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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09KABUL2528IEC PLAYS IT SAFE IN PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced the preliminary results August 25 of approximately 10 percent of all polling stations nationwide, results that appear to have been calculated to quell increasing tensions over alleged fraud and to defuse potentially dangerous [...]
2009-08-25 16:41:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL256MOI ATMAR MAKES THE CASE FOR THE AFGHAN PUBLIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Since mid-January, Minister of Interior Atmar, with the support of COMUSFOR-A/COMISAF GEN McKiernan (reftel),has launched an energetic outreach initiative on behalf of the Afghan Public Protection Program (APPP). Atmar has lauded the program as a way to improve community securit [...]
2009-02-04 07:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS KDEM AF
09KABUL259FINANCE MINISTER MAY ENTER PRESIDENTIAL RACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Anwarulhaq Ahadi signaled this week he may resign from the Cabinet and run for president. The Afghan Millat party's executive committee, which Ahadi heads, announced Tuesday it had decided to drop its nominal support for President Karzai and endorse Ahadi. Ahadi [...]
2009-02-04 14:04:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL2599BADGHIS: GOVERNOR ARMAN REQUESTS MORE US ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Summary: A subdued but confident Badghis Governor Delbar Jan Arman told Ambassador Eikenberry on August 13 that the situation in his province is difficult and getting worse. He requested U.S. support, both in troops and diplomatic efforts, to help overcome the lack of activity on the par [...]
2009-08-29 07:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL263IRAN EVICTING AFGHAN MIGRANTS, PUSHING TO CONVERT
[...] (C) Summary: Iran continues to deport (illegal) Afghan economic immigrants at the rate of about 1,400 a day, despite Afghanistan's top refugee official's announcement that he had convinced Iran to stop deporting refugees and economic migrants through the winter. The official has since priva [...]
2009-02-05 11:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL AF IR
09KABUL2636PRO-KARZAI MPS ASK EMBASSY CLARIFICATION OF U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Election Team Ambassador Carney reiterated to a meeting of 40 pro-Karzai MPs our position of neutrality regarding presidential candidates and our commitment to helping the Afghan people achieve a successful and credible electoral process. Ambassador Eik [...]
2009-08-31 14:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2657RESPONSE TO RFG: AFGHAN SHI'A LAW ON COUNCIL AGENDA
[...] (U) This is in response to USNATO request for guidance on how NATO should respond to the revised Shia Personal Status Law (SPSL) (ref A). 2. (U) We recommend NATO focus its attention on improving women's rights in Afghanistan by supporting Afghan civil society. At this time, the majori [...]
2009-09-01 13:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2658FM BILDT AGREES ON NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt agreed, in an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Eikenberry, to a post-election course of action for the international community in Afghanistan. Minister Bildt expressed his fears over Afghan perceptions of the upcoming conference of Special Represent [...]
2009-09-01 14:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2660AFGHAN ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE NUMBERS AND THE
[...] (C) Summary. At 47.8 percent of results announced on August 31, Hamid Karzai leads with 45.9 percent of valid votes and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has 33.3 percent. Post projections, based on informal extrapolation from currently available data, have Karzai finishing at 49.5 percent and Abdull [...]
2009-09-01 16:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2685LATEST ELECTIONS RESULTS AND THE COMPLAINTS
[...] (SBU) With 60.3% percent of polling station results announced as of September 2, Karzai has 1,744,428 votes (47.3 percent) with Abdullah at 1,201,838 votes (32.6 percent). The 3,689,715 valid votes counted so far suggest a nationwide vote count of approximately 6 million votes. This total i [...]
2009-09-04 14:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2689AFGHANISTAN NOT AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR U.N. HUMAN
[...] (C) With the outcome of the 2009 presidential election unresolved and the existence of high-profile human rights issues, Embassy Kabul believes Afghanistan is currently not an ideal candidate for a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council (ref A). 2. (C) It is unclear whether the [...]
2009-09-06 15:08:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN AF
09KABUL2713KARZAI'S RESPONSE TO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES RENEWS
[...] (SBU) An airstrike in Kunduz province provoked a new round of criticism from President Karzai against international forces. Stating that he was "deeply saddened" by the event and that "targeting civilian men and women is not acceptable," President Karzai's comments were the latest in a series [...]
2009-09-07 11:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2715AFGHANISTAN CONCERNED OVER IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) While sharing many of the United States' concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions, several bilateral issues with Iran are likely to limit the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan GIRoA) from taking a strong public stance against Iran at this time. In our September 5 briefing [...]
2009-09-07 11:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2756FORMER EXILED TRIBAL LEADER PROMISES TO IMPROVE
[...] (C) Summary: Former mujahidin commander and Nangarhar power broker Haji Zaman Gomsharick, widely considered to be the most influential leader of the Khogyani tribe, met with the Jalalabad PRT State Department representative on August 10. Haji Zaman, who recently ended seven years of exile in [...]
2009-09-10 06:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS AF
09KABUL2758NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI STUMPS FOR LOYA JIRGA
[...] (C) At an August 30 iftar, Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai said he had drafted a comprehensive post-election peace plan comprising three key points: the convening of a Loya Jirga to address national security, the establishment of a small council of presidential advisors on finance and secu [...]
2009-09-10 07:03:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID KJUS SCUL MOPS MASS ECON
09KABUL2765AFGHANS DIVIDED OVER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AS
[...] (C) Summary: Statements by tribal elders, opinion makers, and political leaders from across Afghanistan suggest a country that is deeply divided over the legitimacy of the presidential election, the validity of the vote count, and on what a second round would mean. Local media reports in the [...]
2009-09-10 12:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2767TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN KARZAI AND ABDULLAH CAMPS
[...] (C) Summary: Tensions between Karzai and Abdullah supporters have risen somewhat since the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) September 8 release of near total preliminary results, demonstrated by a dispute between pro-Karzai Minister of Interior Atmar and Pro-Abdullah Balkh Governor A [...]
2009-09-10 13:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2810UK PRIME MINISTER BROWN VISITS HELMAND; WELCOMES ANSF FOCUS AND SEEKS METRICS TO MEASURE WAR EFFORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited Camp Leatherneck (Helmand province) August 30 and met with Ambassador Eikenberry, COMISAF General McChrystal, and 2d MEB Commanding General, BrigGen Larry Nicholson. The PM noted close cooperation between U.S. and British military units in souther [...]
2009-09-16 06:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MASS EAID AF PAK UK
09KABUL2815ELECTORAL REFORM BILL UNLIKELY, FOR NOW
[...] (C) While the Electoral Bill is currently listed on the parliamentary calendar as a priority bill, the Ministry of Justice asserts that altering the bill at this point is not allowed because the scheduled May 2010 parliamentary elections are less than a year away. However, most MPs ascertain [...]
2009-09-16 13:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2830KABUL ELECTIONS: WHAT DO ORDINARY AFGHANS THINK?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite high-level consternation among Afghan and international circles, informal polling of ordinary Afghans indicates an apparent higher level of satisfaction with the recent presidential election. Afghans polled through PRTs uniformly expressed pride in what they see as a ge [...]
2009-09-19 06:08:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2831BASHARDOST PREACHES POPULIST GOSPEL TO AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with presidential candidate and MP Ramazan Bashardost at his tent near Parliament on September 14. Bashardost was congenial, often quoting U.S. Presidents like John F. Kennedy, and noting his strong support of President Obama. The Ambassador congratulated Bas [...]
2009-09-19 06:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2833KABUL ELECTIONS: WHAT DO ORDINARY AFGHANS THINK?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite high-level consternation among Afghan and international circles, informal polling of ordinary Afghans indicates an apparent higher level of satisfaction with the recent presidential election. Afghans polled through PRTs uniformly expressed pride in what they see as a ge [...]
2009-09-19 06:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2835KARZAI CONFIDENT, CONCILIATORY AT SEPTEMBER 17
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai appears to be feeling confident enough about his prospects for re-election that in his September 17 media appearance he set aside his recent bitter edge in comments about the United States. Though he continued to blame the international media for exaggerating r [...]
2009-09-19 09:29:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL2917FALSE RUMORS OF ABDULLAH'S CABINET LIST
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan politicians are abuzz over rumors that Abdullah has released his cabinet list, although Abdullah's spokesperson has announced that the list did not originate from the Abdullah campaign. Abdullah and many of Abdullah's supposed ministerial picks accuse the Karzai campaig [...]
2009-09-20 06:23:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2918BAMYAN GOVERNOR SAROBI PERCEIVES GROWING IRANIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Bamyan Governor Habiba Sarobi revealed data to PRT DoS rep and PRT Commander showing that Karzai and Bashardost each captured approximately 49,000 votes in Bamyan. She stressed that rifts between Mohaqiq and Kalili and between MP Akbari and Deputy Governor Fahimi hurt Karzai, st [...]
2009-09-20 06:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR AF IR
09KABUL2919POST-ELECTION DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS GAIN MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary: Some Afghan analysts and officials are forecasting potentially dire scenarios that could unfold following the announcement of the final election results. A former Afghan diplomat and political analyst, who currently works for UNAMA, predicts "a gathering storm in the north," w [...]
2009-09-20 07:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL2933AFGHAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS TRANSBOUNDARY WATER
[...] (C) Summary: After years of official reluctance to negotiate with its neighbors on transboundary water issues, Afghan government officials received the go-ahead from President Karzai to discuss capacity building for government negotiators. Before donors begin large-scale irrigation, drinking [...]
2009-09-21 15:30:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALENRG EAID SENV ECON PREL AF
09KABUL2965COMMERCE MINISTER OUTLINES VISION FOR AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE TALKS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-26 12:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR EAID PREL AF PK
09KABUL2969BUILDING A POLICE FORCES IN BABAJI, HELMAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Helmand has a critical shortage of trained police. To address this challenge U.S. Special Forces, Task Force 72, will begin training 100 Afghans in the Babaji area. This force will be trained at FOB Price, and after they complete their training the new police will be based in th [...]
2009-09-27 06:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS KJUS AF PAK
09KABUL2992GHAZNI CITY CALM AFTER VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS OVER
[...] (C) Summary: Ghazni City remains calm following the violent September 10 demonstrations in response to the death of Mullah Shams, a prominent local cleric. In the aftermath of the demonstrations, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) moved to control the situation and arrest those responsibl [...]
2009-09-28 06:00:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC AF
09KABUL2999WHAT AFGHAN WOMEN WANT: A VIEW FROM KABUL'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Over thirty female public and private sector professionals shared their concerns, hopes, and laughter with fifteen Embassy counterparts on recent news from the elections, increasing violence in the Northern provinces, and the problem of sexual harassment in universities, among o [...]
2009-09-28 13:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM ECON PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL30NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI PONDERS PRESIDENTIAL RUN
[...] (C) Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai told PRT he would announce his candidacy for president if he received a green light from the United States. PRT informed Sherzai any decision to announce his candidacy would be his own. Sherzai believes his record as governor proves he would be an eff [...]
2009-01-06 07:20:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3035BAMYAN GOVERNOR WORRIED ABOUT POST-ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In early September meetings with PRT Bamyan,s DOS rep, the Governor of Bamyan Province Habiba Sarobi confided that she is &very worried8 about Afghanistan's post-election stability, indicating that trouble could come &from the North.8 She lamented President Karzai,s decision to [...]
2009-09-29 15:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV EMIN ENRG AF
09KABUL3036AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE TALKS BACK ON TRACK
[...] (C) Summary: In the Foreign Minister,s absence, Deputy Foreign Minister Farahi agreed late September 28 to release the Foreign Ministry,s hold on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) re-export/smuggling study, according to Commerce Minister Shahrani. However, the Deputy Fo [...]
2009-09-29 16:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL AF PK
09KABUL3068AHMED WALI KARZAI AND GOVERNOR WEESA ON GOVERNANCE
[...] (C) Summary: in a lengthy and cordial introductory meeting with Kandahar Provincial Council Chief Ahmed Wali Karzai (AWK) and Governor Tooryalai Weesa, Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) for the South Frank Ruggiero underscored the need for improved governance in Kandahar, and highlighted th [...]
2009-10-03 04:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM MOPS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3070AFGHAN MINISTERS UPBEAT ON MEETING NEXT FIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-03 08:35:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS MOPS EAID AF
09KABUL3079COMISAF TALKS SECURITY, ELECTIONS, RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary: On September 15, COMISAF, Deputy Commander US forces Afghanistan LTGEN Rodriguez and RC-East Commander MG Scaparotti conducted a Battlefield Circulation (BFC) in Ghazni. Aside from meeting with Task Force White Eagle commanders, COMISAF held separate discussions with Ghazni Pro [...]
2009-10-04 05:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM MOPS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL309KABUL APPEALS COURT AGAIN DELAYS DECISION IN DARI
[...] (C) Most observers expected the Kabul Appeals Court to rule February 8 on the appeal of two individuals sentenced to 20-year prison sentences for publishing a Dari translation of the Koran without accompanying Arabic verses. The session ended without decision, and the presiding judge scheduled [...]
2009-02-10 12:41:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL3093POLITICAL RALLY STYMIED BY KARZAI
[...] (SBU) Summary: A 250-participant political rally to call for an interim government not led by Karzai was likely stymied by the Presidential Palace on October 1. The Afghan National Police (ANP) blocked the event for about two hours. Presidential palace interference seems further confirmed by [...]
2009-10-04 14:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3095POLITICAL RALLY STYMIED BY KARZAI
[...] (SBU) Summary: A 250-participant political rally to call for an interim government not led by Karzai was likely stymied by the Presidential Palace on October 1. The Afghan National Police (ANP) blocked the event for about two hours. Presidential palace interference seems further confirmed by [...]
2009-10-04 14:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3101Security and Social Issues at Aynak Copper Mine
[...] (C) Summary: Problems are delaying progress on the massive Chinese Aynak copper mine project, Afghanistan?s single largest foreign investment to date totaling almost USD 3 billion in infrastructural investment. While the mine has twice the police force of the rest of Logar province and benefits fro [...]
2009-10-05 13:31:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV ENRG PREL SENV AF
09KABUL3103THE CABINET SELECTION PROCESS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Afghan President has the right to select members of the Cabinet, with the endorsement of the Parliament Lower House, according to the Afghan Constitution. Ministry nominations have been rejected by the Lower House on a few occasions, and the Lower House has also issued "no c [...]
2009-10-05 18:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3156THREE ALLEGED JUVENILE DETAINEES IN GOOD HEALTH;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 16, EmbOffs, CSTC-A detainee attorney John Torresala and CSTC-A Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) Embedded Training Team (ETT) Director Col. Thomas Cantwell visited the Kabul Juvenile Detention Center to meet with three juvenile detainees transferred from the [...]
2009-10-06 15:59:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3167BALKH GOVERNOR ATTA CHARGES GIROA ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) Summary: Governor of Balkh Province Atta Mohammad Noor has accused Minister of Interior Mohammad Hanif Atmar of plotting to destabilize Afghanistan's northern region and to assassinate him because of his support for presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah. He charged that in a recent m [...]
2009-10-07 13:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC TU AF
09KABUL3182AFGHAN MINISTER - AND FORMER MUJAHID - SLAMS
[...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Government, army, and police need to change their tactics and the Afghan Government should identify and reach out to leaders who can mobilize the population against the Taliban, Mohammed Ismail Khan, Afghan Minister of Water and Energy told Coordinating Director for D [...]
2009-10-09 14:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON AF
09KABUL3189AFGHANISTAN'S ECONOMIC LINKS TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan relies on Iran for about 15% of its electric power and 6% of its manufactured goods and food imports, according to official statistics. NATO forces also ship goods to Afghanistan via Iran as alternatives to Pakistani border crossings. Most of this merchandise and en [...]
2009-10-10 11:48:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV ENRG PREL AF
09KABUL319PARLIAMENT EXERCISES CHECK ON KARZAI THROUGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Parliament's Lower House confirmed two Cabinet nominees and rejected a third this week. The votes concluded another chapter in President Karzai's often rocky relationship with legislators, who have turned to Cabinet confirmations and no-confidence votes as one of their few check [...]
2009-02-12 10:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL321PRT ZABUL: IT'S HOT IN QALAT
[...] (C) The situation in Zabul province grows increasingly tense, following a February 6 Special Forces operation near Shar-e-safa that killed six, captured three, and garnered national and international media attention. Tribal elders, religious leaders and Provincial Councils members issued pol [...]
2009-02-12 11:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3227ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY APPROVAL
[...] (U) Corruption in government may be the greatest obstacle the Afghan government faces in its quest for legitimacy in the eyes of the Afghan people. Corruption directly and indirectly feeds the insurgency. 2. (C) Mission, SRAP and other Washington staff have worked hard to develop a good ove [...]
2009-10-14 08:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS AF
09KABUL3257NO U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN RUSSIAN COURIER
[...] (C) Regarding the points contained in the Russian nonpaper reported in reftel, Post is aware of the October 5 incident in which Global Strategy Group, a British company, attempted to search a Russian diplomatic pouch upon its arrival in Kabul. 2. (U) Global is under contract to the governme [...]
2009-10-14 11:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL RU AF
09KABUL3266WHILE COMPLAINING ABOUT ELECTION DELAYS, AFGHAN FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal said delays in reporting election results have hurt commerce and prompted conspiracy theories among Afghans. (Septel covers his remarks about politics.) The Afghan Finance Minister said he is proceeding with plans to improve delivery of government s [...]
2009-10-14 15:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PGOV AF
09KABUL3291BALKH GOVERNOR ATTA ON POSSIBLE KARZAI-ABDULLAH
[...] (C) Summary: The Governor of Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh, Mohammed Atta Noor, enumerated preconditions for any power-sharing arrangement between the forces of President Karzai and his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, in the event that there is no/no runoff election. The precon [...]
2009-10-16 15:00:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID AF
09KABUL3326CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS ELECTIONS DELAY SPOOKING
[...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat reports the Central Bank faces investor wariness stemming from the uncertain Presidential election, but the Bank's primary focus remains macroeconomic stability and piloting new projects. Fitrat reported has not met with President Karzai in [...]
2009-10-18 09:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL AF
09KABUL3361PARWAN'S POWER BROKERS WANT TO AVOID POST ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: A pro-Karzai member of parliament (MP) from the eastern province of Parwan told us October 18 that a decision to have a second round of elections would be a set-back for the U.S. and Afghanistan. He and other Parwan power brokers believe a violent reaction by Abdullah supporters [...]
2009-10-19 12:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3365ENHANCING ARAB DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION IN KABUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 15:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3381PARWAN AND KAPISA RADIO: OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: An initial assessment of the media environment in the eastern Afghan provinces of Parwan and Kapisa reveals a thriving radio community with remarkable outreach capabilities with the local population, operating in the midst of an ever-present insurgency. Two local radio station [...]
2009-10-21 05:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OIIP PROP KPAO AF
09KABUL3383THE AGHA KHAN TRIES TO SOLVE ELECTORAL IMPASSE
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. The very well-informed Aga Khan told assembled ambassadors 14 October that he had met separately with President Karzai and leading opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah, and had told them that the political process in Afghanistan has failed. He urged the two candid [...]
2009-10-21 10:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3388MOMENTUM IN HELMAND? YES, BUT...
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Focused security, governance and reconstruction efforts in Helmand Province have led to hard-won progress of the U.S. area of operations. Garmsir and Nawa Districts -- where U.S. Marines have solidified recent security gains in important, relatively densely populated centers -- s [...]
2009-10-22 04:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM MOPS PINS PGOV PREL AF UK
09KABUL3389Senator Kerry Meeting with Ismail Khan, Afghan Minister of
[...] (C) Summary: Minister for Water and Energy (and former Herat Governor and mujahidin leader) Ismail Khan said October 16 that the Afghan people believe the international community is interfering in the Afghan elections and told visiting Senator John Kerry he believed many Afghan people would not [...]
2009-10-22 09:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP AF
09KABUL3396NURISTANIS JOCKEYING AHEAD OF POST-ELECTION
[...] (C/NF) Summary: With the denouement of Afghanistan's prolonged election drama, Nuristani political figures are positioning themselves for the likely shuffle of governors under a new administration. To his rivals, Governor Jamaluddin Badr looks like an easy target. Although a strong, deft l [...]
2009-10-22 21:43:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR AF
09KABUL3410OPPORTUNITY TO SHORE UP EU EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) According to a senior source at the European Union (EU) mission in Kabul, on October 28-29 the EU foreign ministers will take a significant vote on a proposal to initiate a "civilian surge" in Afghanistan. Having spen [...]
2009-10-26 05:29:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL3429AFGHAN ELECTIONS: MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT SECOND ROUND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The current mood in the provinces regarding the second round of the presidential election varies widely throughout Afghanistan. Government officials and members of the public, mostly supporters of President Karzai, express fatigue with this protracted political process, and qu [...]
2009-10-27 09:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3442 PRESSING AFGHANS ON VOA MEDIUM-WAVE TRANSMITTING STATION IN
[...] (SBU) In a meeting on October 26, Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone pressed Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta again to urge Minister of Culture and Information Khorram to allow the final construction and operation of a medium-wave transmitting station in Khost. Once operational, the tower, operated b [...]
2009-10-27 14:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALECPS OIIP PROP BBG ECIN PREL PK AF
09KABUL3443PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Although preliminary Provincial Council results for 30 of the 34 Provinces have been released, no final results have been certified because the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) has not been able to finalize its investigations. The ECC is working to investigate 630 "priority [...]
2009-10-27 15:00:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3444HELMAND UPDATE: FOOD ZONE ALLEGATIONS ARE BUILDING
[...] (C) Begin Summary. Governor Mangal is working steadily to expand an effective GIRoA presence to the district level and continues to prove himself a pragmatic and energetic governor in Helmand. However, the continued drumbeat relating to abuses involving his signature Food Zone program have not [...]
2009-10-27 15:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL3473WARDAK GOVERNOR FEDAI CRITICIZES ON ELECTION RUNOFF
[...] (C) Summary: On 25 October Wardak Governor Fedai expressed his concerns to Task Force (TF) Spartan about the upcoming election runoff. He believes the international community made a "very big mistake" by pressing President Karzai for a second round. According to Fedai, the public image of Pre [...]
2009-10-29 14:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3480PAVING THE WAY FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE APTTA
[...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan,s chief negotiator for the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA),Adib Farhadi, talked to EconOffs Oct 29 regarding the recent flap resulting from the Afghan MFA,s foot-dragging on transmitting the terms of reference for the study on unauthorized trade. [...]
