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09DOHA698	SOME POSITIVE SIGNS ON AVIATION SECURITY [...] (C) In a November 17 meeting hosted by Major General Saad Al-Khulaifi of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),TSA Deputy Director of International Operations in the Office of Global Strategies Victoria Reeder noted that TSA personnel observing passenger boarding that morning on Qatar Airways flight [...]	2009-12-02 12:35:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC QA

09DOHA71	HAMAS LEADER MEETS AMIR, DELIVERS FIERY SPEECH AT [...] (U) Hamas political leader Khalid Mish'al called January 28 on the Amir in his Amiri Diwan office. According to press reports, the two discussed "the latest developments in the Palestinian territories". Also present at the meeting were officials from the Amir's staff and the MFA. 2. (SBU) [...]	2009-01-29 13:15:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG QA
09DOHA735	QATAR UNFAZED BY DUBAI DEBT - OUTLOOK POSITIVE [...] (U) With the announcement November 27th of the massive debt restructuring in Dubai, many analysts expressed concern about the potential for spillover effects into the other Gulf economies. This concern was evidenced by the eight-percent decrease in the Doha Securities Market 20 Index (DSM20) [...]	2009-12-21 14:04:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN QA
09DOHA741	QATAR: GULF CURRENCY UNION "AT LEAST 3 TO 4 YEARS [...] (SBU) In the wake of the recent Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) head-of-state summit in Kuwait City in December, Qatari reaction to news of progress on establishing a Gulf Common Currency remains subdued. In a December 20 meeting, MFA Director for GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber told P/E Chief Rice [...]	2009-12-23 08:32:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON QA
09DOHA79	QATAR INVESTMENT AUTHORITY NOT MAKING NEW [...] (C) Navid Chamdia (protect),the Qatar Investment Authority's (QIA) chief for international real estate investments, told us that the QIA is currently considering no new investments - in real estate or otherwise - at this time. He said Finance Minister and QIA Executive Board Member Yousef Hu [...]	2009-02-02 11:27:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN QA
09DOHA80	AL JAZEERA ASKS: "WHY NOT US FOR OBAMA INTERVIEW?" [...] (C) Ahmed al-Kholaifi, Managing Director of Al Jazeera's Board of Directors, told PAO on January 29 that he was encouraged by the message conveyed by President Obama during his interview on Al Arabiya. A graduate of U.S. universities, Kholaifi said he was "really rooting for America." He add [...]	2009-02-02 11:55:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO QA
09DOHA81	QATAR-HOSTED GAZA CONFERENCE AVOIDS HEATED [...] (SBU) The one-day workshop on aid to Gaza was hosted by Qatar Charity but organized by the Humanitarian Forum, a UK-based organization. The workshop was intended to harmonize aid efforts among Arab, Muslim, and Western humanitarian relief organizations. The Forum's steering group comprises a [...]	2009-02-02 13:02:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID WEBG QA GZ
09DOHA85	QATAR MFA MINSTATE UNDERSCORES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE [...] (C) Ambassador expressed to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud February 2 Washington's concern that Qatar's hosting of the January 16 meeting on Palestine, at which the Iranian President, as well as Hamas and PIJ leaders, were present, signaled a tilt toward the radical cam [...]	2009-02-03 13:04:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL QA
09DOHA86	MINISTER OF STATE: QATAR LOOKS TO PARTNER WITH UN, [...] (C) At a February 3 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Conferences Khalid Al-Attiyah said that Qatar is pleased with the success of its partnerships with American NGOs in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza. He singled out the partnership between Qatar [...]	2009-02-03 14:02:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG QA EG
09DOHA96	PROPOSED GAZA RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Turkish political counselor in Qatar Cevat Ok confirmed to Poloff Zebley on February 8 that PM Erdogan received a personal invitation from PM Al Thani to attend a conference on Gaza aid "in the near future", but stated that no date had been set. He also noted that while the Turkish PM wel [...]	2009-02-08 13:41:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL EAID KWBG QA EG
09DOHA97	QATARI MFA MINSTATE: RELATIONS WITH IRAN PROTECT [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State Ahmed Al-Mahmoud categorically rejected the notion that Qatar stands outside the Arab "moderate camp." He asserted that only Qatar "can trust itself to protect (its) interests." It's in Qatar's interest, for example, to maintain [...]	2009-02-09 05:53:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL QA IR
09DUBAI156	FORMER CHECHEN COMMANDER GUNNED DOWN IN DUBAI [...] (SBU) Former Chechen commander Sulim Yamadayev was shot and killed on March 28 in the parking lot of the apartment building where he lived in Dubai on March 28. Police officials have publicly called his murder an assassination and said that he was surveilled in the days before his death; how [...]	2009-04-05 12:39:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER RS TC
09DUBAI157	FORMER CHECHEN COMMANDER GUNNED DOWN IN DUBAI [...] (SBU) Former Chechen commander Sulim Yamadayev was shot and killed on March 28 in the parking lot of the apartment building where he lived in Dubai on March 28. Police officials have publicly called his murder an assassination and said that he was surveilled in the days before his death; how [...]	2009-04-05 14:37:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER RS TC
09DUBAI165	FORMER MINISTER OF STATE CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On April 8, Dubai Public Prosecution charged, as the primary defendant, former Minster of State for Finance and former chairman of Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) Mohammed Khalfan Al Kharbash with embezzlement of public funds and harming of state interests. Zack Shahin, AMCIT [...]	2009-04-13 09:43:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV KCOR ECON CASC KCRM AE
09DUBAI242	DUBAI'S CITY OF HOPE CLOSED [...] (C) As presaged in reftels A, B, and C, Dubai's only non-governmental women's shelter, City of Hope (CoH),closed on June 2, 2009 with neither fanfare nor press coverage. As reported, this unfortunate event followed political controversy about suspect allegations reported in some local newspap [...]	2009-06-11 09:39:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CACS PGOV AE
09DUBAI275	STATUS OF DP WORLD IN THE CURRENT ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Like most multinational companies, Dubai Ports World (DP World) has not been immune to the current financial crisis. While some business plans are unchanged, DP World has revised other plans based on declining demand and trade volumes at Dubai's mammoth Jebel Ali port and abroad. [...]	2009-07-07 10:29:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI354	DUBAI SEEKS BOTTOM FOR ITS REAL ESTATE MARKET THROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dubai Holding, the Dubai Inc. entity representing the personal property holdings of Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum (MbR),plans to consolidate several of its largest property developers into one mega-sized integrated unit. Although news of the consolidation was [...]	2009-08-30 07:31:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI367	TUNING OUT POLITICS, ABRAAJ CAPITAL TRIES TO REBUILD KARACHI [...] (C) Summary: Abraaj Capital, a UAE-based private equity firm, is optimistic its investment in Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),which supplies electricity to over 20 million people, is succeeding in turning around the company. CEO Arif Naqvi believes that KESC's long term viability woul [...]	2009-09-03 13:14:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN ECON PREL PK AE
09DUBAI380	NAKHEEL DEBT DEAL WEIGHS ON DUBAI'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The upcoming USD 3.5 billion Sukuk debt repayment for Dubai-based real estate mega developer, Nakheel Properties Inc., is the hot topic in financial circles. The odds are high that Abu Dhabi, vis-`-vis the UAE Central Bank, will intervene to cover the debt, raising hopes for Dubai [...]	2009-09-14 13:59:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI392	DUBAI'S NAKHEEL LOOKS TO MARKET FOR DEBT COMPROMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Financial gossip in Dubai continues to revolve around how mega developer Nakheel plans to address its massive USD 3.5 billion Sukuk bond debt obligation due in December. Although Dubai's credit markets have begun to thaw, most analysts have come to expect an Abu Dhabi-funded bail [...]	2009-09-28 09:29:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI41	EMIRATES AIRLINE AND DNATA TRANSFER TO INVESTMENT [...] (C) On January 20, poloff met with Faisal Mikou, Executive Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions at the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD),to discuss recent media coverage of the transfer of Dubai-based Emirates Airlines and air travel services firm Dnata to ICD. Mikou was puzzled by [...]	2009-01-29 14:16:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAIR ECON PGOV AE
09DUBAI457	U.S. CONTRACTORS STILL OWED FOR DUBAI PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. companies who in part helped fuel the real estate and construction boom in Dubai continue to lament the lack of payment to them by both the Government of Dubai entities and private property developers across Dubai. The amount of money owed to U.S. contractors varies quite si [...]	2009-10-22 14:33:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI473	DUBAI CUSTOMS STOPS ILLICIT AIR CARGO SHIPMENT AS A RESULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 26, Dubai Customs acted on intelligence from Dubai-based DHS/ICE officials in seizing an in-bound air shipment originating in Canada containing what is believed to be dual-use nuclear technology slated for re-export from Dubai to an undetermined destination. This interd [...]	2009-11-03 12:44:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI489	DUBAI SEEKS CASH AS COMMERCIAL DEBT LOOMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The surprise announcement by Dubai mega-developer Nakheel that it had paid USD 1.2 billion toward its securitized debt obligations one month ahead of schedule energized debt markets and coincided with the Government of Dubai's own announcement of a new USD 6.5 billion bond sale ro [...]	2009-11-15 14:14:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI491	DUBAI SEEKS CASH AS COMMERCIAL DEBT LOOMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The surprise announcement by Dubai mega-developer Nakheel that it had paid USD 1.2 billion toward its securitized debt obligations one month ahead of schedule energized debt markets and coincided with the Government of Dubai's own announcement of a new USD 6.5 billion bond sale ro [...]	2009-11-16 04:08:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI505	DUBAI RULER SHAKES UP SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A shake-up in Dubai's financial services and investment nerve centers over the weekend has brought down four of the principal architects of Dubai's rapid, debt-fuelled economic expansion. Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum (MbR) replaced Dr. Omar bin Suleiman as he [...]	2009-11-23 12:25:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI516	DUBAI FINANCE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dubai and Abu Dhabi financial markets plunged in Monday and Tuesday trading, the first market openings since Dubai World's announcement of six month moratorium on debt repayments (ref A). A senior Dubai finance official distanced the Dubai government from Dubai World's non-sovere [...]	2009-12-01 13:15:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI530	DUBAI SOVEREIGN VERSUS COMMERCIAL DEBT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 14:05:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI533	DUBAI RECEIVES LIFELINE FROM ABU DHABI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Dubai, acting through the Supreme Fiscal Committee, announced on December 14 that it had received USD 10 billion directly from Abu Dhabi in order to pay off Dubai World's real estate developer Nakheel's USD 4.1 billion sukuk (Islamic bond). The balance of the US [...]	2009-12-14 11:02:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
09DUBAI545	Dubai Debt Crisis: Treasury Acting A/S Baukol's Meetings [...] (C) Summary: Dubai and UAE Federal officials sought to reassure Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary Andrew Baukol that the Dubai debt crisis was on the road to resolution, with effective measures being developed through legislation to ensure such over-borrowing would not occur in the future, [...]	2009-12-23 06:35:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV AE
09DUBLIN100	U.S.-IRISH PRE-CLEARANCE AGREEMENT: STILL WORK TO [...] (C) Summary: In November 2008, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Irish Transport Minister Noel Dempsey signed an Agreement on Air Transport Preclearance ("Agreement"). Building on the 1985 immigration preinspection agreement, the Agreement allows for customs, immigration [...]	2009-03-03 15:06:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI
09DUBLIN101	IRISH FM'S VISIT TO CUBA: NO CIVIL SOCIETY MEETINGS [...] (C) On February 26, Emboff spoke with Ruth Parkin, desk officer in the Americas section of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, regarding Foreign Minister Micheal Martin's February 17/18 visit to Cuba. Parkin said that Martin did not have time to meet with any Cuban human rights organiza [...]	2009-03-03 15:28:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU EI
09DUBLIN102	RUSSIANS TAKE BLAME FOR OIL SPILL OFF IRISH COAST [...] (C) On February 27, Emboff spoke with Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director of the Russia/Europe Office at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, regarding the February 14 oil spill off Ireland's coast (reftel). Dowling said that a "reasonably senior" Russian delegation met with the Irish Coas [...]	2009-03-03 15:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHSA RU EI
09DUBLIN114	IRISH GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON BRITISH [...] (C) The government of Ireland has condemned the attacks in Northern Ireland on March 7 that killed two British soldiers. Irish government officials say that the Northern Ireland Assembly, the British government and the Irish government are coordinating their responses closely. Dublin also s [...]	2009-03-09 15:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EI
09DUBLIN130	IRELAND'S BANKING SECTOR - ENOUGH TO MAKE FIANNA [...] (C) The Irish banking industry continues to weather the fallout from the Anglo Irish Bank nationalization. While there are no new developments in the Anglo Irish criminal investigation, a fifth member of the "Golden Circle" has been revealed, as have additional inappropriate dealings by former [...]	2009-03-20 14:50:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI
09DUBLIN137	LATEST BUDGET FIGURES FORCE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: In light of greater than expected budget deficits and falling tax revenue, the Government of Ireland is investigating a number of unorthodox solutions to the financial crisis. While these proposals mark a dramatic departure from traditional methods, it is unlikely that they will [...]	2009-04-01 07:50:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON EI
09DUBLIN146	THE IRISH GOVERNMENT'S APRIL BUDGET: BEGINNING OF [...] (C) Summary: On April 7 the Irish government will release a new budget aimed at fixing the hole in government finances and in its reputation. Even with the new measures, the government's 2009 fiscal deficit will come in above the 9.5 percent that it forecast earlier in the year. Most economi [...]	2009-04-06 08:35:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EI
09DUBLIN148	REQUESTING SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarches (Refs A and B) on April 3 and March 31 respectively to Isolde Moylan, Regional Director, Office of Asia and Oceania, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan responded that the government of Ireland is "strongly appreciative and supportive" of both the Afghanistan [...]	2009-04-06 13:50:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR EI
09DUBLIN156	IRISH GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET -- POLITICS TRUMPS [...] (C) Summary: On April 7 the Irish government released a supplementary budget in response to the dramatic deterioration in the government's finances. Despite pre-budget calls for a focus on spending cuts (ref A),the government's budget is weighted toward tax increases, such as a doubling of t [...]	2009-04-08 14:52:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV EUN EI
09DUBLIN167	IRELAND'S SOVEREIGN DEBT -- IN GOOD HANDS [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Emboffs met with Anthony Linehan, Deputy Director, Funding & Debt Management, National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) to talk about the Irish government's debt program and the soon-to-be-operational National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). He indicated that the Ir [...]	2009-04-17 10:24:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EI
09DUBLIN17	UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO IRELAND. [...] (C) On January 7, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs and Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Paula Dobriansky met with President Mary McAleese, Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Brian Cowen, and Foreign Minister Micheal Martin to discuss the Northern Ireland peace process. The Irish off [...]	2009-01-12 11:51:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU EI
09DUBLIN170	IRISH WILLING TO DO MORE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On April 21, Charge met with David Cooney, Secretary General, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),to discuss how the Irish government could provide more assistance to Afghanistan. Cooney stated that Ireland would not send additional troops to support ISAF and that the Irish govern [...]	2009-04-22 13:44:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR PGOV EAID EI
09DUBLIN183	IRISH BANKING: NO LONGER ENAMORED WITH NAMA [...] (C) Summary: The Irish government's plan to set up the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) to take on the banks' property loan book is still riddled with questions, including the value of the loans and the structure and operation of the agency. The loans will be transferred to NAMA at a di [...]	2009-05-05 15:33:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL EI
09DUBLIN213	IRELAND'S JUNE 5 ELECTIONS: BAD TIDINGS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Irish voters are expected to show up in significant numbers for the June 5 local and European Parliament elections, but to register dissatisfaction with the Irish government's performance rather than as a reflection of increased interest in who represents them in Brussels. We exp [...]	2009-06-03 08:30:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EI
09DUBLIN220	IRELAND'S JUNE 5 ELECTION RESULTS: ANOTHER NAIL IN [...] (C) Summary: As expected, the Fianna Fail (FF) led government coalition took a beating in the June 5 local and European Parliament elections, polling well behind its main rival Fine Gael (FG) and losing ground as well to the Opposition Labour Party. The Greens faltered seriously. FG now hold [...]	2009-06-09 16:16:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EI
09DUBLIN258	DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO MEETS IRISH MINISTERS OF [...] (C) On June 29, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with Irish Transport Minister Nel Dempsey and Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahen in Dublin. Dempsey and Napolitano discussed th bilateral pre-clearance negotiations. Dempsey oted that cooperation with the U.S. has been admra [...]	2009-07-08 16:12:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL PGOV EI
09DUBLIN298	IRELAND'S LISBON II CAMPAIGN - OFF AND RUNNING [...] (C) With just under two months to go before the second Lisbon Treaty referendum (Lisbon II) both the "yes" and "no" campaigns have kicked off. All major parties, unions, and business groups are expected to be firmly in the "yes" camp, and early polls have projected that Lisbon II will pass wit [...]	2009-08-09 10:43:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN EI
09DUBLIN3	MEETING WITH THE IRISH REGARDING HOMELAND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, a USG delegation consisting of State Department and Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) officials briefed Irish government officials on the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) process and on what is expected from the Irish government. The Irish were [...]	2009-01-06 14:24:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL EI
09DUBLIN304	MUSLIMS IN IRELAND - A CHANGING COMMUNITY [...] (U) Summary: The Irish Muslim community is one of the fastest growing minority communities in Ireland and is one of the major contributors to Ireland,s shift from an overwhelmingly homogeneous society to a multi-cultural one. The Irish Government has made some attempts at reaching out to the M [...]	2009-08-14 10:37:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KISL EI
09DUBLIN351	IRISH UNGA PRIORITIES FIT WITH U.S. GOALS [...] (C) Summary: The Irish goals taking shape for UNGA appear to dovetail quite well with U.S. priorities (reftel). Nonproliferation is a top Irish objective, with strengthening the NPT singled out especially. On human rights, the Irish are focusing on Iran, DPRK, Burma and Sudan. The Irish appr [...]	2009-09-03 12:27:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA EI
09DUBLIN357	ICJ HEARINGS ON KOSOVO: IRELAND RELUCTANT TO [...] (SBU) On September 9, Poloff spoke about the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on Kosovo with James Hennessy and Marianne Bolger of the Western Europe and Western Balkans Section of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Deputy Director Hennessy said that Ireland remains a s [...]	2009-09-10 14:10:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV EI
09DUBLIN358	IRELAND ON GYMNICH, GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9, Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the September 4-5 EU FMs, Gymnich meeting and their upcoming GAERC meeting on September 14-15. According to Ryan, EU FMs, concerned by developments in Afg [...]	2009-09-10 14:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EI EUN
09DUBLIN360	IRELAND: REPORT PREVIEWS HOW THE IRISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: On September 6, the Commission on Taxation issued its report with suggestions for changing the Irish tax system. The main recommendations are the introduction of a property tax, a carbon tax, a water tax, and a tax on child benefit payments. The intent of the recommendations is f [...]	2009-09-11 11:39:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EI
09DUBLIN362	IRISH REFERENDUM ON LISBON TREATY: THE ISSUES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: After deciding against the EU Lisbon Treaty in a first referendum on June 12, 2008, the Irish will vote on Lisbon again on October 2. With the campaign in full swing, a recent poll gives the "yes" side 46 percent with 29 percent opposed and 25 percent undecided. This represents a [...]	2009-09-11 16:28:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EI EUN
09DUBLIN37	IRISH SUPPORT EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on January 12, 2009 to Pat Kelly, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and his deputy, Stephen Dawson, DFA's Iran/Syria expert. Dawson indicated that the EU intends to continue preparations for the Agreement [...]	2009-01-22 11:37:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EI
09DUBLIN38	FURTHER INFORMATION ON IRELAND'S ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary. Ireland has resolved inter-ministerial differences and publicly signaled its readiness to accept Guantanamo detainees as part of a collective EU response to a clear U.S. roadmap leading to Guantanamo's closure. Ireland is ready to consider resettlement of at least one or two de [...]	2009-01-22 17:36:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER CU EI MX
09DUBLIN389	IRELAND: UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 10:24:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA EI
09DUBLIN39	IRISH VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) On January 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Brian Glynn, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. Glynn stated that in light of the current situation in the Middle East, the agenda has been pared back dramatically and will include only the Middle East, Russia-Ukraine [...]	2009-01-23 11:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV IS RS UP EI
09DUBLIN397	IRISH REFERENDUM ON LISBON TREATY: A VIEW FROM CORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A September 23-24 visit to Ireland,s previously anti-Lisbon southwest revealed a mixed bag of pro-Lisbon elites and a somewhat confused and ambivalent, but generally "yes"-leaning, public. The region,s elites appear to form a solid, pro-Lisbon bloc, reaching out to average voters [...]	2009-09-25 14:54:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EI EUN
09DUBLIN405	SPECIAL ECONOMIC ENVOY KELLY,S VISIT TO DUBLIN [...] (C) From September 16-18, Ambassador Rooney and Special Economic Envoy for Northern Ireland Declan Kelly met with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, President Mary McAleese, Foreign Minister Micheal Martin,and Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore. These meetings coincided with the Global Irish Ec [...]	2009-09-29 10:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EI
09DUBLIN412	IRISH LISBON TREATY REFERENDUM: "YES" VOTE LIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Today, October 2, the Irish will vote in the long-awaited second referendum on the EU Lisbon Treaty. The polls throughout September, while fluctuating, have all given the "yes" side a large advantage, with the most recent poll, published on September 27, showing 55 percent for "ye [...]	2009-10-02 12:46:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EI EUN
09DUBLIN415	AMBASSADOR ROONEY'S MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Ambassador Rooney met with Ireland's Permanent Representative to the EU, Rory Montgomery, and separately with Irish European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy (Internal Market and Services). In wide-ranging discussions about the EU and Ireland, the Ambassador and his [...]	2009-10-02 16:31:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI EUN
09DUBLIN416	THE IRISH REFERENDUM: A LISBON LANDSLIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a resounding victory for the "yes" side, the results of the October 2 referendum on the Lisbon Treaty came in at 67.1 percent for "yes" and 32.9 percent for "no." The high turnout (59 percent) and result lends greater credibility both to the embattled Irish government, which mu [...]	2009-10-04 08:59:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EI EUN
09DUBLIN417	YOUR OCTOBER 11 VISIT TO IRELAND [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes just after the Irish approval of the Lisbon Treaty and before a series of difficult tests for the Irish government. Before the end of the year, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen must come to agreement with his coalition partner, the Green Party, on a new program f [...]	2009-10-04 09:08:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PINR EI
09DUBLIN419	IRELAND: RESIGNATION FURTHER WEAKENS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Speaker of the Irish Parliament's sudden resignation on October 6 has highlighted voters' growing dissatisfaction with an often unaccountable political class and the perks it allows itself. Having clearly underscored malfeasance by the principal governing party Fianna Fail (F [...]	2009-10-07 12:10:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EI
09DUBLIN42	IRISH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: AS BLACK AS THE GUINNESS [...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the nationalization of Anglo Irish Bank (Ref A),two other leading Irish banks continued to stumble and a prominent consumer bank laid off 750 employees. In order to calm a jittery market, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan moved forward the planned recapitalization o [...]	2009-01-28 13:36:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI
09DUBLIN422	A GREEN THREAT TO THE GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) Summary: The Green Party, the Irish government's junior coalition partner, will hold a special convention on October 10 to vote on a revised Program for Government and draft legislation setting up the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). John Gormley, Minister for Environment, Heritag [...]	2009-10-07 16:13:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EI
09DUBLIN426	IRELAND: CABINET MEMBER ON GREENS, EU COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A long-time insider in the governing party Fianna Fail (FF),believes negotiations on a new Program for Government with FF's coalition partner, the Greens, will be successful. She cautions, though, that the Greens are unpredictable. Also, Prime Minister Brian Cowen is consulting [...]	2009-10-08 14:36:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EI EUN
09DUBLIN449	IRELAND ON OCTOBER GAERC [...] (U) On October 22 Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the EU FMs, GAERC meeting on October 26-27. Ryan had the following comments: 2. (C) Afghanistan/Pakistan: The draft conclusions for the EU FMs further underscore the [...]	2009-10-23 10:30:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EI EUN
09DUBLIN453	SINN FEIN REP: ROBINSON WANTS DEVOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: The Dublin-based Sinn Fein Representative to the United States told us that Sinn Fein believed that Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson wanted to move on devolution, especially since the Secretary's visit, but that fear of rival unionists was holding him back. Sinn Fein [...]	2009-10-30 09:24:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EI XT UK
09DUBLIN46	GERRY ADAMS ENCOURAGES RENEWED EFFORTS TO UNITE [...] (C) During a January 21 speech at Mansion House commemorating the 90th anniversary of the first meeting of Ireland's first Dail (Parliament),Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams sought to reinvigorate the quest for a unified Ireland. He stated that the Ireland of equality and solidarity envisaged by the [...]	2009-01-30 15:29:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EI
09DUBLIN476	IRELAND: NOVEMBER GAERC, BELARUS, OSCE [...] (U) On November 10 Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the EU FMs, GAERC meeting on November 16-17. Separately, Poloff delivered ref C demarche on Belarus to Michael Forbes, DFA Director for Russia, Eastern Europe and Cent [...]	2009-11-12 16:28:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO RS AF OSCE EI EUN
09DUBLIN477	IRELAND: UPDATE ON EX-GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ex-Guantanamo detainees in Ireland are performing most daily tasks on their own, but will require "long-term" assistance before being able to integrate into Irish society. The Irish have requested the help of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in arranging for [...]	2009-11-12 16:38:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR EI
09DUBLIN502	IRELAND'S NOMINEE FOR EU COMMISSIONER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A highly placed official (PROTECT) in the Prime Minister's office told us that Ireland's nominee for the first post-Lisbon European Commission, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, was tapped not only for her qualifications but also for domestic and EU-wide political reasons. Ireland hopes for [...]	2009-11-25 13:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EUN EI
09DUBLIN511	IRELAND ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, IAEA'S SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 13:50:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IAEA KNNP SYR IR EI
09DUBLIN513	IRELAND "FAVORS" SETTING DATE FOR EU-MACEDONIA [...] (C) On November 25, Poloff discussed reftel points with John McCullagh, Counselor for EU Enlargement in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),and his Deputy Mark Daryl Erickson. On setting a start date for formal EU accession negotiations with Macedonia, our interlocutors referred to [...]	2009-11-30 15:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR MK EI EUN
09DUBLIN521	IRELAND: THE WAY FORWARD IN AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 2-3, we met with Irish officials to gauge GOI reaction to the President's announcement of the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (refs A and B),and to get an update on the possibility of additional Irish contributions to the effort. Our interlocutors expressed s [...]	2009-12-03 16:13:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PK EI
09DUBLIN522	IRELAND ON DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW SESSION [...] (C) On December 2, Poloff discussed reftel points with Isolde Moylan, Director of the Asia and Oceania Bureau in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),and Peter McIvor, the Bureau's Deputy Director. They said DPRK was one of their Bureau's priorities, and expressed their appreciation [...]	2009-12-03 16:33:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI UNGA EI
09DUBLIN523	IRELAND ON PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 16:42:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM EI
09DUBLIN524	IRISH OFFICIALS ON NORTHERN IRELAND TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on December 2 and 3, Kevin Conmy of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Paul McGarry of the Irish Prime Minister,s Office briefed us on ongoing talks between GOI and HMG about Northern Ireland. The aim of these meetings is to follow up on the me [...]	2009-12-03 18:20:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UK EI
09DUBLIN535	IRELAND: DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ON FOOD SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8 Ambassador Rooney met with Peter Power, Ireland's Minister of State for Overseas Development. Power wants to work more closely with the U.S. on food security in Africa, Ireland's top development priority. He also agreed to explore the possibility of contributing mo [...]	2009-12-10 09:02:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG EI MI ET TZ UG MZ
09DUBLIN538	IRELAND: PREDICTABLE BUDGET/UNPREDICTABLE FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: On December 9, the Irish government delivered its 2010 budget. Looking to save at least four billion Euro (USD 6 billion),the government had signaled for months that public sector pay and social welfare would make up a large chunk of the spending cuts and there were no great surp [...]	2009-12-10 16:37:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EI
09DUBLIN545	IRISH POLICY DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, NATO PFP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 15 Ciaran Murphy (STRICTLY PROTECT),Assistant Secretary General and Policy Director in the Irish Department of Defense, told Poloff there was a slight possibility Ireland would send two military trainers to Afghanistan to help train Afghan security forces. Ireland ho [...]	2009-12-16 14:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EI AF
09DUBLIN550	TOP IRISH DIPLOMATS ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 17 Ambassador Rooney hosted a lunch with the top career officials in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The conversation focused on priorities for U.S.-Ireland relations such as Afghanistan and the Northern Ireland peace process. On Afghanistan, the Irish [...]	2009-12-18 16:24:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF EI
09DUBLIN59	IRELAND'S COMMENTS ON THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 6, PolOff met with Derek Hannon, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation section of the DFA. Hannon noted that Ireland did not, at present, have detailed "informed views" on the NPT, but he did share Ireland's views on the issues submitted in reftel. [...]	2009-02-09 17:07:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09DUBLIN60	IRELAND LIKELY TO ACCEPT DETAINEES, BUT WHEN AND [...] (C) Ambassador Clint Williamson met on February 9 with David Cooney, Secretary General in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),Sean Aylward Secretary General in the Department of Justice (DOJ),and later had lunch with Conor Lenihan, Minister of Integration, to explain how President Obama [...]	2009-02-10 11:11:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EUN EI
09DUBLIN73	IRELAND APPLAUDS AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) EMBOFFS delivered reftel demarche on February 18, 2009 to Isolde Moylan, Director, Asia and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan indicated that Ireland is very receptive to the planned policy review and intends to provide views on the questions posed in reftel. She re [...]	2009-02-19 16:02:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID NATO EI
09DUBLIN80	IRELAND TO VOTE NO AT FEBRUARY 25 MEETING ON [...] (C) Econoff spoke to Tom O'Mahony, Assistant Secretary in the Department of Environment, who said that the Irish government would vote against the approval of the two biotech corn varieties at the February 25 meeting of the EU's DG Environment Regulatory Committee meeting (reftel). He said th [...]	2009-02-24 15:36:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV EI
09DUBLIN86	IRISH BANKING WOES: POLITICAL QUICKSAND [...] (C) Summary: Recently, the Finance Minister Brian Lenihan announced a recapitalization plan for Ireland's two largest banks. The terms of the recapitalization stated that the government would receive preferred shares in exchange for the investment and the Minister for Finance would name 25 pe [...]	2009-02-26 12:07:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI
09DUBLIN99	LIBERTAS: A ONE HIT WONDER? [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 17:58:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PINR PREL EIND EI
09DUSHANBE1016	UPDATE ON TAVILDARA [...] (U) On Sunday August 23, the Regional Security Officer and FSNI embarked on a journey southward to observe the Tajik/Afghan border area and then northward to Tavildara and the Rasht valley area to assess the security situation. Host nation police and military units recently wrapped up anti-ter [...]	2009-08-27 11:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE103	CENTCOM COMMANDER VISIT WITH TAJIK PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander David Petraeus completed his introductory visit to Tajikistan on 17 January 2009. The meeting with President Emomali Rahmon, Foreign Policy Advisor Rahmattuloyev, Minister of Defense General-Colonel (U.S. 3-star equivalent) Sherali Khai [...]	2009-01-26 10:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL TI
09DUSHANBE1067	TAJIKISTAN - REQUEST BY PRESIDENT RAHMON TO MEET WITH [...] (C) On September 8 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for North America and Europe Khusrav Nosiri gave PolEcon Chief a diplomatic note, dated September 8, requesting a meeting between President Rahmon and Secretary Clinton on the margins of UNGA between September 22 and 25. Nosiri said Rahmo [...]	2009-09-10 11:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP TI
09DUSHANBE1088	TAJIKISTAN - DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) On September 15 PolEcon Chief delivered reftel demarche to Dodhudo Pirov, Director of Asian and African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pirov said the Government of Tajikistan well understood that the electoral process in Afghanistan was not finished, and that there could be a [...]	2009-09-15 12:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO AF TI
09DUSHANBE1094	TAJIKISTAN - AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a 40-minute initial meeting, Foreign Minister Zarifi complained to Ambassador Gross about Tajikistan's lack of success in obtaining high-level meetings with the USG, either in Washington or in Dushanbe. He also pressed for a second U.S.-funded bridge to Afghanistan, for more [...]	2009-09-18 11:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TI
09DUSHANBE1121	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, 2009 Ambassador Ken Gross presented his credentials to Tajik President Rahmon. Rahmon thanked the U.S. for its assistance and singled out security, border and law enforcement assistance, while appealing for more economic assistance especially in hydropower, pitchin [...]	2009-10-05 12:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE1132	ACCESS TO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE MUQUIT VOHIDOV (ISN [...] (C) Per Ref A request, on October 8, 2009, emboff visited Muquit Vohidov (AKA Sobit Vahidov) in High Security Penitentiary Number 1 in Dushanbe. The meeting took place in the Prison Commander's office, with Prison Commander Colonel Tabarali Inomov and two other prison officers present. [...]	2009-10-08 12:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER KDRG TI
09DUSHANBE1149	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) In an October 14 meeting, Ambassador discussed the content, format, and timing of Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABCs) with Presidential Foreign Relations Adviser Erkin Rahmatulloev. He also raised fiscal transparency, Trafficking In Persons (TIP),religious freedom, nuclear security, and [...]	2009-10-16 11:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1151	RUSSIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS ABOUT U.S. MILITARY IN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin asked Ambassador whether the United States was becoming directly involved in security on the Tajik-Afghan border, saying this would be a very sensitive development for Russia. Ambassador outlined our security cooperation with Tajikistan and [...]	2009-10-16 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TI

09DUSHANBE1170	FOREIGN MINISTRY ZARIFI INDOCTRINATES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In an October 16 meeting, Foreign Minister Zarifi rattled off a lengthy list of Tajikistan's desires for infrastructure projects, increased trade, a softer human rights report, assistance on trafficking in persons, and help on relations with Uzbekistan. This appears to have been [...]	2009-10-21 11:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1191	GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) Summary: In a 75 minute meeting on October 26, President Rahmon pressed General Petraeus to help make Uzbekistan more friendly to Tajikistan, asked for additional bridges and dams, and urged that any post-election government of Afghanistan adequately represent Tajiks. Petraeus assured Rah [...]	2009-10-29 11:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MASS TI
09DUSHANBE1211	THE SUGHD REGION: HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SEARCHES FOR ISLAMISTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A raid by government security forces on a house in Isfara on November 18 was the latest in a string of violent incidents in Sughd Oblast. Though Tajikistan's second largest city, Khujand, considered by many Tajiks to be the center of Tajikistan's intelligentsia, is in Sughd, [...]	2009-11-09 13:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON TI
09DUSHANBE1215	TAJIKISTAN WARNS IT WILL CUT WATER SUPPLY TO UZBEKISTAN IN [...] (U) This is an Action Request - Please see Paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: With Uzbekistan leaving the Central Asian power system, the Government of Tajikistan is threatening to cut water supplies to Uzbekistan next summer if Uzbekistan does not allow transit of energy from Turkmenistan th [...]	2009-11-10 12:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR UZ TI
09DUSHANBE1321	LET MY PEOPLE GO! POLITICAL PRISONERS LEFT OUT OF AMNESTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Though the impetus for President Rahmon's November 6 announcement of a 10,000-prisoner amnesty was the dangerous overcrowding of the country's prisons, the amnesty was also the government's latest effort to bolster its populist credentials in advance of winter electricity shortages [...]	2009-11-25 05:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR TI
09DUSHANBE1335	TAJIKISTAN ELECTION COUNTDOWN - OPPOSITION PARTY SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of February, 2010 Parliamentary elections, Tajik opposition parties are initiating hopeful campaigns despite systemic obstacles and their own disorganization. The Islamic Renaissance Party plans to run an active, national campaign with appeal beyond its religious base [...]	2009-12-01 04:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE1427	JIHAD DECLARED AGAINST OMON [...] (C) SUMMARY: OMON (Militia Special Purpose Detachment) Commander Colonel Makhmadshoev Khurshed believes that the IMU declared a jihad against OMON in retaliation for the killing of suspected IMU militants. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) During a recent meeting with the RSO, Colonel Khurshed desc [...]	2009-12-15 12:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE1433	STATE COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY DEFENDS CIVILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: In a 75 minute meeting on December 11, State Committee for National Security (GKNB) Deputy Chairman for Counterterrorism General Abdullo Sadulloevich Nazarov described the terrorist threats facing Tajikistan, argued that authoritarian measures were necessary to defend civilization agai [...]	2009-12-16 11:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TI
09DUSHANBE146	TAJIK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS COOL, ONLY TO WARM AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Tajik-Russian relations seem to have hit a rough patch, mainly over perceived Russian support for Uzbekistan in Tajik-Uzbek water sharing disagreements. Resentments over mistreatment of Tajiks working in Russia and lack of work opportunities there has added to tensions. President [...]	2009-02-06 07:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU TI
09DUSHANBE147	TAJIKISTAN GOVERNMENT SHUFFLE - STRIKE A BLOW FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the annual Tajik government reshuffle, President Rahmon replaced the heads of major state enterprises and a variety of district heads and deputy ministers. Like last year's reshuffle, government changes were mainly at the district and deputy minister level. The only cabinet l [...]	2009-02-06 07:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE154	RAHMON INVITES AMBASSADOR TO "SEND A SIGNAL" [...] (C)Summary: For the first time during her two-and-a-half year tour, Rahmon invited Ambassador for a one-on-one meeting. He briefed Ambassador on: -- the argument with Russia over President Medvedev,s statement in Tashkent on water management, -- his recent visit to Moscow and Russian "ho [...]	2009-02-06 12:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS TI
09DUSHANBE157	ENERGY SITUATION WORSENS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Sanat Rahimov, the new chair of the national electricity company Barqi Tojik, dismissed as ridiculous the notion that Tajikistan either could or should hold back water in the spring to replenish its hydroelectric reservoirs. He said Tajikistan must "live within its energy means" a [...]	2009-02-10 10:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV ECON PREL UZ TI
09DUSHANBE185	KOSOVO RECOGNITION - NO TAJIK POSITION [...] (C) Pol/Econ Officer discussed reftel demarche with Jamaluddin Ubaidulloev, Second Secretary of the Department of European and North American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Higher ranking officials were unavailable because they were traveling with President Rahmon to Europe. Ubai [...]	2009-02-13 13:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KV TI
09DUSHANBE2	PARLIAMENTARIAN VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On 20 December, Yusufjon Akhmedov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament, candidly discussed with Poloff a number of issues, including the extent to which President Rahmon personally benefitted from the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco). Akhmedov speculated about a possible decl [...]	2009-01-02 09:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE224	A SLIGHT WARMING IN TAJIK-UZBEK RELATIONS? [...] (C) Summary: The meeting of an Uzbek-Tajik intergovernmental commission appears to have been a qualified success, with agreements on some of the power and water issues that have been dividing the two countries. This should pave the way for renewed transit of Turkmen electricity to Dushanbe. Bu [...]	2009-02-23 13:01:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UZ TI
09DUSHANBE231	USTRANSCOM MEETINGS WITH TAJIK OFFICIALS ON NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: Following up on General Petraeus's Northern Distribution Network (NDN) discussions with President Rahmon in January (Ref A),Rear Admiral Mark Harnitchek, USTRANSCOM Director of Strategy, Policy, and Logistics, met with Tajikistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamrohon Zarifi, Min [...]	2009-02-26 06:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL AF TI
09DUSHANBE233	TAJIKISTAN INITIAL INPUT TO AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (C) PolEcon Chief delivered Ref A points to Khusrav Nosiri, MFA Director for North America and Europe on February 20. Nosiri had no substantive reply at the time. On February 26 MFA North America Desk Officer Jamaluddin Ubaidulloev informed PolEcon Chief that the MFA had sent the points to the [...]	2009-02-26 11:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK TI
09DUSHANBE242	AN INSIDE LOOK AT TAJIK LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Interior's investigation of an embassy employee's alleged involvement in a visa scam gave EmbOffs an inside look at how Tajik law enforcement officers conduct criminal investigations. The embassy employee was ultimately cleared of criminal liability, but the invest [...]	2009-03-02 12:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE290	TO WHOM DO TAJIKS LISTEN? MEETING THE IMAMS [...] (C) Summary: As the Government of Tajikistan's credibility deteriorates and economic conditions worsen, Tajikistan's independent imams are becoming increasingly popular. These imams are attracting thousands of worshippers during Friday prayers, expanding their mosques, and enjoying a degree of [...]	2009-03-04 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE346	THREE FACES OF TAJIKISTAN'S SUNNI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs have reached out to more of Tajikistan's imams to get their impressions of religious life in Tajikistan and perceptions of the United States. The dissatisfaction voiced by Tajikistan's increasingly popular independent imams, as described in reftel, appears to be shared by [...]	2009-03-19 11:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE347	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW LAW ON RELIGION - USHERING IN A NEW ROUND [...] (C) Summary: Parliament has passed a new Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations (Religion Law),and President Rahmon is poised to sign the bill into law. The law is full of internal contradictions, and codifies numerous restrictions that government officials have been preempti [...]	2009-03-19 13:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE354	TAJIKISTAN - ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) PolEcon Chief raised reftel matter informally with Khusrav Nosiri, MFA Director of European and North American Affairs on March 20. Nosiri said Tajikistan's position on Abkhazia and South Ossetia had not changed, nor was there much likelihood that the position would change. Tajikistan doe [...]	2009-03-20 12:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS TI
09DUSHANBE401	THREE FACES OF TAJIKISTAN'S SUNNI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs have reached out to more of Tajikistan's imams to get their impressions of religious life in Tajikistan and perceptions of the United States. The dissatisfaction voiced by Tajikistan's increasingly popular independent imams, as described in reftel, appears to be shared by [...]	2009-03-30 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE416	GOVERNMENT SMOTHERS COVERAGE OF RELIGION LAW [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan continues to use smoke and mirrors in discussing its religious policy. Government officials deflected criticism of the new religion law (reftel A) at a March 30 press round table without providing any substantive basis for their comments. The governmen [...]	2009-04-06 11:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL TI
