Italy but constitutes "a true national emergency" in the greater Naples area. The report is b [...]	2009-10-01 14:55:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM ASEC CASC SNAR IT
09NAPLES52	REACHING OUT TO CALABRIA [...] (C) Summary: During an early April trip through Italy's most problematic region, Calabria, Consul General Truhn and ConGen Naples staff reached out to both government officials and the public to reiterate our common interest in development and rule of law. In a region in which politicians ar [...]	2009-04-22 14:28:00	Consulate Naples	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL BEXP SNAR SOCI KCRM KCOR CASC IT
09NAPLES53	CAN ITALY'S ETERNAL "SOUTHERN QUESTION" BE SOLVED? [...] (SBU) Summary: The economy of southern Italy has been in a sad state for over a decade, with almost zero growth and chronic unemployment. The worldwide economic crisis does not bode well for a region where 22.5 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. Only one-half of one per [...]	2009-04-23 10:37:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KCRM KCOR IT
09NAPLES64	LAMPEDUSA: THE TINY ITALIAN ISLAND THAT LOOMS LARGE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 13 visit to Italy's southernmost territory, the island of Lampedusa, we observed a well-run migrant detention center that provides humane treatment, food and medical care to those who arrive by boat from North Africa. While the camp has suffered from severe overc [...]	2009-05-22 19:34:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL SMIG PGOV PBTS PHSA UNHCR IT LY
09NAPLES69	SICILY: REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN TURMOIL WHILE THE MAFIA IS [...] (C) Summary: As host to an important U.S. Navy base, location of recently discovered gas reserves, and home to 17,000 U.S. citizens, Sicily's future is clearly of interest to the United States. For now, political feuding has replaced the war on organized crime in the headlines: Regional President R [...]	2009-06-15 07:39:00	Consulate Naples	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM ECON SNAR MARR KCOR IT
09NAPLES74	GROWTH PLUMMETS IN ITALY'S CAMPANIA REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: A new report by Italy's central bank shows that the country's second-most populous region, Campania, has the lowest growth rate in Italy and the lowest rate of employment of any region in the EU. The region has experienced stagnant growth for about fifteen years, but the globa [...]	2009-06-23 07:39:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KCRM KCOR IT
09NAPLES90	FIXING ITALY'S SOUTHERN PROBLEM: BERLUSCONI'S "NEW DEAL" [...] (SBU) Summary: Using American comparisons such as "New Deal" and "Marshall Plan," Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has outlined his government's new plan for the South, which he intends to supervise personally. The three priority sectors are infrastructure, tourism, and innovation. The Ita [...]	2009-08-13 15:53:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KCRM IT
09NASSAU10	Bahamas Submits Archipelagic Maritime Borders to United [...] The Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (GCOB) formally submitted their official archipelagic maritime borders to the United Nations (UN) on 11 December 2008. The move brings The Bahamas in line with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which defines the righ [...]	2009-01-07 02:09:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PBTS BF
09NASSAU107	CHINESE VICE PREMIER'S VISIT BRINGS $150 MILLION [...] (U) Summary: Chinese Vice Premier Hui Langyu arrived in Nassau on February 17 for an official two-day visit to The Bahamas. The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (GCOB) and the Government of the People's Republic of China (GOC) signed four memorandums of understating on February [...]	2009-02-19 15:44:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD BF
09NASSAU113	BAHAMAS: CRIME CONCERNS SIMMER AS ECONOMY SOFTENS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Increasing crime remains a major concern as the tourism-based economy weakens, though year-on-year crime figures show violent crime dipping slightly as property crimes rise. The GCOB has implemented measures aimed at improving the criminal justice system, but the impact is not [...]	2009-02-23 17:38:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BF
09NASSAU121	CUBAN AMBASSADOR REMARKS ON CUBANS LIVING IN THE [...] On February 26 local media published a statement made by Cuban Ambassador to The Bahamas, Jose Luis Ponce, on the first anniversary of the establishment of an association of Cubans living in The Bahamas called "Ismaelillos." Ponce attended the anniversary celebration on February 21 and noted [...]	2009-02-26 20:00:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BF
09NASSAU124	ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 13:04:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ETRD BF
09NASSAU125	SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR THE BAHAMAS [...] Summary: The Bahamas was removed from the Special 301 Watchlist in 2007, but concerns remain among premium television entertainment channels regarding The Bahamas use of compulsory licensing to broadcast certain channels. This has been a longstanding issue between the Television Association [...]	2009-03-02 16:59:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR BF
09NASSAU126	AGREEMENT WITH BAHAMAS ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (MFA) submitted the attached diplomatic note (full text at paragraph 2) on March 27 in response to U.S. proposed draft language as contained in Reftel. The MFA advised the Embas [...]	2009-03-02 21:01:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL BF
09NASSAU129	PM INGRAHAM'S MID-YEAR BUDGET REPORT - HIGH HOPES FOR [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham presented his mid-year budget report to Parliament on February 25, forecasting a grim outlook for 2009 as The Bahamas deals with "the most challenging global economic environment" seen in many years. Ingraham outlined plans to borrow USD $200 million from bank [...]	2009-03-03 22:08:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ETRD BF
09NASSAU13	NASSAU-WYNDHAM TO CLOSE FOR TWO MONTHS AND HOTEL [...] (U) On January 6 the Wyndham Nassau Resort and Crystal Palace Casino announced they will close from August 17 - October 5 (the bottom of the slow season) in order to cut costs during the economic crisis. Tourist arrival numbers and hotel occupancy rates dropped during the last three months o [...]	2009-01-08 15:07:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB BF
09NASSAU133	NASSAU MONTHLY - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -------------------------------- FOOTBALL AND PAGEANTRY = TOURISM -------------------------------- 2. On March 2 Prime Minister Ingraham announced that the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant wil [...]	2009-03-04 18:24:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL BF
09NASSAU135	BAHAMAS UPDATE ON LNG PIPELINE PROJECT [...] (C) Charge Zuniga-Brown met with AES representatives Brian Chatlosh and Neil Watlington on March 4 to discuss the proposed LNG pipeline project from the island of Ocean Cay to southern Florida. The proposed project has been in negotiation between AES and the Government of the Commonwealth of [...]	2009-03-05 19:44:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG BF
09NASSAU139	SEIZURES UP, MIGRANT SMUGGLING DISCUSSED AT U.S.-BAHAMAS [...] (SBU) This is a cable with action issue items. Southern Command/Northern Command/Coast Guard please see paragraph 15 on piracy. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and Minister for National Security Tommy Turnquest co-chaired the semi-annual Joint Counter Narcotics/Illegal Migration [...]	2009-03-06 17:01:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL TK BF
09NASSAU140	FORMER AG CLAIMS U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT ILLEGALLY [...] (U) On March 4 local media reported remarks by former Attorney General Alfred Sears that U.S. federal agents and prosecutors have been illegally approaching financial institutions in The Bahamas for information. Sears cited no specific cases but said it is becoming common for U.S. officials [...]	2009-03-06 18:25:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN BF
09NASSAU141	OPPOSITION DECRIES MEDIA BIAS, SUPPORTS LEADER - [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallout from the alleged Travolta extortion case has sparked a new round of media commentary and speculation about the prospects of the opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and its longtime leader Perry Christie. PLP officials uniformly accuse the media of pro-government b [...]	2009-03-06 18:38:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM BF
09NASSAU147	ISLAND SCHOOL FOCUSES GCOB ON ENERGY, FOOD, ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: A U.S. privately sponsored secondary school specializing in environmental and marine studies celebrated ten year's of conservation and education in The Bahamas in February. The school is an open-air laboratory for practical renewable energy, sustainable food production, and marin [...]	2009-03-10 21:11:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EFIS PGOV CASC KPAO BF
09NASSAU149	BAHAMIANS WORRIED OVER IMPACT OF STOP TAX HAVEN [...] (U) Summary: News concerning the proposed Stop Tax Haven Abuse bill, which names The Bahamas as one of 34 secrecy jurisdictions, has generated considerable discussion in local media and amongst politicians. The financial services sector makes up 15 percent of the country's GDP and, tourism i [...]	2009-03-11 20:37:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN BF
09NASSAU152	GCOB REACTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS CRITICISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Press reports, some of them citing the Embassy's Human Rights Report, decried abuses by immigration officers and poor conditions at the Nassau immigration detention center, prompting a call by Amnesty International for an investigation of the facility. Though GCOB officials ini [...]	2009-03-12 19:36:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO BF
09NASSAU159	CLICO BAHAMAS LIQUIDATED FOLLOWING COLLAPSE OF TRINIDAD'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nearly one hundred agents were laid off from one of The Bahamas largest insurance companies, CLICO Bahamas Ltd., the week of March 2 as the company goes into liquidation. Concerns were raised when Trinidad based parent company, CL Financial, collapsed due to massive losses and [...]	2009-03-16 16:14:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD BF
09NASSAU160	FY2010 DEMARCHE/OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJORS LIST [...] (SBU) Narcotics Affairs Officer (NAO) delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of National Security Permanent Secretary Missouri Sherman-Peter on March 13. NAO shared reftel points regarding the Majors List process and, while Sherman-Peter said she understood the rationale behind including The Bah [...]	2009-03-16 17:04:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR CFED CJAN PREL PGOV SOCI BF
09NASSAU169	ALL QUIET ON THE TURKS AND CAICOS FRONT [...] (U) The GCOB is "unconcerned" about the UK's planned partial suspension of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) constitution announced March 16 by the British overseas dependency's governor. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Brent Symonette told the press that the changes would have n [...]	2009-03-17 21:06:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BF TK UK
09NASSAU170	DEMARCHE - BAHAMAS PRESENTS CANDIDATE FOR 35TH CONFERENCE [...] This is an action request. 2. US Embassy Nassau received diplomatic note No. MFA/089 dated 13 March 2009, from the CGOB informing of their decision to present the candidature of Dr. Davidson L. Hepburn for election to the post of President of the 35th Conference of UNESCO in Paris in Octob [...]	2009-03-17 21:46:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN BF
09NASSAU172	BAHAMAS: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (C-AL9-00153) [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: GCOB officials will voice their opposition to the proposed Anti-Tax Haven Act at the 2009 Summit of the Americas (SOA). During a meeting on March 13, MFA Permanent Secretary Patricia Rogers told the Charge that the GCOB plans to raise the issue, noting that The Bahamas has ma [...]	2009-03-18 21:03:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PINR PGOV PREL BF
09NASSAU173	ADDITIONAL INFO COPY DEMARCHES FROM GCOB [...] During a lunch meeting on March 13, Permanent Secretary Dr. Patricia Rodgers, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the CCOB, provided information copies to Charge of the following demarches the Permanent Mission of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas to the Organization of American States delivered to t [...]	2009-03-18 21:33:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN BF
09NASSAU177	OPULENT HAVANA DIGS: BAHAMAS LOOKS INTO MISSING [...] (U) Media highlighted lack of transparency and accountability in expenditures for the Bahamian Embassy in Cuba in coverage March 2 of an official auditor,s report from 2006-2007. The auditor general was unable to account for nearly a million dollars destined for the new Havana mission. The [...]	2009-03-19 19:30:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PGOV PHUM BF CU
09NASSAU180	CHINA AGREES TO FINANCE RESORT PROJECT IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Baha Mar Resort officials announced on March 10 that the ExIm Bank of China and the China State Construction Engineering Corporation have formally agreed to finance a major construction project in Nassau. Bahamian officials are hopeful that this project, which has been stalled [...]	2009-03-19 19:34:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETRD BF
09NASSAU181	BAHAMAS INKS PRELIMINARY AID DEAL WITH CUBA [...] (U) The GCOB signed a Basic Framework Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation with Cuba March 16 anticipating further projectsin health, education, and other areas, accordingto media. The GCOB is reviewing a draft agreemen to re-implement a Cuban eye-care program and is i talks with C [...]	2009-03-19 21:40:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BF CU
09NASSAU191	GOING, GOING, NOT YET GONE -- TURKS AND CAICOS [...] (C) The embattled premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI),Michael Misick, resigned March 23 in favor of his successor as party leader, Galmo Williams. The move came after he and a small delegation, including Williams, visited Nassau March 20 and met with government and opposition lead [...]	2009-03-24 22:07:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BF TK UK
09NASSAU193	CLEARANCE FOR BAHAMIANS TO VISIT AUTEC, APRIL 19 - [...] (SBU) GCOB presented Diplomatic Note No. MFA/LAD/134 to post on March 20. Full text of Note is included in paragraph 2. U.S. Navy Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) Point of Contact, Thomas Leo, confirms that AUTEC is aware and supports the requests to provide clearance [...]	2009-03-25 15:53:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	BF PGOV SENV
09NASSAU198	CLEARANCE FOR BAHAMIANS TO VISIT AUTEC, APRIL 19 - [...] (SBU) GCOB presented Diplomatic Note No. MFA/LAD/134 to post on March 20. Full text of Note is included in paragraph 2. U.S. Navy Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) Point of Contact, Thomas Leo, confirms that AUTEC is aware and supports the requests to provide clearance [...]	2009-03-25 17:59:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SENV BF
09NASSAU20	BAHAMAS: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche points regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities to Donna Lowe, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Legal Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 8. Ms. Lowe acknowledged the points of the demarche and provided no additional [...]	2009-01-09 20:56:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR BF
09NASSAU202	PM VOWS TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary: In an address to Parliament on March 25, Prime Minister Ingraham announced his government's plans to 'reaffirm' their commitment to transparency and exchange of information on offshore tax standards. Ingraham said a press release detailing The Bahamas' plans to enforce evolvin [...]	2009-03-30 17:11:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN BF
09NASSAU207	NASSAU MONTHLY -- MARCH 2009 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- SOUTHCOM Still Loves Nassau -- Nassau World's Busiest Cruise Port, Visitor Numbers Still Down -- PM: Government Revenue "Disastrous" -- Unemployment Hits 15 Year High -- Old Police [...]	2009-03-31 20:58:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BF
09NASSAU215	MFA ACKNOWLEDGE MAY 2009 PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 17:04:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL BF
09NASSAU226	BAHAMAS DELEGATION FOR THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 19:34:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM PGOV
09NASSAU231	BAHAMAS STILL NOT INTERESTED IN KOSOVO ICJ CASE [...] (C/NF) Mission delivered reftel demarche points on filing an advisory opinion to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) supporting Kosovo's independence to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary, International Division, Marilyn Zonicle, April 1. Ms. Zonicle took note but made no subst [...]	2009-04-15 21:44:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KVIR BF ICJ
09NASSAU232	TOO LATE TO THE DANCE: BAHAMAS ALREADY COMMITTED [...] (U) Mission delivered reftel demarche points on the U.S. candidacy for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary, International Division, Marilyn Zonicle, April 1. The MFA replied that the GCOB had already concluded reciprocal agreements with [...]	2009-04-15 21:45:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC BF
09NASSAU235	BAHAMAS REACTION TO AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC [...] (C) Embassy delivered the "White Paper of the Interagency Policy Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan" accompanied by reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary, International Division, Marilyn Zonicle, April 1. Ms. Zonicle asked whether this represe [...]	2009-04-16 13:55:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF NATO PK MARR MOPS BF
09NASSAU238	BAHAMAS REQUEST RECIPROCITY ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Mission delivered reftel talking points and the Department's press statement on the USG candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary, International Division, Marilyn Zonicle, April 1. Ms. Zonicle took note but made no commitment, saying the GCOB [...]	2009-04-16 19:58:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU242	BAHAMAS: NO INFORMATION ON FORCED OR CHILD LABOR [...] (U) The Bahamas is an overwhelmingly service-based economy with tourism and financial services accounting for some 80% of economic activity. Migrant laborers, most susceptible to potential labor and other abuses, are also generally engaged in services, domestic or household, construction, or [...]	2009-04-17 14:46:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI BF
09NASSAU247	CODEL IMPRESSED BY OPBAT, STRONG BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Conyers visited The Bahamas April 7-9 to review OPBAT operations and assess current drug and migrant challenges. GCOB officials led by Prime Minister Ingraham described the negative impact of the situation in Haiti on both OPBAT and The Bahamas. PM Ingraham stressed th [...]	2009-04-20 20:14:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV HA BF
09NASSAU251	SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: PM ASSERTS BAHAMAS WILL [...] (U) A banner headline April 20 captured the Bahamian media's coverage of Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham's attendance at the Summit of the Americas (SOA): "PM Lobbies U.S. on Tax Bill". All media prominently reported the PM's statement that The Bahamas did not deserve to be named as a secrec [...]	2009-04-21 20:53:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KPAO PGOV PREL BF
09NASSAU258	NASSAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FAILS TRANSPORTATION [...] (C) Summary: Nassau's International Airport failed a U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) evaluation April 6 - 9, forcing the Airport Authority to postpone plans to reduce the number of passenger security screening checkpoints from two to one. The TSA evaluation team noted twel [...]	2009-04-23 15:42:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL PGOV BF
09NASSAU270	DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR FROM POST / CHARGE PAY [...] (SBU) Ambasador Ned Siegel departed Nassau, The Bahamas on January 20, 2009 and the Deputy Chief of Mission Timothy Zuniga-Brown assumed charge. 2. (SBU) Charge pay has been remitted through February 11, 2009. 3. (SBU) Please resume payment of Charge pay as of February 24, 2009. ZUN [...]	2009-04-27 20:14:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA BF
09NASSAU274	GCOB ACTIVATING "STATE OF PREPAREDNESS" AGAINST SWINE FLU; [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GCOB discussed measures to contain and prevent the spread of Swine Flu (H1N1) at air and sea ports of entry (POEs). GCOB officials reported no confirmed cases of Swine Flu; however, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is currently at 24/7 operational capacity and is in a "state of p [...]	2009-04-28 21:21:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NASSAU275	CORRECTED: GCOB ACTIVATING "STATE OF PREPAREDNESS" AGAINST [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GCOB discussed measures to contain and prevent the spread of Swine Flu (H1N1) at air and sea ports of entry (POEs). GCOB officials reported no confirmed cases of Swine Flu; however, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is currently at 24/7 operational capacity and is in a "state of p [...]	2009-04-29 14:07:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NASSAU277	CORRECTED: GCOB ACTIVATING "STATE OF PREPAREDNESS" AGAINST [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GCOB discussed measures to contain and prevent the spread of Swine Flu (H1N1) at air and sea ports of entry (POEs). GCOB officials reported no confirmed cases of Swine Flu; however, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is currently at 24/7 operational capacity and is in a "state of p [...]	2009-04-29 15:20:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NASSAU282	TURKS AND CAICOS: BLOGGER ACCUSES COAST GUARD OF [...] (U) A blogger in the Turks and Caicos (TCI) posted an on-line report April 27 alleging that the TCI authorities, assisted by a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter, were engaged in "burning and smoking immigrants out of the 'bush'" during an immigration raid. The blogger witnessed the events a [...]	2009-05-01 12:40:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO BF
09NASSAU288	Nassau H1N1 SITREP Update 1: Potential Cases Emerge [...] (U) According to press reports, medical authorities "reported swine flu-like symptoms" in a New Providence resident recently returned from Mexico. Minister of Health (MoH) Hubert Minnis announced that the unidentified individual is under surveillance and has elected to go into voluntary quara [...]	2009-05-01 15:46:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NASSAU291	BAHAMAS VOTES FOR KOSOVO AT IMF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham, also Finance Minister, has decided to support Kosovo's membership in the IMF. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarified that the GCOB's decision does not constitute a change in policy on recognition, however. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Charge d'Affaires re [...]	2009-05-04 18:53:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV BF
09NASSAU292	REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO TRAVEL TO TCI (CHARGE) [...] Charge Timothy Zuniga-Brown requests permission to travel to Turks ans Caicos Islands for meetings with U.S. Coast Guard (OPBAT) and senior TCI government officials, and to look at a proposed site for a consular office. He plans to depart Nassau on May 12 and return to Nassau on May 17. 2. [...]	2009-05-04 19:54:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA BF
09NASSAU293	NASSAU MONTHLY - APRIL 2009 [...] This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Rum Drinkers Mourn as Bacardi Closes for Good -- Reality TV Comes to The Bahamas -- Arrested Gambling Kingpin "Would Not Support National Lottery" -- Embassy Re-Plants JFK Tree for Earth [...]	2009-05-06 17:38:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BF
09NASSAU294	CUBAN EMBASSY LAUNCHES ANOTHER PRO-CUBA GROUP IN [...] (U) The Cuban Ambassador in Nassau launched the "Bahamas-Cuba Friendship Association" May 2 at a May Day event at his residence, according to local media and the Cuban Embassy's web site. Attendees included Cuban diplomats, Cuban teachers working in The Bahamas, Bahamian graduates of Cuban u [...]	2009-05-06 20:32:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL CU BF
09NASSAU305	CHARGE'S DEPARTURE FROM POST, MAY 12 TO 17, 2009 [...] (SBU) The Charge d' Affaires, a.i., Timothy Zuniga-Brown, departed Nassau on May 12, 2009 at 9:30 am. He will return to Nassau on May 17, 2009. 2. (SBU) Acting DCM David S. Elmo will assume charge untile the return of the Charge. ZUNIGA-BROWN [...]	2009-05-12 17:42:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA BF
09NASSAU308	CLASSIFIED NETWORK DOWN FOR GITM UPGRADE [...] Embassy Nassau's classfied network will down on Thursday, May 14 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm, and on Friday, May 15 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. 2. Since Classnet will unavailable at these times, please contact Embassy Nassau directly at 242-322-1181. ZUNIGA-BROWN [...]	2009-05-14 14:20:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA BF
09NASSAU316	FOUR SEASONS RESORT IN EXUMA CLOSING IN TWO WEEKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Four Seasons Resort in Exuma will close on May 26, leaving at least 500 workers unemployed. The Four Seasons is Exuma's largest employer and is a part of the Emerald Bay development, a government dubbed anchor project for the island of Exuma. The resort went into foreclosur [...]	2009-05-18 12:11:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON BF
09NASSAU318	CHARGE'S RETURN TO POST, MAY 17, 2009 [...] (SBU) The Charge d' Affaires, a.i., Timothy Zuniga-Brown, returned to Nassau on May 17, 2009 at 11:30 am. ZUNIGA-BROWN [...]	2009-05-19 18:25:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA BF
09NASSAU320	BAHAMAS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ON DPRK ENTITIES [...] (S/NF) Post deliverd reftel demarche points and non-paper on the UN Security Council 1718 Sanctions Committee designation of three additional North Korean entities subject to the relevant asset freeze provisions to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Head of Legal Divi [...]	2009-05-19 20:49:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM
09NASSAU321	BAHAMAS: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The GCOB has had a cordial relationship with Cuba, has supported Cuba in international fora, and has engaged in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cuban t [...]	2009-05-19 20:50:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL
09NASSAU331	BAHAMAS: ENCOURAGING HCOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche points and documents encouraging the GCOB to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Head of Legal Division, Donna Knowles-Lowe May 21, pointing to the over [...]	2009-05-26 13:17:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA
09NASSAU335	BAHAMAS TO SIGN SCHENGEN VISA WAIVER AGREEMENT [...] (U) The Bahamas will sign a Schengen Visa Waiver Agreement on June 1 during the European Union-African, Caribbean, Pacific State (EU-ACP) meeting in Brussels. The agreement allows visa-free travel for Bahamian citizens to 24 European countries party to the Schengen agreement. Governor Genera [...]	2009-05-26 22:17:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL CVIS PGOV BF
09NASSAU344	BAHAMAS BUDGET PRESENTATION CONFIRMS GRIM OUTLOOK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham confirmed grim expectations for economic performance during his annual budget report May 27. He promised to decrease government recurrent expenditure in the coming fiscal year but said he does not expect a recovery before 2012. END SUMMARY. ----------- [...]	2009-05-29 16:04:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON BF
09NASSAU345	BAHAMAS VOTES FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Finance informed Post May 29 that the GCOB had decided to support Kosovo's World Bank membership and was voting accordingly, by fax by the end of the day. ZUNIGA-BROWN [...]	2009-05-29 18:30:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL BF
09NASSAU349	UK DIRECT RULE COMING SOON TO TURKS AND CAICOS [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The UK is set to introduce direct rule in the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to address evidence of official corruption and financial mismanagement as the protests of the embattled ex-Premier and his successor fall on deaf ears. Domestic op [...]	2009-06-03 15:09:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SMIG PHUM ECON ETRD EFIN BF TK UK
09NASSAU353	BAHAMIAN TOURISM LOSING ITS COMPETITIVE EDGE [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: CEO and Chairman of BahaMar Resort, Starkis Izmirlian, told Chamber of Commerce officials that The Bahamas is in jeopardy of losing its competitive edge in tourism if steps are not taken to improve the educational system and infrastructure. Izmirlian noted that the tourism arri [...]	2009-06-03 17:54:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON BF
09NASSAU356	BAHAMAS CONFIRMS FIRST CASE OF H1N1 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 20:57:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09NASSAU357	PARLIAMENT FRACAS DERAILS BUDGET DEBATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliamentary debate on the government's annual budget never got underway June 3 after the House of Assembly degenerated into chaos upon the suspension of the opposition whip for procedural infractions. Opposition deputies failed to force the issue after a day's adjournment, ins [...]	2009-06-04 22:36:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BF
09NASSAU358	BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT DEBT REACHES "DANGER" MARK [...] (U) The Central Bank of The Bahamas reported that by June 2010 the national debt will rise to 43.2 percent of GDP - a threshold well above the generally accepted "danger" level (40 percent). Agencies such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Standard and Poor's become concerned when t [...]	2009-06-09 21:33:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN BF
09NASSAU360	HAITIANS IN THE BAHAMAS: COMING THROUGH YET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Haitians account for some 30-60,000 out of 340,000 inhabitants of The Bahamas. Societal tolerance for immigrants is decreasing from an already low benchmark due to current economic stresses, exacerbating ingrained anti-Haitian sentiments. Bahamians associate immigrants with cr [...]	2009-06-10 16:24:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI BF
09NASSAU362	BAHAMAS MONTHLY -- MAY 2009 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Opposition Leadership Digging in as Economy Sinks? -- Continuing Criminal Justice Crisis: Bad Guys Doing the Crime, Not Doing the Time -- Another Temporary Hotel Closure, More Job C [...]	2009-06-11 12:49:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECON PGOV PREL BF
09NASSAU364	BAHAMAS: U.S. NOMINATION FOR UN ICSC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 15:43:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA
09NASSAU388	NURSES SICK OVER BUDGET CUTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nurses have ended a two-week, mass sick-out over proposed budget cuts, but talks continue on resolving their dispute with the GCOB. Nurses protested the GCOB's elimination of an annual salary increase and promised health insurance plan and threatened to strike. The GCOB refused [...]	2009-06-24 19:48:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV BF
09NASSAU39	RENEWED OBAMA FEVER GRIPS BAHAMAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Bahamian public and press greeted the inauguration of President Obama with unbridled enthusiasm, reveling in the historic nature of the occasion which transcended social, religious, and political lines. All major media outlets sent teams of journalists to Washington to cove [...]	2009-01-21 22:35:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL BF
09NASSAU390	FLORIDA CONGRESSWOMAN CRITICIZES GCOB ON 2006 [...] (U) In recent comments to local media, Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen criticized the GCOB's investigation into the alleged beating of a U.S. journalist by Immigration Detention Center guards in February 2006. 2. (C) The incident prompted Florida congressional interest and U.S. [...]	2009-06-29 15:43:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BF
09NASSAU391	BAHAMAS REACTS TO THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in response to the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report carried by local media June 24. The MFA said the GCOB "continues to meet its obligations in combating and eliminating human trafficking" under the Palermo Convention and the rel [...]	2009-06-29 20:49:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09NASSAU392	EX-GUARD LEVELS MORE DETENTION CENTER ABUSE [...] (U) In an expansive interview with a local daily June 29, an anonymous former officer in the Immigration Detention Center described poor hygienic and medical conditions, indiscipline in the Defense Force guards' ranks, and lax administrative oversight. The ex-officer accused his colleagues a [...]	2009-06-29 21:08:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BF
09NASSAU400	BAHAMAS: POLICE COMMISSIONER FERGUSON RULES OUT [...] (C) During a June 25 Embassy-hosted luncheon to discuss joint law enforcement efforts, Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) Commissioner Reginald Ferguson down-played previously mentioned prospects for law enforcement cooperation between The Bahamas and Haiti. Ferguson rejected the idea of statio [...]	2009-06-30 20:58:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR SMIG PGOV KCRM HA BF
09NASSAU401	CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO BAHAMAS, NAM: BRING BACK ZELAYA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 14:15:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BF CU
09NASSAU41	THE BAHAMAS LOOKS HOPEFULLY TO CHINA TO SPUR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Amid the recent economic downturn The Bahamas has turned to China for a crucial infusion of liquidity to finance investment and capital projects. The two governments recently signed the agreement to proceed with the construction of the national stadium - China's gift to The Bah [...]	2009-01-22 21:40:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN BF

09NASSAU411	BAHAMAS: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 16:52:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC BF
09NASSAU412	BAHAMAS: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 16:52:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL BF
09NASSAU414	BAHAMAS MONTHLY -- JUNE 2009 [...] This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- IMF Recommends Increasing Revenue by 1.75 Percent -- Admission Applications for College of The Bahamas Increases by 20 Percent -- 10,000 Bahamians Apply for Unemployment Benefits -- [...]	2009-07-09 17:50:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BF
09NASSAU419	CUBA AND BAHAMAS TALK SEA BORDERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 18:37:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PGOV PREL CU BF
09NASSAU449	Third Country National NIV Validation Study - 2007-2008 B [...] SUMMARY: Of its more than 340,000 residents, The Bahamas hosts approximately 40,000 Third Country Nationals (TCNs) who provide the bulk of low-paid labor and domestic services in the country. The Turks and Caicos Islands similarly host a large TCN population. The largest of these groups is th [...]	2009-07-30 11:49:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT KFRD BF