2009-11-01 09:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALETRD EAID PREL PK AF
09KABUL3485ABDULLAH'S WITHDRAWAL: PRELIMINARY LEGAL ANALYSIS
[...] (C) Summary: Following Dr. Abdullah Abdullah's November 1 speech withdrawing from the Presidential election, there are legal questions that must be answered in coming days. The ECC's Legal Advisor, Peter Lepsch, provided his preliminary analysis of the options under the Afghan Constitution and [...]
2009-11-01 14:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3487OCTOBER 27 MEETING WITH BALKH GOVERNOR ATTA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-01 17:36:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3492NAJIBULLAH MOJADDEDI ON REINTEGRATION AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two recent meetings with Embassy officials, Special Advisor to the President on Health and Education Dr. Najibullah Mojaddedi: -- singled out insurgents who felt wronged by GIRoA and the international community as those most predisposed to reintegrate; -- assesse [...]
2009-11-02 14:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS AF
09KABUL3503CONFLICTING VIEWS WITHIN AFGHAN GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts within the Afghan National Security Committee (NSC) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) appear ambivalent regarding the overall value of de-listing individuals from UNSCR 1267. FM Spanta's senior advisor said that re-integrating individuals "won't change the Taliban" [...]
2009-11-03 12:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL AF
09KABUL354KARZAI AND OPPONENTS SQUARE OFF ON CONTINUITY OF
[...] (C) First Vice President Massoud declared at a 2/16 Cabinet meeting his intent to resign as of 5/21. He called on President Karzai to do the same, and hand power to a caretaker government until the 8/20 election. Karzai told the Ambassador strongly and categorically that he would not hand po [...]
2009-02-16 18:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3543AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT, CANDID ABOUT WAY FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Eikenberry met with Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal to discuss funding mechanisms, efforts to increase revenue, and policy positioning for a second Karzai administration. Zakhilwal expressed optimism and indicated he would work to ensure capable leaders are assigned to [...]
2009-11-04 09:38:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3574Chinese Firm Again Frontrunner for Major Afghan Mining
[...] (C) Summary: China Metallurgical Group (MCC),the Chinese state-owned firm operating the Aynak copper mine, is a leading bidder for the multi-billion dollar Hajigak iron ore mine in Bamyan. If MCC wins the contract, it will have the two largest foreign investments in Afghanistan as well as be runni [...]
2009-11-07 12:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV ENRG PREL SENV AF
09KABUL3587AFGHAN MFA REBUKES UN SRSG ON ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) In a sharply-worded statement November 6, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta sharply rebuked UNAMA SRSG Kai Eide for comments at a November 5 press conference. Spanta accused Eide, and "some political and diplomatic circles and propaganda agencies of certain foreign countries" [...]
2009-11-09 04:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL360MOI ATMAR TAKES ACTION AGAINST CORRUPT OFFICIALS
[...] (U) Summary. In a recent meeting of the International Police Coordination Board, Minister of Interior Atmar told the International Community that they should expect to see action against corrupt MOI and Afghan National Police officials over the next few days. Over the past week, Atmar follow [...]
2009-02-17 10:20:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL AF
09KABUL3633PLANNED SOUTH KOREAN PRT IN AFGHANISTAN: A FEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-11 14:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM MOPS PGOV PREL KS AF
09KABUL3639Trans-boundary Water Issues: The Way Forward in Afghanistan
[...] (C) Summary: As senior Afghan officials continue calling publicly for large dam and hydropower projects, Afghanistan's downstream neighbors -- Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan -- are watching carefully, concerned that Afghan actions could affect their water inflow and economic sta [...]
2009-11-12 04:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF
09KABUL3679SUSPENDED ANIMATION: KABUL'S INAUGURATION AND
[...] (C) Summary: In the days before President Karzai's November 19 inauguration, the Kabul political buzz about the future cabinet is relatively subdued, in large part confined to the circulation of fake lists and rumors. In private, the Palace is asking for U.S. input but the real decisions will [...]
2009-11-16 14:08:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL371KARZAI-MASSOUD TENSIONS HIGHLIGHT EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Karzai and First Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud clashed over post-May 21 executive authority and Massoud's presidential ambitions during a February 16 Cabinet meeting, shocking those present with the personal nature of their remarks. Karzai pressured Massoud to resig [...]
2009-02-20 02:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL3725KARZAI'S INAUGURATION - LEGITIMACY, POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's November 19 inuaguration ceremony emphasized his domestic and international legitimacy, possibly laying to rest his government's fears that their troubled electoral victory would come back to undermine his second term. Karzai's strong roots with the "mujahedee [...]
2009-11-19 14:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID AF
09KABUL3733HELMAND VIEWS ON U.S. TROOP LEVELS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a three-week period in October, PRT Helmand obtained a wide range of Afghans views (more than 75 in all) on the issue of U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan. A majority thought that, under any scenario, the country,s security problems will not be solved soon, with many referen [...]
2009-11-21 11:26:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF CAN
09KABUL3742PROSPECTS FOR NEXT AFGHAN CONFERENCE
[...] (C) In UNAMA's November 21 weekly ambassadorial-level meeting, UK Ambassador Sedwill announced that UK, U.S., French, and German capitals, and President Karzai had all concurred that the next conference on Afghanistan will take place on 28 January 2010 in London. According to the UK and Fren [...]
2009-11-22 07:03:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL UN AF
09KABUL3748RC/SOUTH SENIOR CIVILIAN REP MEETS WITH KANDAHAR
[...] (C//REL TO ISAF) Summary: Regional Command - South Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Frank Ruggiero discussed local security and governance issues and introduced U.S. stabilization programs in meetings on November 16 with Kandahar Governor Tooryalai Wesa, Kandahar City Mayor Haider Hamidi [...]
2009-11-24 05:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PTER PREL AF
09KABUL376PRESIDENT KARZAI PREVIEWS STRATEGIC REVIEW IDEAS
[...] (C NF) President Karzai on February 15 told Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Flournoy that his government welcomed the opportunity to join in the USG's strategic policy review. He suggested his team likely would advocate for: 1) greater efforts to target terrorist leaders and sanctuaries in Pak [...]
2009-02-21 04:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF PK IR
09KABUL377FM SPANTA ON HOLBROOKE VISIT, KARZAI INTERVIEWS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Spanta told the Ambassador on 2/17 that the visit of Ambassador Holbrooke led to renewed Afghan commitment to combating threats to the bilateral relationship. He also stressed that recently released press interviews with President Karzai predated the recent agreement to kee [...]
2009-02-21 06:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3772SETTING THE AGENDA FOR THE LONDON CONFERENCE ON
[...] (C) Summary: With the date for the next Afghanistan conference set for January 28 in London, ambassadors gathered at UNAMA on November 23 discussed potential agenda items for the London meeting and a number of other Afghan-related conferences anticipated over the next few months. In addition t [...]
2009-11-25 03:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UN AF
09KABUL3785NURISTAN,S NEW PROVINCIAL COUNCIL: MURKY POLITICS,
[...] (C) Summary: The nine Provincial Council members who may be elected in Nuristan Province when results are certified by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) are a clean sweep: neither of the two competing incumbents would return to office. Islamic scholars who support Salafist Governor J [...]
2009-11-25 11:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3789SPANTA PLUGS KABUL CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Convening a meeting of foreign ambassadors on November 25, Afghan Foreign Minster Rangeen Spanta highlighted the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's (GIRoA's) request that a high-level conference, hopefully at the ministerial level, be convened in Kabul in early 2 [...]
2009-11-25 17:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3790POSITIVE SHAKEUP IN KHOST AFTER PROVINCIAL LEADERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first two months in office, acting Governor of Khost Province Tahir Khan Sabari has performed well, successfully restoring a baseline level of government in Khost and taking an active role in public outreach. The former Deputy Governor, Sabari took over from the ineffect [...]
2009-11-27 03:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3799CABINET RUMORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Karzai's inaugural day assertion that "the ministers of Afghanistan must possess integrity and be professionals serving the nation," both Afghans and internationals are awaiting Karzai's announcement of his Cabinet picks. Karzai's candidates must be confirmed [...]
2009-11-28 10:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3801AFGHAN NSA: KARZAI WILLING TO PUBLICLY ENDORSE
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) Zalmay Rassoul previewed President Karzai's next steps on key governance issues in our November 29 meeting. He predicted that Karzai would announce cabinet appointments on or around December 15, followed by appointments to his presidential [...]
2009-11-29 14:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL3812AFGHANISTAN'S GHAZI PROVINCE GOVERNOR ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In early November, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representatives met with Governor Usman Usmani to discuss the presidential election outcome and a way forward on our governance agenda. Usmani, a strong Karzai supporter, expressed his support for the Afghan Independ [...]
2009-11-30 06:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AFIN
09KABUL3819UNAMA SEEKS CLEAR AGENDA FOR LONDON CONFERENCE
[...] (C) In the weekly ambassadorial meeting held on November 30 at UNAMA, SRSG Kai Eide began by raising the importance of reaching agreement among the donor countries and UNAMA on the key agenda items for the London Conference, which UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon confirmed would take place on [...]
2009-11-30 16:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL382PRT NURISTAN: GOVERNOR JAMALUDDIN OFF TO A SLOW
[...] (C) Nearly three months after his appointment as governor, Jamaluddin Badr has yet to make an impact on key political, security and development issues in Nuristan. Jamaluddin,s analysis of the situation does, however, demonstrate a critical understanding of the province,s most important issue [...]
2009-02-22 06:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3820SRSG EIDE CALLS FOR UNAMA RESTRUCTURING
[...] (C) Summary: Speaking privately to a gathering of ambassadors in Kabul on November 30, SRSG Kai Eide confided that he had sent a cable to UN HQ suggesting an overhaul of UNAMA's structure. Eide described the "terrible" recruitment process that has hindered UNAMA's performance in Afghanistan, [...]
2009-11-30 17:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3821UNAMA: BLEAK PROSPECTS FOR 2010 ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Setting the scene for the ambassadors gathered at the weekly meeting at UNAMA on November 30, SRSG Kai Eide said that if Afghanistan's Parliamentary and District Council elections were to be held as scheduled on May 22, 2010, they must be announced by December 27. Therefore, the [...]
2009-11-30 18:23:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3823CHALLENGES CONFRONTING NATO TRAINING
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) was formally declared to be at &initial operating capability8 (IOC) on November 21, when U.S. LTG William Caldwell assumed command of NTM-A and the pre-existing, U.S.-only Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanist [...]
2009-12-01 01:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL383HELMAND MPS DELIVER THANKS BUT ALSO WARNINGS
[...] (SBU) At a February 2, UK-hosted dinner for Members of Parliament from Helmand Province, the MPs collectively delivered four messages. First, they expressed appreciation for the assistance and sacrifices being offered up by the international community, particularly the U.S.; but the mistake [...]
2009-02-22 09:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3844AFGHANISTAN'S GHAZNI PROVINCE GOVERNOR ON
[...] (C) Summary: In early November, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representatives met with Governor Usman Usmani to discuss the presidential election outcome and a way forward on our governance agenda. Usmani, a strong Karzai supporter, expressed his support for the Afghan Independ [...]
2009-12-01 12:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3851REINTEGRATION: LESSONS FROM +MULA SULAIMAN, CASE
[...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: On November 21 international media Agence France Presse reported that 80 "Taliban militants" led by Mula Sulaiman, a former Border Police Commander, had laid down their arms in Herat and joined the Afghan National Police (ANP). In fact, the First Deputy Interior Minister [...]
2009-12-02 12:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS AF
09KABUL3852KOREA MOVES AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR PRT IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary and comment: During his five-day visit to Afghanistan, November 12-17, Korean Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Lee Yong-joon solidified Korean plans to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in eastern Afghanistan's Parwan Province. In meetings at I [...]
2009-12-02 12:48:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV KS AF
09KABUL3863Corruption Threatens Mobile Money Pilot Program for Police
[...] (C) Summary: Corruption threatens to subvert a mobile money (m-money) pilot program to pay Afghan National Police (ANP). Roshan, the company providing the service, recently reported that an ANP commander in Wardak province had sought a cut of his subordinates' salaries from an M-Paisa agent. [...]
2009-12-03 09:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV AF
09KABUL3864Corruption Threatens Mobile Money Pilot Program for Police
[...] (C) Summary: Corruption threatens to subvert a mobile money (m-money) pilot program to pay Afghan National Police (ANP). Roshan, the company providing the service, recently reported that an ANP commander in Wardak province had sought a cut of his subordinates' salaries from an M-Paisa agent. [...]
2009-12-03 09:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV AF
09KABUL3867AUSTRALIANS EXPAND AUSAID, INCREASE CIVILIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his pre-departure outcall December 3, Australian Ambassador Martin Quinn made no indication of a possible troop increase but noted Australia plans to increase civilian contributions, including by increasing police advisors from three to twenty-five. The Australian Special Ops t [...]
2009-12-03 11:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NATO AF
09KABUL3873FIRST VP FAHIM PRAISES OBAMA STRATEGY
[...] (C) First Vice President Marshal Fahim Khan praised President Obama's December 1 strategy announcement during a December 3 meeting with Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, (CDDEA) Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne. Commenting that "the strategy benefits the United States, but [...]
2009-12-03 15:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3874ELECTORAL FRAUD --"IS ANYONE LISTENING OUT THERE?"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The inability of a Provincial Council candidate to obtain redress for his allegations of voting fraud highlights the breakdown of Afghan electoral watchdogs and the absence of any backup mechanism to right these wrongs. Recently, Eqbal Safi, an MP representing Kapisa Province, [...]
2009-12-04 08:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3876INTERIOR MINISTER DETAILS SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE IDEAS,
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Atmar welcomed intensified USG focus on sub-national governance (SNG),calling it essential to the survival of Afghanistan's central government. He criticized international contractors for knowing little about the subject, sub-national governance, and proposed [...]
2009-12-04 12:02:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF
09KABUL3877Minister of Interior Promotes Alternative Plan for Community
[...] (C) In a December 1 meeting with Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Wayne, Interior Minister Atmar agreed with the basic U.S. proposal to fund and expand the Community Defense Initiative (CDI) intended to support villages that have demonstrated resistance to insurgents [...]
2009-12-05 04:26:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3878UNAMA: POSSIBLY POSTPONING ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Addressing ambassadors gathered at UNAMA on December 2, SRSG Kai Eide reported that he had held a "very productive" meeting with President Karzai on November 30, and that Karzai was clearly open to postponing district elections, but would need additional persuasion to postpone p [...]
2009-12-05 06:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3888REGIONAL COMMAND EAST CIVILIAN UPLIFT: THE NEW, INTEGRATED
[...] (C) Summary: This is the first of a series of messages that will outline important innovations in our operational paradigm in Regional Command East (RC/E),one of the more volatile areas along Afghanistan's Pakistan border, to improve stability and demonstrate near and medium term progress. A k [...]
2009-12-06 06:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL PROP AF
09KABUL389CODEL BOEHNER DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH HELMAND
[...] (C) House Republican Leader John Boehner and five other members of Congress visited Camp Bastion in Helmand Province on February 8, and were briefed by Helmand Governor Mangal on developments in the province. Mangal stated that additional U.S. security and development are needed in Helmand, an [...]
2009-02-22 13:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3890KANDAHAR POLITICS COMPLICATE U.S. OBJECTIVES IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: As we step up engagement with GIRoA leadership in Kandahar, it is important to understand the dynamics of political power and how fundamental Kandahar is to the fortunes of the Karzai regime. It is from Kandahar that President Karzai's claim to national legitimacy originates and from t [...]
2009-12-06 09:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PTER AF
09KABUL390CODEL BOEHNER DISCUSSES CN AND CORRUPTION WITH
[...] (C) House Republican Leader John Boehner and five other members of Congress visited Camp Bastion in Helmand Province on February 8, and were briefed on provincial developments by Helmand Governor, UK Senior Civilian Advisor Hugh Powell and members of Task Force Helmand, and Poppy Eradication Fo [...]
2009-02-23 03:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS AF
09KABUL3906Interior Minister Welcomes More Support for the Counter
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 1 meeting with Ambassador Wayne, Interior Minister Atmar called "Afghanization" of the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) a major goal of his possible next term and asked for USG support to develop its intelligence gathering and air asset capabilities. He [...]
2009-12-06 15:04:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3918 NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI CALLS FOR A STRONGER INTERIOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 5 event opening a Women's Police Training Center in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Governor Sherzai called for the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) to be strengthened and given authority over provincial governors, the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),Cu [...]
2009-12-07 14:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KCOR KWMN SNAR PREL AF
09KABUL393HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN: FINDING THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG Kai Eide told 35 gender donors group representatives at their 2/10 retreat that he would like to speak out more on human rights issues but frequently remains silent because he fears unintended negative consequences of a public statement. Eide's comments reflect frustration am [...]
2009-02-23 05:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL AF KDEM
09KABUL396OPPOSITION LEADERS SAY THEY SUPPORT UNITY ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. First Vice President Massoud and United Front leader Burhanuddin Rabbani back a unified effort to resolve the issue of President Karzai's status following the 5/22 constitutional expiration date of his term. In separate and recent conversations with the Ambassador, each: (1) sup [...]
2009-02-23 08:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL3961ABDULLAH FADES, RABBANI EMERGES; STRONG OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: Although former presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah rose from virtually nothing to prominence during the elections, he has since noticeably faded from the Afghan political scene, as Rabbani moves out of the shadows to exert his influence with President Karzai for ministe [...]
2009-12-08 13:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL397KARZAI REOPENS ELECTION DATE TIMING
[...] (C) On 2/23, President Karzai informed a group of western and developed country embassies that he would announce on 2/27 his decision either to comply with the Constitution (i.e., declare that the election should be advanced to the spring) or seek a political agreement that would result in his [...]
2009-02-23 16:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL3974HARD WORK AHEAD TO COMPLETE APTTA AT DECEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industry Wahidullah Shahrani reiterated to CDDEA Amb. Wayne the Afghan Government,s desire to conclude the APTTA agreement during the upcoming fourth round in Islamabad on December 19-21. Shahrani and Wayne exchanged ideas on how Afghanistan could a [...]
2009-12-09 15:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PGOV EAID PK AF
09KABUL3975 FINANCE MINISTER PUSHES ECONOMIC AGENDA FOR LONDON
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 7 meeting with Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne, Finance Minister Zakhilwal discussed his goals for the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) to be held in mid-January and the 28 January London Conference, emphasiz [...]
2009-12-09 16:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR PTER AF
09KABUL3976HELMAND: MARINES PARTNERING WITH AFGHANS -- MORE
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL//REL US ISAF NATO) SUMMARY: Additional Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) units have deployed to Helmand Province and the 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (2d MEB) Area of Operation (AO) to work with U.S. Marines. Last July, when Operation Khanjar commenced in the Central Helm [...]
2009-12-10 04:36:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL3977LONDON CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON KARZAI INAUGURATION
[...] (C) Briefing ambassadors gathered at UNAMA on December 9, British Ambassador Mark Sedwill said that the agenda for the London conference has been broadened beyond security, as originally planned, and will instead focus on all of the most important items President Karzai outlined in his inaugura [...]
2009-12-10 07:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3979UN SRSG PROPOSES RESTRUCTURING OF UNAMA
[...] (C) Summary: SRSG Kai Eide provided ambassadors in Kabul on December 9 a copy of his proposed changes to the UN structure in Afghanistan, entitled "SRSG Proposal for Strengthening Consultation and Coordination Mechanisms for Afghanistan." Key elements of the proposal include: embedding expert [...]
2009-12-10 08:31:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL3980NEW UN MANDATE NEEDED FOR UNAMA ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 meeting with ambassadors, UN SRSG Kai Eide reported that President Karzai had initially been very angry to learn that ambassadors had discussions the possibility of postponing the 2010 parliamentary and district council elections, but that after seeing the UN paper [...]
2009-12-10 08:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4PAKTIKA GOVERNOR FRUSTRATED BY CONFUSION OVER
[...] (C) Paktika Governor Khpalwak expects IDLG to name Kandahar NDS Chief Abdul Qayum Kattawazai as Paktika's new governor in the near future. In a December 26 meeting, Khpalwak, who returned that morning from hajj, told TF Currahee's Colonel Johnson and PRT Commander Wheeler that he would resig [...]
2009-01-03 10:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL40SCENE-SETTER: GENERAL PETRAEUS VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your return visit to Afghanistan. Your presence at the Afghan National Military Academy,s first graduation will significantly enhance this milestone event. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from i [...]
2009-01-08 12:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PREF AF
09KABUL4002BAMYAN PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR SARABI ON HER
[...] (C) Summary: Despite rumors about possible cabinet-level positions, Bamyan Provincial Governor Habiba Sarabi confided to Bamyan Provincial Reconstruction Team representatives that, unless offered something higher profile than Minister of Social Affairs, she intends to remain in her current po [...]
2009-12-14 17:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL402KARZAI URGES CODEL PELOSI TO SUPPORT AFGHAN ARMY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accompanied by the Ambassador, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and seven other House Democrats breakfasted with President Karzai at the Presidential Palace on 2/21. Karzai claimed Afghanistan was progressing much better than portrayed in the Western media and expressed optim [...]
2009-02-24 08:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL KHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL4025ADDRESSING AFGHAN PARLIAMENTARY CONCERNS OVER U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone visited Parliament's Upper and Lower Houses December 11 and 12 to discuss the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and specific MP concerns regarding President Obama's December 1 speech. In the two meetings, MPs expressed broad support for President Obama's [...]
2009-12-16 05:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF
09KABUL4039SUBJECT: SPIN BOLDAK: A STABILITY AND SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Spin Boldak District in Kandahar enjoys a reputation for stability and security in a region of the country otherwise known for insurgent violence. Encompassing the Weesh border crossing with Pakistan and astride strategic Highway 4, Spin Boldak occupies valuable turf on the fro [...]
2009-12-17 05:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS CAN AF
09KABUL4040TALIBAN SHADOW GOVERNANCE IN HELMAND PROVINCE
[...] (C) Summary: There is no coherent structure to Taliban shadow governance in Helmand, but there is a relevant presence of Taliban in large parts of the province which competes with GIRoA for local loyalty. While local Taliban leaders work under broad strategic direction from the Quetta shura [...]
2009-12-17 06:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL4056URGING AFGHANS TO CONCLUDE APTTA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 11:35:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL ECON PK AF
09KABUL406IEC PREDICTS KARZAI WILL SOON CALL FOR MAY 11
[...] (C NF) Daoud Ali Najafi, Chief Technical Officer of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),on 2/24 said he expects President Karzai soon will publicly call for a 5/11 date for the 2009 presidential election (REF A.) Najafi reports Vice-President Khalili has persuaded Karzai that the Pre [...]