09DUSHANBE423	IS TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY AT A CROSSROADS? [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's new religion law puts Tajikistan's Islamic Revival Party in a difficult position. The party's inability to influence either the legislative process or the government's religious policy, calls into question its reason for being. The party's silence on major issues cha [...]	2009-04-08 13:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE429	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S APRIL 20-21 VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of A/S Boucher. Following is an overview of the key issues we face in Tajikistan. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ------------------- 2. (C) Tajikistan has been hit hard by the global recession. Remittances, which in 2008 were equivalent [...]	2009-04-10 05:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE45	TAJIKISTAN - SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 17 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of General Petraeus. Following are an overview of the situation and key issues we face in Tajikistan. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (C) The poorest former Soviet republic, Tajikistan borders Afghanistan (1200 kilometers),China, Uzbekistan and [...]	2009-01-09 09:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE466	DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS DELIVERED [...] (C) On April 6, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Husrav Noziri, the Head of the Americas and Europe Division of Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Noziri could not provide specific feedback on reftel requests, but he forwarded them to the individuals. It is unclear how and when the [...]	2009-04-15 09:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF TI
09DUSHANBE467	RUSSIAN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS LOOK BETTER ON PAPER [...] (C) Summary: According to the Russian embassy, Russia plans and implements its assistance to Tajikistan in a basic manner that is politically driven, does not take account of development needs, and relies excessively on the Tajik government for distribution. Russian diplomats share our frustra [...]	2009-04-15 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON RU TI
09DUSHANBE489	BOUCHER FINDS COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN, BUT REFORM ON THE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings in Dushanbe on April 20, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher emphasized several key issues with Tajik President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi: -- the need for increased cooperation and engagement on Afghanistan; -- the need [...]	2009-04-24 12:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE508	ZARIFI BLOWS A GASKET OVER AUDIT OF NATIONAL BANK AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Helwig met with Foreign Minister Zarifi on April 24, to discuss elections, trafficking in persons, freedom of religion, economic reform, Afghanistan, and the work of the OSCE in the region. Zarifi made comments virtually identical to those he made to A/S Boucher on these [...]	2009-04-24 14:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE509	OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERS TELL BOUCHER THERE IS LITTLE HOPE [...] (C) Summary: Three leaders of opposition political parties told South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Boucher they had little hope for the development of democratic government in Tajikistan, then tried to blame this on lack of support from the United States Government. They offered no pl [...]	2009-04-27 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE510	DEPUTY ASST US TRADE REP FINDS TAJIK GOVT MORE INTERESTED IN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Claudio Lilienfeld visited Dushanbe April 21-22 to review U.S.-Tajik trade relations and the status of the U.S.-Central Asian Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). Matlubkhon Davlatov, the P [...]	2009-04-27 12:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL UZ TI
09DUSHANBE514	MIFFED ABOUT INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND VOTE, TAJIK FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: With the Tajik government highly annoyed that the United States dared to oppose a new IMF loan, Foreign Minister Zarifi called in the Ambassador April 27, accompanied by the DCM and RSO. In a departure from normal practice, Zarifi, who is comfortable in both Russian and English, i [...]	2009-04-27 13:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ASEC CVIS PHUM EAID TI
09DUSHANBE570	AUDIT OF TAJIK NATIONAL BANK REVEALS MAJOR FRAUD; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The recently-released executive summary of an audit of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) documents fraudulent and other questionable activities. The Bank's chairman personally approved hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and guarantees to entities in which he had a perso [...]	2009-05-12 12:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE6	PARLIAMENTARIAN VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On 20 December, Yusufjon Akhmedov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament, candidly discussed with Poloff a number of issues, including the extent to which President Rahmon personally benefitted from the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco). Akhmedov speculated about a possible decl [...]	2009-01-05 07:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE617	TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, the Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Staff following a week of intense rumors about foreign fighters in Tavildara, Tajikistan and the movement of government forces to the area. (See REFTEL) While initially providing the cove [...]	2009-05-22 12:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL MARR SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE618	GOVERNMENT TRIES TO TACKLE FINANCIAL CRISIS, BUT SHADOW OF [...] (C) Summary. Last week the Tajik government convened a donor meeting to discuss the effects of and potential responses to the world economic crisis. Little of the information was new. Tajik officials described the difficulties the country is facing -- falling remittances, sharply lower expo [...]	2009-05-22 12:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR EAID EINV PREL PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE619	TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, the Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Staff following a week of intense rumors about foreign fighters in Tavildara, Tajikistan and the movement of government forces to the area. (See REFTEL) While initially providing the cove [...]	2009-05-22 12:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL MARR SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE653	TAJIKISTAN ARRESTS MUSLIM MISSIONARIES: ARE THEY [...] (C) Summary: In April and May 2009, Tajik law enforcement officials arrested members of the Jamoat-i-Tabligh, a Sunni missionary group. Most of those arrested have been released, but an unknown number remain in custody, and it is unclear when or if criminal proceedings will be initiated agains [...]	2009-05-29 04:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE664	TAVILDARA SITREP [...] (C) On May 28, the Regional Security Officer met with Colonel Khaidar Makhmadiev, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Interior and the former Chief of Staff, to get more information about the security situation in Tavildara (reftels). The Regional Security Officer has worked with Makhmadiev for [...]	2009-05-29 12:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC TI
09DUSHANBE7	PARLIAMENTARIAN VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT TAJIKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On 20 December, Yusufjon Akhmedov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament, candidly discussed with Poloff a number of issues, including the extent to which President Rahmon personally benefitted from the Tajik Aluminum Company (Talco). Akhmedov speculated about a possible decl [...]	2009-01-05 07:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE702	NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR PROPOSES CLOSER COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In a courtesy call on the Ambassador, the newly arrived Russian Ambassador said Russia's chief interest in Tajikistan was maintaining stability and asked about Tajik and U.S. concerns about possibly greater activity of the Taliban in the north. He proposed greater coordination and [...]	2009-06-05 12:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ENRG TI RU UZ
09DUSHANBE703	MORE INDICATIONS THAT TAJIKISTAN'S ISLAMIC PARTY IS AT A [...] (C) Summary: Mahmadali Hait and Vohidkhoni Qosiddin, Deputy Chairmen of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT),maintain that their party ranks continue to grow because of the government's unpopularity, but there are still questions about their ability to lead an effective opposition pa [...]	2009-06-05 12:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE704	RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS OFFICIALS IN TAJIKISTAN: WHO'S RUNNING THE [...] (C) Summary: Catherine Cosman, Senior Analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF),met with Tajik officials June 1-4 to discuss the country's religious policy. USCIRF has placed Tajikistan on a list of countries of concern because of government restrictions on re [...]	2009-06-05 12:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE741	TAJIKISTANI GOVERNMENT INFORMED REGARDING UPCOMING [...] (C) On June 1, Poloff delivered points in reftel, concerning negotiations with Moscow about potential transport of materiel via Russia to Afghanistan, to Khusrav Nosiri, head of the Department of European and American affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nosiri clearly appreciated [...]	2009-06-16 12:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV EFIN TI
09DUSHANBE840	TAJIKISTAN - A/S BLAKE'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In Dushanbe on July 6, 2009 South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Robert Blake gave an overview to President Rahmon and Foreign Minister Zarifi of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, emphasizing the importance of Tajikistan in this effort. He proposed the Unite [...]	2009-07-13 12:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE845	TAJIKISTAN - FORMER UTO COMMANDER ZIYOEV KILLED [...] (C) Summary: On July 11 former United Tajik Opposition (UTO) commander and Minister of Emergency Situations Mirzo Ziyoev was killed in mysterious circumstances in Tavildara district. He was with the armed group led by Ne'mat Azizov and Mullo Abdullo in the week preceding his death. There are [...]	2009-07-14 12:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PTER KCRM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE95	TAJIKISTAN BANS THE SALAFIS - WHO'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: The Tajik Supreme Court pronouncement outlawing the Salafis is the latest step in the government's attempts to reduce the influence of religion in Tajik politics. The measure may reduce the influence of the group, primarily because ) unlike other government restrictions ) traditi [...]	2009-01-23 08:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE954	CHINESE INTEREST IN TAJIKISTAN INCREASES [...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's largest and most powerful neighbor, China plays an increasingly central role in Tajikistan's economic development. It has made massive state-led investments in Tajikistan's infrastructure, including roads and energy transmission lines, and Chinese imports increasin [...]	2009-08-07 10:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL ENRG ELTN TI CH
09DUSHANBE957	PROMINENT FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER TURAJONZODA SHARES VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, Embassy PolOffs and two DRL representatives met with Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda, a charismatic religious leader who was among the top leaders of the United Tajik Opposition during Tajikistan's civil war. Despite his continued harsh criticism of President Rahmon, Turajonzod [...]	2009-08-07 12:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL TI
09DUSHANBE968	TAJIKISTAN - POST CONCURRENCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] (C) Embassy Dushanbe concurs with reftel listing of Cotton produced in Tajikistan as being subject to E.O. 13126. Per the annual Trafficking in Persons report for Tajikistan, and other post- and department-generated reports, children continue to be forced to participate in the cotton industry [...]	2009-08-13 12:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TI
09DUSHANBE969	TAJIKISTAN -- IMF SEES PROGRESS BUT STILL NOT SURE GLASS IS [...] (C) Summary: After initial assurances that the financial crisis would not affect Tajikistan, government officials now frequently cite dropping remittances, exports, and imports as serious signs of the crisis here. International Monetary Fund Resident Representative Luc Moers said the situation [...]	2009-08-13 12:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV TI
09DUSHANBE990	TAJIKISTAN - MANAGING AFGHANISTAN'S NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's leadership wants stability in Afghanistan, and sees President Karzai as the country's best bet to continue toward that goal. The Tajik government insists it takes no sides in the election, and is not interested in meddling in the ethnic power balance in Afghanistan. [...]	2009-08-20 12:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF TI
09ECTION03OF05MANILA924	CANDIDATES BEGIN JOKEYING FOR 2010 PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 08:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR RP PGOV
09FLORENCE17	SAN MARINO SUPPORTS KOSOVO IMF AND WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 09:31:00	Consulate Florence	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV SM
09FLORENCE22	SAN MARINO: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The following are post's answers to the questionnaire in Reftel for the Republic of San Marino. . 2. (SBU) Section A: Immigration Data Bases and Traveler Information Collection - - - - - - - - - - -- What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries a [...]	2009-06-03 14:15:00	Consulate Florence	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC SM
09FRANKFURT2274	GREENS KINGMAKERS IN SAARLAND ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Saarland voters gave incumbent Minister-President and Christian Democrat Peter Mueller a political lashing in the August 30 state parliamentary elections, and showed their continued affection for former Social Democratic Party (SPD) chief and current Left Party leader Oskar Lafont [...]	2009-09-01 06:22:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV GM
09FRANKFURT2670	GREENS IN SAARLAND TURN RIGHT, SETTING POLITICAL PRECEDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Green Party in Saarland set a new political precedent October 11 when it decided overwhelmingly to form a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP),a so-called "Jamaica" coalition based upon the parties' colors (Black, Yellow and G [...]	2009-10-14 05:14:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GM
09FRANKFURT787	Grand Coalition Fatigue Sets Off Unrest in State CDUs [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the September 2009 general election approaching, Chancellor Merkel's CDU faces declining poll numbers nationally, with gains going largely to the FDP. (The CDU's coalition partner and arch-rival, the SPD, has faced troubling polls for months now.) State CDUs are urging Mer [...]	2009-03-20 15:15:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
09FREETOWN103	JUSTICE QUESTIONS KEMOH SESAY'S INVOLVEMENT WHILE [...] (C) Summary: Two of the accused in the ongoing cocaine trial had their charges dismissed on March 16, an additional sign that the case is quickly being brought to a close. Civil Aviation employees Badara Allieu Tarawalley and Ebenezer Adetunji Macauley were released based on the lack of evidenc [...]	2009-03-17 18:00:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KJUS SL
09FREETOWN104	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO FREETOWN [...] (C) Summary: The UN Executive Representative of the Secretary General (ERSG) convened a meeting of the diplomatic corps on March 17 to discuss the political violence that occurred on March 13 and 16 (reftel A). The ERSG relayed information from a meeting held earlier that morning with Presiden [...]	2009-03-17 18:08:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SL
09FREETOWN106	MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONVENES DIP CORPS, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura met with the Diplomatic Corps and donors on March 17 to present the government's response to the violent events on March 13 and 16 (reftel A). Bangura reported that the government believes the situation is unacceptable, given the progress the country [...]	2009-03-20 08:42:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SL
09FREETOWN109	POLICE SETS PIPELINE ABLAZE: EXPLOSION KILLS 11, [...] (C) Summary: On March 22, the pipeline supplying oil to the National Petroleum terminal, a pipeline often illegally tapped by the local community of Kissy-Quarry, sprang a significant leak. According to various sources, Sierra Leone Police (SLP) officers were unable to contain the small crowd [...]	2009-03-23 16:54:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS SL
09FREETOWN110	APC U.S.-BASED BLOG ATTACKS, THREATENS U.S. AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Please see action request, para 7. 2. (C) An All Peoples Congress (APC) blog called "All Peoples Communication" has issued a scurrilous, untrue polemic attacking Ambassador's meeting with opposition party (SLPP) at the destroyed SLPP headquarters site. It does not indicate that the Amba [...]	2009-03-23 18:06:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL PINR SL
09FREETOWN113	COCAINE CASE CLOSES: WILL OUR WINDOW OF [...] (C) Summary: The cocaine case closed on March 23, following final statements from the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the defense teams. Justice Browne-Marke adjourned the court, stating that he would reconvene no later than four weeks from now to render his decision. While the def [...]	2009-03-24 17:53:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KJUS SL
09FREETOWN115	PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER APOLOGIZE TO U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 17:53:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KWMN PINR SL
09FREETOWN12	EAC FREETOWN CONVENES ON PROPOSED LIBYAN UN DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Post convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 8 to review our security posture in advance of the potential USUN veto of Libya's proposed draft resolution on Gaza. The EAC was chaired by CDA, and attended by RSO, POL, MGMT, CONS, PAO, and Legatt. End S [...]	2009-01-08 10:31:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC IS PREL PTER UN SL
09FREETOWN121	AN IRON FIST IN A VELVET GLOVE: FIRST LADY VISITS [...] (C) Summary: First Lady Sia Koroma called on Ambassador Perry on March 28 at the CMR to apologize for the threats made against the Ambassador in an online APC blog, as well as offer her views on the opposition party and their culpability in the March 13 and 16 incidents (reftel A). Koroma also [...]	2009-03-31 17:21:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC SL
09FREETOWN128	GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION AGREEMENT: JOINT [...] (SBU) Following two weeks of talks with the international community core Ambassadors (U.S., U.K., EU, China) under the aegis of the UN, the ruling All People's Congress Party (APC) and the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) signed a joint communiquQ on April 2, 2009. The ceremony r [...]	2009-04-03 13:44:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SL
09FREETOWN129	MARCH POLITICAL ROUND-UP -- FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: March was a politically active and volatile month in Sierra Leone. Two violent clashes between the APC and SLPP resulted in the banning of political radio stations, and differences between the parties were negotiated with the international community acting as mediators. The SLPP he [...]	2009-04-03 13:51:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SL
09FREETOWN13	DECEMBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: December was a quiet month in Sierra Leone, with most government and private offices closing for extended holidays. This month President Koroma hosted the 66th Mano River Union Summit, including a Heads of State Conference. This took place less than two weeks before the death of L [...]	2009-01-08 17:45:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SL
09FREETOWN134	ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN: INFLUENCE IN STATE HOUSE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Perry recently met with two of the President's closest advisors: Emmanuel Osho Coker, Secretary to the President, and Joseph Koroma, newly-appointed Minister of Presidential Affairs. Both are highly experienced technocrats, having served in the Foreign and Civil services [...]	2009-04-09 17:21:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SL
09FREETOWN136	IMF REPS CONCERNED BUT PATIENT REGARDING SIERRA [...] (C) Summary: On April 6, Ambassador met with IMF representatives to discuss their private views on GoSL performance since December 2008. Resident Representative Alvin Hilaire, Chief of Mission Norbert Toe and incoming Chief of Mission Jan Mikkelsen, discussed their disappointment that promises [...]	2009-04-14 15:43:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN SL
09FREETOWN152	LANDMARK NARCOTICS CASE ENDS: DEFENDANTS NOT GOING [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sierra Leone's judicial system completed its landmark narcotics case (reftel A) on April 20, finding all defendants guilty. The first case tried using the national Narcotics Control Act of 2008, this creates valuable legal precedent, while also sending a message to na [...]	2009-04-22 15:44:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN192	CONVICTS' PRISON LOCATION STILL A CONCERN FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Herman von Hebel, Registrar of the Special Court, as well as Binta Mansaray, his Deputy, on 21 May to discuss his two main concerns regarding Court operations and proceedings. Mr von Hebel, who is leaving his post in Sierra Leone as of 22 May, also thanked the Ambassa [...]	2009-05-22 12:14:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KAWC SL
09FREETOWN203	OPPOSITION LEADER VISA ISSUE PLAYS OUT IN PRESS: [...] (C) Summary: SLPP party leader John Benjamin's potential inadmissibility to enter the United States has resulted in a series of attacks on the Embassy and the CDA by outlets aligned with Benjamin's party. Benjamin is the third member of the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) junta to [...]	2009-06-03 17:53:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS PGOV PHUM SL
09FREETOWN209	FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUINEA'S "GIFT FROM HEAVEN" [...] (C) On June 5, CDA and Poloff took advantage of a routine meeting with Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura to discuss her views on two key issues impacting Sierra Leone's security: drugs, and Guinea. FoMin expressed some alarm over the threat posed by marijuana cultivation, and then stated her can [...]	2009-06-08 18:32:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR SL GV
09FREETOWN217	MAY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: President Koroma continued to focus in May towards reconciling the country's two major political parties, urging them to implement the communiquQ signed following the unrest in March. On the heels of the Cabinet reshuffle, Ministers have signed new performance contracts. The disin [...]	2009-06-12 11:00:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN222	LIMITED CAPACITY, RISING CRIME: SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) Summary: The security situation in Sierra Leone, always fragile, appears to have grown increasingly tenuous in recent weeks. Concerns over rising levels of violent crime, both in Freetown and across the country, are compounded by the decreasing capacity of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) to [...]	2009-06-16 10:06:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SL
09FREETOWN230	SIERRA LEONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN TROUBLE? [...] (C) Summary: The telecommunications industry, viewed as a success story of foreign business investment in Sierra Leone, is clashing with the GoSL in its attempts to remain profitable. The three main Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) cellular operators, Zain, Comium, and Africell, w [...]	2009-06-19 09:35:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV PGOV SL
09FREETOWN231	STUDENTS TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER IN FBC HAZING [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12 the Magistrate Court conducting the preliminary investigations into the death of an eighteen year old freshman in the Faculty of Arts Fourah Bay College found all ten accused guilty of murder, rather than manslaughter. The defendants must now face official murder char [...]	2009-06-19 12:01:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SL
09FREETOWN255	SMOOTH CRIMINAL? PARTY "ENEMY" OF THE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Minister of Lands, Housing, Country Planning and the Environment, Dr. Dennis Sandy, testified before Parliament on June 5 that his ministry is the most corrupt and that Members of Parliament are involved in shady land deals. He tendered documents implicating the Majority Leade [...]	2009-07-02 16:43:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SL
09FREETOWN256	JUNE POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: Despite steps forward to improve the investment climate of the country in June, a violent incident targeting a U.S. company (and Embassy contractor) demonstrated that such improvements have not trickled down to the local level. Parliament updated laws inherited from the Colonial e [...]	2009-07-02 16:50:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN262	SL MAY LOSE GRIP ON CURRENCY [...] (C) The Sierra Leonean economy has not been known in recent years for robustness: years of corruption and bad governance, exacerbated by the civil war, destroyed export-oriented industry and the infrastructure needed to sustain it. In the long road to recovery from the war, a measure of econom [...]	2009-07-08 12:04:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN280	KOROMA MEETS WITH GUINEAN JUNTA DESPITE POLITICAL [...] (U) On July 13, President Koroma held a bilateral discussion with Guinean junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara (reftel C). The Mano River Union Heads of State Summit, scheduled for July 14, was canceled, but Koroma chose to speak with Dadis Camara without other Heads of State present. The likely t [...]	2009-07-17 11:31:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SL GV
09FREETOWN288	SIERRA LEONE: BROKER FOR REGIONAL STABILITY? [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met July 20 with Foreign Minister Bangura following President Koroma's travel to Conakry for an aborted Mano River Union summit July 14. Minister Bangura was defensive about the need for Sierra Leone to stay engaged with coup leaders Dadis Camara despite ECOWAS, AU and [...]	2009-07-23 08:18:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SL
09FREETOWN29	COUPS RUN THE GAME: SIERRA LEONE BETWEEN A ROCK [...] (C) Summary: CDA discussed reftel demarche topic with Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura on January 16. Bangura's response reflected the constant struggle facing Sierra Leone to maintain democratic principles and regional commitments in the face of sub-regional threats to peace and security. The [...]	2009-01-22 11:57:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN321	FINANCE MINISTER UNPERTURBED BY ECONOMIC PRESSURES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Finance Minister Samura Kamara on August 11 to discuss the state of the Sierra Leonean economy. Minister Kamara downplayed the ongoing currency devaluation (reftel),focusing instead on long-term financial and development strategies, such as the GoSL's approach [...]	2009-08-17 15:22:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PINR SL
09FREETOWN322	SIERRA LEONE CURRENCY TANKING FASTER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: The Sierra Leone currency is suffering a continued significant decline. The Leone is trading at rates approaching 4,000 to USD 1.00, surprising independent analysts who had forecast the devaluation to go no further than a 3,600:1 ratio (reftel). Banking officials had been more pes [...]	2009-08-17 15:28:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ASEC PINR SL
09FREETOWN323	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PMDC PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Charles Margai, leader of the PMDC party, at his request, called on Ambassador Perry August 13 (Poloff participated in the meeting). He discussed his views on a variety of topics, including political tolerance, corruption, and the role of the international community in Sierra Leone [...]	2009-08-17 15:29:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SL
09FREETOWN344	U.S. COAST GUARD SEIZURE ENDS SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Combined U.S. Coast Guard Cutter LEGARE-Sierra Leone seizure of a 750 ton Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel August 17th ended Sierra Leonean complacency on Fisheries, and may cost a Minister her job. The seizure was initially met with considerable jubilation by both the Min [...]	2009-09-02 07:50:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS PGOV PREL ECON SL
09FREETOWN379	ATTORNEY-GENERAL HAD HAND IN FISHERIES CORRUPTION [...] (C) Per reftel, Minister of Marine Resources Haja Afsatu Kabba nearly released the seized fishing vessel, the Yu Feng 102, in return for a small bribe from its Taiwanese owners. In an additional revelation of corruption, the Chief Justice passed to the CDA on September 16 that the Attorney-Gene [...]	2009-09-22 14:07:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIS KCOR SL
09FREETOWN388	PRESIDENT KOROMA SPEAKS PUBLICLY ON GUINEA [...] (U) President Koroma held a press conference on September 29 to discuss his participation in the UNGA. Members of the media used the opportunity to pose questions to the President about the situation in Guinea, which he called a "critical development." He stated that he is "still digesting" the [...]	2009-09-29 15:43:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR GV SL
09FREETOWN392	SEPTEMBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: Political controversy continued to be relatively mild during the month of September, with the nation focused on the potential for a major offshore oil discovery by U.S.-based company Anadarko, and highlighted problems within the health and education sectors. The findings of the Co [...]	2009-10-06 11:50:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCOR SL
09FREETOWN393	POLICE-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP STRAINED [...] (C) Summary: Though a rivalry has always existed between the civilian and military branches of the security apparatus, the relationship between the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) and the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) is starting to show increased strain. Small-scale incidents that oc [...]	2009-10-06 12:02:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC SL
09FREETOWN4	SIERRA LEONE'S PRIVATE PESSIMISM ABOUT GUINEA [...] (C) Sierra Leone's moderate public response to the Guinea coup should not be misinterpreted as complacency. The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) appears to be approaching the situation warily, welcoming the coup leaders for bilateral discussions while concurrently preparing for possible insec [...]	2009-01-05 17:47:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SL
09FREETOWN400	KOROMA SHOWS PARANOIA IN RESPONDING TO CRIME SPIKE [...] (C) President Koroma called a National Security Council (NSC) meeting on October 6 to discuss the recent increase in violent armed robberies in the Freetown area. Home invasions, illegal vehicular checkpoints, and muggings are on the rise, targeting those with known wealth or the appearance of [...]	2009-10-14 17:49:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PINR SL
09FREETOWN404	PRESIDENT KOROMA WANTS HIGH LEVEL USG [...] (U) On October 12, President Ernest Bai Koroma passed through his personal assistant a request that the United States Government endorse Sierra Leone's Consultative Group (CG) meeting in London November 18-19 by sending a high level delegation. The meeting, which is broken down into a Trade an [...]	2009-10-15 12:43:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SL
09FREETOWN411	KOROMA OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH OPTIMISM [...] (U) Summary: At the opening of Parliament on October 9, President Koroma outlined the blue print for his government for the coming year. In his two hour speech he outlined his achievements, touted his Agenda for Change, and criticized the opposition for fanning the flames of tribalism in the c [...]	2009-10-19 14:28:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL

09FREETOWN42	SIERRA LEONE ARMY "DREAM TEAM" AIRS GRIEVANCES [...] (C) Summary: An anonymous letter released in Freetown has accused the Minister of Defense of making appointments and promotions favoring his own ethnic group, corruption and misuse of government resources, and threatens "another war is possible" if the accusations raised in the letter are not [...]	2009-02-04 14:11:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SL
09FREETOWN424	CONFIDENCE WANING IN CORRUPT POLICE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) With the President seemingly placing greater civilian security authority in the hands of the military due to an increase in crime (reftel D),the Inspector General of Police (IGP) is currently facing significant criticism both within and outside of government. Brima Acha Kamara, a hold-over [...]	2009-10-28 10:57:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV SNAR SL
09FREETOWN425	VICE PRESIDENT MAY BE BOOTED FOR ALLEGEDLY [...] (C) Vice President Samuel Samsumana has been named as a third party defendant in a civil suit in Perry County, Arkansas. The original suit was filed against the West family of Perry County, who borrowed money to buy equipment to be used in an logging enterprise in Sierra Leone; the Wests in tu [...]	2009-10-28 13:57:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR SNAR SL
09FREETOWN434	OCTOBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: October highlights include an investigation into acts of political violence and intolerance, concern over the Bankole Thompson Commission of Inquiry report on the March riots, intra-party tensions, and new commercial interest in Sierra Leone from the Iranians. The country hosted a [...]	2009-11-03 18:13:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SL
09FREETOWN435	MINISTER OF HEALTH INDICTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES; [...] (U) Summary: President Koroma removed the Minister of Health and Sanitation and the Minister of State in the Vice President's Office from their duties on November 4 due to allegations of corruption. Minister of Health, Sheiku Tejan Koroma, was indicted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) f [...]	2009-11-04 17:20:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR SL
09FREETOWN449	SLPP PULLS NO PUNCHES TO DISCREDIT GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: On November 16, the SLPP released to the media a letter from party Chairman John Benjamin to President Koroma. The letter outlines four pages of alleged grievances, ranging from corruption and nepotism to inter-party squabbles. While the letter was dated November 12, its release w [...]	2009-11-18 08:29:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KCOR SL
09FREETOWN465	SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART I: POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first in a series of four that seeks to analyze Sierra Leone's current level of stability, and the threats and weaknesses challenging it. In the political realm, the country is already gearing up for the 2012 national, parliamentary, and local elections. Even tho [...]	2009-12-01 17:19:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN466	SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART II: ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of four cables that highlights risks to Sierra Leone's security (reftel A). The national economy continues to be in a state of woe, built on the precarious foundation of a weakening currency, decreasing imports and exports, reduced food security, and [...]	2009-12-01 17:31:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN470	B-K ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] (U) Reftel demarche was delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Khadijatu Bashir, normally the number four person in the Ministry but currently acting Foreign Minister (the incumbent returns from the Hajj on December 3, with other senior officials also abroad). The a [...]	2009-12-02 16:38:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF SL
09FREETOWN471	SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART III: SECURITY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third in a four-part series (reftels A/B) that highlights risks to Sierra Leone's stability. Given recent events in the sub-region and Sierra Leone's own blighted history, the ability of the security sector to maintain peace is an ongoing, critical concern. While [...]	2009-12-02 17:45:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PINS SNAR KCOR SL
09FREETOWN495	A CHINA'S PD EFFORT FIZZLE IN FREETOWN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 18:09:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SL
09FREETOWN496	SIERRA LEONE AMLEP MISSION RESULTS IN FOUR SEIZURES [...] (U) SUMMARY: An Africa Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) operation December 6-14 resulted in four fishing vessels seized by Sierra Leonean authorities in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy. The operation built on a previous AMLEP conducted in August (reftel),and provi [...]	2009-12-16 18:20:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS PREL PGOV MARR SL
09FREETOWN497	SIERRA LEONE MINISTER OF FINANCE PRESENTS 2010 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and Economic Development Samura Kamara presented the Sierra Leone Government Budget and Statement of Economic and Financial Policies for the financial year 2010, titled "Confronting the Future," to Parliament on December 4. The budget includes a comprehensive [...]	2009-12-17 19:36:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SL
09FREETOWN5	SOUNDS OF SILENCE: QADHAFI TALKS BUT SAYS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: Muammar Qadhafi's unexpected visit to Freetown ended on January 3, leaving little in his wake beyond confusion regarding his motivations. Accompanied by an entourage of 500, including a heavily armed security detachment, Qadhafi made no public promises of support for Sierra Leone [...]	2009-01-06 12:18:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LY SL
09FREETOWN518	FOREIGN MINISTER UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura appears increasingly at risk of losing her job in the next cabinet reshuffle, with corruption charges, frequent absences from Freetown, and incompetence cited by the media as the leading reasons. Her favored position with the President (reftel A) [...]	2009-12-31 13:32:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SL
09FREETOWN52	SPECIAL COURT PRESIDENT MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR PERRY [...] (U) Summary: On February 9th, the President of the Special Court (SCSL),Justice Renate Winter of Austria, and the Sierra Leonean Deputy Registrar, Binta Mansaray, discussed with Ambassador Perry their recent visit with the Management Committee and ongoing court related issues. End Summary. [...]	2009-02-13 12:53:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC KJUS PINR USUN SL
09FREETOWN64	FOREIGN MINISTER UNHAPPY, AND PERHAPS UNLOVED [...] (C) The Ambassador met Sierra Leonean Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura on February 16 to provided a tour d'horizon of the new U.S. Administration's priorities and the Secretary's stated interest in assistance programs. The Minister had just returned to Sierra Leone on February 13 following a [...]	2009-02-26 17:57:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SL
09FREETOWN65	SL PRESIDENT SAYS THIS IS RIGHT TIME TO NAB GK [...] (C) On February 27, Ambassador met with President Ernest Bai Koroma to discuss pending bilateral issues and relay the new administration's domestic and foreign policy priorities. She was accompanied by DCM and Poloff, and Koroma by Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura. Key bilateral and multilateral [...]	2009-02-27 13:10:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SL
09FREETOWN78	KOROMA MAKES PROGRESS ON DRUGS; WE URGE SWIFTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with President Koroma on February 27 to discuss the new administration's policy goals and pending bilateral issues, underlining the President's importance in the region as a bulwark of stability. The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura, DCM, [...]	2009-03-03 17:12:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM MASS SNAR PINR SL
09FREETOWN79	THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, the long-anticipated Cabinet reshuffle was announced, putting an end to months of media speculation. Government contacts had been reporting possible reshuffles since before the President's inauguration anniversary in November (reftel),but Emboffs had been told tha [...]	2009-03-03 17:22:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN81	FEBRUARY POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President Koroma February 27 and elicited a positive response in a pending request to expel wanted criminals and needed informants to the United States. Koroma reshuffled the cabinet after months of rumors, creating some controversy but largely satisfying S [...]	2009-03-04 15:40:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM EAID SL
09FREETOWN83	PMDC MEMBER ATTACKED: WERE THE MOTIVES PERSONAL OR [...] (U) On March 2, PMDC Publicity Secretary Mohamed Bangura's home was attacked by a group of armed men. Allegedly shooting at Bangura's guards, the burglars splashed acid around his compound prior to absconding with a plasma TV, three laptop computers, and other items. Bangura escaped the attack [...]	2009-03-04 17:24:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN94	SPECIAL COURT FUNDING ISSUES REACHES GOSL EARS [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura on March 16 to discuss a variety of pending bilateral issues. Bangura closed the conversation by stating that she had received a letter from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),informing her of a budgetary shortfall of USD 6 millio [...]	2009-03-16 16:51:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC SL
09FREETOWN97	DESPERATELY SEEKING THE SOFA: INCREMENTAL PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Rosaline Turay met with DCM and Poloff on March 11 to discuss the pending Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). While the need for a SOFA has been discussed by Ambassador and others many times with Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) officials, [...]	2009-03-16 17:41:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS SL
09FREETOWN98	SIERRA LEONE FORIEGN MINISTER: ICC INDICTMENT NOT [...] (U) Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura summoned the Diplomatic Corps on 5 March to inform them that President Koroma was taking a vacation and undergoing a routine medical checkup in New Delhi as a guest of the Indian Government. Bangura also expressed concern that the ICC indictment of Sudanes [...]	2009-03-16 17:49:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SL
09FREETOWN99	FREETOWN UNDER FIRE: POLITICAL VIOLENCE CREATES [...] (C) Summary: APC and SLPP members clashed on the evening of March 13, and despite a calmer weekend, Freetown erupted with violence on March 16 as political battles continue to be waged. Party events on March 13 led to SLPP Headquarters being stoned, and several vehicles owned by SLPP leadership [...]	2009-03-16 17:50:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SL
09GABORONE174	ZIMBABWE, SADC, THE WEST -- WHO OWNS THE STORE? [...] (C) Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani convoked resident G-8 Missions France, Germany, Japan, the U.S. and the UK as well as the EU on March 6 to brief on current GOB thinking on Zimbabwe and Sudan (septel). He and President Khama had "had a chat" earlier in the day and discussed, inter alia, t [...]	2009-03-08 14:48:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN BC ZI SADC
09GABORONE175	BOTSWANA TO RESPECT ICC RULING, EXIT SUDAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani convoked resident G-8 Missions France, Germany, Japan, the U.S. and UK, as well as the EU on March 6 to brief on current GOB thinking on Sudan and Zimbabwe (septel). Taking note of the International Criminal Court indictment again Sudan President Bashir, [...]	2009-03-09 04:35:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM MASS BC SU
09GABORONE21	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SADC HUMANITARIAN AID TO [...] (SBU) On January 8, A/DCM Heather Merritt met with Mr. Ernest Mwemutsi, Senior Finance Officer for SADC at the organization's headquarters in Gaborone. Mwemutsi is the "Officer in Charge" at SADC this week, as all other senior officials are out of the country. A/DCM delivered reftel demarche [...]	2009-01-08 12:54:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SADC ZI BC
09GABORONE235	WESTERN BOTSWANA: STILL STRUGGLING DESPITE GOB [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 09:16:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SENV PHUM PINR BC
09GABORONE25	BRITISH VIEWS ON BOTSWANA, ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires and A/DCM met with the British High Commissioner to Botswana Frank Martin January 7 at his office. The meeting was a continuation of long standing close cooperation and information sharing between the U.S. Embassy and UKHC in Gaborone. Martin recently returned [...]	2009-01-09 07:26:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI BC
09GABORONE277	BOTSWANA READOUT ON ZIMBABWE, MADAGASCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Skelemani spent two hours on April 3 briefing Ambassador Nolan and other Chiefs of Mission on the proceedings of the March 30 SADC Summit. Skelemani was frustrated by the unconstitutional change of power in Madagascar, and he was disappointed that the situation [...]	2009-04-03 11:52:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO ZI MA BC
09GABORONE310	BOTSWANA: NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO IFI MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche April 15 to Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Director of the Europe and the Americas Division at Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nkoloi said that Botswana has not yet decided whether or not to recognize Kosovo and made no indication of whether or not Bo [...]	2009-04-15 14:34:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN BC KV
09GABORONE336	BOTSWANA FM BRIEFS ON ZIM, MADAGASCAR, LESOTHO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Skelemani invited a select group of resident diplomats to a briefing at the Ministry on April 24. Skelemani clarified recent press reports regarding GOB financial assistance to Zimbabwe, explaining that the only support Botswana could offer would be loan guarante [...]	2009-04-27 13:11:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN KN MA LT ZI BC
09GABORONE371	GOB ON MADAGASCAR DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Nolan met with Botswana Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani on May 11 to deliver reftel Madagascar demarche. Ambassador was accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief and Skelemani was accompanied by MFA Director for Europe and the Americas Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi. Because Minister Skele [...]	2009-05-13 11:06:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MA BC
09GABORONE372	SADC: "DRIVE-BY DEMARCHE" DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: After a solid week of calls and letters to the SADC Secretariat in Gaborone requesting a meeting with the SADC Executive Secretary, Ambassador Nolan was fortunate to make a rare sighting of the elusive Dr. Tomaz Salomao May 13 at a meeting and luncheon for resident Chiefs of Missio [...]	2009-05-13 14:01:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SADC MA BC
09GABORONE457	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SADC DIRECTOR FOR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of post's ongoing efforts to increase engagement with SADC, Ambassador met with Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Tanki Mothae, the Director of the Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security, at the SADC headquarters in Gaborone on June 8, 2009. The Ambassador reiterated our request that U.S [...]	2009-06-09 05:00:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EAID KPKO SADC BC
09GABORONE479	SADC SECURITY CHIEF IMPRESSED BY ILEA [...] (C) On June 11 Ambassador Nolan and P/E Chief Merritt accompanied Lieutenant General (retired) Tanki Mothae, SADC's Director of the Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security on a visit to the U.S.-funded International Law Enforcement Acadey (ILEA) in Otse, approximately 45 minutes outsideof Gab [...]	2009-06-15 07:59:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR MASS SADC BC
09GABORONE481	SADC REQUEST TO TOUR IBB FACILITY IN SELIBE-PHIKWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Gaborone received a diplomatic note from the Government of Botswana late in the afternoon June 15 requesting that a delegation from the SADC troika team "investigating the allegation that Botswana trained MDC cadres" be granted permission to visit the IBB Transmitting Stat [...]	2009-06-15 15:52:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC SADC BC
09GABORONE485	SADC TROIKA "INVESTIGATES" IBB FACILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SADC investigation team embarked June 17 on a tour of alleged training facilities and other sites allegedly used by Botswana to harm Zimbabwean interests. The delegation's first stop was the U.S. government's IBB/VOA transmitter station in Selibe-Phikwe. The Ambassador and Pol [...]	2009-06-18 15:24:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OIIP SADC ZI BC
09GABORONE486	BOTSWANA AND IRAN: FOOTBALL AND DIPLOMACY [...] (C) On June 9, the Botswana Football Association (BFA),the governing body for soccer in Botswana, announced plans for a match between the Iranian national soccer team and Botswana's national team the Zebras to be held July 5 in Gaborone. Botswana, like the rest of the Southern Africa, is try [...]	2009-06-19 06:00:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR BC
09GABORONE488	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SADC SUMMIT ON MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Ambassador Nolan met with Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Samuel Outlule on June 19 to deliver reftel demarche regarding the upcoming SADC summit on Madagascar. Outlule told the Ambassador that he was leaving this afternoon for the summit and that the Botswana d [...]	2009-06-19 12:00:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SADC MA BC
09GABORONE545	CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS APPOINTMENT OF NEW BTV HEAD, [...] (U) Summary: On July 10, Molefhe Sejoe was announced as the new general manager of the state-owned Botswana Television (BTV). Sejoe is a retired police officer, and critics of the appointment say this is another example of President Khama's pattern of appointing military and police officials [...]	2009-07-14 15:50:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI BC
09GABORONE567	AMB, SADC HEAD DISCUSS ZIMBABWE, MADAGASCAR, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Nolan met with Dr. Tomaz Salomao, Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on July 15 at SADC House to deliver reftel demarche on Zimbabwe and discuss other pending issues. According to Salomao, SADC believes that all requests to revie [...]	2009-07-21 13:07:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS SADC BC
09GABORONE583	GOB WILL NOT INTERVENE IN IMPENDING SEIZURE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 13:15:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KLIG ABLD AMGT ASEC BC
09GABORONE584	KHAMA TO DECIDE ON RESIDENCY FOR USG DEPENDENT [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) The GOB's unwillingness to issue an exemption certificate (the diplomatic residency permit) for the adopted child of a gay Mission employee (reftel) was raised both during a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Aff [...]	2009-07-24 15:57:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT APER BC
09GABORONE665	A SMART POWER SUCCESS STORY IN AFRICA -- THE CASE [...] (C) The U.S.-Botswana partnership is a model for what smart power could achieve in Africa. Over four decades, Botswana has invested in its people, promoted independent institutions, and trained and deployed a civilian-controlled military for national development priorities. We have multipli [...]	2009-08-20 16:29:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV MASS ETRD KHIV EAID MARR EINV
09GABORONE670	SALOMAO OUTLINES AMBITIOUS SADC SUMMIT AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: SADC Executive Secretary Tomaz Salomao told the Gaborone diplomatic corps on August 25 that the upcoming September 7-8 summit hopes to tackle a host of political and economic issues. Particular priorities will be reviewing progress made in resolving political impasses in eastern [...]	2009-08-25 15:03:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD AEC CVIS BC