09NASSAU451	Third Country National NIV Validation Study - 2007-2008 B [...] SUMMARY: Of its more than 340,000 residents, The Bahamas hosts approximately 40,000 Third Country Nationals (TCNs) who provide the bulk of low-paid labor and domestic services in the country. The Turks and Caicos Islands similarly host a large TCN population. The largest of these groups is th [...]	2009-07-30 13:01:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT KFRD BF
09NASSAU460	BAHAMAS NEGOTIATING 14 NEW TAX INFORMATION [...] (U) Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing announced on July 29 that The Bahamas is negotiating Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEA) with 14 countries. This announcement comes on the heels of Prime Minister,s Ingraham pledge to enforce standards on tax transparency after The Baham [...]	2009-08-04 19:40:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN BF
09NASSAU461	NASSAU MONTHLY - JULY 2009 [...] This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Containing Swine Flu -- 700 Haitian Migrants Apprehended in Two Weeks -- Land Profiteering: Who's to Blame? -- Controversy over Relocation of the Shipping Container Port -- Bahamas Bre [...]	2009-08-04 20:47:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON POL PGOV BF
09NASSAU486	GCOB VOWS TO SIGN NEW COPYRIGHT LAW REPEALING [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General, Ambassador Joshua Sears, told PolCounselor and USTR officials privately on August 5th that the Governor General will sign an amendment to the Copyright Act of 2000 in the next few weeks, which would narrow the scope of the compulsory [...]	2009-08-17 20:51:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF PGOV
09NASSAU487	PLP SLAMS FNM OVER SERVICE CUTS AS BUDGET DEBATE RAGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 2009 GCOB budget was issued on June 8 and addressed the severe lack of government resources. The Prime Minister announced major budget cuts in nearly all ministries, cancelled programs and put a stop to all conference-related travel. In response, the PLP opposition party sla [...]	2009-08-18 14:40:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON BF
09NASSAU504	CONTAINER PORT RELOCATION SPARKS ANGRY DEBATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a little publicized decision in April, the GCOB signed an agreement to relocate Nassau's busy down town container port to Arawak Cay, a site 6 miles to the west. The decision reignited angry debate beginning in July when plans moved forward to begin dredging the harbor. Opposit [...]	2009-08-21 17:17:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ECON BF
09NASSAU520	U.K. TAKES TURKS AND CAICOS GOV'T BACK [...] (U) The Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) was suspended for two years on August 14th following a decision by the Court of Appeal in London. The House of Assembly was dissolved and governance of the island nation transferred to Governor Gordon Wetherell. Senior civil servant [...]	2009-09-01 16:56:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON POL PGOV BF
09NASSAU525	MEGAPORTS TABLETOP EXERCISE SET FOR APRIL 2010 [...] (SBU) August 19, representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) met with GCOB officials in Nassau to discuss plans for a joint Megaports Table Top Exercise (TTX) in FY 2010. The GCOB agreed to schedule the TTX for mid-April 2010 in either Nassa [...]	2009-09-02 14:36:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG ETRD KNNP PARM BF
09NASSAU526	CHINA CHAIRMAN BANGGUO TO VISIT; SIGN MAJOR [...] (U) China,s Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People,s Congress and the country,s second-highest ranking party officer, Wu Bangguo, will make an official visit to The Bahamas September 3-6 to sign three major trade and investment agreements with the GCOB. These agreements incl [...]	2009-09-02 19:19:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF ECON EFIN ETRD
09NASSAU527	BAHAMAS ASKED TO ANNEX TURKS AND CAICOS [...] (U) Former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Premier Michael Misick announced his belief that the people of TCI are interested in becoming an autonomous state of The Bahamas. Misick remarked that a federation would be advantageous to The Bahamas because TCI services could be provided to the south [...]	2009-09-03 15:18:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON POL PGOV BF
09NASSAU528	SUBJECT: UAE SEIZES BAHAMAS-REGISTERED VESSEL CARRYING NORTH KOREAN ARMS TO IRAN [...] (C) United Arab Emirates officials seized the Bahamas-flagged ANL Australia several weeks ago after discovering various heavy weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades, onboard. Local media report that the ship was destined for Iran. The incident puts North Korea and Iran in direct violati [...]	2009-09-03 18:50:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF ECON PGOV PREL ETRD
09NASSAU531	NASSAU- CRIME SPIKE TRIGGERS DEMAND FOR HANGINGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A recent surge in violent crime to include home invasions, rapes and murders have triggered calls for capital punishment to resume. The crime wave, attributed in press editorials to Haitian gang activity, also threatens to undermine the shaky Bahamian tourist industry. The potent [...]	2009-09-08 18:35:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM ASEC BF
09NASSAU533	NASSAU MONTHLY - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Cabinet Minister Shuffle Imminent -- Weak Tourist Industry Results in Wave of Hotel and Resort Closings -- Unemployment Rates Skyrocket -- Customs Department Rife With Corruption - [...]	2009-09-09 18:22:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON POL PGOV BF
09NASSAU56	A GRIM OUTLOOK FOR 2009 FORECASTED AT THE BAHAMAS [...] SUMMARY: Presenters at the Annual Bahamas Business Outlook Seminar held on January 15 painted a grim financial picture for the year ahead. Prime Minister Ingraham delivered the key note address, noting diversification is not necessarily the golden ticket to alleviating economic woes, while [...]	2009-01-28 20:23:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV BF
09NASSAU560	CHINESE OFFER â€œGOLDEN OPPORTUNITIESâ€ TO THE BAHAMAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The highest ranking Chinese official ever to have visited The Bahamas, Chairman Wu Bangguo, announced several lucrative financial agreements for major infrastructure and tourism projects in The Bahamas totaling USD 164.3 million dollars. These agreements include a financing framework f [...]	2009-09-15 14:14:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF ECON ETRD EFIN
09NASSAU605	Embassy Nassau Response to OPIC-Supported Global Renewable [...] (U) The following information is provided in response to the questions posed in reftel paragraph 5. 1) The need for renewable energy capital in the Bahamian Market: The Bahamas is an archipelago with substantial potential wind, solar and wave/current energy resources that are well suited to [...]	2009-10-02 15:48:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN
09NASSAU606	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HAITI'S WAIVER OF TOURIST VISA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to GCOB MFA Deputy Permanent Secretary Donna Lowe on October 2. Lowe said the GCOB shared our concerns and was not aware of the GOH decision. She requested more information as well as the date the decision was made. PolOff requested an unclassified white pap [...]	2009-10-02 19:19:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU62	THE STANDARD AND POOR'S CONTROVERSY [...] SUMMARY: Standard and Poor's Sovereign Report released on December 29, 2008 has generated heated debate between the governing Free National Movement (FNM) and opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) officials. The report states that the FNM's decision to delay several PLP signed contract [...]	2009-01-30 16:44:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV BF
09NASSAU624	NO MORE FREE TV? COMPULSORY LICENSING AMENDMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 2004 Amendment to the Compulsory Licensing Act to outlaw the exception for encrypted broadcasts became effective October 1, 2009. The amendment was signed into law September 16 following negotiations with GCOB officials, Cable Bahamas, USG representatives and private U.S. ca [...]	2009-10-08 21:27:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD BF
09NASSAU63	TRAVOLTA EXTORTION PLOT GRABS GCOB BY THE HORNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GCOB has confronted head-on an alleged attempt to extort 25 million dollars from U.S. actor John Travolta after the accidental death of his teenage son. Acting on a complaint from the bereaved family, authorities arrested and charged two alleged plotters, including an opposi [...]	2009-01-30 19:26:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM BF
09NASSAU634	IT'S STILL NOT BETTER IN THE BAHAMAS: ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Economic indicators for The Bahamas remained strongly negative. Central Bank reports point to loan defaults of almost USD 1 billion, decreased private sector lending, a government debt-to-revenue ratio of almost 50 percent of GDP and a slumping tourist sector. In an effort to [...]	2009-10-14 15:57:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD
09NASSAU639	GCOB JOINS U.S.-CARIBBEAN REGIONAL HIV/AIDS PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-14 20:29:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV ECON POL PGOV BF
09NASSAU64	POLICE RESTRUCTURING SIGNALS STRONG GCOB REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GCOB carried out a consolidation of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) hierarchy January 11, retaining the Acting Police Commissioner while promoting two up-and-coming yet rival officers to the next most responsible positions. At least 15 high-ranking policemen, including [...]	2009-02-02 19:38:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BF
09NASSAU644	MAJOR SHAKEUP POSSIBLE AT OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) leadership and deputy positions will be challenged at next week,s convention. If Perry Christie retains the leadership position it will likely cost the PLP the next election. Candidates for both leader and deputy also have backgrounds that are [...]	2009-10-16 16:06:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BF PINR
09NASSAU65	LECTURE AFFORDS SNAPSHOT OF BAHAMAS MUSLIM [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a recent lecture at the historical society, a prominent local Muslim leader presented a largely autobiographical and documentary overview of the origins and development of Islam in The Bahamas. He provided an eyewitness perspective on a growing minority religion whose ad [...]	2009-02-02 20:04:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BF
09NASSAU657	OPPOSITION LEADER CHRISTIE,S "SCORCHED EARTH [...] (U) Bahamian incumbent leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Perry Christie retained his party,s leadership position, securing 84% of his party convention,s delegate votes. In the lead up to the October 21-23 Convention Christie had threatened a &scorched earth policy8 against any can [...]	2009-10-26 19:48:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BF PINR
09NASSAU658	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to GCOB MFA Deputy Permanent Secretary Donna Lowe on October 23. Lowe said she would consult with the Permanent Secretary and the section that deals with UN matters. AVANT [...]	2009-10-26 19:57:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BF PREL
09NASSAU661	NASSAU AIRPORT PASSES TSA INSPECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nassau Airport finally passed Transportation Security Administration (TSA checkpoint testing following two years of failed security evaluations. Passing the tests eliminated the need for a second security screening checkpoint for U.S.-bound passengers; greatly reducing wait tim [...]	2009-10-27 20:40:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	BF ECON ETRD KHLS
09NASSAU684	Nassau--October Monthly [...] This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Ambassador Avant Arrives to Warm Welcome -- Surprise Announcement At Opposition Political Convention Triggers Travolta Mistrial -- Massive Roundup of Illegal Immigrants Announced [...]	2009-11-03 22:02:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BF
09NASSAU692	Demarche Delivered: Goldstone Report [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 21:01:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU697	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 19:40:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU706	NASSAU SMART DEPLOYMENT EXIT CABLE [...] PURPOSE: To provide the SMART Program Management Office confirmation of Post's acceptance and installation status of the SMART Messaging Application at Nassau. 2. SMART Deployment Dates: 10/26/2009 - 11/6/2009 3. SMART Deployment Team Jason Rock - SMART - Team Lead / Customer Service S [...]	2009-11-13 19:23:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP ACOA
09NASSAU715	NAS SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable summarizes significant NAS and USG counternarcotics activities in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands during the period of September/October 2009. ----- OPBAT ----- 2. (SBU) The Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF),the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police [...]	2009-11-18 13:23:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR SMIG PGOV PREL TK BF
09NASSAU717	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 22:00:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU721	BAHAMAS: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 20:29:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU723	Mega-Resort Plans Include 4,000 Chinese Workers; GCOB "Wary" [...] (S) SUMMARY: Baha Mar Corporation executives described plans to begin construction on a USD 2.7 billion mega-resort and casino in Nassau starting January 2010. The resort would add three additional hotels to the Cable Beach area, as well as several other high-end amenities to rival another [...]	2009-11-20 20:52:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	ECON EINT EINV EAID ELAB ETRD BF
09NASSAU729	Bahamas Changes Position on Country-Specific Resolution [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior GCOB official told the CDA that the government's position on the Iran Human Rights Resolution changed due to international pressure they received about their own domestic policies, U.S. criticism of their off-shore banking industry, and what they perceived as unwarranted c [...]	2009-11-23 22:42:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV UN UNGA PHUM
09NASSAU73	PM INGRAHAM'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE NATION - [...] (SBU) Summry: Prime Minister Ingraham gave his annual addess to the nation on January 29, presenting a hopeful message in the wake of an economic downturn that hit The Bahamas especially hard the last three months of 2008. Ingraham pointed to an increase in foreign direct investment in 2008, [...]	2009-02-04 15:52:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL BF
09NASSAU731	Bahamas Changes Position on Country-Specific Resolution [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior GCOB official told the CDA that the government's position on the Iran Human Rights Resolution changed due to international pressure they received about their own domestic policies, U.S. criticism of their off-shore banking industry, and what they perceived as unwarranted c [...]	2009-11-23 22:46:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV UN UNGA PHUM
09NASSAU732	Demarche Delivered: U.S. Candidacy For WHO Executive Board [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 22:21:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BF PREL
09NASSAU735	NASSAU: CRIMES TARGETING TOURISTS MAY BE CONNECTED [...] (C) Eighteen tourists were robbed at gunpoint while on a popular eco-tour on New Providence November 20. The same day in separate incidents, two tourists were robbed in the down town area; one incident occurring near the U.S. Embassy. On November 23 a U.S. citizen was allegedly assaulted and [...]	2009-11-30 22:37:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BF CASC ASEC
09NASSAU736	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECEMBER VOTE ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 19:31:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU740	BAHAMAS NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD [...] The GCOB nominates The Honorable Janet G. Bostwick, former Minister of Justice and Immigration, Attorney-General and Minister of Foreign Affairs, for the International Women of Courage Award. 2. Bostwick was born October 20, 1939 in Nassau. She was the first woman to be elected as a Mem [...]	2009-12-08 16:15:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN BF
09NASSAU751	PM Removes Major Port Manager for Deal with U.S. Company, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an unusual move, PM Ingraham effectively removed the foreign manager of one of the world's largest and busiest ports after learning of his role in the partial sale of the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) in Freeport to a U.S.-Singapore Firm. Confidential sources speculate [...]	2009-12-18 16:21:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON EINT EINV EPET BF
09NASSAU753	Pirates, Projects and Wish Lists: NORTHCOM Visit to The [...] (C) SUMMARY: NORTHCOM officials representing 12 different sub-units visited Nassau from November 17-19 to discuss NORTHCOM engagement. The delegation's activities consisted of a one-day Piracy conference, meetings with Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) and with the National Emergency Manag [...]	2009-12-18 16:26:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL BF
09NASSAU764	Nassau Monthly - November 2009 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Retirements, Cabinet Shakeup Leads to New Appointments -- Airport Wait Times Cut as Secondary Screening Checkpoint Demolished -- Tourism: Hotel Deals Hurt Revenues; Cruise [...]	2009-12-15 17:44:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BF
09NASSAU773	BAHAMAS REACTION TO EMBASSY HUMAN RIGHTS OP-ED POINTS FINGER [...] The Embassy op-ed on the GCOB human rights UN Third Committee votes sparked immediate reaction in the form of editorials and articles in several New Providence and Grand Bahama dailies beginning on December 22. The op-ed was also published on Caribbean online news web sites. An editorial in T [...]	2009-12-29 20:55:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL
09NASSAU775	GCOB REACTS TO EMBASSY OP-ED CRITICISM ON UN VOTING [...] (C) The Embassy received the attached letter, press statement and explanation of vote from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (DPM) Brent Symonette on December 24. The letter and statement were issued in response to the Ambassador's op-ed, published in several of the local d [...]	2009-12-29 20:55:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU83	THE BAHAMAS 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness to Foreign Investment: The Bahamian Government generally encourages and offers incentives for foreign investment in all sectors of the economy except those the Government reserves exclusively to Bahamian citizens. Reserved businesses include: wholesale and retail operations; commiss [...]	2009-02-05 17:53:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BF
09NASSAU88	BAHAMAS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTERING [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points and non-paper regarding the threat of terrorist abuse against the charitable sector to Donna Lowe, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Legal Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 6. Ms. Lowe aknowledged the points of the demarche and pro [...]	2009-02-09 15:03:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID BF
09NASSAU98	BAHAMAS DEFERS TO CARICOM ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Patricia Rodgers February 12. PS Rodgers said the issue had been discussed in CARICOM and might be raised at an upcoming meeting, though she was unsure whether it was on the agenda. COMMENT: T [...]	2009-02-13 19:41:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC BF
09NASSAU99	THE BAHAMAS -- NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) As requested in ref A, please find Post's responses to questions for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. -------------------------------------- Para 23 -- THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A. What are the sources of available informatio [...]	2009-02-13 20:54:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG BF
09NDJAENA423	MISSION ENDORSES DIS SUPPORT AT UPCOMING UN [...] (SBU) The UN will host an October 2 pledging conference in Brussels for P5 nations and other donor countries to seek financial support for programs under MINURCAT's Trust Fund. The UN is specifically seeking 21.6 million USD to finance continued training for the Chadian Integrated Security De [...]	2009-09-29 11:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA100	USG SHOULD PUSH BRITISH TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 11 below. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The British are considering establishing a small diplomatic presence in Chad, but Canada is planning no mission in the near term, according to visiting British and Canadian diplomats here last week. Th [...]	2009-03-24 09:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU CD
09NDJAMENA101	HUMANITARIAN CONTINGENCY PLANS IN CHAD: LEGAL, [...] (SBU) The recent expulsion of 13 key NGOs implementing humanitarian assistance programs in Darfur has sparked concern that affected IDPs may consider moving across the border into eastern Chad in order to access established assistance programs targeting the existing population of approximately [...]	2009-03-24 11:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF UN CD SU LY
09NDJAMENA102	CHAD STILL FEARS REBELS DESPITE DISUNITY; QATAR [...] (C) Chad's FORMIN warned Ambassador and DCM 3/23 that the GOC saw strong signs that Khartoum was getting ready to launch its Chad rebel clients based in Darfur across the border into Chad yet again. Moussa Faki Mahamat could not predict when or even if the rebels would actually attack, but e [...]	2009-03-24 13:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AU AL CH SU
09NDJAMENA103	TURKEY PLANNING TO OPEN EMBASSY IN CHAD, PERHAPS [...] (U) Visiting Turkish AMB-Designate to Chad Omur Solendil told AMB March 24 that Turkey was planning to open an Embassy in Chad, perhaps before the end of this year. A political decision had been made in Ankara, Solendil said, but now the funding issue had to be worked out. ----------------- [...]	2009-03-25 10:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LY SU TU ODIP CD
09NDJAMENA104	MINOR GOC CABINET RESHUFFLE SETS STAGE FOR PM TO [...] (SBU) President Deby and his PM affected a relatively minor shuffle to the cabinet 3/23, which left unchanged the leadership in all critical "power" ministries, including Defense, Foreign Affairs, Interior, Infrastructure, Education, Finance, Justice and others. All four of the former opposit [...]	2009-03-25 12:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG AU CD
09NDJAMENA111	MAKING CHAD A PART OF THE SOLUTION IN DARFUR: AN [...] This is an action message: See para 5 and subsequent. ---------------------------- CHAD MOST AFFECTED BY DARFUR ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Besides Sudan itself, Chad is the country most affected by the Darfur Crisis. Virtually all Darfuri refugees are in Chad, which also [...]	2009-03-27 13:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PTER MASS LY SU CT CD
09NDJAMENA113	CHAD'S PUBLIC FINANCES (I): PROBLEMS ARE DAUNTING [...] (SBU) IMF Resident Representative Joseph Karangwa briefed Ambassador March 26 on the current troubled status of Chad's public finances, especially its public revenue management problems, from the IFI perspective. He emphasized Chad's looming budgetary shortfall this year, as oil revenues are [...]	2009-04-01 16:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EFIN IMF IBRD CDB EAID PREL
09NDJAMENA114	ROSY SCENARIO?: INSIDER AND OUTSIDER JUDGE CHAD [...] (C) Two authoritative sources, one a veteran Chadian political figure and Deby counselor, the other the chief intelligence officer for the French military forces here, offered concordant views on the unlikelihood of a major attack by Chad rebels in the near future. National Mediator Abderah [...]	2009-04-01 16:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
09NDJAMENA115	CHAD'S PUBLIC FINANCES (II): SEARCHING FOR [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 11 below. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Gata Ngoulou told Ambassador and DCM March 30 that Chad's public finances were in serious disarray, but that the budget picture was not yet "disastrous." Ngoulou pointed out that Ch [...]	2009-04-02 11:19:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EFIN IMF IBRD CDB EAID PREL
09NDJAMENA118	BEFORE PARLIAMENT, PRIME MINISTER REVIEWS HIS [...] (U) Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas appeared before Chad's 155-member National Assembly, along with his 41-member Cabinet, March 31, to respond to questions on the successes and challenges of his 11-month old government. The PM, who had received questions posed by parliamentarians in advan [...]	2009-04-02 17:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS ECON EAGR AU CD
09NDJAMENA120	UK REQUEST THAT EMBASSY NDJAMENA PROVIDE WORK [...] This is an action message -- see para 8. 2. (U) The UK FCO has renewed its request to us to provide work space and services to a UK diplomat to be deployed here for an undetermined length of time (REF A). 3. (SBU) We strongly support a UK diplomatic presence in Chad on a permanent or s [...]	2009-04-06 08:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ODIP UK EU FR CD
09NDJAMENA121	DETAINEE TRANSFER FRAMEWORK WITH CHAD [...] (U) This is an action message -- See para 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: That the Department provide official translation of texts of diplomatic notes (REF A, Paras nine and ten),and adjust suspense date to reflect date of cable message with that information. 3. (U) N.B.: TAGS for Chad is [...]	2009-04-06 11:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PINR PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA122	MINURCAT DEPUTY SRSG ON NEW PKO'S FIRST WEEKS [...] (SBU) MINURCAT Deputy SRSG Rima Salah briefed the diplomatic community April 1 on MINURCAT's achievements during its first two weeks of existence, as well as future challenges. Salah reviewed UNSCRs 1778 and 1861, which mandates security and protection of international humanitarian workers [...]	2009-04-07 12:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM UN SU CH CD
09NDJAMENA125	PLANNING FOR NEW REFUGEES IN CHAD; NGO CAPACITY [...] (U) Much of the information in this cable was previously transmitted to Department offices by RefEmail. ------------------------------------- NGO PLANS FOR POSSIBLE DARFURI INFLUX ------------------------------------- 2. (U) Ndjamena-based Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) met with [...]	2009-04-08 11:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV SU UN LY CD
09NDJAMENA128	AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOC ON TIP/CHILD SOLDIERS, JEM, [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request -- please see Para 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Ambassador told FORMIN April 10 that he was seeking an audience with President Deby to discuss several issues of capital importance to the US, namely: The need for the GOC to make speedy, concrete p [...]	2009-04-14 15:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MASS KTIP PREF MARR AU
09NDJAMENA129	HUMANITARIAN UPDATE FROM NDJAMENA [...] (U) This cable constitutes one of a series of weekly updates on the humanitarian situation among Darfur refugees in Chad and Chadian IDPs. ------------------- MINURCAT TAKES ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR HUMANITARIAN SECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD ------------------- 2. (U) Ndjamena-based Refuge [...]	2009-04-14 16:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UN SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA131	LIBYA RENEWS "TRILATERAL CHAD-SUDAN EFFORT," [...] (SBU) Libya is intent on reviving its "trilateral initiative" mediation efforts between Chad and Sudan, starting with eliminating support for proxy rebel groups, as a prelude to helping to solve the Darfur problem, according to Libya's once and current Ambassador to Chad, Greene Saleh Greene [...]	2009-04-15 14:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN SU LY PINR CD
09NDJAMENA132	CHAD/SUDAN BORDER VIOLENCE? INDICATORS NEGATIVE [...] (C) We do not see indications of impending Chad military offensive against Chad rebels based in Sudan at this time, notwithstanding claims made by interlocutors in conversations reported in REFTEL. In the interests of providing perspective to addressees, as well as of correcting factual error [...]	2009-04-16 14:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU CD
09NDJAMENA133	CHAD: A PUBLISHED BUDGET [...] (U) The Government of the Republic of Chad makes its annual budget publicly available in print format, issued by the Ministry of Finance's Department of Budget. The government also formally publishes the budget in the GOC Official Journal. The annual budget details revenues by activity and [...]	2009-04-16 15:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL CD
09NDJAMENA135	IMF EFFORTS IN CHAD: HITTING EVERY OBSTACLE ON [...] (SBU) Christian Josz, IMF Deputy Division Chief in the African Department and head of the IMF delegation to start a Staff Monitored Program (SMP) in Chad, briefed the diplomatic corps April 15 on the results of his team's efforts. Josz stated that despite a positive start to his visit, he had [...]	2009-04-17 10:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EFIN IMF IBRD CBD EAID PREL CD
09NDJAMENA137	CHAD: EMBASSY NDJAMENA'S TIP COMPLIANCE ACTION [...] (SBU) In order to help the Chad Government to avoid sanctions because of TIP provisions, we are engaged in executing an action plan, which we first informed Department in REF A. 2. (SBU) Background: GOC Actions to Date: The most recent in the GOC's efforts to address trafficking in pers [...]	2009-04-20 17:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD
09NDJAMENA139	CHAD: AN ELECTORAL HISTORY (1959-2009). [...] (SBU) A key U.S. goal in Chad involves the success of the August 13 Accord process, which comprises political and electoral reforms leading to credible legislative and local elections in 2010 and similar presidential elections in 2011. The Chadian people have had a variety of national voting [...]	2009-04-21 10:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PINR CD
09NDJAMENA140	GOC OFFERS ITS OWN VERSION OF BUDGET REVISION [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Gata Ngoulou outlined April 21 for Ambassador the GOC's plan to address the budget revenue shortfall precipitated by the drop in the price of oil, a resource that accounts for 75 percent of the GOC's budget. The GOC will fill the USD 80 million gap between 2009 receipts [...]	2009-04-23 07:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EFIN IMF IBRD CBD EAID PREL CD
09NDJAMENA143	SCENESETTER FOR SE GRATION'S MAY 1-3 VISIT TO CHAD [...] (C) Embassy N'Djamena welcomes your visit to Chad. This message is aimed at providing you with background for use in meeting with Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, and for other requested meetings. It focuses primarily on Chad's role in the Darfur crisis, in regional humanitarian assistan [...]	2009-04-27 14:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MASS MARR LY SU CD
09NDJAMENA147	SUDAN/CHAD: GOS, JEM AGREE TO REACTIVATE DOHA [...] (C) The Government of Sudan and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) have agreed to reactivate talks in Doha on Monday evening, May 4, following five sessions between Special Envoy Gration and JEM Chairman Khalil Ibrahim, and numerous calls between Gration and GoS Presidential Advisor Ghazi an [...]	2009-05-03 19:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU QA LY MOPS CD
09NDJAMENA149	CHAD REBEL COLUMNS CROSS INTO SOUTHEAST CHAD FROM [...] (SBU) CHAD REBELS CROSS THE BORDER: We believe that three or perhaps four columns of Chad rebels have entered southeastern Chad since yesterday, and are likely strung out along the border from points SE of Abeche to the CAR/Sudan/Chad tri-border area, north and south of Goz Beida town. Tota [...]	2009-05-05 13:38:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS ASEC PREL PREF SU UN AU LY FR CD
09NDJAMENA151	CHAD UPDATE, 12PM, MAY 6: CHAD GOVERNMENT FORCES [...] (SBU) CAVEAT: This message is based on a variety of sources, some more reliable than others. We gather information from all sources and try to winnow the chaff from the wheat. Some reports recirculate, gaining apparent momentum from repetition. Some reports are based on rumors or garble f [...]	2009-05-06 11:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS ASEC PREL PREF SU UN AU LY FR CASC CD
09NDJAMENA152	CHAD'S ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE LAMENTS "LACK OF [...] (SBU) In several recent meetings with Embassy officers and TDY visitors, members of the Chadian Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) have complained that lack of political will continues to plague preparations for 2010-11 elections in Chad. Lol Mahamat Choua, opposition figure and current Presi [...]	2009-05-06 13:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CD
09NDJAMENA153	CHAD UPDATE, AFTERNOON MAY 6: CHAD GOVT AIR FORCE [...] (SBU) CAVEAT: This message is based on a variety of sources, some more reliable than others. We gather information from all sources and try to winnow the chaff from the wheat. Some reports re-circulate, gaining apparent momentum from repetition. Some reports are based on rumors or garble [...]	2009-05-06 15:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS ASEC PREL PREF SU UN AU LY FR CASC CD
09NDJAMENA156	CHAD UPDATE, MORNING 5/7: REBELS CONSOLIDATE, [...] (SBU) CAVEAT: This message presents a composite view of the current situation based on a variety of sources, some more reliable than others, and our best analysis. Some reports re-circulate, gaining apparent momentum from repetition; others are based on rumors or garbled fact. We cite few s [...]	2009-05-07 11:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS ASEC PREL PREF SU UN AU LY FR CASC CD
09NDJAMENA160	FSN COMMITTEE AND AMERICAN CITIZENS WARDEN [...] (SBU) On Thursday, May 7, 2009, US Embassy N'Djamena convened separate meetings of the FSN Committee and American citizen wardens to discuss the situation in eastern Chad. The following issues were discussed at these meetings: FSN Committee Meeting 1) RSO briefed FSNs of the rebel situatio [...]	2009-05-07 17:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL PGOV AU CD
09NDJAMENA161	CHAD UPDATE, 5/8: GOC DEFEATS REBELS DECISIVELY [...] (SBU) CHAD REBELS STATUS: As of morning May 8, the Chadian military inflicted two decisive defeats on Chad rebels. The rebels appear to have been decisively defeated in May 7 battles south of Am-Dam and later near Am-Timan, inflicting heavy casualties. Remaining rebels are dispersed and in [...]	2009-05-08 11:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS ASEC PREL PREF SU UN AU LY FR CASC CD
09NDJAMENA162	KHALIL IBRAHIM PRESENTS -- "THE NEW JEM" [...] (SBU) JEM Chief Dr. Khalil Ibrahim told SE Gration May 2-3 that his recently enhanced and expanded movement was the "New JEM" whose top priority was peace, not conquest. Khalil claimed to represent over 200 Sudanese tribes, offered proof that a number of former commanders of separate rebel m [...]	2009-05-08 13:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF AU LY CD
09NDJAMENA163	CHAD UPDATE: FM FAKI'S MAY 9 REPLY TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nigro issued a demarche to FM Moussa Faki Mahamat May 9 to discourage GoC hot pursuit of remaining Chadian rebels into Sudan; to remind the GoC of the moral high ground that Ndjamena occupied at present; to describe SE Gration's efforts to convince the Sudanese government to [...]	2009-05-10 12:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS ASEC PREL PREF SU UN AU LY FR CASC CD