2009-02-25 11:32:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL4060HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REBUTS MP'S ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: An MP publicly accused the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC),including Chairperson Sima Samar, of corruption, and repeated these allegations (without providing proof) in a follow-up meeting with Embassy officials. AIHRC Commissioner Nader Nadery has publicly [...]
2009-12-17 13:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL40622010 ELECTIONS: SETTING THE DATE BY ESTABLISHING
[...] (C) Summary: The United States cannot afford to expend additional vital resources and risk losing political and security space to support future Afghan elections unless fundamental reforms are enacted in advance of the Parliamentary and District Council elections, at present scheduled to be [...]
2009-12-17 18:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4070THE NEW CABINET: BETTER BUT NOT BEST
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai sent most of the cabinet list to the Parliament on December 19 with the notable exception of National Directorate for Security (NDS) Chief Saleh. Although we judge many of the ministers are acceptable and qualified, this list represents only a modest upgrade in Karzai' [...]
2009-12-19 16:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4079LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN - EMBASSY KABUL
[...] (C) Summary: In view of the Washington and London planning meetings on the London conference, following are Embassy Kabul's thoughts on six key U.S. policy guidelines for the conference. End Summary. 2. (C) First, we recommend a return to the security focus as the most appopriate one for a [...]
2009-12-20 09:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL AF
09KABUL4088GHAZNI GOVERNOR FIRES TWO DISTRICT GOVERNORS,
[...] (C) Summary: The Governor of central Afghanistan's Ghazni Province, Usman Usmani, has fired two district governors due to corruption and dereliction of duty. Governor Usmani told us that he was considering firing other district governors for similar reasons. One of the dismissed officials, [...]
2009-12-21 04:29:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS AF
09KABUL410NAD ALI DISTRCIT UPDATE - STABILIZATION EFFORT
[...] (C) Six weeks after ISAF and the Afghan Army liberated Nad Ali from enemy forces (EF),stabilization efforts are moving forward and many residents have returned to their homes. A District Administrator has been appointed and elders selected a District Council whose members received training [...]
2009-02-25 12:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS AF
09KABUL4137AFGHAN CABINET CONFIRMATION PROCESS UNDERWAY
[...] (C) Summary: The Lower House of the Afghan Parliament began the cabinet approval process on December 21, and announced they would not vote on ministers until after all of the confirmation hearings. Most MPs think this process will end before mid-January; meanwhile, acting ministers are limi [...]
2009-12-23 07:49:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL414CHIEF JUSTICE AZIMI: TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITY IS A
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Supreme Court Chief Justice Azimi told the Charge on 2/25 that the election date and presidential continuity issues were political and not legal disputes. Constitutionally, the election had to be held before 5/22, but Afghan political leaders have ignored the Constitution numerous [...]
2009-02-25 16:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL4146HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE U.S. STRATEGY: AFGHAN CIVIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since President Obama's December 1 strategy speech, members of Afghan civil society have repeatedly voiced concern that the President's scant mention of human rights signaled to the Afghan government that the international community is no longer concerned with protecting human [...]
2009-12-26 12:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4151SOME POLITICAL FACTIONS WANT A 2010 DELAY
[...] (C) Summary: Although key presidential staff claimed to us that Parliament was "unanimous" in its view that the 2010 Parliamentary elections must proceed on time (reftel A),privately, many MPs have told us they would support a delay if it meant there would be electoral reform (and since they [...]
2009-12-27 13:20:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4153PAKTIKA GOVERNOR: ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) officers met on November 22 with Paktika Province Deputy Governor Juma Mohammed at his request to discuss corruption in general and specific allegations of corruption involving Paktika Governor Abdul Quyum Katawazay. Mohammed detailed what he [...]
2009-12-28 10:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL416HELMAND GOVERNOR SEES SOME PROGRESS BUT BLAMES
[...] (C) En route to a visit in the UK, Helmand Governor Mangal met with the Ambassador on 17 February to provide an update on developments in his province. He was especially pleased with progress on the counter narcotics front as well as with the continuing, positive effects being felt in Garms [...]
2009-02-26 04:23:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4181PROPOSED ISAF REORGANIZATION IN ZABUL PROMPTS
[...] (C/REL US, ISAF, NATO) Summary: Recent planning by Regional Command-South (RC-South) to reorganize ISAF deployments in Zabul by withdrawing forces from districts not along Highway 1 prompted an outcry by Zabul's political and security leadership. In response, Provincial and district leaders [...]
2009-12-28 15:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL4182PERVASIVE CORRUPTION UNDERMINING GHAZNI PROVINCE’S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 15:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4187NAD ALI-MARJA STABILIZATION PLANNING: MOVING
[...] (C/Rel US, ISAF, NATO) Summary: UK-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Lashkar Gah hosted a Marja stabilization civ-mil planning conference on December 16, with members of Task Force Helmand (TFH),Task Force Leatherneck (TFL) and RC-South. This was a complete review of the previous sta [...]
2009-12-29 13:16:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL421CHARGE DELIVERS MESSAGE ON AUGUST ELECTION
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On 2/26, the Charge met separately with United Front (UF) leader Burhanuddin Rabbani, Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni, Hazara leader and MP Haji Mohammad Mohaqqeq, and UF member, and grandson of the late king, Mustapha Zahir Shah to inform them of U.S. support for th [...]
2009-02-27 13:49:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL42182010 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: AFGHAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: IEC officials claim they are powerless to change the election date and that few, if any, reforms can be enacted in the compressed timeline before May 2010 elections. While requesting U.S. assistance, the officials appeared unmoved by our concerns over reform. Separately, UNDP EL [...]
2009-12-31 12:31:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL425GAILANIS DESCRIBE UNITY GOVERNMENT PLANS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Pir Gailani and son Hamed Gailani, the Upper House Deputy Speaker, told Ambassador Holbrooke they are organizing a unity movement of political leaders that could lead a post-May 22 caretaker government or stand for election in August. They identified two acceptable alternatives f [...]
2009-02-28 10:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL426RABBANI TELLS HOLBROOKE PARLIAMENT, SUPREME COURT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-28 10:26:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL427FM SPANTA-HOLBROOKE: WELCOME U.S. COMMITMENT, NEED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Spanta told Ambassador Holbrooke on 2/14 that Afghanistan welcomed the United States' ongoing commitment to Afghanistan, most visibly exemplified by the proposed increase in U.S. troops. Spanta urged the United States to take an active part in seeking a solution to the transit [...]
2009-02-28 10:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL428SRSG KAI EIDE: KARZAI STILL THE PERSON TO BEAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. SRSG Kai Eide told Ambassador Holbrooke on 2/13 that Karzai, with all of his political vulnerabilities, was still the strongest political figure and would likely win reelection. Karzai still on top ------------------- 2. (C) Eide told Ambassador Holbrooke that he had develop [...]
2009-02-28 10:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL429FORMER FM ABDULLAH LOOKING LIKE A CANDIDATE.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-28 10:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL432POLITICAL LEADERS ON STATE OF EMERGENCY OPTION
[...] (C) Afghan political leaders and opposition groups held a series of meetings this week ahead of Karzai's expected 2/28 announcement of his intentions regarding the election date and issue of presidential continuity. After consultations with the Palace, international community, and each other, [...]
2009-02-28 14:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL434MARSHALL FAHIM SUPPORTS KARZAI AS CARETAKER
[...] (SBU) Former Defense Minister and Northern Alliance commander Marshall Fahim told the Charge on 2/28 that he supported President Karzai remaining in office as a caretaker president following the 5/22 constitutional expiration of Karzai's term. Fahim broke significantly with his United Front c [...]
2009-03-01 08:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL435IEC SAYS "YES WE CAN" FOR AUGUST 20 ELECTION DATE
[...] (C) The morning after President Karzai's ambiguous decree on the date of the presidential election (text septel),the leadership of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) remained firmly committed to August 20, 2009 for voting day. Senior IEC Commissioner Dr. Azizullah Ludin told PolCoun [...]
2009-03-01 09:33:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL44GENERAL MCKIERNAN'S JANUARY 4, 2009 BRIEFING ON
[...] (C) Summary: GEN McKiernan briefed the ISAF (plus Japan) ambassadors January 4 on the pilot &Afghan Public Protection Force8 (APPF). He explained in detail how APPF is an Afghan-led initiative to achieve local security by having the district-level communities set up public guard forces under [...]
2009-01-08 12:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC AF
09KABUL457DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY ON KARZAI'S ELECTION DATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of the international community agreed with the Charge in a 3/1 meeting to react calmly to President Karzai's election date decree, one day after the Karzai instructed the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to set an election date in accordance with the Constitu [...]
2009-03-01 14:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL46AFGHANS PROTEST ISRAEL, U.S. OVER GAZA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Thousands of Afghans took part in protests this week over Israeli military operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Some protesters voiced anger at perceived U.S. support for the Israeli government and over Palestinian civilian casualties, two themes that also resonated in in [...]
2009-01-10 09:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KPAL AF IS IR GZ
09KABUL460TRIBAL VENGEANCE AND HONOR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
[...] (C) On February 7, Nangarhar's Provincial Council (PC) Secretary was shot and killed, and the Goshta district administrator was killed by a roadside bomb. A Taliban spokesman took credit for both attacks. After the PC Secretary was killed, hundreds of local villagers mobilized to find the g [...]
2009-03-02 07:23:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL466UPPER HOUSE REPSONDS TO KARZAI'S ELECTION DATE
[...] (C) Upper House MPs issued a statement on 3/1 supporting the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) earlier announcement of an 8/20 election date, and called on President Karzai to step aside in favor of a caretaker government after 5/22 or not stand for re-election. The Upper House statemen [...]
2009-03-02 13:32:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL467NEGATIVE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN KARZAI ADVISORS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Individuals formerly close to President Karzai attribute blame for Karzai's recent unpredictable behavior to the influence of a trio of Palace advisors. Critics say Palace Chief of Staff Mohammad Daudzai, Education Minister Farooq Wardak, and Information and Culture Minister Abdul K [...]
2009-03-02 13:38:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL471SCATTERED REACTION TO KARZAI'S ELECTION DECREE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's political establishment reacted with a wide range of opinions following President Karzai's 2/28 decree instructing the International Election Commission (IEC) to set an election date in accordance with the Constitution (ref A). The vagueness of the decree's wording [...]
2009-03-02 15:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL498SAYYAF: KARZAI CALLED OPPOSITION'S BLUFF
[...] (C/NF) MP Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf (Kabul, Pashtun) told the Charge on 3/3 that President Karzai's 2/28 election date decree (reftel) came only in response to opposition criticism that the president was ignoring the Constitution. That groups like the United Front had now switched their public pos [...]
2009-03-03 13:59:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL499PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AHADI PONDERS TERMS FOR AN
[...] (C) Presidential candidate and former Finance Minister Anwarulhaq Ahadi on March 3 told the Charge he could reluctantly accept the President as head of an interim government if certain changes served to check Karzai's "abuses" of the power of incumbency. Ahadi suggested replacements for two [...]
2009-03-03 14:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL500IEC PUBLICLY REAFFIRMS AUGUST 20 AS VOTING DAY
[...] (SBU) Dr. Azizullah Ludin, senior Commissioner of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),on March 4 announced that, after the IEC had reviewed the President's February 28 decree, the date of presidential and provincial council elections remained August 20. For a packed audience of inter [...]
2009-03-04 12:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL514NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI'S SOFT PURGE
[...] (C) Summary: Nangarhar Governor Sherzai has proposed leadership changes in eight of the province's 21 districts. Although the Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) is legally charged with selecting district administrators, Sherzai has a history of making unilateral decisions on [...]
2009-03-07 04:10:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL522CIVILIAN-MILITARY SUCCESS STORY IN EASTERN
[...] (C) Cooperation and coordination between civilian agencies and military commanders have evolved considerably over recent months in the area of operations (AO) for Task Force Duke in eastern Afghanistan. The AO includes the provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, Nuristan, and Laghman. The preceding Br [...]
2009-03-08 10:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV AF EAID
09KABUL528PAKTIKA PROVINCE: SECURITY CHALLENGES HINDER
[...] (C) Security worsened in the second half of 2008 in Afghanistan's Paktika province, affecting governance, development, and the work of the PRT. The PRT faced increasing limitations in its mobility and ability to reach the people. PRT construction projects saw cost increases, delays, and ove [...]
2009-03-10 07:38:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL533YASENI PICKS UP SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENTIAL BID
[...] (C) Lower House 1st Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni (Nangarhar, Pashtun) is attracting support for his presidential bid from some fellow parliamentarians. Lower House 2nd Deputy Speaker and United Front member Ammanullah Payman (Badakhshan, Tajik) told PolOff the UF's inability to settle on a s [...]
2009-03-10 09:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL535MORE FRACTURES IN THE UNITED FRONT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The opposition United Front coalition has faced a series of setbacks in recent weeks jeopardizing the group's unity and its plans to defeat Karzai in this year's presidential election. Karzai has remained one step ahead of his chief rivals through a handful of savvy political ma [...]
2009-03-10 10:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL543SHERZAI TELLS CHARGE HE WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Nangarhar Gov. Gul Aqa Sherzai told the Charge on 3/10 that he would run for the presidency in this year's election. Sherzai said he has been approached over the past year by Members of Parliament, political and religious leaders, tribal elders, and academics urging him to run for the off [...]
2009-03-11 04:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL567CANADIAN EMBASSY SEEKS ENHANCED CIVILIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9 2. (C) Summary: Canadian Deputy Head of Mission (DHOM) Ben Roswell and senior Canadian reps from Kandahar, invited U.S. Embassy officers from PRT-SNG, USAID and Pol-Mil for a March 12 discussion aimed at improving civilian coordination betw [...]
2009-03-12 16:59:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS NATO PK AF CA
09KABUL57PRT KHOST: A FRONTLINE "HUMAN CAPITAL" STRATEGY:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Counter-insurgency (COIN) efforts in Khost Province include new programs specifically targeted at building Afghan "human capital." Three primary initiatives have been designed for ex-Taliban fighters and their families (wives and children),madrassa students, and university grad [...]
2009-01-12 07:10:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL587BRITISH IN HELMAND KEEN TO IMPROVE CIV-MIL
[...] (C) Summary: British Deputy of Mission in Helmand Kevin McGurgan and British Political Counselor Mark Bryson Richardson visited the embassy's State PRT section on March 13 to discuss plans for heightened civilian-military cooperation in Helmand. In light of the impending lay down of thousands [...]
2009-03-15 09:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MOPS NATO PK AF UK PGOV
09KABUL609NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON GOVERNANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Jamaluddin Badr, who took office in late November, is beginning to assert his presence in Nuristan and implement personnel changes. His efforts to date are generally being met with optimism. However, most provincial officials continue to live and work outside of Nurista [...]
2009-03-16 08:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL621NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ONSECURITY, JULY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of increased violence in Nuristan, Governor Jamaluddin, appointed in November 2008, articulated his vision for security in the Province. Security has improved in western Nuristan, but a power vacuum in the province, resulting in large part from the lack of a provincial [...]
2009-03-17 06:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL622NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though development in Nuristan remains predominantly limited to those areas most accessible by the rudimentary road system, access to basic health care and education continued to slowly improve throughout the province. Afghan government and Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) [...]
2009-03-17 06:48:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL623KEY OPIUM SMUGGLING ROUTE THROUGH DAI KUNDI,S
[...] (C) Summary. Dai Kundi Provincial Council (PC) member Ramani (protect) from Kijiran district told Bamyan PRT on March 4 that the Taliban and other anti-government entities are promoting instability in the district because it is a key opium smuggling route northwest from Uruzgan province to a [...]
2009-03-17 06:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL629ISOLATION OF SEBARI BEGINS
[...] (C) The Sebari District in north-central Khost remains one of the most insecure in the province, and a February security shura in Sebari highlighted the challenges the Government of Afghanistan (GIRoA) faces in establishing a relationship with local elders to stem the violence. Despite repeate [...]
2009-03-17 12:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL638PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS TRANSPORTATION MINISTER;
[...] (C) Parliament confirmed Hamidullah Farooqi as Minister of Transportation in a March 16 vote. Farooqi received 131 yes votes, easily surpassing the 85 necessary for confirmation. Hajj Minister Nominee, Sediq Chakari, however, failed to gain Parliament's nod, receiving support from only 52 MPs. [...]
2009-03-18 08:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL639SAYYAF: U.S. SHOULD PUBLICLY SUPPORT KARZAI
[...] (C) MP Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf told the DCM on 3/17 the U.S. should publicly support Karzai remaining in office through the inauguration of the new president. Most Afghans support Karzai remaining because he is a known quantity, and they fear the unpredictable effects of a loya jirga or a caretak [...]
2009-03-18 09:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL640INSECURITY DELAYS AFGHAN REFUGEE REPATRIATION FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR has suspended operations to assist Afghan refugees repatriate from Pakistan. Repatriation from Peshawar is suspended until at least April 1, pending an assessment that it is safe for UNHCR personnel and refugees to participate. Repatriation from Quetta is suspended indef [...]
2009-03-18 10:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF UN AF PK IR
09KABUL658DUTCH EMPHASIZE HEALTH AND EDUCATION IN URUZGAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch Ambassador hosted a lunch on March 16 to help shape the perspective and situational awareness of Regional Command South (RC-S) for the three incoming Dutch senior civilian representatives who are preparing to arrive in Uruzgan in August 2009. Attendees also included a [...]
2009-03-19 08:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM MOPS NATO PREL PK AF CA UK NL PGOV
09KABUL690DSRAP JONES DISCUSSES ELECTIONS AND CONTINUITY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings on 3/15-16 with Deputy Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan (DSRAP) Paul Jones, Afghan presidential candidates and opposition political leaders discussed the upcoming election and the options for continuity of leadership between the end of P [...]
2009-03-22 08:31:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL692ABDULLAH WILL RUN; IC SHOULD QUICKLY PROVIDE INPUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah told Paul Jones, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (DSRAP),3/15 he will publicly announce his candidacy for president within a week. He counted on the support of several influential United Front party member [...]
2009-03-22 08:36:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL70AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 11 MEETING WITH NATO SENIOR
[...] (C) Summary: On January 11, NATO Rep to ISAF Gentilini sought Ambassador Wood,s views on a proposed Military Technical Agreement (MTA) between Afghanistan and NATO that he had received from Defense Minister Wardak earlier in the day to transmit to the NATO Secretary General (SYG). The Ambass [...]
2009-01-14 06:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MARR MOPS AF
09KABUL71FRUSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN SANGIN DISTRICT
[...] (SBU) The UK PRT/Task Force Helmand (TFH) transported Helmand Governor Mangal, several of his staff and members of the local media to the Sangin District for an extensive outreach program. January 5, 2009. The visit lasted six hours and included visits to the District Center, Sangin School, Sangin [...]
2009-01-14 11:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM AF
09KABUL717BADGHIS: SEIZING A TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY IN BALA
[...] This is an action request. See para 11. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Badghis province's Bala Murghab district (BM) is fertile ground for immediate engagement and is emblematic of the opportunities for enhanced security, governance and development in the North and West of Afghanistan, even [...]
2009-03-25 05:24:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL718MARCH 16-18 VISIT OF THE NAC TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: On March 18, the NATO Senior Civilian Representative (NATO SCR) in Afghanistan reviewed key themes discussed by the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with senior Afghan figures for the Kabul NATO Caucus during the NAC's recent visit. In the NAC meeting with cabinet ministers, Interio [...]
2009-03-25 05:24:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV NATO AF
09KABUL721KARZAI RAISES QUESTIONS ON U.S. ROLE IN AFGHAN
[...] (C) In his March 19 meeting with Deputy Special Representative Paul Jones, President Karzai cited certain rumors assertint that some Afghans were suspicious of U.S. objectives in the upcoming election. He added that a number of Afghan politicians claimed U.S. backing for their candidacies. J [...]
2009-03-25 06:59:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL751FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY: FRANCE TO INCREASE ITS
[...] (C) French Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Pierre Lellouche visited Kapisa province on March 24 where he participated in a shura of Afghan leaders and received briefings on the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and combined US-French military operations. Lellouche indicated tha [...]
2009-03-27 13:55:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF AADP FR
09KABUL753AFGHANS DEBATE RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent media reports speculating on the pros and cons of the Afghan government negotiating with moderate Taliban have revived internal debate on this issue, with Afghan civil society, politicians, and religious leaders weighing in. Those leaning in favor of negotiations argue th [...]
2009-03-28 06:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF PREL PHUM KDEM
09KABUL76PATH TO A PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR,S POLITICAL REBIRTH
[...] (C) Uruzgan Governor Hamdam narrowly escaped dismissal by President Karzai. As recently as September 2008, the Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) told Hamdam that he had three months to improve his performance or face termination. With strong backing from the IDLG and PRT, [...]
2009-01-15 07:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PINR PTER KDEM AF
09KABUL78DEMARCHE TO AFGHANISTAN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 12:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL
09KABUL789OPPOSITION LEADERS ANNOUNCE TWO OPTIONS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 28 opposition leaders announced that they had agreed among themselves on two possible options for resolving the post-May 22 presidential continuity issue to a gathering of diplomatic representatives: a transitional mechanism based on political consensus or a caretaker go [...]
2009-03-30 15:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF PREL KHUM
09KABUL798PROVINCIAL-LEVEL ELECTION POLITICKING
[...] (C) A review of provincial-level election preparations indicates that in most provinces politicking is not yet underway, with many officials indicating they do not expect such activity to jump into high gear until June. Support for President Karzai appears soft, with many governors hedging [...]
2009-03-31 14:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL811KHOST: DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR SHUFFLE
[...] (C) Summary. Khost Governor Hamidullah Qalandarzai announced the swap of district administrators in several districts the week of March 23. Qalandarzai indicated shortly after his January arrival in Khost that he would spend some time assessing the district administrators in Khost before mak [...]
2009-04-02 05:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL837KARZAI SIGNS ANTI-WOMEN SHIA LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19 President Karzai signed the Shia Personal Status Bill into law, regulating only the affairs of Shia citizens, a minority comprising about 15 percent of the population. Although the law has been in draft form for years, public backlash against the more extreme measures [...]
2009-04-02 17:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL838AFGHAN AUTHORITIES ARREST WOULD-BE SUICIDE BOMBERS
[...] (C) Summary: April 1 Afghan border officials intercepted and arrested militants, camouflaged as repatriating refugees, transporting a truckload of explosives through the Torkham border crossing. The militants appear to have coordinated the timing and manner of transporting the explosives with [...]