09GABORONE682	UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGING BOTSWANA'S IAN KHAMA [...] (C) Reformer. Visionary. Maverick. Autocrat. All are descriptions of Botswana's President Ian Khama that Embassy staff have heard during the year of his presidency, with the viewpoints driven by the speaker's political perspective. Khama has displayed elements of all four descriptions durin [...]	2009-09-03 09:03:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BC
09GABORONE70	BOTSWANA ON THE EVE OF THE JANUARY 26 SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs convoked the US, UK, French, German and EU Chiefs of Mission for an urgent meeting on Sunday January 25 to discuss the SADC Extraordinary Summit on Zimbabwe. Minister Seretse said that Botswana will only recognize a Zimbabwean government in [...]	2009-01-27 08:27:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI BC
09GABORONE82	BOTSWANA: READ-OUT FROM MFA ON SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Samuel Otlule, the Permanent Secretary at Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Communique issued by SADC at the close of the January 26 Extraordinary Summit on Zimbabwe was a "consensus document" and was supported by Botswana. Otlule characterized [...]	2009-01-28 14:59:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI BC
09GABORONE847	MFA'S THOUGHTS ON ZIMBABWE SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: From Botswana's point of view, Zimbabwe's Global Political Agreement (GPA) is deeply flawed and unlikely to lead to any meaningul power sharing in the foreseeable future, accoding to Ambassador Zibane Ntakhwana, Africa and Asia Department Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...]	2009-10-27 11:14:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BC ZI
09GABORONE963	SADC ANSWERS PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION [...] (C) Summary. In a written submission, the SADC Secretariat told us SADC would not exclude Zimbabwe or Zimbabwean nationals from access to or participation in SADC activities. Recently, we understand French police trained several SADC member state police services -- not Zimbabwe -- to UN stan [...]	2009-12-04 08:29:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL ETRD EAID SADC ZI BC
09GENEVA1038	GENEVA DISCUSSIONS ON GEORGIA ROUND VIII: NO [...] (SBU) Summary. At round VIII of the Geneva talks, held November 11, Georgia noted its serious concerns about recent Russian rhetoric suggesting an increasing threat from Georgia; Russia and the South Ossetian de facto representatives countered that Georgia was preparing for renewed aggression [...]	2009-11-18 17:48:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL GG RS
09GENEVA1170	SWISS GENEVA CONVENTIONS CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Expressing Switzerland's view that it has been "charged" by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in its resolution on the Goldstone Report to start consultations on the convening of a conference of the High Contracting Parties (HCP) to the Geneva Conventions, Swiss Ambassador to the UN [...]	2009-12-18 08:14:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IS UNHRC UNAUS KPAL
09GENEVA126	(C) EU PRESIDENCY DOWNBEAT ON DURBAN [...] (C) Summary: In their role as current president of the European Union, the Czech Human Rights team (which negotiates the Durban process on behalf of the EU) today conveyed their deep suspicion of possible progress on Durban substantive discussions next week; said they would not propose an abri [...]	2009-02-12 16:07:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
09GENEVA1263	UNHCR CALLS IN CHINESE EMBASSY ON DEPORTED UIGHURS [...] (C) UNHCR Asia Bureau Director Kasidis Rochanakorn met with Chinese Mission Counselor for Human Rights Bo Qian December 22 regarding the 20 Uighurs deported by Cambodia back to China December 19. Qian had postponed the meeting the previous day while waiting for instructions from Beijing. Ka [...]	2009-12-23 11:08:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREF PREL PHUM CB
09GENEVA133	DURBAN INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP - DAY 1 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) This cable reviews interactions that the USDel to the Durban Inter-Sessional Working Group (ISWG) had on February 16. 3. (U) As discussed on the evening teleconference with Washington, post requests the following actions: -- updated [...]	2009-02-16 20:41:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA160	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meetings [...] (U) A U.S. delegation participated in the sixth round of negotiations on the issue of cluster munitions within the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (?CCW?),held February 16-20 in Geneva. This round of negotiations was almost entirely devoted to informal sessions or [...]	2009-02-25 10:42:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL UN
09GENEVA183	FEBRUARY 17-18 GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA: READOUT [...] (C) Summary: During the February 17-18 Geneva Talks on Georgia, the Working Group on Security accepted by consensus &Proposals for joint incident prevention and response Mechanisms.8 The mechanisms -- one for Abkhazia and one for South Ossetia -- will consist of &representatives of structure [...]	2009-03-03 08:49:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09GENEVA198	NSC SAMANTHA POWER'S UNHCR CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR officials told NSC's Samantha Power that Government of Iraq and the UN itself are the biggest immediate obstacles to developing sustainable mechanisms to help Iraqi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees return and reintegrate inside Iraq. In the case of the GOI, [...]	2009-03-09 09:29:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREF PREL
09GENEVA255	ASHRAF/MEK: GOI ASKS ICRC PRESIDENT ABOUT MOVING [...] (U) During a briefing for Ambassadors on his recent trip to Iraq, ICRC President Kellenberger mentioned how often the situation of the Ashraf camp and the future of its Mujahedin e Khalq (MEK) occupants had come up in conversations. He noted that the issue was politically charged and understoo [...]	2009-03-25 08:54:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PHUM PREF PREL
09GENEVA263	UNHCR OFFERS SEVERAL WAYS FORWARD ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a very productive March 26 meeting with S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller offered the USG several options to assist in finding durable solutions for remaining [...]	2009-03-30 07:22:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL
09GENEVA280	S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON'S GENEVA CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met separately with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). In both meetings he outlined the Department of Justice (DOJ) -led review of the remaining 241 detainees at Guantanamo that i [...]	2009-04-03 15:56:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL
09GENEVA311	CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST JOHN KAMM URGES [...] (C) Summary: John Kamm, Executive Director of the Dui Hua Human Rights Foundation, discussed with Charge March 30 Dui Hua's efforts to win release of Chinese prisoners of conscience. Kamm suggested coordinating U.S. bilateral and multilateral efforts to optimize U.S. leverage to improve Chin [...]	2009-04-17 16:53:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC CH
09GENEVA336	ICRC BRIEFS CHARGE ON WEST BANK BARRIER REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva has issued a new confidential report on the humanitarian consequences of the West Bank Barrier. ICRC is sharing the report with the Government of Israel (GOI) and a limited number of other countries through their miss [...]	2009-04-29 17:26:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF
09GENEVA34	SADA CUMBER'S FAREWELL CALL ON OIC SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber paid a farewell call on OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on January 11 in Geneva. The two agreed to work swiftly on the details of USG-OIC cooperation on maternal and infant mortality. They discuss [...]	2009-01-15 17:21:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL EAID OIC SA
09GENEVA383	GUANTANAMO: SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED AND UNHCR ON NEXT [...] (U)Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Fried and Acting PRM A/S Witten, accompanied by S/GC Williams, Mission RMA Counselor and Legal Adviser, met on May 18th with UNHCR,s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Erika Feller, and her staff to discuss USG progress towards GTMO closure and t [...]	2009-05-20 07:35:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL
09GENEVA53	UNHCR WILLING TO ASSIST WITH GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed a willingness to assist the USG, if the USG so desires, in finding durable solutions for some individuals currently detained at Guantanamo. UNHCR could undertake an assessment of detainees' pro [...]	2009-01-22 13:51:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM UNHCR
09GENEVA584	SRI LANKA: S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON'S GENEVA MEETINGS [...] (C) S/WCI Amb. Williamson met with representatives of ICRC, OHCHR and UNHCR July 9 to discuss the recent conflict in Sri Lanka in relation to a Congressional reporting requirement in recent supplemental funding legislation. His interlocutors presented a complex picture of what had happened o [...]	2009-07-15 09:23:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	CE MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
09GENEVA592	GEORGIA TALKS ROUND 6: MORE CIVIL; MINOR PROGRESS; [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The tone in the sixth round of the Geneva Talks on Georgia was a distinct improvement over round five (reftels),with all participants (except the South Ossetians) being civil and many being constructive. The South Ossetians were the clear exception, sticking to unac [...]	2009-07-16 16:00:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RS
09GENEVA684	ISRAEL TO TRY NEW TACK ON GOLDSTONE REPORT, UPSET [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. Summary ------- 2. (C) For the first time since the creation of the Human Rights Council (HRC),Israel is considering engaging in substantive negotiations on a resolution about the Palestinian territories. The resolution, if tabled, would r [...]	2009-08-19 11:47:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM IS
09GENEVA734	LAO AMBASSADOR SEES LITTLE INTERNATIONAL ROLE ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a meeting with the Charg, Lao Ambassador to the UN Yong , expressed a willingness to have IOM play some role in resettling the Lao Hmong in Thailand, but made it clear that the return of Lao Hmong was a bilateral matter between Thailand and Laos and that any inte [...]	2009-09-04 07:21:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL TH LA
09GENEVA762	UNHCR AGREES WITH U.S. APPROACH ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) Refugee Officer spoke to Pascale Moreau, Deputy Director for Asia and the Pacific, UNHCR, on points outlined Reftel. Moreau said that UNHCR supported the U.S. concern for IDPs in Manik Farm as well as the need for the GSL to allow IDPs full freedom of movement. Moreau said that UNHCR Hi [...]	2009-09-15 17:26:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	CE EAID EUN MAS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER SOCI
09GENEVA77	DURBAN REVIEW TURNS EVEN MORE SOUR: CAN THE [...] (C) In turbulent negotiations from January 19-23, observers told us the Durban Review process and discourse became "poisonous" and the draft text -- at over 200 paragraphs -- even more problematic. The UK, the Netherlands, and Denmark are considering withdrawing from the process (Canada and [...]	2009-01-28 16:36:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC PGOV KISL
09GENEVA8	DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE - THE GENEVA PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Numerous delegations over the past months have expressed pessimism that the upcoming Durban Review Conference (April 20-24) will yield anything better than the original Durban Declaration and Program of Action (DDPA). Many like-minded governments are concerned that the outcome c [...]	2009-01-07 16:54:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA822	GENEVA DISCUSSIONS ON GEORGIA: SOME POSITIVE TALK, [...] (C) Summary: At the seventh round of Geneva discussions on Georgia on September 17, all sides were fairly constructive at the outset, with everyone agreeing that the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRMs) were working better than they had been initially. Discussions on the main [...]	2009-10-01 17:31:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RS
09GENEVA864	GOLDSTONE REPORT BACKLASH - SPECIAL SESSION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallout from the Goldstone report and the possibility of a Human Rights Council (HRC) special session on the matter (as early as next week) has led to a hardening of positions by both the Palestinian and the Israeli Missions in Geneva, leaving even less room than before for a cons [...]	2009-10-09 12:49:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNCTAD UNHRC
09GENEVA93	UNCTAD DEPUTY POSITION - SYG BAN TO CONSULT WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 12 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR TICHENOR, UNCTAD SECRETARY GENERAL DR. SUPACHAI EXPRESSED HIS CONTINUED STRONG SUPPORT FOR HIS ACTING DEPUTY LAKSHMI PURI (INDIAN) AND FRUSTRATION THAT SYG BAN KI MOON HAS NOT YET APPOINTED HER TO THE POSITION. SUPACHAI SAID SYG BAN WAS WA [...]	2009-02-03 10:28:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ETRD UNCTAD
09GENEVA95	THAI FM ON PANDEMIC SURVEILLANCE AND COMPULSORY [...] (U) In a February 2 meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya for Geneva diplomats, Charge lauded Thai activism on international health security issues, but also expressed the hope that we would be able to make progress in the coming year to address our common interest in a well funct [...]	2009-02-03 14:30:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ETRD PREL WHO KBIO KFLU TH
09GENEVA97	GAZA APPEAL AVOIDS POLEMICS, STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary: The February 2 launch of the UN's Flash Appeal for Gaza remained focused on humanitarian issues and largely avoided sensitive political issues. Most of the language from an early draft of the appeal that had raised concerns about inserting political issues into humanitarian coord [...]	2009-02-03 15:40:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL IS
09GEORGETOWN157	JAGDEO UNREPENTANT AFTER LATEST ANTI-US OUTBURST, [...] (C) Summary: A day after another set of searing public criticisms of the U.S. Government and its "condescending lectures" on fighting drug trafficking and other issues through its annual reports, an entirely unrepentant President Jagdeo asserted to the Ambassador on March 19 that the tone of t [...]	2009-03-20 19:16:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR GY
09GEORGETOWN363	CARICOM LEADERS TALK ABOUT PROGRESS ON INTEGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Georgetown July 2-5 for lengthy discussions on numerous regional topics with a focus on hemispheric relations, the economic criss, the free movement of peoples among member states and competing propo [...]	2009-07-08 20:49:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GY PREL
09GEORGETOWN367	GUYANA'S GREAT CARBON-BASED HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Jagdeo recently launched a Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) which he hopes will transform Guyana,s economy, conserve its forests and contribute to the global effort of reducing climate-changing carbon emissions. The strategy,s feasibility hinges on UN climate nego [...]	2009-07-10 14:15:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	CARICOM EAGR ECON ENRG
09GEORGETOWN418	BLAZE AT MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS OUT, BUT NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Testimony in the U.S. trial of a Guyanese drug kingpin,s lawyer alleged that the Minister of Health (and AMCIT) Leslie Ramsammy gave narco-trafficker and death squad leader Shaheed 'Roger' Khan the necessary permission from the GoG to purchase sensitive eavesdropping equipment [...]	2009-07-31 20:51:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	GY PHUM PREL SNAR
09GEORGETOWN450	MORMON MISSIONARIES IN GUYANA DETAINED, ORDERED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoG detained 41 missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) for 11 hours on September 2, claiming they were in the country without valid work permits. Despite a court order for their immediate release, the Ministry of Home Affairs only freed th [...]	2009-09-03 20:04:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	GY PGOV PHUM
09GEORGETOWN454	RULE OF LAW IN GUYANA: MORE LIKE A GUIDELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent actions by the Government of Guyana, illustrated by the case of detained missionaries (REFTEL A) and the pursuit of suspects in the Ministry of Health fire (REFTEL B),paint a picture of a state where opposition is marginalized and rule of law is selectively applied. Diplo [...]	2009-09-11 20:56:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GY
09GEORGETOWN521	COM CONCURRENCE/VETTING ASSURANCE FOR FY2010 [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires Karen L. Williams formally concurs, per reftel guidance, with Embassy Georgetown's proposal for FY2010 Section 1206 funding submitted via web on October 13, 2009. The proposal is designed to strengthen Guyana's capacity to conduct counter-terrorism activities and continu [...]	2009-10-28 15:44:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PTER ASEC GY
09GEORGETOWN522	GEORGETOWN POL/ECON ROUND-UP, OCTOBER 14-28, 2009 [...] (U) This cable inaugurates a new practice of bi-weekly "round-up" reporting cables highlighting developments in Guyana's politics and economy. This first installment covers October 14-28, 2009. CANCELLATION OF UK SECURITY SECTOR REFORM GOES PUBLIC 2. (C) Responding to a BBC Caribbean repor [...]	2009-10-28 19:06:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL GY
09GEORGETOWN8	GUYANA,S RULING PARTY LEADS MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN [...] (U) The ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP) led some 80 demonstrators in a peaceful event in front of the Embassy on January 9. High profile protesters included PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai, and a number of other former Ministers who [...]	2009-01-09 19:11:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL GY
09GUADALAJARA112	"GO BLANK YOUR MOTHERS!" - A GOVERNOR'S FALL FROM GRACE [...] (C) Summary: Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez was once considered a possible contender for the National Action (PAN) Party's presidential nomination in 2012. But the Governor's greatest assets - an engaging personality and passionate oratory - have proved to be a double-edged sword. A [...]	2009-03-26 22:06:00	Consulate Guadalajara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MX
09GUADALAJARA237	TRUDGING TOWARD ELECTION DAY: INTERNAL TURMOIL, EXTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The election campaigns in Jalisco and Colima have not generated much popular enthusiasm and participation rates on Election Day are likely to be low. While the dominant National Action Party (PAN) in Jalisco is confronting a number of scandals as well as an economic downturn, nei [...]	2009-06-24 18:32:00	Consulate Guadalajara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MX
09GUANGZHOU113	Is Dongguan the Key to Pearl River Delta [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 05:29:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM CH
09GUANGZHOU114	Is Dongguan the Key to Pearl River Delta [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Guangdong authorities are more worried about the current labor situation in Dongguan, an hour south of Guangzhou on the way to Hong Kong, than they are about Guangzhou, Shenzhen or other PRD cities. The [...]	2009-02-19 07:29:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM CH
09GUANGZHOU318	Corruption Case Shakes Up South China [...] (C) Summary and comment: The sacking of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Guangdong Committee Chairman Chen Shaoji over accusations of serious corruption and connections to organized crime has sent shockwaves through south China's political world. The case, which could [...]	2009-05-22 05:16:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
09GUANGZHOU338	Tiananmen Anniversary Likely to Pass Quietly in Guangzhou [...] (C) Summary and comment: The big surprise in Guangzhou would be if the June 4 anniversary attracted much notice all, according to our contacts. They point out that young people are ignorant of the events of the Tiananmen Square massacre and older people have lost hope of bringing about change [...]	2009-06-03 01:22:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
09GUANGZHOU410	Huawei - Chinese Telecom Firm Plans for Growth in U.S. Market [...] (U) Classified by Economic/Political Section Chief Stephan Lang for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: Huawei will nearly double its U.S. workforce this year, according to executives who briefed visiting students from the U.S. National Defense University's Industrial College of the Arm [...]	2009-07-07 08:53:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ECPS ETTC ETRD EINT ECON PGOV PINR CH
09GUANGZHOU414	THE LIMITS OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN GUANGZHOU [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC/POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF STEPHAN LANG FOR REASON 1.4 (D). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: SELF-CENSORSHIP IS WIDESPREAD IN THE LECTURE HALLS AND PUBLICATIONS OF GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITIES, WHERE PROFESSORS GENERALLY CHOOSE NOT TO SPEAK OR WRITE OPENLY ABOUT SENSITIVE SUBJECTS SUCH A [...]	2009-07-09 07:56:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI CH
09GUANGZHOU444	PRD Labor NGOs Prepare Comments for Draft Social [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Brian Goldbeck for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Labor nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) are in the process of preparing suggested revisions to a draft Social Security Law. The NGO document, which is not yet [...]	2009-07-28 09:07:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV CH
09GUANGZHOU480	Environmental Law in Guangzhou's Universities [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Brian L. Goldbeck for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (SBU) Summary: Interest in the study of environmental law is on the rise in Guangzhou. Sun Yat-sen University Law School, South China Agricultural University and South China University of Technology are all expanding [...]	2009-08-07 07:41:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON SENV CH

09GUANGZHOU51	Preaching and Practicing -- Fujian Churches [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officially registered churches in Fujian Province are growing steadily, with a demographic shift toward younger, urban, educated and more affluent members. In the wake of the economic downturn and gaps left in the government's social safety net, many churches are launching social [...]	2009-01-29 09:30:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI CH
09GUANGZHOU519	No Bad News: South China Media Guidance for [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Brian L. Goldbeck for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: In Guangdong, propaganda officers have begun preparations for the 60-year anniversary of the People's Republic of China by instructing local news outlets not to reprint articles from four Guangzh [...]	2009-08-28 08:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO ECPS PROP PGOV CH
09GUANGZHOU59	GUANGZHOU HOUSE CHURCHES - GROWING DESPITE SPORADIC POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Guangzhou's underground house churches continue to grow, particularly among students and professionals, even in the face of periodic police pressure and oversight of large gatherings and religious training. Church leaders tell us that most area house churches continue to hold serv [...]	2009-02-03 08:13:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI CH
09GUANGZHOU61	An Evening with Guangzhou's Bishop Gan: Whither Religious [...] (C) Summary. A wry, at times bemused, Bishop Joseph Gan (Gan Junqiu) told the U.S. and French Consuls General over dinner February 3 that he did not see any possibility for China-Vatican relations over the next 4-5 years. The issue, the Bishop said, was not whether the Vatican "de-recognized" [...]	2009-02-04 06:31:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI CH PGOV
09GUANGZHOU611	Secretary Locke and Wang Yang Discuss IPR, [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Brian L. Goldbeck for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) October 27, 2009; 3:00 p.m.; Zhudao Hotel, Provincial Party Compound; Guangzhou. 3. (C) Summary: In a wide ranging discussion October 27 in Guangzhou, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Ambassador [...]	2009-10-30 00:50:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR PREL ECON EINV PGOV CH
09GUANGZHOU616	Secretary Locke and Guangzhou Mayor Zhang [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Brian L. Goldbeck for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) October 27, 2009; 11:00 a.m.; Sam's Club, Panyu District, Guangzhou. 3. (SBU) Summary: In a brief 25-minute discussion October 27 in Guangzhou, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Ambassador Huntsm [...]	2009-11-02 09:55:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR PREL ECON EINV PGOV CH
09GUANGZHOU644	CHINESE BLOGGERS FEEL INCREASING GOVERNMENT PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese government has been tightening its grip on the Internet, and the trend won't be reversed any time soon, according to prominent bloggers attending the 5th Annual Blogger Conference (Septel). Bloggers viewed the role of the Internet in Chinese society alternatively as a [...]	2009-11-20 09:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL KWWW SOCI EINT KEMS CH
09GUANGZHOU645	CHINESE BLOGGERS CONFERENCE MORE DIFFICULT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: It can be tough being a blogger in China. But try gathering dozens of bloggers from all around the country for a conference and then you'll face some challenges. The 5th Annual China Blogger Conference faced numerous obstacles from the initial planning stages right up to the last [...]	2009-11-20 09:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL KWWW SOCI EINT KEMS CH
09GUANGZHOU647	Chinese Protestant Christians Discuss Finding [...] (C) Summary: Pastors at the state-approved Three-Self Patriotic Movement Protestant Zhongshan Road Church in Nanning, Guangxi, say they have more freedom to minister to their flocks but still must avoid discussing sensitive topics. The Zhongshan Road Church takes pride in its professionally t [...]	2009-11-23 09:04:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF SOCI ELAB CH
09GUANGZHOU654	Anatomy of a Media Murder: How Beijing Killed [...] (C) Summary: President Obama gave only one interview during his visit to China, and he chose Guangzhou's Southern Weekend (Nanfang Zhoumo),a paper the New York Times called "China's most influential liberal newspaper." Reporters in Guangzhou, working for the Southern Daily Group or closely as [...]	2009-12-02 07:25:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO KMDR PREL EINT SOCI CH
09GUANGZHOU70	SOUTH CHINA BUDDHISTS - EMPHASIZING CHARITY, RAISING [...] (C) Summary: Buddhist leaders in South China, like many other religious leaders, are ramping up charitable efforts, especially in the wake of China's economic slowdown, and in the process are maintaining positive and cooperative relationships with the government. Guangdong's government-approve [...]	2009-02-05 06:36:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI CH
09GUANGZHOU84	Chinese Bloggers Enjoy More Freedom within the "Red Lines" [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg for reason (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: The fine line between outright expression and self-censorship is one that bloggers in China walk everyday. They enjoy a level of freedom unmatched by the written press, and the development of the Int [...]	2009-02-11 07:27:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
09GUATEMALA1027	WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOCUSES ON MERIDA INITIATIVE AND [...] (SBU) A variety of interlocutors described Guatemala's deteriorating security situation, rampant corruption, and the GoG's struggle against increasing narco-trafficking to WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe during a November 18-21 visit. MOD Valenzuela reiterated his support for a professiona [...]	2009-12-17 15:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ECON GT
09GUATEMALA1031	SOUTHCOM Visit Provides Opportunity to Showcase USG [...] (C) Summary: USSOUTHCOM's Military Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Ken Keen's visit provided an opportunity to highlight USG assistance in Guatemala while noting areas where the Guatemalans need to improve. The USG-trained Guatemalan military/police joint unit boasts some successfu [...]	2009-12-23 19:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV KCRM PHUM KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA1033	Ambassador brings together President Colom and private [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a meeting December 8 designed to facilitate dialogue between Guatemala's influential private sector and President Colom. The four-hour meeting began as a therapeutic airing of grievances. The President stressed in detail his frustration with how the pr [...]	2009-12-24 16:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EFIN GT
09GUATEMALA1035	WHA DAS Reynoso's Visit Reaffirms Partnership with Guatemala [...] (C) Summary: During her December 13-16 visit to Guatemala, WHA DAS Julissa Reynoso met with President Colom, First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom, senior members of government, CICIG Commissioner Castresana, and representatives of civil society, the press, and the business community. Col [...]	2009-12-24 18:16:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SNAR PGOV PHUM UN HO GT
09GUATEMALA106	UNDER NARCO THREAT, RULE OF LAW COLLAPSING IN COBAN [...] (C) Confronted by the threat from three narcotrafficking groups, including recently arrived "Zetas" from Mexico, the local Rule of Law (ROL) apparatus in the northern city of Coban is no longer capable of dealing with the most serious kinds of crime. What is happening there is typical of many rural [...]	2009-02-06 10:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR EAID KCRM ASEC PHUM PINR MX GT
09GUATEMALA134	CICIG CONFRONTS ATTORNEY GENERAL AS CORRUPT [...] (C) On February 3 a judge released former prosecutor Alvaro Matus on $2000 bail after the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity (CICIG) had raised charges against him for obstructing justice in the murder of Victor Rivera. Matus resigned as the country's Chief Homicide Prosecutor [...]	2009-02-12 16:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PINR SNAR PGOV KCRM PHUM GT
09GUATEMALA140	NEW DEATH THREATS AGAINST UNION LEADERS UNDERSCORE [...] (U) Summary: The December 23 murder of a union legal advisor in Quetzaltenango and new death threats against two union leaders in Izabal have prompted the Guatemalan labor movement to reiterate its demands for justice and increased security. The threats may have been a response to a CAFTA la [...]	2009-02-16 18:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT
09GUATEMALA142	INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY INCREASING [...] (U) Summary: Guatemala's climate of impunity and violence is affecting not only the country's urban, concentrated areas, but also rural indigenous areas where public lynchings are a common form of social justice and deterrence. Human rights activist Manuel Calel Morales, leader of an indigeno [...]	2009-02-17 09:17:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SOCI KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV GT
09GUATEMALA162	COLOM'S FIRST YEAR HAS SUCCESS IN SOCIAL POLICY, [...] (C) President Colom's first year in office was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others. Controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom led the government's efforts to fulfill campaign promises of poverty alleviation and social inclusion of indig [...]	2009-02-20 11:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR ASEC SNAR EAID GT
09GUATEMALA17	SEEKING TO IMPROVE SECURITY, COLOM REPLACES [...] (C) On January 7, President Colom named Salvador Gandara to replace Francisco Jimenez as Minister of Government, the position that has responsibility for the police and domestic security. Gandara is a tough and ambitious politician who has earned a reputation as an effective administrator, e [...]	2009-01-09 13:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR ASEC PHUM KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA170	GOG LEADERS DISCUSS APPLICABILITY OF COLOMBIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted a meeting February 18 for senior Guatemalan leaders, including Acting President Espada, with Embassy Bogota's NAS Director to discuss the applicability of Colombian lessons to Guatemala's deteriorating security environment. Bogota NAS Director identified political wil [...]	2009-02-24 08:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV ASEC PINR CO GT
09GUATEMALA222	MINISTER OF DEFENSE UNDER PRESSURE TO TURN OVER [...] (U) Summary: On March 6, the Ministry of Defense presented to a judge certified copies of two of the four 1980s-era military counterinsurgency plans -- Victoria 82 and Firmeza 83 -- ordered by the Constitutional Court to be turned over to the Public Ministry. The two other plans -- Plan Sofi [...]	2009-03-11 14:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM MOPS KDEM KCRM KJUS PGOV GT
09GUATEMALA269	CRONYISM TRUMPS PUBLIC WELFARE IN VACCINE PURCHASE [...] (C) After 25 years of purchasing vaccines through the Pan-American Health Organization's (PAHO) Revolving Fund (RF),the GOG recently awarded a contract to purchase seven types of vaccines and many high costs drugs from a local pharmaceutical company (J.I. Cohen) that was a major donor to the [...]	2009-03-20 07:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI TBIO PREL GT
09GUATEMALA290	AMBASSADOR INTERVENES TO PROTECT CITI FROM [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting, the Ambassador urged Attorney General Velasquez not to let politicians influence the investigation of Citibank in the Mercado de Futuros (MDF) embezzlement case, in which $11.2 million of congressional funds were stolen and lost in risky commodities investments. The [...]	2009-03-26 17:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV GT
09GUATEMALA291	GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN'S WIFE ATTACKED [...] (SBU) On March 25, Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales reported to authorities that his wife, Gladys Monterroso, was abducted by unknown assailants earlier that day from a restaurant in zone 10 of Guatemala City while having lunch, and released 15 hours later in a park in zone 18 after she w [...]	2009-03-26 18:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS KDEM SOCI PHUM PGOV GT
09GUATEMALA298	GUATEMALAN POLICE ARREST TEN NARCOTRAFFICKERS [...] (C) On March 5, the Guatemalan National Civil Police (PNC) arrested ten alleged members, mostly Guatemalans, of the Mexican Zetas (the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel) in response to shootouts that same day between PNC officers and the alleged narcotraffickers. The confrontations between the PNC [...]	2009-03-30 14:57:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PTER PGOV KJUS KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA301	ENGAGING WITH STATES ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] (U) Pol/Econ Counselor made reftel demarche March 31 to Julio Martini, Director General for Multilateral Affairs of the Guatemalan MFA. Martini said he understood that Guatemala would not file a brief with the ICJ on Kosovo, but noted that Vice Foreign Minister Lars Pira, who has the MFA lea [...]	2009-03-31 20:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV GT
09GUATEMALA324	CICIG'S OPENING SALVO IN PORTILLO-ERA EMBEZZLEMENT [...] (U) On March 26 and the days immediately thereafter, Guatemalan police arrested retired army General Enrique Rios Sosa, active duty Naval Captain Rondolfo Leonel Chacon Alvarez (Commander of the Naval School),army Captain Adolfo Catalan Munoz, retired army Colonel Sergio Cardenas Sagastume, [...]	2009-04-03 16:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PINR GT
09GUATEMALA368	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: During his March 12 meeting with Attorney General Velasquez, the Ambassador raised various issues, including the importance of investigating killings of unionists, the ineffective work of the IPR and anti-money laundering prosecutors, progress on the GOG's wiretapping capability, [...]	2009-04-17 18:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KJUS KTIP KWMN ELAB KDEM ETRD PHUM
09GUATEMALA406	GUATEMALA'S NEW LEFT: THE NEW REPUBLIC MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Amid growing insecurity, narco-related violence, and an economic crisis, independent Congressman Anibal Garcia has announced the formation of a new leftist movement to promote reform and to represent traditionally under-represented sectors of the population. Garcia hopes to turn [...]	2009-04-29 03:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ELAB ECON PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA446	WILSON CENTER CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION VISITS [...] (U) The Wilson Center on the Hill sponsored a non-official Congressional delegation (NODEL) to Guatemala, April 15-17, for briefings on security and trade in Central America. During their visit, Congressmen James Sensenbrenner (R-WI),Peter Roskam (R-IL),and Devin Nunes (R-CA) met with Vice P [...]	2009-05-11 23:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS ECON EAID KCRM EAGR GT
09GUATEMALA45	NEW MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT OUTLINES AMBITIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Newly sworn-in Minister of Government Salvador Gandara, with whom the Embassy has long had a good relationship, outlined an ambitious agenda to the Ambassador January 9. He said he planned to increase the tempo and efficiency of police operations, including against major narcot [...]	2009-01-14 16:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC GT
09GUATEMALA453	MURDER OF PROMINENT LAWYER TARS COLOM [...] (C) Summary: Rodrigo Rosenberg, a respected local attorney, was assassinated on May 10 while riding his bicycle in Guatemala City. Following his death news media aired a pre-recorded videotape of Rosenberg accusing President Colom, First Lady Sandra Torres, Private Secretary to the President [...]	2009-05-13 00:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GT
09GUATEMALA454	SUPREME COURT SELECTION: HIGH STAKES FOR RULE OF [...] (C) The Guatemalan Congress recently set aside draft legislation that would have cast much needed sunlight on the selection process for the next Supreme Court, which is to be selected not later than October. Congress will soon establish a nominating committee to select the 13 new magistrates [...]	2009-05-13 13:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SNAR PINR GT
09GUATEMALA478	THE ROSENBERG CASE: THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE STREETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than a week after his death, the accusations made by attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg against President Colom, the First Lady, and Colom's inner circle continue to reverberate in Guatemala. On May 17 thousands took to the streets in two very large yet peaceful demonstrations bo [...]	2009-05-19 23:44:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KJUS KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA497	ROSENBERG CASE OPENS DOOR TO IMPORTANT RULE OF LAW [...] (C) Summary: Public opinion, newly focused by the Rosenberg murder on corruption and transparency, created a political opening for the U.S. Embassy, along with the international community, to revive a stalled law to improve transparency in the process of selecting supreme court magistrates. T [...]	2009-05-26 18:26:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SNAR PINR GT
09GUATEMALA50	PRESIDENT COLOM ALLEGES ASSASSINATION PLOT [...] (U) In the days leading up to his one-year anniversary in office, President Alvaro Colom has engaged in an increasingly strident public war of words with opposition leaders and the press. The tiff started when Colom responded to press criticism of First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom by calling h [...]	2009-01-16 12:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PTER PINR MOPS GT
09GUATEMALA509	OAS SYG INSULZA GIVES BOOST TO PRESIDENT COLOM [...] (U) Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Miguel Insulza visited Guatemala May 24-25 at President Colom's invitation. Insulza's visit, two weeks after the assassination of lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg and the ensuing scandal (ref A),was designed to express OAS support fo [...]	2009-05-29 14:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GT
09GUATEMALA518	DAS ROBINSON HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Summary: During his May 18 visit to Guatemala, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Robinson underscored U.S. support for CICIG's investigation into the assassinations of businessman Khalil Musa and his Amcit daughter Marjorie, and lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg. He urged his interlocutors to de-poli [...]	2009-06-02 15:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PINR ELAB KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA527	SECURITY: BAD AND GETTING WORSE IN QUETZALTENANGO [...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent trip by Emboffs to Quetzaltenango, in western Guatemala, found widespread concern over increasing insecurity, a significant lack of confidence in the ability of the national police (PNC) to address the issue, and a belief that Guatemala City is pushing its problems to th [...]	2009-06-04 23:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV SOCI PHUM GT
09GUATEMALA539	HUMAN RIGHTS' OMBUDSMAN'S WIFE REQUESTS TRANSFER [...] (SBU) On March 25, Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales' wife, Gladys Monterroso, was abducted by unknown assailants and released some 15 hours later after she was beaten and raped (reftel). Early indications suggested that the kidnapping may have been intended to intimidate Morales into ba [...]	2009-06-08 23:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KDEM SOCI PHUM GT
09GUATEMALA582	UPDATE ON SITRABI CASE OF THE CAFTA-DR LABOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 29 Poloff met with AFL-CIO Solidarity Center Central America Representative Rob Wayss and Banana Workers' Union of Izabal (SITRABI) representative Cesar Humberto Guerra Lopez. Guerra updated Poloff on the outcome of SITRABI's most recent meetings with the GOG. The first m [...]	2009-06-19 01:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KJUS GT
09GUATEMALA69	GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK, [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref a, PolMil Officer researched the bona fides of the arms import company Munar S.A. The research included an on-site inspection of the facility, an interview with the company's owner, and records checks of both the company and the owner with Guatemala's Arms [...]	2009-01-26 14:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KMOC GT
09GUATEMALA703	PUTTING OUT FIRES: THE OAS OFFICE IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent trip by PolOff to the Organization of American States (OAS) office in the Belize-Guatemala Adjacency Zone (AZ) found an effective team performing difficult tasks under often arduous conditions. By resolving territorial disputes early in the process and at a local level, [...]	2009-07-21 22:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	OAS PBTS PREL PGOV PINR PNAT GT
09GUATEMALA732	ATTEMPTED ARREST OF NARCO FAMILY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 21, 2009, DEA agents accompanied Guatemalan military and police units in the execution of search and arrest warrants in Reforma, Zacapa, Guatemala. The warrants were for the arrest of members of the Lorenzana family. No arrests were made. End Summary 2. (U) PRE RAID D [...]	2009-07-30 20:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
09GUATEMALA79	PRIME SUSPECT IN PEDRO ZAMORA MURDER CASE ARRESTED [...] (U) On January 10, Guatemalan authorities arrested Wilfredo Waldemar Valiente Garcia, the prime suspect in the January 2007 murder of port union leader Pedro Zamora (reftel). The arrest concluded a one-and-a-half year search for the fugitive, who had eluded authorities since July 2007. Accor [...]	2009-01-28 14:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT
09GUATEMALA884	WITH ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE AMBASSADOR AND CICIG, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 2, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom signed into law two important pieces of criminal legislation that had been supported by the international community. The two laws, one for plea-bargaining and one for &high-impact8 courts with additional security measures, would [...]	2009-09-16 18:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA895	GUATEMALA RESPONSE DEMARCHE FOR KOSOVO RECOGNITION IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 14:05:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KV GT
09GUATEMALA9	EX-SECURITY CHIEF QUINTANILLA TURNS HIMSELF IN [...] (C) Controversial ex-Director of Presidential Security Carlos Quintanilla, a longtime friend and campaign financier of President Alvaro Colom, turned himself in to authorities December 22. Now under house arrest and prohibited from leaving the country, Quintanilla faces charges of negligence, [...]	2009-01-06 16:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR GT
09GUATEMALA917	First Lady Prepares Controversial Bid for Presidency [...] (C) Although she has not publicly stated her intentions, it is clear that First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom intends to run for the Guatemalan Presidency in 2011. Torres, who is to the left of her husband, President Alvaro Colom, is a controversial figure. She is the most able manager in the governm [...]	2009-09-28 22:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM SOCI GT
09GUATEMALA919	Congress Elects Supreme Court Amid Controversy [...] (C) On September 30, the Guatemalan Congress elected the thirteen new members of the Supreme Court from a list of 26 candidates. The candidates' list was the result of a reformed and improved selection process which the U.S. and other embassies, as well as CICIG, had successfully encouraged C [...]	2009-10-02 19:00:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS KDEM EAID GT
09GUATEMALA929	Three Supreme Court Justices Replaced at CICIG's Behest [...] (C) On October 7, the Guatemalan Congress replaced three of the thirteen justices it had elected September 30 to the new Supreme Court, which is to be sworn in NLT October 13. The three were the most problematic of six whom CICIG publicly signaled as unfit to serve on the Supreme Court. All [...]	2009-10-09 14:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS GT
09GUATEMALA943	USG Assistance Positively Impacting Poptun; Playa Grande a [...] (C) Summary: During field visits to Poptun and Playa Grande in northern Guatemala on September 28 and October 5, EmbOffs and official visitors observed the positive impact of U.S. Special Forces training of the Guatemalan Army's Special Forces Brigade and an elite police unit, and the joint forces [...]	2009-10-21 21:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA969	Congress Elects New Executive Board; Pre-Election Jockeying Under Way [...] (C) On October 27 Congress elected a new Executive Board. Roberto Alejos, of the governing UNE party, was re-elected as President of Congress. Alejos has been helpful to the Embassy, particularly on rule of law reform issues, and we anticipate two more important rule of law reform measures will soo [...]	2009-11-09 19:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PINR KDEM SOCI GT
09GUATEMALA977	Guatemalan MFA on Honduran Elections [...] (C) On November 10, Guatemalan Director General for Bilateral Affairs Carlos Raul Morales (protect) told Pol/Econ Counselor that FonMin Rodas was consulting with his Salvadoran counterpart on whether and under what conditions to recognize the outcome of the November 29 election in Honduras. M [...]	2009-11-13 14:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR HO OAS GT
09GUATEMALA983	Mixco Security Woes Leave Bus Drivers Dead, Erode Public [...] (C) Summary: Mixco, the largest suburb of Guatemala City, has experienced a sharp rise in violence over the last year, especially in attacks against bus drivers. Post believes much of the violence is perpetrated by organized crime and gangs that kill those unwilling or unable to pay their exto [...]	2009-11-24 15:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM EAID KJUS PINR SNAR ASEC GT
09GUATEMALA985	Iran's Nuclear Program: Guatemalan Response [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 22:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR GT
09GUATEMALA987	Opposing UNGA Resolutions with Anti-Israel Bias: Guatemalan [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 22:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE GT
09GUATEMALA99	HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CRITICIZE MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: During a January 22 lunch with the Ambassador, human rights defenders criticized President Colom's decision to replace former Minister of Government Jimenez with Salvador Gandara, whom they accused of complicity in social cleansing killings during his tenure as Mayor of Villa Nuev [...]	2009-02-04 16:17:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR KJUS KDEM GT
09GUAYAQUIL125	EVANGELICALS CLAIM NEW LAW THREATENS FREEDOM OF [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's growing evangelical movement is concerned that a 2008 presidential decree requiring churches to register with the government and identify their parishioners is a move to squelch the outspoken movement and could have implications for freedom of religion. The decree gro [...]	2009-05-28 21:02:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EC
09GUAYAQUIL21	Lunch with Correa's Mother and Sister - [...] (C) Summary: At a friendly lunch with President Rafael Correa's mother (Norma Delgado) and Sister (Pierina Correa) Correa?s mother expressed great admiration for Secretary Clinton, gratitude for her extended family's opportunities in the United States and recognition that "Rafael" could somet [...]	2009-01-27 20:03:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
09GUAYAQUIL23	COASTAL YOUTH ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT NEW U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: To celebrate President Barack Obama,s inauguration, Consulate General Guayaquil invited 25 young Ecuadorian leaders to participate in an informal discussion on what his election means for the world. The participants uniformly applauded the fact that the U.S. had elected an Afric [...]	2009-01-29 21:43:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
09GUAYAQUIL231	REPORT ON ECUADOR'S ENERGY SHORTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to a drought, the Paute hydroelectric power plant, which normally provides 30 to 40% of Ecuador's power, is only meeting about 9% of Ecuador's power demands, causing the country to experience a nationwide power shortage (ref A). The two US-owned power generators in the coun [...]	2009-11-18 19:31:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV EC
09GUAYAQUIL243	CORREA'S STATE RUN BANANA COMPANY - A GOOD IDEA OR JUST [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 14:36:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINT AGR EC CH IR LY
09GUAYAQUIL52	ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: HUTCHISON PORT [...] (C) Summary. Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, which won the concession to operate the Port of Manta in February 2007, terminated its presence in Ecuador on February 27. The departure capped six weeks of turmoil over the concession?s future, after President Rafael Correa threatened du [...]	2009-03-06 17:35:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PGOV ECON EC
09GUAYAQUIL97	ECUADORIAN ELECTORAL OBSERVER ORGANIZATION WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the general elections in Ecuador on April 26, 2009, Participacion Ciudadana (PC) has prepared 8400 youth volunteers to serve as election observers. In Guayas province, 1452 volunteer observers and supervisors have been trained and equipped to assist the organi [...]	2009-04-24 22:58:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM XM EC KDEM
09HAMBURG1190	Bundestag Election, Northern Germany: Regional [...] (C) SUMMARY: Heading into the September 27 national elections, a majority of northern Germans appears to be leaning in favor of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),mirroring national opinion. Hamburg's successful CDU/Greens government is viewed as a possible role model for a national level [...]	2009-09-25 08:25:00	Consulate Hamburg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