09NDJAMENA165	CHAD UPDATE 5/10: GOC TRUMPETS DECISIVE VICTORY [...] (SBU) MILITARY BALANCE: As of May 10, the Government of Chad (GOC) continues to trumpet its "decisive victory" over Union of Resistance Forces (UFR) rebels in southeastern Chad. On May 6 and 7, Chadian military forces bombed rebel columns near Koukou, Angarana, Kerfi, and Haouish. According [...]	2009-05-10 15:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS ASEC PREL PREF SU UN AU LY FR CASC CD
09NDJAMENA166	EAC - EMBASSY N'DJAMENA, MAY 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) On May 11, 2009, Ambassador Nigro convened an EAC meeting to discuss the rebel situation in eastern Chad and review decisions made at the previous EAC on May 8. EAC meeting was attended by DCM, RSO, CON, Pol/Mil, DATT, AID, Pol/Econ, MED, IMO and PRM. 2. (SBU) The following assessment [...]	2009-05-11 10:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AU CD PGOV PREL
09NDJAMENA170	CHAD UPDATE MAY 11: LIFE RETURNING TO NORMAL ONE [...] (SBU) RETURN TO NORMAL: Life is returning to normal as the GOC and others continue to assess the impact of the May 4 rebel incursions and plan for the future. MINURCAT has resumed all operations in the east. 2. (SBU) DEBY VISITS TROOPS: President Deby, accompanied by acting Minister of [...]	2009-05-11 16:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS ASEC PREL PREF SU UN AU LY FR CASC CD
09NDJAMENA175	CEDANT ARMA TOGAE? WHERE CHAD GOES FROM HERE, [...] (SBU) The invasion of eastern Chad by Chadian rebels from Sudan, their decisive defeat by Chad government forces, and the GOC,s initial reaction to those events last week confirmed a changed balance of power between Chad and Chad rebels and raised questions regarding the GOC's military and d [...]	2009-05-13 09:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF UN SU LY CH IS QA CD
09NDJAMENA177	CHAD'S PRESIDENT CONTINUES ANTI-SUDAN STANCE [...] (SBU) Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno held a rally May 13 in N'Djamena to protest against "Sudanese aggression," given the May 4-7 incursion by Chadian rebels from Sudan. Five times during the President's 15-minute speech, he focused specifically on Sudanese President Omar El Bashir, sayi [...]	2009-05-14 16:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA181	HUMANITARIAN UPDATE FROM NDJAMENA REGIONAL REFUGEE [...] (U) This cable continues a series of regular updates on the humanitarian situation among Darfur and CAR refugees in Chad and Chadian IDPs. This report is from the Accra-based Regional Refugee Coordinator for Resettlement currently in Chad on temporary duty. ------------------------------ Ch [...]	2009-05-16 09:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UN SU GH CD
09NDJAMENA184	CHAD PLANS TO WITHDRAW FROM AU AND QATARI [...] (SBU) FORMIN Faki thanked Ambassador May 15 for the USG's public support of Chad during the recent rebel incursion and explained that the GOC was likely to "freeze" or "suspend" participation in AU-sponsored and Qatar-sponsored mediation efforts to normalize Chad-Sudan relations, because of AU [...]	2009-05-18 13:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA CD
09NDJAMENA185	CHAD ADMITS MILITARY "HOT PURSUIT" INTO SUDAN, [...] (SBU) The GOC confirmed publicly May 17 that it had made good last week on its long-standing pledge to exercise "right of hot pursuit" by pursuing fleeing Chad rebels back into Sudan and carrying out air strikes against them. The GOC appears to have displayed some restraint in these operat [...]	2009-05-18 13:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA CD

09NDJAMENA188	USG AND FRIENDS SUPPORTS UNICEF'S EFFORTS ON CHILD [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nigro and French Ambassador co-hosted a meeting (held in this Embassy) May 19 for key partners and international NGO representatives to discuss the current situation of children affected by armed conflict in Chad and to explore ways in which Chad's international partners inter [...]	2009-05-21 15:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREL PGOV PREF SU UN CD
09NDJAMENA190	STAND UP AND BE COUNTED: CHAD'S 2009 POPULATION [...] Summary: Chad's second post-independence population census kicked off May 19 with registration of the President. The census is a necessary precondition for national elections in 2010 and 2011, and will facilitate donor planning for development assistance. The USG has contributed $1.5 million [...]	2009-05-21 16:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PHUM PREF PGOV CD
09NDJAMENA192	STAND UP AND BE COUNTED: CHAD'S 2009 POPULATION [...] Summary: Chad's second post-independence population census kicked off May 19 with registration of the President. The census is a necessary precondition for national elections in 2010 and 2011, and will facilitate donor planning for development assistance. The USG has contributed $1.5 million [...]	2009-05-21 16:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PHUM PREF PGOV CD
09NDJAMENA194	ESSO LEANS TOWARD ASSISTING GOC ON 2009 BUDGET [...] (SBU) ESSO-Chad Chief Stephane de Mahieu told Ambassador Nigro May 20 that the oil company was leaning toward agreeing to the GOC's request for flexibility with royalty and tax payments in 2009 by advancing some expected second half-2009 payments to the second quarter, to help the GOC stay on [...]	2009-05-22 12:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL EPET EFIN AU SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA195	CHAD-SUDAN: GOC SHOULD "SEIZE THE MOMENT" TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nigro and DCM told GOC Ambassador to the U.S. Bechir May 22 that the GOC should "seize the moment" to exploit diplomatically its recent military successes. We acknowledged Bechir's expression of gratitude for the clear USG public position on the rebel attack and told him tha [...]	2009-05-24 14:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MARR MASS SU LY IS CD
09NDJAMENA196	JOUBERT TO DEBY: TRANSLATE BATTLEFIELD VICTORY [...] (C) Visiting French Presidential Advisor Joubert issued a demarche to President Deby and senior aides May 23, urging the GOC to translate its recent victories on the battlefield into diplomatic successes by exercising great care in its approach to Sudan, by reaching out to some of the Chad re [...]	2009-05-25 10:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LY SU UN FR PREF PHUM MOPS CD
09NDJAMENA197	JEM-SLA/AW ALLIANCE OFFER ON THE TABLE, BUT IN THE [...] (SBU) JEM and SLA/AW leaders met north of N'Djamena May 22 to discuss forming a political alliance, according to a JEM member who spoke with poloff May 25. SLA/AW leaders told us that that the difference between the secular SLA and the Islamist JEM would likely prevent an alliance, although t [...]	2009-05-26 15:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA CD
09NDJAMENA200	RISING COST OF LIVING IN CHAD'S CAPITAL [...] (U) The prices of basic goods in Chad's capital, N'Djamena, have risen significantly over the past year. The consumer price increase is up 15 percent in the twelve-month March 2008 - March 2009 period; prices for basic grains and cereals rose 25 - 30 percent; home rental rates in the capital [...]	2009-05-27 14:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL APER ECON ETRD ELAB EFIN CD
09NDJAMENA203	ABSENCE OF AMBASSADOR LOUIS J. NIGRO, JR. [...] Embassy N'Djamena requests permission for Ambassador Louis J. Nigro, Jr. to be absent from post for personal travel to Helsinki, Finland and Paris, France from June 8, 2009 to June 26, 2009. During the Ambassador's absence, DCM Sue L. Bremner will be in charge. 2. Proposed itinerary is [...]	2009-05-29 09:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KCOM OTRA CD
09NDJAMENA208	CHAD'S DC AMBASSADOR CLAIMS USG NOW HAS "MORE [...] (U) This is an Action Message -- please see para 8. ---------- KEY POINTS ---------- 2. (C) Key Points are: -- Chad AMB to the US Bechir claims USG support of Chad vs. Sudan following recent rebel attack gave USG "unprecedented leverage" with President Deby; -- Bechir said this w [...]	2009-06-03 14:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA211	ABSENCE OF AMBASSADOR LOUIS J. NIGRO, JR. - REVISED CONTACT [...] Per reftels, Post provides the following updated contact information for Ambassador Nigro's personal travel to Finland and France from June 8, 2009 to June 26, 2009. 3. Contact information: June 9: Hotel Palace Etelaranta 10 Helsinki, Finland 00130 Hotel Te [...]	2009-06-04 11:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KCOM OTRA CD
09NDJAMENA213	CHAD COMMITTED TO NEGOTIATED PEACE WITH SUDAN BUT [...] (SBU) Key Points are: -- FORMIN Faki was effusive in his praise for President Obama's Cairo speech, saying it effectively rebutted extremist and Islamist propaganda; -- President Deby welcomes the opportunity to meet with A/S Carson and SE Gration at AU Tripoli Summit; -- Deby had succ [...]	2009-06-05 10:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA CD
09NDJAMENA214	INTRA-CHADIAN DIPLOMACY: REBEL DEFECTIONS [...] (U) This message has an Action Request for Khartoum -- see para 6. ------------ KHARTOUM 729 ------------ 2. (SBU) Khartoum 729, another of the Embassy's superb reporting and analysis efforts, confirms the potentially decisive impact on the Chad rebellion of the GOC's victory over at [...]	2009-06-08 16:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA CD
09NDJAMENA216	CHADIAN PRESIDENT MAKES MINOR CABINET CHANGES [...] (U) Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno made slight changes June 6 in his Cabinet, bringing on two new ministers, eliminating one and reassigning other ministers and responsibilities. No top-line officials in major ministries -- Foreign Affairs, Defense, Justice, Interior, Infrastructure, Fina [...]	2009-06-09 07:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON CD
09NDJAMENA223	OBAMA'S SPEECH IN CAIRO RECEIVES WARM WELCOME IN CHAD [...] (U) The U.S. Embassy in Ndjamena held rebroadcasts June 9 and 10 of President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech. The rebroadcasts were in French and Arabic, respectively, in this barely-majority Muslim country. Reaction was almost uniformly positive, with participants stressing that they hoped to [...]	2009-06-12 08:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO OIIP CD
09NDJAMENA224	CHADIAN MILITARY RELEASES REBEL CHILD SOLDIERS TO [...] (SBU) Defense Attache and local staff attended a June 12 ceremony during which the Chadian military (ANT) handed 84 underage combatants, captured from Chadian rebel units in the course of early May ANT fighting with rebels in Eastern Chad, to UNICEF. That organization will work in coordinati [...]	2009-06-12 11:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MOPS SU CD
09NDJAMENA230	GOC INFORMED OF NEW TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS TIER [...] Charge d'affaires and Refugee Coordinator met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Moussa Mahamat Dogo June 15 to inform him of the imminent release of the Trafficking in Persons Report and to explain why the GoC had been downgraded to a Tier III ranking. Secretary General Dogo [...]	2009-06-15 14:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MOPS CD
09NDJAMENA231	RED CROSS INQUIRES ABOUT GUANTANAMO RETURNEE [...] (SBU) This is a guidance request. Please see para 5 below. 2. (S) International Red Cross (ICRC) Director Catherine Deman met with Charge d'affaires, A/DCM and Refcoord June 15 to inquire about the terms of the handover (reported Ref A) of former Guantanamo detainee Yousef al-Qarani (a [...]	2009-06-15 16:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET	PREL PHUM PTER ASEC CD
09NDJAMENA232	UN POLICE ASSESSMENT MISSION TO CHAD REPORTS [...] Charge d'affaires and Refugee Coordinator received an outbriefing from members of the DPKO Mid-Term UN Police Assessment Mission to Chad June 13, including a generally positive assessment of performance by the DIS (Detachement Integree de Security, the special police force established to prov [...]	2009-06-16 08:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA234	MINURCAT CHIEF DESCRIBES POST-EUFOR TROOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, UN Special Representative Victor Angelo da Silva chaired a meeting of diplomatic reps in N'Djamena to address concerns about MINURCAT's peacekeeping activities, including the inability of some contributing states to deploy fully-equipped peacekeeping contingents i [...]	2009-06-16 16:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM SU CT CD
09NDJAMENA235	CHAD WEEKLY HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] RefCoord participated in the latest IASC meeting June 9 led by the Humanitarian Coordinator and attended by UNDSS, as well as representatives of humanitarian organizations. DSS reported that crime levels are increasing in eastern Chad as is usual at the beginning of rainy season, with a partic [...]	2009-06-17 08:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM SU CD
09NDJAMENA241	ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE BLESSES DECREE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad's Electoral Reform Committee (Comite de Suivie) met June 17 to respond formally to a Governmental Decree (Decret 621),signed June 6 by President Deby, on the role of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) in enforcing Chad's Electoral Code. Decree 621 see [...]	2009-06-18 06:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CD
09NDJAMENA244	GOC RELEASES GUANTANAMO RETURNEE AL-QARANI [...] (C) In the wake of the GoC's June 18 release of former Guantanamo detainee Yousef al-Qarani (aka Mohamed el-Gharani),Charge d'affaires spoke briefly June 19 with Chadian Ambassador to the U.S. Mahamoud Adam Bechir, who had been part of the group of GoC individuals to receive al-Qarani from [...]	2009-06-19 16:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER ASEC CD
09NDJAMENA245	JUNE 19 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE CLARIFIES STATE [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires met June 19 with Minister of Finance Gata Ngoulou to discuss Chad's revised 2009 budget, which has been reduced to USD 804 million in revenue and USD 1.7 billion in expenditures. (The initial 2009 budget adopted by Chad's National Assembly in November 2008 forecast reve [...]	2009-06-19 17:19:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN CD
09NDJAMENA247	JUNE 20 VIEWING OF CAPTURED CHADIAN REBEL WEAPON [...] (SBU) FM Moussa Faki Mahamat convoked the diplomatic corps June 20, describing for the hastily-assembled group the June 7 capture by Chadian military units of two Toyota trucks bearing a large stash of weaponry in the vicinity of Bahr Keita in Chad's southeastern Salamat Province. According [...]	2009-06-20 11:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU CD
09NDJAMENA248	ANT SOURCES SAY PSI UNIT TO MOVE FROM DGSSIE CHAIN [...] (C) Following interventions by Ambassador Nigro and others on Embassy staff (Ref A),four contacts in the Armee Nationale Tchadienne (ANT),including the Chief of Staff to the MOD, have told Defense Attache that the ANT has developed detailed plans to move the Pan-Sahel Initiative (PSI) trai [...]	2009-06-22 11:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS PTER CD
09NDJAMENA249	CHAD'S DINOSAUR POPULATION DIMINISHED BY ONE [...] Chad's political class, comprised of an amorphous group of middle-aged bureaucrats and progeny of traditional chiefs representing ethnicities rather than ideologies, and an aging group of weathered politicians affectionately referred to as "the dinosaurs," was recently diminished with the June [...]	2009-06-22 15:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO CD
09NDJAMENA250	CHAD WILL ATTEND IRENA PREPARATORY MEETING IN EGYPT [...] (U) Following instruction in reftel, Post met with the Director of Energy at the Ministry of Energy, Mbodou Djourab, June 22. The Director confirmed that Chad would attend the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) preparatory meeting to be held in Egypt at the end of this month. Djou [...]	2009-06-23 11:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL APER ECON ETRD ELAB EFIN CD
09NDJAMENA254	GOC INFORMED OF USG PRIORITIES AT AU SUMMIT; [...] (SBU) With FM Moussa Faki Mahamat Faki and most of the Chadian delegation to the AU Summit preparing to depart for Tripoli later today, June 25, Charge d'affaires approached Chadian Ambassador to the U.S. Mahamoud Adam Bechir (who remains in Chad to assist with the June 27-29 visit of S/E Sc [...]	2009-06-25 16:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC OTRA PREL PGOV PHUM ELA KWMN AU CD
09NDJAMENA258	CHADIAN OFFICIALS PROMISE COORDINATION ON G/TIP [...] (SBU) Charge d'affaires delivered G/TIP Tier III Action Plan (Ref A) and elements of the USG's initiative to curb gender-based violence (Ref B) to Chadian officials at the MFA, and to the Minister of Human Rights, on June 26. At both ministries, our Chadian colleagues promised full cooperat [...]	2009-06-26 15:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELA KCRM KWMN KOCI CD
09NDJAMENA259	EU SPECIAL ENVOY PURSUES GOC-REBEL DIALOGUE [...] (C) The EU,s Special Envoy for Africa, Ambassador Georg Lennkh, updated Charge June 26 on his recent efforts to bring the GOC and Chadian rebel groups together to discuss peaceful resolution of their differences. Lennkh said that at least some rebels seemed amenable to meeting with the GOC, [...]	2009-06-26 16:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF SU LY EU CD
09NDJAMENA264	DEBY-GRATION MEETING: DEBY WANTS TO HELP USG [...] (SBU) Meeting with Special Envoy Scott Gration June 29, Chad's President Deby Idriss Itno made the following points: -- Resolving the Darfur crisis is a key goal for Chad. -- Chad is committed to implementing the Doha agreement of May 3 and views the recent decrease in tensions in South [...]	2009-06-29 17:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS ASEC AU UNAUS SU CT CD
09NDJAMENA267	MINURCAT CAN HELP REDUCE CHAD-SUDAN TENSIONS, SRSG [...] (SBU) During the June 29 meeting with Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration, MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo made the following key points: -- MINURCAT (and likely UNAMID) could assist Dakar Contact group border monitoring mission, with amended mandates(s) and several hundred more troops, espe [...]	2009-06-30 14:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM SU LY QA CT CD
09NDJAMENA269	SE GRATION SEES SLA/AW CAUTIOUS AND JEM INTRANSIGENCT ON [...] (SBU) Darfur's rebel groups will continue to oppose the Doha process for different reasons, representatives from Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) and the Justice Equality Movement (JEM) told Special Envoy Gen. Scott Gration, separately, on May 27 in N'Djamena. SLA/AW's main command [...]	2009-07-02 08:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV MOPS SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA273	CHAD TO SUPPORT US POSITION AT THE INTERNATIONAL [...] In response to Reftel demarche, MFA Bilateral Director of Cooperation M. Oumar Noury Abdelkerim told Pol FSN July 7 that the Government of Chad was willing to join the USG in opposing the call for arbitration authorization at the International Telecommunications Satellite meeting. 2. Abde [...]	2009-07-08 09:10:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ECPS PREL CD
09NDJAMENA282	CHAD STARTS IMF PROGRAM BASED ON BUDGET REVISIONS [...] (SBU) The IMF and GOC announced July 7 an agreement for a six-month IMF "Staff Monitored Program" to run April-October 2009, based on Chad's revised 2009 budget that meets IMF's requirements for better public revenue management in the face of diminished oil prices. The IMF-GOC agreement, aft [...]	2009-07-13 09:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN ECIN PGOV PREF CD
09NDJAMENA283	WHAT THE USG EXPECTS FROM CHAD: PEACE IN DARFUR, [...] (SBU) Ambassador told Chad FORMIN Faki July 10 that The Secretary's willingness to meet with him was primarily a function of the centrality of he Darfur crisis to USG policyin the region; that she would be interested to hear from him how Chad could best play an active and positive role in rest [...]	2009-07-13 12:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SU LY QA CD
09NDJAMENA284	CHAD'S ELECTRICITY: MORE GENERATION BY 2011, AWAITING [...] (SBU) Yaccoub Brahim Djouma, Director General of the national electric company, had little relief to offer for the weeks-long power outages that were commonplace in the capital, counting on replacement parts and cooler temperatures, in a meeting with emboffs July 6. He outlined a long-term p [...]	2009-07-13 15:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV ENRG PREF CD
09NDJAMENA286	GOC CONSIDERS RETROFITTED C-130H AIRCRAFT TO MEET [...] (SBU) This is an Action Message -- see para 8. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Chad remains interested in acquiring C-130 aircraft to fulfill its significant airlift needs, despite earlier unsuccessful attempts to procure C-130Js through FMS. GOC-USG conversation [...]	2009-07-14 11:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS PREF PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA287	FOR FORMIN FAKI MTGS: ADDITIONAL INPUT [...] (SBU) This message offers information and views that might be helpful to the Department in preparing for Chad FORMIN Faki's meetings in Washington, in addition to reftel. ----------------------- CHAD-SUDAN AND CHAD/JEM ----------------------- 2. (SBU) Faki told us July 9 that President [...]	2009-07-14 13:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA290	GOC POISED TO ACT ON GTIP RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (SBU) The GOC's inter-ministerial committee to address the recommendations in the USG action plan on trafficking in persons met July 14 with local human rights organizations and UNICEF representatives. The participations agreed on a collaborative way forward regarding investigations of abuse [...]	2009-07-16 15:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF KTIP PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA292	GOC AIR ACTION VS. REBELS IN SUDAN BORDER AREA [...] (SBU) GOC military aircraft carried out operations from their Abeche base July 16. It is not yet confirmed if these operations were carried out inside Chad or across the border in Sudan. French diplomats and MINURCAT officials report that the GOC moved two SU-25 aircraft to Abeche on July 15 [...]	2009-07-17 11:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA294	CHAD ELECTORAL PROCESS: DESPITE PROGRESS, DIVIDED [...] (SBU) Chad's electoral reform process took two steps forward and one step back last week. Both the government and opposition sides agreed on their lists of 15 names each for members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI). The CENI then elected July 16 by consensus Ngarmadja [...]	2009-07-21 09:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA298	GOC PROVIDES LETTER CONFIRMING "PSI BATTALION" [...] (SBU) VISITING DASD HUDDLESTON ASKED DEFMIN KAMOUGUE JULY 6 FOR DOCUMENTARY CONFIRMATION OF HIS ASSURANCES THAT THE CHADIAN ARMY'S COUNTER-TERRORISM UNIT (AKA "PSI BATTALION") HAD BEEN PLACED UNDER THE CHAIN OF COMMAND OF THE CHIEF OF JOINT STAFF OF THE CHAD MILITARY. 2. (SBU) ON JULY 8, [...]	2009-07-22 08:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MASS PGOV PHUM PREF CD
09NDJAMENA304	UNSYG CONDEMNATION OF CHAD "ATTACK" ON SUDAN [...] (C) The Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General issued a statement July 20 alleging and condemning a Chadian "aerial attack" of Sudanese territory. The facts of the UN statement contradict Embassy reporting and other sources that indicate the July 16 Chadian air action against suspected Ch [...]	2009-07-27 11:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY UN CD
09NDJAMENA305	USG SHOULD SUPPORT MINURCAT'S REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- See para 8. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) MINURCAT and DOD officials concur on the need for additional USG military staff officers to deploy to MINURCAT. DOD has recommended that a total of eight USG military officers serve in the peacekeeping miss [...]	2009-07-27 11:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS MARR KPKO SA CD
09NDJAMENA306	REBEL LEADER SOUBIANE RALLIES TO THE GOC AND [...] (SBU) Chad's official press reported July 27 that Ahmat Hassaballah Soubiane, leader of a major Chad rebel group, returned to Chad July 26, along with two allied rebel group leaders, after having reached agreement with GOC representatives, led by National Mediator Abderaman Moussa, along the [...]	2009-07-27 15:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF LY SU CD
09NDJAMENA310	CHAD: NO DECISIONS ON AGOA FORUM ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 15:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON XA PGOV ETRD CD
09NDJAMENA311	GOC SHOULD BUILD ON MOMENTUM TOWARD NORMAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nigro told FORMIN Faki July 24 that GOC should build on the momentum created by his successful visit to Washington and productive talks with senior USG policy makers to move forward on normalization of Chad-Sudan relations by ending the "proxy war" between the two countries' [...]	2009-07-28 06:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF SU LY QA CD
09NDJAMENA318	PARLIAMENT PASSES POLITICAL PARTY CHARTER, [...] (SBU) The National Assembly passed a key law supplementing the July 16 law regulating political parties (Political Party Charter) that provoked opposition outrage. The supplemental law added to the Charter law a controversial provision that prohibits elected officials from switching parties af [...]	2009-08-03 07:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA334	FRENCH CDA ON CHAD-SUDAN BORDER ISSUES [...] (SBU) AMBASSADOR MET WITH FRENCH CHARGE ERWAN DE GOUVELLO AND SECOND COUNSELOR FOR POLMIL AFFAIRS JEROME THEUERKAUFF ON AUGUST 6. 2. (SBU) THE KEY POINTS OF OUR DISCUSSION WERE: -- THE FRENCH WERE SKEPTICAL OF RECENT SUDAN GOVERNMENT ACCUSATIONS OF LARGE-SCALE INCURSIONS INTO SUDAN BY CH [...]	2009-08-12 14:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS MARR SU LY FR CD
09NDJAMENA335	EU CHIEF ON CHAD ELECTION PROSPECTS, REVENUE MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) AMBASSADOR NIGRO MET WITH EU COMMISSION CHIEF GILLES DESESQUELLES AUGUST 11. 2. (SBU) THE KEY POINTS OF THE DISCUSSION WERE: ------------- ON ELECTIONS: ------------- -- DESESQUELLES IS SATIFIED THAT THE NEWLY-NAMED HEAD OF THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTION COMMITTEE (CENI),M [...]	2009-08-12 14:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU LY FR UN EU CD
09NDJAMENA336	SRSG ANGELO ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR MINURCAT, CHAD-SUDAN [...] (SBU) AMBASSADOR NIGRO MET WITH MINURCAT SRSG VICTOR ANGELO ON AUGUST 7. 2. (SBU) THE KEY POINTS OF OUR DISCUSSION WERE: -- ANGELO WAS EFFUSIVELY APPRECIATIVE OF THE RECEPTION AND COMPREHENSION HE RECEIVED DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO WASHINGTON, PARTICULARLY IN THE DEPARTMENT. -- ANGE [...]	2009-08-12 14:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU LY FR UN CD
09NDJAMENA338	CHAD AND ESSO/CHAD: PROTECTING A SIGNIFICANT AMERICAN [...] (SBU) OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, AMBASSADOR NIGRO WORKED WITH ESSO/CHAD HEAD STEPHANE DE MAHIEU IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE WAS A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO PROTECT THE MOSTLY U.S.-OWNED PETROLEUM PRODUCTION AND PIPELINE PROJECT FROM UNCOORDINATED GOC ACTIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME, TO PROTECT THE GOC FROM ITS [...]	2009-08-13 09:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV PGOV PREL FR CD
09NDJAMENA341	DEBY OPINES ON CHADIAN SECURITY, REBELS, AND OIL REVENUE IN [...] (SBU) President Deby, in an unexpected move, held an unusually inclusive press conference August 11, which is Chadian Independence Day. The Presidency invited all of Chad's journalists, including -- exceptionally -- reporters from independent media, to the event. Deby spoke at length in res [...]	2009-08-14 08:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM ECON EPET CD
09NDJAMENA342	FORMIN DENIES ATTACKING SUDAN AND SEIZING [...] (SBU) Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat told Ambassador August 13 that no/no Chadian military units had attacked Sudanese villages in recent weeks; that the GOC had not/not seized any Sudanese properties in Chad, but had prohibited the reopening of the Sudanese School in Ndjamena f [...]	2009-08-14 11:38:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM LY QA SU UN CD
09NDJAMENA343	LIBYA INTENSIFIES ITS SUPPORT TO CHAD AND ITS EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) LIBYAN AMBASSADOR GREEN SALEH GREEN DESCRIBED TO AMBASSADOR ON AUGUST 6 HOW LIBYA HAD INTENSIFIED BOTH ITS BILATERAL SUPPORT FOR CHAD AND ITS EFFORTS TO NORMALIZE CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS SINCE HIS RETURN TO NDJAMENA AS COM. LIBYA IS INVESTING HEAVILY IN CHAD'S ECONOMY -- BUDGET SUPPORT, TR [...]	2009-08-17 08:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU LY FR UN CD
09NDJAMENA348	TIP: CHAD'S POSITIVE EFFORTS ON IMPLEMENTING USG [...] (SBU) The Secretary General of the Ministry of Human Rights reported August 17 on the GOC's progress against the USG's TIP action plan for Chad. The SG highlighted the inter-ministerial team that visited southern towns to investigate suspected cases of child herders, providing recommendatio [...]	2009-08-19 13:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF KTIP PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA350	NEW SUDAN DCM ON CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS: "DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Sudanese DCM gave POLOFF August 18 an overview of Chad-Sudan issues, stressing that the GOS sought international pressure on JEM to return to Doha, and that the GOS itself was pressuring Chadian rebels to return to Chad. DCM expressed his desire to have Chad-Sudan relations "normalize" a [...]	2009-08-21 11:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA PINR CD
09NDJAMENA353	HISTORIC LEADER GOUKOUNI OUEDDEI RETURNS TO CHAD, [...] (SBU) Ex-President and long-time opposition figure Goukouni Oueddei returned to Chad August 18, met with President Deby and PM Abbas, and announced that he would return to Chad "permanently" to continue his efforts towards "national reconciliation" both with internal opposition political part [...]	2009-08-24 12:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PINR SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA355	CHAD'S NATIONAL MEDIATOR ON A ROLL: GOUKOUNI, SOUBIANE [...] (SBU) Chad's National Mediator Abderamane Moussa told Ambassador and visiting SFRC Staffdel August 24 that the GOC was fully committed to national reconciliation with Chad rebels and to facilitating similar reconciliation in Darfur. Moussa described his role in bringing ex-rebel Ahmat Soubian [...]	2009-08-25 16:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PINR SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA361	GOC [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 11:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF KTIP PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA362	GOC DENOUNCES USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS TO MILITARY COMMANDERS, [...] (SBU) The MFA invited embassies and international organizations to accompany a cadre of GOC officials visiting Chadan military barracks to address the issue of child soldiers. The brigadier general heading the delegation proclaimed a forceful message of intolerance for the practice of child s [...]	2009-08-28 11:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF KTIP PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA368	SRSG ANGELO ON CHAD-SUDAN, CHAD REBELS, AND DIS [...] (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Angelo told Ambassador August 31 that he had taken the initiative to engage with the GOC on Chad-Sudan normalization issues and had presented the GOC with a list of graduated confidence building measure, which Sudan SRSG Adada also would present to the GOS. Angelo said th [...]	2009-09-02 11:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN PKO LY SU CD
09NDJAMENA380	DEBY'S BEST BOYS: CHADIAN PRIME MINISTERS SINCE 1992 [...] (SBU) Idriss Deby took power by a coup d'etat in December of 1990, after which he ruled for several years through a number of "revolutionary councils" staffed by his supporters. Since Deby "regularized" his government in 1992, some ten men have served as Prime Minister, one of them twice. T [...]	2009-09-04 10:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PINR SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA381	SRSG ANGELO CONFIRMS MASSIVE DEFECTION FROM REBEL [...] (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo told Ambassador September 3 that he could confirm that as many as 1,500 former Chad rebels crossed back into Chad from Sudan in the past few days. ------------------------ SOUBIANE AND HASSABALLAH ------------------------ 2. (SBU) Angelo said that th [...]	2009-09-04 15:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS MARR SU LY PKO CD
09NDJAMENA391	UN EXPERTS ON CHAD ELECTIONS: CENSUS WILL TAKE [...] (SBU) A UNDP-sponsored team of electoral experts told us that they found Chad's "overall electoral environment" to be "positive" and had therefore recommended "significant UN support" to Chad's electoral process, including a "massive international observation mission." The team briefed Embof [...]	2009-09-10 14:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM UN CD
09NDJAMENA398	IMF STILL "HOPEFUL" AS CHAD MISSES BUDGET TARGETS [...] (SBU) IMF Chad chief Christian Josz, in Chad conducting a review of the Fund's current Staff-Monitored Program, told Ambassador September 11 that the GOC had not met its mid-term program targets, citing extra-budgetary capital investment and spending, as well as excessive reliance on credit an [...]	2009-09-16 10:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EFIN IMF PREL IBRD CBD EAID CD
09NDJAMENA399	FORMIN FAKI SAYS CHAD ACTING RESPONSIBLY ON JEM, [...] (U) ACTION MESSAGE: This is an action message: See para 8. ------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Chad FORMIN Faki told Ambassador September 16 that he was looking forward to representing Chad as Head of Delegation at the UNGA and afterwards in Washington. Faki said that Chad had cont [...]	2009-09-16 12:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF SU PHUM LY QA CD
09NDJAMENA40	EMBASSY N'DJAMENA'S EAC CHANGES POST POLICY ON [...] (SBU) Embassy N'Djamena's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on Thursday, February 5 in order to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Abeche, the regional capital of eastern Chad. 2. (SBU) RSO presented a briefing on the current security situation in eastern Chad. He emphasiz [...]	2009-02-10 16:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID PREF CD UN
09NDJAMENA401	FRENCH IN CHAD SEE IMPROVED CLIMATE FOR CHAD-SUDAN [...] (SBU) French Ambassador Bruno Foucher, who returned last week from nearly two months in France, told me September 15 that he saw more indications of willingness to normalize Chad-Sudan relations on both sides of the border than he had before he left N'Djamena in mid-July. ----------- REASO [...]	2009-09-16 17:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF SU LY QA FR MARR CD
09NDJAMENA404	LAKE CHAD BASIN COMMISSION FIGHTS NATURAL RESOURCE LOSS [...] (U) Cheibou Mohamed, Project Director at the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC),a regional body in charge of water resource management for one of Africa's most significant environmental challenges, briefed Embassy staff on the organization's history and current activities. Mohamed said that w [...]	2009-09-18 09:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL EFIS EWWT PHSA CD
09NDJAMENA406	AN EER FOR CHAD [...] (SBU) We learned two days ago of President Deby's decision to accept the invitation to lunch with POTUS and other African heads of state during upcoming UNGA meetings. This visit affords Embassy a good opportunity to lay out Chad's record of progress since its nadir of contemporary existence [...]	2009-09-18 16:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU LY QA FR PKO MARR
09NDJAMENA409	CHAD MEDIA PROFILE [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ------------------------ Reftel discussed in general terms problems facing the media in Chad and initiatives being taken by media organizations to improve the situation. This message establishes a baseline by which to measure, quantitatively and qualitatively, me [...]	2009-09-22 12:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP CD