2009-04-03 03:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER UN AF PK
09KABUL841SUBJ: ZABUL GOVERNANCE ADRIFT
[...] (C) Governor Mohammed Ashraf Naseri arrived to his new post in Zabul on April 1. He arrives in a province adrift, with little economic or commercial possibilities to boost the hopes or expectations of its subsistence farmers. Tensions among more than 20 tribes make Zabul,s political landscap [...]
2009-04-04 07:00:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL846DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S APRIL 2, 2009 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On April 2, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob Lew, D (L),met with Afghan Interior (MOI) Minister Hanif Atmar. Atmar provided an account of the April 1 Ankara trilateral summit with Pakistan and Turkey. He said the presidential level talks were positive, but the [...]
2009-04-05 02:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER AF
09KABUL867AFGHAN AUTHORITIES CONCUR WITH DETENTION AND
[...] (C) Per reftel instruction, Political Counselor called on Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim Spenzada on April 5, to obtain concurrence of Afghan authorities for the April 7 detention and transfer of two DoD contractors to face criminal charges in the U.S. District Court for the [...]
2009-04-05 14:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKCRM AF
09KABUL895KARZAI CONSIDERS LEVEL PLAYING FIELD OPTIONS
[...] (C) President Karzai told the Charge on April 9 that he had already begun enacting measures to create a level playing field for all presidential candidates in this summer's election. He would provide us a decree prohibiting involvement by security forces in electoral activities, pointing to a [...]
2009-04-09 16:16:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL897LOGAR GOVERNOR TALKS OF NEEDED COOPERATION;
[...] (C) Summary: Logar Provincial Governor Atiqullah Lodin shared a sober view about the direction of Afghanistan governance and security, lamenting that the Government of Afghanistan is becoming increasingly weak. He predicted that President Karzai will be reelected despite increases in corrupt [...]
2009-04-10 02:47:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PTER AF
09KABUL910GOVERNOR MANGAL TELLS CHARGE OF HELMAND'S SECURITY
[...] (C) ChargQ dQ,Affaires Ricciardone and Helmand Governor Gulabuddin Mangal discussed Helmand's pivotal place in the broader Afghan strategy, security and policing, governance, and development, in an April 8 meeting in Kabul. Governor Mangal told the Ambassador that he had proposed to Indepe [...]
2009-04-13 06:10:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL935AFGHAN OPPOSITION LEADERS WELCOME US POLICY
[...] (C) On April 6, potential presidential election candidates opposed to President Karzai strongly welcomed, but were openly skeptical of, SRAP Richard Holbrooke's clear statement of US neutrality in the upcoming election. Accompanied by JCS Chairman Adm. Mullen, Holbrooke emphasized that the US [...]
2009-04-15 05:18:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL936KARZAI, AFGHAN OPPOSITION LEADERS WELCOME US
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In April 5 and 6 conversations, President Karzai warmly welcomed SRAP Richard Holbrooke's statement of US policy toward the forthcoming elections: The US neither supports nor opposes any candidate, including Karzai, and will work with the government, the political opposition, the [...]
2009-04-15 05:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL937SRAP HOLBROOKE, CJCS ADM MULLEN DISCUSS RECONCILIATION,
[...] (SBU) Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Holbrooke and CJCS Admiral Mullen discussed security and reconciliation with the Ulema Council and, in a separate meeting, with Pashtun tribal elders. In both meetings, SRAP Holbrooke began the meeting by articulating the U.S [...]
2009-04-15 06:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL955AFGHANISTAN WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 10:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV AF
09KABUL971SHIA FAMILY LAW: OFFICIAL TELLS MP TO DROP
[...] (C) Upper House MP Rida Azimi (Parwan, Tajik) told PolOff on April 16 that Office of Administrative Affairs Director and Karzai advisor Sadiq Mudabir threatened that he would urge Karzai to remove her from Parliament unless she dropped her opposition to the Shia Family Law. (Azimi is one of the [...]
2009-04-19 04:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN AF
09KAMPALA1024UGANDA: AN OPPOSITION CANDIDATE'S RETURN FROM EXILE
[...] (C) Summary: Ending 23 years in exile, opposition figure Olara Otunnu recently completed a two-week tour of Uganda to drum up support for a potential presidential bid. Otunnu is angling to take over the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) party from relatives of UPC founder and former Ugandan Pre [...]
2009-09-10 06:15:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PINR UG
09KAMPALA1044VIOLENT RIOTS IN KAMPALA AFTER MUSEVENI SNUBS
[...] (C) Summary: Riots in Kampala erupted on September 10 after Ugandan security forces prevented senior Buganda Kingdom officials from traveling to the town of Kayunga less than 50 miles north of Kampala. Police, military and the notorious "Black Mamba" squads used tear gas and live bullets to [...]
2009-09-11 11:02:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR ASEC UG
09KAMPALA1046UGANDA UPDATE: RIOTS CONTINUE FOR SECOND DAY IN
[...] (C) Summary: Violent demonstrations in Kampala resumed on September 11 with reports of sporadic gunfire, burning tires, and looting. The Buganda Kingdom's Attorney General told the Mission that the King may indeed postpone tomorrow's visit to Kayunga to avoid further loss of life and property [...]
2009-09-11 12:25:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV ASEC PHUM PINR UG
09KAMPALA1074UGANDA: ABDUCTED AND IMPRISONED JOURNALIST CHARGED
[...] (C) Summary: Ugandan authorities released radio host Robert Kalundi Sserumaga on bail on September 15 after charging him with six counts of sedition for comments made during a live September 11 television show. Sserumaga was abducted and imprisoned by the Police Criminal Investigation Divisio [...]
2009-09-17 14:01:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1076UGANDA DEMARCHE REPSONSE: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GOU) is concerned about Iran's nuclear intentions and its support for Palestinian groups with links to al Qaeda. It intends to continue raising these concerns with the Iranian government. End summary. 2. (C) U.S.Mission Poloffs delivered ref A demarch [...]
2009-09-18 09:38:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AORC UG
09KAMPALA1079UGANDA: MFA EXPLAINS GOVERNMENT VIEW OF KAMPALA
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 16 briefing for foreign Ambassadors, the Foreign Minister and Inspector General of Police stressed that Ugandan police adhered to international norms and exercised restraint during the riots that rocked Kampala September 10-12. They noted that if police had fir [...]
2009-09-18 10:13:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ASEC UG
09KAMPALA1083UGANDA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 04:45:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KV UG
09KAMPALA1096UGANDA: NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT INSIDER SEES
[...] (C) "Captain" Mike Mukula, disgraced former Ugandan Health Minister and current National Resistance Movement (NRM) vice-chairman for eastern Uganda, warned that the 2011 presidential elections will be worse than the deeply flawed 2006 presidential contest. Mukula, whose political reputation w [...]
2009-09-23 06:08:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL UG
09KAMPALA1097UGANDA: NRM LAUNCHES MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION DRIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) recently embarked on a nation-wide campaign to register all card-carrying party members. The program is spearheaded by NRM Secretary General Amama Mbabazi, who doubles as Museveni's Cabinet Minister for Security. Having fused the [...]
2009-09-23 06:15:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR UG
09KAMPALA1107UGANDA: 1820 RESOLUTION ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 10:03:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PHUM PREL CG UG KWMN
09KAMPALA1112UGANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The local representative for Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the organization will soon release a report which concludes that Ugandan security forces used disproportionate force to quell the September 10-12 riots. The riots left over 20 people dead and more than 100 wounded. HRW [...]
2009-09-28 07:31:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS KDEM UG
09KAMPALA112MISSION KAMPALA CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Mission Kampala has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Uganda to help build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. Mission K [...]
2009-01-29 04:55:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER
09KAMPALA116UGANDA/DRC: JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST LRA
[...] (C) Summary: Joint military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are picking up momentum. The operation was extended on January 22 for another three weeks. Military and political coordination among Uganda, DRC, and southern Sudan rem [...]
2009-01-30 12:02:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UG SU CG
09KAMPALA1164UGANDA: MUSEVENI AND BUGANDA KING MEET TO DEFUSE
[...] (C) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni held direct talks with the Buganda King for the first time in four years on September 30. The meeting helps to reduce tensions between Buganda and the central government following the September 10-12 riots that left as many as 27 dead, but report [...]
2009-10-08 08:34:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1196UGANDA: OPPOSITION PARTIES WARN OF TROUBLE AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Mission on October 5, opposition party and National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders shared their views of the 2011 presidential election process. Opposition parties warned of civil disobedience and renewed violence if the Government of Uganda (GOU) [...]
2009-10-16 06:25:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1197UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 11:29:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PHUM EAID KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1229UGANDA AND THE NILE: UPSTREAM STATES EAGER FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On October 6, members of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) Secretariat based in Entebbe told PolOff that the NBI Technical Advisory Committee meeting held September 28-29 in Uganda had failed once again to achieve a cooperative breakthrough with their two northern neighbors. Upstre [...]
2009-10-27 04:46:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV EAGR EAID UG
09KAMPALA1249UGANDA: MUSEVENI AND NRM SPEAK OUT AGAINST TORTURE
[...] (C) President Museveni vowed on October 14 to "severely" punish any Ugandan security officials guilty of torture, and a senior National Resistance Movement (NRM) spokesperson also condemned the use of torture. While Ugandan officials continue to say the right things, their willingness to restr [...]
2009-10-27 13:48:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UG
09KAMPALA1268UGANDA: UNGA IRAN, BURMA, NORTH KOREA DEMARCHES
[...] (SBU) Poloff urged Uganda to vote against no action motions and in favor of Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea per reftel on October 28. Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Affairs Officer, Issac Sebulime, and the Acting Chief of the Ministry's Social Unit, Marti [...]
2009-11-02 13:47:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UG
09KAMPALA1269UGANDA: SUDAN STRATEGY DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 13:48:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UG
09KAMPALA1275UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition and civil society leaders told Assistant Secretary Carson that President Museveni's consolidation of power, closure of political space, and reliance on the military have negated any hope for free and fair elections in February 2011. Concerned that Uganda is slipping to [...]
2009-11-04 08:38:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC PINS UG
09KAMPALA1276UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 08:39:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID EPET SO UG
09KAMPALA1278UGANDAN ELECTIONS: PROFITS FIRST, TRANSPARENCY
[...] (C) Summary: The Electoral Commission's (EC) recent announcement that it is postponing award of a $15 million biometric voter ID contract - for which one U.S. company is short listed - has sparked concerns about the priorities of the Commission, and the competing business interests of preside [...]
2009-11-04 12:30:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KCOR UG
09KAMPALA1309UGANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS FEAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The regional representative of the Ford Foundation, the Chairman of Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG),and the leader of a local women's rights association thanked the U.S. for its opposition to Uganda's draft "anti-homosexuality" legislation (ref. A),expressed concern over th [...]
2009-11-13 05:57:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI PREL UG
09KAMPALA1322UGANDA: DAGNE STAFFDEL MEETINGS WITH MFA AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Congressional Research Service's Africa Specialist Ted Dagne discussed northern Uganda, the 2011 elections, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),and Somalia with the Minister for International Affairs and the Minister of Defense on November 9. The Minister for International Affa [...]
2009-11-17 05:58:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PTER EAID UG
09KAMPALA1323UGANDA: ALLEGATIONS OF "GHOST" VOTERS HAUNT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 06:30:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR UG
09KAMPALA1344UGANDA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee reviewing Uganda's draft anti-homosexuality legislation told PolOffs he is opposed to the bill and that his committee has more important issues to consider. Chairman Stephen Tashobya said the legislation would likely pass if it reaches t [...]
2009-11-25 12:42:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL UG
09KAMPALA1348UGANDA: SPECIAL ADVISOR WOLPE'S MEETINGS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Dr. Howard Wolpe and Ambassador Lanier discussed regional issues with Ugandan diplomats, parliamentarians, and defense officials on November 11. Ugandan officials welcomed reviving the Tripartite Plus mechanism, and the idea of a regional train [...]
2009-11-30 11:56:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS UG
09KAMPALA1349PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY CANCELS VOTER ID CONTRACT
[...] (C) Summary: Uganda,s Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) canceled a tender issued by the Electoral Commission for a voter registration and biometric ID system on November 6 due to irregularities in the bidding process. The Electoral Commission had suspended the [...]
2009-11-30 12:07:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV KCOR KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1356UGANDA: CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS ACCOMPANY ARRIVAL
[...] (C) Summary: ExxonMobil interest in Tullow Oil's Ugandan operations, and Italian oil giant ENI's attempt to purchase Heritage Oil's local holdings, mark a clear shift from exploration to the beginnings of production. The remote location of Uganda's oil wells, the difficult chemistry of the oil with [...]
2009-12-03 06:13:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET ECON EINV ENRG KCOR UG
09KAMPALA1365UGANDA: NEW LAND REFORMS TARGET BUGANDA KINGDOM
[...] (C) Summary: Parliament ratified Uganda's controversial Land Amendment Bill on November 26, after more than two years of wrangling between the Ugandan government and the Buganda Kingdom. The bill now awaits President Museveni's signature. Museveni revived the legislation in September after th [...]
2009-12-07 14:16:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EINV PINR UG
09KAMPALA1381UGANDA: DONORS NOT AMUSED AS ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with U.S. EmbOffs, UN Special Envoy on AIDS in Africa Elizabeth Mataka criticized Ugandan leaders for trying to criminalize homosexuality instead of curbing rampant health sector corruption. Mataka traveled to Kampala to raise concerns about Uganda's d [...]
2009-12-08 12:32:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM EAID KCOR UG
09KAMPALA1390UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 07:18:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR
09KAMPALA1391POLICE ARREST MAYOR (AGAIN) AND TEAR GAS
[...] (C) Summary: On December 1, police arrested the Mayor of the western Ugandan town of Hoima and senior member of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, Francis Atugonza, for alleged abuse of office. Atugonza recently sued the Chief of Military Intelligence for torture following his previ [...]
2009-12-10 08:58:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1399UGANDA: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON 2002 GULU PRISON INCIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The following information responds to reftel questions regarding the 2002 death of Peter Oloya at Gulu Central Prison. In 2003, the Ugandan High Court described Mr. Oloya's death as "a blatant case of extra judicial killing." Relying on the testimony of one eyewitness, and the Ugandan [...]
2009-12-17 07:09:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UG
09KAMPALA1407UGANDA: PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER BESIGYE FORESEES ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Kizza Besigye, who won 37% percent of the vote in the 2006 presidential election and is President Museveni's most formidable challenger for 2011, told PolOffs on December 15 that government officials and security forces are actively obstr [...]
2009-12-21 07:42:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1409UGANDA: INTERNAL OPPOSITION TO ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL
[...] (C) Summary: Three domestic opponents of Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill received significant local press coverage during the December 12-13 weekend. The government-owned newspaper published a column against the bill by senior presidential advisor John Nagenda. Nagenda had earlier told PolOf [...]
2009-12-21 08:34:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1411UGANDA: OPPOSITION CANDIDATE OTUNNU ESCAPES UNHURT FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Former UN diplomat and presidential hopeful Olara Otunnu escaped unhurt from a road accident with vehicles belonging to the Presidential Guard Brigade (PGB) on December 21. Police and the PGB declared the incident an accident and blamed Otunnu's driver. Otunnu said the "sequence [...]
2009-12-24 08:09:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1413UGANDA: HOMOPHOBE EXTREMISTS AND HOMOSEXUAL SCAPEGOATS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-24 08:27:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UG
09KAMPALA181UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: CHISSANO SUPPORTS CONTINUATION
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Joachim Chissano fully supports continued military action against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and is willing to weigh in as needed to ensure the operation is completed, according to Nuno Tomas, the head of Chissano's office in Kampala. Tomas confirmed that [...]
2009-02-19 11:58:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UG CG SU
09KAMPALA207UGANDA/DRC: MUSEVENI AND KABILA SUMMIT SET FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila will meet on March 1 in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. The two heads of state will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the extension of Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT). The extension r [...]
2009-02-25 13:43:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA241UGANDA/DRC: MUSEVENI AND KABILA DISCUSS OLT AND OIL
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 private meeting on their common border, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila agreed to strengthen bilateral relations in accordance with the Ngurdoto Accord reached in Tanzania in September 2007. We do not yet have the details of [...]
2009-03-05 13:29:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA271STATE OF COUNTERTERRORISM IN UGANDA
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GoU) is a willing partner in the fight against terrorism and an important member of the East African Regional Security Initiative (EARSI). Uganda is responsive when terrorist threats are identified, but could improve its capabilities with better coordin [...]
2009-03-11 12:49:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KE UG
09KAMPALA289UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: UN SPECIAL ENVOY DISCUSSES OLT
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Museveni and UN Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano discussed the ongoing military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on March 16. Chissano also met with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir, who was in Kampala o [...]
2009-03-18 12:44:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UG CG
09KAMPALA311UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER MOVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials told the diplomatic corps in a briefing on March 24 that Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT) had moved from Phase I to Phase II. OLT's Phase I had reduced the Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) core strength and demonstrated that regional partners could cooperate [...]
2009-03-25 10:26:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS MASS UG CG SU
09KAMPALA338GOU CONSIDERS REQUEST TO LEAD ON PRST ON COUPS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 13:11:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AU UNSC UG
09KAMPALA383UGANDA: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 10:55:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL
09KAMPALA492UGANDA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI GOES TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda has confirmed that President Yoweri Museveni will visit Iran May 16-18. Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary James Mugume said in a briefing with U.S. Mission staff that the trip had been delayed several times over the last two years and that its timing has [...]
2009-05-14 11:59:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR UG
09KAMPALA561UGANDAN PRESIDENT SEEKS OIL SECTOR SUPPORT IN IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Iran agreed to provide funding and expertise to Uganda's fledgling oil industry during a visit by Ugandan President Museveni from May 15-18. Museveni raised the issue of Iran's nuclear program, arguing that the trouble it was causing Iran internationally was doing more harm tha [...]
2009-06-04 11:12:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UG IR
09KAMPALA587UGANDA: GAMES THE ACHOLI DIASPORA CONTINUE TO PLAY
[...] (C) Summary: The Ugandan Government is investigating the latest attempt by Acholi diaspora to mobilize support for a new rebellion in northern Uganda. The arrest of low level participants continues while the Government decides its next steps, which may include a public outing of Acholi diaspo [...]
2009-06-11 13:36:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA913DEMARCHE: GOU UNDECIDED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 09:38:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO UG
09KAMPALA946MUSEVENI MIXES TOXIC BREW OF ETHNICITY AND OIL IN
[...] (C) Summary. An internal July 15 memo from Ugandan President Museveni has deepened the ethnic divide between groups living atop newfound oil reserves in Uganda's Western Region. The memo, which was leaked to the press on August 2, instructs the Minister for Presidential Affairs to consider r [...]
2009-08-19 13:52:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EPET UG
09KAMPALA979UGANDA: MUSEVENI AND PARLIAMENT RE-APPOINT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a hastily arranged August 12 hearing timed to beat an impending constitutional deadline, the Ugandan Parliament confirmed President Museveni's recommendation to renew the tenure of Uganda's Electoral Commissioners. Uganda's "new" Electoral Commission now closely resembles th [...]
2009-08-25 13:07:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR UG
09KARACHI102AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BALOCHISTAN GOVERNOR
[...] (C) During a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Khan Magsi suggested targeting new USG development assistance at improving water resources and agricultural productivity. Magsi, a tribal chief, downplayed the benefit of building schools and hospitals for [...]
2009-03-30 01:58:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PK
09KARACHI111BALOCHISTAN - NATIONALISTS SKEPTICAL ABOUT ZARDARI OFFER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 08:40:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
09KARACHI112SINDH - PIA PLANS NEW AIRPLANE PURCHASES BUT CAA
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 24 meeting, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Managing Director Aijaz Haroon told Islamabad Econ Counselor and Consular Officials that his airline hopes to purchase new Boeing aircraft and add new routes in the coming year. Haroon also said PIA, aided by lower fue [...]
2009-04-03 10:02:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD PREL PK
09KARACHI130SINDH - ETHNIC TENSIONS BREWING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 04:15:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PTER
09KARACHI131BALOCHISTAN - PROTESTS ROIL PROVINCE AFTER
[...] (C) The mutilated bodies of Baloch National Movement (BNM) General Secretary Ghulam Mohammad and two other Baloch nationalists were found near the southern Balochistan city of Turbat on April 8. The discovery sparked violent unrest in many urban centers throughout Balochistan, including prote [...]
2009-04-14 04:38:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK
09KARACHI145BALOCHISTAN - WHAT MAY BE BEHIND THE CURRENT
[...] (C) Often violent unrest over the killing of three Baloch leaders continued in Balochistan over the past week. Nationalist political parties led protest rallies and militant nationalist groups claimed credit for violence, including a rocket attack on a Frontier Corps (FC) camp. Some nationali [...]
2009-04-27 05:04:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR PK
09KARACHI173BALOCHISTAN: AALI BUGTI NAMED SARDAR OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: After three years of a leadership vacuum, the Bugti tribe has a new leader. Aali Bugti, the grandson of the late Nawab Akber Bugti, returned to Dera Bugti after three years of exile and was named Sardar in a ceremony held May 19. His return and ascendancy to leadership of th [...]
2009-05-20 03:34:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
09KARACHI18TALIBAN INFLUENCE IN BALOCHISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 04:30:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK
09KARACHI194KARACHI - POLITICAL KILINGS INCREASE
[...] (SBU) Almost fifty political workers, mainly from MQM-H, have been killed in what appear to be targeted assassinations, in Karachi over the past week. On Sunday alone, ten workers from various parties, but mainly Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) died. Political parties blame Muttahida [...]
2009-06-10 08:53:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
09KARACHI26BALOCHISTAN - TERRORIST GROUP CLAIMS CREDIT FOR
[...] (SBU).Sunnai extremists from the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorist organization claimed credit for the January 14 killing of four Shi'a police officers and the wounding of three others in Quetta. Six of the officers were members of the minority Shi'a Hazara community, whose leaders claim that viol [...]
2009-01-28 03:24:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER PK
09KARACHI27SINDH - IRAN SEEKS TO ESTABLISH EXPORT BANK IN
[...] (C) Summary: The Iranian Consul General in Karachi told the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) that his country plans to establish an export promotion bank in the city, a move that appears to have KCCI support. According to a media report, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) would [...]