09HANOI101	VIETNAM ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL: MORE CONFIDENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Vietnam enters its second year on the UN Security Council, few here anticipate significant changes in policy or approach. Contacts in the MFA, Party, and think tank community express satisfaction that Vietnam was able to acquit itself professionally in its first year and had [...]	2009-02-10 06:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV USUN ECON VM
09HANOI104	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH VIETNAM'S MFA [...] (C) Summary: At a February 9 lunch with MFA Americas Director General Nguyen Ba Hung, DCM covered a full range of bilateral issues including senior-level GVN visits to the U.S. for the coming year, the requested visit to Vietnam by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and th [...]	2009-02-10 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ECON KIRF PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI165	JAPAN RESUMES SUSPENDED ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Not unexpectedly, Japan announced the resumption of its suspended assistance to Vietnam when Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc met Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone in Tokyo on February 23. Japanese DCM Koichi Abioshi told DCM that the resumptio [...]	2009-02-25 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON JA PREL VM
09HANOI181	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON ROLE OF CHINA IN SOUTHEAST [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-01 23:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON JA PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI192	CHARGE AND MFA DISCUSS BURMA, NORTH KOREA, DARFUR; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging lunch discussion March 2, the CDA and the MFA's Director General for International Organizations, Le Hoai Trung, exchanged views on Burma, North Korea, and Darfur; Vietnam's territorial claims under the Law of the Sea; and nonproliferation. The CDA urged DG T [...]	2009-03-03 09:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON MNUC PARM UNSC NPT BM CH
09HANOI202	DAS MARCIEL'S HANOI MEETINGS [...] (C) In a wide-ranging set of meetings in Hanoi February 25, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel emphasized the continued progress in U.S.-Vietnam relations. His counterparts, including VFM Pham Binh Minh, AFM Bui Thanh Son, and Office of Government DG Buy Hui Hung, voiced enthusiasm [...]	2009-03-06 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD UNSC MNUC BM VM
09HANOI215	WHAT USE ARE LIPS AND TEETH? VIETNAM'S AMBIVALENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's foreign policy, normally pragmatic to a fault, betrays a certain tension when it comes to North Korea. Influential voices in the Party speak of ideological affinity and historical bonds, while others in Vietnam's foreign policy establishment advocate a more sober asses [...]	2009-03-10 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON UNSC CH KS KN VM
09HANOI253	NO CHANGE IN VIETNAM'S POLICY TOWARD ABKHAZIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 09:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS VM
09HANOI286	HANOI COURT REJECTS CATHOLICS' APPEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With hundreds of Roman Catholics rallying outside the courthouse and a very heavy police presence, a Hanoi court on March 27 upheld the December 2008 convictions of eight Thai Ha parishioners on charges of property damage and disturbing public order during vigils in protest over [...]	2009-03-30 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM VM
09HANOI310	VIETNAM ON PLANNED DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In an April 2 meeting, the MFA Americas Deputy Director General shared Vietnam's views on promoting peace and stability in Northeast Asia. He said Vietnam has approached the DPRK directly to express concerns about its planned missile launch, but did not have informati [...]	2009-04-02 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PARM VM
09HANOI324	DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH: VIETNAM'S UN POSITION REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite early indications that it would simply hew to China and Russia's line, Vietnam's position on a possible UN Security Council resolution in fact remains undecided. In an April 8 conversation, the MFA's International Organizations Official responsible for Security Council m [...]	2009-04-08 10:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP UNSC PGOV KN VM
09HANOI330	IDEOLOGY RESURGENT? THE GENERAL SECRETARY'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Those with the patience to read General Secretary Nong Duc Manh's recent pronouncements may have noticed something new. Alongside the usual utterances about "peaceful evolution," there is now a further admonition: Cadres must be on guard against the evils of "self-evolution." [...]	2009-04-10 02:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VM
09HANOI362	ASEAN-CHINA NEGOTIATIONS ON SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASEAN and China have made progress in developing "guidelines" to supplement the 2002 Declaration of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC),according to MFA and think tank contacts. The parties remain deadlocked, however, on a key point: whether follow-on discussions, i [...]	2009-04-17 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON VM
09HANOI367	UPDATE ON BLOC 8406 DETAINEES ARRESTED LAST FALL [...] (C) The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has provided additional information about thirteen political dissidents arrested since September 2008. The update comes in response to a joint letter to VFM Pham Binh Minh from the Ambassador, the Group of Four (Canada, New Zealand, Norway and Switzer [...]	2009-04-21 03:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI368	VIETNAM ON NORTH KOREA'S MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 17 conversation with PolCouns, the MFA's DG for MFA International Organizations Director General, Le Hoai Trung, described Vietnam's efforts to urge the DPRK to "show restraint" and remain engaged in the Six-Party Talks. Prior to the April 5 missile launch, Vietnam's [...]	2009-04-21 05:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI372	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: VIETNAM CONSIDERS DPRK [...] (C) In an April 21 meeting with VFM Pham Binh Minh, the Ambassador urged Vietnam to work with the United States at the DPRK Sanctions Committee and to support a U.S.-proposed list of goods/entities connected to the DPRK's ballistic missile program. Per ref A, he emphasized the importance of [...]	2009-04-21 10:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC KNNP ECON KN VM
09HANOI378	BLOGGING AND POLITICAL DISSENT IN VIETNAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The internet continues to revolutionize political communication and dissent in Vietnam. Blogs routinely provide an alternative channel for print journalists to publish information they know would not get past state censors or newspaper self-censorship. The GVN estimates there a [...]	2009-04-22 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON VM
09HANOI413	IN VIETNAM, CHINA AND BAUXITE DON'T MIX [...] (C) Summary: Planned Chinese involvement in bauxite exploitation projects in the Central Highlands, especially the use of Chinese laborers, has triggered an unusually high-profile "open" public policy debate. Prominent Vietnamese, including famed war hero General Vo Nguyen Giap, have called [...]	2009-04-29 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EMIN EINV ESTH SENV CM VM
09HANOI456	VIETNAM-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Embassy contacts at the MFA and MFA-affiliated Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam insist that Vietnam and Cuba continue to enjoy warm "fraternal" relations. Absent fundamental change in either country, there is little prospect that Vietnam will substantially support U.S. priorities for Cuba, [...]	2009-05-15 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC ECON PREL PGOV CU VM
09HANOI466	DCM MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a May 18 meeting with Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Deputy Director of the General Security Division General To Lam, DCM covered a range of issues including the expanded HCMC consular district and delays in approval for staff expansion, cooperation in the upcoming bilateral [...]	2009-05-19 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI497	WAY FORWARD ON DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: The United States and Vietnam are moving to a new level of defense cooperation not previously seen in our bilateral relationship. While progress in some areas is slower than we would like, we have now expanded our engagement to the point where setting priorities will be key to ou [...]	2009-06-01 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
09HANOI52	2008 RECAP OF THE SINO-VIETNAM SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] (C) Summary: Despite final land border demarcation and progress settling the maritime boundary beyond the Gulf of Tonkin, 2008 ended without evident progress in the Sino-Vietnam territorial dispute in the South China Sea. In November, BP gave notice that it would seek to terminate its leases [...]	2009-01-20 05:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
09HANOI520	A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT VIETNAM'S UPR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's recent Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva was a lesson in the manipulation of process, according to the Canadian lead for the "troika" that coordinated Vietnam's UPR. The GVN clearly understood that only 60 countries would be ab [...]	2009-06-05 03:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI524	GAZPROM SEEKS TO EXPAND ITS VIETNAM PORTFOLIO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
09HANOI537	BAUXITE CONTROVERSY PRODUCES LEADERSHIP DIVISIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The highly charged -- and unusually open -- public debate over plans to develop bauxite in the Central Highlands has led to spirited discussions in the National Assembly (NA),Vietnam's historically quiescent semiannual legislature, with some deputies openly questioning government [...]	2009-06-11 06:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ESTH EMIN EINV SENV CM VM
09HANOI545	DPRK DRAFT RESOLUTION - VIETNAM LIKELY TO SUPPORT, [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for International Organizations Le Hoai Trung June 12. Vietnam shares our concerns about DPRK actions, Trung said. He complained, however, that the MFA had received the draft resolution only 24 hours before and required approval [...]	2009-06-12 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV UNSC KN VM
09HANOI570	VIETNAM PROTESTS U.S. STATEMENT ON JAILED LAWYER, [...] (U) Please see action request para 10. 2.(C) Summary: Charge met with Major General To Lam of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on June 18 to discuss the recent arrest of lawyer Le Cong Dinh (reftels). Lam protested at length the State Department statement on Dinh as "U.S. interference [...]	2009-06-19 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI571	VIETNAM WILL SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTION [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Director General Nguyen Ba Hung on June 22. Hung said Vietnam will honor its commitments to implementation of the Resolution, but did not commit specifically to supporting an ASEAN statement. Vietnam continues to engage the DPRK in an eff [...]	2009-06-22 10:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KN MNUC PARM VM
09HANOI581	MFA PROTESTS U.S. STATEMENT ON JAILED LAWYER [...] (C) Summary: Charge was called in to MFA on June 22 to receive an official protest of the U.S. statement condemning the arrest of prominent lawyer Le Cong Dinh and "evidence" of Dinh's guilt from MFA North Americas Division Director General Ba Hung. Charge pushed back, asserting that Vietnam s [...]	2009-06-23 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI582	BUILDING VIETNAM'S MILITARY DETERRENT WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Increasingly concerned about China's assertive behavior in the South China Sea, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is pressing ahead with its military modernization program. To better defend its territorial claims and economic interests and present a more potent deterrent to Chine [...]	2009-06-23 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PINR PINS PREL RS VM
09HANOI60	FEW SURPRISES AT THE NINTH PARTY PLENUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's Ninth Central Committee (CC) Plenum concluded without major personnel or policy changes. According to Party insiders, the primary focus of the midterm Plenum remained Vietnam's economic situation and plans for a stimulus package. In what some consider a nod to conserv [...]	2009-01-22 07:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD VM

09HANOI623	GVN THREATENS BOYCOTT OF NATIONAL DAY OVER INVITEE [...] (C) Summary: The GVN threatened to boycott Embassy Hanoi's National Day celebration at the last minute over the inclusion on the guest list of prominent dissident Pham Hong Son. The Ambassador strongly protested the incident and has followed up with a letter to Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign M [...]	2009-07-06 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI640	EXXON, PETROVIETNAM INK CONTRACT FOR PRODUCTION [...] (C) ExxonMobil (EM) and state-run PetroVietnam (PVN) quietly signed a production sharing contract (PSC) on June 30 for two sets of blocks in the South China Sea that lie well within China,s line of demarcation. The deal makes EM the largest offshore acreage holder in Vietnam, with 14 million [...]	2009-07-10 02:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PREL VM
09HANOI672	BEHIND VIETNAM'S LATEST CRACKDOWN [...] (C) Summary: The recent arrests of several pro-democracy activists and a prominent lawyer, coupled with a tightening on the press and blogs, clearly represent a serious move against freedom of expression and association. What is less clear is the motivation. Well-placed contacts discount sp [...]	2009-07-21 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
09HANOI677	AMBASSADOR RAISES DETAINED AMCIT, RECENT POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tense exchange July 20, the Ambassador pressed VFM Pham Binh Minh to grant consular access to detained American Citizen Kevin Huan Vo, arguing that it would be "unacceptable" to announce the opening of a consulate in Houston while a U.S. citizen remains in jail incommunicado [...]	2009-07-22 09:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON CASC VM
09HANOI683	DG FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMENTS ON VIETNAM'S [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch July 21, MFA Director General for International Organizations Le Hoai Trung commented on the evolving role of the Communist Party in overseeing government operations and said Vietnam's leaders understood that the current crackdown, including arrests of American citizens [...]	2009-07-23 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UNSC VM
09HANOI771	VATICAN RELATIONS IMPROVE AS ARCHBISHOP KIET CONSIDERS HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With President Nguyen Minh Triet scheduled to visit the Holy See in November, Vatican officials have told the Hanoi Archdiocese that they are bullish about normalizing relations. Local Catholic leaders are less than fully elated at the prospect, however, voicing suspicion over t [...]	2009-08-14 08:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VT VM
09HANOI773	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH POLITBURO MEMBER AND PARTY CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a warm and cordial meeting August 13, Hanoi Party Secretary Pham Quang Nghi and the Ambassador expressed mutual support for strong bilateral relations. Nghi, who sits on the Politburo, assured the Ambassador that whatever personnel changes occur at the next Party Congress in 2 [...]	2009-08-14 09:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV VM
09HANOI801	RECALL 09 HANOI 801 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 07:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD KIRF SENV BM VM
09HANOI803	SENATOR WEBB'S AUGUST 19-20 MEETINGS IN HANOI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a short, but substantively very productive set of meetings in Hanoi, August 19-20, Senator Jim Webb emphasized the need to continue building on the remarkable progress that the two countries had made since the Senator first re-engaged with Vietnam as a civilian in 1991. The [...]	2009-08-27 09:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF ECON ETRD BM VM
09HANOI805	Hanoi Blogger Arrested [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent dissident blogger Bui Thanh Hieu -- better known by his pen name "Nguoi Buon Gio" ("Wind Trader") -- was formally arrested August 30 after three days of pretrial detention. Well known for views sharply critical of Vietnam's policies toward China, Hieu's arrest was preci [...]	2009-08-31 10:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV
09HANOI807	Police Detain Journalist Affiliated with Arrested Hanoi [...] (C) A journalist and editor from the popular online news website VietNamNet, Pham Doan Trang, was taken into police custody August 29 for activities connected with Hanoi blogger Bui Thanh Hieu's plot to print T-shirts with anti-China slogans (reftel). VietNamNet's owner, Nguyen Anh Tuan was in [...]	2009-09-01 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI809	2011 LEADERSHIP TRANSITION: LEADING CONTENDERS FOR GENERAL SECRETARY AND PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Preparations are already underway for major leadership changes in Vietnam as the Communist Party gears up for its Eleventh Party Congress in January 2011. As many as six of the Politburo's fifteen members are expected to retire, including the General Secretary, State President, and [...]	2009-09-10 07:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD VM
09HANOI819	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN CHORUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 07:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR VM
09HANOI823	INSTITUTIONAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THE 2011 PARTY CONGRESS: A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Persistent talk among Vietnam's political elite of a China-style "fused executive" notwithstanding, the January 2011 Party Congress could leave power at the apex of Vietnam's Party-state system less centralized. Most political observers believe the Eleventh Party Congress may res [...]	2009-09-23 04:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CH KN VM
09HANOI827	Reformist Public Policy Think Tank is the First/Primary [...] (SBU) SUMMARY/COMMENT: A Prime Ministerial Decree placing severe restrictions on independent scientific research and preventing organizations from criticizing the GVN claimed its first casualty: the Institute for Development Studies (IDS),a public policy think tank formed by reform-minded advi [...]	2009-09-23 10:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VM
09HANOI829	North Korean Asylum Seekers Enter Danish Embassy [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 09:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF VM KN
09HANOI839	ACTION REQUEST: Lang Mai Monks and Nuns Forcibly Evicted By [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The situation for the Lang Mai monks and nuns turned violent on September 27 and 28, as police and a group of angry locals attempted to forcibly evict the monks and nuns from Bat Nha pagoda in Lam Dong province. Acc [...]	2009-09-29 05:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
09HANOI843	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 CONVERSATION [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 3:30 pm; Home of Dr. Pham Hong Son; Hanoi 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak, U.S. Embassy, Hanoi Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Christian Marchant, Political Officer (Notetaker) VIETNAM ------ [...]	2009-09-29 08:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KN VM
09HANOI847	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michalak Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, EAP Rear Admiral Ch [...]	2009-09-30 08:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ASEAN KN BM VM
09HANOI851	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michalak Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, EAP Rear Admiral Ch [...]	2009-09-30 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ASEAN BM KN VM
09HANOI859	Vietnam Supports U.S. Burma Policy Review, but Insists ASSK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam strongly supports a more "flexible" U.S. approach to Burma and is willing to facilitate contact with the Burmese regime, according to the Deputy Director General of the MFA's Southeast Asia Division, Ta Duy Chinh. Chinh asserted, however, that U.S policy remained too focu [...]	2009-10-07 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR BM VM
09HANOI861	Vietnam's "Track II" Engagement with Burma - U.S. Urged to [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam sees 2010 as a promising year to engage with Burma but is nervous that election-related unrest there could derail efforts to host a successful ASEAN summit, according to Dang Dinh Quy, Vice President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV). Quy, who recently met with [...]	2009-10-07 09:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ASEAN BM VM
09HANOI863	Vietnam's Reaction to P5+1 Discussions in Geneva [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR VM
09HANOI873	Bat Nha Pagoda Violence - Lam Dong Officials, Buddhist [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting ConGenOff October 9, Lam Dong provincial officials were at pains to frame tensions at the Bat Nha monastery as an internal struggle between Bat Nha's head monk and the Lang Mai monks and nuns. Echoing comments from officials in Hanoi, provincial authorities denied that [...]	2009-10-15 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VM
09HANOI875	New U.S. Approach toward Southeast Asia Opens Possibilities [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ASEAN BM VM
09HANOI881	The Contenders: How Elite Cadre Advance, Prospects for 2011 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Decision-making at the top of Vietnam's Communist Party structure is broader based and more consensus driven than in China, and the full Politburo and Central Committee take an active role in policy and personnel matters. While the most fervid speculation about the January 2011 P [...]	2009-10-22 09:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON VM
09HANOI883	Vietnam's Long Term View on PKO Participation [...] (C) The DCM used a working lunch with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for International Organizations Le Hoai Trung on October 20 to discuss current GVN thinking on Vietnam participating in global peacekeeping operations. Trung offered that following a two-year review directed by [...]	2009-10-23 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR VM
09HANOI889	Ambassador, VFM Minh Discuss Human Rights, Nuclear MOU, [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph eight. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On October 30, the Ambassador met with Vice Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh to reiterate U.S. concerns about the conviction of political dissidents and the forced expulsion of Lang Mai followers fr [...]	2009-11-03 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KNNP KIRF UNSC ECON CVIS ASEAN BM IR
09HANOI895	Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September 27, 2009 Conversation [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 9:30 a.m.; Ministry of Defense, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak, U.S. Embassy Hanoi Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistance Secretary, EAP Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant [...]	2009-11-10 04:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR MASS VM
09HANOI897	Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September 27, 2009 Luncheon [...] (U) September 27, 2009; 12:30 p.m.; The Ambassador's Residence; Hanoi 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Rear Admir [...]	2009-11-10 04:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KPAO KN VM
09HANOI899	Internal CPV directive warns of U.S.-led "peaceful [...] (C) SUMMARY: An internal CPV directive briefly posted online warns that "hostile forces" are infiltrating Vietnamese society and threaten to destroy Vietnam's socialist system. USG-sponsored programs in education and governance, and organizations such as USAID, Peace Corps, and Fulbright, are [...]	2009-11-12 08:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON AID VM
09HANOI901	Embassy Requests that Dissident Father Ly be released from [...] (C) Summary: Dissident Father Nguyen Van Ly suffered his second stroke in four months in prison on November 14. He is partially paralyzed and has been transferred to a Ministry of Public Security hospital in Hanoi. Prison authorities notified Father Ly's family of the stroke and transfer that [...]	2009-11-18 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI91	SCENESETTER FOR A/S JACOBS VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Post welcomes your visit to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Coming at a time when the GVN,s overall desire to attract tourism and investment has created a window of opportunity for deepening our relations and improving the ability for U.S. citizens to live and work here, your visit c [...]	2009-02-06 04:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT CASC PREL VM
09HANOI919	Father Ly Health Update [...] (C) Dissident priest Father Nguyen Van Ly continues to recuperate in a Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Hospital in Hanoi following his recent stroke on November 14 (reftel). Father Ly's health continues to improve, according to family members who have been visiting him daily since they arri [...]	2009-12-03 11:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI92	AMBASSADOR AND ARCHBISHOP OF HANOI DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador immediately before the week-long Lunar New Year holiday (Tet),the Archbishop of Hanoi, Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet, stressed the need for the GVN to enhance political rights such as freedom of speech and private property rights. He also declared tha [...]	2009-02-06 05:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
09HANOI921	Controversial Pastor Accused of Rape [...] (C) On December 2, Protestant Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh was detained for police questioning in connection with at least one rape case in Gia Lai Province. According to Pastor Siu Y Kim (strictly protect),an Executive Board member of the Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam South and the mos [...]	2009-12-04 10:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
09HANOI925	Vietnam's 2010 ASEAN Chairmanship [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam considers its turn as ASEAN chair to be the leading foreign policy priority for 2010. Substantively, Vietnam's leadership wants to be seen as a responsible member of the international community -- professional and well-briefed, acting as an "honest broker" when possible - [...]	2009-12-11 07:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECIN ASEAN SENV KFLU BM KN VM
09HANOI927	Preliminary Assessment of Politburo Bad Boy To Huy Rua [...] (C) Following is Post's evaluation of To Huy Rua, Chairman of the CPV Propaganda and Education Commission, whom many identify as a leading hard-line voice within the Politburo. We welcome comment from INR/B and other analysts. 2. (C) The Politburo's newest member, To Huy Rua, is consi [...]	2009-12-15 02:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID MARR VM
09HANOI931	War hero/dissident sentenced to 5.5 years; Le Cong Dinh [...] (SBU) Following a half-day trial December 28, former army Lt. Colonel and democracy activist Tran Anh Kim was sentenced by a court in Thai Binh to five and a half years in prison, followed by three years of probation. Although Kim was convicted under the more serious Article 79 (subversion),[...]	2009-12-29 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI94	VISIT OF JAPAN,S CROWN PRINCE TO VIETNAM - [...] (C) Summary: In considering the resumption of new assistance to Vietnam, which was suspended last August due to a bribery scandal, Japan seems to be lowering its expectations for "meaningful" steps by the GVN from prosecution of the well-connected Vietnamese official who accepted the bribes to [...]	2009-02-06 08:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	JA PGOV PREL VM
09HARARE1004	TSVANGIRAI ASKS THE WEST FOR HELP ON CHANGING THE [...] (SBU) This cable includes an ACTION REQUEST, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said that while there was tremendous progress in 2009 as compared to 2008, Zimbabwe and its coalition government still faces challenges. Reforms must be implemented quickly, and th [...]	2009-12-24 08:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE1012	OUTSIDERS, VIEWS OF THE INSIDE OF ZANU-PF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF hardliners have adopted a 'wait and see' attitude regarding Western sanctions, believing that EU sanctions might be lifted soon, with lifting of U.S. sanctions taking another two to three years. Merely offering immunity from prosecution and one-time payments will not be [...]	2009-12-30 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE106	ZIMBABWE - REACHING OUT TO REFORM-MINDED ZANU-PF [...] (C) As part of an effort to engage with moderate members of ZANU-PF, poloff met with Ivene Dzingirayi, a first-time ZANU-PF parliamentarian with good working relationships with his MDC counterparts. Dzingirayi discussed his perspective of reform elements within the ZANU-PF side of Parliament a [...]	2009-02-10 13:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE115	POLITICAL REPRESSION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Even after Morgan Tsvangirai's inauguration as Prime Minister, political detainees including Jestina Mukoko and approximately 29 others remain in State custody. Encouragingly, on February 13 some were allowed access to a private medical facility and Prime Minister Tsvangirai attempted to [...]	2009-02-12 16:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE117	ZIMBABWEAN PARLIAMENT PASSES NSC LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwean Parliament passed the Zimbabwe National Security Council (NSC) bill on February 10, creating a new executive entity charged with reviewing the country's national security policies and recommending or directing strategic actions. The NSC legislation is currently awaiting [...]	2009-02-13 07:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE129	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TSVANGIRAI [...] (C) The Ambassador today called on prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai was accompanied by deputy prime minister Arthur Mutambara, minister for state in the prime minister's office Gordon Moyo, and advisor Ian Makone. Tsvangirai expressed the utmost confidence in the ability of the n [...]	2009-02-17 15:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE130	ZANU-PF HARDLINERS USE ARRESTS TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...] (C) On Friday Feburary 13, MDC Treasurer and nominee for Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Roy Bennett, was arrested at an airport outside Harare and taken in a high speed getaway to the eastern city of Mutare. Although lawyers were assured he would be brought to court on Monday February 16, the [...]	2009-02-18 05:39:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE136	MFA BRIEFING: SAME OLD STORY [...] (SBU) GOZ foreign minister Samuel Mumbengegwi summoned Heads of Mission to the MFA today for a briefing ostensibly to discuss, as he stated in his introductory remarks, "recent, very positive developments." After lauding the new, inclusive government, and paying tribute to the AU, SADC, and [...]	2009-02-19 15:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE141	PLATINUM - ZIMBABWE,S BELEAGURED GOLDEN GOOSE [...] (C) Zimbabwe's rich platinum resources contributed a third of the country's exports, excluding gold, in 2008. The ore came from two mines. Platinum claims surrendered to the government in recent years by mining companies in return for empowerment credit have for the most part ended up in the [...]	2009-02-20 10:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV PGOV ZI
09HARARE144	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ZIM MINISTER OF FINANCE BITI [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call today on new Minister of Finance Tendai Biti. Bti outlined his plan for short-term economic recovery, but expressed concern about funding recurrent government expenditures over the next several months while the economy stabilizes. He acknowledged that [...]	2009-02-23 14:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAID ECON ZI
09HARARE161	ZIMBABWE,S PLATINUM AND DIAMOND COMPANIES BUCK RBZ [...] (C) Zimbabwe's established platinum and diamond mining companies are resisting the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) directive to localize their foreign currency accounts and submit to greater RBZ control. They maintain RBZ Governor Gono does not have the authority to change mineral policy and [...]	2009-02-26 14:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE166	UN A/SG URGES DONORS TO DO MORE IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 25 breakfast meeting with U.S. and UK Ambassadors, UN Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg urged donors to expand their humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe to include recovery activities. While she acknowledged the appropriateness [...]	2009-03-02 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE168	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER KHUPE [...] (C) In a cordial courtesy call in her freshly-painted office, Ambassador McGee and Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe discussed the immediate needs of the new government and how the U.S. government can assist. DPM Khupe acknowledged the serious challenges facing government and the forces w [...]	2009-03-02 17:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE18	NEW ARRESTS: POSSIBLE EFFORTS TO MANUFACTURE [...] (C) An eye witness estimates that 300 security forces, including two helicopters, were used in an extensive search of three white-owned properties about 10 miles east of Harare on January 3. Members of the military, police, presidential guard and intelligence services participated in the sear [...]	2009-01-07 12:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE180	THE ZIMBABWEAN CABINET: PERSONAL LOYALTY KEY TO [...] (SBU) President Mugabe filled his ministerial selections by primarily rewarding loyalty to himself, and secondarily maintaining ethnic representation amongst Shona tribes, and, in keeping with the 1987 Unity Accords, Ndebeles. Mugabe was challenged in findin sufficient positions for a number o [...]	2009-03-04 14:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE182	BAIL APPROVALS INDICATE SLIGHT GOZ SHIFT IN RIGHT [...] (C) Of the 32 persons abducted between October and December 2008, 21 have now been released, including human rights activist Jestina Mukoko who was released on bail on March 2. The granting of Deputy Agriculture Minister-designate Roy Bennett's bail was reaffirmed in the high court on March 3 [...]	2009-03-04 16:24:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE183	ZIMBABWE COMMITTED TO U.S. DOLLARS FOR CIVIL [...] (C) The pervasive dollarization of the Zimbabwe economy and collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar drove the GOZ's decision to pay civil servant allowances in hard-currency vouchers redeemable for goods. Potential abuse of the system by Reserve Bank Governor Gono compelled Minister of Finance Biti t [...]	2009-03-04 16:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
09HARARE184	GIDEON GONO MUST GO--BUT HOW? [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has become the ZANU-PF poster boy for corruption and financial mismanagement. The MDC realizes that Gono's presence at the RBZ complicates possibilities of assistance to Zimbabwe. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has told the Ambassado [...]	2009-03-04 16:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI
09HARARE19	MUGABE SHUFFLES MINISTERS AS HE AWAITS MDC DECISION [...] (U) In early January, President Robert Mugabe dismissed 12 ministers and deputy ministers, and shifted their portfolios to other senior ZANU-PF officials. The dismissals were in keeping with constitutional requirements that stipulate that all ministers and deputies need to be sitting members [...]	2009-01-07 15:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE207	ZANU-PF ORCHESTRATES RENEWED LAND GRABS [...] (C) On March 5, poloff met with Trevor Gifford, president of the Commercial Farmer's Union in Zimbabwe. According to Gifford, a recent upsurge in farm invasions that began in February is being orchestrated by Attorney General Tomana, President Mugabe, and the Zimbabwean High Court. Gifford no [...]	2009-03-11 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR ZI
09HARARE218	MDC'S BENNETT RELEASED ON BAIL; STATE CONSIDERS [...] (C) Jailed Deputy Minister of Agriculture-designate Roy Bennett was released from a Mutare jail on March 12 after the Supreme Court Chief Justice upheld a previous, lower court decision to grant Bennett bail. The magistrate who originally ordered Benntt's release after a High Court order gran [...]	2009-03-12 14:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE221	BAD OMENS FOR ZIMBABWE AGRICULTURE [...] (C) As orchestrated land grabs by ZANU-PF continue, an informed contact reports that new Lands Minister Herbert Murerwa appears to be a captive of the permanent secretary inherited from Didymus Mutasa, and Agriculture Minister Joseph Made has no use for white commercial farmers. Without chea [...]	2009-03-13 15:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE226	THE NEW GOZ: A ONE-MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The newly formed Government of Zimbabwe is not a government of national unity with shared values and goals. It is principally a forced marriage of two opposing parties that seek to strengthen themselves while weakening the other as they look toward elections in two years. 2. (C) The M [...]	2009-03-16 13:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE239	OBSERVATIONS OF MDC MINISTER OF WATER [...] (C) Polecon Chief spoke with Minister of Water Sam Nkomo on March 19. Nkomo is an MDC MP from Matabeleland North and is the brother of John Nkomo, the ZANU-PF party chairman and a Minister of State in the president's office. He offered observations on the current situation. 2. (C) Nkomo [...]	2009-03-19 10:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE24	MILITARY EXPANSION FUELS DIAMOND CHAOS XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX, poloff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXX region that contains the diamond-rich Marange fields, to discuss violence in the region as well as recent developments in the turbulent Marange diamond trade. XXXXXXXXXXXX described how the military expansion in XXXXXXXXXXXX in late [...]	2009-01-09 08:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EMIN RS ZI
09HARARE240	ELTON MANGOMA ON THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma provided Polecon Chief on March 19 his observations on the current political landscape. 2. (C) Mangoma, who was one of the MDC negotiators in arriving at the Inter-Party Agreement and was supportive of the MDC entering into government, ex [...]	2009-03-19 15:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE246	ZIM EDUCATION STILL IN LIMBO AS TEACHERS THREATEN [...] (SBU) Raymond Majongwe, the outspoken Secretary General of the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ),told us in a meeting on March 18 that teachers' unions are in the difficult position of working with the genuinely interested and committed new Minister of Education (MDC-M's David Co [...]	2009-03-23 12:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE257	MDC ON LAND SEIZURES, POLITICS [...] (C) Gorden Moyo is the Minister of State in Prime Minister Tsvangirai's office. He serves as a chief of staff for Tsvangirai, helping to coordinate MDC policy and serving as a liaison with ZANU-PF. Moyo offered us his observations March 26 on land seizures and the political situation. 2. [...]	2009-03-26 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE258	ZANU-PF INSIDER ON POLITICS [...] (C) Walter Mzembi, ZANU-PF Minister of Tourism, spoke with us on March 20. Mzembi is considered a "young Turk" within the party. He is close to Mugabe, but at the same time is one of the few ZANU-PF officials who has been confident enough to speak openly with us without fear of repercussion [...]	2009-03-26 09:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE264	ZIMBABWEAN PARLIAMENT'S PRIORITIES AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Speaker of the House of Assembly Lovemore Moyo met with polecon chief and poloff on March 25, 2009 and discussed Parliament's next steps, legislative priorities, and role in promoting reform. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara addressed Parliament for the first time and can [...]	2009-03-27 09:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE276	LABOR ANALYSIS: ZCTU'S INTERNAL STRUGGLES (PART 2 [...] (SBU) This is the second in a two-part series analyzing the labor movement in Zimbabwe. Part one (Ref A) examined the history of the labor movement and the current struggles unions are facing. Part two examines the internal political struggles within the labor movement and its relationship w [...]	2009-04-02 14:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ELAB ZI
09HARARE278	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON ZIM MINISTER OF ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Elton Mangoma, MDC Minister of Economic Development, on April 2. Mangoma discussed the overall political situation and made the following salient points: 2. (C) The MDC was pleased with the SADC Summit last weekend in Swaziland. SADC emphasized that the le [...]	2009-04-02 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE281	ZIM PARLIAMENT PUTS IN PLACE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's parliament finalized its committee nomination process this week by announcing appointments to the Parliamentary Legal Committee as well as to the 20 various portfolio committees. These bodies serve as important mechanisms to evaluate the legality of proposed legislation and t [...]	2009-04-03 10:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE283	ANGLICAN CHURCH FEUD TURNS VIOLENT; POLICE BACK [...] (C) The head of the Anglican Church in Harare, Bishop Sebastian Bakare, met with poloff on March 31 to discuss the escalating feud and resultant violence stemming from the rivalry between the official Anglican Church and a rogue faction headed by Bakare's predecessor, expelled Bishop Nolbert K [...]	2009-04-03 11:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE284	DELISTING ZIMBABWEAN BANKS WORTH CONSIDERING [...] (C) Post recommends consideration of removing Zimbabwean banks the Agricultural Development Bank of Zimbabwe ("Agribank") and ZB Financial Holdings and its subsidiaries (collectively "ZB Bank") as Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (S [...]	2009-04-03 11:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI
09HARARE288	LACK OF FUNDS LEAD TO ZIM PARLIAMENTARY RECESS [...] (SBU) Parliament has announced it will adjourn until May 12. This is due to a lack of funds to pay MPs housing and travel allowances while Parliament is in session. Separately, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono's recent offer to give MPs secondhand central bank vehicles is [...]	2009-04-06 15:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE29	TORTURE, TERRORISM, AND THE RED VAN: UPDATE ON [...] (C) Court cases continue for 18 Zimbabweans abducted between late October and mid-December who face various accusations related to terrorism, banditry, and mounting an armed insurgency. Prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko and eight others remain in custody until their next appearan [...]	2009-01-09 11:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE296	BITI ON THE ECONOMY, SANCTIONS, AND MUGABE [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by visiting Staffdel Smith, met April 8 with Minister of Finance Tendai Biti. Biti briefly reviewed the current budgetary situation and discussed Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, President Robert Mugabe's role in the new government, the Zimb [...]	2009-04-08 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE303	TSVANGIRAI UPDATES U.S. AND UK AMBASSADORS [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai acknowledged the problematic nature of recent farm invasions and the continuing presence of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono. He noted that his personal situation had removed him from the fray for three weeks. H [...]	2009-04-14 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE321	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIM ICT MINISTER NELSON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador McGee met with Zimbabwean Minister for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Nelson Chamisa on April 8 as part of a series of calls on ministers in the new government. They discussed the US$100,000 recently paid by the USG to ZimPost for past delivery of person [...]	2009-04-17 09:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINT PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE322	ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND [...] (SBU) On April 16, poloffs met with Joe Mhishi Tapera, Head of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Relations to present the U.S. nomination to the UN Human Rights Council (Refs A and B) and to discuss Madagascar (Ref C). 2. (SBU) With respect to the Human Rights Council, we pr [...]	2009-04-17 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
09HARARE323	ZIMBABWEAN CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS KICKS OFF [...] (SBU) The Speaker of the House of Assembly announced on April 12 the formation of a Parliamentary Select Committee charged with directing the process to form a new Zimbabwean constitution. The membership of the committee is divided on a proportional basis between the three political parties. [...]	2009-04-17 09:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE333	COMMERCIAL FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE SEEK COMPENSATION [...] (C) Trevor Gifford, president of the Commercial Farmer's Union (CFU),met with the Ambassador on April 15 to discuss a shift in strategy his organization is adopting regarding seized and threatened commercial farms in Zimbabwe. The CFU's new position is to seek compensation of up to US$20 bi [...]	2009-04-21 13:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE340	TWO FACES OF ZANU-PF [...] (C) A courtesy call by the Ambassador on Co-Ministers of Home Affairs Giles Mutsekwa (MDC-T) and Kembo Mohadi (ZANU-PF) on April 23 devolved into an anti-U.S. diatribe by Mohadi who walked out of the meeting. This followed remarks by the Ambassador that the U.S. wanted to help Zimbabwe, but n [...]	2009-04-23 16:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE360	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON GOZ PROGRESS [...] (C) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador May 1 that he is reasonably satisfied with the progress of the new transitional government. Outstanding issues in the process of being resolved include: governorships, permanent secretaries and ambassadorships; political detainees; and [...]	2009-05-04 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE367	DRAMATIC SETBACK: ZIM ABDUCTEES SENT BACK TO JAIL [...] (C) On May 5, Magistrate Catherine Chimwanda remanded 15 individuals, including prominent human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, to prison pending their trials, which are currently scheduled for June and July 2009. Mukoko and others were abducted between October and December 2008, tortured, acc [...]	2009-05-05 15:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE372	MDC FOCUSES ON OUTSTANDING ISSUES; DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a May 6 MDC Standing Committee meeting, party Secretary General Tendai Biti held a press conference to announce that the MDC expected action in the next ten days on outstanding issues under the Global Political Agreement, including the appointments of the Reserve Bank (R [...]	2009-05-06 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE379	FORGIVE AND FORGET? NOT YET -- RECONCILIATION SLOW [...] (C) Progress towards forgiveness is slow in Gutu South, a rural constituency that was hard hit by violence during the 2008 inter-election period. Although some chiefs are leading an effort towards reconciliation between victims and perpetrators of violence, fear and intimidation remain high a [...]	2009-05-07 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE38	MDC SPOKESMAN CHAMISA ON MDC POSITION, U.S. POLICY [...] (C) MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa told polecon chief on January 14 that the MDC was resolved to condition entry into government on satisfactory resolution of outstanding issues. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai would meet with Zimbabwean president Mugabe in the next few days to either resolve these [...]	2009-01-14 12:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE392	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIM MINING MINISTER [...] (SBU) On May 11, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Zimbabwe's new Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Obert Mpofu. The Ambassador pressed the ZANU-PF minister on the importance of boosting electrical supplies to support renewed economic activity and ongoing U.S. concern about viol [...]	2009-05-12 15:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE395	MEDIA STAKEHOLDERS SPIN OUTCOME OF MEDIA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) After several delays and despite a partial boycott, the All-Stakeholders' Media Conference under the theme "Towards an Open, Tolerant, and Responsible Media Environment" went forward May 8-10 in Kariba, with about half of the expected stakeholders present. The umbrella civil society org [...]	2009-05-13 16:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE40	MDC PARLIAMENTARIAN PUSHED OUT BY JUDGE [...] (SBU) A Zimbabwean judge disqualified an MDC member of parliament after convicting her of forging signatures nominating her to run in the March 2008 parliamentary elections. Lynette Karenyi was convicted by Magistrate Billard Musakwa of forging four signatures nominating her to contest the C [...]	2009-01-14 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE401	LAST THREE ABDUCTEES GRANTED BAIL; POLICE ARREST [...] (SBU) The legal drama surrounding the 18 people abducted in late 2008 continues. On May 13, High Court Justice November Mtshiya granted bail to the last three abductees still in custody: Kisimusi (Chris) Dhlamini, Ghandi Mudzingwa, and Andrisson Shadreck Manyere. In his ruling, Justice Mtshi [...]	2009-05-14 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE403	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NICHOLAS GOCHE [...] (SBU) As part of a series of courtesy calls on new Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) ministers, the Ambassador met on May 14 with Nicholas Goche, Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development. Goche is a long-time ZANU-PF insider who served as that party's lead negotiator in negotiations [...]	2009-05-14 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE405	THE NEW GOZ: A THREE MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 10:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE430	AMCIT INVOLVED IN VIOLENT ZIMBABWEAN FARM INVASION [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwean President of the Senate, Edna Madzongwe, is carrying out a violent farm invasion of a commercial citrus farm with an annual estimated export crop worth US$4 million. The invasion and ejection of the title holder appear to violate local law, as the Zimbabwean High Court ha [...]	2009-05-21 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR CASC ZI
09HARARE431	ZANU-PF AND MDC-T RESOLVE SOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Tsvangirai announced on May 21 that the three political parties had reached agreement on the contentious issues of division of governorships, appointment of permanent secretaries and ambassadors, and the delayed swearing in of Roy Bennett as Deputy Minister of Agriculture. [...]	2009-05-21 18:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE447	GORDON MOYO SHARES INSIGHTS INTO CABINET AND TOP [...] (C) Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office, Gordon Moyo, explained President Mugabe's refusal to fire Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana. Firing Gono would be an indictment on Mugabe's presidency and he was still financially useful, while Tomana w [...]	2009-05-29 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE456	TEA WITH MUGABE: CODEL PAYNE'S MARATHON MEETING AT [...] (SBU) On May 30 President Robert Mugabe received Congressmen Donald Payne (D-NJ),Ambassador McGee, and staffers at his State House office for a nearly three-hour-long meeting. Throughout the marathon meeting Mugabe was alert, articulate, in apparent good health, and defiant. Congressman Pay [...]	2009-06-02 13:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC PREL PHUM ZI