09NDJAMENA413	GOC STILL COLLECTING INCREASED WORK PERMIT FEES FOR [...] (SBU) The Chadian Presidency's August decision to suspend implementation of a plan to demand large increases in expatriate work permit fees, following interventions by Esso and the USG, appears to have given some breathing room to some foreign workers and to firms who wish to employ them (incl [...]	2009-09-24 16:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EPET PREL PREF CD
09NDJAMENA417	EMBASSY N'DJAMENA'S RECENT INTERFAITH DIALOGUE [...] (U) As part of our extensive program of outreach to Chad's Muslims (54 per cent of the total country population),and to honor the 2009 anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States, Ambassador Nigro hosted an Iftaar for 100-some guests, including Foreign Minister Moussa Faki [...]	2009-09-28 11:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP SCUL CD
09NDJAMENA422	DISASTER RE-DECLARATION FOR CHAD COMPLEX EMERGENCY [...] The Republic of Chad continues to suffer from a complex humanitarian emergency affecting more than 1.1 million persons, including Sudanese and Central African refugees, Chadian internally displaced persons (IDPs),and other conflict-affected Chadians. The disaster is beyond GOC's capacity to [...]	2009-09-29 08:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD
09NDJAMENA423	MISSION ENDORSES DIS SUPPORT AT UPCOMING UN [...] (SBU) The UN will host an October 2 pledging conference in Brussels for P5 nations and other donor countries to seek financial support for programs under MINURCAT's Trust Fund. The UN is specifically seeking 21.6 million USD to finance continued training for the Chadian Integrated Security De [...]	2009-09-29 11:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA424	IMF SAYS GOC MISSES SPENDING TARGETS ON [...] (SBU) In a meeting October 1, IMF ResRep Joseph Karangwa told Charge and A/DCM that the IMF,s Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for the GOC had gone completely off track, and that Chad would not meet spending targets through the end of 2009. The IMF would likely agree to a GOC request to "extend" [...]	2009-10-02 12:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN IMF PREL IBRD CBD EAID CD
09NDJAMENA431	HIGH PROFILE GOC CORRUPTION CASES MAY BE THE START OF A [...] (SBU) As Chad's oil revenue dwindles and the GOC exhausts its 2008 budgetary surplus, allegations of corruption are dominating local political discourse and headlines. Chad's Ministry of Morality, charged with investigating corruption within government ranks, has been hard at work, sparing no [...]	2009-10-08 08:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PREF PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA436	CHAD: BIG SPENDING AND GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED HOMES [...] (U) With the National Assembly in session and the security situation here still calm, the pace of activity on a number of domestic issues that we have been tracking has picked up. -- On October 9, the Council of Ministers approved a long-awaited 2010 budget, which will shortly be presented [...]	2009-10-09 13:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF ECON EFIN CD
09NDJAMENA437	COTTON: CHAD'S SECOND EXPORT SECTOR IN TROUBLE [...] (U) CotonTchad, the GOC's largest parastatal and second largest exporter (after the oil sector),is in danger of bankruptcy. Complicated arrangements with growers require complex financial deals, which are challenging for a company that is poorly managed and plagued by corruption. In recent [...]	2009-10-09 14:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF ECON ETRD CD
09NDJAMENA438	GHAZI VISIT TO CHAD; DEBY-BASSOLE MEETING; DOHA [...] (SBU) UN/AU Darfur Mediator Djibrill Bassole briefed USG officials October 10 on his meetings earlier in the week with Chadian President Idris Deby Itno, FONMIN Moussa Faki Mahamat, and Sudan rebel leaders from the JEM and various SLA factions. Bassole indicated that Sudanese Presidential Ad [...]	2009-10-10 18:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM QA SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA441	CHAD: UPDATE ON CIVIL SOCIETY DISCOURSE AND [...] (SBU) The Electoral Reform Committee created to implement the reforms of the August 13, 2007 Accord continues to focus on the task of educating civil society on political discourse, in preparation for 2010 elections. After some initial uncertainties (reftel),the Committee has organized two [...]	2009-10-14 17:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA446	FM FAKI BRIEFS ON GHAZI VISIT RESULTS [...] (SBU) FM Moussa Faki Mahamat called in DCM October 15 (Ambassador is traveling in Eastern Chad with MINURCAT) to provide a read-out of the October 10 discussions in N'Djamena among President Idriss Deby Itno, Sudanese Presidential Adviser Ghazi Salahhuddin, UN/AU Negotiator Djibrill Bassole, [...]	2009-10-15 17:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS QA SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA447	STATUS OF OURE CASSONI REFUGEE CAMP -- MOVE SEEMS [...] (SBU) The refugee camp in northeastern Chad on the Chad-Sudan border known as Oure Cassoni appears slated to be moved away from the border. The GoC announced on 14 September that the camp had to move (reported Ref A),and has designated a new site for its location. The United Nations High C [...]	2009-10-16 09:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL SO CD
09NDJAMENA456	CHAD POLMIL ISSUES: C-27JS VICE C-130JS? AND NEW [...] (SBU) The GOC is exploring the purchase of C-27J "Spartan" military transport aircraft, a joint Italian (Alenia) and U.S. (Lockheed Martin) product, in place of or to complement the C-130Js it long has sought to buy. If the Lockheed Martin connection with Alenia permits the USG to help Chad, [...]	2009-10-20 07:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS MARR PREF PTER PINR CD
09NDJAMENA457	GOC "INTRA-CHADIAN DIPLOMACY" SCORING CONTINUED [...] The Deby Government's outreach to Chad rebels and former regime opponents, which we have long characterized as "intra-Chadian diplomacy," to distinguish it from classic, "Westphalian" intra-state diplomacy, has played a major role in ensuring Chad's national security by dividing and weakening [...]	2009-10-20 11:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA458	DEBY ON ELECTIONS; ERC SEEKS IC COMMENTS ON CIVICS [...] (SBU) President Deby announced this morning, in an interview from Paris with RFI, that Chad's legislative elections will take place in 2010, and its presidential elections in 2011, without recourse to the biometric census that has been discussed here in recent months. Deby said that his rea [...]	2009-10-20 12:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID CD
09NDJAMENA460	CHAD CONFRONTS CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND [...] (U) This is the first of three cables on Chad's approach to environmental affairs, conveying information gathered in the course of the recent visit of the Regional Environmental, Science, Technology, and Health Officer (REO) to N'Djamena, and also following a number of high-level interventions [...]	2009-10-20 13:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO EFIS EAID CD
09NDJAMENA461	CHAD STEPS UP WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION [...] This is the second of three cables on Chad's interest in environmental affairs. The Republic of Chad is facing serious environmental challenges but working slowly to improve conditions and protect elephants from poaching at Zakouma, the country's flagship national park. At the same time, reco [...]	2009-10-20 15:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO EFIS EAID CD
09NDJAMENA462	JEM ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Khalil Ibrahim and Secretary of Humanitarian Affairs Suleiman Jamous, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Djibril Ibrahim, Secretary for Administration Abubakar Hamid, Economic Advisor Bushara Suleiman Nour, and Secretary for Finance Azadein Yousif. asked to see Ambassador Nigro and others at [...]	2009-10-20 16:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU CD
09NDJAMENA465	CHAD: RUSSIAN SPECIAL SUDAN ENVOY BRIEFS PERM-3 [...] (SBU) Russian Special Envoy for Sudan Mikhail Margelov briefed U.S., French, and Chinese Ambassadors to Chad October 20 on his Chad visit, at Russian Embassy over breakfast. 2. (SBU) Margelov said that a recent seminar in Moscow on the CPA was a Russian attempt to interest Sudanese parties [...]	2009-10-21 12:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM RU SU FR CD
09NDJAMENA466	CHAD: FRENCH HERE CONTINUE BULLISH ON CHAD-SUDAN, [...] (SBU) French DCM Erwan de Gouvello gave DCM an example of his nation's continued optimism about the prospects for Chad-Sudan rapprochement, GOC outreach to Chad rebels, and Chad's own progress toward improved standards of governance, based on the October 14-21 visit of Chadian President Idris [...]	2009-10-21 12:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM FR SU CD
09NDJAMENA467	WHY IS LAKE CHAD SHRINKING AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the third of three cables on Chad's interest in environmental affairs. Government officials and experts cited several reasons why Lake Chad is shrinking -- rapid population growth, climate change and desertification, and seasonal and cyclical rainfall patterns -- during [...]	2009-10-21 14:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO EFIS EAID CD
09NDJAMENA469	IOM IN CHAD: NEEDS MORE STAFF AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Accra and N'Djamena RefCoords have found that, in the continued absence of permanent staff to manage the USG's resettlement program for Central African and Sudanese Refugees in Chad, IOM's temporary staff are increasingly overwhelmed. We have requested acting IOM Chief of Mission in Ch [...]	2009-10-23 07:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV CD
09NDJAMENA471	CHAD: ESSO-CHAD MEETS DEBY CRITIQUE AND HOLDS [...] (SBU) ESSO-Chad Chief De Mahieu told Ambassador October 21 that ExxonMobil had successfully defended its management of the petroleum project during a meeting with President Deby in Washington last month, satisfying the skeptical Deby that the consortium was not/not being pressured by third par [...]	2009-10-23 08:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET ETRD PREF EINV US CD
09NDJAMENA476	UNICEF IN CHAD: CHILD SOLDIERS, MALNUTRITION, AND [...] (SBU) UNICEF's Deputy Executive Director briefed Ambassador October 19 on UNICEF's main challenges in Chad in coming months. Johnson addressed child-soldiers in Chad, saying that UNICEF is working with the GOC ministries of Defense, Interior, and Social Affairs on child soldiers in the Chadi [...]	2009-10-26 08:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL PREF CD SO
09NDJAMENA479	CHAD: MINURCAT SRSG GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo told Ambassador October 22 that he was "guardedly optimistic" regarding the current trend in Chad-Sudan relations, where momentum toward normalization and ending support for military proxies was building, and on Chad's election process, making "credible if n [...]	2009-10-26 09:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU FR LY UN AU CD
09NDJAMENA481	POSSIBLE FUNDING IMPLICATIONS OF HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES PLAN [...] (U) This is an USAID/OFDA reporting cable drafted by OFDA/Khartoum TDY Oumar M'Bareck and OFDA/Washington TDY George Siasoco. Post thanks OFDA for their close collaboration during this visit. - - - - SUMMARY - - - - 2. (SBU) OFDA discussions in N'Djamena and Abeche with humanitarian i [...]	2009-10-26 14:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM SU CD

09NDJAMENA482	CHAD HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] (U) The following is an update of RefCoord N'Djamena activities for the period of 12 to 23 OCT, 2009. ------------------------------ RET'S SUDAN CURRICULUM EXAMS FOR GRADES 8 AND 11 -- PILOT CONTINUES IN 2010 ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) RefCoord met 12 OCT with Refugee Edu [...]	2009-10-26 14:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM SU CD
09NDJAMENA483	JEM MATTERS: KHALIL IBRAHIM ON INTERPOL WATCH [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 3 and 6. ------------------------------------- KHALIL IBRAHIM ON INTERPOL WATCH LIST ------------------------------------- 2. (C) We understand that a "Red Notice" for JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim was placed on an INTERPOL list at the request of S [...]	2009-10-26 16:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC SU CD
09NDJAMENA484	FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE AL-QARANI SEEKS CHADIAN [...] (C) Embassy staff have been advised by contacts in Chad's law enforcement community that since his release from Chadian custody last June (see reftel and previous),former Guantanamo detainee Yousef al-Qarani (aka Mohamed al-Gharani) has obtained a fraudulent birth certificate in Moussoro, th [...]	2009-10-26 16:16:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC CD
09NDJAMENA485	FORMIN SAYS CHAD PUSHING TO NORMALIZE WITH SUDAN, [...] (SBU) FM Moussa Faki Mahamat told Ambassador and DCM October 27 that Chad was "perfectly serious" about pursuing normalization with Sudan; still talking to Sudan about confidence-building measures and normalizing relations along lines agreed during Dr.Ghazi Salahuddin's visit last month; and [...]	2009-10-27 14:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF MARR SU NI CD
09NDJAMENA486	CHAD: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON AMCIT NOMINATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 14:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA CD
09NDJAMENA488	CHAD: 2009 HARVEST AND FOOD SECURITY SITUATION [...] (SBU) In light of concerns on the part of NGO contacts and others that this year's cereals harvest will fall short of meeting Chad's food needs, Embassy staff had conversations October 27 and 28 with Ministry of Agriculture officials including Docteur Paul, Deputy Director of Production and [...]	2009-10-28 16:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON
09NDJAMENA494	CHAD: DELIVERY OF CEEAC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Embassy staff delivered French language version of demarche points in Ref A to the MFA's Director General for African Integration, Brahim Adoum, on October 29, also drawing on background in Ref B (demarche for the CEEAC seat in Libreville). Adoun said that Chad welcomed the decision o [...]	2009-10-29 11:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID GB KPAO CD
09NDJAMENA498	CHAD-SUDAN DETENTE: THE NEXT STEP IS DEFINITELY [...] (SBU) "The ball is definitely in Sudan's court" in the current Chad-Sudan bilateral process aimed at detente between the two countries, Francophonie "Ambassador" Hassan Lebatt told Ambassador and DCM October 30. Lebatt, who is a keen analyst of the Chad-Sudan situation and very well-informed, [...]	2009-10-30 12:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD
09NDJAMENA499	CHAD: SOUBIANE'S REBELS "RE-INTEGRATED" INTO [...] (U) The GOC announced October 28 that some 1,744 fighters from Ahmat Soubiane's National Movement (MN) rebel group had been integrated into the Chadian Army (ANT) on October 27 in a ceremony conducted in the GOC's military re-integration camp in the town of Moussoro, some 100 miles northeast o [...]	2009-10-30 14:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL MARR SU CD
09NDJAMENA500	CHADIAN ELECTORAL PROCESS: FRANCOPHONIE PUSHES [...] (SBU) The representative to Chad of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, Hacen Lebatt, called on Ambassador Nigro October 30 to express concern that technical matters including the question of whether to hold a biometric census risked setting back Chad,s electoral timetable. L [...]	2009-10-31 12:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM CD CT
09NDJAMENA501	CHAD: WORLD BANK AND IMF REPS ON PUBLIC REVENUE [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings in recent days, World Bank and IMF representatives have commented on their in-country programs and on Chad's public revenue management, generally considered by both IFIs to be below par. The IBRD's Mary Barton-Dock confirmed that the World Bank was ready to step [...]	2009-10-31 13:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EPET CH
09NDJAMENA503	THE CHADIAN GO-BETWEEN? EX-REBEL SOUBIANE "TELLS [...] (SBU) Ambassador and DCM met November 2 with Ahmat Soubiane, who described his reasons for going into rebellion, his reasons for returning to Chad, his intention to continue to work to reconcile his former rebel comrades with the GOC, his intention to devote himself initially to socio-economic [...]	2009-11-02 15:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM PREF PINR SU LY FR CD
09NDJAMENA507	CHAD: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RECENTLY HARASSED [...] (U) Ambassador and POLOFF met October 30 with two human rights activists whose harassment by unknown men last week made the local press. The two men, Massalabaye Tenebaye, President of the Chadian Human Rights League, and Michel Barka, President of the main labor confederation, the Chadian La [...]	2009-11-03 10:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF CD
09NDJAMENA510	CHAD HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] (U) The following is an update of N'Djamena and Accra RefCoords' activities for the period of 26 - 30 OCT, 2009. ------------------------------- REFCOORD AND RSO EASTERN CHAD SECURITY FAMILIARIZATION VISIT ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) N'Djamena and Accra RefCoords and N'dja [...]	2009-11-03 12:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF ASEC PREL PHUM SU CD
09NDJAMENA511	EASTERN CHAD: SECURITY FAMILIARIZATION VISIT TO ABECHE -- [...] (SBU) Post's current security practices for travelers to Abeche and eastern Chad under Chief of Mission authority are largely adequate within the security context. These practices are based on the operating rule that travelers will be under the protection of, and will abide by, the practices a [...]	2009-11-03 13:24:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREF PREL PHUM SU CD
09NDJAMENA512	UNHCR/WFP ON FOOD AND PHYSICAL SECURITY SITUATION FOR TWO [...] (U) Summary: Following a Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) in mid-October to study the situation of CAR refugees and Chadian host populations in southern Chad, UNHCR ResRep Stefano Severe and WFP ResRep Jean-Luc Siblot held an October 27 briefing to present agency assessments of two sites of CAR [...]	2009-11-03 13:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM SU CD
09NDJAMENA513	SUDAN REBELS: DEMARCHE TO TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPS [...] (SBU) DCM, accompanied by DATT and RSO, delivered points provided in ref message to members of the Technical Committee representing SLA and URF factions November 3, stressing that S/E Gration commended progress thus far, including via the road map signed in Addis Ababa, toward unification und [...]	2009-11-03 17:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SU CD
09NDJAMENA520	CHAD: MINURCAT AND PERM-5 AMBASSADORS SHARE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: See Para 16. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo told Perm-5 Ambassadors accredited to Chad on November 4 that he was deeply concerned about rising criminality in Eastern Chad, which was beyond the current ability of internatio [...]	2009-11-06 11:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CASC UNSC ASEC SU CD
09NDJAMENA526	CHAD HUMANITARIAN UPDATE 02-06 NOV, 2009 [...] (U) The following is an update of N'Djamena RefCoord's activities for the period of 02-06 NOV, 2009. ------------------------------ EASTERN CHAD SECURITY CONCERNS DOMINATE MULTILATERAL MEETINGS ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) RefCoord attended the meeting of the Interagency Stee [...]	2009-11-09 16:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF ASEC PREL PHUM SU CD
09NDJAMENA531	IN THE EYE OF THE STORM: ABECHE, CHAD'S EASTERN [...] (SBU) Abeche, the metropole of eastern Chad, is the center of activity for the local population and the international community's humanitarian and peacekeeping operations, as well as the far-flung region's commercial and administrative center, both civilian and military. The GOC's efforts to [...]	2009-11-12 16:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF ECON CD
09NDJAMENA533	EAC -- EMBASSY N'DJAMENA -- EASTERN CHAD TRAVEL [...] (SBU) Ambassador convened Embassy N'Djamena's Emergency Action Committee on Thursday, 12 November, in order to discuss the evolving security situation in eastern Chad. EAC meeting was attended by ADCM, RSO, PRM, Pol/Econ, Pol/Mil, DATT, PAO, D/D, and CON. 2. (SBU) The area referred to as e [...]	2009-11-13 12:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF ASEC PREL PHUM SU CD
09NDJAMENA536	CHAD/JEM: FRENCH AND LIBYANS ON JEM ISSUES [...] (SBU) The French ambassador told us 11/14 that he had no information regarding recent or upcoming deliveries of arms to JEM in Chad and that he believed that the GOC has put Khalil Ibrahim "on a short leash," restricting his in-country travel to prevent him from getting involved in JEM armed [...]	2009-11-16 13:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MARR SU LY PINR ER FR CD
09NDJAMENA539	CHAD HUMANITARIAN UPDATE, 09 - 15 NOV 2009 [...] (U) The following is an update of N'Djamena RefCoord's activities for the period of 09 - 15 NOV 2009. 2. (U) In this edition: -- CONTINUED FOCUS ON EASTERN CHAD SECURITY (PARA 3) -- UN ACTION LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF UNSCR 1888 IMPLEMENTATION (PARA 5) -- CONAFIT URGES NGO COOPERATION ON SEC [...]	2009-11-17 13:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF ASEC PREL PHUM SU CD
09NDJAMENA54	CHAD/DOHA: THE IMPACT OF THE AGREEMENT HERE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Ndjamena salutes Embassy Khartoum's intelligent and thoroughgoing analysis of the Doha Agreement (REF A),with which we by and large concur. We have a slightly different take on some of its Chad-related features. We doubt that both the Deby regime and the Chad rebels c [...]	2009-02-23 17:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO UN AU CD SU
09NDJAMENA540	C-130 AIRCRAFT FOR CHAD: EMBASSY NDJAMENA [...] (C) Embassy N'Djamena supports USG assistance to help Chad meet its legitimate needs for military air transport along the lines proposed Ref B, namely the package of C-130Rs, C-130Fs, and maintenance services at a cost of about USD 115 million. The visit here of an interagency assessment team, [...]	2009-11-17 15:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV ECON PREF PTER EFIN SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA542	IOM/Chad: Tonneau meetings with Chadian Officials; [...] (SBU) Michele Tonneau, Geneva-based Chief of Movement Management Division, Operations Support Department for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) visited Chad from November 2-6 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Chad on behalf of IOM. Due to the unexpec [...]	2009-11-18 12:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV CD
09NDJAMENA55	URF LEADER ABU GARDA TO PRESENT HIS CASE BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese rebel Bahr Abu Garda, leader of the URF coalition, will travel to the Netherlands to present his case to the International Criminal Court (ICC),his spokesman told Embassy Ndjamena. If this information is correct, URF may be trying to recapture international attention [...]	2009-02-23 17:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF UN AU SU CD
09NDJAMENA551	ESSO CHIEF ON CHINESE OIL PROJECTS IN CHAD [...] (SBU) The Chinese are making concrete progress to exploit wells, build a pipeline system, and construct a refinery near the capital for domestic production, after years of speculation about Chinese development of oil fields in Chad, ESSO/Chad chief de Mahieu told Ambassador November 18, cal [...]	2009-11-20 11:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET PREF CH CD
09NDJAMENA556	CHAD HUMANITARIAN UPDATE, 16 - 22 NOV 2009 [...] (U) The following is an update of N'Djamena RefCoord's activities for the period of 16 - 22 NOV 2009. 2. (U) In this edition: (SBU) IRC SEEKS TO RE-STRUCTURE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR OURE CASSONI (SBU) UN HUMANITARIAN AIR SERVICE IN THE BLACK AGAIN (SBU) UNHCR TO BRIEF DONORS ON 2010 [...]	2009-11-23 13:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF ASEC PREL PHUM SU CD
09NDJAMENA557	CORRUPTION SCANDAL WIDENS BUT DEBY SPARES POWERFUL [...] (SBU) A corruption scandal involving officials of the ministries of Education and Health has widened, implicating seven additional ministers and deputy ministers. Six of the seven were ordered to provide testimony while President Deby spared the seventh: powerful Infrastructure Minister Youn [...]	2009-11-23 15:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREF PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA56	REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING TEAM [...] SUMMARY: Embassy N'Djamena requests a Training Team (FSN Corps) to assist employees of the Financial Management Office (FMO) to become familiar with the current Department approved methods and standards for accounting, vouchering, and cash management. Embassy estimates the time required for [...]	2009-02-24 16:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT
09NDJAMENA562	EU TROIKA REP ON CHAD-SUDAN DYNAMICS [...] (SBU) EU Special Chad Rep Georg Lennkh gave DCM a November 24 read-out of the recent UN/AU-sponsored Darfur civil society conference in Doha, which he attended. Lennkh emphasized that public statements from both Chad and Sudan at the Doha event confirmed the three-step sequence of confidenc [...]	2009-11-25 11:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU MARR PREF SU CD
09NDJAMENA563	BLACK GOLD RISING? CHAD'S PROSPECTIVE OIL [...] (SBU) ESSO/Chad has returned to a normal pattern of payment to the GOC, after the 2008-2009 decline in world oil prices and the restructuring of the ESSO-GOC payment agreement resulted in lower-than-normal GOC oil revenues in the first half of 2009, ESSO/Chad chief De Mahieu told Ambassador No [...]	2009-11-25 12:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EFIN PREF PREL IMF MASS MARR IBRD
09NDJAMENA564	GAMBARI TO BE NAMED SRSG FOR SUDAN? [...] (C) SRSG for Chad Victor Angelo (STRICTLY PROTECT) called me this morning from his vacation in Brussels to inform us that the UNSYG was plabnning to name Ibrahim Gambari SRSG in Sudan to succeed current SRSG Adada. 2. (C) Angelo said he was passing this information to us in light of inten [...]	2009-11-25 14:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN US SU CD
09NDJAMENA57	MINURCAT SOLICITS FUNDING FOR CONTINUED CHADIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: MINURCAT officials, UN Police (UNPOL) Chief Major General Chaumont and SRSG Assistant Gerard Gerrold, met with the DCM February 24 to discuss continued funding for MINURCAT activities in eastern Chad targeting police capacity-building and improvements in the Rule of Law sector. [...]	2009-02-24 17:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF UN CT CD
09NDJAMENA575	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHILD SOLDIERS PREVENTION ACT [...] (SBU) Post has an ongoing dialogue with the Government of Chad regarding the recruitment and use of child soldiers in the Chadian armed forces, in Chadian armed opposition groups, and Sudanese rebel groups operating in Chad. Post delivered Ref A demarche November 30 to MFA interlocutors as pa [...]	2009-12-03 07:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL DC
09NDJAMENA576	MISSION, GOC, AND IO INVOLVEMENT IN ACTIVITIES AGAINST [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post would like to take the opportunity to highlight its long history of fighting gender-based violence (GBV) and female genital mutilation (FGM) in Chadian society. The GOC has recently inaugurated its own GBV campaign. In addition, the UN system is deeply enga [...]	2009-12-03 09:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM EAID SOCI KWMN CD
09NDJAMENA578	CHAD: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 16:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UN UNGA CD
09NDJAMENA58	INCREASINGLY CONFIDENT GOC EMBRACES DOHA PROCESS, [...] (C) Ambassador Nigro told FM Moussa Faki Mahamat February 24 that the US was pleased with the Doha Agreement and would support Chief Mediator Bassole,s future efforts. Ambassador urged the GOC both to use its influence with JEM and other Sudan rebel groups to encourage them embrace the Doha P [...]	2009-02-24 18:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU UN
09NDJAMENA586	CHAD POISED FOR CREDIBLE LEGISLATIVE AND MUNICIPAL [...] (SBU) Chad is now poised to hold credible legislative and municipal elections in 2010. The process of implementing the August 13, 2007 Accord has produced positive results, and many of the essential building blocks for elections are in place. On December 4 President Deby put the full weight [...]	2009-12-07 18:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EU FR US CD
09NDJAMENA588	CHAD: MINURCAT MAKING BIG PUSH ON SECURITY IN EAST [...] (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo met December 7 with representatives of UN member states resident in N'Djamena to describe the PKO's "big push" over the past month to enhance security in Eastern Chad, in the wake of recent kidnappings and a general increase in criminal activity directed agai [...]	2009-12-08 11:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID PREF EU FR UNSC CA CD
09NDJAMENA591	HOW TO THINK ABOUT CHAD: ASSESSING CHAD'S PROGRESS [...] (SBU) The Chad of December 2009 is not the Chad of December 2007. Much has happened in the intervening two years and the Chad's overall trajectory has generally been positive, when viewed in terms of USG bilateral and regional strategic goals. Any punctual assessment of USG policy toward C [...]	2009-12-09 13:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID PREF EU FR US CD
09NDJAMENA592	MINURCAT SRSG SEEKS USG HELP ON TROOP COMMITMENTS, [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- See paras 6 and 7. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) SRSG Angelo, the head of the UN peacekeeping operation in Chad and CAR (MINURCAT),has asked for the USG's assistance on two issues of importance: -- Angelo seeks USG help in encouraging the governm [...]	2009-12-10 10:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO UN GH NP CD
09NDJAMENA594	CHAD NEWLY CAUTIOUS ON C-130 PURCHASE, AMB BACHIR [...] (SBU) Chadian Ambassador to the U.S. Adam Bechir told Ambassador and DCM December 11 that his government's authorities were not leaning forward on any purchase of strategic air transport at the moment. Bachir said that at the highest level the GOC favored none of the "strategic left package [...]	2009-12-14 11:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL MARR PREF MASS CD
09NDJAMENA595	GOC CONTINUES EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) The Government of Chad continues its efforts to eliminate child soldiers in its own ranks, after having made definite progress on underage personnel in Chad rebel ranks. The GOC completed a significant sensitization mission regarding child soldiers with recent visits to its Moussouro an [...]	2009-12-14 12:56:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF MARR MASS CD
09NDJAMENA596	UPDATE ON AWARD FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE ENTRANT [...] (U) This message responds to request in reftel for current information about past-year candidates for the Department's Corporate Excellence Award, in the case of Embassy N'Djamena, Esso Exploration and Production, Inc., Chad (Esso Chad). 2. (U) A) Is the company still working in the reg [...]	2009-12-14 13:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT BEXP ECON EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV CD
09NDJAMENA60	JEM-KHALIL OUTLINES STATEGY MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) JEM chairman Khalil Ibrahim told the Ambassador February 25 that he was satisfied with the Doha Agreement and that he would return to Darfur to recruit other potential stakeholders from rebel groups, civil society, refugees, and IDPs, to form a broader JEM-led delegation for the next sessi [...]	2009-02-25 17:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF UN AU SU CD
09NDJAMENA601	CHAD-SUDAN DETENTE "ON TRACK," CHAD REBELS IN [...] (SBU) FORMIN Moussa Faki Mahamat told Ambassador December 11 that the Chad-Sudan bilateral effort aimed at normalization of relations by ending their proxy war was "still on track," but going slower than the GOC would like, Faki said that the GOS apparently had duly "cantoned" some Chad rebel [...]	2009-12-15 15:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF MARR SU CD
09NDJAMENA602	"INTRA-CHADIAN DIPLOMACY" AND "CHADIAN NATIONAL [...] (SBU) National Mediator Abderamane Moussa told the Ambassador December 14 that the GOC's "national reconciliation" efforts continued to claim success, with the return of former armed rebels and former regime opponents to Chad. Moussa cited three recent events: the return to Chad this week [...]	2009-12-16 13:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MARR PHUM ECON EFIN PINR SU
09NDJAMENA603	AMPLIFYING THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) On December 2, the PD Section distributed materials in reftel on President Obama's Afghanistan speech to key Embassy contacts. Informal reactions were positive, with both government officials and civil society reps making clear that they appreciated our outreach effort and hoped we would [...]	2009-12-17 15:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CD
09NDJAMENA604	CLIMATE CHANGE MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED [...] (U) Per reftel, Post has distributed E-journals and other materials related to the ongoing climate change conference in Copenhagen to officials and civil society reps in N'Djamena. We have detected considerable interest in this subject among Chadians, given environmental challenges including [...]	2009-12-17 16:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CD
09NDJAMENA612	CHAD: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per Ref A, Post submits the following text for consideration for inclusion in the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) As in 2008, Chad experienced several incursions in 2009 by anti-regime rebel forces. The armed confrontations between Government of Chad troops and anti-reg [...]	2009-12-21 16:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CD PREL PTER
09NDJAMENA615	CHAD AND ITS FRANCOPHONE REGIONAL AFFILIATIONS: TENDING TO [...] (SBU) President Deby took over the annual rotating chairmanship of the Economic Community of Central African States (often referred to by its French acronym CEEAC) in October 2009. He will assume rotating leadership of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) in January 2 [...]	2009-12-22 16:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD PGOV SU CD
09NDJAMENA617	CHAD-SUDAN DETENTE: FORMIN FAKI TO LEAD CHAD [...] (C) Chad FORMIN Faki will lead a Chad delegation to Khartoum December 24, as the next step in the ongoing bilateral detente process, Chad AMB to Washington Bechir told Ambassador and DCM December 23 that he and the MFA Military Advisor would accompany FORMIN Faki, as would the Governors of C [...]	2009-12-23 14:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF MARR MASS SU CD
09NDJAMENA621	CHAD-SUDAN: "SUCCESSFUL" CHAD-SUDAN TALKS IN [...] (C) The Chadians consider that FORMIN Faki's visit to Khartoum December 24-25 was "very positive and successful" in advancing the bilateral normalization process and the end of their "proxy war," Chad's U.S. Ambassador Bechir told Ambassador Nigro December 26. The apparently very frank discus [...]	2009-12-28 08:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD
09NDJAMENA622	CHAD-SUDAN: "SUCCESSFUL" CHAD-SUDAN TALKS IN [...] (C) The Chadians consider that FORMIN Faki's visit to Khartoum December 24-25 was "very positive and successful" in advancing the bilateral normalization process and the end of their "proxy war," Chad's U.S. Ambassador Bechir told Ambassador Nigro December 26. The apparently very frank discus [...]	2009-12-28 08:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD
09NDJAMENA623	CHAD-SUDAN: "SUCCESSFUL" CHAD-SUDAN TALKS IN [...] (C) The Chadians consider that FORMIN Faki's visit to Khartoum December 24-25 was "very positive and successful" in advancing the bilateral normalization process and the end of their "proxy war," Chad's U.S. Ambassador Bechir told Ambassador Nigro December 26. The apparently very frank discus [...]	2009-12-28 08:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD
09NDJAMENA624	CHAD-SUDAN: "SUCCESSFUL" CHAD-SUDAN TALKS IN [...] (C) The Chadians consider that FORMIN Faki's visit to Khartoum December 24-25 was "very positive and successful" in advancing the bilateral normalization process and the end of their "proxy war," Chad's U.S. Ambassador Bechir told Ambassador Nigro December 26. The apparently very frank discus [...]	2009-12-28 08:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD
09NDJAMENA634	CHAD: HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS PERTAINING TO SEXUAL [...] (SBU) In response to request in Ref A on the status of possible legislation that might criminalize same-sex relationships in African nations, we have examined both Chad's Civil and Criminal Codes. The Civil Code, which dates from Chad's independence in 1960 and which resembles similar codes [...]	2009-12-31 09:19:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA65	INSTRUCTIONS TO CONTACT KEY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] (U) Post delivered demarche (reftel) to Oumar Noury Abdelkerim, Director of Bilateral Cooperation, in the Chadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Abdelkerim, the GOC has not taken a firm policy on Durban Review Conference issues. NIGRO [...]	2009-03-02 07:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
09NDJAMENA70	CHAD ELECTIONS UNLIKELY BEFORE 2010 [...] (SBU) Parliamentary and local elections in Chad are unlikely to be held until the first half of 2010, but the Chadian parties to the electoral reform process and Chad's key international partners remain committed to working towards credible elections as agreed in the 2007 August 13 Accord. Al [...]	2009-03-04 17:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF EU FR AU CD
09NDJAMENA71	CHAD/CAR: SRSG UPBEAT ON MINURCAT II DEPLOYMENT, [...] (SBU) SRSG Victor Angelo gave a generally positive briefing to the NDjamena Diplomatic Corps March 3 on the status of the March 15 transition of military security responsibilities from EUFOR to MINURCAT II; on MINURCAT's continued deployment; and on the PKO's current operations. All GOC-UN acc [...]	2009-03-05 12:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF UN EU AU PKO SU CT CD
09NDJAMENA79	WORLD BANK WANTS GOC PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT HQ IN [...] (SBU) World Bank Director of Operations for Chad Mary Barton-Dock told Ambassador March 4 the Bank's relationship with the Government of Chad had not progressed in the month and a half since the Bank had "partially" reopened its Chad office. A meeting between WB President Zoellick and Prime M [...]	2009-03-10 06:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID EFIN AU CD
09NDJAMENA84	URF LEADER ABU GARDA IN TRANSIT TO ICC [...] (C) Sudanese rebel leader Bahr Abu Garda is reported to have departed N'Djamena on March 8, ostensibly in transit to present himself before the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands. Separately, Tadjadine Niam, spokeman for Abu Garda's Sudanese rebel coalition United Resistance Force [...]	2009-03-10 15:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU CD
09NDJAMENA89	"MY FRIENDS, HURRY UP AND VOTE" -- THE U.S., [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nigro joined visiting French FORMIN Bernarnd Kouchner and EU and OIF special representatives in a forceful four-way March 14 demarche to Chad's Electoral Reform Committee, urging it to resolve problems currently blocking progress toward legislative and local elections during 2 [...]	2009-03-17 09:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF OIF EU AU CD
09NDJAMENA97	MINURCAT RISING: REINFORCED UN PKO REPLACES EUFOR [...] (SBU) The EU PKO EUFOR, one of two PKOs authorized by UNSC 1778, stood down March 15, transferring its authority to provide security to civilians in Eastern Chad and Northeastern CAR to the UN's MINURCAT, whose mandate was enhanced to include such a role by UNSC 1861. Many of EUFOR's EU-membe [...]	2009-03-23 08:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MASS MARR UN PKO SU LY
09NDJAMENA99	THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR DEAL: UPDATING THE CHAD [...] (SBU) ESSO-Chad's General Manager Stephane de Mahieu told Ambassador March 18 that falling oil prices had devastated the Government of Chad's budget picture for 2009: the GOC earned USD 1.2 billion/billion in revenue in 2008, but would get as little as USD 150 million/million for 2009, largely [...]	2009-03-23 14:19:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL EPET EFIN AU SU LY CD
09NEWDELHI10	AMBASSADOR MEETS INDIAN HOME MINISTER ON MUMBAI [...] (U) This message contains an action request in Para 10. 2. (S) Summary: In a January 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Home Minister Chidambaram said that the Indian government would decide "as early as possible" whether to concur in the U.S. sharing information with Pakistani authorities [...]	2009-01-03 11:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI100	INDIAN SCIENCE AT A CROSSROADS: THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the Indian National Science Academy's (INSA) 75th anniversary celebration, presenters raved over India's extraordinary accomplishments in science and technology at the same time they lamented India's lost scientific prowess, lack of diversity, and failure to keep up with the [...]	2009-01-16 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV SCUL TSPL PREL ENRG IN
09NEWDELHI1006	SABERI INTERVENTION THANKS YOUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 13:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CASC IR IN
09NEWDELHI1007	URGING AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RELEASE [...] (C) In a May 15 meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Ambassador Burleigh urged the Indian government to press Burma's government to release Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. Noting reports of the bizarre incident involving an American citizen who tried to meet with AS [...]	2009-05-18 13:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM IN
09NEWDELHI1008	APPROPRIATE TIMING FOR A PRESIDENTIAL PHONE CALL [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends an early telephone call from President Obama to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulating India on its historic elections and the Congress Party's decisive mandate. We suggest this call take place soon after the Indian President invites Manmohan Singh to form the n [...]	2009-05-18 13:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR ECON IN
09NEWDELHI1009	SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA HAILS [...] Excerpts from an editorial in the May 18 centrist, independent THE TIMES OF INDIA English daily: (BEGIN EXCERPTS) "New challenges are shaping up that require urgent action.... The economy will not recover on its own but will need action by the government on multiple fronts: roads, power, educa [...]	2009-05-19 04:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1013	SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA WELCOMES "END OF [...] (BEGIN EXCERPT): "President Rajapakse has achieved what no previous Sri Lankan leader came close to doing: securing the integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka by freeing it from the malevolent challenge of the LTTE. Now, in the post-Prabakaran era, he needs to address two big tasks: rehabilita [...]	2009-05-19 10:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1029	MEDIA REACTION: TALIBAN/PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, [...] "TALIBAN, TALIBAN, TALIBAN," editorial in May 17 Islamist Urdu bi-weekly DAWAT: "In the Taliban, the United States seems to have found a new imaginary foe. Today the word Taliban has been reduced practically to an expletive. The U.S. initially carried out intensive bombardments against the Tal [...]	2009-05-20 12:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI103	INDIA MANAGING IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ALTHOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary. Per Ref A, Mission provides an update on how India is weathering the global financial crisis and subsequent economic slowdown and on the political economy of the impact and government response. India's economy, already slowing from lower domestic spending in a high interest re [...]	2009-01-16 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI1030	REFORM PROSPECTS IN NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: More than 400 million Indians cast their vote in India's national parliamentary elections this past month and seem to have decisively signaled that they want stability and continuity in the national government, handing Congress an 18-year best performance of more than 200 seats [...]	2009-05-20 12:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1031	INTERNAL SECURITY PRIORITY FOR NEW UPA GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the first meeting of the victorious United Progressive Alliance (UPA) leaders on May 20 that internal security will be the new government's highest priority. The same day two newspapers columns that are often used by the government to leak sto [...]	2009-05-20 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1036	MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA, PAKISTAN, UNITED [...] QWAR ENDS, BUT ISSUES STILL ALIVE,Q editorial in May 20 centrist Gujarati daily, JANMABHOOMI: QThe 30-year old violent ethnic struggle for a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka may have ended, but it would be erroneous to infer that this will lead to a lasting peace. The Sri Lankan Rajapakse gov [...]	2009-05-21 12:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI104	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 12-16, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Roundtable with Canada, EU, NZ, Australia -- Update on the Pension Sector -- FDI Slows in November -- Aviation Industry Likely to Fare Better in 20 [...]	2009-01-16 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1042	UNSCR 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 09:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KN IN
09NEWDELHI1048	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 18-22, 2009, including the following: -- Ministry of Finance Reorganization -- Insurance Bill Passage Likely in Winter Parliament -- CCI Goes Live -- India Notifies Initiation of Safeguard Duty Inve [...]	2009-05-22 10:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09NEWDELHI1049	JOINT US TREASURY AND DOD SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury hosted a successful regional conference on Countering Terrorist Financing in the Charitable Sector from April 14-16 in New Delhi, India, with assistance from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) as well. Interagency [...]	2009-05-22 11:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM EFIN PK IN
09NEWDELHI105	DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 12-16, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 12-16, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Budget Session February 12-26 -- April-May Schedule Expected for Parliamentary Elections -- Jharkhand Chief Minister Steps Down [...]	2009-01-16 12:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
09NEWDELHI1051	MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA, TERRORORISM IN [...] "END OF LTTE," editorial in May 5 centrist Oriya daily SAMAJA. "Although the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been crushed, the fundamental problems of equal rights and status for the Tamils persist. The Sri Lankan government has to ensure that the Tamil people get justice. India, a [...]	2009-05-22 11:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1052	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR UPDATES ON INFORMATION ON [...] (SBU) The following information is provided in response to reftel request for details of India,s immigration and border controls. A. (SBU) Immigration Data Bases and Traveler Information Collection: -- What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries and exits? Foreigners Re [...]	2009-05-22 12:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1053	INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY READOUT OF SRI LANKA TRIP [...] (C) Summary. In a May 22 briefing for the Charge, Foreign Secretary Menon provided a readout of his visit, along with National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, to Colombo on May 20-21. India's message to President Rajapaksa was to focus on resettling IDPs, reconstruction, demining, and the lo [...]	2009-05-22 13:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE IN
09NEWDELHI1054	NEW DELHI EST HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 18 TO MAY 22, [...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 18 - 22, 2009, including the following: -- It's Official - Panna Tiger Reserve Has Lost All Its Native Tigers -- Oil Spill Threatens Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary -- Indian [...]	2009-05-22 14:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON IN
09NEWDELHI1055	INDIAN MINISTERS, SANS PORTFOLIOS, SWORN IN (CANCELLED) [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 14:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI1056	CORRECTED COPY: INDIAN MINISTERS, SANS [...] (SBU) Indian President Pratibha Patil administered the oath of office to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 19 Cabinet Ministers at 6:30pm (local time) on May 22. Portfolios will be announced in the coming days. Among the returning ministers were prominent Congress Party names from the previo [...]	2009-05-26 04:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI1059	MEDIA REACTION: TERRORORISM, U.S. AID TO [...] "MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK: SIX MONTHS LATER," editorial in May 26 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It has been six months since Mumbai was shaken by the terror blasts. Undoubtedly, the purpose was to paralyze the financial capital of India. In the final analysis, peace won over terrorism. The neigh [...]	2009-05-26 10:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1060	INDIA JOINS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN EXPRESSING [...] In response to North Korea's nuclear test, on May 25 India's External Affairs Ministry issued the following statement: "We have seen reports that DPRK has conducted a nuclear test on 25 May 2009. For the DPRK to conduct such a test in violation of its international commitments would be un [...]	2009-05-26 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC KN IN
09NEWDELHI1062	GOI PORTFOLIOS ANNOUNCED INCLUDING NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: At a Cabinet meeting on May 23, the newly formed Indian government announced six major portfolios: -- S.M. Krishna, External Affairs -- Pranab Mukherjee, Finance -- P. Chidambaram, Home -- A.K. Antony, Defense -- Sharad Pawar, Agriculture -- Mamata Banerjee, Railways Former [...]	2009-05-26 14:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI1063	VIOLENT REACTION TO SIKH TEMPLE KILLING -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Life has returned to relative normalcy in major cities across the state of Punjab after curfews were imposed to halt violent protests over the death of a religious sect leader and injuries to another on May 24 during a clash in a Sikh temple in Vienna, Austria. Mainstream Sikhs [...]	2009-05-26 15:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI1069	MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, NORTH KOREA MISSILE [...] "NEW GOVERNMENT IN NEPAL," editorial in the May 26 nationalist Hindi daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA. "Nepal's former Prime Minister Prachanda may accuse his successor Madhav Kumar Nepal of hatching a conspiracy to oust his government, just as he accused India. Instead of a confrontation, Madhav should [...]	2009-05-27 10:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1072	RAHUL GANDHI ON HOW CONGRESS WON, VISION FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: In a private meeting with the Charge on May 23, Indian Congress Party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi discussed his work with the Youth Congress, why he gambled on Congress going it alone during parliamentary elections in Uttar Pradesh, and what he sees as the future of Indian politi [...]	2009-05-27 13:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IN
09NEWDELHI108	MAYAWATI CANCELS BIRTHDAY PARTY, CASH GIFTS STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati canceled her January 15 birthday party ostensibly because of the Mumbai attacks. In previous years, the now fifty-three year old Mayawati threw multiple lavish parties for herself that were noteworthy fo [...]	2009-01-16 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI1081	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, OBAMA'S ECONOMIC [...] "PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR ARSENAL DANGEROUS TO THE WORLD: DOESN'T FRANCE KNOW THAT?" op-ed in May 28 centrist Marathi daily PRAHAAR. "While every neighboring country, particularly India, is worried about the prospect of Pakistani nuclear arms falling into the hands of Islamic insurgents, we hear new [...]	2009-05-28 11:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1083	GOI FILLS OUT CABINET, MANY PORTFOLIOS STILL ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian Government announced 59 additional Ministers on May 28, bringing the total number to 78. However, no portfolios have been made public aside from the six top spots previously announced (Ref B). All told there are 33 Cabinet Ministers; ranking slightly below that, se [...]	2009-05-28 14:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI1084	FIRST SESSION OF INDIAN PARLIAMENT: POMP AND [...] (SBU) Summary: After an unexpectedly strong performance in the parliamentary elections, the Congress Party and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government it leads will convene both houses of the Indian Parliament from June 1-9. The highlight of the short session will be President Patil,s [...]	2009-05-28 15:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN

09NEWDELHI109	BJP VETERAN ATTACKS CENTER, INFIGHTING CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's criticism of his own Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial hopeful L.K. Advani garnered widespread media attention last week. While the 86-year-old party stalwart's cranky outburst is unlikely to cause any lasting da [...]	2009-01-16 13:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1092	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN [...] "SIX MONTHS LATER," editorial in the May 28 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN. "Even after six months, Pakistan has done nothing to punish the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks. U.S. efforts to bring about an India-Pakistan rapprochement should be a matter of concern for India. America wants [...]	2009-05-29 10:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1096	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 26-29, 2009, including the following: -- Indian Telecom Major Bharti Airtel and MTN of South Africa Back in Merger Negotiations -- Government Aims to Present Budget by Early July -- Bharti Wal-Mart t [...]	2009-05-29 13:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1098	NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 25 TO [...] Below is a compilation of Environment and Science & Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 25-29, 2009, including the following: -- Cyclone Aila Impacts Sundarbans Tiger Reserve -- Delhi Government Plans Climate Change Fund -- ISRO to Launch Second Space Capsule Rec [...]	2009-05-29 13:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI1099	GOVERNMENT SIGNALS PERFORMANCE IS PARAMOUNT IN KEY ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) announced the remainder of its 79-member council of ministers on May 28, who join the earlier round of ministers announced on May 22 (see reftel). The week-long process of selection seems to have placed more weight on capable [...]	2009-05-29 14:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1113	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION IN DANGER," op-ed in May 31 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Being completely irresponsible and in violation of international laws, North Korea's obtaining nuclear weapons is a grave concern for international security. It will put extra pressure on the ma [...]	2009-06-01 10:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1123	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, U.S. [...] "PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR INTENTIONS," editorial in June 1 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The Indian Army Chief has valid concerns about Pakistan's attempts to enhance its nuclear capability. India has to raise this issue at the international diplomatic level, but should also talk to Pa [...]	2009-06-02 10:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1126	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S//NF) Embassy New Delhi's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on June 2 to discuss an increased threat stemming from the release of Jammat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed from house arrest. Regional Affairs has seen credible intelligence suggesting there are multiple threads of terrorist planning ong [...]	2009-06-02 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1127	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S//NF) Embassy New Delhi's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on June 2 to discuss an increased threat stemming from the release of Jammat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed from house arrest. Regional Affairs has seen credible intelligence suggesting there are multiple threads of terrorist plannin [...]	2009-06-02 14:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1128	INDIA REACTS VOCIFEROUSLY TO RELEASE OF LET LEADERS; HOPES TO PROCEED WITH TRILATERAL MUMBAI INVESTIGATOR'S MEETING IN U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Indian Foreign Secretary Menon expressed dismay about the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa Chief Hafiz Saeed to Charge Burleigh on June 2, noting that the Government of India's plan to provide wheat shipments to aid internally displaced people in the SWAT Valley was now threatened. The Minist [...]	2009-06-02 14:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1129	CHARGE MEETS NEW INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER; [...] (C) Summary: In a June 2 courtesy call by the Charge, newly appointed External Affairs Minister Krishna said he welcomed enhancement of the bilateral dialogue. In a prior meeting with Foreign Secretary Menon, the Charge flagged the need to move forward on "legacy" issues in the run-up to ne [...]	2009-06-02 14:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ENRG CE IN
09NEWDELHI1132	MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/PAKISTAN, U.S. [...] "TERROR AND INSENSITIVITY," editorial in June 1 centrist Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "The British and Chinese objections on India's request to put Masood Azhar and Azam Cheema on the UNSC terror list are beyond understanding. The Pakistan government's double standards on terrorism have becom [...]	2009-06-03 10:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1138	SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Burns: In many respects, your visit represents the moment so many of us who manage the India account have waited years for: a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian government freed from the constraints of anti-American coalition partners or [...]	2009-06-03 13:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1139	NEW DELHI EAC CONVENES TO DISCUSS CURRENT THREATS [...] (S/NF) (Summary) The full New Delhi Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on 3 June to review information related to threats associated with the release of Hafiz Saeed (REFTEL A, B). The EAC was chaired by CDA Peter Burleigh. The EAC discussed specific aspects of current threat reporting and ag [...]	2009-06-04 02:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1141	MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "PAKISTAN'S BACKOUT," editorial in June 3 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "Pakistan maintains its double standards, even though it is fighting a war for its existence. On the one hand, it bans Jamaat-ud-Dawa, but at the same time it releases the organization' leader, Saeed." 2. "PAKISTAN'S JUSTICE, [...]	2009-06-04 10:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1142	BHARAT BALLOT 09: NO MAJOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 15:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1143	INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY LEAKS SPUR DISCUSSION OF [...] (C) Summary: Despite Pakistan's release of JUD leader Hafiz Saeed on Tuesday and allegations of cease-fire violations yesterday, Indian media is buzzing with suggestions that the Indian Government is taking a second look at its no-dialogue strategy with Pakistan and may be considering restar [...]	2009-06-04 16:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID EAGR PK IN
09NEWDELHI115	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL [...] SUMMARY: The Indian media reported and commented widely on the incoming and outgoing Presidents. Reports said President Bush on Monday made a round of farewell phone calls to world leaders, while President-elect Obama and his wife Michelle attended the Lincoln Memorial inaugural concert in Wa [...]	2009-01-20 11:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1151	OBAMA SPEECH IN CAIRO: INDIA MEDIA REPORT I [...] "Obama's eloquent address conspicuously excluded any reference to the Kashmir issue in the Indian sub- continent, home of the largest concentration of Muslims in the world, likely to the dismay of Pakistan and its separatist proxies who have made it a cause, and the delight of Indian nationali [...]	2009-06-05 11:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1162	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 1-5, 2009, including the following: -- GDP Growth of 6.7% Surprises on the Upside -- Infrastructure Sector Recovers Somewhat in April -- Some Signs of Expanding Manufacturing Sector -- FY 2009-10 Be [...]	2009-06-05 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1163	NEW GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA: FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian President Pratibha Patil's address to a joint session of Parliament on June 4 outlined the achievements of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and charted a road map for the next five years. It was largely in-line with the Congress Party's election [...]	2009-06-05 13:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1164	INDIA PROPOSES "SELF DETERMINATION" RATHER THAN [...] (SBU) The charge discussed the U.S. suggestion that India not proceed with bringing the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) to a vote in the United Nations in the June 29 - July 2 Ad Hoc Committee meeting in a one-on-one lunch with Ministry of External Affairs Special [...]	2009-06-05 14:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IN
09NEWDELHI117	INDIA QUIETLY POSITIVE TOWARD A.Q. KHAN SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar told PolCouns January 16 that while India's policy was not to comment officially about the nonproliferation sanctions applied to the A.Q. Khan proliferation network January 12, India nevertheless viewed them as positive [...]	2009-01-20 12:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN IN
09NEWDELHI118	FIERCE INDIAN REACTION TO MILIBAND'S KASHMIR [...] (C) Summary: British Foreign Secretary Miliband's visit to India January 14-16 was a public relations disaster after his comments linking the Mumbai attacks to the Kashmir conflict made headlines. Miliband was widely criticized by the media and was the victim of pointed remarks by Indian offic [...]	2009-01-20 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK UK IN
09NEWDELHI1180	INDIAN PM SINGH LIKELY TO ATTEND SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Indian Ministry of External Affairs Director (Eurasia) Mrs. Nagma Mallick told us on June 4 that though it has not been announced officially, Prime Minister Singh will likely attend the June 15-16 SCO summit in the Russian city of Yektarinburg. This would be the first time that India has [...]	2009-06-08 09:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1185	OBAMA SPEECH IN CAIRO: INDIA MEDIA REPORT II [...] "OBAMA'S CANDOUR IN TIMELESS CAIRO," opinion piece in June 6 centrist English daily, THE INDIAN EXPRESS: "Barack Obama's speech is quite simply one of the most important articulations by any world leader on the relationship between Islam and the West-indeed, between Islam and the rest of the w [...]	2009-06-08 12:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1191	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN [...] "OBAMA TRYING TO BECOME SAVIOR OF THE WORLD," op-ed in June 8 right-of-center AMAR UJALA: "President Obama is trying to become the savior of the world, projecting himself as a messiah. The United States, before advising others, should know that the Israel-Arab conflict, terrorism in Pakistan a [...]	2009-06-09 10:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1196	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/U.S. MILITARY AID, [...] "INDIA NEEDS TO KEEP HER EYES WIDE OPEN," op-ed article in June 10 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "For over five decades now, Pakistan has been receiving U.S. aid on one pretext or another just to gain military superiority over India. It is thus widely perceived that the purpose of U. [...]	2009-06-10 10:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI12	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, WAR [...] "PAKISTAN IN DEEP CRISIS," op-ed article in January 4 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "The only contribution of Pakistan in the war against terror is that it is the origin of terrorism, safe haven for Al-Qaida and the hub of the Pakistani and Afghan [...]	2009-01-05 11:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1204	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN [...] "DOES THIS NEW LANGUAGE SPEAK OF NEW POSSIBILITIES?" editorial in June 11 independent Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "The importance of President Obama's Cairo remarks is certainly different since he wants to dissociate himself from his predecessor. He does not offer an immediate solution [...]	2009-06-11 10:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1209	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETS INDIAN PRIME MINISTER SINGH [...] (C) Summary: In a June 11 meeting, Prime Minister Singh assured Under Secretary Burns of his strong personal commitment to strengthening further India's ties to the United States. Singh welcomed the development of a road map that would provide structure to the strategic partnership and produce [...]	2009-06-11 17:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PARM MASS PTER ENRG PK IN
09NEWDELHI1210	FS MENON AND U/S BURNS DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Menon and visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed regional security June 10, with a focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Menon referred to Prime Minister Singh's June 9 comments in Parliament that the Composite Dialogue could not resume [...]	2009-06-11 17:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI1211	FS MENON AND U/S BURNS DISCUSS NEW STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Menon and visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed a new architecture for the Strategic Dialogue and a variety of bilateral and regional issues during several meetings June 10. Remarking on the substantial overlap in thinking on how t [...]	2009-06-11 17:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI1212	UNDERSECRETARY BURNS AND FOREIGN MINISTER KRISHNA [...] (SBU) Summary. In his first meeting with Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna, visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns outlined opportunities to expand the bilateral relationship as it enters the next phase. Foreign Secretary Menon and Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Mee [...]	2009-06-11 17:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI1213	HOME MINISTER MEETS U/S BURNS [...] (S) Summary: In a productive and serious June 10 exchange with Under Secretary Bill Burns, Home Minister P. Chidambaram offered his sober assessment of India's internal and external security challenges: from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to ongoing insurgencies in "the hinterlands" of I [...]	2009-06-11 18:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV BG ECON NP PHUM PK PREL PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1220	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] "AMERICA'S HYPOCRISY," editorial in June 12 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "America seems to be singing the same old raga of Indo-Pak talks. Pakistan has moved its troops from the Indian border to the Afghan border. But does that mean that all its sins can be absolved? One should ask Rich [...]	2009-06-12 12:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1221	NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEKS OF JUNE 01 TO [...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 08-12, 2009, including the following: -- Not-So-Expert Group Recommends Dilution of Environmental Clearance Process -- India to Establish Environmental Protection Autho [...]	2009-06-12 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO MNUC ECON KGHG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI1222	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 8-12, 2009, including the following: -- MOF Preparing for Budget Session -- Indian Commerce Minister Meets with USTR, Others on WTO -- Tax Concessions Proposed for Broadcast & Film Industry -- Will [...]	2009-06-12 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1223	U/S BURNS AND AHLUWALIA CHART NEXT STEPS IN THE BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns met with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, and close economic adviser to the Prime Minister, Montek Singh Ahluwalia on June 11 to discuss proposals for moving the economic relationship forward. They focused on ways [...]	2009-06-12 14:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1224	ADVANI PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR U.S.-INDIA RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 11 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, India's Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani pledged common cause with the new Congress-led government, particularly on the principal foreign policy issues of Afghanistan and Pakistan and on a strengthened relationship with the Un [...]	2009-06-12 14:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENRG PAK IN
09NEWDELHI1225	FOREIGN MINISTER S.M. KRISHNA: A SAFE BET AT MEA [...] (C) Summary: Congress Party veteran S.M. Krishna assumed office as the new External Affairs Minister on May 23. Krishna, a Rajya Sabha backbencher, stands in contrast to his predecessor, Pranab Mukherjee, the ultimate Congress Party fixer and operator whose ambitions for the Prime Minister's p [...]	2009-06-12 15:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1226	INDIAN "YOUTH WAVE": NEW STARS IN THE PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage of the 2009 parliamentary election highlighted the possible emergence of a generational change in Indian politics, with the spotlight on Rahul Gandhi as well as a large contingent of young contestants vying for seats in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) [...]	2009-06-12 15:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1228	NSA NARAYANAN MEETS WITH U/S BURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan saluted the dynamic nature of the U.S.-India relationship in a June 11 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, stating "we don't want a hiatus." The NSA encouraged visits of senior U.S. officials, and described cooperation on defense and coun [...]	2009-06-12 16:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1229	INDIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS: RELEASE AUNG SAN SUU KYI, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indian press reported June 11 that a group of Indian parliamentarians had submitted an appeal to Prime Minister Singh to ask Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi and to hold elections. Member of Parliament Sharad Joshi, a leader of the previously defunct Indian Parliamentarians' F [...]	2009-06-15 04:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1233	DALAI LAMA PRAISES PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) On June 15, Representative of the Dalai Lama in India, Tempa Tsering, delivered a letter from the Dalai Lama to President Barack Obama. The letter commends the President's efforts to reach out to Muslim countries and resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Tsering confirmed that Pres [...]	2009-06-15 10:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF IN CH