2009-01-28 03:24:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK
09KARACHI28BALOCHISTAN FACING ENERGY SHORTAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Balochistan is facing a severe energy shortage that threatens to impact agricultural production and businesses. Many Baloch lack confidence in the GOP to resolve their problem, even as the GOP formulates plans to tackle it. Beset by energy crises in other, more populated and w [...]
2009-01-28 12:41:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALENGY SOCI PGOV PK
09KARACHI330BALOCHISTAN - HR COMMISSION DESCRIBES TARGETED KILLINGS,
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Human Rights Commission (HRCP) told Pol Off the situation in Balochistan is deteriorating, with continued reports of targeted killings, political kidnappings, and an increasingly present and powerful Taliban. The HRCP has publically called for a "demilitarization" of Ba [...]
2009-10-23 02:44:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KCRM KCRS PK
09KARACHI361KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE - REFORMS, HOPES, CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Pakistan's 2008 financial collapse, the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is introducing viable leverage products and debt liquidity, implementing stringent safeguards against market manipulation, and pursuing demutualization - through decoupling exchange ownership and tr [...]
2009-11-16 04:33:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV ECON PK
09KARACHI362KARACHI - MQM'S STUDENT-WING AS LEADERSHIP TRAINING GROUND
[...] (C) Summary. Poloffs met November 6 with Syed Waheeduzzaman, Chairman of APMSO, which he described as the "mother-wing" of MQM. APMSO provides traditional student support in schools and Universities across Sindh and plays a major role in the day to day operations of MQM by identifying and prov [...]
2009-11-16 04:47:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KCRM KCRS PK
09KARACHI387KARACHI - NATIONAL AIRLINE FLOUNDERS AS PRIVATE CARRIERS
[...] (C) Summary: While Pakistan's national carrier, PIA, has been operating at a loss for years, Pakistan's private carriers are seeing profits increase and are cautiously preparing to expand - particularly into the Middle Eastern market. PIA executives blame reduced travel demand and unfair compe [...]
2009-12-14 06:16:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV ECON PK
09KARACHI397MUHARRAM VIOLENCE IN KARACHI
[...] (C) Summary: Three days of Muharram procession violence in Karachi culminated on December 28 with a suicide bombing that killed at least 43 people and sparked rioting leading to extensive property damage. Political leaders urged calm, but tensions remain high throughout the city. End summary [...]
2009-12-29 12:28:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PTER PK
09KARACHI398BALOCHISTAN - CONFLICT BETWEEN BALOCH SEPARTISTS AND
[...] (C) Summary. The 25 October assassination of Balochistan Education Minister Shafiq Ahmed Khan and the 18 October grenade attack upon Provincial Information Minister Yonous Mullahzai represent the continuation of an ongoing Baloch separatist campaign of intimidation and targeted killings. Thes [...]
2009-12-31 02:04:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KCRM KCRS PK
09KARACHI42BALOCHISTAN - SHI'A HAZARA PARTY LEADER SLAIN
[...] (SBU) Sunni extremists purportedly from the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorist organization claimed credit for killing the Chair of the Hazara Democratic Party in Quetta on January 26. This marks the third prominent assassination of members of the minority Shi'a community in January, the latest in [...]
2009-02-07 12:27:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI PK
09KARACHI45SINDH - IRANIAN AMBASSADOR AND IRANIAN CONSUL
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 31 meeting in Karachi, the Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan, Mashallah Shakari, and the Iranian Consul General to Karachi, Masoud Mohammad Zamani, adopted different tones when discussing Iran's relations with the West. While Shakari appeared to mute his criticism [...]
2009-02-09 07:08:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
09KARACHI49SINDH - IRAN OFFERS PAKISTAN ELECTRICITY,
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 31 meeting co-sponsored by the Pak Iran Friendship society in Karachi, the Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan claimed that his country has offered 1,135MW of energy to Pakistan, an offer he said that could double. He said that poor transmission infrastructure in Ba [...]
2009-02-11 11:53:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL PGOV IR PK
09KARACHI53SINDH - UNRESOLVED DEBT ISSUE COULD SHORT-CIRCUIT
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting Karachi Electrical Supply Company (KESC) Managing Director Naveed Ismail told the CG that the Dubai-based Abrajj Group may not finalize the purchase of KESC unless the Government of Pakistan (GOP) assumes a debt that could run as high as $1.06 billion to t [...]
2009-02-12 07:27:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALENRG EFIN EINV PK
09KARACHI59BALOCHISTAN - SUNNI CLERIC TV PERSONALITY GUNNED
[...] (SBU) Unknown gunmen killed Maulana Iftikhar Ahmed Habibi, a moderate Sunni cleric and television personality, in Quetta on February 18. Habibi, shot on his way to appear on a television program, was an advocate of harmonious Sunni ) Shi'a coexistence and had spoken out against recent killin [...]
2009-02-24 03:03:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL PHUM PK
09KARACHI61SINDH - WILL THAR COAL FINALLY MATERIALIZE?
[...] (C) In a series of meetings in February, Embassy and Consulate EconOffs have heard Thar coal development described in both hopeful and skeptical terms. Sindh officials claim confidently that Pakistan is "three years away" from mining operations in Thar, adding that China and South Korea both [...]
2009-02-25 09:27:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALENGR EINV EFIN ECON PREL PK
09KARACHI68KARACHI - CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY FRUSTRATED BY
[...] (C) Summary: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Deputy Director General Sajid Habib told EconOff on February 13 that Pakistan's airline industry wanted a response from the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) to an industry request to fly direct flights to the U.S. He invited U.S. carrier [...]
2009-03-02 06:22:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD PREL ECON PK
09KARACHI72BALOCHISTAN - NATIONALIST PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL SHOT
[...] (SBU) A radical Islamic group and a new Baloch nationalist group have both claimed responsibility for the February 23 shooting of Balochistan's Provincial Secretary of Mines and Minerals Jan Mohammad Dashti. The terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed it shot Dashti, an intellectual and au [...]
2009-03-05 11:37:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PK
09KARACHI73BALOCHISTAN HEATS UP
[...] (C) Summary. At a February 9, telephonic press conference in Quetta, fugitive Baloch nationalist leader Brahamdagh Bugti threatened to retaliate against the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government for its failure to end GOP military operations in Balochistan. This move comes after th [...]
2009-03-06 05:52:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM SOCI PK
09KARACHI74SINDH - MQM HOLDS RALLY TO SUPPORT PPP, OFFER
[...] (C) Summary: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) held a large rally in Karachi on March 1, in an apparent show of solidarity with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) anger over damage to Benazir Bhutto's Rawalpindi shrine and burning of her photos by supporters of Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim Lea [...]
2009-03-06 12:31:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
09KARACHI81SINDH - PPP SECRETARY GENERAL RESIGNS
[...] (C) Summary: Former Sindh Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Secretary General Nafis Siddiqui said that he tendered his resignation as the party's leader in Sindh after being passed over for a Senate seat because President Zardari has marginalized long-time PPP members in favor of his close allie [...]
2009-03-14 09:18:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
09KARACHI94SINDH - PROVINCIAL DEPUTY SPEAKER UNHAPPY ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: On March 17, Sindh Provincial Assembly Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza, a member of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),told the Acting Consul General (ACG) that civil unrest forced her party to accept the reinstatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. According to her, the prior C [...]
2009-03-20 09:13:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
09KARACHI97BALOCHISTAN - SUICIDE BOMBER HITS GIRLS' MADRASSA
[...] (SBU) A suicide bomber narrowly missed leading Jamiat-e-Ulema-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leaders, including the party's provincial head Mohammad Khan Shirani, during a March 2 attack on a girls' madrassa in the town of Pashin, Balochistan that killed five people. Shirani was the presumed target of t [...]
2009-03-24 16:47:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PHUM PK
09KARACHI98BALOCHISTAN - CHIEF MINISTER RAISANI SPEAKS OUT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 07:02:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PHUM PK
09KATHMANDU1006NEPAL: MAOISTS BACK DOWN ON AIRPORT THREAT
[...] (SBU) Citing international pressure, the Maoists called off plans to blockade the international airport on November 10. In a statement several hours after a November 3 meeting with the diplomatic community (reftel),Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka Prachanda, said, "In view of the inco [...]
2009-11-04 12:21:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1008NEPAL: LASTING CHALLENGES TO PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: As political party leaders fight for short-term control of government, Nepal's peace process remains stalled. The consensus between the key political parties that existed 2005-2007 -- which led to the end of the conflict, the holding of multiparty elections, and [...]
2009-11-05 09:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1015NEPAL: DISQUALIFIED COMBATANTS WON'T LEAVE SOON
[...] (C) Summary: Despite repeated promises, the Maoists are unlikely to allow the discharge of 4,008 disqualified former combatants anytime soon. Maoist internal strategy is confused and focused on retaking government. Negotiations on integration and rehabilitation of the 19,602 verified Maoist [...]
2009-11-10 11:47:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1037NEPAL: MAOISTS THREATEN NEW PROTESTS AS TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Even as the Maoists threaten new protests, optimism is growing that Nepal's political parties may reach agreement on a deal that will bring the Maoists back into government. Maoist leader Prachanda's meeting in Singapore with senior (and ailing) Nepali politician G.P. Koirala fu [...]
2009-11-17 12:42:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1061NEPAL: UML LEADER URGES HARDLINE AGAINST MAOISTS
[...] (C) Summary: The political deal between Maoist Chairman Prachanda and Nepali Congress leader Koirala, reached in Singapore, will collapse, according to UML senior leader K.P. Oli. Neither the Nepali Congress nor the UML will support it. Oli claimed that the Maoists are not serious about the [...]
2009-11-20 11:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1077NEPAL: PRM PDAS PRESSES GON ON REFUGEE PROTECTION
[...] (C) Summary:During a November 11-12 visit to Kathmandu, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala and Home Minister Bhim Rawal to discuss the situations of Tibetans and Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. The Gove [...]
2009-11-24 11:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL NP BU
09KATHMANDU1078NEPAL: PM STILL MULLING PROMOTION OF CONTROVERSIAL
[...] (C) During a November 24 meeting at his request, Chief Secretary Madhav Ghimire told Charge that Prime Minister Nepal had not made a final decision to promote General Toran Jung Bahadur Singh to Lieutenant General, despite press reports to the contrary. Post had previously expressed concern a [...]
2009-11-25 07:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR NP
09KATHMANDU1079NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN OPTIMISTIC ON PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: The Maoists remain committed to the peace process and are "trying their best" to work with other parties, according to Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda). In response to ref A demarche points, Prachanda told Charge that other parties, supported by India, are blo [...]
2009-11-25 07:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1090NEPAL: FORMIN SAYS SOME PROGRESS ON PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary. In response to ref A demarche, DeputyPM and FM Sujata Koirala was optimistic that the three major political parties, including the Maoists, would soon create a "high-level political mechanism," but was less confident that the mechanism would lead to progress on the peace process. [...]
2009-11-30 11:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1102NEPAL: FM KOIRALA LASHES OUT AT RIVALS
[...] (C) Summary: The Nepali Congress, the country's oldest political party, is deeply divided, according to DeputyPM/ForMin Sujata Koirala. Koirala frankly told Charge that her party rivals, led by Ram Chandra Poudel, are actively undermining her leadership and could destroy the party. Turning [...]
2009-12-02 12:31:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1109NEPAL: INDICTED OFFICER DEPLOYED ON UNPKO; WILL BE
[...] (U) The Nepal Army recently deployed Major Niranjan Basnet to the UN peacekeeping mission in Chad, a decision that is drawing fire from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and human rights groups. Basnet is one of the four accused in the high-profile Maina Sunuwar c [...]
2009-12-04 11:23:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU1112NEPAL: PM NEPAL'S NEGATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting, Prime Minister M.K. Nepal took a hard-line on the Maoists, showing little flexibility on reenergizing the peace process. The "ultra-left" and "untrustworthy" Maoists will be allowed to come into government only after their combatants leave the canton [...]
2009-12-07 11:52:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1130NEPAL: MAOIST DEPUTY OUTLINES POSSIBLE DEAL;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sitting under the portraits of Marx, Trotsky, Lenin, Stalin and Mao, United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Vice Chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha "Prakash" told Charge that the political parties were close to resolving the political impasse, a statement we have heard repeatedly (an [...]
2009-12-11 08:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1135NEPAL: UNPKO OFFICER REPATRIATED AND DETAINED
[...] (SBU) Nepal Army (NA) Major Niranjan Basnet, who had been deployed to Chad on a UN peacekeeping mission, has been repatriated to Nepal following intervention by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). Basnet is one o [...]
2009-12-14 11:50:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU1147NEPAL: MAOISTS AGREE TO RELEASE "CHILD SOLDIERS"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under pressure from the visiting UN Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Maoists and the government of Nepal have reached an agreement on the discharge of the 4,008 disqualified combatants from Maoist cantonments. The discharge will beg [...]
2009-12-17 12:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1152NEPAL: STRIKE CONTINUES, MAOISTS MAY BACK DOWN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maoist-led strike continued for a second day, stopping virtually all vehicular traffic in the country. The December 21 demonstrations have been largely peaceful, although yesterday's protests turned violent in several areas, with one policeman seriously injured. A senior [...]
2009-12-21 09:31:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1153NEPAL'S FINANCE CHIEF 'COMMITTED' TO JET DEAL
[...] (SBU) Finance Minister Surendra Pandey says he is "completely committed" to making sure the Nepal Airlines Corporation's (NAC's) decision to purchase aircraft from Airbus, instead of Boeing, was fully transparent before determining whether the government should provide the loan guarantee the [...]
2009-12-22 08:21:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD PREL PTEP NP
09KATHMANDU1163NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER'S BRIEFING FOR P-5
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister M.K. Nepal, flanked by his two Deputy Prime Ministers, told P-5 Ambassadors and Charges that the country was currently facing &new challenges8 to the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. On the heels of a three-day Maoist bandh,, or general stri [...]
2009-12-24 07:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1164NEPAL: MAOISTS ALLOW PARLIAMENT TO REOPEN
[...] (C) Summary: The United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) ended its nationwide general strike on December 22, but said political negotiations are increasingly difficult because the other parties are "puppets" of India. As an act of "good faith" and to spur negotiations, the Maoists uni [...]
2009-12-24 08:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1172NEPAL CABINET PROMOTES TORAN SINGH, DRAWS CRITICISM
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Brushing aside the concerns of the international community and Nepal's own human rights groups, the Cabinet approved the promotion of Toran Singh to Chief of the General Staff on December 24, making Singh the second highest r [...]
2009-12-29 11:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM MARR NP
09KATHMANDU1174NEPAL: TERRORIST BENCHMARKS PASSED TO PRACHANDA
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 29 meeting with Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda," Charge presented the Embassy's benchmarks for removing the Maoists from the two U.S. terrorist lists. Prachanda said the Maoists were considering moving from street protests to debate within Parliament. [...]
2009-12-29 11:56:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU127NEPAL: BOUCHER STRESSES NEED FOR CONSENSUS WITH
[...] (C) In meetings February 11 and 12 with the head and the former head of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist, which is the second-largest party in the Government of Nepal, and with the leader of the opposition, Girija Koirala of the Nepali Congress, Assistant Secretary Boucher [...]
2009-02-19 07:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON MARR PHUM UN NP
09KATHMANDU128NEPAL: BOUCHER URGES PROGRESS ON MAOIST COMBATANTS
[...] (C) In meetings on February 11 and February 12 with Defense Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Rookmangud Katawal, Assistant Secretary Boucher pushed for progress in completing the peace process, including the rehabilitation and integration of Maoist combatants. The Def [...]
2009-02-19 07:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID MARR UN
09KATHMANDU129NEPAL: BOUCHER STRESSES U.S. INTEREST IN
[...] (C) During his February 11-12 visit to Kathmandu, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher emphasized to members of the Government of Nepal that the United States was interested in strengthening Nepal's democracy, in promoting the country's economic development and in seeing an end to violence. Pr [...]
2009-02-19 08:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID ENVR ENRG EINV ETRD MARR
09KATHMANDU134NEPAL: STILL ABSTAINING FROM RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) In his meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher on February 11, Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya said that the Government of Nepal (GON) has yet to decide if it would recognize the independence of Kosovo. Acharya acknowledged that the GON understood the U.S. interest in Ko [...]
2009-02-20 08:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC ICJ KV NP
09KATHMANDU137OUTBRIEF ON FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM met with Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood February 19 to exchange briefings on the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher and Indian Foreign Secretary Menon to Nepal. Sood indicated that Menon's only significant meeting was with PM Dahal where Menon str [...]
2009-02-20 09:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALUN IN KDEM MARR NP PGOV PREL PTER
09KATHMANDU14A SNAPSHOT AT KATHMANDU'S TIBETAN RECEPTION CENTER
[...] (C) For months following the virtual closure of the Tibet/Nepal border after the March 2008 protests in Lhasa, almost no new arrivals came from Tibet to Kathmandu's Tibetan Reception Center (TRC). By fall 2008 a small but steady number of Tibetans began to arrive at the TRC. To gain a pictu [...]
2009-01-06 08:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM NP CH IN
09KATHMANDU154NEPAL EXPECTED TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] (SBU) On February 27, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed interest in Judge Painter's candidacy for the UN Appeals Tribunal but did not commit the Nepalese delegation in New York to voting for him. Emboffs, as inst [...]
2009-02-27 08:47:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KATHMANDU160INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL GON MOVES ON
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Ambassador Sood hosted a donor coordination discussion to review planning for discharge of 4000 non-combatants from the PLA cantonments. UNICEF and UNDP briefed comprehensive plans for a three-day out-processing to be followed by sixty options for vocational training. [...]
2009-03-02 08:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KOCI UN IN NP
09KATHMANDU164AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 27 MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with PM Dahal on February 27 to provide observations following Department consultations and the recent A/S Boucher visit to Nepal. PM Dahal appeared to understand that any USG terrorism de-listing action relied largely on future Maoist actions, including clear st [...]
2009-03-02 09:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KOCI EAID PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU174NEPAL: PLA RECRUITMENT DRIVE UPS THE ANTE
[...] (C) The commander of the Maoist People's Liberation Army announced March 2 that he intended to recruit more than 11,000 new combatants, allegedly in reaction to the February 28 decision by the governing parties to sanction the recent recruitment by the Nepal Army of some 3,000 new recruits. Th [...]
2009-03-05 10:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU178NEPAL: PLA RECRUITMENT ONGOING
[...] (C) On March 5, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Senior Political Advisor Kathy Jones confirmed to Emboff that UNMIN monitors were reporting People's Liberation Army's (PLA) recruitment underway at three of the seven main cantonments, with the greatest amount of activity at the "Fourth Division" c [...]
2009-03-06 08:48:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PTER UN NP
09KATHMANDU181 NEPAL'S NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WARNS OF
[...] (C) The recently appointed governor of Nepal's central bank, Deependra Kshetry, expressed serious concerns about the impact of the current global economic crisis on Nepal's already weak economy during a wide-ranging meeting with Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Michael Owen on March [...]
2009-03-09 05:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PINR NP
09KATHMANDU185JOINT BRITISH-FRENCH-U.S. MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal pledged that unauthorized recruitment by the People,s Liberation Army (PLA) would be halted immediately following a March 8 meeting of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) in a meeting with British and French Ambassadors, and American [...]
2009-03-09 09:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU186GOVERNMENT FOLLOWS THROUGH ON "PRE-EMPTIVE" ACTION
[...] (C) In the early hours of March 9, the Nepali Government arrested and detained 12 apparently undocumented Tibetans. The only woman was released, the others have not yet been charged. Tibetan sources reported that others were threatened and their documents and cell phones confiscated. A Tibet [...]
2009-03-09 09:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM CH NP
09KATHMANDU2NEPAL: COMPROMISE ON ARMY INTEGRATION SPECIAL
[...] (U) On December 26, Nepal's four major political parties agreed to equal representation on the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC). The question now is whether the parties can finalize the AISC's leadership and terms of reference. If successful, this would end a stalemate that has pre [...]
2009-01-02 09:12:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU215NEPAL: THARU STRIKE ENDS, QUESTIONS REMAIN
[...] (SBU) On March 14, the Government of Nepal (GON) signed a six-point agreement with several Tharu organizations, ending a nearly two-weeklong general strike across the Terai. The strike had badly affected the entire country because transportation and supply links with India for all hill and m [...]
2009-03-17 09:26:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU235 MAOIST DEFENSE MINISTER REFUSES TO EXTEND SERVICE
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. Summary -------- 2. (C) The Nepalese Defense Minister refused to approve term extensions for eight brigadier generals of the Nepal Army and the officers were forced into mandatory retirement at midnight, March 16, 2009. Many opine that the D [...]
2009-03-20 09:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PTER IN NP
09KATHMANDU239AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Recent conflicts over military recruitment and the refusal to extend the careers of eight Nepal Army Brigadier Generals will not have any negative impact on the fragile peace process, Prime Minister Dahal told Ambassador on March 23. Refuting Ambassador,s concern over lack of [...]
2009-03-23 10:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PTER NP
09KATHMANDU24NEPALI GOVERNMENT BACKTRACKING, "STILL
[...] Following the Government of Nepal's (GON) previous commitment to a registration and limited resettlement program for Tibetan refugees in Nepal in November 2008 (reftel),post learned in late December that the Government might be reconsidering its support. Ambassador Powell received confirmat [...]
2009-01-07 10:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU243UNMIN/P-5 CONCERN OVER NEPALI LACK OF PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) Summary. French, Chinese, and American Ambassadors along with the UK and Russian Deputy Chiefs of Mission met March 23 for a briefing by UNMIN chief Karin Landgren on her recent consultations and to discuss the lack of progress on key peace issues. UNMIN's mid-term report will be publis [...]
2009-03-24 07:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PTER UN NP
09KATHMANDU249NEPAL: NO POSITION ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF
[...] (C) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would not formulate a policy regarding Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, or on Russia's in [...]
2009-03-25 06:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PBTS GG RS KV NP
09KATHMANDU251NEPAL: COURT STAYS GENERALS RETIREMENT
[...] (C) On March 24 the Supreme Court issued a stay order against the Defense Minister's decision to not extend the terms of eight Nepal Army brigadier generals. The stay order reinstates the generals until the Supreme Court issues a final verdict. Media reports depict the decision as a further [...]
2009-03-25 10:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU320NEPAL: MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT THREATENING TO REMOVE
[...] (C) Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal to step down on April 19. The PM cited three issues: Nepal Army (NA) recruitment, the brigadier generals' continued reporting to duty after their forced retirement and the NA's withdrawal from the Nation [...]