09HARARE466	ABDUCTEES RE-ABDUCTED, THREATENED BY POLICE AND [...] (C) On June 2, two police officers, including the notorious Superintendent Peter Magwenzi, abducted three MDC leaders--Terry Musona, Lloyd Tarumbwa, and Fanny Tembo--from their homes in Mashonaland West province. The trio was first abducted in October 2008, held incommunicado and tortured by M [...]	2009-06-05 12:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI

09HARARE477	CODEL PAYNE: GOZ AND CIVICS PLEAD FOR HEALTH, [...] (SBU) During his May 29-31 visit to Zimbabwe, Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ) and three congressional staffers met with senior government officials including President Robert Mugabe (ref),Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, Health Minister Dr. Henry Madzo [...]	2009-06-09 08:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE48	ZIMBABWE - STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) A 12-hour SADC-sponsored mediation between ZANU-PF and the MDC ended January 19 with a continuing stalemate as the parties failed to narrow their differences on outstanding issues. A SADC Extraordinary Summit is tentatively scheduled for January 26 in either Gaborone or Johannesburg which [...]	2009-01-21 14:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE49	ZIMBABWE COURTING FOREIGN DIAMOND INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Discussions in mid-January with private sector mining executives Ndodana Mguquka and Greg Sebborn revealed further details of a possible diamond deal between the Zimbabwean government and either Russian or Indian diamond investors. The Russian group may only be interested in purchasing sev [...]	2009-01-22 08:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PHUM PREL ZI RS IN IS ASEC
09HARARE500	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ZIM VICE PRESIDENT MUJURU [...] C) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Vice President Joice Mujuru on June 17, his first meeting with her. Mujuru, who was warm and engaged, expressed her support for the transitional process and bemoaned hardliners in her party who were attempting to sabotage it. She urged incremental a [...]	2009-06-18 10:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE51	MILITARY PLANS TO DISPLACE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS [...] (SBU) In mid-January, a local chief in the diamond rich and violence-ridden XXXXXXXXXXXX informed us of the Zimbabwean military's intention to displace as many as 25,000 villagers from their homes XXXXXXXXXXXX. The military operation is intended to establish control over the diamond fields as [...]	2009-01-23 09:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ASEC PHUM ZI RS ECON PREL
09HARARE525	THE BUSINESS OF PARLIAMENT IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Lovemore Moyo, updated Post on the Constitutional drafting process and the formation of vital commissions that are expected to drive reforms within the media, electoral process, human rights, and corruption spheres. Speaker Moyo also clarified that - [...]	2009-06-29 13:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE532	AMBASSADOR PRESSES BITI ON REFORMS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Minister of Finance Tendai Biti on June 30 at Biti's request. Biti requested details of the US$73 million pledged by President Obama to Prime Minister Tsvangirai at their recent White House meeting. The meeting evolved into a discussion of Zimbabwe's lack of prog [...]	2009-07-01 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ZI
09HARARE544	ZANU-PF MINISTER BRIEFS ON WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi (ZANU-PF) briefed polecon chief on his recent visit to Washington as part of a delegation headed by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Mzembi took away the clear message that reforms and compliance with the Global Political Agreement (GPA) were n [...]	2009-07-02 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE545	IMF BRIEFS ON GOZ PROGRESS, CONTINUING BUDGET GAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 29 briefing for OECD Ambassadors, IMF Mission Chief Vitaly Kramenko said his team found the GOZ budget evolving largely as expected, with revenues increasing steadily, but still inadequate to fully fund expenditures. He said the IMF is urging the GOZ to exercise ca [...]	2009-07-02 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
09HARARE55	MUGABE-TSVANGIRAI MEET PRIVATELY [...] (C) Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai met privately last week as Tsvangirai attempted to salvage a deal by gaining concessions from Mugabe on outstanding issues. Mugabe refused to budge and ZANU-PF and MDC remain deadlocked. It is unlikely the SADC Sum [...]	2009-01-26 12:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE570	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN ZIMBABWE ON SHAKY GROUND [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe is continuing to progress towards a new Constitution, through much like the current inclusive government, it is a process fraught with risks. Next week's All Stakeholders Conference will attempt to establish thematic sub-committees charged with consulting the public on critica [...]	2009-07-10 10:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE588	DESPITE ROCKY START, CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) The two-day All Stakeholder's Conference concluded successfully on July 14 after getting off to a rocky start July 13 when riot police were called in to assert control following a disturbance caused by ZANU-PF activists. While much remains to be done, the constitutional process is stil [...]	2009-07-15 14:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI
09HARARE59	READOUT ON SADC SUMMIT [...] (U) A marathon SADC Extraordinary Summit meeting ended at about 4 am today with SADC declaring that MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai should be sworn in on February 11 as prime minister with cabinet ministers to be sworn in two days later. South African president Kgalema Motlanthe reportedly told [...]	2009-01-27 11:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE6	MDC SPOKESPERSON CHAMISA ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) According to MDC spokesperson Nelson Chamisa, the MDC's goal is new elections through which it can take over complete control of government. Chamisa told polecon chief December 31 the MDC believes it can best shape the electoral environment, including drafting of a new constitution, thro [...]	2009-01-02 09:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE61	GOZ TO ANNOUNCE DOLLARIZATION OF THE ECONOMY [...] (C) According to Senior Advisor to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono Munyaradzi Kereke, the GOZ plans to announce the "informal" dollarization of the economy and further market and exchange-rate reforms this week. All businesses will be allowed to transact in hard currencies, but t [...]	2009-01-27 15:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE622	BITI ON CURRENT ISSUES [...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Tendai Biti told the American Business Association of Zimbabwe (ABAZ) that Zimbabwe was at a cross roads; continued progress depended on successful completion of the constitutional process and resolution of ZANU-PF succession, the land issue, and Global Political Agr [...]	2009-07-30 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE626	BBC AND CNN ALLOWED BACK IN ZIMBABWE, BUT KEPT ON [...] (SBU) After an eight-year ban, in an effort to help repair the country's battered image, the ZANU-PF led Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity (MMIP) has given permission to the BBC and CNN to report from within Zimbabwe. A BBC crew has been openly reporting from Zimbabwe since July [...]	2009-07-30 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM OEXC KPAO ZI
09HARARE63	SANCTIONS BUSTING BY LOCAL UNISYS AGENT [...] (C) According to a business contact in the local IT industry, the Zimbabwe agent for Unisys is providing Unisys hardware and software support to ZB Bank Ltd, a specially designated national (SDN). Post corroborated the allegation with James Hove, head of the IT department at ZB Bank. Hove [...]	2009-01-28 15:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV ZI
09HARARE643	MSIKA'S DEATH AND HIS SUCCESSOR [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's long-serving Vice President, Joseph Msika, died of liver and kidney failure the morning of August 5, 2009, according to the State media. (NOTE: The GOZ officially announced August 6 that Msika had died on August 5; we learned from sources that he actually died on August 4. [...]	2009-08-06 15:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI PINR
09HARARE670	BITI PRAISES IMF, LAMENTS LACK OF "FISCAL SPACE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Tendai Biti told Acting Treasury A/S Baukol on August 3 that Zimbabwe showed signs of macroeconomic stabilization but still faced serious problems. Biti said the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) lack of revenue meant Zimbabwe was "still a failed state," but techni [...]	2009-08-19 08:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE671	MDC LOOKS TO ZUMA VISIT AND UPCOMING SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) Gordon Moyo, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, briefed the Embassy on outstanding Global Political Agreement (GPA) issues and efforts to have SADC and SADC Chair (and South African President) Jacob Zuma resolve them. These issues include the long-standing dispute over [...]	2009-08-19 08:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE673	MDC LOOKS TO ZUMA VISIT AND UPCOMING SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) Gordon Moyo, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, briefed the Embassy on outstanding Global Political Agreement (GPA) issues and efforts to have SADC and SADC Chair (and South African President) Jacob Zuma resolve them. These issues include the long-standing dispute over [...]	2009-08-19 08:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE674	MDC LOOKS TO ZUMA VISIT AND UPCOMING SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) Gordon Moyo, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, briefed the Embassy on outstanding Global Political Agreement (GPA) issues and efforts to have SADC and SADC Chair (and South African President) Jacob Zuma resolve them. These issues include the long-standing dispute over [...]	2009-08-19 08:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE679	MDC-T ATTEMPTS TO USE DWINDLING PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In the absence of leadership by Cabinet, Parliament is moving forward with attempts to reform two pieces of existing legislation that have been used by the State to restrict civil liberties. The effort comes as the MDC-T's slim parliamentary advantage is under threat by ZANU-PF and polit [...]	2009-08-20 15:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE695	ZIMBABWE THINKS AHEAD ON DEBT RELIEF [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 12:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE70	TSVANGIRAI TELLS AMBASSADOR MDC WILL ENTER [...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has decided the MDC should enter government and will so recommend to the MDC National Council on January 30. He expects the Council to support his recommendation. With his inauguration as prime minister scheduled for February 11, ZANU-PF negotiators will mee [...]	2009-01-29 13:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE707	CODEL MEEKS MEETING WITH MUGABE [...] (SBU) In a brief meeting with CODEL Meeks, truncated by the CODEL's departure schedule, President Robert Mugabe lapsed into historical reveries, praised the Global Political Agreement (GPA),saying that only "little issues" remained, and questioned sanctions. Constrained by time, Congressman [...]	2009-09-04 08:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM OREP ZI
09HARARE709	ZIMBABWE CENTRAL BANK REFORM: ONE STEP FORWARD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A bill now before Parliament seeks to reduce the authority of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and put the Ministry of Finance in charge of monetary policy. If it becomes law, the bill would ban the hyper-inflationary practices RBZ Governor Gideon Gono has used [...]	2009-09-04 10:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE710	ZIM CONSTITUTIONAL CHAIR GIVE UPDATE ON PROGRESS [...] (C) Co-chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Constitution, Douglas Mwonzora of the MDC-T, briefed the Embassy on recent developments regarding Zimbabwean efforts to craft a new constitution. Parliament is moving forward on the creation and composition of 17 thematic sub-committees [...]	2009-09-04 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE711	GONO STIRS THE POT ON IMF RESERVES [...] (C) Finance Minister Tendai Biti has told President Mugabe and the Cabinet that Zimbabwe should use its new allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to clear arrears with the international financial institutions as part of a debt reduction strategy. Conrad Nyamurova, an adviser to Biti tol [...]	2009-09-04 10:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE72	FARM SEIZURES CONTINUE: SADC RULING AND BIPPAS [...] (C) In mid-January, the president of the Commercial Farmer's Union told us that the Zimbabwean government was continuing to promote its land seizure and redistribution program by evicting commercial farmers and handing their farms over to loyal regime officials. Land reform was a topic of con [...]	2009-01-30 08:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE720	TSVANGIRAI DISCUSSES GPA PERFORMANCE WITH CODEL [...] (C) On September 2, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai updated a visiting Congressional delegation on the performance of the inclusive government since his June visit to the U.S. He began by reinforcing some of the more positive messages out of Zimbabwe, such as continued low levels of violence [...]	2009-09-09 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OREP PREL ZI
09HARARE721	ZIM PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS DISCUSS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) On September 3, a panel of parliamentary leaders updated a visiting Congressional delegation on Zimbabwe's process to draft a new constitution and key issues affecting Parliament. Discussion centered around the need to unite stakeholders to craft a constitution that would gain the support [...]	2009-09-10 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE726	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH ELTON MANGOMA [...] (C) Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma on September 10 discussed current political and economic events with the Charge. He believes SADC is largely ineffective and that the MDC and Zimbabweans must rely on themselves. The constitutional process and other elements of the Global Po [...]	2009-09-14 15:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EMIN ZI
09HARARE736	TSVANGIRAI SPEAKS OUT, CONFRONTS MUGABE [...] (C) Facing strong crticism from his party for being too conciliatory, Prime Minister and MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai delivered a hard-hitting speech, directed at ZANU-PF, at the MDC's 10th anniversary celebration on September 13 in Bulawayo. Two days later, in a short and tense meeting with [...]	2009-09-16 14:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE753	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS CHARGE ON REFORM EFFORTS [...] (C) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the Charge on September 18 that MDC commitment to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) has been met with nothing on the part of ZANU-PF but provocative actions. He continues to push for reforms, but is focused on constitutional reform which he hopes [...]	2009-09-18 11:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE759	ZIM MINFIN BITI BRIEFS CHARGE [...] (C) Minister of Finance and MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti told the Charge on September 21 that the MDC will canvass its supporters as to whether the MDC should remain in government; he believes most MDC members favor staying in the inclusive government and confronting Mugabe and ZANU-PF. [...]	2009-09-22 15:59:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ECON ZI
09HARARE769	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH VICE-PRESIDENT MUJURU [...] (C) In a cordial meeting with the Charge, Vice-President Joice Mujuru hewed to the ZANU-PF party line in defending the progress of the inclusive government and in criticizing sanctions. She stated a constitutional process was in place, but that elections might not take place for some time. M [...]	2009-09-24 15:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ZI
09HARARE772	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on September 24 briefed diplomatic chiefs of mission on the status of the inclusive government (IG). His remarks were essentially a reiteration of what he told the Charge two days earlier about the aims of the Global Political Agreement (GPA),[...]	2009-09-28 12:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE774	MDC MINISTERS BITI AND MANGOMA BRIEF DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Tendai Biti and Minister of Economic Development Elton Mangoma met with Western donor chiefs of mission and aid directors September 24 and briefed on political and economic issues. They believe that ZANU-PF intransigence on the Global Political Agreement ( [...]	2009-09-28 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EFIN ECON ZI
09HARARE785	AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOOKS FOR MORE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The local mission chief and a high-powered team of consultants for the African Development Bank (AfDB) discussed prospects for expanded engagement with the GOZ and sought USG views in a September 24 meeting with Charge. In recent consultations with GOZ officials, AfDB staff encou [...]	2009-10-07 11:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ZI
09HARARE79	ZIMBABWE DEALING WITH OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (C) MDC-M secretary general Welshman Ncube believes the power-sharing agreement is imperfect with questionable chances of success, but failure to form an inclusive government in his opinion could have resulted in an increasingly anarchic situation. With all sides supporting the SADC communiq [...]	2009-02-03 15:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE806	TSVANGIRAI ADVISOR ON STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Gorden Moyo, political advisor to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, briefed the Charge October 7 on current political developments. Moyo believes that Tsvangirai's hard-hitting speech at an MDC rally in Bulawayo on September 13 has led to a conciliatory attitude on the part of President [...]	2009-10-07 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE824	INDEPENDENT NEWS DAILIES PREPARE TO PUBLISH [...] (C) Despite ZANU-PF foot-dragging, the new Media Commission, with the power to license newspapers, is expected to be announced shortly. Trevor Ncube, publisher of weekly papers The Independent and The Standard, plans to begin publishing a daily, NewsDay. The Daily News, shut down by the gov [...]	2009-10-15 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE826	MDC TO DISENGAGE FROM ZANU-PF, BUT REMAIN IN [...] (C) Precipitated by the re-arrest of Roy Bennett, the MDC has taken a decision to disengage from ZANU-PF, while remaining in government. This means it will continue to head ministries and participate in the process to draft a new constitution, but will not attend meetings of the Cabinet and [...]	2009-10-15 15:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE830	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...]	2009-10-16 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE831	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...]	2009-10-16 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE832	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MDC DISENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) A resolute Morgan Tsvangirai briefed diplomats on October 16 on the MDC's intention to disengage from ZANU-PF until progress is made on the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Commenting that what he termed a "constitutional crisis" had been precipitated by the rearrest of Roy Bennett, T [...]	2009-10-16 15:36:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE839	UNEASY CALM BLANKETS ZIMBABWE,S RURAL AREAS [...] (SBU) A series of Embassy visits across five Zimbabwean provinces between mid-September and mid-October 2009 confirmed that levels of political violence are currently quite low, with the exception of invasions of several contested white-owned commercial farms. Nevertheless, the potential for [...]	2009-10-21 12:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE843	ENDING THE IMPASSE [...] (C) Next week in Harare will see a flurry of activity aimed at ending the MDC's "disengagement" from ZANU-PF and a resumption of government under the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who will return to Harare on October 23 after meeting with regional leaders [...]	2009-10-22 14:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE85	TSVANGIRAI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBAWE [...] (C) Morgan Tsvangirai met with South African president Motlanthe on February 5 in South Africa. ZANU-PF and MDC negotiators also met yesterday in South Africa. Upon Tsvangirai's return to Harare today, he briefed the Ambassador. 2. (C) Negotiators agreed that governorships would be divi [...]	2009-02-05 12:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE853	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS CHARGE ON STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) A somewhat dejected Morgan Tsvangirai told the Charge on October 27 that a three-hour meeting with President Robert Mugabe the previous day to discuss implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and an end to the MDC's disengagement had ended in deadlock. Commenting on his rec [...]	2009-10-28 05:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE859	NGO DIRECTOR BEMOANS LACK OF PROGRESS IN ZIM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 12:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE862	MDC PUSHES FOR REFORM IN ZIMBABWE'S PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) The MDC-T caucus in Parliament intends to introduce draft legislation over the next several weeks to amend several acts that have been used by the State to suppress individual and press freedoms. The MDC-T will first target the Public Order and Security Act (POSA),before addressing the [...]	2009-10-29 13:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE864	NGO DIRECTOR BEMOANS LACK OF PROGRESS IN ZIM [...] (C) The Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU),a local NGO, is joining with regional civil society organizations to pressure southern African governments to re-focus attention on Zimbabwe and the failures of the Global Political Agreement (GPA). RAU Director Tony Reeler also shared with poloffs his [...]	2009-10-30 07:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL ZI
09HARARE867	A WEEK OF RAIDS, ARRESTS, AND MAYHEM IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Throughout the past week, Zimbabwe's security forces and likely ZANU-PF supporters have executed a series of operations targeting the MDC and several local NGOs, resulting in the arrest of seven people -- five of whom were subsequently released -- the attempted abduction of an eighth indiv [...]	2009-10-30 09:38:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE885	SADC TROIKA SUMMIT: MDC TO REENGAGE [...] (U) After a one-day Summit of the Troika of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation in Maputo on November 5, the MDC agreed to suspend its disengagement from ZANU-PF. The Summit (as set out in a Communique) decided that: --the parties to the GPA (ZANU-PF, MDC-T, and MDC-M) [...]	2009-11-06 10:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE890	MDC OFFICIAL DESCRIBES LIFE IN CHINAMASA'S [...] (C) Poloff met with Deputy Minister of Justice Jessie Majome (MDC-T) on November 5 to discuss her experiences working in a ministry led by ZANU-PF stalwarts Patrick Chinamasa and Attorney General (AG) Johannes Tomana. Majome described her position as a constant "fight against marginalization [...]	2009-11-09 16:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
09HARARE894	BITI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIM [...] (C) Minister of Finance and MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti briefed pol/econ chief on last week's SADC Troika meeting in Maputo and the MDC's next steps. 2. (C) According to Biti, South African President Jacob Zuma, who as the SADC process facilitator, joined the SADC Troika leaders (Gue [...]	2009-11-10 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE897	UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS-AF [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 14:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA ZI
09HARARE909	HARARE: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALLS ON BULGARIAN [...] (U) Ambassador Ray is in the process of making courtesy calls on Ambassadors to diplomatic missions accredited to Zimbabwe. This is the first report on visits of interest. -------- BULGARIA -------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting on November 17 with Atanas Budev, Charge d' Affaires of t [...]	2009-11-24 06:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE91	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS ON PLANS, CONCERNS [...] (C) A confident but realistic Morgan Tsvangirai briefed OECD ambassadors in the late afternoon of February 5 immediately after a meeting with Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and shortly after the House of Assembly had passed Amendment 19 by a vote of 184-0. He left no doubt that he will b [...]	2009-02-06 09:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE928	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian ambassador Gunnar Foreland, an experienced Africa hand, provided Ambassador Ray his insights on Zimbabwe. Foreland discussed the interplay of Shona and Western culture and the role ethnicity plays in the relationship between President Robert Mugabe and President Jacob [...]	2009-12-02 09:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE929	AMBASSADOR MEETS ZIM FOREIGN MINISTER; CREDENTIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 2, following a call on Zimbabwe's Chief of Presidential Protocol Munyaradzi Kajese, Ambassador presented copies of letters of credence and recall to Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi. Presentation of credentials to President Mugabe has been postponed to December [...]	2009-12-02 11:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE930	AMBASSADOR RAYâ€™S VISIT WITH GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a strong need in Zimbabwe for security sector reform, as without it, none of the efforts at political reform can be assured. After Robert Mugabe leaves the scene (either through death or retirement) ZANU-PF as a political force in Zimbabwe will be irrelevant, although some of [...]	2009-12-02 14:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE931	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON REPUBLIC OF KOREA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The South Korean (ROK) community in Zimbabwe, though small, is heavily involved in the economy and works closely with ZANU-PF officials, especially Grace Mugabe, the wife of the president. In addition to small firms (photo shops and wig stores),Koreans are involved in coal and [...]	2009-12-02 14:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE938	BULAWAYO'S SUPPORT FOR MDC-T GROWING; ECONOMIC [...] (C) During a recent visit to Bulawayo, we met with representatives from a number of civic organizations to take the political and social temperature in this anti-ZANU-PF stronghold. We were pleasantly surprised that civic groups have experienced significantly less harassment since the formati [...]	2009-12-03 13:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB ECON KDEM ASEC ZI
09HARARE946	MUGABE AND ZANU-PF MAINTAIN POWER [...] (C) President Robert Mugabe, in advance of the ZANU-PF Congress set to begin on December 8, has consolidated his position within ZANU-PF and will continue to rule with the support of the military leadership. The Congress will likely confirm decisions already made by the party. ZANU-PF in tur [...]	2009-12-08 10:19:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM ZI
09HARARE955	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO MUGABE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Ray presented his credentials to President Robert Mugabe today. The Ambassador was the fourth of four ambassadors to do so (after Cuba, Sudan, and Ghana) and we were told there would be a 10-15 minute sit down after the presentation of credentials and photos. Instead, Mugabe, who w [...]	2009-12-09 13:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE956	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MALAWI CHARGE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malawi-Zimbabwe relations are complicated by the presence of over two million Malawians in Zimbabwe, most working in farming and mining. The president of Malawi adopts a hands-off policy in SADC to avoid provoking Harare and causing the expulsion of Malawians which could have [...]	2009-12-09 13:16:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI MI
09HARARE958	FORMER GUERRILLA FIGHTERS DISCUSS SECURITY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reform of the security sector is an absolute prerequisite to solid political reform in Zimbabwe. Former ZAPU and ZANU fighters who are not part of the current government have formed an organization to highlight this need. The reform process must have broad-based Zimbabwean con [...]	2009-12-11 07:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ZI
09HARARE959	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TSVANGIRAI [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai December 10, a day after presenting his credentials to President Robert Mugabe (Ref). Tsvangirai greeted the Ambassador by stating that he had arrived in Zimbabwe at a defining moment in moving the transition forward. The discu [...]	2009-12-11 07:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE971	AMBASSADOR RAY'S COURTESY CALL WITH DRC AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an uncharacteristic session of candor, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mawampanga Mwana Nanga was critical of ZANU-PF and indirectly President Mugabe. The parties here need to spend more time talking to each other to meet the needs of the people, [...]	2009-12-15 13:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI CG
09HARARE975	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT MUJURU [...] (C) In an informal and introductory meeting which circumvented Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) protocol, the Ambassador and Vice President Joice Mujuru discussed sanctions, the Global Political Agreement (GPA),and ZANU-PF. Mujuru hewed to the party line on sanctions, claiming that sanctio [...]	2009-12-16 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
09HARARE976	MUGABE AND ZANU-PF BURY HEADS AND DIG IN HEELS AT [...] (SBU) ZANU-PF concluded its five-year Congress on December 13 by reelecting President Robert Mugabe to another term, as well as completing the appointments of Joice Mujuru and John Nkomo as Vice Presidents, and Simon Khaya Moyo as Party Chairman. Though rumors of party discontent abounded, n [...]	2009-12-16 14:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
09HARARE977	AMBASSADOR RAY'S VISIT WITH TANZANIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Tanzanian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF, as a revolutionary party, has failed in its efforts to govern Zimbabwe. Mugabe has committed what could be a grievous error by not focusing on a successor, and this could lead ultimately to chaos in the event of his su [...]	2009-12-16 15:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI TZ
09HARARE987	BITI ON STATE OF PLAY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) This message includes an action request. See para 13. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ZANU-PF is a party in disarray, according to Minister of Finance and MDC-T Secretary General Tendai Biti. As a consequence, Mugabe will find it more difficult to comply with the Global Political Ag [...]	2009-12-17 15:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC ZI
09HARARE989	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PLANNING MINISTER MANGOMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador made a courtesy call on Minister for Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Elton Mangoma on December 18. As one of the ministers brought into the government by the Movement for Democratic Change, Mangoma has an important voice on economic policy. He said the medi [...]	2009-12-21 07:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ZI
09HARARE997	AMBASSADOR RAY'S COURTESY CALL WITH CHINESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Zimbabwe badly needs FDI, but the government must also implement the "correct" policies to attract investors. Chinese companies currently experience problems doing business with the GOZ, because of lack of coordination among and between ministries. PRC policy is to deal with [...]	2009-12-21 09:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH ZI
09HARARE998	AMBASSADOR RAY'S VISIT WITH SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The key issues for South Africa in Zimbabwe are political stability and economic stability/recovery. Problems in the way of that stem from ZANU-PF's inability to manage its own internal cohesion. There needs to be more coordination of all donors in Zimbabwe. Engagement with a [...]	2009-12-21 09:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI SF
09HAVANA100	EU DIPLOMATS DISCUSS CHANGES IN CUBA, THE UNITED [...] (C) Future change agents in Cuba will not come from civil society but from the civil service, argued a group of seasoned European diplomats. During a wide-ranging discussion, eight European colleagues inquired about possible changes to U.S. regulations on travel and remittances, urged the Un [...]	2009-02-12 21:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU EC EU
09HAVANA110	DISSIDENTS: UN MEETING SHOWS CUBAN GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Several leading dissidents commented that the GOC successfully used its good relations with nations in the developing world to minimize criticism during the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council held on February 5 in Geneva. The official Cuban press reported [...]	2009-02-18 20:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09HAVANA140	GOC ANNOUNCES MAJOR LEADERSHIP SHAKEUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Cuban government announced 12 major leadership changes at noon today (3/2) including the dismissal of Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque and the removal of Vice President Carlos Lage as head of the Cabinet. The sweeping changes follow close on the heels of the naming of th [...]	2009-03-02 21:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS ECON CU
09HAVANA145	MYSTERY OF MURDERED PRIEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The murder on February 14, 2009 of Spanish Priest Eduardo de la Fuente remains an unsolved crime. The official Cuban media has said nothing about the incident, even though murder is a rarity in Cuba. Nevertheless, the murder is a frequent topic of conversation among ordinar [...]	2009-03-04 13:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU EC EU
09HAVANA147	CUBA'S JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: RENDERING UNTO CAESAR [...] (C) Summary: A visit to the headquarters of Cuba's Jehovah's Witnesses revealed a sophisticated and growing operation. Leaders of the religion said that there were 90,000 practitioners in Cuba, a number far in excess of previous estimates. Although the religion has neither sought official [...]	2009-03-04 19:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA148	PROSPECTS FOR U.S.-SPANISH COOPERATION ON CUBA [...] (C) Chief of Mission hosted new Spanish ambassador Manuel Cacho Quesada for a working lunch March 3 to explore potential for closer US-GOS coordination on Cuba issues. Cacho took up his post in December and has maintained a relatively low profile. U.S.-Spanish Relations ------------------- [...]	2009-03-04 20:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM CU SP
09HAVANA150	CABINET SHAKEUP GETS FIDEL'S SEAL OF APPROVAL [...] (C) A "Reflexiones" piece in today's (3/4) edition of the Communist Party daily Granma put Fidel Castro's seal of approval on the surprisingly extensive changes to the cupola of the Cuban government announced on Monday. In a piece entitled "Healthy Changes in the Council of Ministers," Cast [...]	2009-03-04 20:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS ECON CU
09HAVANA153	LAGE AND PEREZ ROQUE ADMIT "ERRORS" AND RESIGN ALL [...] (U) In virtually identical letters published in the official media on March 5, former Vice President Carlos Lage and former Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque admitted that they had committed unspecified "errors" for which they assumed full responsibility, and then resigned from their remaining po [...]	2009-03-06 19:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL CU
09HAVANA154	WHA AREA DIPLOMATS IN HAVANA EXPRESS THOUGHTS ON [...] (C) On march 4, DCM hosted a lunch of colleagues from several western hemisphere embassies in Havana including Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago. Pol/Econ chief and ConGen also participated. 2. (C) Though the just-announced cabinet chan [...]	2009-03-06 20:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROV ECON CU
09HAVANA16	DR HILDA MOLINA AND THE VISIT OF ARGENTINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Though she would dearly like to travel to Argentina to visit her family, Dr Hilda Molina says she has little real hope that anything will come out of the upcoming visit to Cuba of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK). End Summary. 2. (C) Dissident neurosu [...]	2009-01-12 12:43:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	AR CU PHUM PREL
09HAVANA164	FRENCH VIEWS ON U.S.-CUBA RELATIONS AND THE EU [...] (C) Chief of Mission (COM) had lunch with French Ambassador Frederic Dore on March 10 to seek his perspective on recent changes within the Government of Cuba, the pace of the EU-Cuba political dialogue, and U.S.-Cuban relations. France is a key player among EU missions here and held the local [...]	2009-03-12 14:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU EU
09HAVANA168	CUBA WEIGHS IN ON "CAPITALIST" CRISIS [...] (C) Fidel Castro and the Cuban Government took advantage of an annual international conference of economists to congratulate themselves on long predicting the inevitable doom of capitalism. The well attended conference, including Central American presidents and Nobel laureate economists, res [...]	2009-03-13 20:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA178	MOUNTING GOC PRESSURE ON CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: Concurrent with changes in leadership (reftels) the GOC appears to be tightening its ongoing crack down on dissident and other civil society activity. Traditional opposition groups, an emerging civil society leader, and LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transvestite) activists ha [...]	2009-03-18 12:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR
09HAVANA194	MAKING THE MOST OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR NOWAK'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Rapporteur for Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Manfred Nowak, is expected to visit Cuba sometime in 2009. USINT urges that he be approached before the trip with offers of information we have on prisoners and prisons in Cuba. ACTIO [...]	2009-03-30 18:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PHUM PREL UN
09HAVANA196	SURVEY OF CUBANS ON SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) FROM MARCH 2-18, THE REFUGEE UNIT AT USINT CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF 285 APPLICANTS FOR REFUGEE STATUS ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN CUBA. THE SURVEY WAS NOT SCIENTIFIC IN THAT THE RESPONDENTS WERE LIMITED TO CUBANS ACTIVELY SEEKING TO LEAVE THE ISLAND. NONETHELESS, IN [...]	2009-03-30 19:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL CU
09HAVANA198	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP MARCH 16- MARCH 30 [...] (C) Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco) Pleased with Results of Six Day Protest: Members of the organization, Ladies in White, a group composed of relatives of political prisoners and their supporters, were pleased that they had achieved wide visibility during six days of street protests to m [...]	2009-03-31 13:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA218	SWEDEN, THE EU, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA [...] (C) Chief of Mission (COM) met on April 13 with Swedish Ambassador Caroline Fleetwood at her request to discuss U.S.-Cuban relations and Sweden's perspective on Cuba as Sweden prepares to assume the EU Presidency. Ambassador Fleetwood travels to Washington later this month for a schedule tha [...]	2009-04-14 12:51:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SW EU
09HAVANA221	THE U.S. AND THE ROLE OF THE OPPOSITION IN CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Raul Castro government of Cuba (GOC) appears to have settled into a position of undisputed authority internally, it is worth asking what the Cuban political opposition is doing and the role it may play in the future. Two recent op-ed pieces in the international press that hav [...]	2009-04-15 13:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA226	REACTION IN CUBA TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHANGES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction in Cuba to the April 13 announcement of changes to U.S. policy regarding travel, remittances and telecommunications activity has been generally very positive. The government of Cuba itself has been officially silent, though former President Fidel Castro has published se [...]	2009-04-17 20:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CU
09HAVANA244	REACTION IN CUBA TO SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: It is apparent that Fidel Castro is not pleased with the outcome of the Summit of the Americas, though it is far from clear yet what the government of Cuba's view is. Ordinary Cubans we have talked to have high praise for the President's speech, but not much hope that their own [...]	2009-04-24 20:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CU

09HAVANA248	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM FIGHTS ANEMIA, WANTS SATELLITE [...] (C) The World Food Program (WFP) is working to fight anemia and provide emergency assistance to hurricane victims in Cuba. Although Cuba is food insecure (importing 80 percent of its food),few Cubans suffer from malnutrition, according to the WFP country director. However, anemia caused by [...]	2009-04-28 10:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV PREL IO CU
09HAVANA278	U.S. LEGAL TEAM SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS WITNESS [...] (SBU) A team made up of prosecutors from the US Attorney's Office from the Southern District of Florida, public defenders assigned to the defendants in two criminal alien smuggling cases, a court reporter, videographer, two interpreters and two DHS/ICE agents traveled to Cuba May 6 to take cou [...]	2009-05-14 18:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR ASEC PGOV CU
09HAVANA283	CUBA HOSTS FINAL NAM MINISTERIAL OF ITS PRESIDENCY [...] (U) April 28-30, Cuba played host for a reported 60 minister-level participants in its last act in the NAM chair before Egypt takes over. As might be expected from this group in this venue, the ministerial was long on rhetoric--including lavish praise for the host government and criticism of [...]	2009-05-18 15:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
09HAVANA308	CUBAN GDP PROJECTIONS FALL; NO STIMULUS PACKAGE IN [...] (C) The Government of Cuba (GOC) has lowered 2009 GDP growth projections from 6 percent to no greater than 2.5 percent. Removing the GOC's historic optimism and unusual accounting methods, it is likely Cuba will experience zero or negative growth this year. A fall in the demand for and pric [...]	2009-05-27 18:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EFIN CU
09HAVANA317	IT'S NOT ALL BLACK AND WHITE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A SURVEY BY USINT OF REFUGEE APPLICANTS REVEALS WIDESPREAD AGREEMENT AMONG RESPONDENTS THAT ALL RACES ARE NOT TREATED EQUALLY IN CUBA. THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS COULD NOT NAME AN AFRO-DESCENDENT LEADER, A REFLECTION OF THE DEARTH OF AFRO-CUBANS IN POSITIONS [...]	2009-05-29 19:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF ECON PREL CU
09HAVANA322	HOW MIGHT CUBA ENTER ANOTHER SPECIAL PERIOD? [...] (C) The combination of new warnings of potential blackouts, serious liquidity issues, and potential (if not already) reduced financial support from Venezuela has sparked rumors on the street and in the international media that Cuba may be headed toward another "Special Period". The reality is [...]	2009-06-04 13:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN CU
09HAVANA323	FATHER CONRADO GIVES US THE VIEW FROM SANTIAGO [...] (C) COM hosted a lunch for the visiting pastor of the Sta Teresita church in Santiago, Fr, Jose Conrado Rodriguez Alegre on May 21. As he has on previous occasions, Fr. Conrado, as he is known to all, provided insight into a life outside of Havana that still appears to be much harder than th [...]	2009-06-04 15:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR CU
09HAVANA329	GOC PROMOTES MUTUAL RECRIMINATIONS AND STRONG ARM [...] (C) Summary: For the past several weeks leading opposition groups have been racked with severe personal quarrels coupled with widely disseminated accusations that leading dissident figures are agents of Cuban state security (see reftel). At the same time a broad cross section of our contact [...]	2009-06-05 13:53:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA33	INTERPRETING CUBA'S 2008 ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) On January 7, the Cuban Office of National Statistics published a Panorama of Economic and Social Indicators for 2008 providing some detail behind the data reported to the National Assembly (ref A) by Raul Castro and his economic team December 26-27. While the availability of statistic [...]	2009-01-15 16:24:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
09HAVANA330	USINT HAS FRONT ROW SEAT FOR RAFTER INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On 4 June 2009, United States Interests Section Havana (USINT) personnel witnessed an apparent Cuban migrant raft floating extremely close to the Malecon seawall directly in front of the USINT building. The raft had seven males onboard who refused, at first, to come off the vess [...]	2009-06-05 18:09:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CU PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
09HAVANA344	FIDEL CASTRO IMPRESSED BY POTUS AFTER CAIRO SPEECH [...] (C) The Government of Cuba has offered no official reaction to President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. Former president Fidel Castro, however, previewed his interest in the Cairo speech in a Reflection article on June 6 that he started with "Yesterday afternoon, while I was carefully analyzing Ob [...]	2009-06-10 18:05:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA345	CUBA BREAKS UP CONGLOMERATE CUBALSE [...] (C) The Cuban Council of Ministers decided on May 26 to "extinguish" Cubalse, the second largest conglomerate in Cuba, and transfer its assets within 90 days to seven other entities. Cubalse was originally created to serve the diplomatic community with local employees and housing. The entit [...]	2009-06-10 19:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PINR PBIO CU
09HAVANA357	DEPARTURE OF DR HILDA MOLINA [...] (C) As has been reported widely in the media, dissident Cuban doctor Hilda Molina departed Cuba late on Saturday, June 13, and traveled to Buenos Aires to be with her seriously ill mother. Demonstrating that it can move very quickly when it wants to, the GOC provided Molina a passport and exi [...]	2009-06-16 14:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	AR CU PGOV PHUM PREL
09HAVANA361	CUBANS DISAPPOINTED BY MICROSOFT; INSPIRED BY IRAN [...] (C) The decision by Microsoft and others to block certain internet communication services in Cuba works directly against U.S. goals to advance people-to-people interaction. The growing Cuban virtual community has privately and publicly expressed its disappointment. Bloggers remain undeterred [...]	2009-06-19 18:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	EINT PREL ECON CU IR
09HAVANA366	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: LESS THAN [...] (C) Summary: Canada's democracy)oriented foreign policy toward Cuba apparently is being implemented more vigorously in Ottawa than in Cuba, although some help may be on the way. End Summary. CANADA'S PRIORITIES IN CUBA --------------------------- 2. (C) USINT read with interest refte [...]	2009-06-23 14:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU CA
09HAVANA394	FAMILY DECRIES POOR MEDICAL TREATMENT OF ARIEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Family members of political prisoner and 75er Ariel Sigler Amaya are concerned that his health is declining rapidly and that the GOC is unable or unwilling or both to provide him with adequate medical care. They are urging that USINT issue him an NIV on humanitarian grounds so [...]	2009-07-02 15:23:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CVIS CU
09HAVANA424	EUROPEANS RAMPING UP AID TO CUBA [...] (C) The European Union is ramping up its Mission in Cuba to focus on implementing a 40 million euro cooperation (i.e. aid) agreement. Prior to October 2008, Cuba only accepted limited assistance from Belgium and Spain. Although the EU package does not provide any direct budget support, all [...]	2009-07-07 19:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL ECON PGOV CU
09HAVANA437	GOC RESPONDS TO TIP DESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: MINREX presented us with a diplomatic note (no. 3335, dated July 8) responding to our note that had informed the GOC of the release of the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and Cuba's Tier III designation. While the GOC's 4-page note opens with a typically searing rejec [...]	2009-07-15 17:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA444	FIDEL BLAMES U.S. (BUT NOT PRESIDENT OBAMA) FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: After several months of confusion over how to react to the election of President Obama, Fidel Castro seems to have latched on to the coup in Honduras for a more comfortable explanation: President Obama may be all right, but U.S. policy is being run by Bush Administration holdover [...]	2009-07-21 13:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CU
09HAVANA445	MURDER OF SECOND SPANISH PRIEST CAUSES COMMOTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A second brutal murder of a Spanish catholic priest in five months has become a cause celebre in Cuba in spite of receiving no press coverage locally until Sunday, July 19. Rampant rumors in the Cuban public and international press about the cases may have prompted the GOC to pu [...]	2009-07-21 13:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS CU
09HAVANA462	OBSERVATIONS OF THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (SBU) This front channel cable was originally sent as Official/Informal in reftel. The following is a collection of observations by outgoing human rights officer on the state of human rights and civil society in Cuba. 2. (C) CONTINUITY: Repeat visitors to Cuba, whether they have been gone fo [...]	2009-07-28 14:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ECON CU
09HAVANA47	150,000 CUBANS TO OBTAIN SPANISH CITIZENSHIP UNDER [...] (U) About 150,000 Cubans will acquire Spanish citizenship in the next three years under the recently-implemented "Law of Historical Memory", according to Spain's senior consular official in Cuba. Consul General Pablo Barrios told USINT CG last week that the law, which took effect December 29, w [...]	2009-01-23 17:28:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG SCUL CVIS PGOV CU SP
09HAVANA473	REVERSING THE CUT-OFF OF U.S. INTERNET MESSAGING [...] (C) Reftel requested Washington action to reverse the moves by Microsoft, Google, and others to block their Internet messaging services in Cuba. The actions by these U.S. companies to stop such services only help the efforts of GOC censors to control the information available to the Cuban pe [...]	2009-08-05 11:31:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	EINT PREL ECON PHUM CU
09HAVANA477	RAUL CASTRO DELAYS PARTY CONGRESS, DEFENDS [...] (C) To no one's surprise, Cuban President Raul Castro and the Communist Party's Central Committee announced on July 29 another delay of the Sixth Communist Party Congress intended for the end of this year. The official excuse is a lack of preparation, even though the Congress is already seven [...]	2009-08-06 11:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PINR CU
09HAVANA486	HOW THE UK SEES ITS RELATIONS WITH CUBA, AND EU-US [...] (C) Chief of Mission had lunch on August 5 with UK Ambassador Dianna Melrose to discuss her recent trip to Washington, D.C, the status of UK-Cuba relations, and her impressions of last week's Cuban National Assembly session. Some highlights: 2. (C) Washington, D.C: Ambassador Melrose was [...]	2009-08-07 16:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UK CU