09NEWDELHI1234	BHUTANESE PM AND FM CONGRATULATE A/S BLAKE ON HIS [...] (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi sent post copies of letters from Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley and Foreign Minister Ugyen Tshering to Assistant Secretary Bob Blake congratulating him on his appointment. Once we receive the original letters, we will send them to SCA/INS. 2. (U) Begin [...]	2009-06-15 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI1235	INVESTOR APPETITE FOR INDIA RETURNING BUT GOVT BETTER NOT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 12:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1236	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN [...] "OBAMA'S EXPRESSION," op-ed in June 14 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "President Obama's speech in Cairo was meant to assure the Islamic community of American goodwill. Some warmly supported it and some expressed a need for concrete actions, particularly on the Palestine-Israel i [...]	2009-06-15 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1237	INVESTOR APPETITE FOR INDIA RETURNING BUT GOVT BETTER NOT [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and ConGenoffs met with Mumbai contacts on June 1 and 2 to gauge investor reaction to the elections and signs of recovery in the Indian economy. In contrast to reports at the beginning of 2009 that investors were waiting for political uncertainty to end with the May el [...]	2009-06-16 03:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1245	U/S BURNS MEETS INDIAN HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Kapil Sibal, the genial and upbeat new Minister of Human Resources Development (MHRD) welcomed Under Secretary Burns and his delegation for a tour d'horizon of India's educational challenges and a proposal for partnership. In office only two weeks, Sibal is clearly relishing the [...]	2009-06-16 10:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OIIP SCUL PGOV ECON PHUM PK PREL PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1250	FOURTH KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES A/S BLAKE ON [...] (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi delivered a letter from the Fourth King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, to Assistant Secretary Bob Blake, congratulating him on his appointment. We will send the original letter, along with the original letters from the Prime Minister and Foreign Mini [...]	2009-06-16 13:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI1251	AVIATION FEE IMPASSE FORCES EMBASSY TO CANCEL SUPPORT FLIGHT, SEEK INTERIM SOLUTION [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (SBU) Post appreciates the Department's guidance to date (ref A and previous) on the issue of aviation-related fees for official U.S. Government aircraft and understands that an interagency process is currently underway to pr [...]	2009-06-16 13:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KMGT OTRA EAIR IN
09NEWDELHI126	SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] SUMMARY: On Tuesday night (22:30 India time) urban India was glued to their TV sets as "history was being made, and hope and change being ushered in" for the United States. Live telecasts, with Indian language commentary and voice-overs, ran on all mainstream news channels. Leading broadcaster [...]	2009-01-21 11:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1260	MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, U.S.-INDIA [...] "NATURAL CONCLUSION," editorial in June 16 nationalist Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is not unnatural for Indian policymakers to conclude that Pakistan will not take action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack. The basic reason behind Pakistan's tenacious anti-India attitude [...]	2009-06-17 10:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1261	HARYANA PONDERS RIDING THE CONGRESS WAVE [...] (U) Summary: The political buzz in Delhi and Chandigarh is that the Congress Party is considering early elections for the Haryana state assembly. Originally scheduled for February 2010, the preponed Haryana elections would likely be scheduled to coincide with the Maharashtra assembly elections [...]	2009-06-17 11:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1263	SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COMMENTARY ON [...] "IRAN ON THE BOIL," editorial in left-influenced THE HINDU: "The official declaration of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a runaway winner in a hotly disputed and possibly rigged presidential election has generated a white heat of popular anger that has no precedent in Iran's post-re [...]	2009-06-17 12:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1266	INDO-PAK TALKS: MEDIA REPORTS OF LEADERS' FIRST [...] SUMMARY: Indian Prime Minister Singh and Pakistani President Zardari met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg June 16, their first meeting since the Mumbai terrorist attacks last November. Indian media widely applauded PM Singh's comments, cr [...]	2009-06-17 12:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PK IR IN
09NEWDELHI1269	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Post's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) has contacted Indian Air Force (IAF) offices to address questions in Reftel A. Post contacted the IAF HQ office that handles MiG-29 maintenance issues several times to no avail. Post also spoke numerous times with Group Captain Aggrawal, who was [...]	2009-06-18 02:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KSEP IN US
09NEWDELHI1272	MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, PALESTINE, [...] "CLEAR WARNING," editorial in June 17 right-of- center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN: "PM Manmohan Singh clearly and publicly told President Zardari in Yekaterinburg that Pakistan's territory should not be used for terrorist attacks against India. Such a firm attitude is absolutely right when deal [...]	2009-06-18 11:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1276	INDO-PAK TALKS: ICE BROKEN ON ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (SBU) The meeting between Prime Minister Singh and Pakistani President Zardari on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg on June 16 (ref A) continued to dominate headlines following press conferences by Prime Minister Singh June 17 and Foreign Secre [...]	2009-06-18 14:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI1277	SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) General Jones: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit comes on the heels of Under Secretary Burns' successful trip to India and in the run-up to a July visit by Secretary Clinton. You will be coming at a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian [...]	2009-06-18 14:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1278	BJP IMPLOSION OR REINVENTION? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's (UPA) unexpectedly decisive victory in India's general election has left the country's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in disarray. The fallout of this drubbing has shattered the image of the BJP a [...]	2009-06-18 14:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI128	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1282	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA; NEW [...] "MANMOHAN-ZARDARI MEETING," editorial in June 18 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The only outcome of the Singh-Zardari meeting in Yekaterinburg is the decision to have a meeting of the Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries. In Yekaterinburg, Singh firmly told Zardari that his mandate was to [...]	2009-06-19 11:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1284	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 15-19, 2009, including the following: -- Inflation Hits Negative Territory -- India Imposes Restrictions on Chinese Mobiles, Extends Tight Norms on Toys and Dairy -- Panel Advises Increase in Supp [...]	2009-06-19 11:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1285	MANMOHAN SINGH: GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) on June 9, reaffirming the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's agenda and goals as mentioned in President Prathiba Patil's parliamentary address one week before. PM Singh em [...]	2009-06-19 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1286	INDIA - H1N1 FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of 19 June, India has 44 confirmed H1N1 cases, including two infections caught within India. Mission expects this number to increase over the near future. The Government of India (GOI) takes H1N1 and the possibility of recombination in India very seriously and is trying to p [...]	2009-06-19 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NEWDELHI1287	INDIA: DEMARCHE ON MEF LEADERS MEETING DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Charge D'Affairs (CDA) delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and Minister for Science and Technology, on June 19. CDA emphasized to Minister Chavan that the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF),and a strong Lead [...]	2009-06-22 03:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI129	INDIA INC. ENDORSES MODI, BJP ANXIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a global investor conference in Gujarat on January 13, India's "captains of industry" -- Anil Ambani, Sunil Mittal, Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani and K.V. Kamath -- heaped lavish praise on Chief Minister Narendra Modi for developing Gujarat as one of the nation's leading busi [...]	2009-01-21 13:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN PHUM
09NEWDELHI1290	NEW INDIAN S&T AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Environment, Science and Technology (EST) issues have taken on renewed emphasis in India with the appointment of two key Ministers that are well respected, action and results oriented, and favorably disposed toward the U.S. MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES [...]	2009-06-22 10:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL ECON SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI1291	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "PAKISTAN USES NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO BLACKMAIL AMERICA," editorial in June 22 right-of-center Marathi daily, SAAMNA: "Despite the rising global pressure on Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan does not seem to have changed its ways. On the contrary, the Pakistani government s [...]	2009-06-22 11:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1293	INDIA SUPPORTS STATEMENT OF IMPARTIALITY IN AFGHAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 13:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF IN
09NEWDELHI1294	INDIA: EMPHASIS ON INCREASING U.S. S&T COLLABORATION [...] (SBU) During a 19 June courtesy call, Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, newly appointed Minister for Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences, and continuing Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, told the Charge (CDA) that he wanted science and technology (S&T) collaboration betwe [...]	2009-06-23 04:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA SENV TSPL ECON SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI1299	VALIDATION STUDY OF NEW DELHI'S P3 PERFORMERS [...] SUMMARY: As one of a series of validation studies (reftels A-D) by Embassy New Delhi, Fraud Prevention personnel undertook a validation of P3 visas issued in FY 2008. Given the size of the groups that often apply for P3 visas, and the concomitant risk of a few "extras" thrown in, we have giv [...]	2009-06-23 08:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI1300	INDIA JUSTIFIES DISSENT ON NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon explained to the Charge d'Affaires June 22 India's rationale for failing to support International Nuclear Fuel Bank proposals at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting in Vienna June 15-16 (ref A). According to media re [...]	2009-06-23 13:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI1301	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN [...] "OBAMA'S POSITIVE PEACE PROPOSAL," editorial in June 17 Kolkata Bengali magazine, DESH: "The question is to what degree hardcore Islamic nations and terrorist groups will respond to Obama's call. The Americans will have to shun their arrogance. On their part, the Islamic world will have to bec [...]	2009-06-23 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1302	OBAMA SPEECH IN CAIRO: INDIA MEDIA REPORT III [...] "OBAMA'S EFFORTS," editorial in June 8 right-of- center Urdu daily, MUNSIF: "Obama cannot be held responsible for the atrocities perpetrated by Bush, but it is a fact that massacre and bloodshed in Afghanistan and Iraq were committed by none other than Obama's predecessor. To what extent can O [...]	2009-06-23 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1308	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] "PAKISTAN'S PROBLEMS," editorial in June 24 right- of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "There is not going to be an end to the problems faced by Pakistan despite its receiving enormous aid from America. This is because most of the aid is utilized to amass weapons against India and the [...]	2009-06-24 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1316	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] "IRAN ON THE THRESHOLD OF CHANGE," op-ed in June 25 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAAL: "The turbulent aftermath of Iran's elections also holds some positive possibilities. Nobody can predict when the violence will stop over there, but President Ahmadinejad now cannot be stripped of his presidency [...]	2009-06-25 11:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1318	INDIA WELCOMES SRI LANKAN DELEGATION, PROGRESS ON [...] (U) Senior Adviser to the Sri Lankan President Basil Rajapaksa and his brother, Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gothbaya Rajapaksa, met with Indian External Affairs Minister Krishna in Delhi on June 24. They discussed the resettlement and rehabilitation of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) [...]	2009-06-25 11:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF PTER CE IN
09NEWDELHI1319	CONGRESS PARTY LEVERAGES ELECTORAL WIN TO EMPOWER [...] (SBU) Summary. Following an impressive win in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government demonstrated the value it places on female constituents by introducing a cachet of women's empowerment initiatives. President Patil's outline of her gover [...]	2009-06-25 12:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1321	HUMAN RESOURCE, LABOR, AND WOMEN/CHILD DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) The Congress Party appointed three party loyalists to positions in the Human Resource Development, Labor, and Women/Child Development Ministries. Sibal: Experienced Lawyer and Politician Takes Helm at Human Resource Development ----- 2. (U) Kapil Sibal was sworn into the cabinet on M [...]	2009-06-26 06:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN KDEM KOCI KWMN KTIP ELAB
09NEWDELHI1328	WOMEN IN THE LOK SABHA: IS IT A CHAMPAGNE MOMENT? [...] SUMMARY: The 2009 parliamentary election highlighted the possible emergence of women leaders in Indian politics, with the focus on Meira Kumar as the speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) along with a contingent of influential women leaders vying for parliamentary seats. Fi [...]	2009-06-26 12:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1329	BJP: NOT THERE YET [...] (U) The BJP,s two-day national executive meeting held in Lucknow was expected to be a fire-works show, complete with stinging accusations and counter charges. Embassy contacts and media report that passions ran high, and the meeting lived up to its controversial billing. In the aftermath [...]	2009-06-26 13:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1330	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 22-26, 2009, including the following: -- India To Be Fastest Growing Economy in 2010 -- India Signals Openness to Re-Start Doha Round Negotiations -- GOI Announces New PPP Norms -- GOI Announces [...]	2009-06-26 13:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1331	INDIA URGES NORTH KOREA TO RETURN TO SIX-PARTY [...] (SBU) External Affairs Minister Krishna, in a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Yu Myung-hwan in Delhi June 23, agreed that it was "important for the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks," according to a press release from the Ministry. Indian media characterized the statement as "a [...]	2009-06-26 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN IN
09NEWDELHI1333	MEA KRISHNA HONORS BHUTAN WITH FIRST VISIT ABROAD [...] (U) Summary. India's newly-appointed Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna visited Bhutan June 18-20, marking his first trip abroad after assuming power. Krishna met with the current and former kings, Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley, and other officials to reaffirm the close relationship b [...]	2009-06-26 13:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR ENRG EAID ELTN
09NEWDELHI1334	INDIAN OFFICIALS TO VISIT MALDIVES TO RAISE [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Menon told Charge on June 26 that he would be traveling with National Security Adviser Narayanan to the Maldives June 29-30 to address their growing concern over Maldivian internal stability. Menon related that India feared the one "stable" nation in the region was at ris [...]	2009-06-26 13:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MV PK IN
09NEWDELHI1337	NSA JONES DISCUSSES U.S.-INDIA SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Meeting National Security Advisor James Jones on June 26, Defense Minister A.K. Antony stressed his support for moving beyond minor irritants and to a broad and expanded security relationship between India and the United States. Both Jones and Antony affirmed their commitment to buildi [...]	2009-06-29 05:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PK AG IN
09NEWDELHI1338	PRIME MINISTER SINGH DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh shared his views on the bilateral relationship and regional security challenges with visiting National Security Advisor Jones June 26. The Prime Minister welcomed the Secretary of State's planned visit to develop the "enormous opportunities" in the relationsh [...]	2009-06-29 05:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI1339	NSA NARAYANAN PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS TO WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Advisor Narayanan, the Foreign Secretary, and Defense Secretary, as well as a number of other senior officials, reiterated India's desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship during a series of meetings with National Security Advisor General James Jones an [...]	2009-06-29 10:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK IN
09NEWDELHI1340	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/TERRORISM; [...] "TALIBAN'S TYRANNY IN FAILED PAKISTAN," editorial in June 29 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "The Taliban-orchestrated violence and mayhem is becoming a severe challenge for Pakistani administrators, with innocent civilians becoming targets of mindless acts of terrorism that has ruined [...]	2009-06-29 10:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1349	NAXALITES: AN EMERGING NATIONAL THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent violence in West Bengal has focused attention on India's Maoist insurgency, which has become one of the most violent of its domestic conflicts. The broad network of Maoist cells, known as the Naxalite movement, is present in at least eleven of India's twenty-eight states [...]	2009-06-29 13:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1350	SPOTLIGHT ON RAHUL GANDHI AFTER 2009 ELECTION [...] (SBU) The 2009 Indian parliamentary election was largely seen as a "coming-of-age" for 39-year old Congress Party General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi. Throughout the campaign, media cast a spotlight on Rahul's every move -- from visiting almost every state to address public rallies, to gambling o [...]	2009-06-29 14:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1356	RIGHTS FOR SEXUAL MINORITIES IN INDIA MAY GROW [...] (U) Summary. India's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transvestite (LGBT) community is becoming increasingly active, while Indian society appears to be slowly accepting equal rights for the community. The global LGBT Month saw marches in major Indian cities, including New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, [...]	2009-06-30 08:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1357	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S MUSLIM [...] "OBAMA'S NEW KID ON THE KASHMIR BLOCK," editorial in June 30 left-of-center Marathi daily, MAHARASHTRA TIMES: "The Obama administration's appointment of Farah Pandith, a woman of Kashmiri-origin chosen to reach out to the Muslim world, has been welcomed. This is the first time the post of such [...]	2009-06-30 10:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI136	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ALLENGERS MEDICAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On January 15, 2009, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Allengers Medical Systems [...]	2009-01-22 09:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC IN
09NEWDELHI1362	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] "FAILED COUNTRY PAKISTAN," editorial in June 30 right-of-center Urdu daily, INQUILAB: "Defeat of the Taliban will not resolve all the problems of Pakistan. The country will have to tackle the problems like food scarcity, water shortage, power failure, unemployment and many more. Without taking [...]	2009-07-01 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1364	LIONS CLUB LETTERS A TICKET TO USA? [...] SUMMARY: Interviewing hundreds wishing to attend the 2009 Lions Clubs International convention in Minneapolis, post personnel identified several significant fraud indicators. FPU and ARSO-I personnel isolated four applicants with completely fraudulent supporting packages. After those applic [...]	2009-07-01 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI1367	MINISTER KRISHNA'S EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rounding out the new Minister of External Affairs team headed by S.M. Krishna (Ref A),Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appointed Preneet Kaur and Shashi Tharoor as Ministers of State. Tharoor's extensive foreign policy background and savvy media image are expected to lend clout to [...]	2009-07-02 10:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN

09NEWDELHI137	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA INAUGURATION; NEW DELHI. [...] "DREAM AND REALITY," editorial in 21 Jan centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Despite its openness, American society is very conservative when it comes to gender and racial equality. When you see how difficult it is for women and non-whites to make it big, then you know the significance of B [...]	2009-01-22 11:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1372	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAQ, SINO-INDIA [...] "FAILED STATE," editorial in July 1 independent Kolkata Bengali ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "Pakistan will face more danger if the current turmoil is not controlled and the uprooted people are not returned to their homes, no matter what the President or the Prime Minister says. Instability in Pakista [...]	2009-07-02 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1374	HISTORIC DAY FOR THE RIGHTS OF SEXUAL MINORITIES IN INDIA [...] (U) On July 2, the Delhi High Court issued a landmark judgment in support of the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community in India. The High Court ruled that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalizes consensual sex between adults (18 years of age or above [...]	2009-07-02 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1379	NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 29 TO [...] Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 29-July 2, 2009, including the following: -- World Bank: Don't Require Deep Emission Cuts from India -- India Against International Climate Change Monitoring, Carbon Tax -- [...]	2009-07-02 13:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TBIO ENRG ECON SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI1386	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS, PAKISTAN; [...] "UNNECESSARY CONCERN ABOUT CHINA," op-ed in July 5 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "In 1962, India's political and military leadership was not experienced enough to face China. The question is should we be still worry about another armed struggle with China? 2009 is not 1962, and now India may not [...]	2009-07-06 11:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1392	INDIA'S ECONOMIC SURVEY FOCUSES ON GROWTH AND FISCAL [...] (U) Summary: The Economic Survey for India's Fiscal Year (IFY) 2008-09 (4/1/2008 to 3/31/2009) presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in India's Parliament on July 2 paints a resilient picture of the Indian economy. The Survey sees a 'U shaped' recovery for growth in IFY 2009-10 (4/1/2 [...]	2009-07-06 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1397	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, IRAQ; NEW [...] "NORTH KOREA'S FRUSTRATION," editorial in July 6 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "What is wrong with North Korea? It again test fired missiles Thursday and Saturday, in complete disregard of international opinion. What was Pyongyang trying to convey by testing on the U.S. Independence [...]	2009-07-07 11:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1398	KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES A/S BLAKE [...] (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi sent post a letter from the Fifth King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck to Assistant Secretary Bob Blake congratulating him on his appointment and inviting him to visit the Himalayan kingdom. We will send the original letter to SCA/INS. 2. (U) [...]	2009-07-07 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI1401	THE NEW BUDGET INVESTS IN RURAL INDIA, BUT POSTPONES FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented a rural-oriented 2009-2010 central government budget on July 6 which many say reflect his style: pragmatic, not flashy, and indifferent to market expectations. Indeed, the initial reaction of many to the budget was one of disappointm [...]	2009-07-07 14:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR EPET PREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1411	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, POTUS [...] "ALTHOUGH LATE, ZARDARI FINALLY SPEAKS THE TRUTH," editorial in July 9 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "Pakistani President Zardari's admission, that Pakistan created and nurtured terrorists to achieve short-term goals, is the first such instance by any Pakistani head of state in recen [...]	2009-07-09 11:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1429	C1/D VALIDATION SHOWS HIGH COMPLIANCE IN NEW DELHI [...] SUMMARY: As one of a series of validation studies (reftels A-E) by Embassy New Delhi, Post undertook a validation of C1/D visas issued in FY 2007. Post typically sees a range of applicants from first-time seafarers to seasoned captains. Other than their new professions, first-time C1/D appl [...]	2009-07-10 10:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI1432	MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, U.S.- [...] "A SHAMELESS CONFESSION," editorial in July 10 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "President Zardari made a sensational admission, saying Pakistan nurtured terrorists as a policy to achieve tactical objectives. Now anything that Zardari does is not simple. So he might take a u-turn and deny or tw [...]	2009-07-10 11:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1433	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 6-10, 2009, including the following: -- Sharma Sees Recovery Signs in Exports -- Update on India's Balance of Payments -- Price Rise for Petrol and Diesel -- Lower House of Parliament Passes Railwa [...]	2009-07-10 13:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1434	NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 6 TO [...] Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 06-July 10, 2009, including the following: -- A Plan for Cheetah Reintroduction? -- Insurgency Takes a Toll on Wildlife -- Forest Fires in Jammu and Kashmir -- India Increas [...]	2009-07-11 12:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TSPA ECPS SCUL EAGR IN
09NEWDELHI1439	MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, G-8 [...] "DOUBTS ABOUT ZARDARI'S INTENTIONS," editorial in July 10 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Pakistan President Zardari's statement that his country not only willfully created but also nurtured terrorists as a policy to achieve tactical objectives is important. However, confessions a [...]	2009-07-13 10:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1442	KING OF BHUTAN WISHES PRESIDENT OBAMA A HAPPY [...] (U) Post received a letter of congratulations to President Barack Obama from His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. We will forward the signed original via pouch and send a scanned copy to SCA/INSB. 2. (U) Begin text: Your Excellency, The people of Bhutan jo [...]	2009-07-13 12:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI1447	MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, PAKISTAN, [...] "READY FOR PEACE TALKS," editorial in July 13 right- of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "PM Manmohan Singh has once again made it clear that India is ready to restore bilateral relations with Pakistan. Now Pakistan should also take initiatives to make the joint efforts successful. Pakista [...]	2009-07-14 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1458	MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "ANOTHER ABOUT TURN BY PAKISTAN," editorial in July 15 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "Despite the prevailing security threats and volatile political situation in Pakistan, the Punjab provincial government informed Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday that it wanted to withdraw its petition ch [...]	2009-07-15 11:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1459	HOME MINISTER'S RESPONSE TO USG LETTER REQUESTING [...] (U) Indian Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram on July 6 responded to Charge Burleigh's May 26 letter regarding increased counterterrorism (CT) cooperation between our countries. The full text of the letter is below: Thank you very much for your letter dated 26 May 2009 congratulating m [...]	2009-07-15 11:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1464	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary: Mission India warmly welcomes you to India. This is an opportune moment in the relationship between the world's largest democracies. The Congress Party's strong showing in the April elections allowed formation of a new and strong Indian government--freed from the constrain [...]	2009-07-15 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	EAGR EAID ECIN EFIN EINT EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC
09NEWDELHI1466	INDIAN AND PAKISTANI FOREIGN SECRETARIES MET; [...] (SBU) The Sharm-el-Sheikh session between India and Pakistan,s Foreign Secretaries on July 14 appears to have gone fairly well, with the Indian press reporting that Menon and Bashir discussed terrorism, specifically the 26/11 attack and Islamabad's next steps in trying the accused perpetrators [...]	2009-07-15 14:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI147	MEDIA REACTION: CORONATION OF OBAMA; NEW DELHI. [...] "BIRTH OF A NEW DREAM," editorial in January 22 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "In the U.S., thousands will attend a rock concert, but it gets tough to get even a hundred people to a political gathering. But they came for Obama -- in thousands, braving the numbing cold. So, what made th [...]	2009-01-23 10:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1475	MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, G-8 [...] "ZARDARI'S TRYST WITH TRUTH," commentary in July 15 right of center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Zardari has shown rare courage in making a candid admission of the domestic realities. Till recently it was both blasphemous and anti-national in Islamabad to acknowledge this truth. The military-l [...]	2009-07-16 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1485	INDO-PAK TALKS: ON THE ROAD AGAIN? [...] (C) Summary: Indian Prime Minister Singh's July 16 meeting in Sharm el Sheikh with Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani has drawn a heated reaction from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left. The political fallout threatens to overshadow the potential positive developments stemming from t [...]	2009-07-17 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1486	MEIRA KUMAR: INDIA'S FIRST FEMALE PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 15th Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) elected Meira Kumar the first female Parliament Speaker on June 3, 2009. The former Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment is largely viewed as a safe, consensus choice. As a woman and a Dalit (former untouchable),Kumar's sel [...]	2009-07-19 13:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1487	POWER STRUGGLE IN LITTLE LHASA: TIBETAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The battle for control over the Tibetan Government-in-Exile (TGIE) has begun in Dharamsala, India. As the Dalai Lama turned 74 years old on July 7, Tibet watchers reiterated that the most volatile times in Tibetan politics usually occur around the time of a Dalai Lama's death. T [...]	2009-07-19 14:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR KDEM CH IN