2009-04-20 09:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU325NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF RESPONDS TO CHARGES, NO
[...] (C) Early on April 21, Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal provided a written response to the letter he received a day earlier from the cabinet requiring him to explain his alleged acts in violation of government directives and law on three issues. His response addressed the issues [...]
2009-04-21 10:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU327REQUEST FOR AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR OF NEPAL TO
[...] (U) The Government of Nepal (GON) has formally requested agrement for retired International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist and reported U.S. permanent resident Dr. Sukhdev Shah to be Nepal's Ambassador to the United States. Although the Parliamentary Special Hearing Committee was unable to rea [...]
2009-04-22 07:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL NP
09KATHMANDU328NEPAL ENCOURAGED TO VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S IMF AND
[...] (C) At a meeting April 22 with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, the Ambassador urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to vote in favor of Kosovo's bid for International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank membership. The Foreign Secretary responded that the question of Kosovo's independenc [...]
2009-04-22 08:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV NP
09KATHMANDU329NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF NOT FIRED YET
[...] (C) As of close of business on April 22, the Maoist-led Government of Nepal (GON) had not relieved embattled Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal of his duties. The latest developments (since Ref B) include: -- At a brief cabinet meeting the morning of April 22, ministers we [...]
2009-04-22 09:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR NP
09KATHMANDU330NEPAL STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. CANDIDACY TO UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 09:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU335NEPAL: PM DAHAL MAKES CASE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON
[...] (C) Early on April 23, Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal briefed selected members of the diplomatic corps, including Ambassador Powell, on why the Government of Nepal (GON) was considering removing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal. PM Dahal denied that his Maoist party had any [...]
2009-04-23 09:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU339NEPAL: POLITICAL CONFRONTATION OVER ARMY CHIEF
[...] (C) A little over a week since Prime Minister Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katawal to resign, the ensuing political confrontation continues to churn. According to contacts and press reports from April 24-27, various unappealing scenarios, including a sacking of Katawal by the [...]
2009-04-27 10:23:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU345NEPAL: PARTIES CONTINUE TALKS OVER ARMY CHIEF,
[...] (C) As of close of business April 29, ongoing efforts by Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal to persuade the leaders of the opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and coalition partner Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to agree to the removal of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General [...]
2009-04-29 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU353NEPAL: RAYAMAJHEE SELECTED NEW CHIEF JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) On April 29, the Constitutional Council recommended Min Bahadur Rayamajhee to be the new chief justice of Nepal, continuing the tradition of seniority at the expense of the Maoists' preferred candidate. Rayamajhee was the most senior of six Supreme Court justices eligible to replace Chi [...]
2009-04-30 08:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PTER NP
09KATHMANDU356SCENESETTER AND POINTS FOR MAY 5 UNSC SESSION ON
[...] (C) The May 5 session of the UN Security Council to review the UN Secretary General's mid-term report on the UN Mission in Nepal provides the United States with an excellent opportunity to push the peace process forward. For almost two weeks, Nepal's politics has been consumed with a struggle [...]
2009-05-01 10:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER KDEM UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU364NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER DISSENT OVER
[...] (C) On May 4 Prime Minister Dahal announced his resignation. The surprise announcement followed the May 3 cabinet vote supported only by the Prime Minister's Maoist party to immediately relieve General Katawal as Chief of Army Staff. UML and Sadbhavana Party ministers then resigned in protes [...]
2009-05-04 09:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU365NEPAL: SCENARIOS, WINNERS AND LOSERS AFTER MAY 3-4
[...] (C) With Prime Minister Dahal's resignation (septels),the current Maoist-led coalition is finished. Replacements include a coalition of the Maoists and the Madhesi People's Rights Forum, a national coalition or a Nepali Congress or Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist-led coali [...]
2009-05-04 10:26:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU377MEETINGS WITH PM DAHAL AND UML LEADER KHANAL:
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador joined like-minded heads of mission in separate meetings with Prime Minister Dahal and UML leader Jhalanath Khanal. Dahal was especially emphatic in his defense of civilian supremacy and the need to have the principle fully recognized in Nepal. He called the Presi [...]
2009-05-06 11:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU389NEPAL: LEAKED VIDEO SPARKS "PRACHANDAGATE"
[...] (C) On May 4, a Nepalese television station released a video of Maoist leader Pushpa Dahal addressing a group of Maoist combatants at a cantonment in Chitwan on January 2, 2008. On May 6, Dahal defended his actions in a press conference. In the 2008 video, Dahal claimed that: - The rea [...]
2009-05-07 09:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU4NEPAL: COMMERCE MINISTER STRESSES NEED TO HAVE
[...] (C) On December 29, Minister of Commerce Rajendra Mahato of the small, Terai-based Sadbhavana Party told the Ambassador that it was essential for the Maoists to join hands with the Nepali Congress for the sake of Nepal's future. Mahato indicated that it was primarily up to Prime Minister Daha [...]
2009-01-02 09:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD EAID EAGR PHUM PTER KTEX NP
09KATHMANDU404NEPAL'S MAOISTS RUN AMOK IN RAMECHHAP AND OTHER
[...] (SBU) Following the resignation of Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal on May 4, the Maoist District Organization Committee in Ramechhap, a hilly district 75 km east of Kathmandu, issued an ultimatum to members of the Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to [...]
2009-05-12 07:24:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU414NEPAL: MPRF MAKES A PLAY TO HEAD THE NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) At close of business May 15, the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) was making a play to head a new Nepali government in coalition with the Maoists and several smaller parties. MPRF Member of Parliament Abishek Shah told Emboff May 15 that the Maoist leadership had agreed to permit the [...]
2009-05-15 08:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU420NEPAL: MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR UML-LED GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) On May 17 the Madhesi People's Rights Forum announced it would support Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist and Nepali Congress efforts to form a new government under the leadership of Madhav Kumar Nepal, bringing the coalition support over the majority threshold. Election of [...]
2009-05-18 08:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU435NEPAL: ELECTION OF NEW PRIME MINISTER MAY OCCUR
[...] (C) Caretaker Prime Minister Dahal's address to the Constituent Assembly on May 22 paves the way for holding an election of a new Prime Minister on May 23. Former Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist General Secretary Madhav Nepal is currently the only candidate. It may still t [...]
2009-05-22 09:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU437NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER SWORN IN
[...] (C) On May 23, the Constituent Assembly elected veteran Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal unopposed as the country's new Prime Minister. MK Nepal and two additional UML ministers were sworn in May 25 as negotiations continued to fill the rest o [...]
2009-05-26 08:14:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU461NEPAL: MAOIST LEADER AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M) chairman Pushpa Dahal told the Ambassador June 2 that the Maoists intended to continue to support the democratic process in Nepal. Dahal, who was accompanied by ex-Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai, said that the Maoists would participate [...]
2009-06-03 09:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU464NEPAL: SUJATA KOIRALA POSSIBLE NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) On June 3 Sujata Koirala confirmed to Emboff press reports that her father, former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) party president Girija Prasad Koirala has proposed she head the NC team in the new UML-led coalition government. Sujata said she was designated to become the Foreign [...]
2009-06-04 05:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU468NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER EXPANDS HIS CABINET
[...] (SBU) On June 4, in the presence of President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal swore in eight additional ministers. Prime Minister Nepal (Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist or UML) named Bijay Gachchhadar, parliamentary leader of the Madhesi People's Rights F [...]
2009-06-05 05:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU471NEPAL: MADHESI FORUM IN DISARRAY
[...] (U) At a news conference June 5 Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) Chairman Upendra Yadav announced that his party had withdrawn its support to Prime Minister M. K. Nepal's Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML)-led government. Yadav further announced that the party central [...]
2009-06-05 09:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU512NEPAL: FORMER PM DAHAL TELLS A/S BLAKE MAOISTS ARE
[...] (C) Maoist chairman and former Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake on June 12 that his party is committed to the peace process and to drafting the constitution on time. The former Prime Minister spelled out the Maoists' goals for the peace process, inclu [...]
2009-06-17 08:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU522NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER EXPANDS CABINET TO 22
[...] (SBU) On the evening of June 17, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) inducted five ministers and six state ministers into his cabinet, bringing the total to 22. The PM also assigned portfolios to the six Nepali Congress (NC) minis [...]
2009-06-18 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU529NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER HOPEFUL HE CAN MAKE
[...] (C) Newly elected Prime Minister M.K. Nepal told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake June 12 that he hoped his government will take shape within "a few days." He admitted that he is facing problems with the Maoists in the Parliament and the street, but said he is trying to find a way to [...]
2009-06-19 06:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU530NEPAL'S PRESIDENT STRESSES COMMITMENT TO PEACE
[...] (C) In his June 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Blake, President Ram Baran Yadav underscored his commitment to the peace process, a new constitution, and, most importantly, the rehabilitation and reintegration of former Maoist combatants. The President defended his decision to reinstate [...]
2009-06-19 06:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU535NEPAL: A/S BLAKE URGES PROGRESS ON PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) In a June 12 lunch meeting with representatives from three of the four major parties and at an evening reception with a broad group of Nepali leaders, visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake encouraged parties and institutions to work together to complete the peace process, including dra [...]
2009-06-19 08:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM UN UK NP
09KATHMANDU538INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 21 meeting with Ambassador, Indian Foreign Secretary Menon expressed growing concern about the potential for confrontation between the military and the Maoists and about the lack of political leadership from the other parties. Menon said that COAS Katawal,s confronta [...]
2009-06-22 08:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR UN IN NP
09KATHMANDU549FOREIGN MINISTER VALUES CONTINUED U.S. ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) On June 12, Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (Nepali Congress) acknowledged to Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that the Maoists were unlikely to join the current government. However, she was optimistic that at least a few of the Maoists would participate in a High Level Peace Committee. [...]
2009-06-25 05:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID ETRD KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU552NEPAL: THIRD CABINET EXPANSION
[...] (U) On June 24 Prime Minster Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet for a third time, swearing in five ministers and one state minister. The expansion brings in two more ministers for Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),two from the second largest Terai-based party, the Terai Madhes Democr [...]
2009-06-25 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU56NEPAL: COLGATE NEGOTIATES LABOR SETTLEMENT
[...] (C) On November 21, Colgate Palmolive announced it had sold its entire interest in its Nepal operation, Colgate-Palmolive Nepal),to a private Nepali concern (reftel). Although the purchase agreement included provisions ensuring continued employment under the new ownership, the former Colgate [...]
2009-01-20 06:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ELAB NP
09KATHMANDU564TIBETAN PROTESTERS DETAINED IN KATHMANDU
[...] (SBU) In the first Tibetan political protest since March 2009, a group of 34 Tibetans took a bus from Kathmandu to the Nepal-Tibet border early on June 26, reportedly to turn themselves over to Chinese authorities and become martyrs for the cause of a free Tibet. The group was intercepted and [...]
2009-06-26 09:30:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM CH NP
09KATHMANDU570NEPAL: FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON PEACE PROCESS,
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's farewell call on June 29, Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala confirmed that the cabinet had decided to extend the UN Mission in Nepal's mandate in Nepal. The cabinet also approved the extension of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for an additional [...]
2009-06-29 08:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM UN CH NP
09KATHMANDU590NEPAL: COMMERCE AND LAW MINISTERS JOIN CABINET
[...] (U) On July 3 Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal inducted two more ministers into his cabinet: Rajendra Mahato, chairman of the small, Madhesi-based Sadbhavana Party (SP),as Minister for Commerce and Supplies; and Prem Bahadur Singh, the sole Member of Parliament from the Social Democratic Peo [...]
2009-07-06 08:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP
09KATHMANDU600NEPAL PARLIAMENT PROCEEDINGS RESUME
[...] (C) On July 6, with the mid-July budget deadline looming, the Maoists reached agreement with the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to end their two-month obstruction of the Parliament and allow the budget to be presented. Deal Struck ----- [...]
2009-07-07 09:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU601NEPAL: AMBASSADOR URGES PROGRESS IN PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) In a series of farewell calls since June 22 with senior Nepali officials and politicians, the Ambassador urged progress on the peace process, in the drafting of the constitution and in the political process generally. Nepali officials, including the Foreign, Defense, Home, Finance, and Pe [...]
2009-07-08 03:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID MARR UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU618NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN
[...] (U) On July 7, Emboff delivered the reftel demarche and talking points to Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary of the Foreign Ministry's UN and International Organizations Division, seeking the cooperation of the Government of Nepal (GON) in carrying out the inspection-related provisions of UN Sec [...]
2009-07-10 03:07:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN NP
09KATHMANDU625NEPAL: EMBASSY ADVOCATES FOR BOEING
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Madhav Nepal and Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Sarad Bhandari vowed in meetings the week of July 6 that the Nepal Airlines Corporation's decision to purchase new aircraft would be fair and transparent. PM Nepal expressed this commitment to transparency during the [...]
2009-07-13 06:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU645NEPAL'S TIBETAN REFUGEE POLICY UNDER STRAIN
[...] (C) The Government of Nepal's policy of permitting Tibetan refugees to remain quietly in Nepal while accommodating Chinese demands to prevent "anti-China" activities is under increasing strain. Tibetan activists have recently conducted several public protests, Nepali authorities detained the [...]
2009-07-17 10:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU68NEPAL: MAOISTS MERGE WITH SMALL COMMUNIST PARTY;
[...] (SBU) On January 12, the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-M),Nepal's largest party, merged with a minor communist party, the Communist Party of Nepal - Unity Center Masal (UC),to form the United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M). A joint convention of the two parties' Central [...]
2009-01-26 10:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU697NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF KATAWAL ANNOUNCES
[...] (SBU) On July 27, the Chief of the Army Staff, General Rookmangud Katawal, called on President Ram Baran Yadav to announce his retirement and introduce his successor, Lt. Gen. Chhatraman Gurung. Katawal said he would take the customary one-month leave beginning August 8 before his retirement [...]
2009-07-29 09:17:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS NP
09KATHMANDU70NEPAL: CHAIRPERSONS SELECTED FOR CONSTITUENT
[...] (SBU) On January 13, Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subash Nemwang swore in chairpersons from six parties for the 24 CA committees. Madhav Kumar Nepal, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),was elected head of the Constitutional Com [...]
2009-01-27 06:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU726NEPAL: MAOIST DEMONSTRATIONS BEGINNING AUGUST 7
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) party announced they will begin demonstrations in the streets and in parliament August 7, unless the coalition government meets a series of demands. The Maoists are demanding a parliamentary debate on the issue of "civilian [...]
2009-08-04 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU728NEPAL: INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE
[...] (U) In response to reftel request for mechanisms in Nepal that aim to prevent torture and protect victims, post is aware of the following mechanisms: 2. (C) The Nepali government has several institutions that have responsibility for working to prevent torture: the Prime Minister's (PM's) Of [...]
2009-08-05 01:30:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALDRL NP PGOV PHUM UN
09KATHMANDU732NEPAL: MAOIST THREATS SPARK ANGST, RUMORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Maoist Leader Dahal,s public and private statements that his party intends to topple the M.K. Nepal government have prompted speculation about the fallout from Maoist demonstrations scheduled to begin on August 7. Discussions between Maoists and Nepali Congress (NC) leaders have s [...]
2009-08-06 10:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU737NEPAL: MAOIST PROTEST CAMPAIGN BEGINS QUIETLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maoists' month-long protest campaign began quietly on August 7 with small-scale, inconsequential protests, but sources confirm Maoist preparations to mobilize supporters in coming weeks for peaceful demonstrations. Meanwhile, the government coalition decided the previous ev [...]
2009-08-07 10:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CASC NP
09KATHMANDU741NEPAL: HOME MINISTER CONFRONTS SECURITY CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal has unveiled a new security plan intended to curb violence and end impunity. Key aspects of the plan have been developed in coordination with the U.S.-sponsored Security Sector Reform (SSR) project and include redoubling efforts to increase security per [...]
2009-08-10 07:34:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC IN NP
09KATHMANDU743NEPAL'S CONCURRENCE ON UPDATED EXECUTIVE ORDER
[...] (C) Embassy Kathmandu concurs with the Department of Labor's update of its Executive Order 13126 list, which identifies bricks, carpets, embroidered textiles (zari),and crushed stones as products produced in Nepal using forced or indentured child labor. MOON [...]
2009-08-10 08:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NP
09KATHMANDU744NEPAL: INDIGENOUS GROUPS VIE FOR POWER, FEDERALISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's ethnic minority ("Janajati") groups have formed a political caucus in the Constituent Assembly (CA) to overcome their traditional marginalization in Nepali politics. The Janajati groups propose a federal system with distinct districts for different groups, but disagree o [...]
2009-08-10 09:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP SOCI
09KATHMANDU748UNMIN PESSIMISTIC ON NEPAL PEACE PROCESS PROSPECTS
[...] (C) Summary: The UN Secretary General's representative in Nepal, Karin Landgren, told P-5 missions on August 11 that prospects for Nepal's peace process over the next six to eight weeks are "slim." Obstacles include the failure of political leaders to develop a "high-level mechanism" for re [...]
2009-08-12 09:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM UNSC IN NP
09KATHMANDU756NEPAL: MAOISTS ON CONSENSUS GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Maoist Central Committee,s top priority is to force a parliamentary debate on the "civilian supremacy" issue and then to establish a consensus government under Maoist leadership. The Maoists will not agree to a "high-level mechanism" for resolving inter-party disputes on c [...]
2009-08-14 08:29:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU782NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY WEATHERS MAOIST STORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A long-time confidant of Nepali Congress (NC) party leader G.P. Koirala believes the current government will survive Maoist challenges in the coming months and that the Maoists may join the governing coalition by the end of 2009. Two influential NC "Young Turks" take the opposite [...]
2009-08-21 05:03:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU787NEPAL: FM SYMPATHETIC ON TIBET BUT CHANGE UNLIKELY
[...] (C) In an August 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (septel),Charge expressed U.S. concern about recent, and highly inaccurate, reports in the Nepali media linking the Tibetan Reception Center to anti-Chinese activities. Noting the U.S.-funded Center is well-respected and plays an [...]
2009-08-25 08:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM NP CH
09KATHMANDU788NEPAL: MUSLIMS SEEK RECOGNITION IN NEW CONSTITUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's Muslim community is seeking official recognition in the new constitution as a way to guarantee their religious rights. Muslim leaders in Nepal see India as a model for structuring religious affairs in a democracy. Madrasas throughout the Terai operate through loose, in [...]
2009-08-25 08:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NP
09KATHMANDU792NEPAL: FM KOIRALA ON ROPES BUT LIKELY TO SURVIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has come under fire over her last-minute decision not to accompany Prime Minister M.K. Nepal on his August 18-22 visit to India. She will survive the controversy, but her weak political base has eroded even further. Koirala will make a "goodwill t [...]
2009-08-26 08:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM CH NP
09KATHMANDU804NEPAL: UNMIN MONITORING OF PLA COMBATANTS IN DOUBT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) combatants were detained outside of their cantonment on August 24 carrying weapons and dressed in military fatigues. UNMIN publicly expressed "serious concern" about the incident, which it said was a clear violation of peace agreements. Ot [...]
2009-08-31 02:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU808NEPAL'S NEXT ENVOY TO U.S. IS COMPETENT TECHNOCRAT
[...] (C) Summary: Shankar Prasad Sharma, Nepal's Ambassador-Designate to the United States of America, is a longtime economic adviser to the Government of Nepal (GON) who has also been a personal adviser to the family of Nepali Congress chairman G.P. Koirala. He received his Ph.D. in economics f [...]
2009-08-31 09:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU813NEPAL: VP OATH CRISIS SYMBOLIZES ETHNIC DIVISIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Nepal's Vice President Parmananda Jha has refused to take his oath in the Nepali language after the Supreme Court invalidated his previous oath, taken in Hindi. The controversy has been brewing for months and has come to symbolize long-standing tensions over language and ethnicity [...]
2009-09-01 08:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU814INDIA VISIT REINFORCED NEPAL'S RULING COALITION --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's August 18-22 visit to New Delhi, widely viewed as more symbolic than substantive, somewhat cemented his position as the leader of the Nepalese government but does not guarantee he will be able to remain in power. The visit did, however, ill [...]
2009-09-01 09:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU828NEPAL: RETIRING COAS KATAWAL PESSIMISTIC ON FUTURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Expressing appreciation for U.S. support over the years, Chief of Army Staff Katawal told Charge he remains deeply distrustful of Maoist intentions, stressing the importance of continued pressure on the Maoists. A strong and apolitical military is essential to protect Nepal's dem [...]
2009-09-04 13:17:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MASS NP
09KATHMANDU829NEPAL: PM OUTLINES PEACE PROCESS STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal told Charge on September 4 his primary concerns are how to resolve whether former Maoist combatants can integrate into the Nepal Army, achieve unity among the political parties and the international community, and advance the peace process. The [...]
2009-09-04 13:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU834NEPAL ARRESTS, RELEASES TIBETANS
[...] (C) On September 6, the Nepal Police Chief District Officer ordered the release of nine Tibetans refugees who had been held for four and five days. The CDO told OHCHR that the nine were being released on his authority and could be detained again by the same means. Seven of the Tibetans, rang [...]
2009-09-09 11:16:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM CH NP
09KATHMANDU840NEPAL: ADVOCACY CONTINUES AS BOEING'S HOPES FADE
[...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires continues to advocate at the highest levels of government for the state-run Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to conduct its decision-making process on the purchase of new aircraft in a fair and transparent manner, even as Boeing officials report that the NAC Board o [...]
2009-09-11 10:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU841NEPAL: MAOISTS' SHORT AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's Maoists continue to pursue short- and long-term strategies for returning to power in the Constituent Assembly. In the short term, they are working to persuade disaffected Madhesi parties to give them the 30 seats they need to gain a working majority. Over the long term [...]
2009-09-11 12:49:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU852NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Nepalese Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala told Charge during a meeting on September 15 (septel) she would look into the Middle East issues related to the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference currently in process in Vienna. Charge specifically requested that Nepal vote aga [...]
2009-09-15 11:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS NP
09KATHMANDU863NEPAL: FM OPEN TO KOSOVO MEETING
[...] (C) During a September 15 meeting with Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (ref A),Charge encouraged the Government of Nepal to respond favorably to meeting requests from the Government of Kosovo during the upcoming UNGA session (ref B). Koirala was unaware of any request for a meeting, but appe [...]
2009-09-18 08:42:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KV NP
09KATHMANDU864NEPAL: JUDICIAL POLITICS, POLITICIZED JUDICIARY
[...] (C) Summary: Key judicial leaders in Nepal are deeply concerned about Maoist-supported constitutional proposals on the judiciary, which would empower parliament to appoint and remove judges, and interpret the constitution. The Supreme Court Chief Justice and others are actively lobbying the C [...]