09HAVANA490	CUBA'S ECONOMY - WHERE TWO PLUS TWO EQUALS THREE [...] (C) Amidst a flurry of activity starting with Raul Castro's July 26 speech and ending with the August 1 National Assembly, Raul and his ministers painted a desperate picture of the Cuban economy. The Government of Cuba (GOC) lowered its GDP growth projection for the second time in three months and [...]	2009-08-10 18:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV PINR CU
09HAVANA494	THE EXIT PERMIT: HAMMER, CARROT, AND RALLYING CRY [...] (C) Edgard Lopez Moreno, a well-known Cuban youth opposition leader, departed Havana for Miami on August 6, 2009 as a refugee. He quit the island eight days after GOC immigration authorities gave him his exit permit and passport, and two and a half years after he first applied for permission [...]	2009-08-12 10:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU SMIG
09HAVANA508	BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE USCCB AND CUBAN [...] (C) USINT COM and P/E officers met August 17 with a visiting U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) delegation (Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Orlando Bishop Thomas Wenski, San Antonio Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Cantu, and USCCB staffer Father Andrew Small) on its first day in Havana. USINT [...]	2009-08-19 20:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA510	LIVING AND SEEING LIFE IN CUBA DIFFERENTLY: A [...] (C) SUMMARY. A non-scientific survey of the U.S. Interest Section's (USINT) immigrant visa and refugee populations demonstrates the strong role Cuba's struggling economy and the desire of Cubans to reunite with family play in motivating Cubans to immigrate legally to the United States. The [...]	2009-08-21 12:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREF SMIG ECON PINR CU
09HAVANA512	BRITISH EMBASSY SEEKS TO BUILD CUBAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In regard to civil society, the British Embassy in Cuba is focused on building capacity and providing Cubans with greater access to uncensored information. Although they are currently doing very little in this area, their stated goal lines up well with past and future USINT prog [...]	2009-08-21 13:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU UK
09HAVANA515	POLITICAL PRISONERS: A RENEWED GROWTH AREA FOR THE [...] (C) The Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National Reconciliation announced on August 10 a three person increase in the number of Cuban political prisoners, from 205 to 208. This represents the first increase since 2005. The CCHRNR highlighted three recent high-profile incarcerations in ma [...]	2009-08-21 16:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL REF CU
09HAVANA527	QUESTIONS FROM YOANI SANCHEZ TO POTUS [...] (C) Internationally renowned blogger Yoani Sanchez (see profile below) passed us seven questions for POTUS as well as seven questions she would like to ask Cuban president Raul Castro, if given the chance. Post believes a response to these questions would provide significant support to not ju [...]	2009-08-28 11:43:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA53	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP JANUARY 2009 [...] SBU) POLICE BRUTALLY SUPPRESS PEACEFUL PROTEST: On January 11, police forcefully stopped a protest in the park of Santiago de las Vegas in the municipality of Boyeros, Havana Province. Protesters had gathered to demand the release of political prisoners and to honor the memory of Miguel Vald [...]	2009-01-28 12:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL
09HAVANA592	GOC SIGNALS "READINESS TO MOVE FORWARD" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Avowing a "readiness to move forward in our relationship," the Government of Cuba granted us unprecedented access to its state institutions during the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bisa Williams from September 16 to 22. To underscore the move, the GOC also offered t [...]	2009-09-25 17:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC EAID ETTC ODIP OEXC OFDP PHSA PHUM
09HAVANA594	CUBA CHAMPIONS HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY -- AS [...] (C) Official Cuban voices have come alive with the events taking place in Honduras. After weeks where the news could not find much more to report than a baseball tournament in Europe and a music concert in Havana, the Government of Cuba has finally found a cause worth championing: the return [...]	2009-09-28 11:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU
09HAVANA615	PROGRESS WITH THE GOC ON USINT OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Since the Migration Talks in July, there have been significant improvements in operations for the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, due in large part to more cooperation from the Government of Cuba (GOC). Post has received permission for two major facility-improvement p [...]	2009-10-09 12:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT CU
09HAVANA631	THE END OF THE "PAPA" STATE IN CUBA? THE GOC TELLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Cuba (GOC) appears to be seriously considering removing, or at least restricting, its national ration card system (libreta),one of the main pillars, along with education and healthcare, of Cuba's socialist state. The libreta is also one of the GOC's more effective to [...]	2009-10-19 12:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV PREL PINR CU
09HAVANA639	A SPLENDID LITTLE VISIT, FOR CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The visit by the Spanish Foreign Minster to Cuba highlighted the differences that have emerged among the Europeans, in particular, on how to nudge Cuba most effectively towards political reform. Foreign Minister Moratinos committed Spain to diluting the EU's emphasis on human rig [...]	2009-10-21 20:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA649	CUBA PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON SWITZERLAND AND HUMAN [...] (C) Chief of Mission met October 27 with Swiss ambassador Peter Burkhard, at Burkhard,s request, to discuss the November 11-13 visit of a Swiss MFA delegation for their annual bilateral meeting with the GOC focused on bilateral and multilateral issues, including human rights. Last year's mee [...]	2009-10-28 20:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SZ
09HAVANA650	RELEASED CUBAN PRISONER PONDERS HIS OPTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Cuba (GOC) paroled political prisoner and "75'er" Nelson Aguiar Ramirez on October 20 following the visit of Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos. Aguiar was the first 75'er to be released since February, 2008, and is in extremely poor health. In conversation with [...]	2009-10-28 20:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA651	RELEASED CUBAN PRISONER PONDERS HIS OPTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Cuba (GOC) paroled political prisoner and "75'er" Nelson Aguiar Ramirez on October 20 following the visit of Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos. Aguiar was the first 75'er to be released since February, 2008, and is in extremely poor health. In conversation with [...]	2009-10-28 20:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PHUM CU
09HAVANA660	CUBA'S BLOCKADE: LITTLE INFORMATION FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. It is hard to overstate how isolated Cubans are from the outside world. Cubans have little or no access to outside news or media, foreign TV or radio programming, or even internet or email. There is little in the way of local content to make up for this dearth of information. W [...]	2009-11-02 20:26:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECPS PHUM CU
09HAVANA665	PRIVATE FARMERS' MARKETS PUT ON ALERT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 13:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV CU
09HAVANA666	PRIVATE FARMERS' MARKETS PUT ON ALERT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Cuba (GOC) is threatening one of the only free market - and thus well functioning - parts of its economy in the supply and demand (private) farmers' markets. Instead of liberalizing the commercialization of food as called for by other recent GOC actions to l [...]	2009-11-04 19:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV CU
09HAVANA672	USINT DISCUSSES PEREZ OCONOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 20:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA683	SPAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SIGNS OF CHANGE IN CUBA [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Spanish Mission in Cuba is looking for signs of change that will help them move along EU-Cuba relations, and sway their EU partners. Featuring prominently in their case for normalization is progress on U.S. - Cuba relations. Our Spanish counterparts note that U.S. willin [...]	2009-11-10 12:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA684	BLOGGERS BEATEN BUT NOT DETERRED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Cuba's most famous bloggers were detained and roughed up by GOC agents as they traveled on foot to a public event on November 6. Plainclothes officials intercepted bloggers Yoani Sanchez, Claudia Cadelo, Orlando Luis Pardo and another person on a sidewalk, forced them into cars an [...]	2009-11-10 12:02:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA689	CUBA DENOUNCES U.S. INTERFERNCE IN BLOGGER CASE [...] (C) On November 10, 2009, COM Jonathan Farrar delivered a demarche to Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Director of the North American Department of the Ministry of External Relations (MINREX),regarding the November 6 detention and abuse of three prominent Cuban bloggers (Ref A). Pursuant to Reftel B [...]	2009-11-12 20:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CU
09HAVANA695	BLOGGER THRILLED WITH POTUS RESPONSE TO HER Q&AS [...] (C) USINT Poloffs delivered on November 18, 2009 President Obama's responses to Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez's questions on Cuba - U.S. relations (REF A). Last August, Sanchez had posed seven questions to POTUS and seven for Cuban President Raul Castro (the two sets were different). She was no [...]	2009-11-18 18:21:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA697	TRADING WITH THE ENEMY - DISAPPOINTING CUBAN TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of U.S. exporters told us they received an unusually cool reception from the Cuban Government at this year's Havana trade fair. While some exporters reported business more or less as usual, we heard more complaints than in previous years regarding everything f [...]	2009-11-19 17:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PGOV PINR PREL ECON CU
09HAVANA703	FEISTY LITTLE MISSIONS DENT CUBA'S RECORD OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 17:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA704	CUBA UNLEASHES MOB ON BLOGGERS [...] (SBU) Cuban blogger Reinaldo Escobar was attacked by a pro-government mob on November 20, 2009. Escobar had challenged the state security agents who beat his blogger wife Yoani Sanchez to meet in the same spot where she was picked up and roughed-up on November 6 (Ref A). Escobar was answerin [...]	2009-11-23 18:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA706	FEISTY LITTLE MISSIONS DENT CUBAâ€™S RECORD OF [...] (C) Summary. The Cuban Government has been able to stonewall its independent civil society from foreign visitors who have, for the large part, been all too ready to give in to Cuban bullying and give up on these encounters. A series of recent visits has shown the different approaches that foreign g [...]	2009-11-24 13:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA721	MILITARY EXERCISES FAIL TO ROUSE CUBANS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 11:50:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PM PREL
09HAVANA726	SPAIN ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIALOGUE WITH CUBA [...] (C) COM met December 2 with Spanish ambassador to Cuba Manuel Cacho at the latter,s request to discuss Spain,s plans vis--vis Cuba during Spain,s EU Presidency and the upcoming meeting between the Secretary and Spanish FM Moratinos. P/E Counselor separately met December 3 with his Spanish counterpa [...]	2009-12-05 16:15:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA735	GOC DOES NOT BLAME WASHINGTON FOR DELAY IN [...] (C) On the margins of a December 8 meeting at Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX),Director of the North America Office Josefina Vidal took pains to correct two recent media reports on bilateral relations. Vidal had presented COM Farrar a diplomatic note protesting the U.S. Coast Gua [...]	2009-12-10 18:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG PGOV CU
09HAVANA736	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY TURNS VIOLENT IN HAVANA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Human Rights Day turned violent in Havana as State-organized mobs attacked separate marches by the Damas de Blanco and by supporters of Dr. Darsi Ferrer. While the Damas were generally insulated from physical assault by state security agents surrounding them, Ferrer's supporters w [...]	2009-12-10 22:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID SMIG CU
09HAVANA763	CUBA PASSES UP YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO UNVEIL [...] (C) Summary: Even with expectations already below sea level, the National Assembly session that wrapped up on December 20 was a considerable disappointment. In the absence of a Communist Party Congress, or even a Conference, some had hoped that the GOC would take advantage of the legislative [...]	2009-12-21 20:32:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAID CU
09HAVANA768	GOC GRANTS ACCESS TO ALAN PHILIP GROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) called in COM and CG on December 24 to inform the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) that access to arrested Amcit Philip Alan Gross had been granted for Monday, December 28. The Government of Cuba's (GOC) response to other outstanding [...]	2009-12-24 19:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA77	DUELING STATEMENTS BY SENIOR CUBANS: "GOOD COP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A "Reflexiones" piece by Fidel Castro critical of President Obama on January 29 followed by more laudatory statements by National Assembly president Ricardo Alarcon two days later have gotten the local rumor mill spun up again. The now extended travel of Raul Castro to Russia, An [...]	2009-02-05 12:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CU
09HAVANA772	FIRST CONSULAR VISIT TO ALAN PHILIP GROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Consul General Martha Melzow visited arrested Amcit Philip Alan Gross on Monday, December 28 at Villa Marista. Although Gross was arrested on December 3, consular access was not granted by the GOC until December 24. Gross told Congen that he is charged with contraband. He appear [...]	2009-12-28 20:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA78	CUBAN LAND REFORM? [...] (SBU) Cuba's Agriculture Ministry has reportedly approved 45,518 applications to lease idle land to private farmers, cooperatives, and state farms. The announcement, reported on February 2 by the official Communist Party newspaper Granma, is the most significant step to date in what some int [...]	2009-02-05 16:56:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU
09HAVANA86	JAPAN SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON CUBA [...] (C) Japanese Ambassador Akira Takamatsu invited the COM to lunch on February 9, COM's first day in Havana following consultations. Takamatsu's main discussion point was to urge the USG to pursue a policy of "engagement" with the GOC, which he said Japan believed would be in the interest of the [...]	2009-02-10 21:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU JA
09HAVANA87	NEW SWISS AMBASSADOR RECEIVES INTRODUCTION TO [...] (C) Newly-arrived Swiss ambassador Peter Burkhard requested to meet with Chief of Mission (COM) on February 10 to share impressions from his initial contacts with the GOC. Burkhard said he had been surprised that his meeting with Vice President Almeida during his presentation of credentials c [...]	2009-02-11 20:13:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SZ
09HAVANA88	REFLECTIONS FROM THE EU ON PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) During a February 10 lunch with six other chiefs of mission, talk of the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of Cuba segued into a discussion of the EU's efforts to promote human rights in Cuba. The EU's decision in June 2008 to change its Common Position on Cuba has led [...]	2009-02-11 20:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU EC
09HELSINKI115	NATO KFOR MISSION: IN TOGETHER, OUT TOGETHER [...] (U) Charge' raised US concerns over possible European withdrawal from KFOR during a March 19 meeting with MFA DG for Americas/Asia Kalkku (REF). Although Kalkuu does not have direct responsibility for the issue, she is a European Political-Military expert with considerable recent experience [...]	2009-03-20 13:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO KPKO KV
09HELSINKI127	FINLAND'S SECURITY POLICY: EU AN END POINT OR [...] (C) Summary. Media attention on the Finnish Government's (GOF) quadrennial defense and security white paper focused more on the "strong case" in favor of Finland's possible NATO membership than the fact that the document places primary importance on the European Union's role in promoting secu [...]	2009-04-02 10:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EU FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI13	CUBA: FINLAND REVIEW TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) PolOff asked Veikko Soralahti, Counselor, Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Finnish MFA on January 8 if there had been any changes in the Finnish relationship with Cuba since the EU dropped sanctions. He said that there had not. 2. (C) Post provides the following respons [...]	2009-01-09 13:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI
09HELSINKI132	FINLAND: BRIEF ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] (C) On April 3, PolOff met with Sari Makela, Finnish MFA Legal Counselor and Tony Paso, Counselor, Unit for EU Enlargement and Western Balkans (Kosovo & Serbia). Makela said that the Government of Finland (GoF) intends to submit a brief to the ICJ by April 17. She stated that the main legal [...]	2009-04-06 08:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV FI
09HELSINKI135	FINLAND: FOREIGN MINISTER ON UN REFORM, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Finnish Foreign Minister Stubb kicked off Finland's 2013-14 Security Council Seat campaign at a March 17 seminar entitled "The Role of Small States in the United Nations Security Council"(UNSC). Stubb defined Finland as a small state with proven leadership experience that would h [...]	2009-04-06 12:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV FI
09HELSINKI138	FINLAND: AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE [...] (C) Polchief met with Johan Schalin, MFA Director for Asia and Oceania, on April 8 to discuss specific contributions to Afghanistan (REF A) and Finland's participation in the April 17 Pakistan donors' conference (REF B). Schalin began by stressing that the Administration's white paper (REF C) [...]	2009-04-08 13:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI148	FINLAND: BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 13:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BM FI
09HELSINKI149	FINLAND: COMMENTS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met with Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on April 23. Lampinen previewed all of the EU agenda items. The Government of Finland (GoF) believes that efforts should be made to encourage the new Israeli government to honor the commitments made by the [...]	2009-04-24 13:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV FI
09HELSINKI150	FINLAND: STUBB PUSHES FOR NEW THINKING IN FIRST [...] (C) Summary. Reflecting the influence of Foreign Minister Stubb, who has called for Finland to move away from "old phobias" and to abandon "empty and ritualistic rhetoric," Finland,s new Russia Action Plan seeks to create a comprehensive, realistic and honest set of guidelines to govern Finla [...]	2009-04-24 15:18:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS FI
09HELSINKI151	FINLAND: MEDVEDEV'S FIRST VISIT A "PROMISING [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Halonen came away very satisfied from Russian President Medvedev's first visit to Finland on April 20-21. Having forged a good relationship with Putin, Halonen seeks a good rapport with his successor, and Medvedev's self-deprecating and modest demeanor went over well w [...]	2009-04-24 15:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ENRG ETRD FI PREL RS
09HELSINKI177	FINLAND ON THE MAY GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Finns doubt stronger language on Iran will issue from the May GAERC, given the lack of consensus regarding tougher sanctions. Though discussion within the EU has been limited, early signs are positive regarding continuation of Operation ATALANTA off the Horn of Africa. Signs [...]	2009-05-15 14:30:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI186	CUBA: FINLAND REVIEW TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Econoff and Poloff discussed Finland's Cuba relations with Kimmo Pulkkinen, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Ambassador for the Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean. Post provides the following responses to reftel A questions: 2. (C) -- Has the host country, in Post's opinion, [...]	2009-05-20 15:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL FI
09HELSINKI211	FINLAND: PM PUTIN SETS CHILLY TONE WITH PM VANHANEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian Prime Minister Putin set a chillier tone in his June 3 visit to Finland than did President Medvedev last April. Finnish officials found Putin less cordial and less engaged than Medvedev on the bilateral trade matters that dominate high-level Finnish-Russian meetings. In [...]	2009-06-05 15:54:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ENRG FI PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI221	FINLAND: JUNE GAERC DISCUSSION [...] (C) On June 12 PolOff met with the MFA Deputy European Correspondent for European Common Foreign and Security Policy Markku Lampinen to discuss the June GAERC agenda. Lampinen said that the Middle East discussion would dominate in light of the Lebanese elections and since the last discussion w [...]	2009-06-12 12:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI223	FINLAND WARNS EU ABOUT PROPOSED RUSSIAN TRANSPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Finnish officials have raised in EU circles their concerns that container transport restrictions proposed by the Russian Customs Service will adversely impact trade bound for Russia through Finland, Estonia and Latvia. With the vast majority of containers crossing the Finnish-Rus [...]	2009-06-12 13:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN ETRD ETTC FI PREL
09HELSINKI231	FINLAND SEEKS TO TAKE INITIATIVE FROM RUSSIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Finns agree with the U.S. on how to address Russia's proposed overhaul of European Security arrangements, in particular on the core principles of focusing on existing institutions, examining security comprehensively and working through the OSCE. The challenge for the Finns i [...]	2009-06-17 09:31:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL EUN NATO PGOV RS FI
09HELSINKI242	FINLAND: POLITICAL PARTY CONSENSUS BREAKS ON NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. With opposition parties rejecting the Government's defense and security white paper on June 16, Finland saw a highly unusual break in its traditional "grand political consensus" on foreign and security policy. Opposition and governing coalition parties blamed each other for the b [...]	2009-06-26 09:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI MARR PGOV NATO
09HELSINKI281	FINLAND: RESPONSE AUSTRALIA GROUP PROMOTING [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to Finnish MFA First Secretary Marja Rosvall in the Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation on July 23. She noted in particular that in her opinion, Russia approaches participation in the Australia Group ambivalently, desiring to participa [...]	2009-07-24 07:37:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC CBW FI
09HELSINKI284	FINLAND: DEMARCHE COMMENTS ON JULY GAERC [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered demarche to Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on July 23. Somalia: The Government of Finland (GoF) would like more concrete political action on Somalia from the EU. The GoF supports the Djibouti Peace Process and the Somali Transitional [...]	2009-07-24 10:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EUN ER SO IR GG SW FI
09HELSINKI312	FINLAND: LET'S TALK DETAINEES, JUST NOT UIGHURS [...] (C) In an August 18 meeting with CDA Butler, Prime Minister Vanhanen's Senior Advisor Esko Hamilo expressed the Finnish Government's willingness to discuss the possibility of accepting detainees from Guantanamo. Hamilo welcomed the prospect of a visit from Special Envoy Fried in September. He [...]	2009-08-20 14:41:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM FI CH
09HELSINKI318	FINLAND: MTCR PLENARY PARTICIPATION REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 06:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FI
09HELSINKI319	IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: FINNS SHARE CONSENSUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 06:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS FI
09HELSINKI32	FINLAND AND THE JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Polchief met on January 21 with Deputy Director Markku Lampinen of the MFA's Unit for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy regarding the January 26-27 GAERC (REF A). Lampinen stated that the Foreign Ministers' (FMs) agenda contains two broad topics, the Middle East Peace Proces [...]	2009-01-22 14:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
09HELSINKI355	FINLAND: HALONEN ASSUMES TRADITIONAL POSTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 11 Finnish President Halonen met, dined and relaxed with Russian President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin for five hours in the Black Sea city of Sochi. This was the third presidential meeting this year, and Finnish officials describe each as a warm encounter. Typic [...]	2009-09-28 10:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI PGOV PREL RS
09HELSINKI360	FINNISH COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN WEATHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF has been a partner in Afghanistan with boots on the ground since 2002, and its political leaders, with few exceptions, continue to demonstrate their commitment to the mission both publicly and privately. However, having suffered only one fatality so far, Finland's politic [...]	2009-10-01 07:12:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AF FI MOPS PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI374	FINLAND: IRAN'S CLANDESTINE ENRICHMENT FACILITY [...] (C/REL FRANCE/UK) On October 8 DCM delivered REFTEL points to MFA Political Director Teemu Tanner, accompanied by French DCM Frederic Joureau and British DCM Philip Malone. Joureau and Malone reinforced DCM's points: Joureau raised specific concerns about the clandestine uranium enrichment fa [...]	2009-10-09 14:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC IR FI PHUM
09HELSINKI378	FINNISH COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN STEADY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The commitment of Finnish forces to ISAF continues to be a matter of public debate in Helsinki. All political parties (with the exception of the opposition Left Alliance) reiterated their support for Finland's current policy regarding Afghanistan including maintaining its partic [...]	2009-10-15 13:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AF FI MOPS PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI39	HSPD - 6 FURTHUR DISCUSSIONS WITH FINLAND [...] (C) Summary: On January 26, 2009, Charge, POL chief and Consul met with Ministry of the Interior State Secretary Antti Peltari, who wanted to follow up on an earlier meeting with the Embassy when he received model language for an HSPD-6 agreement. (REF B) (Peltari has been promoted from Dire [...]	2009-02-03 12:30:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS ASEC PREL KHLS PTER PGOV FI
09HELSINKI392	FINLAND: MISCOMMUNICATION OVER AFGHANISTAN TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Finnish Government's (GOF) withdrawal from Afghanistan next week of its Election Support Force (ESF) caught the GOF's top leaders unaware, leaving them embarrassed and scrambling for explanations. The President and Foreign Minister publicly claimed the ESF would stay through [...]	2009-10-23 14:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI402	FINLAND: PUTIN WARMS UP IN LATEST MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a dramatic departure from their meeting last June, on October 25 Russian Prime Minister Putin warmly greeted Finnish Prime Minister Vanhanen in St. Petersburg. Describing Finland as a good partner, a smiling Putin put a positive face on Finnish-Russian relations. Putin pointed [...]	2009-10-29 11:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI PREL EPET ETRD WTO RS
09HELSINKI441	AFGHANISTAN: SIMILAR EXPECTATIONS OF KARZAI, PRT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with MFA officials responsible for Afghanistan policy, poloff delivered reftel points regarding USG expectations of the new Karzai government and solicited information on the redesign of the Swedish-Finnish PRT. The interlocutors noted a lack of USG emphasis on follow [...]	2009-11-24 15:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AF FI MOPS PREL
09HELSINKI442	FINLAND RESPONDS: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) On November 25 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Anu Laamanen, MFA Deputy Director General of the Political Affairs Unit. Laamanen was careful to keep the discussion of Iran in an EU context, but did say that Finland welcomes the consideration of all options within a process that s [...]	2009-11-25 15:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI PREL
09HELSINKI446	FINLAND: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Pol/Econoff delivered reftel remarks to Anna Salovaara, First Secretary in the Unit for UN and General Global Affairs at the MFA, and Kiikka Eela, Regional Manager for the Midle East Unit in the Bureau of Middle East and North African Affairs at the MFA. Both GOF officials stated that [...]	2009-11-30 13:49:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09HELSINKI447	FINLAND CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN [...] (SBU) On November 25 Ambassador raised REF A points with MFA State Secretary Pertti Torstila. Torstila said the government would not make any statements regarding possible expanded participation in Afghanistan until after the President formally announces the policy. 2. (C) The same day Pol [...]	2009-11-30 15:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF FI
09HELSINKI484	FINLAND: PRIME MINISTER HOLDS FIRST RUSSIA FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on the government's "Russia Action Policy" issued earlier this year, on November 26 Prime Minister Vanhanen held the first "Russia Forum." According to the Action Plan, the PM should hold a Forum to connect Finns from government, business and academia in order to i [...]	2009-12-22 09:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI PGOV PREL EUR RS

09HELSINKI52	FINLAND: VISIT OF AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's National Security Advisor, Zalmai Rassoul, offered his government's appreciation for Finland's assistance during a visit from February 2-5. In meetings with the Foreign and Defense Ministers and other government officials, Rassoul listed as the top problems in Afgha [...]	2009-02-12 13:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR FI PREL
09HELSINKI75	FINLAND: DAS MOON VISITS AS PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the end of 2008 the Finnish Government (GOF) decided to increase its military, civilian and development assistance to Afghanistan. In February the GOF submitted to Parliament its plan to temporarily double its troop contribution to support security arrangements for the Afghan [...]	2009-02-26 12:17:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HELSINKI76	FINLAND: POSTURE TOWARDS THE DURBAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered subject talking points to Charlotta Spolander and Kirsti Pohjankukka in the Finnish MFA Unit for Human Rights Policy on February 27. Spolander said that the Human Rights Council (HRC) will continue planning for the Durban Review Conference. Spolander said GoF welcomes U [...]	2009-02-27 14:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FI
09HELSINKI79	FINLAND: NEW DEFENSE POLICY INCHES TOWARD NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 23 the Finnish Government (GoF) released its quadrennial defense security white paper. It delayed release due to difficulty in arriving at a consensus on how to treat the question of Finland's possible NATO membership. Some in the Cabinet sought stronger language favo [...]	2009-03-02 10:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI MARR PGOV PREL
09HILLAH11	BABIL VOTE: EARLY SIGNS OF A DECISIVE DAWA VICTORY [...] (C) In a late February 1 conversation, Babil Governorate Election Office Director Hussein Al-Khalef confirmed that Da'wa had won a decisive victory. Although IHEC has not yet released the initial vote results and the exact distribution of PC seats may take several weeks to determine, according [...]	2009-02-02 09:37:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH17	BABIL POLITICAL JOCKEYING PUTS FORMER GOVERNOR WITWIT IN [...] (SBU) The final election results for the Babil Provincial Council (PC) give Da'wa (eight seats) a somewhat slimmer lead over ISCI (five seats) than had been originally expected based on preliminary results, although some difficult bargaining still lies ahead. Da'wa has established alliances wit [...]	2009-02-23 10:20:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH19	BABIL: GOVERNOR SIDELINED; POSSIBLE CHANGES IN ISF [...] (C) Other than one or two public appearances, Governor Salim Saleh Mahdi Al-Muslimawi has largely disappeared from the public stage since the election. According to various political party leaders, Gov Muslimawi has also not played a role in inter-party discussions about filling provincial lea [...]	2009-02-24 14:06:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PROB PINR IZ
09HILLAH2	BABIL'S POLITICS HEADING TOWARD ELECTIONS: CHANGE AND [...] Summary. (C) Babil's political landscape is sure to change after the elections, but the scope may be less than some opposition politicians seek. ISCI's dominant position is sure to be weakened, but it may not be broken altogether. Dawa may assume a greater political role in the province, if [...]	2009-01-13 20:11:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IZ
09HILLAH26	ISCI PALYING FOR TIME AS DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR NEW [...] (C) Governor Salim Saleh Al-Muslimawi (ISCI) is expected to delay convening of the new Provincial Council (PC) as long as possible, using this time to try to pry away individual members of the Da'wa-led coalition and deny it a majority, according to Abu Ahmed Al-Basri, Babil Da'wa party leader [...]	2009-04-07 13:33:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH27	ISCI PLAYING FOR TIME AS DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR NEW [...] (C) Governor Salim Saleh Al-Muslimawi (ISCI) is expected to delay convening of the new Provincial Council (PC) as long as possible, using this time to try to pry away individual members of the Da'wa-led coalition and deny it a majority, according to Abu Ahmed Al-Basri, Babil Da'wa party leader [...]	2009-04-07 13:56:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH28	MODERATE BABIL SADRIST ON U.S. ROLE IN HELPING WEAKEN [...] (C) In an April 6 meeting with the PRT, outgoing moderate Sadrist PC member Murtada Kamel gave unsolicited suggestions on how the PRT could undermine Sadrist extremists and bolster moderates. In what appeared to be a message from the incoming Al-Ahrar PC member (Kadum Majid Tooman),who is slat [...]	2009-04-08 13:33:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH29	BAGHDAD THROWS A CURVE BALL AT BABIL DA'WA [...] (C) Da'wa officials in Babil and other the southern provinces have been asked -- but not instructed -- by Da'wa leaders in Baghdad to talk to ISCI about forming provincial coalitions, according to several sources. Babil Da'wa party Chairman Abu Ahmed Al-Basri confirmed that he was recently by A [...]	2009-04-09 12:13:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH3	BABIL ISF REACTS SWIFTLY TO FIRST ASSASSINATION OF A [...] (SBU) The ISF moved swiftly to respond on January 16 to the assassination that same day of Haytim Kadum Ali Abd Al-Husseiny, number two on Da'wa's list of candidates for the January 31 provincial council (PC) election. Within hours a curfew was imposed on the town of Jabella, where the murder [...]	2009-01-17 09:40:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR IZ
09HILLAH30	BABIL ELECTS NEW GOVERNOR: A DA'WA CHOICE BUT ON A SHORT [...] (SBU) On April 18 the Babil Provincial Council (PC) elected Salman Nasser Taha Al Zargani as Governor by a vote of 20 out of the 23 PC members present. Seven ISCI affiliated PC members, led by the former Governor Salim Al-Muslimawi, walked out of the meeting in protest. Da'wa and ISCI had be [...]	2009-04-19 16:51:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH32	BABIL DA'WA LEADER ON BAGHDAD'S EFFORTS TO GIVE GOVERNO [...] (C) In a 20 April meeting with the PRT, Da'wa provincial chairman and PC member Abu Ahmed Al-Basri confirmed media reports that the national Da'wa leadership had promised the Babil Governorship to ISCI and that local Da'wa officials had reneged. He said that he had received eleveNnth hour inst [...]	2009-04-21 16:20:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH33	DA'WA EFFORTS TO GIVE AWAY BABIL GOVERNORSHIP [...] (C) In a 20 April meeting with the PRT, Da'wa provincial chairman and PC member Abu Ahmed Al-Basri confirmed media reports that the national Da'wa leadership had promised the Babil Governorship to ISCI and that local Da'wa officials had reneged. He said that he had received eleventh hour instru [...]	2009-04-21 17:00:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH4	BABIL ASSASSINATION: FOCUS TURNS TOWARD SUNNI EXTREMISTS AND [...] (C ) ISF and Dawa sources say initial indications point to Sunni "criminals" as the perpetrators of the 16 January assassination of the number two candidate on Da'wa's PC election list, Haythim Al-Husseiny (reftel). Babil Deputy Da'wa Chairman Dr. Neama Jassim sought to play down initial specu [...]	2009-01-18 19:39:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM PINR IZ
09HILLAH41	"INDEPENDENT" BABIL GOVERNOR ON A SHORT DA'WA LEASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly elected and nominally independent Babil Governor Salman Nasir Zargany has begun his official duties with a flourish, but there is speculation in Al-Hillah that he is keeping the governor's seat warm until Da'wa Chairman Abu Ahmed al-Basri can replace him. Even though Da'wa [...]	2009-05-29 12:06:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
09HILLAH48	SUNNI IMAM'S FORAY INTO NON-SECTARIAN POLITICS [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. Summary and Comment ------------------- 2. (C) Summary and Comment: On August 19, PRT Babil met with Sheikh Fadel al-Janaby to follow up on Embassy's request to find out more about the reported announcement of a new political entity in Babil o [...]	2009-08-19 14:32:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI IZ
09HILLAH49	IHEC BABIL REP CONCERNED ABOUT US MILITARY PRESENCE DURING [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 15:25:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC MARR ATRN AMGT
09HILLAH6	PM'S OFFICE TAKES CHARGE OF INVESTIGATION INTO ASSASSINATION [...] (C) On January 20 a Baghdad investigative team arrived in Babil to take the lead in the investigation into the assassination of Haytem Al-Husseiny, Da'wa's number two candidate for election to the PC. The Baghdad team is led by officials from the PM's office -- apparently the CTB -- but also i [...]	2009-01-23 15:23:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM PINR IZ
09HILLAH8	QAIS MURDER TRIAL: CONTINUED DELAYS POINT TO POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) The trial of three defendants accused of the December 2007 murder of former Babil Chief of Police (PDoP) MG Qais Al-Mamoury has been delayed four times over the last three months, since the trial venue was transferred from Babil to Baghdad in October. Gen Al-Mamoury's brother, Safa Al-Ma [...]	2009-01-27 09:38:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KCOR IZ
09HOCHIMINHCITY103	KEY OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN PCI CORRUPTION ARRESTED [...] (C) Former HCMC Department of Transportation Director, Huynh Ngoc Si and his deputy, Le Qua, were arrested on February 11 and charged with "abuse of power" for their role in the East-West Highway corruption scandal that led Japan to suspend Vietnamese ODA assistance and prosecute three Japanese [...]	2009-02-13 07:03:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY158	THAI HA DEFENSE LAWYER UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A prominent HCMC-based lawyer who has both a successful corporate practice and a lengthy track record of defending persons involved in human rights cases is himself now the subject of what appears to be a politically motivated series of charges. He is being prevented from defendin [...]	2009-03-04 10:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY162	VIETNAMESE TYCOON OFFERS EXAMPLES OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (C) Summary: The global economic downturn is proving to be an opportunity for Vietnam as well as a challenge, according to many in the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) business community, including one of the country's richest men, Dang Thanh Tam. Vietnam's leadership is fixated on the economic crisis, [...]	2009-03-05 11:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY169	POLITICS AT PLAY IN HCMC BAR ASSOCIATION RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: The battle between the Ministry of Justice and the HCMC Bar Association over the establishment of a new National Bar Association (NBA) has ended in a truce, of sorts, with HCMC Bar Association President Nguyen Dang Trung staying in place and Vice President, prominent human rights l [...]	2009-03-09 10:02:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY170	DISSIDENT DO NAM HAI BARRED FROM MEETING BY SECURITY [...] (C) On February 26, plainclothes public security officers physically prevented democracy activist Do Nam Hai from meeting Poloff for the third time in the past year. Hai, who last met with ConOffs during the 2007 USCIRF visit, is a member of Bloc 8406 and has lived under conditions of house ar [...]	2009-03-09 10:10:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY181	(C) REVOLUTION IN DECLINE, LE KIEN THANH ON MEDIA AND [...] (C) Summary: Whether high-profile international bribery cases like Pacific Consultants International (PCI) or informal fees for a check up at the local clinic, Vietnam is beset by corruption because special interests have monopolized decision-making and the country lacks an effective media, a [...]	2009-03-12 03:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI PREL JA VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY213	CAMBODIA BORDER AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS PROVINCES BRUSHING OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: While provinces on the outskirts of Vietnam's Southern Key Economic Zone (SKEZ) feel cushioned from the global economic downturn because their largely agricultural economies can easily absorb unemployed workers, these areas are suffering from declining global commodity prices. [...]	2009-03-24 09:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY232	CHINA'S INFLUENCE, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PACE OF REFORM ON [...] (C) Summary: Three significant public figures, each having stood on both sides of the line that separates government from private industry in Ho Chi Minh City, engaged EAP/MLS Director Stephen Blake on the foremost issues they see confronting Vietnam: the influence of China, development of ci [...]	2009-03-30 11:35:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV PREL SOCI CH VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY236	POLITICAL TITAN SURVIVES CORRUPTION CHARGES; POLICE AND [...] (C) Summary: A former traffic cop, a Cong An (Police) newspaper journalist and even a Major General in the MPS have become the latest collateral damage in a political power play centered around Danang Party Secretary Nguyen Ba Thanh. Like the PMU 18 scandal (reftels),this story highlights th [...]	2009-04-01 02:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY339	OPTIMISM IN HO CHI MINH CITY: FROM BUSINESS AND FROM [...] (C) Summary. Ho Chi Minh City's business elites were nothing if not optimistic during the Ambassador's May 6-8 visit; when pressed on the impact of the global economic downturn they pushed back. An American manager assessed Vietnam's situation is "much improved" over last year's sharp inflati [...]	2009-05-08 06:30:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PREL SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY359	SECURITY POLICE ACCUSE CONSULATE OF FOMENTING DISSENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the insistence of "security agencies," the External Relations Office (ERO) of Ho Chi Minh City called in CG on May 11 to complain that Consulate staff have been encouraging anti-GVN protestors and promising land rights protestors political support, visas and other benefits if th [...]	2009-05-12 07:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CMGT VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY398	FORMER HCMC MAYOR THANH ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHANGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vo Viet Thanh describes his role as a former senior official now working as an advisor to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as that of providing "honest feedback" from someone who is now outside political power struggles. In a recent meeting with CG, Thanh described the changing atti [...]	2009-05-27 03:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV SOCI VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY473	LEADING VIETNAMESE LAWYER LE CONG DINH ARRESTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnamese police arrested lawyer Le Cong Dinh at his home in Ho Chi Minh City's (HCMC) District 7 on June 13 then searched his home and office in District 1. Dinh is widely considered to be one of Vietnam's top corporate litigators (with A-list clients including ExxonMobile and [...]	2009-06-15 11:15:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY480	UPDATE ON ARREST OF CORPORATE AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER LE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors and allegations continue to swirl four days after the arrest of leading Vietnamese lawyer Le Cong Dinh, one of Vietnam's most successful corporate attorneys as well as staunch defender of human rights who has volunteered to defend many persons accused of political crimes. [...]	2009-06-16 10:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY59	(C) ONE BUSINESSMAN'S TAKE ON CORRUPTION IN VIETNAM [...] (C) For decades, "what Westerners call corruption" has been the foundation of both politics and business in Vietnam, according Hang Vay Chi, a long-time confidant of leaders from the southern provinces. This one-time journalist turned industrial park developer confided that his own big breakth [...]	2009-01-22 08:28:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PINR VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY614	ROUTINE RECEPTION BECOMES "GREEN ZONE" FOR SENSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent reception to introduce newly-arrived staff and to kick off the busy fall season provided a welcome opportunity for a wide range of contacts, both those working inside the GVN/CPV and those on the outside, to renew acquaintances and share ideas on a wide range of topics. W [...]	2009-10-06 03:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY616	AMNESTIED DISSIDENT PHUONG QUANG QUYEN ARRESTED AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 09:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY619	TALK OF MONEY POLITICS AND DISTRUST OF CHINA TOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The driving force behind CPV politics is the personal greed of its members, according to a prominent HCMC businessman with both a long track record of success and good political connections. He explained that while the CPV includes large numbers of both conservative ideologues and [...]	2009-10-09 03:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY649	PRESS CRACKDOWN TARGETS SAIGON MARKETING NEWSPAPER [...] (C) Summary: Reliable media contacts believe Saigon Marketing (Saigon Tiep Thi) chief editor Tam Chanh will be the next victim of Vietnam's ongoing press crackdown, following popular journalist Huy Duc's forced resignation in August. The economically-focused paper has grown in popularity over [...]	2009-10-28 07:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY651	PARENTS OF DETAINED ACTIVIST NGUYEN TIEN TRUNG RAISE ACCESS, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a visit with ConGenOff on October 28, the parents of detained democracy activist Nguyen Tien Trung said they have not been able to visit their son or find him legal counsel due to MPS intimidation of potential lawyers. Trung's father, a decorated war veteran, has been forced [...]	2009-11-04 10:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY663	INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS SPEED BUMPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Holding the 2009 LawAsia Society conference, the LawAsia Moot Competition for law students and the meeting of Asian/Pacific Chief Justices concurrently in HCMC represented both a significant step forward for Vietnam's legal profession as well as a reminder of how far they still hav [...]	2009-11-23 09:13:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VM XB
09HOCHIMINHCITY675	FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN HCMC AN UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the officials charged with leading the fight against official corruption in HCMC, their work is stymied by multiple factors. Because the Government Inspectorate (GI) lacks subpoena power or other authority to force cooperation, investigations of government employees c [...]	2009-12-17 05:57:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY81	(C) HCMC CORRUPTION: GAVE "YEAR OF THE RAT" NEW MEANING [...] (C) Investors are expressing more concern of late about the toll that systematic corruption is taking on Vietnam's economy. Businesses, both foreign and domestic, still face good old-fashioned demands for bribes, but most government officials are more subtle (if not more savvy) and instead use [...]	2009-02-02 08:01:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PINR VM
09HOCHIMINHCITY93	CAN "SPECIAL ACADEMIC ZONES" RESCUE VIETNAM'S UNIVERSITIES? [...] (C) Summary: Vietnam's universities are among the worst in the Asia-Pacific region, and without dramatic improvement Vietnam will not achieve its development goals. While numerous innovators -- including Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Nguyen Thien Nhan -- have stepped forth w [...]	2009-02-06 05:43:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD TBIO SCUL KPAO SOCI PGOV PREL VM
09HONGKONG1016	DELTA ASIA CREDIT: HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FIGHTS BACK [...] (C) Summary: Econ Unit Chief and Econ Officer delivered the newly declassified version of the 2005 non-paper on Banco Delta Asia (originally delivered in September 2005) to Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Banking Supervision Department Executive Director Nelson Man on June 4. Man is confid [...]	2009-06-05 06:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KN MC HK
09HONGKONG1022	HONG KONG JUNE 4 CANDLELIGHT VIGIL: SHINE ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: As many as 150,000 people attended Hong Kong's annual June 4 candlelight vigil, a number not seen since the first vigil here in 1990. Observers believe the significance of the twentieth anniversary of June 4 was the key factor bringing back those whose attendance had [...]	2009-06-05 10:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG1078	MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE RACE -- NO CONTEST [...] (C) With Prosecutor General Ho Chio-meng's decision not to enter the race, former Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Fernando Chui Sai-on is almost certain to be Macau's next Chief Executive (CE). The June 11 deadline for any senior Macau official to resign his or her position in order [...]	2009-06-12 10:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH MC
09HONGKONG11	HONG KONG DEMOCRATS DENIED ENTRY TO MACAU FOR [...] (C) Summary: Over twenty Hong Kong activists, including nine legislators, traveling to Macau to participate in a rally opposing Macau's Article 23 legislation were denied entry December 20, Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day. A Macau government press release indicated the g [...]	2009-01-02 09:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK MC