09NEWDELHI1488	NIRUPAMA RAO: A POISED NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indian President Patil appointed Nirupama Rao as India,s second female Foreign Secretary. She will take office at the end of the month. A trusted East Asia hand, Rao is a veteran diplomat, known for her poised demeanor; she most recently served as Indian Ambassador to China. [...]	2009-07-20 01:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1489	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 13-17, 2009, including the following: -- Informal WTO Talks to be Held in September -- EGoM to Help Steer the Long Delayed 3G Spectrum Auction -- Adequacy of India's Foreign Exchange Reserves -- [...]	2009-07-20 07:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1490	MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK [...] "TERRORISM, PAKISTAN AND HILLARY CLINTON'S INDIA VISIT," editorial in July 17 centrist Marathi daily NAVSHAKTI: "The Indian government is as usual is in a state of high alert in order to protect its financial capital - Mumbai -- from yet another terror attack. On the other hand, the Pakistani [...]	2009-07-20 07:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI150	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 20-23, 2009, including the following: -- Montek Ahluwalia on 2009: "Brace Yourselves" -- Canadian FIPA/BIT Still Being Scrubbed -- GOI May Relax SEZ Norms Due to Low Export Demand -- Tourism in [...]	2009-01-23 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1501	MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK [...] "RELATIONS WITH U.S. IN NEW ERA," op-ed in July 19 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic analyst K. Subrahmanyam: "Hillary Clinton is very popular among the Indian community in the U.S. No previous secretary of state was in a better position than her to strengthen the U.S.-India relations.... [...]	2009-07-20 11:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1508	KASAB UNEXPECTEDLY ADMITS TO CARRYING OUT MUMBAI [...] The sole survivor of the ten member team alleged to have carried out last November's terrorist attacks on Mumbai, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, unexpectedly admitted his guilt to the judge in court on July 20. As prosecutors prepared to question the 135th witness out of the 150 slated to testify [...]	2009-07-20 14:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI151	INDIA TO INVESTIGATE DETONATOR SALES TO SYRIA, [...] (S) Ministry of External Affairs Under Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Mr. Vipul told Poloff January 23 that India took very seriously ref A information about the sale by two Indian firms of Wassenaar-controlled detonators to Syria, and said India would inv [...]	2009-01-23 12:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER IN SY
09NEWDELHI1514	SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY [...] The Secretary's press conference with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna generated lead stories today. Reports said U.S. and India announced they had agreed on an "end-use monitoring" pact that takes a major step toward allowing the sale of sophisticated U.S. arms to India. 2. Secretar [...]	2009-07-21 12:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1516	GOI RESPONSE TO USG DELEGATION VISIT REGARDING [...] The Government of India (GOI) has declined the proposed visit of a team from the Department of Energy (National Nuclear Security Administration) and Department of Homeland Security (Bureau of Customs and Border Protection) to discuss the Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) and Megaports Initiative. [...]	2009-07-22 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KHLS PREL EWWT ETTC PARM IN PTER
09NEWDELHI1517	SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY [...] Media reports said that the Indian government, under attack from the Opposition for "compromising" national sovereignty by agreeing to allow U.S. inspection of military installations, asserted it has not bargained away India's interest by going in for the End-User Monitoring Agreement with Ame [...]	2009-07-22 12:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI152	CIVIL NUCLEAR TRADE MISSION REVEALS IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. A trade mission co-led by the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and Nuclear Energy Institute explored opportunities for civil nuclear cooperation in meetings with senior political and technical officials in New De [...]	2009-01-23 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI1524	U.S. NGOS: INDIA CONSIDERS SUPPORTING [...] (C) In a July 21 meeting with Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar, Assistant Secretary Robert Blake raised the issue of two American NGOs recently refused accreditation by a UN ECOSOC committee. The NGOs in question are the Democracy Coalition Project and the Dynamic Christian World Missi [...]	2009-07-22 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1526	MEDIA REACTION, NEW DELHI: SECSTATE INDIA [...] "DEAD WARRIOR IN A POLITICAL DRAMA," editorial-page article in July 23 independent Kolkata Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "It is unethical for the U.S. to advise China and India to become responsible without spelling out its own agenda on environmental protection issues. Secretary Clinton [...]	2009-07-23 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI153	DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 20-23, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 20-23, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Dalai Lama Asks Delhi to Choose Dialogue, Promote Tolerance -- Former BJP Parliamentarians Join Congress in Karnataka -- CPM Sus [...]	2009-01-23 12:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
09NEWDELHI1535	A/S BLAKE DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP DIALOGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Robert Blake met with Indian Joint Secretary (AMS) Gaitri Kumar July 21 and outlined next steps in the new Strategic Dialogue. They agreed that Counter Terrorism was an immediate focus and that Home Minister Chidambaram should visit Washington as soon as p [...]	2009-07-24 08:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ECON ENRG SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI1538	MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK [...] "NEW MILESTONE IN RELATIONS," editorial in July 23 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The agreements finalized during the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to India can be defined as a new milestone in U.S.-India relations. No doubt there are differences over enrichment and reproces [...]	2009-07-24 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI154	PRIME MINISTER TO UNDERGO BY-PASS SURGERY [...] (SBU) Media sources and government officials confirmed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will undergo heart by-pass surgery tomorrow as one or more of his arteries have blockages. He was admitted to hospital tonight. Minister of State for External Affairs confirmed this to DCM and MEA Join [...]	2009-01-23 13:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI1544	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- GOI Releases Online Customs and Tariff Database -- Report on Benefits to India of Increasing FDI in Higher Ed -- Minister Sharma on Retail Growth and Agricul [...]	2009-07-24 14:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1546	RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT: [...] (C) In a July 24 meeting Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Secretary (Russia) Rahul Shrivastava. He welcomed the information and said it was useful to get a more detailed readout. Shrivastava noted that he did not believe that Russia's main irritant [...]	2009-07-27 09:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1547	MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE VISIT TO INDIA, INDO- [...] "U.S.-INDIA RELATIONSHIP: IS IT A REAL FRIENDSHIP?" article in centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "The U.S. Secretary of State received an extraordinarily warm welcome in India. However, the overwhelming media coverage is not an indication of the nature of bilateral bonds between India and the U. [...]	2009-07-27 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1565	MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, U.S.- [...] "WELCOMING ARIHANT: INDIA NEEDS TO BE ALERT TO A POSSIBLE ATTACK FROM THE SEA," editorial in July 28 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "India's naval defense preparedness has taken a decisive leap forward with the launch of the first indigenously-built nuclear powered submarine, INS Arihant, whi [...]	2009-07-28 10:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1572	CONGRESS WALKS A FINE LINE IN UTTAR PRADESH [...] (SBU) Three weeks before Uttar Pradesh,s (U.P.) state assembly by-elections, the Congress Party,s state unit chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi kicked up a political dust storm with an incendiary comment about U.P. Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati. The party now finds itself having to weather this storm [...]	2009-07-28 14:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1583	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1595	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "MISCONCEPTION OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN," op-ed in July 29 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The media in both India and Pakistan failed to rise above their mindsets to welcome the outcome of the Sharm-el- Sheikh meetings. Hillary Clinton's statement that the two countries should resol [...]	2009-07-30 11:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI16	HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM PROVIDES CONCURRENCE ON [...] (S) In a brief meeting with the Ambassador on January 5, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said that, after conferring with his colleagues, India concurred in the U.S. sharing information with Pakistani authorities that had been gathered by U.S. law enforcement authorities during the Mumbai investigat [...]	2009-01-05 14:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1600	AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 26-27 visit, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta announced the establishment of an India-Afghanistan Partnership Council and discussed security concerns with Prime Minister Singh, Foreign Minister Krishna, and National Security Advisor Narayanan. Embassy contacts called the v [...]	2009-07-30 13:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IN
09NEWDELHI1604	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, U.S- [...] "INDIA-PAKISTAN TALKS: NO NEGOTIATION OUT OF FEAR; AND NO FEAR OF NEGOTIATION," editorial in July 31 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "In his response to the accusation of being a sellout to Pakistan, Prime Minister Singh reiterated Kennedy's rhetoric: "let us never negotiate out of fear, but l [...]	2009-07-31 11:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1608	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 27-31, 2009, including the following: -- Tax Breaks Clear the Way for Oil and Gas Auction -- Passing of FY 2010 Budget Trumps Economic Reforms -- India Plans September WTO Mini-Ministerial to Reener [...]	2009-07-31 12:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP KIPR IN CN
09NEWDELHI161	BHUTANESE FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES SECRETARY [...] (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi sent post an original letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Ugyen Tshering to the Secretary congratulating her on her confirmation. We will send the signed original via pouch and fax a copy to SCA/INS. 2. (U) The text of the letter follows: Begin [...]	2009-01-27 11:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI162	BHUTANESE KING AND PM CONGRATULATE VICE PRESIDENT [...] (U) Summary. Post received letters of congratulations to Vice President Biden from Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley and His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. The letter from the Prime Minister is the signed original and we will forward the original via pouch and fax a [...]	2009-01-27 11:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI1620	PM SINGH DEFENDS FOREIGN POLICY IN PARLIAMENT (CORRECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Singh defended his government's handling of foreign policy before the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) on July 29, addressing head-on opposition criticism of the joint statement with Pakistani Prime Minister Gillani at Sharm el-Sheikh, and ancillary gripes ab [...]	2009-08-03 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1621	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "PRIME MINISTER'S NEW POLICY," op-ed in August 2 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh's message in Parliament was clear: Pakistan is a tough neighbor, and we along with other nations should prepare it to denounce terror. Since Pakistan has nuclear weapons, all nati [...]	2009-08-03 11:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1624	REACHING OUT TO RAHUL GANDHI AND OTHER YOUNG [...] (C) Summary: In a candid conversation with the Ambassador during the July 20 lunch hosted by Prime Minister Singh for the Secretary, Indian Congress Party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi described his focus on upcoming state and local elections, expressed concerns regarding the challenges surroundin [...]	2009-08-03 14:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1625	KASHMIR: CHIEF MINISTER OMAR ABDULLAH'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a raucous Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state assembly session on July 28, Chief Minister (CM) Omar Abdullah resigned after an opposition party member accused him of involvement in a 2006 sex scandal. Even though the Home Ministry issued a statement later that day exonerating [...]	2009-08-03 14:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI163	BHUTANESE KING AND PM CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (U) Summary. Post received letters of congratulations to President Barack Obama from Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley and His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. The letter from the Prime Minister is the signed original and we will forward the original via pouch and fax [...]	2009-01-27 11:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
09NEWDELHI1636	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "MISPLACED GENEROSITY," op-ed in August 3 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's latest peace overture to a recalcitrant Pakistan seems bewildering and misplaced. How can you repose trust in a Pakistan that is unwilling to own up to its misdemeanors? Paki [...]	2009-08-04 11:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1637	SPECIAL ENVOY STERN ENGAGES INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND NGO [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern held a series of meetings July 20-21 in New Delhi with Government of India officials and NGO representatives to discuss the upcoming Copenhagen Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC as well as potential areas for U.S. - India bila [...]	2009-08-04 11:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI1641	NEW MEA COUNTERTERRISM DIRECTOR SOUMEN BAGCHI [...] (SBU) Soumen Bagchi, the new director of counterterrorism (CT) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),expressed interest in expanding U.S. - India CT cooperation in an Aug. 3 courtesy call in New Delhi. S/CT and Poloff brought the new CT Director up to date on pending activities, in [...]	2009-08-04 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PK IN
09NEWDELHI1648	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN'S INTENTION," editorial in August 4 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "Pakistan is showing its true colors now. From its attitude on the Hafiz Saeed's case, it is clear that Pakistan has no intention to improve relations with India. India should also adopt a tit- for-tat attitude against Paki [...]	2009-08-06 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1649	U.S.-INDIAN RELATIONS: NEXT STEPS IN THE STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Following on the August 5 Interagency Policy Committee meeting to discuss the Strategic Dialogue, Mission offers its views on next steps in the run up to the Prime Minister's November visit. We spell out dialogue goals, describe ways to move forward, flag pitfalls and propose po [...]	2009-08-06 15:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS ENRG EFIN CVIS AMGT IN
09NEWDELHI165	POST COMMENTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT DOL'S DRAFT LIST [...] (C) Summary. Embassy New Delhi welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of goods that DOL has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor. Post requests the Indian goods listed (reftel A) be withdrawn from DOL's draft list until post [...]	2009-01-27 13:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EIND ELAB ETRD IN PHUM
09NEWDELHI1655	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, THE [...] "MISCONCEPTIONS BEHIND INDIA'S PAK POLICY," op-ed in August 6 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Even though India's extended hand has been slapped again and again by Pakistan, right-minded Indians still desire peace and stability on the subcontinent -- but with dignity. Instead of P [...]	2009-08-07 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1657	NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY 27 TO AUGUST 07, [...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 27 to August 07, 2009, including the following: -- Environment Minister Opposes Mining Project -- Arunachal Pradesh Civil Rights Group Opposes Hydro Power Projects -- National Dis [...]	2009-08-07 14:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TBIO ENRG ECON SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI1658	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 3-7, 2009, including the following: -- Exports Decline for 9th Straight Month; Imports Decline More -- Possible Law to Clarify Sector-specific Investment Caps -- India and South Korea Sign Trade A [...]	2009-08-10 02:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN EPET ETRD BEXP KIPR IN XB XA
09NEWDELHI1666	MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, U.S.- [...] "AFTER BAITULLAH," editorial in August 8 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's killing in a U.S. drone attack does not benefit the NATO forces struggling in Afghanistan much, but it is a big relief for Pakistan. The U.S. strategy is to weaken the T [...]	2009-08-10 11:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1667	DALAI LAMA SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a August 8 introductory meeting, the Ambassador sought the Dalai Lama's views on his upcoming October visit to the U.S. and his strategy for engaging China. The Dalai Lama suggested the U.S. engage China on climate change in Tibet, recognizing that Tibetans could wait five to ten ye [...]	2009-08-10 13:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PHUM PREL PGOV PREF KDEM CH IN
09NEWDELHI1668	INDIA DETAINS SUSPICIOUS DPRK VESSEL FOR [...] (SBU) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed August 8 that the Indian Coast Guard intercepted the DPRK-flagged merchant vessel MUSAN and detained its 39 crew members after the vessel unexpectedly dropped anchor off Hut Bay at Little Andaman Island August 5, failed to respond to attem [...]	2009-08-10 15:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP KN IN
09NEWDELHI1671	INDIA - FIRST PANDEMIC H1N1 DEATHS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India experienced its first confirmed pandemic H1N1 influenza related death on 3 August, and has had a total of seven reported deaths over the past week. The number of positive cases rose to 959 as of 10 August. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH) has announced new [...]	2009-08-11 08:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09NEWDELHI1673	MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, SRI [...] "CONTINUING JIHAD IN AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: AN AMERICAN GAMEPLAN," op-ed in August 11 right-of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Analysts and researchers throughout the world have concluded that the jihad continuing in Afghanistan and Pakistan for the last 30 years is, in fact, an American [...]	2009-08-11 11:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1675	BHUTAN: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) In an August 11 exchange about Bhutan's participation in the 64th UN General Assembly, the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs Kunzang Namgyel told us that Bhutan expects to send a delegation of approximately five officials led by Foreign Minister Ugyen Tshering. Post will transmit a [...]	2009-08-11 12:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA IN
09NEWDELHI1676	INDIA: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) In an August 10 discussion about India's participation in the 64th UN General Assembly, MEA UN Political Deputy Secretary Sanjay Rana told us that India expects to send a delegation of 20 to 30 officials led by Prime Minister Singh and Foreign Minister Krishna. Post will transmit additi [...]	2009-08-11 12:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA IN
09NEWDELHI1677	NSA NARAYANAN ON CIV-NUKE IMPLEMENTATION, CT/INTEL [...] (C) Summary: Indian NSA M.K. Narayanan stressed a desire to work closely to develop a ambitious agenda for PM Singh's November visit to Washington and flagged his decisive role in pushing through End-Use Monitoring Agreement (EUM) and directing Indian foreign policy, during an August 10 introducto [...]	2009-08-11 13:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN
09NEWDELHI1678	INDIA LIKELY TO ENDORSE INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT [...] (SBU) Sanjay Rana, MEA Deputy Secretary for UN Political Affairs, told us August 10 that the GOI is unlikely to oppose an effort by the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to set up an international tribunal to prosecute pirates. Rana expressed little enthusiasm for the o [...]	2009-08-11 14:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1690	MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, INDIA- [...] "AMERICA'S DOUBLE STANDARDS," op-ed in August 12 left-of-center Marathi daily, AAPLA MAHANAGAR: "The U.S. policy towards Pakistan is duplicitous and not favoring India. The U.S. is more bothered about Pakistan's sovereignty, as if it is America's responsibility to protect Pakistan from variou [...]	2009-08-12 12:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1698	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS, INDIA- [...] "HOTLINE OF RELATIONS," editorial in August 12 Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Both India and China are mature in diplomacy, but their deep distrust of each other does not allow any progress in relations. The decision to set up a hotline between them was the only outcome of last week's talks. [...]	2009-08-13 11:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI17	MENON PRESENTS EVIDENCE OF PAKISTAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon shared with Ambassador Mulford and fourteen other ambassadors January 5 evidence linking the Mumbai terrorist attacks to Pakistan. Menon reported that he had summoned the Pakistan High Commissioner earlier in the day to share a similar, more limite [...]	2009-01-05 14:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI170	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA-NEW [...] "OBAMA'S SIGNAL TO PAKISTAN" editorial in the January 28, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily NAVASHAKTI. "Two U.S. missile strikes that killed at least 20 people at suspected terrorist hideouts in northwestern Pakistan three days ago could be interpreted as a tangible sign of U.S. [...]	2009-01-28 10:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1707	FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO UPBEAT AND EXPANSIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his introductory meeting with Foreign Secretary Rao August 12, Ambassador Roemer stressed the importance of the Strategic Dialogue and of implementing the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, as well as bringing to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumb [...]	2009-08-13 13:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN
09NEWDELHI1708	THE 13TH ROUND OF INDIA-CHINA BORDER TALKS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The thirteenth round of the India-China boundary negotiations, expanded to include a range of bilateral and international issues, was held on August 7-8 in New Delhi and ended without progress on the border dispute. The two sides agreed to establish a telephone hotline between ca [...]	2009-08-13 14:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH IN
09NEWDELHI1717	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "USED TO BEING CHEATED," commentary in August 14 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The Pakistanis must be laughing at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's borrowed formulation that we must adopt a "trust but verify" approach to our relations with their country. Our politicians only trust [...]	2009-08-17 11:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1721	INDIAN REACTION TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S CONVICTION [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel points on August 17 with Anju Ranjan, MEA Under Secretary for Asian Affairs, and pressed for a strong GOI expression of disappointment about ASSK's conviction and GOI advocacy for pursuit of a more productive path when speaking with Burmese officials. Ranjan referred [...]	2009-08-17 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL IN BM
09NEWDELHI1722	INDIAN AF-PAK ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: When Ambassador Holbrooke visits New Delhi, his GOI interlocutors - National Security Advisor Narayanan, Foreign Secretary Rao, and Special Afghanistan Representative Lambah - will be eager to discuss India's USD 1.2 billion dollar assistance program in Afghanistan. They will like [...]	2009-08-17 13:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL PTER PINS EAID MASS IN
09NEWDELHI1727	AFGHANISTAN - MANAGING THE NEIGHBORS: INDIA [...] (C) The following responses are keyed to reftel questions and are drawn largely from our recent discussions about Afghan elections with senior GOI officials in which we highlighted reftel points. A) Analysis of India's likely strategic interests in Afghanistan's election: India has made a sub [...]	2009-08-18 09:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN AF
09NEWDELHI1728	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, SHAH [...] "MUSHARRAF IN TROUBLE," editorial in August 17 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's Supreme Court bench got ex- President General Musharraf into trouble declaring his provisional constitutional order unconstitutional. If President Zardari and PM Gilani accept th [...]	2009-08-18 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI173	FRANCE NEEDS CIVIL NUCLEAR LIABILITY CONVENTION, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The French public multinational civil nuclear firm Areva shares many of the same requirements for doing business in India as U.S. private sector firms, including a civil nuclear liability regime consistent with the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage and [...]	2009-01-28 14:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY PREL PARM TSPL KNNP EINV BEXP KIPR
09NEWDELHI1739	MEDIA REACTION: SHAH RUKH KHAN, TERRORISM, [...] "WAS THE IMMIGRATION OFFICER WHO HARRASSED SHAH RUKH A JEW?" commentary in August 19 right-of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Prior to the Shah Rukh Khan incident, several Muslim clerics have been deported from American airports. The strong American Jewish lobby prevents entry of Muslims [...]	2009-08-19 10:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1747	BJP EXPELS JASWANT SINGH -- INTERNAL STRIFE [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh became the latest victim of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) infighting on August 19 when the party expelled him for his favorable depiction of Pakistani founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah in his latest book. The decision to oust Jaswant Singh occurr [...]	2009-08-19 15:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1749	UPA 2.0: SLOW AND STEADY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly constituted Indian parliament concluded its first post-election session on August 7 after approving the annual national budget and passing important legislation on education while shelving several other pressing matters. The budget session was a mild disappointment f [...]	2009-08-20 02:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1753	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "MANMOHAN'S STATEMENT," editorial in August 19 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks on Monday that there was credible information that terrorist groups based in neighboring Pakistan were planning new attacks in India may be news to him, but it's n [...]	2009-08-20 10:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1754	India's Monsoon Politics [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian government (GOI) is trying to manage a poor monsoon season expected to result in low yields in rice, sugar cane, oilseeds and other crops. Between rising food prices and burdensome subsidy costs, the Food and Agriculture Minister and United Progressive Alliance (UPA [...]	2009-08-20 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV WTRO IN
09NEWDELHI1757	INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ON PAKISTAN, [...] (C) In a August 18 conversation, the Ambassador followed up with Indian National Security Advisor Narayanan about statements made by Prime Minister Singh in his August 17 speech to India's Chief Ministers regarding the on-going terrorism threat from Pakistan. (Note: The PM's comments had g [...]	2009-08-20 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1763	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "STATES' ROLE IN INTERNAL SECURITY," editorial in August 20 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said there was credible information of ongoing plans of terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out fresh attacks. On the one hand, the PM's warning reminds [...]	2009-08-21 11:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1766	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 17-21, 2009, including the following: -- Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Reconstituted -- Dr. Subir Gokran Likely to be Next RBI Deputy Governor -- Ministry of Finance Releases Direct T [...]	2009-08-21 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ECIN ECPS EINT EAGR EFIN EINV ENRG EPET
09NEWDELHI1768	HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM TO AMBASSADOR: LOOKING [...] (S) Summary: Home Minister Chidambaram spoke positively of U.S.-India cooperation on security issues in Ambassador Roemer's August 20 introductory meeting. The Ambassador shared several areas in which the U.S. hopes to advance cooperation, and assured the Minister of support at the highest [...]	2009-08-21 13:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PK IN

09NEWDELHI1769	HARYANA: DODGING DROUGHT, RIDING WAVES [...] (U) Summary: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress Party announced on August 21 that he has recommended dissolution of the state legislature and early elections to the state assembly. The state Governor must accept his recommendation. Originally scheduled for February [...]	2009-08-21 15:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1770	POST COMMENTS ON DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S UPDATE OF [...] (U) Summary. Embassy New Delhi welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of goods that DOL has reason to believe are produced by forced child labor. Post appreciates DOL's openness to post's comments on previous drafts and DOL's decision to remove the g [...]	2009-08-21 15:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI EIND IN
09NEWDELHI1774	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, INDIA-NEPAL [...] "WARNING OF DANGER," op-ed in August 23 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh recently warned that there was credible information of possible terror attacks from Pakistan- based terror groups. If Pakistan is really sincere about cooperating with India on terrorism [...]	2009-08-24 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1778	MEA JOINT SECRETARY RAGHAVAN CALLS MEETING FOR AN [...] (C)Summary: Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, T.C.A. Raghavan called an ""urgent briefing"" on August 18 for representatives of countries whose nationals were killed in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Raghavan provided a dossier on Hafiz Saeed, [...]	2009-08-24 14:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI178	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, GUANTANAMO: [...] "POLICY OF FRIENDSHIP," editorial in the January 28 pro- Congress Party HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "All of the following happened at the same time: U.S. President Barack Obama said in his message on Republic Day that the U.S. is India's best friend -- the message had a very personal touch; secondl [...]	2009-01-29 10:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1782	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-NEPAL [...] "BEWARE OF CHINA," editorial page article in August 24, centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "China has never been a friend of India. The Indian parliament once swore it will be get back every inch of land captured by China, but that intent was sacrificed at the altar of maintaining cordial relat [...]	2009-08-25 11:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1783	HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM'S WASHINGTON D.C. VISIT, SEPT. 7-10 [...] (S) Summary and Background: India's Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram will visit New York and Washington D.C from September 7 - 10. On August 19, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials shared the ""agenda points"" for the Home Minister's visit. The GOI sees the visit as an opportunit [...]	2009-08-25 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1788	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, U.S.-INDIA [...] "TALKS WITH PAKISTAN," editorial in August 25 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "There are indications that Pakistan is pressuring India to start the composite bilateral dialogue. Our strategists should get alert, and no softness should be shown toward Pakistan. Any dialogue under the present circum [...]	2009-08-26 11:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1789	BJP MELTDOWN, HARYANA RAMIFICATIONS [...] (U) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has parted ways with its occasional ally, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana, electing to fight the upcoming state assembly elections on its own. INLD leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala termed the decision "unilaterali [...]	2009-08-26 14:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI1795	PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR EMPHASIZES DE-LINKAGE BETWEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his introductory meeting with Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik August 25, Ambassador Roemer stressed the importance of bringing to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attacks and dismantling terrorist groups. He specifically emphasized the import [...]	2009-08-27 10:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1797	INDIA TO INVESTIGATE RDX SALE TO SYRIA, UPDATE ON PENDING CASES [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP ETTC IN IR SY
09NEWDELHI1801	INDIA BOOSTS TIES WITH NEPAL, KEEPS AN EYE ON CHINA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nepali Prime Minister Nepal's visit to New Delhi allowed India to hit the reset button in its ties with Nepal. PM Nepal met with all the right people and, despite Maoist pressure from home, came away with promises of substantial aid in infrastructure, trade, police training, and [...]	2009-08-28 05:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1805	MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, [...] "CANNED TERROR," editorial in August 27 centrist Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "A suspected Lashkar-e- Taiba militant's arrest cannot be taken lightly. Prime Minister Singh has already warned the nation against more dangerous terrorist activities in the coming festival season. There is no room [...]	2009-08-28 12:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1806	FOREIGN MINISTRY PROPOSES MOU ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Roemer pressed External Affairs Minister Krishna August 28 to complete the outstanding civil nuclear cooperation implementation items prior to Prime Minister Singh's November 24 visit to Washington. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar [...]	2009-08-28 15:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN
09NEWDELHI1808	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 24-28, 2009, including the following: -- India Announces Foreign Trade Policy for 2009-2014 -- ICRIER Seminar On Express Delivery Issues -- Washington Apples Bring Bonanza to Indian Importers -- [...]	2009-08-31 02:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI1812	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi. This is an opportune moment as we seek a truly global partnership with India and build upon the Secretary's highly successful July visit (Ref). Secretary Clinton and her counterpart, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, formally launche [...]	2009-08-31 14:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP LEW PREL EAGR EAID IN