2009-09-18 08:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU870(C) NEPAL FM: IF NOT INDIA, HOW ABOUT CHINA?
[...] (C) Summary: During Foreign Minister Koirala's recent trip to China, Chinese officials expressed continuing "concern" about the activities of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. China promised Koirala only a handful of small-sum infrastructure projects. The Indians are "not happy" with Nepal's cooper [...]
2009-09-21 12:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF CH NP
09KATHMANDU871NEPAL: HOME MINISTER LISTS PRIORITIES TO DASD SCHER
[...] (C) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal highlighted to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Scher his commitment to improving national and regional security, curbing political violence, resolving the most contentious peace process issues with the Maoists, and upholding human rights. I [...]
2009-09-21 13:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU877NEPAL: UNMIN HEAD SHARES DOUBTS ABOUT PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: Unless the Maoists are "drawn into the political process," progress on constitution drafting and military integration and rehabilitation will be very difficult, according to UNMIN head Karin Landgren. Landgren told visiting Defense DAS Scher that solutions to the technical aspec [...]
2009-09-22 12:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU881NEPAL: TERRORIST THREATENING CHRISTIANS ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary: The leader of the Nepal Defense Army (NDA),Ram Prasad Mainali, was arrested on September 5 in the eastern Terai district of Morang. The NDA is a Hindu extremist organization that gained prominence over the past couple of years for attacks against Christians as well as Muslims [...]
2009-09-23 11:52:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KIRF ASEC CASC IN NP
09KATHMANDU883NEPAL: DEFENSE MINISTER ON PEACE PROCESS, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Bidya Bhandari told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Robert Scher that Nepal was "at a very important juncture in the peace process." She supports limited integration of Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army based on the peace agreements so long as t [...]
2009-09-23 12:34:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU884NEPAL: DASD SCHER, COAS ON PEACE PROCESS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Chief of Army Staff Chhatraman Singh Gurung asked Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Scher for the United States to resume the supply of lethal assistance to the Nepal Army (NA). Gurung supports the peace process and civilian supremacy but is willing to step in should the Gov [...]
2009-09-24 03:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR MASS MCAP IN NP
09KATHMANDU898NEPAL: LET'S ENGAGE THE KEY PLAYERS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 5 and 9. 2. (C) Summary. Post proposes a new approach to remove two conflict-era impediments to effective U.S. engagement in Nepal: (1) restrictions on U.S. military assistance to the Nepal Army, and (2) ongoing inclusion of the Communist Party of [...]
2009-10-01 03:29:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU906NEPAL: CONTROVERSIAL ARMY GENERAL COULD BE PROMOTED
[...] (C) Summary: Based on media reports that Nepal Army (NA) Major General Toran Singh, who is alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses, was soon to be promoted to Lieutenant General, the Defense Attache met with two cabinet ministers and the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) to voice U.S. conc [...]
2009-10-02 12:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR PREL PINR NP
09KATHMANDU922NEPAL: IRAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] (C) On October 8, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament are very important issues to the Government of Nepal (GON),and Iran should comply with its international obligat [...]
2009-10-09 11:16:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR NP
09KATHMANDU929NEPAL: CONTROVERSIAL GENERAL'S PROMOTION ON HOLD
[...] (SBU) Nepal's Cabinet deferred on October 8 a decision on the promotion of Army Major General Toran Singh. Singh, who is alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses, was under consideration for promotion to Lieutenant General (reftel). The Cabinet reportedly discussed Singh's appointment b [...]
2009-10-09 11:54:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MARR PINR NP
09KATHMANDU930NEPAL: MAOIST COMBATANTS TO BE DISCHARGED - MAYBE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under a new agreement between the Ministry for Peace and Reconstruction and the Maoists, the discharge process for disqualified Maoist combatants is scheduled to restart with a high-level joint visit to a cantonment on October 11. The Ministry hopes to transfer all disqualified [...]
2009-10-09 12:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU950NEPAL: UN SUPPORTS JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and Post agreed to develop a joint human rights framework, identifying emblematic human rights cases and pressing both the Nepal Army and the Maoists to take specific actions to punish the perpetrators. While this s [...]
2009-10-16 06:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU958NEPAL: DISQUALIFIED MAOISTS TOLD TIME TO GO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Peace and Reconstruction Minister, Maoist military commanders and UN representatives visited a Maoist cantonment on October 11-15 to restart the process for "discharging" former Maoist combatants. Maoist leaders told former combatants to prepare for reintegration into Nepali [...]
2009-10-20 09:36:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU972NEPAL: P-5 AMBASSADORS VISIT MAOIST CANTONMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 23 visit to a Maoist cantonment in eastern Nepal, the P-5 plus Japan chiefs of mission underscored UNSC support for the Nepali peace process and called for the rapid discharge, integration, and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants. The Maoist Division Commander [...]
2009-10-26 12:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR UN NP
09KATHMANDU974NEPAL: INDIA BIASED AGAINST MAOISTS, FAVORS STATUS
[...] (C) Summary. Two senior Nepali civil society leaders, who just completed extensive political discussions with Indian leaders, concluded that India's policy toward Nepal is "simplistic" and biased against the Maoists. India supports the current M.K. Nepal-led government and wants to keep the [...]
2009-10-26 12:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU980NEPAL: MAOISTS DEMAND LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist plans to intensify protests and "paralyze" government operations starting in mid-November unless the ruling coalition agrees to create a new Maoist-led consensus government. The Maoists seek increased dialogue with the United States and want t [...]
2009-10-27 12:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU982NEPAL: PM ADVISOR HINTS AT ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. Rajan Bhattarai, the Prime Minister's foreign policy advisor, told Charge that PM Madhav Kumar Nepal is committed to investigating and prosecuting human rights abuses the Nepal Army and the Maoists perpetrated during the insurgency. Bhattarai said the PM has delayed the promotio [...]
2009-10-28 08:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU984NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN SEEKS TERRORIST DE-LISTING
[...] (C) Summary: Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) told Charge he would like to build confidence and relations between the Maoist party and the United States. Dahal also expressed interest in taking steps to remove his party from the U.S. terrorist exclusion lists. He insisted [...]
2009-10-29 08:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU999NEPAL: ESCALATING MAOIST PROTESTS THREATEN AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Maoists launched a protest program against the coalition government that is to build up to a blockade of the Kathmandu Valley and international airport on November 10. Meanwhile, Maoist leader Prachanda invited foreign ambassadors and representatives of int [...]
2009-11-03 13:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KHARTOUM1005U.S SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION VISITS MALAKAL, ASSESSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the August 20 visit by U.S. Special Envoy (S/E) for Sudan General Scott Gration to Malakal, capital of Upper Nile State, where fatal clashes between local Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) occurred in February, JIU commanders said relations between their forces were "good". I [...]
2009-09-02 08:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS MCAP KDEM EAIR SU
09KHARTOUM1006GHAZI SALAH EDDIN TELLS SPECIAL ENVOY SEPARATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 20 meeting with SE Gration, Presidential Adviser and National Congress Party (NCP) intellectual light Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin said he was pondering the option of allowing the South to separate, with or without a referendum. Ghazi stated that there was a political curren [...]
2009-09-02 08:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1015SPLM LEADERS TELL SPECIAL ENVOY (SE) NCP MUST BE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the SPLM welcomes SE Gration,s engagement on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),senior leaders from Southern Sudan remain doubtful that Khartoum will implement any agreement it signs. SPLM members told SE Gration that the south suffers from U.S. imposed sanctions o [...]
2009-09-03 06:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1020DR. GHAZI SALAHEDDIN ON TROUSER CASE, DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of a September 3 meeting on the upcoming visit of SE Gration, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin told CDA Whitehead that the September 7 trial of Ms. Lubna Hussein, the Sudanese journalist arrested in Khartoum for wearing trousers on July 3, could result in a [...]
2009-09-04 09:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM1021U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH SUDANESE
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration met on August 20 with Sudan's Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha. The Special Envoy noted that ten of twelve outstanding issues related to implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) had been resolved, and that he [...]
2009-09-04 09:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU CH
09KHARTOUM1022SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETING WITH GOSS VICE
[...] (c) Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration met Government of South Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar on August 20. Machar spoke at length about the political dynamic between the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and its partner in the Government of National Unity (GONU),the Nation [...]
2009-09-04 09:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PREL AU SU
09KHARTOUM1029KENYA STRIKES DIFFICULT BALANCE BETWEEN NORTH AND
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Kenyan Ambassador Robert Ngesu on September 2. During the discussions, Ngesu commented on the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's (SPLM) perceptions of U.S. efforts to facilitate implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and addressed Kenya's bal [...]
2009-09-07 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1039STAFFDEL DORAN DISCUSSES UNMIS AND UNAMID MANDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with civilian and military UN Mission leadership in Sudan, staffers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee were called upon to advocate for more ambitious mandate execution of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mi [...]
2009-09-09 15:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1049NCP INVITES U.S. POLITIAL PARTIES TO CONVENTION,
[...] (U) This is an action message; see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: During a September 7 meeting with Charge, Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismael asked Charge's help in identifying U.S. Congressmen or other representatives of the two major U.S. parties to be invited to the National [...]
2009-09-14 10:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1051SUDANESE OPPOSITION VOWS TO DEFEAT BASHIR IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Members of Sudan's opposition parties told staff members from the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee (Staffdel Doran) that they have formed an alliance to oust Sudanese President Omar al Bashir in the 2010 elections. The Umma Party, Popular Congress Party (PCP),Communist [...]
2009-09-14 14:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1054REFERENDUM EXPERT ADVISES NCRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Mads Qvortrup, an internationally recognized expert on referendum implementation, urged the co-chairs of the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC) to abide by internationally accepted referenda norms and provided relevant historical examples. Dr. Qvortrup warned [...]
2009-09-15 07:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1058SUDANESE FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO GO TO UNGA
[...] (C) In a September 15 meeting with Charge, Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor said that he had agreed to join the GOS delegation to the United National General Assembly (UNGA) on the condition that he would not be expected to deliver the Sudanese speech. Deng confided that neither he nor Fi [...]
2009-09-17 13:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UN
09KHARTOUM1072SOUTHERN SUDANESE FINANCE MINISTER COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Finance and Economic Planning David Deng Athorbei on September 22 to discuss the return of USD seven million in cash from a Citibank courier flight. Deng committed to the return of the money "in a very short time" [...]
2009-09-23 12:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN KDEM PGOV PREL UN
09KHARTOUM1090SOUTHERN SUDANESE VICE PRESIDENT ON CONFISCATED
[...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar Teny spoke with Charge the evening of September 25 about the release of USD seven million in cash confiscated from a bank courier (reftel) and four remaining sticking point in talks between the Sudan Peoples' Liberati [...]
2009-09-26 09:09:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN KDEM PGOV PREL UN
09KHARTOUM1130ALL POLITICAL PARTIES CONFERENCE CONCLUDES WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-hosted(SPLM) All Political Parties' Conference (APPC) closed on September 30. The conference concluded with all parties adopting a "Juba Declaration" that affirms commitments to all peace agreements, sets pre-conditions for elections, call [...]
2009-10-06 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SU
09KHARTOUM1146SUDANESE BREAKTHROUGH ON RELATIONS WITH CHAD?
[...] (C) Summary. GOS presidential adviser and lead negotiator on Darfur, Dr. Ghazi Sallah Eddin, told Charge Whitehead that his October 10-11 trip to Ndjamena will potentially have a huge impact on normalizing relations between Chad and Sudan as well as forging a durable peace in Darfur. He des [...]
2009-10-13 13:01:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1152SENIOR SPLM OFFICIALS: "WE ARE NOW AT THE CRITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: During new U.S. Consul General Rogers' initial round of courtesy calls, senior Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials told her they viewed the next three months as "critical" to implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) and threatened to withdraw from th [...]
2009-10-14 10:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MOPS PINR SU
09KHARTOUM1160OUTSTANDING REFERENDUM LAW AND ELECTION ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 14, Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President, Riek Machar told Charg Whitehead that a deal on outstanding Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) issues is near. Machar and Taha met on October 13 and 14 to resolve the outstanding issues including acceptance of [...]
2009-10-15 09:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM117CHADIAN REBELS - ERDIMI PLEDGES POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, the newly-selected Chadian rebel leader Timane Erdimi (reftel) told polchief and poloff that his movement, the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR),will focus first on political and diplomatic engagement, and only later consider an attack on the Chadian Government. E [...]
2009-01-31 07:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1172OUTLOOK NOT GOOD FOR DARFUR ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings with political party and civil society leaders in Darfur from October 9-12, poloff found that participation of opposition parties in elections is unlikely given the lack of political space, security concerns and the lack of a comprehensive peace in Darfur. Some reb [...]
2009-10-18 13:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM118CHADIAN REBELS - ERDIMI PLEDGES POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, the newly-selected Chadian rebel leader Timane Erdimi (reftel) told polchief and poloff that his movement, the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR),will focus first on political and diplomatic engagement, and only later consider an attack on the Chadian Government. E [...]
2009-01-31 07:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1188INITIAL REACTION TO SUDAN STRATEGY ROLL OUT MUTED
[...] (SBU) Summary. Our initial soundings about Sudanese reaction to the New Sudan Strategy roll out indicates that most informed observers are adopting a muted and cautious posture as they digest how the strategy will impact the bilateral relationship. Media reaction today largely echoed the mi [...]
2009-10-22 07:07:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1191BACKGROUND ON UNREST ALONG SOUTH SUDAN'S BORDER
[...] (sbu) During a meeting with Kenyan Ambassador Robert Ngesu on IGAD issues, Charge raised reported clashes between Sudanese Toposa, Kenyan Turkana and Kenyan security forces in the border area not far from Lokichoggio. Local press reports reported the death of 16 Kenyan soldiers in one recent [...]
2009-10-22 11:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMARR PBTS PREL SOCI SU KE
09KHARTOUM1193DR. GHAZI SALAHEDDIN ON NEW SUDAN POLICY, DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: In a October 22 meeting with CDA Whitehead, influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin expressed satisfaction that the new USG Sudan policy was "one of engagement, not confrontation," noting that it was now up to the two parties to determine how it would be implemented. [...]
2009-10-22 16:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM12MINNAWI SEEKS GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH QATAR AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minnawi expressed a desire for greater involvement of SLM-MM in the Darfur peace process. He lamented that he has yet to be contacted by Qatari officials about proposed peace talks in Doha, but note [...]
2009-01-06 06:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1212SPLM MAKING PROGRESS ON CPA ISSUES BUT REJECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 23, while hosting a visit of the South African Vice President, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) held an emergency Polit-Bureau meeting chaired by Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir. The meeting focused on the SPLM boycott of the Nat [...]
2009-10-27 15:07:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SU
09KHARTOUM1219CHAD REBELS URGE GREATER US AND FRENCH ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) On October 28, CDA Whitehead met with Chadian rebel Alliance Union des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) President Timane Erdimi to deliver talking points provided by AF/C. Erdimi was accompanied by UFR First Vice President Adouma Hassaballah Djadarab and Secretary General Abakar Tollimi. 2 [...]
2009-10-30 11:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINR PREL SU CH
09KHARTOUM1232NCP HANGS TOUGH ON REFERENDUM "DEAL"
[...] (C) Summary: On October 1 Government of South Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Dr. Riek Machar publicly announced, prematurely, that he had reached a "referendum deal" with his counterpart, Government of National Unity (GNU) Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha. The "deal" included the important " [...]
2009-11-03 06:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1239U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS MUTRIFF SIDDIQ
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 2 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration, Mutriff Siddiq, Government of Sudan (GoS) Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, welcomed the new U.S. Sudan policy as a step forward. Siddiq said that the issues in Darfur were difficult but surmo [...]
2009-11-04 06:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM124CHADIAN REBELS - HASSABALLAH EMPHASIZES ALLIANCE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 30, Adouma Hassaballah Djadarab, the First Vice President of the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR,) told poloffs that UFR is an alliance of existing Chadian rebel groups, not the "fusion" of all movements. Like UFR President Erdimi (reftel,) Hassaballah emphasized that [...]
2009-02-02 07:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1240GOSS VP MACHAR GIVEN MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?
[...] (C) Summary: Over two days of meetings, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) told the United States Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration that it was interested in negotiating a broad "package deal" with its Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) partner the National Congres [...]
2009-11-04 06:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM1241U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH DR. GHAZI
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 2 meeting, U.S Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration discussed with influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin a brief list of possible resolutions to outstanding points of contention between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan Pe [...]
2009-11-04 06:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KAWC MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM1250U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH SAF GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 3 meeting, Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) General Esmat Abdulrahmam told U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, General Scott Gration, that the Government of Sudan (GoS) does not, and never has, supported the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). He also stated that allegations by the Go [...]
2009-11-04 13:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR SU
09KHARTOUM1253OFFICIAL: "SUDAN ON WRONG COURSE"
[...] (C) During a courtesy call October 27, newly appointed Director General for Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Haydar Hassan Haj Al Sidig, Director General for Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Deputy Chief of Mission that he sees the new U.S. policy toward Suda [...]
2009-11-04 14:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM126RUSSIAN ENVOY PLANS GREATER ENGAGEMENT, PROPOSES
[...] (C) Summary: President Bashir promised that the GOS will carry on with "business as usual" and asserted there would be no government-orchestrated hostile response to the issuance of an ICC arrest warrant, Russian Special Envoy Mikhail Margelov told CDA Fernandez in a meeting on January 30. Mar [...]
2009-02-02 09:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1271PARTY TALKS CONTINUE WITH SHORT DEADLINE SET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 9 meeting with Poloff, Remy Oller, Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Deputy Speaker of the Council of States, said the National Congress Party (NCP) and SPLM were still engaged in talks initiated by the US. Special Envoy on outstanding Comprehensive Pea [...]
2009-11-10 09:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1273GHAZI ADDRESSES CHAD-SUDAN DETENTE, DARFUR PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: On November 11, CDA Whitehead met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin to discuss the sequencing of the Chad-Sudan Dtente Process (ref a),the lag in the Darfur peace process, and the ongoing bilateral discussions between the SPLM and the NCP to resolve outstanding Compr [...]
2009-11-11 08:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL UN AU SU CH
09KHARTOUM1278FRENCH DIPLOMAT CALLS FOR RETURN TO NAIVASHA-STYLE
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 21 meeting with Polchief and Poloff, French Deputy Chief of Mission Denis Douveneaux praised Chadian President Idris Deby as a "peacemaker," and placed the blame squarely on Libya for arming and funding insurgents in the Darfur region. He expressed doubts that unity [...]
2009-11-15 06:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS CH FR SU
09KHARTOUM1284PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI REPORTS PRODUCTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 16 meeting, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin told CDA Whitehead that he was encouraged by French officials' support for Chad-Sudan rapprochement during Ghazi's recent trip to France. He welcomed the upcoming visit of US Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration to Su [...]
2009-11-16 09:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINS PREL CH FR SU
09KHARTOUM1288GOS MILITARY OFFER TO COOPERATE ON SEVERAL FRONTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on November 14 with the Inspector General of the Sudanese Armed Forces, General Ismat Abdelraman Zaineabdeen informed Charge Whitehead that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is willing to "fully cooperate" to assist with Darfur rebel unification. Abdelraman asked for [...]
2009-11-16 16:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR CH SU
09KHARTOUM1302NCP WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON OUTSTANDING CPA
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with Special Envoy Gration, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin recounted the continued inability of the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to reach agreement on several key outstanding issues related to the [...]
2009-11-18 11:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL SU CH
09KHARTOUM1316VICE PRESIDENT TAHA EXPLAINS NCP POSITION ON ABYEI
[...] (C) Summary: Ali Osman Taha, First Vice President of Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) told Special Envoy Scott Gration November 18 that the nomadic Misseriya should be allowed to vote in the Abyei referendum because, while not permanent residents, they reside in Abyei for part of the [...]
2009-11-23 06:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1338SE GRATION WITH NCP MINISTER AMIN ON ABYEI, DOHA
[...] (C) Summary: On November 22, US Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) Scott Gration met with Dr. Amin Hassan Omar, Government of National Unity (GoNU) State Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture and the National Congress Party (NCP) lead on the Doha talks. Amin insisted that issues surrounding Abyei are [...]
2009-11-26 07:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1341GHAZI SATISFIED WITH DOHA CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: In a closing meeting with US. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, Government of Sudan (GoS) Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salahuddin expressed satisfaction with the recent Doha Civil Society Conference. Ghazi said he would look into lifting travel restrictions on United Nations-Af [...]
2009-12-01 09:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1342NORTH AND SOUTH DEADLOCKED ON ABYEI
[...] (C) Summary: Throughout U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration's November 18-22 meetings in Khartoum, the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) remained at an impasse over the definition of a resident of Abyei in the Abyei Referendum Bil [...]
2009-12-01 09:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PBTS PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1345SE GRATION VISIT TO EL FASHER AND EL GENEINA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 20-21 visit to Darfur of U.S. Special Envoy (SE) General Scott Gration, senior officials from the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) estimated that 40 percent of the problems in Darfur are related to the troubled relationship between Chad [...]
2009-12-01 13:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1359SPLM HEAVYWEIGHTS PAGAN AMUM, YASSIR ARMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Two key leaders of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),Secretary General Pagan Amum and Head of SPLM Northern Sector Yassir Arman, were detained by Omdurman authorities in conjunction with an "illegal" protest by opposition parties at the National Assembly on December 7. [...]
2009-12-07 11:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM136PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CALLS FOR STRATEGIC
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 2 meeting, CDA Fernandez warned Presidential Advisor Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahadeen that an implosion of GOSS due to falling oil prices and revenues would have disastrous implications for Sudan and the NCP. Salahadeen responded that the NCP is a proponent [...]
2009-02-03 15:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1376NCP AND SPLM UP THE POLITICAL ANTE; TENSIONS SPIKE
[...] (C) Summary: The December 7 confrontation between opposition demonstrators that led to the arrest of several Sudan People's Liberation Movement leaders (reftels) has led to Counter-moves on both sides, effectively upping the political ante. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President [...]
2009-12-09 16:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM138SPLM SG AMUM PAINTS A BLEAK PICTURE OF THE NCP'S
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary General of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) told CDA Fernandez that NCP will likely behave normally after the announcement of an ICC indictment of Government of National Unity (GNU) President Al-Bashir. But he expects the National Congress Party (NCP) to q [...]