09HONGKONG1104	HONG KONG'S SLOW ROAD TO RMB INTERNATIONALIZATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: With the Hong Kong economy shrinking as a result of reduced financial and trade flows, local policymakers are looking to the Mainland for approval for expanded Renminbi (RMB) use in Hong Kong. Mainland authorities appear to be moving slowly to permit additional RMB t [...]	2009-06-16 09:18:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG1118	EDITOR OF "PRISONER OF THE STATE" ON THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: Bao Pu (son of the late Zhao Ziyang's secretary Bao Tong; strictly protect throughout) believes Beijing leadership have read Zhao's recently-published memoirs, and chosen to do nothing. Bao believes that the revelations in the memoirs, Charter 08, and the increasing [...]	2009-06-18 09:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG112	HONG KONG "MAID LEVY": LEGCO PUSHES THE [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's "maid levy" -- a fee paid by employers of foreign domestic helpers to fund retraining of local workers -- is an odd issue for a constitutional challenge, but it became a battleground between the Legislative Council (LegCo) and the executive branch on who holds the init [...]	2009-01-16 09:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG113	HK'S POWER SECTOR: EMISSIONS AND FUEL CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong,s electrical power providers are on track to meet strict new Hong Kong Government (HKG) air pollution caps, which go into effect on January 1, 2010. The utilities plan to meet the industry-targeted caps by retrofitting pollution control equipment on some coal-fired ge [...]	2009-01-16 09:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET SENV CH HK
09HONGKONG114	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DELAYS CONSULTATION ON 2012 [...] (C) Summary: While taking questions from the Legislative Council (LegCo) January 15, Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang announced that, owing to the current financial crisis, the Hong Kong government will delay consultation on electoral reforms for 2012. The decision breaks a pledge [...]	2009-01-16 10:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG1140	C-AL9-00948: HONG KONG-TAIWAN ELEVATE TIES TO NEW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong and Taiwan exchanged groundbreaking visits the first week of June, elevating ties to a new level. Hong Kong Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam became the first principal Hong Kong official to make an official visit to Taiwan since 1 [...]	2009-06-23 07:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK TW
09HONGKONG1163	CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER: HK HOLDS [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Government's announcement that it would support Shanghai to become an international financial center by 2020 has many in Hong Kong wondering what role the Special Administrative Region will be allowed to play in China's development. Should Hong Kong increase cooperat [...]	2009-06-24 09:30:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG1178	HONG KONG: EXPORT CONTROLS -- A REVIEW OF CASE DATA [...] (C) Summary. Twelve years after Hong Kong's return to China, the United States and Hong Kong maintain a close and productive relationship on export control matters. Under the U.S. - Hong Kong Policy Act, as long as the United States Government is satisfied that sensitive technologies are pro [...]	2009-06-26 09:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC HK PARM PREL
09HONGKONG1218	HONG KONG JULY 1 MARCH: HEAT HALVES HOPED-FOR [...] (C) Summary: Approximately 50,000 people took to the streets for Hong Kong's annual July 1 Democracy march, up from last year's claimed 47,000 but far short of the 100,000 many were anticipating. Scorching heat may have been a major deterrent. The march differed from 2008's panoply of causes [...]	2009-07-02 09:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG1248	HONG KONG INSIDER SAYS EXCO CONVENOR LEUNG WILL [...] (C) Of the three "non-candidates" to succeed Donald Tsang as Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) in 2012 -- Chief Secretary Henry Tang, Financial Secretary John Tsang, and Executive Council (ExCo) Convenor C.Y. Leung -- Leung has been the most visibly "non-campaigning". While few doubt Leung has hi [...]	2009-07-08 10:35:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HK
09HONGKONG1281	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON MACAU SECRETARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 08:45:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK MC
09HONGKONG1282	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON MACAU SECRETARY [...] (C) In his farewell call on Macau Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan on July 13, the Consul General expressed appreciation for Secretary Chan's hard work in strengthening U.S.-Macau ties in areas such as trafficking in persons and law enforcement. The CG congratulated the [...]	2009-07-14 08:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK MC
09HONGKONG129	CHIEF EXECUTIVE ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Chief Executive Donald Tsang announced appointment of five new "non-official" members to his Executive Council, Hong Kong's inner cabinet, January 20. The new appointees are heavily weighted towards economic experience and familiarity with the Mainland economy. While one appointe [...]	2009-01-20 10:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH HK
09HONGKONG1303	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON FORMER HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's farewell call on former Hong Kong Chief Secretary Anson Chan on July 15, Chan said ethnic and religious conflicts in China are "likely to worsen," and Beijing must rethink its positions on China's religious and ethnic minorities. She said PRC officials [...]	2009-07-16 06:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK
09HONGKONG1313	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) During the Consul General's July 15 farewell call on Legislative Council (LegCo) President Jasper Tsang, the CG reiterated that the USG attached importance to Chief Executive Donald Tsang's July 2009 statements that he would proceed with political consultations to prepare a constitutional [...]	2009-07-17 08:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH HK
09HONGKONG1314	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON EXCO CONVENER [...] (C) Summary. In his farewell call on Executive Council (ExCo) Convener C.Y. Leung on July 15, the Consul General and Leung discussed Hong Kong's electoral reform consultations. Leung noted that Beijing plays a major role, but that there has been a lack of progress and Hong Kong is not close to [...]	2009-07-17 09:05:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG1315	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON HK CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. During the Consul General's farewell call on July 16, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang expressed appreciation for our close cooperation and highlighted the importance of continued high-level contact between Hong Kong and Washington. Tsang extended an invitation to President Oba [...]	2009-07-17 09:30:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR PHUM MARR CH HK
09HONGKONG1331	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. In the Consul General's farewell call on Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and Treasury K.C. Chan on July 17, Chan stated that China appears to be coming out of the financial crisis. "We have hit rock bottom and are now coming back;" however, U.S. consumer spending is s [...]	2009-07-20 08:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV HK
09HONGKONG1341	MARTIN LEE WORRIES ABOUT THE BASIC LAW, WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: During the Consul General's farewell call on July 17, former-Democratic party chief Martin Lee linked his work on behalf of Stanley Ho's sister to the recently revealed 2008 attempt on his life and dismissed speculation that the Chinese government might have had a role in the plo [...]	2009-07-21 07:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HK CH MC
09HONGKONG1362	LABOR TENSIONS RISE IN MACAU OVER PROTECTION OF [...] (C) Summary: Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Macau President Steve Jacobs criticized recent labor-related actions by the government of Macau (GOM),local police and Macau's gaming union. He provided details about three separate incidents in June and July 2009 that he believes unfairly targeted his comp [...]	2009-07-23 09:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK
09HONGKONG1371	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON SECRETARY FOR [...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam assured the Consul General the Hong Kong government will proceed with consultations on political reforms for 2012 by the end of this year. Lam told the CG the reform package, greater Pearl River Delta integ [...]	2009-07-24 10:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG1372	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON MFA ACTING [...] (C) Summary: In his July 23 farewell call with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Hong Kong office, the Consul General regretted the Central Government Liaison Office's (CGLO) unwillingness to engage the Consulate General. MFA Acting Commissioner Zhan Yongxin assured the CG the United Stat [...]	2009-07-24 10:05:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH HK
09HONGKONG1380	SECRETARY FOR SECURITY DISMAYED ABOUT HONG KONG [...] (C) In the Consul General's July 27 farewell call, Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee told the CG the Hong Kong government was "deeply puzzled and disappointed" that this year's Trafficking In Persons report downgraded Hong Kong from Tier 1 to Tier 2. Lee said his government did not think the [...]	2009-07-27 09:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG1381	FERNANDO CHUI "ELECTED" SECOND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF [...] (C) While he netted four fewer votes than nominations, former Macau Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Fernando Chui Sai-on's 282 votes (out of 297 cast) clinched the final stage of his unopposed "election" as the third-term Chief Executive of Macau July 26. Chui is expected to be appro [...]	2009-07-27 09:55:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC CH
09HONGKONG139	CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES DELAY IN CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) During a January 21 meeting with Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang, the Consul General noted that our reaction to his decision to postpone starting consultations on 2012 election reforms (reftel) had been low-key. The Consul General explained that our public response was due in l [...]	2009-01-21 10:01:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG1423	HKMA WORRIED ABOUT FSB SEAT, ASIAN CENTRAL BANKS [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the new Hong Kong Consulate General Economic and Political Chief July 29, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Deputy Chief Executive Peter Pang raised his concerns about Hong Kong,s future participation in the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Hong [...]	2009-08-03 08:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV HK CH KS
09HONGKONG1490	HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: LOOKING FOR AN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Our contacts tell us the specific reforms for the 2012 Chief Executive (CE) and Legislative Council (egCo) elections are less important to either thepan-democrats or Beijing than the final format ofthe CE elections for 2017. The Democratic Party (PHK) says they are wi [...]	2009-08-11 06:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG1493	MACAU PROMISES COOPERATION ON ANTI-MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Macau Monetary Authority Chairman Anselmo Teng promised continued cooperation on anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) initiatives. Macau will pass legislation to allow the Special Administrative Region to share tax information in accordance [...]	2009-08-11 10:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KCRM MC
09HONGKONG1554	HONG KONG PAN-DEMOCRATS DISMISS USING BY-ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A proposal by the radical League of Social Democrats that five pan-democratic Legislative Council (LegCo) incumbents -- one per geographic constituency -- resign to run for re-election as a "referendum" on democratic reform is not getting any takers, and will likely d [...]	2009-08-18 09:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG1596	CODEL BERMAN MEETING WITH HONG KONG PAN-DEMOCRATS [...] (C) Summary: In an August 22 coffee hosted by the Acting Consul General, Hong Kong pan-democratic leaders warned CoDel Berman that Beijing would seek a form of "managed democracy" in Hong Kong which would leave them in control of candidates for Chief Executive. Beijing employs two strategies [...]	2009-08-24 07:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OREP HK CH
09HONGKONG1611	CHINESE STATE-OWNED AIRLINE MOVES CLOSER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's State-owned Air China announced August 17 it would purchase a 12.5% stake in Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways from another Chinese State-Owned Enterprise (SOE),CITIC Pacific, for 6.34 billion Hong Kong Dollars (about USD800 million). This acquisition will bring Air Chi [...]	2009-08-26 08:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG1628	LAS VEGAS SANDS MOVES TOWARD HONG KONG INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: Las Vegas Sands (LVS) announced on August 20 that it submitted an application to complete an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong. The move to sell a minority interest in its Macau-based operations came approximately one month after competitor Wynn Resorts made a similar an [...]	2009-08-27 05:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK CH
09HONGKONG163	HKG EXPLAINS BASIS FOR 2012 REFORMS DELAY, PLANS [...] (C) On January 23, Administrative Assistant to the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs (CMAB) Joyce Ho reiterated key points made by CE Tsang publicly and to us (reftels) that the public would not want to focus on a controversial issue like constitutional reform during the econom [...]	2009-01-23 08:50:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG164	MACAU CASINO BOOM SQUELCHED BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (C) Summary: U.S. casino industry executives in Macau say the slowing PRC and Hong Kong economies - and related credit crunch - are reducing their revenues even more than PRC visa restrictions imposed in September 2008. The foreign visitor growth rate declined significantly in recent months, a [...]	2009-01-23 09:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK
09HONGKONG165	HONG KONG'S ANSON CHAN: OUT OF OFFICE BUT STILL IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a January 16 meeting with the Consul General, former Chief Secretary Anson Chan told us she believes Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang, with or without Beijing's "connivance", will try to drag out the consultation process over democratic reforms in Hong Kong, then fo [...]	2009-01-23 09:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG166	CASINO OPERATORS CRITCAL OF MACAU GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Seniorgaming industry managers in Macau are disappointd with the Government of Macau's (GOM) gaming reulatory body, th Gaming Inspection and Coordinatio Bureau (known by its Portuguese acronym DICJ). They described DICJ as a lethargic organization hose oversight of junket operator [...]	2009-01-23 10:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK
09HONGKONG1667	HONG KONG SEEKS INTEGRATION, EXPECTS RMB [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with U.S. Treasury Economic and Financial Emissary David Dollar, Hong Kong financial officials said they do not worry that the Special Administrative Region will be dominated by Shanghai or Guangdong and will continue to pursue closer economic integration and regulat [...]	2009-09-02 10:18:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG1683	WINNERS AND LOSERS IN HONG KONG'S LEHMAN MINIBONDS [...] (C) Summary: A July agreement between 16 Hong Kong banks and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to offer compensation to most Lehman Bros, minibond investors in Hong Kong has been criticized for allowing banks accused of mis-selling to avoid criminal prosecution, but has bee [...]	2009-09-03 10:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV HK
09HONGKONG1687	DEATHS CAUSE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary: A tainted locally manufactured generic drug caused five deaths in March 2009 in Hong Kong and prompted the government to initiate a sweeping review of its drug safety oversight mechanisms. A review committee with a special focus on generic pharmaceuticals will provide specific [...]	2009-09-04 06:55:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR HK CH
09HONGKONG1729	MACAU AIMS TO IMPROVE ANTI-TIP PROGRAM, ENGAGE NGOS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: New trafficking in persons (TIP) initiatives taken by the Macau Special Administrative Region Government (MSARG) demonstrate a continuing commitment to strengthening its anti-TIP program. Macau officials are conducting a self-evaluation of Macau's range of anti-TIP e [...]	2009-09-11 07:20:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH
09HONGKONG1742	DISORDER IN THE COURT: CHIEF JUSTICE ANDREW LI [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong was rocked by Court of Final Appeal Chief Justice Andrew Li's decision, announced at a September 2 press conference, to retire next August, four years earlier than the mandatory age for retirement. Li has led Hong Kong's judiciary through the crucial transition period [...]	2009-09-14 09:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG1743	U.S. DRUG COMPANIES COMPLAIN ABOUT IPR VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Executives of U.S. pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Merck remain critical of the Hong Kong government's (HKG) generic drug approval process, arguing the HKG should require generic drug manufacturers to certify that their products do not violate patents held by a branded drug pr [...]	2009-09-15 03:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR HK CH
09HONGKONG1750	CIVIC PARTY TABLES UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE PLAN, [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, the Civic Party became the first organization in Hong Kong to go on record with a roadmap for "true universal suffrage elections." The Civics would see the Chief Executive nominated either by an expanded Election Committee or by petition of a hundred thousand reg [...]	2009-09-15 10:11:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG1792	HONG KONG MEDIA REPORTS UNITED STATES "BLACK HAND" [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong media coverage of a series of articles by Shanghai Fudan University scholars is but the latest in a long-running history of accusing the U.S. government, through the Consulate General, of interfering in Hong Kong's affairs. The usual allegations are that the USG, in le [...]	2009-09-22 07:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PREL SOCI HK CH
09HONGKONG1807	MACAU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: DEMOCRATS [...] (C) Summary: Results for Macau's September 20 Legislative Assembly (LA) were announced near midnight September 22, after recounting some 6,500 initially rejected ballots. A record 59.9 percent turnout rate proved largely to support the status quo, returning eight incumbents and electing three [...]	2009-09-23 10:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC
09HONGKONG1819	MACAU GAMING REVENUES RISE SHARPLY AS LAS VEGAS [...] (C) Summary: Gaming revenues in Macau rose sharply in August, as the PRC reportedly loosened visa restrictions on Mainlanders wishing to visit the Special Administrative Region. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) has restarted its outreach efforts directed at senior PRC officials in Beijing, while its pri [...]	2009-09-24 09:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL MO HK CH
09HONGKONG1829	HONG KONG ANALYSTS CREDIT CHINESE STIMULUS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economic analysts give China full credit for Asia's rebounding economies. The region's financial systems were generally well capitalized and less exposed to toxic assets, making the rebound that much quicker, but with the exception of China, national fiscal stimulus p [...]	2009-09-25 11:20:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG1854	NEW COMPETITION LAW EXPECTED TO HAVE LITTLE IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: A senior Hong Kong government (HKG) official told U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch on September 10 that a long-anticipated Competition Law will likely be submitted to Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) during its upcoming session. The official said the law sho [...]	2009-09-30 09:56:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
09HONGKONG1877	HONG KONG ANALYSTS SEE LITTLE SUBSTANCE IN FOURTH [...] (C) Summary: Analysts in Hong Kong see no significant developments emerging from the Fourth Plenum in late September. Although Xi Jinping was not appointed to the vice-chairmanship of the Central Military Committee (CMC),they believe it is too early to conclude that he will not succeed Pre [...]	2009-10-06 06:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH HK
09HONGKONG189	HONG KONG/MACAU: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Despite their common colonial past, shared dialect and geographic proximity, Hong Kong and Macau until recently have had minimal high-level official interaction. With Macau's until-recent dynamic economic expansion now putting it on a more equal (and competitive) footing with Hong [...]	2009-01-30 07:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK MC

09HONGKONG1918	UNABLE TO ENGAGE THE HKSARG OR BEIJING, [...] (C) Summary: To date, with the exception of a boilerplate government press release calling on parties to make progress on reforms for the 2012 elections, the Hong Kong government and Beijing have not responded to the various proposals made by the pan-democrats on universal suffrage. The pan-d [...]	2009-10-14 09:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG1919	HONG KONG CATHOLICS FORESEE NO CHANGE IN PRC [...] (C) Summary: Catholic China-watchers in Hong Kong do not anticipate that the mid-September change of leadership at the State Administration of Religious Affairs (SARA) will result in any significant revision of the PRC's policy on religion. Despite SARA's central government-level status, one o [...]	2009-10-14 09:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF HK CH
09HONGKONG192	MACAU ARTICLE 23 LEGISLATION: THE GOOD NEWS IS, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Macau Law Reform Officer Director Chu Lam-lam, who drafted the text of Macau's Article 23 national security bill, walked us through existing Macau law to demonstrate the bill's secrecy provisions would not pose a risk to journalists. She stressed that courts will hav [...]	2009-01-30 08:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC
09HONGKONG193	MACAU ARTICLE 23: THE BAD NEWS IS, IT'S IN THE [...] (C) Summary: As one of our contacts put it, "as long as the quality of judges does not get any worse than now", Macau's Article 23 national security legislation should not be a threat to the rights of Macau citizens. The question informed observers ask, however, is whether the Macau judicia [...]	2009-01-30 08:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC
09HONGKONG1931	A DIVIDED DAB SEEKS INTERNAL CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) has not responded to pan-democratic proposals on universal suffrage elections both because the party itself has not reached internal consensus and because they will not take a position before kn [...]	2009-10-16 08:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG1947	LSD MASTER PLAN FOR POLITICAL REFORM: ONE BANANA [...] (C) Summary: Although their latest antics in the Legislative Council (LegCo) chamber are receiving tepid reviews even from their allies, the League of Social Democrats (LSD) insists their extremism will spur Beijing to negotiate with the more moderate pan-democrats on constitutional reform. [...]	2009-10-20 09:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG1955	HONG KONG PROFESSORS COMMENT ON MAINLAND ACADEMIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 07:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG1958	CORRECTED FOR PUNCTUATION -- HONG KONG PROFESSORS [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong academics believe that, while discussion of even sensitive topics can reach striking levels of candor, the Communist Party (CCP) offers powerful incentives to keep academia in line. The "stick" is that academics rely on government-provided consulting projects and speak [...]	2009-10-21 08:18:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG1968	REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE: ZHOU YONGJUN [...] (C) Action Request: Post requests Department concurrence to approach Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Wong Yan-lung to request formal clarification of the departure from Hong Kong to Mainland China of U.S. LPR Zhou Yongjun. This case has drawn increased media attention in recent weeks, as an N [...]	2009-10-22 10:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH HK
09HONGKONG1998	HONG KONG ACADEMIC FREEDOM: SAY WHAT YOU WANT, [...] (C) Summary: While Hong Kong has had its post-handover academic openness tested in two high-profile cases, the forces of censorship definitively lost. Local professors agree Hong Kong remains an open forum for the exchange of ideas. One of our contacts felt Hong Kong's future academic freedo [...]	2009-10-28 08:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG2023	MACAU HEALTH CARE: ABLE TO HANDLE CURRENT H1N1, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Macau's health care system has thus far coped well with the relatively few H1N1 cases confirmed there. However, a more severe wave of infections would quickly overwhelm local capacity. Macau officials have adopted internationally recognized surveillance standards but lack the [...]	2009-11-03 03:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED CASC CH HK KFLU PREL SOCI TBIO
09HONGKONG2031	HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: 102 PEOPLE [...] (C) Summary: The success of the Hong Kong government's coming constitutional reform proposal may hinge on whether 102 District Councilors appointed by the Chief Executive will have a vote for newly-created Legislative Council (LegCo) seats and for the Chief Executive in 2012. While credible m [...]	2009-11-04 06:11:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG2050	CE TSANG ON DEMOCRACY ROADMAP: DEFINITELY [...] (C) Summary and comment: The much-anticipated November 6 meeting between the pan-democrats and Chief Executive Donald Tsang on the government's coming consultation paper on constitutional reform ended with a "maybe" on a roadmap to universal suffrage. Tsang initially tried to keep the pan-de [...]	2009-11-06 10:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG2061	SECURITY BUREAU ON REMOVAL OF ZHOU YONGJUN FROM [...] (C) Summary: On a confidential basis, Hong Kong's Security Bureau told the Acting Consul General that Hong Kong Immigration denied entry to a traveler using a false Malaysian passport in the name of "Wang Xingxiang" in September 2008. They had no indication "Wang" was known by any other names [...]	2009-11-09 11:14:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG211	PERMISSION REQUESTED FOR BOARDING OF M/V DIPLOMAT [...] (C) On February 4, Econoff and OLA Chief (Defense Attache equivalent) conveyed reftel talking points to Hong Kong Maritime Department Director Roger Tupper and Assistant Director K.L. Lee. Tupper cited the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigati [...]	2009-02-04 10:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL HK CH
09HONGKONG2124	CAN CHINA REBALANCE ON ONLY ONE LEG? HONG KONG [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Hong Kong/Embassy Beijing cable. 2. (C) Summary: Even the most pessimistic Hong Kong-based China economists are mostly sanguine about the near-term prospects for Chinese economic growth. Although the Chinese stimulus package is creating asset market [...]	2009-11-19 10:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG2125	HKSARG 2012 REFORM PROPOSAL: SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN [...] (C) Summary: As expected, the Hong Kong government's November 18 Consultation Document on 2012 electoral reforms proposed an increase in the nomination/election committee for the Chief Executive (CE) and a ten-seat increase for the Legislative Council (LegCo) - five directly elected seats and [...]	2009-11-19 10:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG2136	CHINA WANTS TO LEAD INTERNATIONAL FIGHT ON SOMALI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, at a well-attended private sector-organized International Piracy Conference, senior Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy officers stated China was committed to deploying its fleet to the Horn of Africa (HOA) until the region was stable and secure. They ur [...]	2009-11-20 09:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA EWWT ATRN PREL KPIR KCRM SO BA CH HK
09HONGKONG2146	HONG KONG SCHOLARS LUKEWARM ON PRC ELECTION REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong based China experts were unimpressed with proposed amendments to the PRC electoral law that would increase the number of rural deputies in the NPC. They see the government using democratic reforms at the rural level to maintain an air of concern for rural residents witho [...]	2009-11-23 04:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG2156	NEW MACAU LABOR LAW TO PREVENT "JOB HOPPING" BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Macau's controversial new "Law on Employment of Non-Resident Workers" was passed by the Legislative Assembly on October 9 and will enter into force April 26, 2010. The new law is designed to address complaints from resident employers about "job-hopping" by non-resident workers, [...]	2009-11-24 10:14:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB HK CH
09HONGKONG2169	MACAU AS THE PRC'S BRIDGE TO LUSOPHONIA: [...] (C) Summary: Both Macau and the PRC have sought to use Macau's ties to the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world to boost trade for China and collateral business for Macau. While multilateral fora and trade missions have been held to considerable fanfare, the overall PRC-Lusophone trade volume [...]	2009-11-25 09:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG2171	THIRD MACAU ADMINISTRATION: ALL THE OLD FAMILIAR [...] (C) Summary: Fernando Chui Sai-on will not merely assume Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau-wah's job December 20, he'll largely inherit his government. Of Macau's ten senior positions, only three will change -- former anti-corruption chief Cheong U will take Chui's Social Affairs and Culture port [...]	2009-11-25 09:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR MC
09HONGKONG2178	FED HEARS HONG KONG VIEWS ON CHINA AND THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economists, bankers and financial observers for the most part painted a rosy picture about the Chinese economy for U.S. Federal Reserve Board and San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank officials. They said that China would grow strongly in 2010, but that an economic recove [...]	2009-11-27 09:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG2201	HKG SCHOLARS SEE LIMITED ROLE FOR HKSAR IN PRC [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong scholars and politicians doubt Hong Kong can use "soft power" to influence China's political development. However, they still see many key areas where Hong Kong can serve as a reference for reform on the Mainland, including in corporate governance and compliance, judici [...]	2009-12-03 07:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG2234	HONG KONG FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES: POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Activists attempting to end corporate voting -- voting by a CEO or business association instead of by individuals -- in the Hong Kong Legislative Council's (LegCo) sector-based functional constituencies (FCs) have gone to court to seek redress. Two activists affiliated with the r [...]	2009-12-08 08:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG2252	HONG KONG PRINCIPAL OFFICERS ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (C) Summary and comment: Hong Kong's Principal Officers Accountability System (POAS),which saw cabinet secretary and key deputy positions filled by political appointees rather than senior civil servants, has thus far failed to meet its goals. Removing senior officials from the protection of [...]	2009-12-10 08:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HK
09HONGKONG2259	MACAU EXCO APPOINTMENTS: SAFETY IN THE STATUS QUO [...] (C) Summary: Under the somewhat ambiguous banner, "Continuity and Innovation Create Social Harmony" (chuancheng chuangxin gongjian hexie),Chief Executive-designate Fernando Chui Sai-on has opted to stick with the status quo in his Executive Council. Of three new appointments to the ten-membe [...]	2009-12-11 08:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MC
09HONGKONG2262	MACAU SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AT 10: DESPITE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ten years after reversion, Macau remains politically conservative and largely under the sway of the same entrenched, "patriotic" business and political elite that has essentially run Macau since the late 1960s. While Beijing has shown a low tolerance for public corrupt [...]	2009-12-11 10:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MC CH
09HONGKONG2263	HONG KONG EDGES CLOSER TO SHARING TAX INFO, [...] (SBU) A bill that will allow Hong Kong to meet OECD 2004 requirements for the sharing of tax information has passed out of the Legislative Committee's (LegCo) review process and is expected to become law shortly after the new year. The amendments to the tax code, once passed, will allow Hong K [...]	2009-12-11 10:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK
09HONGKONG2264	HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: END OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The various forces in Hong Kong's debate on constitutional reform have taken their positions on the field. A motion in the Legislative Council (LegCo) calling on the people of Hong Kong to support the League of Social Democrats' (LSD) and Civic Party's resignation-as-referendum p [...]	2009-12-11 12:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG232	MACAU ARTICLE 23 HEADS FOR FINAL VOTE WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: The Macau Government submitted a revised Article 23 Bill text to the Legislative Assembly February 3. The minimum sentences for treason, splittism and subversion have been lowered to ten years' imprisonment from fifteen years. However, the government and Legislative Assembly have [...]	2009-02-09 00:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC CH
09HONGKONG2337	U.S. POLICY TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN HONG KONG [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 06:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG2339	U.S. POLICY TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN HONG KONG [...] (C) This is an action request. Post requests Department concurrence with a set of core points and initial outreach strategy to express key U.S. interests in Hong Kong's successful transition to elections by universal suffrage in accordance with the Basic Law. Our diplomacy, both government-t [...]	2009-12-23 08:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG2377	JANUARY 1 DEMOCRACY MARCH: THE LAST WALTZ? [...] (C) Summary: The January 1 march for universal suffrage may be the last united appearance by the pan-democrats for several months. Meant by the Democratic Party to move public attention away from the League of Social Democrats' (LSD) and the Civic Party's plan to use resignations from the Leg [...]	2009-12-31 07:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG243	HONG KONG WANTS U.S. TO MAINTAIN LEADERSHIP ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Commerce and Economic Development Bureau Secretary Rita Lau told the Consul General on February 5 that Hong Kong is increasingly feeling the negative effects of the global economic and financial crisis. Hong Kong's exports decreased in the last quarter of 2008 and unemployment is [...]	2009-02-09 03:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN HK CH
09HONGKONG264	LIBERAL PARTY: FINDING THEIR OWN ROAD FORWARD [...] (C) Summary and comment: At the end of last year, the pro-business, pro-government, pro-Beijing Liberal Party (LP) appeared forsaken by tycoons, the Hong Kong government, the Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) and half its Legislative Council (LegCo) delegation (ref B). Yet, the year o [...]	2009-02-11 08:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH HK
09HONGKONG270	SATELLITE TV SIGNAL PIRACY IN MACAU -- RAMPANT IN [...] (C) Summary: Satellite television signal piracy remains the most significant intellectual property (IP) issue in Macau. Unlicensed "antenna companies" control over 80 percent of the residential market. The government of Macau (GOM) has occasionally taken action against the antenna companies, [...]	2009-02-12 04:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK
09HONGKONG281	DEMOCRATS AND MEDIA CONDEMN, BUT ACADEMICS [...] (C) Summary: Chief Executive Donald Tsang's decision to delay consultation on constitutional reforms for the 2012 elections (ref b) continues to elicit mixed reviews. Opponents, including all 23 pan-democratic legislators and most independent media, condemned Tsang for breaking his promise to [...]	2009-02-13 08:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG283	MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE DOWNPLAYS SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary: The Consul General met on February 13 with Macau's Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho to deliver reftel talking points and non-paper. The CE confirmed his government's commitment to a level playing field for all investors in Macau, regardless of nationality. He said anti-foreign sen [...]	2009-02-13 11:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK MC
09HONGKONG295	MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE ON ARTICLE 23, TRAFFICKING [...] (C) During his February 13 meeting with Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho (reftel),the CG expressed hope that the final form of the Article 23 security bill would ensure protection of Macau residents' constitutional rights and freedoms. The CE said his government is considering incorporat [...]	2009-02-18 07:10:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KFRD MC CH
09HONGKONG331	MACAU OFFICIALS NOT WORRIED BY SLOWING ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Macau's economy shrank in the last three months of 2008 as casino receipts fell for the first time since 2002. Despite poor prospects for early 2009, Macau's massive official reserves will allow the government to increase spending and keep Macau's official unemployment rate arou [...]	2009-02-23 10:50:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL MC HK CH EINV
09HONGKONG335	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REITERATES PLEDGE TO CONSULT [...] (C) Summary: Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam assured the Consul General that the Hong Kong government still intends to begin consultations on reforms for the 2012 Chief Executive and Legislative Council elections by the end of 2009. At a lunch February 20, he re [...]	2009-02-24 09:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG336	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BRIEFS CONSUL GENERAL ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam told the Consul General February 20 that Hong Kong hopes to expand relations with Taiwan through its Inter-City Forum and at the same time cultivate the next generation of Taiwan leaders. Lam dismissed the [...]	2009-02-24 09:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HK CH TW
09HONGKONG350	MACAU GAMING COMPANIES TRY TO COOPERATE, SET UP [...] (C) Summary: Prompted by Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho, all six of Macau's gaming concessionaires agreed on February 23 to establish an industry association. The group's first chairman will be local gaming billionaire Stanley Ho (no relation to CE Ho). The three U.S. gaming concession [...]	2009-02-26 06:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK
09HONGKONG354	MACAU PASSES ARTICLE 23 LEGISLATION WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Macau Legislative Assembly (LA) passed Macau's Article 23 Bill into law February 25 by a 24-2 vote, with one abstention; the law is expected to take effect March 3. The opposition, led by the proto-democratic New Macau Association (NMA),was able to muster only thi [...]	2009-02-26 10:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC
09HONGKONG383	HONG KONG DEMOCRATS READY TO DEAL ON REFORM, BUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong's Democratic Party (DPHK) told the Consul General they are ready to reach a compromise deal on reforms for 2012. During a lunch February 27, they noted certain core DPHK positions, such as the eventual elimination of the Legislative Council's functional con [...]	2009-03-03 09:18:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG394	SHARING 2007 REGIME DENIAL INFORMATION WITH HONG [...] (C) Econoffs conveyed to Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (HKTID) Principal Trade Officer Billy Au reftel information drawn from denial notifications submitted by the United States to the four major multilateral non-proliferation regimes. Econoffs emphasized to Au that this information [...]	2009-03-04 08:23:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL HK
09HONGKONG40	FRENCH ASK FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON DOUBLE TAXATION [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The French Consul General has proposed that we approach the Hong Kong Government (HKG) together to press for adoption of amendments to Hong Kong tax law that would liberalize rules on Exchanges of Information with foreign jurisdictions. This would allow OECD me [...]	2009-01-07 10:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV HK
09HONGKONG406	LEAGUE OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS: TRIPPING ON THEIR OWN [...] (C) Summary: The banana-throwing antics of Hong Kong's League of Social Democrats (LSD) may have finally crossed the line, as LSD legislators have encountered widespread opprobrium for their disruption of Financial Secretary John Tsang's budget address. Unlike their antics during the Chief Ex [...]	2009-03-05 10:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG417	HONG KONG, MACAU REACTIONS TO 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Hong Kong issued a largely pro-forma response to the Department's 2008 Human Rights Report on February 26. While the government did not directly dispute any of our findings, it highlighted the government's efforts to address the various social issues raised in the report such as racial di [...]	2009-03-06 08:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV HK MC
09HONGKONG438	HK OFFICIALS LOOK TO G-20, REGIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong officials will participate in upcoming G-20 meetings as part of the Chinese delegation, focusing on advising senior PRC officials on regulatory and financial sector reforms, U.S. Treasury officials heard during a February 20-24 visit to Hong Kong. Comments by Treasury [...]	2009-03-10 11:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL HK CH
09HONGKONG444	HK'S ENVIRONMENTAL SECRETARY ON ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hong Kong's Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau told the Consul General on March 5 that despite universal agreement that the full impact of global economic difficulties is yet to come, Hong Kong will not cut back on environmental programs and will continue funding to assist [...]	2009-03-11 09:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV SENV CH HK
09HONGKONG483	MACAU (MOSTLY) LIFTS TRAVEL BAN ON PAN-DEMOCRATS; [...] (C) Summary and comment: Weeks of mounting pressure from Hong Kong's pan-democrats, the media, the Hong Kong government (reluctantly),and perhaps even Beijing have led Macau to lift what appeared to be a blanket ban on Hong Kong democratic activists' visiting Macau. Twenty eight pan-democra [...]	2009-03-16 10:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MC HK CH
09HONGKONG499	MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE: THREE NON-CANDIDATES IN A [...] (C) Summary and comment: In the end, Beijing will choose the next Chief Executive (CE) of Macau, due to take office December 20 this year at the end of Edmund Ho's second term. The only question is which of the three distinct options it prefers. Offering continuity, connections, social standin [...]	2009-03-18 08:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MC
09HONGKONG501	FINANCIAL SECRETARY UNDERCUTS SUPPORT FOR HIS [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong economic and political observers have differing views of the Hong Kong budget Financial Secretary John Tsang presented February 25. Economic analysts applauded the government's probity and willingness to "focus on the little things" as the forces buffeting the global e [...]	2009-03-18 08:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK
09HONGKONG522	MACAU TO ESTABLISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUREAU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) is expected to formally establish a new Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) on June 1. The EPB will fall under the direction of the Secretary for Transport and Public Works and be responsible for environmental planning, regulation [...]	2009-03-20 01:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV CH HK
09HONGKONG53	HONG KONG DEMOCRATS DRAW BATTLE LINES ON UNIVERSAL [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, Hong Kong's pan-democrats, led by Legal functional constituency (FC) legislator Margaret Ng (Civic Party),moved a resolution calling on the government to state for the record it intends to abolish the FCs as part of Hong Kong's democratic reforms. This move follows [...]	2009-01-08 09:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG530	HONG KONG TO LOSE FINANCIAL FORUM SEAT IN 2011? [...] (U) This is an Action Message. Action Request para 5. 2. (C) Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam told the Consul General March 20 that in the recent Financial Stability Forum (FSF) meeting in London, participants agreed to expand FSF membership to include all G [...]	2009-03-20 11:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG540	HK HOPES TAX AMENDMENTS WILL BOOST INVESTMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong officials have been closely watching moves against jurisdictions accused of facilitating tax evasion. They hope a proposal to liberalize the exchange of tax information will facilitate double taxation agreement negotiations and keep Hong Kong out of international tax c [...]	2009-03-23 07:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH SG
09HONGKONG556	MACAU TIP: NGO AND GOVERNMENT EVENTS RAISE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Macau NGO Good Shepherd Sisters (GSS) organized the second State Department-funded anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) event to coincide with International Women's Day, March 8. The outdoor exhibition was held at a public square and drew an estimated crowd of 200 peop [...]	2009-03-25 09:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH
09HONGKONG558	CIVIC PARTY: MOVING FROM FAN CLUB TO POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: Hong Kong's Civic Party is unique in having been formed by a group of incumbents already in the Legislative Council, rather than by a movement which then went on to contest elections. While its legislators are among Hong Kong's most popular, the Civics have almost no [...]	2009-03-25 10:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
09HONGKONG559	HONG KONG HAS HIGH HOPES FOR RMB SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Joseph Yam will travel to Beijing this week to sign an agreement to launch Chinese currency trade settlement in Hong Kong. While the scheme will eventually include Macau and ASEAN countries, Yam believes the large majority of trans [...]	2009-03-25 10:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG605	RUMORED TEN-POINT AGREEMENT GIVES VOICE TO CPPCC [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong government and Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) both deny reports they struck a deal granting Hong Kong delegates to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) a greater role in Hong Kong affairs in exchange for the Hong Kong government ha [...]	2009-04-01 08:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
09HONGKONG606	IMPACT OF MACAU LAW ON HONG KONG ARTICLE 23 DEBATE [...] (C) Per reftel, post offers the following comments in response to reftel queries. 2. (C) WHO ARE THE KEY BEIJING AND HONG KONG OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN HONG KONG'S ARTICLE 23 POLICY PROCESS, AND WHAT DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN THESE INDIVIDUALS IN REGARDS TO THE TIMING, SCOPE, ENFORCEMENT, AND [...]	2009-04-01 08:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM CH HK MC
09HONGKONG615	SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE IN HONG KONG [...] (U) Post appreciates Ref A instructions and seeks additional guidance. See paragraphs 2-3 for action request. 2. (SBU) Action Request. Post requests Washington guidance on the following questions: --Ref A instructs Post to provide the information in the non-paper to the Hong Kong SAR [...]	2009-04-02 09:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC EWWT PARM PREL PTER HK
09HONGKONG635	CODEL MCCAIN COURTESY CALL ON CHIEF EXECUTIVE TSANG [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's system, having restructured during the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997, is "resilient", Chief Executive Donald Tsang told CoDel McCain April 5, but the worst may be yet to come. He hoped the United States would not turn to protectionism. Regarding China's proposal fo [...]	2009-04-06 08:33:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD OREP HK
09HONGKONG637	CODEL MCCAIN ROUNDTABLE WITH SENIOR HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Former Chief Secretary Anson Chan told CoDel McCain April 5 that Hong Kong's deterioration under "one country, two systems" has more to do with the failure of the current administration to defend Hong Kong's interests than with interference from the Mainland. Executive Councilor [...]	2009-04-06 08:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM OREP SENV HK CH
09HONGKONG649	HONG KONG TOY MANUFACTURERS STRUGGLE WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of Hong Kong-based toy manufacturers in Guangdong Province say their orders from global retailers have declined 30 percent from last year, leading to additional closures of small- and medium-sized manufacturing facilities. The Chairman of the Hong Kong Toys Council (HKTC) [...]	2009-04-07 09:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND ELAB EFIN EINV ECON CH HK
09HONGKONG680	TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER WITH HONG KONG RELATED [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 11:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC HK PARM
09HONGKONG742	HONG KONG OBSERVERS SEE CHINA'S SOCIAL UNREST [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Hong Kong-based China watchers assess that China's vast cash reserves will prove its most powerful tool to "buy time" and stave off large-scale discontent by the nearly 27 million unemployed migrant workers and college graduates. Beijing has aggressively adopted measu [...]	2009-04-23 07:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HK CH
09HONGKONG746	HONG KONG/TAIWAN: HIGH-LEVEL VISITS TO SPUR TIES [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong-Taiwan relations have experienced a recent surge of activity, with Hong Kong's Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing becoming the first senior Hong Kong official since 1997 to visit Taiwan, when he led the Hong Kong and Macau delegation to the second World Buddhist Fo [...]	2009-04-23 10:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HK TW
09HONGKONG747	HK LEADERS TELL DALLAS FED CHIEF CHINA NEEDS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher and staff met with Hong Kong government officials, business and finance leaders and the media April 14-15 to explain recent U.S. Federal Reserve actions and to hear local concerns. He reassured interlocutors that the U.S. economy w [...]	2009-04-24 07:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN HK CH
09HONGKONG793	JASPER TSANG: HOW MUCH COURAGE IN HIS CONVICTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: People across the political spectrum in Hong Kong acknowledge Legislative Council (LegCo) President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing as a man of ideas and integrity. Despite concern about his still-unacknowledged status as a Communist Party member, Tsang has proven he can run LegCo fairly, ha [...]	2009-04-30 06:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR HK CH