09NEWDELHI1813	BJP: ENTER HINDUTVA HAWKS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With party revolts, expulsions, leadership intrigue, and name-calling dominating the headlines, the Bharatiya Janta Party(BJP) is in serious trouble and appears rudderless. The conclusion of the three-day long "introspection" meeting by the top party brass exacerbated the pub [...]	2009-08-31 15:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1814	TSA REP DISCUSSES BCAS AND FAMS MOU, VIP SCREENING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Transportation Safety Administration Representative (TSA South Asia Regional Rep newly stationed in Singapore) Thomas Keene visited New Delhi August 4-7 to meet with Government of India (GOI) officials and U.S. airlines representatives to discuss aviation security issues. During [...]	2009-09-01 03:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR PREL PTER IN OVIP
09NEWDELHI1815	FOR NOW, MUTED INDIAN REACTION TO PAK END-USE ALLEGATION [...] (SBU) In August 31 editions, nearly all major Indian dailies ran verbatim excerpts of the "New York Times" article alleging Pakistan end-use violations of U.S.-supplied military items, and most carried the story on the front page. Although the short news cycle time prevented Indian op-ed write [...]	2009-09-01 04:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK IN
09NEWDELHI1819	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, INDIA- [...] "LATE WISDOM DAWNS ON THE U.S.," editorial in September 1 left-of-center Marathi daily, MAHARASHTRA TIMES: "The U.S. has made a great and late discovery - that Pakistan illegally modified missiles given by the US to expand its capability to strike targets in India. There have been countless in [...]	2009-09-01 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1833	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR REJECTS FURTHER NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In several media interviews August 29-30, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan defended India's 1998 nuclear tests against claims by a former defense scientist that its hydrogen bomb was a "fizzle" and that India should therefore refuse to sign the CTBT until its thermonuclea [...]	2009-09-02 07:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN
09NEWDELHI1834	MEDIA REACTION: AL-QAEDA, PAKISTAN / WEAPON [...] "FIRST SUICIDE ATTACK IN SAUDI ARABIA," editorial in September 1 right-of-center Urdu daily, SIASAT: "Anti- terrorism initiatives taken by Saudi Arabia have increased al-Qaeda threats to this royal state. An attempt to assassinate Prince Mohammad bin Naif is a matter of serious concern for the [...]	2009-09-02 10:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1836	AMBASSADOR MEETS MEA STATE MINISTER SHASHI THAROOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 28 meeting with Ambassador Roemer, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor asked the U.S. to weigh in with Pakistan on cross-border terrorism and to stay the course in Afghanistan. He indicated that there is room for the U.S. and India to cooperate more [...]	2009-09-02 11:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1853	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA IFTAR DINNER, [...] "OBAMA'S IFTAR" editorial in September 4, 2009 centrist Urdu daily, MILAP: "The U.S President's hosting an Iftar dinner at the White House is a praiseworthy initiative by all means. Hosting Iftars is a good way to feel the essence of Islam. However, the invitees are generally those who agree [...]	2009-09-04 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1856	NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 31, [...] Below is a compilation of Environment, Science, and Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 31 - September 04, 2009, including the following: -- Minister of Environment and Forests Ramesh visits China -- Valmiki Tiger Reserve Bounces Back -- Ministry of Human Reso [...]	2009-09-04 13:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TBIO ENRG ECON SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI1857	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese Ambassador Hideaki Domichi described the Indo-Japanese relationship as "on an upswing" in a meeting with Ambassador Roemer August 31. The implications for Japan's foreign policy of the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) victory in the August 30 elections were not yet cle [...]	2009-09-04 13:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA IN AF
09NEWDELHI1858	INDIA POSITIVE ON STRATEGIC SECURITY DIALOGUE, DUG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian MEA Acting Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Gill agreed in principle to holding the senior-level Strategic Security Dialogue in Washington in early October. He gave an informal, positive response to the proposed agenda and will provide further fee [...]	2009-09-04 14:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ENRG IN
09NEWDELHI1859	BHUTAN DECLINES INVITATION TO RUN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Political Counsellor Tenxin Rondel Wangchuk on September 2, urging the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) to consider sponsoring a candidate for a seat on the 2010 UN Human Rights Council (HRC). During a September 4 meeting, Wangchuk informed PolOff th [...]	2009-09-04 15:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IR IN
09NEWDELHI1861	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 31 - September 4, 2009, including the following: -- India Hosts WTO Mini-Ministerial to Re-energize Doha -- India's Own Trade Continues to Plunge -- More Investment Options for Foreign Venture Cap [...]	2009-09-08 03:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI187	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICIES, WAR AGAINST [...] "FIRST OF ALL ERADICATE OPPRESSION AND ITS USURY", editorial in the January 29 right-of-center Urdu daily URDU TIMES, Mumbai: "Barrack Obama is a symbol of a 'Change' in the America of the 21st century. Therefore, the American hand of friendship extended by the American to India, through the g [...]	2009-01-30 10:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1872	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "FIRE ON BOTH SIDES...," editorial in September 7 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "U.S lawmaker Edward Markey, founder of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation has written a letter to the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton that both India and Pakistan are trying to [...]	2009-09-08 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1874	INDIA: CELEBRATING WOMEN IN SCIENCE, NOT YET EQUAL [...] SUMMARY: More than 60 attendees from a variety of backgrounds discussed India's climate for women scientists during an Embassy Environment, Science and Technology (EST) Office-hosted "Celebrating Women in Science" workshop. Women scientists in India are every bit as intelligent and hard workin [...]	2009-09-08 13:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KWMN KDEM TSPL SCUL PHUM ELAB PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1879	MEDIA REACTION: INDIAN MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM'S [...] "NATURAL ASSESSMENT," editorial in September 8 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "A discussion on Pakistan's promises and will to eliminate terrorism is natural during Indian Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram's forthcoming visit to the U.S. But it is difficult to say if the U.S. will se [...]	2009-09-09 11:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1886	UNDECIDED INDIA MAY FOLLOW NAM CONSENSUS ON UNESCO [...] (C) MEA's Joint Secretary for UN Economic and Social Division Taranjit Sandhu told PolCouns on September 4 that India had not yet made a commitment to any of the nine candidates running for UNESCO's Director-General post. According to Sandhu, the GOI is waiting for Non-Aligned Movement member [...]	2009-09-10 10:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	AU EC EG PREL UNESCO IN
09NEWDELHI1887	MEDIA REACTION:SINO-INDIA RELATIONS, VISIT OF [...] "CHINA TAKING ADVANTAGE OF INDIA'S SILENCE," commentary in September 9 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "On the one hand China denies India's allegations of intrusion in Ladakh and talks about investigating it. On the other hand, however, it is quite evident that China does not respect the borde [...]	2009-09-10 11:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1896	INDIA SHARES CONCERNS, WILLING TO COOPERATE ON SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian MEA shares USG concern over the situation of Sri Lankan Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),and remains focused on getting them resettled. India is providing significant aid and is working to de-mine affected areas. There are plans to augment the GOI-funded de-mining [...]	2009-09-11 11:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1897	INDIA: READY TO HELP NEPAL, SKEPTICAL OF MAOISTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Satish Mehta told us September 3 that India's priority in Nepal is to support a stable, democratic government. Prime Minister Nepal's August visit was a positive step and left a strong impression of Nepal's confidence and commitment to democracy. India [...]	2009-09-11 11:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1898	INDIA SHARES VIEWS ON NONPROLIFERATION SUMMIT [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (MEA/DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra summoned the DCM September 11 to share a nonpaper (paragraph 3) articulating India's views on the UN Security Council summit on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmam [...]	2009-09-11 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP IN
09NEWDELHI1899	MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 ANNIVERSARY, U.S. FOREIGN [...] "THE SHADOW OF 9/11 CONTINUES TO LINGER," editorial in September 11 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "America became alert to the dangers of Islamic fundamentalism after the 9/11 attacks... But the counter- insurgency and counter-terrorism measures of the U.S. have their limitations, mainly [...]	2009-09-11 12:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI19	HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM AND NSA NARAYANAN ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 08:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR PK IN
09NEWDELHI190	REPUBLIC DAY GUEST OF HONOR: KAZAKHSTAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to India as chief guest at the 2009 Republic Day celebration resulted in the signature of five substantive agreements, including an MoU on civilian nuclear cooperation. Nazarbayev did not create the media splash other Republic Day [...]	2009-01-30 10:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG TRGY PHUM PINR KDEM KZ IN
09NEWDELHI1902	DUSTR Marantis Visit to Re-energize Trade Policy Forum [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (DUSTR) Demetrios Marantis visited New Delhi August 11-13 to meet with GOI officials and private sector representatives to prepare for USTR Ambassador Kirk's participation in a bilaterl Trade Policy Forum (TPF) ministerial in Delhi later this fal [...]	2009-09-11 14:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN CVIS KGHG ECPS PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1903	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 8-11, 2009, including the following: -- Possible Warming of India-Pakistan Bilateral Trade Ties -- India's First Annual Foreign Trade Barriers Report -- Jet Airways Pilots Strike - An End in Si [...]	2009-09-14 02:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI1906	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, PALESTINE, [...] "CONTRADICTORY INDICATIONS," editorial in September 12 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "After India's declining any kind of talks with Pakistan, it is surprising to hear that the foreign secretaries of the two countries will meet in the U.S. this month. The Indian government, known [...]	2009-09-14 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI191	INDIA: MODEST LIBERALIZATION OF INVESTMENT NORMS IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reftel A, Post reports that India has not adopted nor indicated plans to restrict sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments generally, although media reports that part of the government may wish to restrict Singapore's two SWFs in India. More broadly, India has no [...]	2009-01-30 12:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI1917	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, INDIA-CHINA, [...] "EXPECTATION FROM PAKISTAN," editorial in September 14 Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Home Minister P. Chidambaram's U.S. visit has yielded something, in that the U.S. has now at least asked Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of 26/11 to justice. Despite providing all the evidences, Pakistan [...]	2009-09-15 12:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI192	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 27-30, 2009, including the following: -- Govt, Central Bank Lower GDP Projections -- Study Projects $6-10 billion for India from EU FTA -- Study Projects Continued Growth in Higher-Income Househo [...]	2009-01-30 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1926	INDIA'S SHERPA FOR THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to MEA Deputy Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs-DISA) Vipul on September 14. Vipul informed us that Mr. Achal Malhotra, India's Deputy Chief of Mission in Vienna, will attend the September 15th initial planning meeting for the Global [...]	2009-09-16 11:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1927	INDIA ON THE MIDDLE EAST AT IAEA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Deputy Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Vipul on September 14. Vipul took note of the U.S. stance, but informed us that the GOI, as yet, has no official position to share regarding the Israeli Nuclear Capabilities Resolutio [...]	2009-09-16 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1928	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, PAKISTAN / [...] "MUSHARRAF'S REVELATION EXPOSES U.S.," editorial in September 15 Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Pervez Musharraf is back to playing games. His admission that U.S. aid was diverted against India is nothing but a ploy to gain public support. During his forthcoming U.S. visit, External Affairs Min [...]	2009-09-16 11:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1929	INDIA NON-COMMITTAL ON THE IRAN CHORUS, BUT [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel points with National Security Advisor MK Narayanan September 14 and with MEA Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao September 16. With both officials, the Ambassador stressed the need for strong private GOI private approaches to Iran on the consequences of its non-complia [...]	2009-09-16 11:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI193	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: EYE FUND I [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input on OPIC providing a direct loan to Eye Fund I ("Eye Fund I"),a social fund managed by Deutsche Bank Social Investment Group for the purpose of supporting five downstream loans into the eye care sector in certain developing countries. On [...]	2009-01-30 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IN EINV
09NEWDELHI1935	BHUTANESE CHARGE HUMS AN OLD REFRAIN ON BHUTANESE [...] (SBU) PRM DAS David Robinson met Bhutan's Charge d'Affaires Kinga Singye on September 4 to discuss Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. Robinson reported on the excellent progress of third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees from Nepal and his own recent visit to Bhutanese refugees successful [...]	2009-09-16 12:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM CH SL IN
09NEWDELHI194	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: REPCO HOME FINANCE LIMITED [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input regarding OPIC providing an Investment Guaranty to support a third party loan to Repco Home Finance Limited ("REPCO") for the purpose of expanding its affordable mortgage lending business in southeast India. The US Sponsor connection is [...]	2009-01-30 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IN EINV
09NEWDELHI1941	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] "MUSHARRAF'S CONFESSION," editorial in September 16 Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Pervez Musharraf's confession is nothing but a ploy because any anti-India activity is seen as a sign of patriotism in Pakistan. He is trying to gain sympathy of the hardliners and the Pakistani army... It is cl [...]	2009-09-17 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1944	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 14-17, 2009, including the following: -- Financial Sector Reforms Still In Play -- Invest India to Boost Foreign Investment -- DOT to Allow Remote Access Monitoring Financial Sector Reform [...]	2009-09-17 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI1946	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: INDIAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division (PAI) Siddhartha Nath on September 15. Nath acknowledged our request that India urge the Iranian Government to resolve the cases of the six American citizens who a [...]	2009-09-18 06:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PROP CASC IN
09NEWDELHI1947	INDIAN VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indian Government shares some of our concerns for the 12th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) and is likely to support a freedom of expression resolution. India will probably vote on other resolutions introduced during the session according to consensus. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-09-18 07:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHCR IN
09NEWDELHI195	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIAN ANXIETY OVER NEW [...] (C) Summary: There is uncertainty and anxiety within the Indian foreign policy establishment over the direction the new U.S. administration might take on its India policy. The principal areas of Indian concern are: -- renewed U.S. activism on Kashmir; -- replacement of the stand-alone bil [...]	2009-01-30 14:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR KISL PK IN
09NEWDELHI1952	NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER [...] Below is a compilation of Environment, Science, and Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 14 to September 18, 2009, including the following: -- India Plans to Reduce Emissions through Legislation -- India Starts to Get Serious About Environmental Protection - [...]	2009-09-18 11:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TBIO TSPA ENRG ECON SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI1953	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-IRAN- [...] "CHINA PHOBIA," editorial in September 17 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Some media people and experts are painting a picture of reiteration of 1962. At present war is out of question. China will neither gain anything extraordinary on the boundary dispute nor will it benefit strategi [...]	2009-09-18 11:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1954	INDIAN VIEWS ON USG UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] (U) We previewed our 64th UNGA goals and objectives on September 15 with Indian MEA Joint Secretary for UN Political Affairs Asith Bhattacharjee, and on September 16 with MEA Under Secretary for UN Economic and Social Affairs Abhishek Verma. Of the various topics covered in our presentation, [...]	2009-09-18 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN IN
09NEWDELHI1955	PRM DAS ROBINSON DISCUSSES STATUS OF TIBETAN, SRI [...] (SBU) PRM DAS David Robinson held meetings with representatives from the Dalai Lama's Office, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Catholic Relief Services' (CRS),and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) during his September 4th visit to New Delhi. During these meeting [...]	2009-09-22 02:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM CH SL IN
09NEWDELHI1960	INDIA PLANS TO DISCUSS CTBT IN STRATEGIC SECURITY [...] (SBU) In response to ref A demarche, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Vipul reaffirmed India's unilateral, voluntary moratorium on further nuclear testing in place since May 1998. He declined to speculate about India' [...]	2009-09-22 10:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP IN
09NEWDELHI1961	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-PAKISTAN; [...] "CHINA-CONCERN," editorial in September 20 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Army Chief Deepak Kapoor's saying that there is no cause for alarm over alleged Chinese incursions is not enough. There should be more clarification from the governmen [...]	2009-09-22 10:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1962	RAJE AGAINST THE MACHINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rajasthan's opposition leader and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to remain a force in Rajasthan's political scene, despite efforts by the national BJP to marginalize her role. Raje's local popularity at the grassroots amd h [...]	2009-09-22 11:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1973	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA, PAKISTAN, CLIMATE [...] "What is meant by democracy?" editorial in September 23 Kolkata Bengali independent, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "It is virtually impossible for any individual creativity to flourish in countries where the Communist leadership imposes political and social autocracy. In such an environment, talented a [...]	2009-09-23 11:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1978	HOME MINISTER PREVIEWS COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (S) SUMMARY. Home Affairs Minister P. Chidambaram shared with Ambassador Roemer September 18 a provisional list of five opportunities for further cooperation gleaned from his visit to Washington, including on forensics, large city policing, real-time intelligence sharing, coastal security, an [...]	2009-09-24 07:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI198	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, INDO-PAK RELATIONS; NEW DELHI. [...] "OBAMA AND MUSLIM WORLD," op-ed article in the February 1 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic expert K. Subrahmanyam: "George Bush kept fighting till the last day of his term against terrorism, but never defined his enemy. But the new U.S. President Barack Obama did not vaci [...]	2009-02-02 09:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1983	MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN SOUTH [...] "YOUR ATOM BOMB AND MINE," editorial in September 23 right-of-center Urdu daily, HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "When Pakistan was producing nuclear weapons of mass destruction, America not only turned its back on Pakistan, it often extended its full cooperation. No doubt, it was a part of its gameplan in [...]	2009-09-24 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1991	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, TERRORISM, [...] "INDIA'S CORRECT SUGGESTION," editorial in September 24 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Indian minister Jayram Ramesh and climate change expert Rajendra Pachauri have rightly underlined the need for the U.S. to bring about a 'lifestyle change' to combat climate change. America has [...]	2009-09-25 10:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1997	INDIAN GOVERNMENT NONCOMMITTAL ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division Abhishek Verma on September 24. Verma explained this issue was being examined at senior levels within the Ministry and declined to offer a substant [...]	2009-09-25 12:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN
09NEWDELHI1998	INDIAN GOVERNMENT NONCOMMITTAL ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division Abhishek Verma on September 24. Verma explained this issue was being examined at senior levels within the Ministry and declined to offer a substantive r [...]	2009-09-25 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN
09NEWDELHI1999	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 13:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI20	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "UNNECESSARY STEP," editorial in January 5 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Home Minister P. Chidambaram's upcoming U.S. visit to share evidence of Pakistani links to the Mumbai attacks means the U.S. is not convinced of Pakistan's complicity in the Mumbai carnage. With an FBI team [...]	2009-01-06 10:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2000	AMBASSADOR PRESSES NSA NARAYANAN ON CIV-NUKE [...] (C) Summary. During a lengthy September 22 meeting with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, the Ambassador pushed for rapid GOI action to implement several key provisions of the 123 Civil-Nuclear Agreement in advance of Prime Minister Singh's November 24 state visit to the U.S. Na [...]	2009-09-26 07:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ETTC TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI2007	India as Innovation and Technology Partner; Pondering S&T [...] SUMMARY: Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Dr. T. Ramasami September 25 reaffirmed his interest in increasing U.S.-India collaboration in the areas of innovation and technology. He cited energy efficiency - especially fuel efficient transportation - security technolo [...]	2009-09-29 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV TSPL ECON SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI2008	MEDIA REACTION: G20 MEETING, NPT ISSUES, [...] "EXPANDING HORIZONS: GROWING FROM 8 TO 20," editorial in September 28 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAAL: "Rather late in the day but the G8 nations, including the U.S., have ultimately realized the need to bring developing nations like India to the negotiating table. Following the G20 official a [...]	2009-09-29 11:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2013	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 21-24, 2009, including the following: -- AIG Downsizing In India -- Slow Going for Financial Sector Reform -- India Retains U.S. FAA Category 1 Status -- World Bank Approves $4.3 billion Loans [...]	2009-09-29 13:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI2022	MEDIA REACTION: G20 MEETING, INDO-PAK [...] "FROM EIGHT TO TWENTY," editorial in September 27 nationalist Bengali ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "That economic changes are sweeping the entire world once again became clear at Pittsburg, with the G-20 proving itself to be the new driving force. This proclamation has several significances. No doubt, [...]	2009-09-30 11:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2032	MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, NUCLEAR [...] "DEADLOCK AS USUAL IN INDO-PAK RELATIONS," editorial in September 30 right-of-center Urdu daily, ETEMAAD: "Islamabad is responsible for the failure of talks between India and Pakistan. When there are no concrete initiatives in view, what should India recognize? India will not hesitate to exten [...]	2009-10-01 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2037	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 29-October 1, 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Equity Investment Passes $10 Billion Mark -- FIPB Approves 13 Proposals in September 2009 -- Air India Strike Ends -- India's Small but [...]	2009-10-01 14:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI2038	INDIA CAUTIOUS ON DELIVERING STRONG MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Y.K. Sinha (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division) told us in an October 1 meeting that India shares our concerns about Iran's nuclear program and agree [...]	2009-10-01 15:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA PHUM PREL PROP CASC KNNP MNUC PARM
09NEWDELHI2039	INDIA: PAKISTAN MUST DEMONSTRATE IT IS SERIOUS [...] (S) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Y.K. Sinha (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division) told us India is open to continuing a "general dialogue" with Islamabad but resumption of the Composite Dialogue (CD) and real progress in improving bilateral ties is not possible until Islama [...]	2009-10-01 15:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL EAGR ENRG PARM SENV PK IN
09NEWDELHI2043	FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO ON PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told the Ambassador on September 30 that recent GOI-Pakistan talks in New York were detailed and "useful," observing that the Pakistan side "seemed to realize that terrorism is as much a threat to them as it is to us." Noting that Pakistani a [...]	2009-10-05 08:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ETTC TRGY IN AF PA
09NEWDELHI2044	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, KASHMIR, [...] "CHINA'S TOUGH CHALLENGE," editorial in Oct 3 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "India-China tensions have been in the news lately. The difference between India and China is clearly reflected in the attitude of the two countries toward hosting international games. While China saw an [...]	2009-10-05 11:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2059	MEDIA REACTION: G-20, CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] "FUTILE TO EXPECT MUCH," editorial in October 6 leftist Bengali newspaper, GANASHAKTI: "There will be no fundamental change in the world order even if G-20 replaces G-8 to control global capitalism. Despite tall claims, the G-20 does not protect interests of the developing nations. So, it is q [...]	2009-10-07 11:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2069	The UPA's Austerity Drive: Cynical or Brilliant? [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Congress Party has committed to an "austerity drive" as a gesture of solidarity with India's "aam admi" or the common man. VIPS are traveling in economy class on trains and aircraft, foregoing chartered helicopters or private planes. Critics attack these gestures as pur [...]	2009-10-08 10:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2070	MEDIA REACTION: G-20, INDIA-CHINA, [...] "G-20 SUMMIT AND WORLD ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE," editorial in September 30 Assamese, AMAR ASOM: "The emergence of G-20 as an influential group in world economy will eventually benefit countries such as India and China. But there is a possibility that the U.S. might use this group to improve its e [...]	2009-10-08 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2071	E-129 NEW DELHI REQUESTS RETURN OF KG-194'S [...] (SBU) Post has successfully upgraded to the new FASTNET architecture and no longer needs the KG-194's. Post requests authorization to return the following KG-194's with serial numbers: KG 194- SN/5216; KG 194- SN/19879; KG 194- SN/20002; KG 194- SN/22249; KG 194- SN/23636; KG 194- SN/23760; K [...]	2009-10-08 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ACKM KRIM
09NEWDELHI2074	NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 05 [...] Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 05-October 09, 2009, including the following: -- Cleaning the Ganga by 2020 -- Phasing out HCFCs by 2030 -- Dramatic rise in Indian Scientific Output -- US-India Joint [...]	2009-10-09 05:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KGHG SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI2078	MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISIT, [...] "OBAMA TURNS HIS BACK TO INDIA," editorial in October 9 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "U.S. President Obama has often shown high regard for India, Indian culture and values. In his presidential election campaign, he often mentioned the image of the Hindu god Lord Hanuman that is close to [...]	2009-10-09 10:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2079	SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: BLAST OUTSIDE INDIAN [...] SUMMARY: The blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul on October 8, 2009, the second attack in two years allegedly targeting the Indian Mission in Afghanistan, generated widespread reporting in the Indian media today. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Friday arrived in Kabul to review the sit [...]	2009-10-09 11:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2084	PM SINGH TELLS AMBASSADOR HE'S BULLISH ON GREEN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the Ambassador on October 8 that he was looking forward to his November state visit to Washington. In a conversation on the margins of the annual Air Force Day reception, Singh stressed his strong interest in the U.S. and India working togethe [...]	2009-10-09 12:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SENV ENRG ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI2085	INDIA ON TEXT OF COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed reftel points on October 9 to Ministry of External Affairs Director for United Nations Political Division (MEA/UNP) Sanjay Rana, Joint Secretary Bhattacharjee's deputy on these issues. Rana said the UNP Division knew the USG had not supported or accepted the 2007 comprom [...]	2009-10-09 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL UN IN
09NEWDELHI2087	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 2-8, 2009, including the following: -- Reserve Bank of India Warns Banks of Real Estate Risks -- Bombay Stock Exchange Rises on Improved Data, FII Inflows -- 3G Auction Delayed -- Telecom Expert [...]	2009-10-09 13:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP PHUM PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2088	SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Burns: Mission India warmly welcomes you back to New Delhi as we begin the final stages of preparation for Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 visit to Washington. Since the Secretary's July visit, the Embassy has been hard at work with our counterparts in Washington [...]	2009-10-09 14:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI209	DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 28 TO FEBRUARY 3, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 26 to February 3, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Supreme Court Denies Congress Attempt to Help Political Ally -- Indian Leaders Rail Against Pub Culture -- Kaly [...]	2009-02-03 09:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
09NEWDELHI2092	MEDIA REACTION: ATTACK ON INDIAN EMBASSY IN [...] "ATTACK ON INDIA NEMBASSY IN KABUL: WILL IT BE THE LAST?" editorial in October 12 centrist Gujarati daily, GUJARATMITRA: "The attack on the Indian embassy, the second in the last 15 months, indicates that the security situation in strife-torn Afghanistan is far from satisfactory. Secondly, [...]	2009-10-13 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2094	SPECIAL REPORT: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE [...] SUMMARY: Indian media commentators were divided on whether President Barack Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. Those in favor argued he has shown remarkable initiatives on the Middle East, inclusive Muslim outreach, and non-proliferation and has all the makings of a world statesman. They f [...]	2009-10-13 12:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN

09NEWDELHI2104	MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, POTUS NOBEL [...] "PAKISTAN, PLEASE WAKE UP!" editorial in October 12 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The terrorist attack on Pakistan's military headquarters shows that it is reaping what it has sown. The strategy of nurturing terrorism against India has now become the biggest challenge for Pakistan's own exis [...]	2009-10-14 11:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN

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