09HONGKONG800	MONGOLIA MINING FOR MONEY IN HONG KONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: A private conference in Hong Kong March 31 brought together top level Mongolian government officials, world class economists, some of the biggest investors in Mongolia and multinational companies to help participants identify the best investment opportunities in Mongolia and how t [...]	2009-04-30 10:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK MG
09HONGKONG841	MACAU RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: REVERSION WAS ONLY THE [...] (C) Summary and comment: According to representatives of several of Macau's major religious communities, Macau's 1999 reversion to PRC rule allowed other faiths to gain equal status with the formerly state-supported Catholic Church. The Buddhist and Protestant communities now receive governmen [...]	2009-05-07 08:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF CH MC
09HONGKONG899	HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/15): CG PUSHES BACK WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 11:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG918	BANCO DELTA ASIA SUES MACAU AND HONG KONG [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 5. 2. (C) Summary: The Macau and Hong Kong governments are facing judicial challenges to the actions they took against the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) and its Hong Kong-based subsidiary, Delta Asia Credit (DAC). Macau and Hong Kong severely [...]	2009-05-19 09:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KN MC HK
09HONGKONG92	XI JINPING VISIT TO MACAU: NO PRESENTS OR HOT TIPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Xi Jinping, visiting Macau January 9-10 for the first time as PRC Vice President, expressed confidence Macau can weather the current economic downturn with the support of the central government and continued diligence of the Macau people. His encouraging words, however, were not [...]	2009-01-14 10:02:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HK MC CH
09HONGKONG930	U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY LAW RESHAPING TEST [...] (C) Summary: During May 13-14 tours of three consumer product testing labs in Hong Kong and Dongguan that examine children's products bound for the United States, lab company managers said enactment of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) had boosted their testing r [...]	2009-05-21 06:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND TBIO EFIN EINV ECON PGOV HK CH
09HONGKONG931	TWO GOVERNING TEAMS IN HONG KONG? [...] (C) Summary and comment: Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) Research Department Chief Cao Erbao's January 2008 Party School journal article describing "two governing teams" in Hong Kong has recently surfaced to rekindle alarm bells here about "one country, two systems." The uproar may ha [...]	2009-05-21 07:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK MC
09HONGKONG937	MGM'S "UNSUITABLE" JOINT VENTURE PARTNER IN MACAU [...] (U) Summary: The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has designated MGM Mirage's 50/50 joint venture partner in Macau, Pansy Ho, an "unsuitable" business partner for MGM. The DGE has recommended that MGM sever its business association with Pansy Ho, based on her substantial busines [...]	2009-05-21 10:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV MO HK CH
09HONGKONG940	HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/15): CG PUSHES BACK WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 15 phone calls to Chief Executive Donald Tsang and Health Secretary York Chow, as well as active public diplomacy work with the press and demonstrators at the Consulate, the Consulate General has pushed back briskly against Hong Kong government allegations that the United [...]	2009-05-22 01:32:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG945	MACAU OBSERVERS DISMISS HONG KONG REPORTS OF A [...] (C) Summary and comment: Macau contacts dismiss allegations by Hong Kong activists that Beijing has a "second governing team" administering Macau (reftel). Most question why the central government would feel the need: Macau's government sticks close to the central line, and Macau people are f [...]	2009-05-22 09:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC CH HK
09HONGKONG976	CODEL PELOSI, ACTIVISTS DISCUSS CHINA'S LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Hong Kong-based human rights and labor activists Han Dongfang and Robin Munro told CODEL Pelosi May 29 that a maturing grassroots rights movement in China gives them hope, though pervasive corruption remains a major obstacle to protecting Chinese citizens' rights and wel [...]	2009-05-29 13:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ELAB ETRD OREP PELOSI
09HONGKONG977	CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH HONG KONG CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CODEL Pelosi May 29, Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang stressed the close economic links and shared values between the United States and Hong Kong. He also touted Hong Kong's efforts to address climate and energy issues, including government-to-government cooperat [...]	2009-05-29 13:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SENV ENRG
09HONGKONG983	MACAU CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION: BEIJING BLINKS? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Unless and until Macau Prosecutor General Ho Chio-meng throws his hat in the ring, it appears Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Fernando Chui Sai-on has a lock on Macau's July Chief Executive election. Ho's entry would likely be a signal Beijing had decided he [...]	2009-06-01 03:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH MC
09HONGKONG984	CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: A far-ranging meeting May 29 between CODEL Pelosi and seventeen of Hong Kong's most active (and vocal) legislators covered a range of issues, with pan-democratic legislators calling for U.S. support on human rights in China and Hong Kong's democratic development. Pro-establishment [...]	2009-06-01 03:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV ENRG
09HONGKONG985	CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH MARTIN LEE [...] (C) Summary: Veteran democratic politician Martin Lee warned CODEL Pelosi May 30 that Beijing was "reneging" on its promises of elections by universal suffrage, Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong, and a high degree of autonomy in matters specified in the Basic Law. He said Hong Kong people t [...]	2009-06-01 03:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF CH HK
09HONGKONG986	HONG KONG POLICE FOIL 2008 PLOT TO KILL MARTIN LEE [...] (C) Post expected press interest in pan-democratic leader Martin Lee's May 30 meeting with CODEL Pelosi (reftel). However, questions to Lee that morning from waiting press focused more on a front-page South China Morning Post (SCMP) story reporting police having foiled a planned attempt on Lee [...]	2009-06-01 03:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH HK
09ISLAMABAD1024	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: PAKISTAN LACKS EVIDENCE TO CONVICT TOP SUSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, the Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) granted an extension for filing the final charge sheet until May 23. While the FIA and prosecutors have been able to use the repeated extensions to gather more evidence, time is running out, and the prosecution does not/not have eno [...]	2009-05-12 15:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1042	GENERAL NADEEM ON IDP CRISIS, PLANS AND ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 14 meeting with the Ambassador, General Nadeem, Pakistan,s newly appointed IDP coordinator, estimated that the GOP will need approximately USD 500 million for up to 1.5 million IDPs through December. Nadeem put the total IDP number at 1.27 million (of which roughly 20 p [...]	2009-05-14 17:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PK EAID PTER
09ISLAMABAD1043	IRI POLL: NAWAZ CONTINUES TO GAIN GROUND [...] (C) Summary: The results of the latest International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, which was taken at the height of the lawyers' long march, unsurprisingly showed Nawaz Sharif continuing his lead over President Asif Zardari; Nawaz's approval rating stood at 75 percent compared to Zardari's [...]	2009-05-15 05:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1045	GOP'S POLITICAL OFFENSIVE ON SWAT [...] (C) Summary: Addressing the National Assembly May 14, PM Gilani briefed parliamentarians on the government's strategy in Swat, Northwest Frontier Province, particularly efforts to assist the displaced (IDPs) (reftels). He announced he would convene an all parties, conference on May 18; Chief o [...]	2009-05-15 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MOPS EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1058	ANNOUNCEMENT PLANS FOR PAKISTAN IDP ASSISTANCE APPEALS [...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 meeting with the GOP and donors, the UN announced it will delay official announcement of its appeal to May 22. This is to permit the GOP to launch its appeal first; donors will nonetheless receive timely information concerning the UN appeal. The GOP will ask for ful [...]	2009-05-15 18:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD106	SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan has now acknowledged the Mumbai attacker in Indian custody is a Pakistani and has begun a formal investigation designed to lead to prosecution of detained Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa members here. President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani need to be encouraged [...]	2009-01-17 12:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1064	UNHCR GUTERRES IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During separate May 15 briefings for Ambassador and the donor community, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said he was satisfied the GOP now understood the severity and complexity of the IDP challenge and believed the UN response was proceeding better than expect [...]	2009-05-17 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID UN PK
09ISLAMABAD1065	THE ALL PARTIES CONFERENCE GAMBLE [...] (C) Summary. Ahead of the All Parties Conference (APC) on May 18, Ambassador called both PM Gilani and Nawaz Sharif to encourage their support for a strong political statement endorsing military action. Gilani assured the Ambassador the APC would yield a broad political consensus for action [...]	2009-05-17 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1074	MODERATE RELIGIOUS LEADERS FIND THEIR VOICE [...] (C) Summary: Bolstered by the government's new determination to combat terrorism, usually quiet moderate Pakistani religious leaders have begun publicly to condemn the Taliban. The most vocal are the Barelvi leaders who have formed a new alliance, the Sunni Ittehad Council, to counter the Ta [...]	2009-05-18 11:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KISL PK
09ISLAMABAD1075	FRANCE OFFERS CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Pakistani newspapers reported on May 16 that French President Nicolas Sarkozy had offered a civilian nuclear deal to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during their meetings in Paris on May 15. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi quoted President Sarkozy as saying [...]	2009-05-18 12:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC PK
09ISLAMABAD1077	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK

09ISLAMABAD1079	IDP CRISIS UPDATE: MEETINGS WITH GOP, G8 HEADS OF [...] (C) Summary: At a May 18 meeting between GOP Economic Advisor Shaukat Tarin and G-8 Heads of Mission, Tarin said that while the government is focused on immediate IDP emergency needs, it also is looking at reconstruction in order to permit IDPs to return to their homes as soon as their area [...]	2009-05-18 15:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1080	IDP STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION PLAN [...] (C) Summary and action request: The GOP,s strategic communications plan for combating extremism remains nascent, under-resourced, and uncoordinated among civilian and military players. While the government realizes the importance to its military campaign of winning the hearts and minds battle [...]	2009-05-18 15:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD109	PAKISTAN BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON MUMBAI ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi and Interior Minister Malik briefed the diplomatic corps on Pakistan's ongoing investigation of the Mumbai attacks. Malik was annoyed the MFA declined to invite the Indians to the briefing, and he followed up with a separate brief [...]	2009-01-19 14:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1090	UN OCHA COORDINATION WITH GOP PRIOR TO MAY 21 [...] (C) In response to questions about the extent of coordination between the GOP and the UN with regard to the GOP-organized donors' meeting scheduled for May 21 and the formal announcement of the UN appeal on May 22, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Head Manuel Bessl [...]	2009-05-19 12:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1091	UN OCHA COORDINATION WITH GOP PRIOR TO MAY 21 [...] (C) In response to questions about the extent of coordination between the GOP and the UN with regard to the GOP-organized donors' meeting scheduled for May 21 and the formal announcement of the UN appeal on May 22, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Head Manuel Bes [...]	2009-05-19 12:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1098	NADEEM: IDP'S HOLDING AT 1.5 MILLION; [...] (C) Summary: IDP Special Support Group leader Lt General Nadeem told Ambassador and PO Peshawar May 29 that the number of IDPs was holding at 1.5 million but could grow to two million when military operations begin in the Waziristans. IDPs were returning to Bajaur in FATA; Buner was now safe fo [...]	2009-05-20 09:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1099	RESTORED CHIEF JUSTICE LOOKS INWARD, AVOIDS [...] (C) Summary: In the past two months since Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was restored to the bench, he has dealt with crucial national issues through court verdicts and policy pronouncements. He has ordered the quick disposal of cases, announced the intent to withdraw judges fro [...]	2009-05-20 12:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KJUS PK
09ISLAMABAD1100	UNOCHA DISCUSSES IDPS AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 20, Ambassador met with Rashid Khalikov, the New York Director of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),and Manuel Bessler, the Pakistan OCHA Director, to discuss the current internally displaced persons (IDP) situation. With the May 2009 revis [...]	2009-05-20 13:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IO PREF PHUM PINR PK PTER PREL PGOV
09ISLAMABAD1111	GOP PLEDGES REHABILITATION PACKAGE AND SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 21 conference with international relief organizations, diplomatic missions and donor agencies, Prime Minister Gilani announced Pakistan's three-pronged strategy for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) crisis: Relief, Return/Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction. Gilani [...]	2009-05-21 13:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IO PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1119	KAYANI IS â€œDESPERATEâ€ FOR HELICOPTERS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. In a two hour conversation with Ambassador May 23, Chief of Army Staff General Kayani told Ambassador he was "desperate" for helicopter support as he had only five MI-17s operational. Kayani insisted that Pakistani technicians were capable of doing required helicopte [...]	2009-05-25 03:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1123	CODEL LEAHY MEETS PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Codel Leahy, President Zardari described his recent trilateral meeting in Iran as being focused on controlling drug trafficking and expressed support for the Obama administration's outreach to Iran. Zardari asserted that he had political consensus for current Paki [...]	2009-05-26 01:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1141	SUPREME COURT DECLARES THE SHARIFS ELIGIBLE AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, the Supreme Court reversed its February 25 decision and declared both Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif eligible to run for and serve in public office. This seals the final reinstatement of Shahbaz Sharif as Chief Minister of Punjab and clears the way for Nawaz to run (and win [...]	2009-05-26 15:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1142	CJCS MAJID BRIEFS CODEL CARPER ON LATEST IN SWAT; [...] (C) Summary: Codel Carper, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 26 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Majid. Majid described his wish list for U.S. assistance -- precision-targeting weapons, more helicopters, and night vision equipment. The land push was going well, but the [...]	2009-05-26 15:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1165	PRIME MINISTER GILANI DISCUSSES SWAT, IDPS AND [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with Codel Carper on May 26, Prime Minister Gilani provided an update on the military's progress fighting militants in Swat and on GOP efforts to care for the approximately 2 million internally-displaced persons (IDPs) affected by the fighting. He requested the U. [...]	2009-05-28 14:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1166	KARACHI MAYOR PROMOTES AND PLEADS FOR HIS [...] (C) Summary: Karachi Mayor Mustafa Kamal met May 26 with the Ambassador and Codel Carper in Islamabad. The energetic 37-year old mayor of one of the world's largest cities jumped at the chance to showcase Karachi, Pakistan's "revenue engine," he said. The five senators were particularly inte [...]	2009-05-28 14:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1167	GILANI: "WE'RE ACHIEVING OUR TARGETS." [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani met May 25 with the Ambassador and Codel Leahy -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA). Gilani was uncharacteristically assertive, confident of the Pakistan military's success against the Swat [...]	2009-05-28 14:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD1168	CODEL LEAHY FIRST TO MEET RESTORED CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, Codel Leahy -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) -- and the Ambassador, paid a courtesy call on Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. This was the first meeting by an official U.S. delegation with C [...]	2009-05-28 14:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS MOPS EAID PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1173	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: HEARING POSTPONED TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) gave Pakistan's Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) another extension to file its final charge sheet. The FIA and GOP prosecutors appeared before new ATC judge Khadim Hussain to request additional time to organize the case against the arre [...]	2009-05-29 11:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1180	OCHA MEETS WITH IDP DONORS IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: In an informal meeting with donors, Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) officials Rashid Khalkov and Manuel Bessler, expressed concern that Bajaur and Buner are not yet ready to support IDP return. UN contingency planning for a Waziristan displacement may be mi [...]	2009-05-29 14:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1184	LOOKING AHEAD: SUPPORT FOR MILITARY/HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. Bolstered by ongoing popular and political support, the Pakistani security forces appear determined to win against militants. We expect a Waziristan campaign as early as late June. Meanwhile, Pakistan's military faces an entrenched enemy in Mingora, Swat, and the security situ [...]	2009-05-30 14:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MARR MOPS PREF PK
09ISLAMABAD1199	PM FINANCE ADVISOR ON ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting May 28 with the Ambassador, Shaukat Tarin, the Prime Minister's Advisor for Finance, said that, while he welcomed money coming through the budget, donors should direct their funding to the most effective and cost-efficient platforms for maximum impact. Tarin said th [...]	2009-06-02 12:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1200	PAKISTAN RECOMMENDS WORKING WITH AFRICANS ON SUDAN [...] (C) PolOff deliver June 2 ref demarche to Pakistan MFA Director for Human Rights Imran Ahmed Siddiqui. Siddiqui remarked that as a "Coordinator" for the Organization Islamic Conference (OIC),Pakistan was likely to defer to the wishes of fellow OIC member Sudan regarding any extension of the [...]	2009-06-02 13:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AORC PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD123	DCM MEETING WITH FORMER PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. During a January 12 meeting with DCM, Rustam Shah Mohman, former Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan and former Chief Secretary for the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),expressed his long-held view that most of Pakistan's problems in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) [...]	2009-01-21 04:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PK PREF PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1245	U.S. COAST GUARD RECOMMENDS GOP INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Program delegation visited Islamabad, Karachi and Port Qasim April 19-23. They evaluated Pakistan's compliance with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code of the International Maritime Organization and discuss [...]	2009-06-05 16:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON ETRD KHLS IMO PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1247	HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE TO BE APPEALED [...] (C) Summary: On June 2, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was ordered released from house arrest by the Lahore High Court (LHC). With no charges pending against him, the Court found no grounds for continuing Saeed's detention, which began November 26, 2008, stated the 20-page detailed ju [...]	2009-06-07 11:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KJUS PK IN
09ISLAMABAD1253	JUNE 8 MILITARY/SECURITY AND DISPLACED PERSONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the evening of June 6 a suicide bomber and accomplices attacked a police post in Islamabad. The blast killed three police and injured several others. Police claimed taking three accomplices of the bomber into custody. Also that evening, two detained top aides to militant [...]	2009-06-08 15:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1256	PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING UN ICSC VOTE [...] (C) PolOff delivered June 2 reftel demarche to MFA UN-III Director Dr. Ahsan Nabeel in support of the U.S. candidate for the United Nations International Civil Service Commission (UN ICSC). Nabeel noted that the ICSC election was not expected until November. While he committed to discuss the [...]	2009-06-08 16:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PK
09ISLAMABAD1270	CONCERN GROWS OVER TAX POLICY/ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with GOP officials and the IMF ResRep indicate little progress in both tax policy and tax administration reforms, cornerstones of the Fund's Standby Arrangement, in spite of high-level GOP commitments to make improving tax policy and collection a top priority (reftel) [...]	2009-06-10 10:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1272	JUNE 10 IDP UPDATE: UN PULLS PERSONNEL OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN has moved the majority of its personnel in Peshawar to Islamabad after the June 9 attack on the Pearl Continental hotel resulted in the deaths of two of its officials (septel). This repositioning, the duration of which has not yet been determined, will not prevent the UN [...]	2009-06-10 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PHUM PGOV AID PK
09ISLAMABAD1279	SRAP HOLBROOKE MEETS WITH ZARDARI AND SENIOR GOP [...] (C) Summa... [...]	2009-06-11 08:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1297	GILANI UPBEAT; ASKS FOR HELP ON MANY FRONTS [...] (C) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and the Ambassador met June 5 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani and several of his key Ministers. Gilani noted how much had changed politically since Holbrooke's last visit to Pakistan in Apri [...]	2009-06-13 08:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PINR PHUM ETRD EAID MOPS KJUS PK
09ISLAMABAD1299	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH FM QURESHI [...] (C) Summary: SRAP Holbrooke met with Foreign Minister Qureshi, Foreign Secretary Bashir and other Foreign Office officials on January 5. Qureshi said Pakistan was united under Zardari's civilian government, as the ongoing Pakistan military campaign to defeat the Taliban in Swat valley and n [...]	2009-06-13 09:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IN UN PK
09ISLAMABAD1319	PAKISTAN SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF NUCLEAR FUEL BANK, [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered reftel demarche soliciting support for international fuel bank proposals to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on June 15. Akhtar stated that Pakistan can support the idea of a fuel bank operated by the IAEA, but has r [...]	2009-06-15 14:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC IAEA ENRG TRGY PK
09ISLAMABAD1320	JUNE 15 SECURITY AND IDP REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The announcement by the governor of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) that the government would begin an offensive into South Waziristan Agency dominated headlines. In Malakand, military operations slowed as active resistance dwindled to pockets in Swat, Buner, and Lower Dir [...]	2009-06-15 15:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1360	IDPS RETURNING TO BUNER BUT INFRASTRUCTURE STILL [...] (U) Summary: Embassy representatives who traveled to Buner district in Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) on June 16 reported that residents are returning, with about half the shops and markets open. The representatives assessed infrastructure and reported that, while roadways were in good s [...]	2009-06-19 16:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1374	IDP UPDATE: MINGORA ELECTRIFIED; UNHCR GAINS [...] (C) Summary: On June 21, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) celebrated Pakistan's historic World Cup cricket victory: Pakistan's cricket captain dedicated the victory in London to the plight of the IDPs, and camp residents danced to and cheered the win which was televised. Services, includin [...]	2009-06-22 14:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1385	PESHAWAR: KILLING OF ANTI-BAITULLAH MILITANT [...] (C) Summary: The June 23 assassination of Mehsud militant commander Qari Zainuddin, presumably sponsored by rival Baitullah Mehsud's Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),removes a key element of the Pakistani government's planned campaign in South Waziristan Agency (SWA). Qari Zainuddin, who oppos [...]	2009-06-24 09:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD1386	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF [...] (C) The government continued low-intensity fighting during the first full week in June with pockets of militants in Swat, Buner, Shangla, and Lower Dir. The latter showed that they pose a continued threat by destroying schools in Lower Dir and Buner, and resuming kidnappings of civilians in [...]	2009-06-24 09:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1387	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF [...] (C) The Pakistani government signaled that the long-awaited offensive in the Mehsud areas of South Waziristan was imminent, but limited its action in the area to aerial and artillery bombardment. Meanwhile, its ongoing precursor action in Frontier Region Bannu drew to a close with an agree [...]	2009-06-24 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1408	PAKISTAN COMMITS TO GETTING OFF TIP WATCH LIST [...] (C) Summary: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa called in A/PolCouns and PolOff June 17 -- the day after the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report placed Pakistan on the Tier 2 Watch List (WL) -- to commit Pakistan to those measures which would result in a better [...]	2009-06-26 08:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB SMIG PK
09ISLAMABAD141	CONSEQUENCES OF A ZARDARI-NAWAZ SHOWDOWN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 14:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD1411	IDP UPDATE: MOI DECLARES SWAT SECURE, DEBIT CARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 24, Minister of Interior Rehman Malik announced that Swat and Malakand division were now secure from terrorists and IDPs could return home once the infrastructure was restored. Many displaced families living in IDP camps, particularly those from Buner, are beginning to [...]	2009-06-26 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IO PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD143	USCENTCOM PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting January 20 with USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador, President Asif Zardari welcomed the "new beginning" of the Obama Administration, urging both countries' military commanders to "revisit the map" on how to jointly fight regional extremi [...]	2009-01-23 08:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1437	PML-N WARNS NSA JONES THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor General James Jones joined Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and several other Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leaders for lunch on June 25. The PML-N leaders explained to NSA Jones that Pakistani public opinion currently supported the war agains [...]	2009-06-30 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1465	PAKISTAN IMPLEMENTING UN SANCTIONS ON DPRK, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarches supporting implementation of United Nations Security Council sanctions on the DPRK, Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director at Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff on June 30 that Pakistan has issued a Statutory Regulatory Order to appl [...]	2009-07-01 16:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PARM EFIN PK
09ISLAMABAD1469	BUNER BEGINS TO RECOVER FROM EFFECTS OF TALIBAN [...] (C) Summary: Several assessment missions to the Buner district of Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) by U.S. mission personnel and contractors and by United Nations (UN) personnel over the past two weeks have revealed that life there is gradually returning to normal, two months after the begi [...]	2009-07-02 09:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1507	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: ANTI-TERRORISM COURT [...] (C) Summary: There has been no movement in Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on the Mumbai prosecution case since May 23. The ATC in Rawalpindi has not had a judge on its bench to hear the case and thus no formal indictment has been filed against the five Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) suspects in [...]	2009-07-06 13:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD155	CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PAKISTAN COAS [...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus, accompanied by the Ambassador, J5 Major General Robert Allardice and POLAD Michael Gfoeller, met with Pakistan Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani on January 20. Kayani was accompanied by his Director General Military Operations, M [...]	2009-01-24 12:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MAR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD156	CENTCOM GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met January 20 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani. The Prime Minister complained about the rolling electricity blackouts throughout the country, blaming the Musharraf administration for the lack of capacity. Businesses [...]	2009-01-24 12:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1562	PAKISTAN'S OPTIONS ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF [...] (C) Summary: In late June, Embassy Energy Attach was given a pre-publication draft of a paper (ref) written by Kurshid Khan, an officer formerly with the Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs Section of Pakistan's Strategic Plans Division (SPD). The paper details Pakistan's views and options [...]	2009-07-13 06:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK
09ISLAMABAD1568	MEETING WITH UN U/SG JOHN HOLMES: AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In a July 10 meeting with UN Under Secretary John Holmes, Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Mogwanja and UN staff, the Ambassador stressed the importance of getting UN humanitarian assistance into Buner and Swat as soon as possible, the need for the UN to undertake donor coordinatio [...]	2009-07-13 16:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1586	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: LATEST TIME LINE [...] (C) The next hearing date for the Mumbai attacks prosecution is July 18. The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) and Pakistani prosecutors expect to file their formal charge sheet on July 18. The five suspects in custody, Zaki ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Hammad Ameen Sadiq, Mazhar Iqbal (aka al Qama),[...]	2009-07-15 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1589	PUNJAB WITHDRAWS ITS APPEAL AGAINST HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, to the surprise of the federal government, the Punjab Advocate General withdrew his province's appeal to the Supreme Court challenging the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed. Punjab provincial officials cite a lack of evidence and cooperation from the federal gov [...]	2009-07-15 13:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1607	AQ KHAN DEFENDS PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary: In his periodic column in the July 15 edition of Pakistan daily "The News," A.Q. Khan further tested the boundaries of his "gag order" with an expansive defense of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. This article, like previous ones, seeks to burnish his credentials as the "fath [...]	2009-07-17 09:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK
09ISLAMABAD1658	ZARDARI AND NAWAZ MEET IN RAIWIND [...] (C) Summary: On July 17, President Zardari and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met outside of Lahore at Sharif's Raiwind estate and discussed ongoing military operations in Pakistan and potential constitutional changes in their first meeting since the Long March crisis. The relationship b [...]	2009-07-21 08:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1674	PAKISTAN WAITING FOR INDIA TO RESTART DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The GOP urged the GOI to restart Composite Dialogue talks during July 14 and 16 meetings between Foreign Secretaries and Prime Ministers in Egypt. India refused, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Afrasiab. The talks were detailed, however; and of merit o [...]	2009-07-22 10:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IN PK
09ISLAMABAD1684	SUPREME COURT SUMMONS MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan,s Supreme Court is hearing a case, which actually combines two separate petitions, that may be the first of several legal challenges to the constitutionality of former President Musharraf,s actions on November 3, 2007, when he suspended the constitution, declared a state [...]	2009-07-23 15:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1726	TRANSIT TRADE ISLAMABAD ROUND: SMUGGLING STILL THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 13:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK
09ISLAMABAD1737	A/S SCHWARTZ'S MEETING WITH LT. GEN. NADEEM, [...] (C) Summary: In a July 24 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Migration and Refugees Eric Schwartz, Lt. General Nadeem Ahmad outlined the planned assumption by the Provincial Relief, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority (PaRRSA) of programmatic responsibility for the GOP's co [...]	2009-07-29 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD1739	ICRC ON THE DISPLACED IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 23 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Eric Schwartz, International Committee of the Red Cross Head of Delegation Pascal Cuttat expressed concern over the speed of government-facilitated IDP return from the camps and the coerci [...]	2009-07-29 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1740	UNHCR ON THE DISPLACED IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Eric Schwartz, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative Guenet Guebre Christos and staff requested that the United States Government make clear to the Government of [...]	2009-07-29 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1770	MOTIVATIONS AND CONCERNS REGARDING EXPEDITED [...] (C) Summary: Below is an e-mail account providing a timeline of events for the expedited return of displaced persons from Yar Hussain camp, Swabi, in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. It is followed by a review, from an NGO perspective, of some of the likely considerations and mot [...]	2009-07-31 08:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1782	SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO TAKE UP TREASON APPEAL [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Court Justice Iftikar Chaudhry said July 30 the Court would not take up an appeal to charge former President Musharraf with treason. The appeal had emerged during an ongoing case being heard by the Court which challenges the constitutionality of Musharraf's actions in [...]	2009-07-31 16:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD180	ANOTHER CABINET EXPANSION; MQM JOINS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Asif Zardari swore in four more federal ministers on January 26, two from the religious Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party (JUI-F, including Fazlur Rehman's brother) and two from the Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM). With this move, Zardari formally brings MQM and i [...]	2009-01-28 14:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1809	HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR FOR PAKISTAN: [...] (C) In a July 22 meeting between Ambassador Holbrooke and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir indicated unequivocally that his government would support the appointment of a high-level UN humanitarian assistance coordinator for Pakistan. His agreement c [...]	2009-08-05 11:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PREF EAID PGOV UN PK
09ISLAMABAD1816	HAFIZ SAEED CASE ADJOURNED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE [...] (C) On August 3, the Pakistani Supreme Court once again adjourned the appeal hearing concerning Hafiz Saeed. This follows the July 14 Punjab Advocate General's withdrawal of his province's appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) leader Hafiz Saeed (See Reft [...]	2009-08-05 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD183	UPDATE ON PAKISTAN IDP SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. As of January 23, the population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the conflict-afflicted areas of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) continued to rise, with approximately 10,000 families living in the twelve establi [...]	2009-01-28 14:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER MOPS
09ISLAMABAD1845	MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: ABSCONDER ARRESTED [...] (C) On August 5, the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) arrested a sixth suspect, Jamil Ahmed, allegedly linked with the Mumbai terror attacks. Ahmed was arrested after the Government of Saudi Arabia passed information they had from an Interpol lead. Ahmed had allegedly sent money from Saudi Ara [...]	2009-08-07 13:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1846	PAKISTAN'S FIA ON COUNTERING TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with the Treasury Advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa said counter-terrorist financing efforts had limited external sources of funds available to Al-Qaida and Tar [...]	2009-08-07 14:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KJUS AF PK
09ISLAMABAD1896	ZARDARI TO REFORM FATA GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: At midnight on August 14, Pakistani Independence Day, President Zardari plans to unveil a reform package significantly changing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extending the Political Parties Act. Zardari's new ordinance will remove some of the draconian aspects of the F [...]	2009-08-14 05:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1900	ZARDARI TO REFORM FATA GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: At midnight on August 14, Pakistani Independence Day, President Zardari plans to unveil a reform package significantly changing the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extending the Political Parties Act. Zardari's new ordinance will remove some of the draconian aspects of the F [...]	2009-08-14 05:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2070	LAHORE HIGH COURT RULING ON A.Q. KHAN [...] (C) Summary: On August 28, The Lahore High Court (LHC) issued a show-cause notice to the federal government instructing it to justify its prevention of movements requested by nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan. The court scheduled a hearing for September 4 at which the federal governmen [...]	2009-08-29 11:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2074	PAKISTANI SECURITY FORCES ACCUSED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN MALAKAND DIVISION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-30 12:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PK PTER
09ISLAMABAD2115	SRAP HOLBROOKE' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In their August 17 meeting, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin told Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke that the Ministry of Finance had missed budget targets because of large outlays for IDPs and the military, as well as a large unexpected withdrawal [...]	2009-09-03 14:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PGOV PHUM PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2139	FINANCE MINISTER ON PAKISTAN'S BUDGET WOES, TOKYO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said the GOP had included $2 billion in Tokyo Pledges in its budget but was grappling with a shortfall in actual donor assistance. He asked that the USG provide $650 million in cash through the GOP to cov [...]	2009-09-04 11:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK
09ISLAMABAD2161	NGOS DISCUSS ASSISTANCE AND SECURITY IN SWAT [...] (C) Summary: In September 4 discussions, representatives from 14 international non-governmental organizations (INGOs),the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that humanitarian relief was being delivered in [...]	2009-09-08 13:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2162	FORMER RULING PARTY PML SPLITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following weeks of wrangling within the former ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) about the intra-party electoral process, and on the heels of the July 20 national-level party elections in which Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was reelected unopposed as PML president, dissident part [...]	2009-09-08 13:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD2184	INTERIOR MINISTER REHMAN MALIK'S SEPTEMBER 7 MEETING WITH CODEL SMITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS KNNP IN AF PK
09ISLAMABAD2208	CODEL CASEY'S AUGUST 25 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting with CODEL Casey, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan emphasized the need for a long-term enduring partnership between the United States and Pakistan. He argued for increased trade preferences for Pakistani goods through the lo [...]	2009-09-11 13:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL PTER AF PK
09ISLAMABAD2209	PESHAWAR: "HERE I COME AGAIN" OPERATION IN BARA [...] (C) Summary: After just over a week of fighting under the "Here I Come Again" operation in Khyber Agency, the joint army/Frontier Corps/Frontier Constabulary/police actions in Bara tehsil appear to be drawing to a close as army and Frontier Corps troops are pulled out to concentrate on other [...]	2009-09-11 13:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2231	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ENCOURAGING EXPANDED PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 13:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PK PREF
09ISLAMABAD2232	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ENCOURAGING MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) On September 15, Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche encouraging governments to respond favorably to meeting requests from Government of Kosovo representatives at UNGA to Zaheer Pervaiz Khan, MFA Director General for the Foreign Minister's Office. Khan gave no substantive reply, bu [...]	2009-09-15 13:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KV PK
09ISLAMABAD2233	PAKISTAN WILL FOLLOW NAM ON IAEA GENERAL [...] (C) PolOff raised U.S. concerns about Middle East issues at the IAEA General Conference (reftel) with Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament Director General Irfan Yusuf Shami on September 15. Shami agreed that Middle East issues are likely to be problematic this year and recognize [...]	2009-09-15 14:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC PARM IAEA EG IS PK
09ISLAMABAD2285	PAKISTAN WILL OBSERVE CTBT CONFERENCE, BUT [...] (C) PolOff raised GOP participation in the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Article XIV Conference (reftel) with MFA Disarmament Director General Irfan Yusuf Shami on September 18. Shami reported that Pakistan will be an observer at the conference, as it has been since 1998. He indicat [...]	2009-09-18 14:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL KTBT PGOV MNUC PK
09ISLAMABAD2288	PRIME MINISTER GILANI OUTLINES GOP PLANS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long meeting September 18, Prime Minister Gilani said the Malakand campaign against extremist groups is 70 percent completed. He emphasized the need to undertake reconstruction and rehabilitation in the region, not only to help the population there but also to convi [...]	2009-09-20 09:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PTER PREL SNAR PINS PREF AMGT PHUM
09ISLAMABAD2289	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION ORDINANCE MAY BE THE [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court's decision to return the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to the National Assembly for action has left the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government with a Hobbesian choice between taking public responsibility for passage of this very unpopular legislation [...]	2009-09-21 12:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2290	ASSESSMENT OF PRESIDENT ZARDARI'S FIRST YEAR IN [...] (C) Summary: When Asif Ali Zardari took oath as Pakistan's President on September 9, 2008, he inherited a series of intersecting political, economic, and security crises for which the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led coalition government appeared ill-equipped. One year later, Zardari appears [...]	2009-09-21 13:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL ECON EAID ENRG MOPS PK IN AF
09ISLAMABAD2292	FINANCE MINISTER TARIN MEETS LEW, ASKS FOR US [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 11:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK ECON ETRD EAID EFIN
09ISLAMABAD230	ZARDARI IN NO HURRY TO CEDE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif has a new populist cause-- pressuring President Zardari and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to fulfill their Charter of Democracy pledge to repeal Musharraf-era constitutional changes that transferred power from the Prime Minister to the President. Zardari inherite [...]	2009-02-03 13:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2311	PAKISTAN'S DRAFT AFGHAN MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND [...] (C) Summary: The final step necessary to extend the permitted stay of Afghan refugees in Pakistan through 2012 is issuance of an executive order by the Prime Minister. A draft Afghan strategy is in the final stages of governmental consideration and will go to the Prime Minister and the Cabin [...]	2009-09-24 14:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL EAID PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD237	BAHAWALPUR: GROWING MILITANT RECRUITMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: In discussing research findings for her new book on extremism, Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa outlined to A/DCM how a decline in the old socio-economic order in southern Punjab was slowly radicalizing the region. She described how a failing agricultural system, absentee landlords, poor educa [...]	2009-02-04 12:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2382	FATA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS RESIGN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, PolCouns met with Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Members of the National Assembly (MNA) Munir Khan Orakzai and Shaukat Ullah, and their colleague FATA Senator Rasheed Ahmed. The meeting followed the recent announcement by three federal ministers and [...]	2009-10-02 12:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2384	UPDATE ON DISPLACEMENT, RETURN, ASSISTANCE, AND [...] (U) Summary and introduction: According to the Government of Pakistan, approximately 1.85 million of the roughly 2.7 million displaced Pakistanis (69 percent) had returned to their areas of origin as of September 25. Ongoing military operations to clear remaining pockets of insurgent resistan [...]	2009-10-03 07:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL EAID MOPS SNAR PK
09ISLAMABAD2385	GOP SUGGESTS DISCUSSION ON INDIAN NUCLEAR ISSUES [...] (C) PolOff met with MFA Disarmament Director General Dr. Irfan Yusuf Shami on September 30 and conveyed reftel points regarding Pakistani concerns about a possible Indian nuclear test. Shami reiterated the GOP perception that India may be preparing for a nuclear test, but when pressed on the [...]	2009-10-03 11:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IN PK
09ISLAMABAD239	PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT STABILIZES [...] (C) Summary. Despite media speculation and rumor, PM Gilani's government is now stable, and President Zardari's position is now secure. Nawaz Sharif may be the most popular leader in Pakistan, but Zardari has added the Muttahida Quami Movement, soon perhaps to be joined by the Pakistan Musl [...]	2009-02-04 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2391	PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE - NAWAZ MOVING TOWARDS [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif stated that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is moving towards forcing mid-term legislative elections due to the poor performance and growing unpopularity of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government. Shahbaz viewed these moves towar [...]	2009-10-05 16:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
09ISLAMABAD2393	KERRY-LUGAR LEGISLATION CRITICIZED BY OPPOSITION, [...] (C) Summary: During an October 5 National Assembly session, the opposition PML-N sharply criticized the Kerry-Lugar bill's perceived conditionality, while the PPP defended the government's approach toward the legislation and maintained that the conditions are in synch with Pakistan's own inte [...]	2009-10-05 20:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD2398	REQUEST TO CREATE AND NOTIFY FMS CASE FOR F-16 [...] (C) Summary: The Country Team requests the Department create and notify to Congress a new $150 million FMS case, which would use a mix of FMF and national funds, for the 5-year, 24/7 U.S. technology security presence mandated by the security notes for the Pakistan F-16 LOAs. End Summary. [...]	2009-10-06 03:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD2417	PAKISTAN WELCOMES GICNT UPDATE, BUT CAUTIOUS ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche updating partners on enhanced implementation of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director at Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 6. (Despite repeated attempts, PolOff was not able to ma [...]	2009-10-07 03:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC KGIC PK
09ISLAMABAD2431	PAKISTAN WELCOMES PROGRESS ON IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 06:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER

09ISLAMABAD2487	STATUS OF DANIEL PEARL MURDER CASE AND OMAR SAEED SHEIKH [...] (C) On August 13, the Sindh High Court yet again continued the adjournment in the appellate case of Omar Saeed Sheikh, the convicted murderer of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl. According to Pakistani legal experts, the refusal of the Court to hear the appeal or set a date for further hearings places [...]	2009-10-14 12:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK

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