2009-02-03 15:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO AU SU
09KHARTOUM139SEEKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR IN 2009 AND
[...] (C) There is an opening for tangible improvement in Darfur over the next year and beyond. However, progress will require heavy and sustained engagement by the US, because no other country can deliver what the Sudanese regime wants: better relations with the international community in general, [...]
2009-02-03 16:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1390GNU FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH U.S. COMMISSION ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foreign Affairs Deng Alor commented on the National Congress Party's (NCP) relationship with the United States during a December 9 meeting with the visiting U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Alor, who is [...]
2009-12-13 11:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SU
09KHARTOUM14DUP DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FEARS ICC CHAOS
[...] (C) Summary: Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Deputy Chairman and vocal ICC supporter Ali Mahmoud Hassanein told CDA Fernandez on January 5 that he feared Sudan would plunge into chaos upon the issuance of an arrest warrant against President Bashir. Hassanein described his December 29 detention [...]
2009-01-06 14:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1400NCP AND SPLM BREAK THE IMPASSE BUT NOT THE CYCLE;
[...] (C) Summary: Three days of talks between Government of National Unity (GoNU) President Al-Bashir and GoNU First Vice President (and Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS)) President Salva Kiir and their respective delegations broke through on December 13, resolving three of five outstanding issue [...]
2009-12-14 11:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1411WEARY MINNAWI EXPRESSES "NO HOPE" FOR DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with CDA Whitehead, Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi lamented that the international community has shifted its attention to North-South relations at the expense of Darfur. Characterizing Southern secession as a foregone conclusion, he expressed [...]
2009-12-15 11:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU CH
09KHARTOUM1424DEBT RELIEF IS KEY TO SUDAN'S ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: The lack of access to debt relief is the primary constraint on Sudan's economic development, Minister of Finance and regime hard-liner Dr. Awad Aljaz told U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration on December 14. He asserted that the USG was blocking Sudan's access t [...]
2009-12-17 14:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1425U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS WITH GOSS VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar told the U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration in a December 14 meeting that the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the National Congress Party (NCP) agreement on three long-disputed bills was a beginning, but ca [...]
2009-12-17 15:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1430SRSG QAZI DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION,
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) to Sudan Ashraf Qazi told S/USSES Deputy Timothy Shortley that the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has been shifting its "center of gravity" southward in preparation for the post-2011 environment. He [...]
2009-12-20 09:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1437NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES NATIONAL SECURITY LAW,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 14:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1445NATIONAL ASSEMBLY UNILATERALLY PASSES NCP BACKED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 20, the National Assembly passed the National Security Law in a National Congress Party (NCP) "mechanical majority" vote without the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's (SPLM) or opposition party support. The SPLM and other opposition parties strongly objected to the [...]
2009-12-23 11:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO
09KHARTOUM1447NCP APPROVES SOUTHERN SUDAN REFERENDUM LAW WITHOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 22, the National Congress Party (NCP) introduced controversial amendments to the Southern Sudan Referendum Law and unilaterally passed it despite the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) walking out of the session. Dr. Ghazi Sallahuddin, an NCP Presidential Adviso [...]
2009-12-23 13:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1448GNU MINISTER OF INDUSTRY DECRIES EFFECTS OF
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Industry Jalal Yousif Al Dugair, a member of the opposition Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) lauded U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration for his efforts to improve bilateral relations, but ur [...]
2009-12-24 11:01:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EIND PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1454SPLM'S ARMAN SHARES VIEWS ON WAY FORWARD FOR
[...] (C) Summary. The Acting Charge d'Affaires and poloff requested a December 27 meeting with Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Head of Northern Sector Yasir Arman to get his views on prospects for resolving his party's dispute with the National Congress Party (NCP) over the latter's amend [...]
2009-12-27 14:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPKO PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1462NCP AND SPLM PASS SOUTHERN SUDAN REFERENDUM LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 29, the National Assembly voted by majority to approve the Southern Sudan Referendum Law. The law was passed with the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) mutually agreeing on the final version of the law after ten days of hea [...]
2009-12-29 15:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1475ABYEI REFERENDUM LAW APPROVED, BUT SOUTHERN SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary. On December 30, the National Assembly approved the Abyei Referendum Law by a majority vote, one day after passing the Southern Sudan Referendum Law (reftel). Acting Charge d'Affaires and poloff met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin on December 30 prior to the announce [...]
2009-12-30 16:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1476NEC PROCEDURES CONCERN ELECTIONS ADVISORS AND
[...] (C) Summary. Following the end of voter registration on December 7, the voter roll exhibition and challenge period were "check-the-box" exercises in which few voters were aware of the process, according to election advisors here. In the view of the latter, the National Election Commission (NEC) [...]
2009-12-31 10:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM148YASIR ARMAN CALLS FOR HOLISTIC APPROACH TOWARD
[...] (C) Summary: SPLM Northern Sector Chief Yasir Arman told Senior Representative for Sudan Shortley that he wants a "more holistic approach" to Sudan by the new Administration, coupling increased engagement and a powerful U.S. Special Envoy with pressure on the regime to make progress on Darfur [...]
2009-02-04 15:10:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM149SPLM DEPUTY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT STRUGGLES TO
[...] (C) Summary: The SPLM's Deputy Speaker of Parliament outlined his party's struggles in Parliament to win concessions from the NCP on crucial laws related to National Security and the 2011 South Sudan referendum. He expressed fears that NCP MP's opposed to the referendum will use the upcoming I [...]
2009-02-04 15:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM15NCP PLANS FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL AFTER ICC
[...] (C) Summary: Following the anticipated ICC indictment of President Bashir, the Ruling National Congress Party (NCP) regime will respond pragmatically and continue to meet its obligations, party officials told CDA Fernandez during meetings in Khartoum January 5 and 6. However, they warned that [...]
2009-01-06 15:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM150SEEKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR IN 2009 AND
[...] (C) There is an opening for tangible improvement in Darfur over the next year and beyond. However, progress will require heavy and sustained engagement by the US, because no other country can deliver what the Sudanese regime wants: better relations with the international community in general, [...]
2009-02-04 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM151NCP WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEEPER ENGAGEMENT WITH NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 15:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM154MOVING FORWARD AFTER THE GOSS REJECTS THE CENSUS
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan census results are expected to be publicly released in February after endorsement by the Government of National Unity (GNU) Presidency, and the USG must be prepared for the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) to reject the esults. The GoSS has several justifications for a [...]
2009-02-04 15:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM162SUDANESE MFA FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT PURPORTED
[...] (C) CDA Fernandez was summoned to the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs the afternoon of February 3 to receive a formal complaint from Sudan about an alleged non-aggression pact between the JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) rebel group and SLM-MM (Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Minni M [...]
2009-02-05 13:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM169"DOHA IS A TRAP," WARNS DEFIANT MINNAWI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 10:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM17MFA U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ DISCUSSES USG AIRLIFTS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 6 meeting with CDA Fernandez and DLO, MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq stated that the GOS has given its initial approval for a USG military airlift of UNAMID equipment, but requires the USG to provide the final flight details and liaise with UNAMID. Coordination with [...]
2009-01-06 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM172SLM/MINNAWI SLAMS JEM, QATAR, AND THE MEDIATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting with Special Representative for Sudan Shortley, leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi in Khartoum vehemently criticized the rival Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group, Qatar's involvement in the peace process, and the work o [...]
2009-02-08 09:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM173MINAWI REFUSES TO GO TO DOHA
[...] (C) SLM leader Minni Minawi and UN/AU Chief Mediator Bassole had a "tough meeting" February 7 in El Fasher during which Minawi refused to travel to Doha this week as part of the Government of Sudan delegation, according to reports from both Minawi and Bassole's Joint Mediation Support Team (JM [...]
2009-02-08 10:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM186SMALL VOICE, WEAK LEADERSHIP: SPLM NUBA ON EDGE
[...] (C) Summary. The Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the Nuba Mountains appears to lack leadership and has not effectively advocated for itself with the SPLM National Secretariat in Juba nor with the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Khartoum. It also appears to lack a vision for [...]
2009-02-09 15:09:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI KDEM AU SU
09KHARTOUM188MINNAWI NOT GOING TO DOHA, BUT EAGER TO FIGHT JEM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with CDA Fernandez in Khartoum on February 9, Minni Minnawi and Ali Traio reiterated that SLM/MM will not intend to send representatives to Doha as part of a GOS delegation to participate in Darfur peace talks with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). Minnawi critici [...]
2009-02-10 12:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM189AVOIDING MYOPIA ON DARFUR
[...] (C) The solutions to Darfur are well known and the UN and international community need look no further than the many initiatives and proposals that Sudanese themselves have produced over the last five years, Umma Reform and Renewal party leader and former regime insider Mubarak al Fadil al Mah [...]
2009-02-10 13:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM190KHALIL WILL BE WORSE THAN MINNI, SAYS PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Presidential Advisor Abdallah Masar told CDA Fernandez that the U.S.'s alleged focus on JEM is dangerous, because Khalil Ibrahim "will be worse than Minni Minnawi." Masar stated that his National Congress Party is intent on holding elections "sooner rather than [...]
2009-02-10 14:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM198REGIME IS CORNERED, SAYS NCP FUR INTELLECTUAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Miscalculations in dealing with the SPLM, Darfur rebels and Northern opposition parties have left the NCP severely weakened and unable to take decisive action, Fur intellectual and NCP member Dr. Faroug Ahmed Adam told CDA Fernandez and poloff in a meeting on February 10. The iro [...]
2009-02-12 11:41:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU
09KHARTOUM213NCP OFFICIAL SYMPATHETIC BUT NONCOMMITTAL ON
[...] (C) Summary: On February 12, CDA Fernandez met with senior NCP official Qutbi al Mahdi, who maintains a keen interest in humanitarian affairs. CDA expressed his concern that on the very same day he received a conciliatory letter from President Bashir to President Obama (reftel a),the GOS Huma [...]
2009-02-17 10:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM226WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM DOHA AND NEXT STEPS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Doha process continues, the conclusion of the initial phase of the process on February 17 with an "Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building" between JEM and the GoS (reftel a-d) left behind notable early losers and winners. Rapidly changing events in Sudan, [...]
2009-02-20 11:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM230SPLM NEGOTIATOR ARMAN ON DOHA DARFUR TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Doha talks participant Yasser Arman, the GNU-JEM &Goodwill Agreement8 reached there potentially could re-energize the political process in Darfur, if it is enforced and if Sudan,s neighbors and other rebel factions can be engaged, but the behavior of JEM in the talk [...]
2009-02-22 10:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU QA
09KHARTOUM231DECEMBER OIL REVENUES PLUNGE ON FALLING PRICES;
[...] (C) Summary: On February 15 the Joint Committee on Oil Accounts announced that GOS oil revenues for December totaled $274.38 million, down from $347.79 million in November and $608.76 million in October as the global financial crisis sent oil prices plummeting. The price of the heavily acidic [...]
2009-02-22 10:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON EFIN ENRG KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM233SPLA AFFAIRS MINISTER SAYS RENEWED CONFLICT WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with ConGen staff on February 17, Nhial Deng Nhial, the newly installed Minister for SPLA Affairs, termed renewed conflict with the North &nearly inevitable,8 emphasized the need to disarm local civilian populations in the South in order to put a stop to increasing [...]
2009-02-22 10:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC SOCI KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM236GOS REFUSES TO ISSUE VISAS FOR U.S. MILITARY
[...] (C) Following almost a year of agonizing lack of clarity during which the GOS first delayed, then verbally approved, and then once again delayed the issuance of visas for the U.S. military staff officers assigned to UNAMID, just days before the arrival of two of the officers, MFA U/S Mutriff S [...]
2009-02-22 13:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM252NEW MINISTER ATTEMPTS TO CURB SPLA CORRUPTION
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 8 2. (C) SUMMARY: SPLA Affairs Minister Nhial Deng Nhial is attempting to move against commanders he suspects of corruption within the SPLA's senior echelons less than one month into his ministerial tenure. The Minister's political cover for the i [...]
2009-02-24 12:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS EFIN MOPS MARR KDEM KCOR SU
09KHARTOUM259MINNAWI: WE ARE CHASING JEM OUT OF DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 24, the Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez that his fighters are currently chasing JEM fighters north to the Chadian border and out of Sudan. Minnawi reported that his forces have been emergin [...]
2009-02-25 08:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM263FORMER REBELS (TURNED GOVERNMENT AGENTS?) PROMOTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 23, members of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Free Will (SLM/FW,) a rebel movement which entered the Darfur Peace Agreement after Minni Minnawi, told CDA Fernandez that they are working to unite the Fur tribe. According to these contacts, their work is needed as the [...]
2009-02-25 12:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM28JEM ON THE MOVE IN NORTH DARFUR?
[...] (C) UNAMID reported on January 8 that JEM had moved approximately 200 vehicles into the vicinity of Mellit, North Darfur over the course of the previous week. The vehicles were reportedly spotted in an area called Daba Tuga, 20 kilometers northwest of Mellit (60 kilometers north of El Fasher) [...]
2009-01-11 14:36:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM282BASHIR TAKES THE HIGH ROAD AT UMMA PARTY CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) The opening of the Umma Party's 7th national convention on February 26 attracted a constellation of Sudan's political elite with party head Sadiq al-Mahdi welcoming representatives from the Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan's other traditional party),Sudanese Communist Party, Popular Con [...]
2009-03-01 10:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM288NEGOTIATING FOR ITS OWN SURVIVAL: HOW THE NCP USES
[...] (C) As the new U.S. Administration considers options on how best to engage with the Sudanese regime and considers the possibility of discussing with the regime on our key foreign policy objectives in Sudan, it is important to keep in mind that the National Congress Party (NCP) regime never saw [...]
2009-03-02 12:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM289MEASURED U.S. RESPONSE WILL TEMPER GOS REACTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 13:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM29TEARS, DEATH AND DANCING: THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (SBU) Sudan's peace partners gathered in the city of Malakal, capital of Upper Nile state, to mark the fourth anniversary of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on January 9, 2009. The festivities were overshadowed by tribal fighting just outside Malakal's soccer stadium (where nation [...]
2009-01-12 06:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM302CHADIAN REBELS LEAVE KHARTOUM AND EXPECT AN ATTACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 26, polchief and poloff met Mahamat Hanno, a close associate of UFR President Timane Erdimi, and Mukhtar ben Yahya, a UFR representative and personal representative of UFDD/F's Abdulwahid Aboud. The Chadian rebels said they expect fighting between the ANT and their [...]
2009-03-04 09:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM321NGO EXPULSIONS FURTHER DAMAGE SPLM-NCP RELATIONS
[...] (C) The government's decision to expel 13 INGOs (and dissolve 3 local NGOs) from operating in Sudan has not just damaged the regime's relations with the West, it has also damaged the ruling party's relations with the SPLM, which was not consulted at all about the decision, according to SPLM De [...]
2009-03-08 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM326THE EXPULSION OF NGOS WAS THE "MINIMUM WE COULD
[...] (C) Summary: NCP political chief Mandour al-Mahdi said that Western fears of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Darfur following the expulsion of NGOs are greatly exaggerated as Sudanese organizations are ready, willing and able to step in. The NGOs in question had been preventing the voluntar [...]
2009-03-10 14:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV PPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM327TURABI: FREE AT LAST - BUT WHY, AND WHAT'S GOING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 10, CDA Fernandez met with Popular Congress Party leader Dr. Hassan al-Turabi at his house in Khartoum. Turabi, who was released from Port Sudan prison on March 9, appeared in good health and talked about his treatment in prison, the strange nature of his release, and th [...]
2009-03-10 14:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV PPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM343SUDANESE JIHADIST RHETORIC HEATS UP, THEN COOLS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There has been a significant rise in public anti-Western rhetoric from both regime figures and extremist groups since the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s March 4 announcement of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. Whether the remarks are a start of a re [...]
2009-03-12 14:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM37SUDANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF SAYS GOS READY TO WORK
[...] (C) Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS ) Chief Salah Ghosh said that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is ready to cooperate with the new US administration, particularly on the Darfur crisis. He suggested that a definitive solution to Darfur is near and could be an "early vi [...]
2009-01-12 15:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM379NCP ITSELF DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS NEXT, WARNS
[...] (C) Summary: Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor warned that President Bashir's own ruling National Congress Party (NCP) "doesn't know what the regime will do next, underscoring the extreme volatility of current decision-making in Sudan. SPLM frustration with the NCP has reached a point that m [...]
2009-03-18 08:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM422WILY LAM AKOL CLAIMS SPLM WILL STAND WITH BASHIR
[...] (C) Summary. Dr. Lam Akol, well-known Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) turncoat and former Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foreign Affairs, told CDA that he would pass a message to the National Congress Party (NCP) that if it wants to engage with the new U.S. administr [...]
2009-03-25 15:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SOCI KDEM ASEC AU SU
09KHARTOUM424GOS CAUTIOUSLY HESITANT ABOUT POSSIBLE SE GRATION
[...] (C) On March 25, a vaguely positive, but guarded Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary (U/S) Mutriff Siddiq told CDA Fernandez that he would have to consult with Foreign Minister Deng Alor and GNU President Al-Bashir upon their return from Cairo about t [...]
2009-03-25 16:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM427ANGRY NCP "MODERATE" SIGNALS AN UNBENDING REGIME:
[...] (C) Summary: In a contentious meeting with CDA on March 26, the usually moderate NCP former General Yahia Babiker dismissed US policy in Sudan as "not wise" and accused the U.S. of giving his country nothing substantive in exchange for the NCP's years of bilateral cooperation on the CPA and an [...]
2009-03-26 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM431"SUDAN IS DIFFERENT NOW AND YOUR POLICY MUST BE
[...] (C) Presidential Advisor Ali Abdallah Masar, the most senior Darfuri Arab in the Sudanese regime, met CDA Fernandez on March 26 to suggest that, after the March 4 ICC arrest warrant for President Bashir "Sudan is a different place now" requiring a different American approach to the Khartoum re [...]
2009-03-27 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI AU UN SU
09KHARTOUM435SUPPORT FOR BASHIR "WIDE BUT THIN" SAYS MINNAWI
[...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez on March 28 that, based on his discussion with senior regime officials, support for President Bashir within the ruling elite is "wide but thin." Minni said that, for the moment, Ba [...]
2009-03-29 12:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM44RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL: FOR THE USG TO DECIDE
[...] (C) NCP strategist Sayed Al-Khateeb told CDA Fernandez that the NCP regime will not act irrationally when an ICC indictment of GoS President Omar Al-Bashir is handed down, but warned, just like many other NCP officials have, that the GoS may not be able to fully control the actions of non-gove [...]
2009-01-14 15:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM468SE GRATION VISIT BEGINS: MFA'S SIDDIQ SAYS "WE ARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration began his visit to Sudan with a meeting the morning of April 2 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Undersecretary (and NCP insider) Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq expressed the Government of Sudan's willingness to improve U [...]
2009-04-02 17:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM47HOW TO ADVANCE SECURITY MECHANISMS IN DARFUR, IN
[...] (C) Summary: In the absence of an effective ceasefire agreement and with UN/DPKO reportedly blocking UNAMID's ceasefire monitoring plan, our best hope may be to push forward with the US Darfur Monitoring Plan, which can be used to more aggressively investigate security incidents and encourage [...]
2009-01-15 12:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM470SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 meeting with Presidential Special Envoy to Sudan Gration, a friendly but assertive Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie expressed appreciation for USG concerns about CPA implementation and the conflict in Darfur, but stated that bilateral relations would not improve [...]
2009-04-03 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM475SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, NCP-insider and Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahadeen lauded the SE's mission to improve ties with Sudan while seeking improvements in the situation in Darfur and CPA implementation. He was less supportiv [...]
2009-04-05 08:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU INSC SU
09KHARTOUM48JEM ATTACKS SLM/MM AND BURNS MUHAJARIYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez that the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) attacked his Sudan Liberation Movement forces stationed in Muhajariyya and completely burned the village on January 15. Minnawi said that the fighting began in the early [...]
2009-01-15 12:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM485SE GRATION VISIT: NCP PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SHOWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan, General Gration, met with GOS Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail at National Congress Party Headquarters on April 8, 2009. Proclaiming that Sudan is willing to make a deal, Ismail hinted that the NCP would likely offer SE Gration som [...]
2009-04-09 10:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM510SAF GENERALS USE FIRST MEETING WITH US ENVOY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 8, Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration held the first high-level USG meeting in recent years with high-ranking SAF officials. The SAF noted its redeployment of forces from the South and integration of Other Armed Groups (OAGs) (as confirmed by UNMIS) while lambastin [...]
2009-04-14 09:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM511SE GRATION TELLS FM ALOR URGENT ACTION NEEDED IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Foreign Minister Deng Alor, the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration said that it is urgent to address security, humanitarian, and political problems in Darfur. Gration also promised that the U.S. will offer its full support to good-faith initiatives [...]
2009-04-14 09:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF EAID ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM513YESTERDAY'S CPA IN TODAY'S SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: Three months after the four-year anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ending the second civil war between northern and southern Sudan, all signs indicate a worsening of prospects for implementation of the agreement over the final two years of the i [...]
2009-04-14 10:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU
09KHARTOUM525CHADIAN REBELS EXPECT TO BE ATTACKED BY CHADIAN
[...] (C) The Chadian army will soon attack Chadian rebels at their positions inside the borders of Chad, RFC Chadian rebel commander (and close associate of UFR President Timane Erdimi) Mahamat Hanno told polchief April 15 in Khartoum. Hanno claimed that the Chadian rebels now have fully unified bo [...]
2009-04-16 05:26:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM533SE GRATION NEGOTIATES WITH GOS TO URGENTLY FILL
[...] (C) Summary: During his first visit to Sudan, the President,s Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration held intensive discussions with senior NCP officials April 8-10 in Khartoum in order to resolve the NGO expulsion crisis and ensure that life-saving humanitarian assistance reaches beneficiaries [...]
2009-04-21 05:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM534SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH GNU VICE PRESIDENT ALI
[...] (C) Summary: Hours before boarding a plane back to the US, the President's Special Envoy to Sudan, General Gration, met with Government of National Unity (GNU) Vice President Ali Osman Taha in the VP,s home on April 10. SE Gration shared his impressions of Sudan and the challenges it faces b [...]
2009-04-21 05:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV SOCI KPKO AU UN SU
09KHARTOUM538SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Kerry met with Government of Sudan Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin at the Ministry of Federal Rule on April 16, 2009. Congressman Kerry emphasized that the U.S. Congress and the American people need to see an immediate return to pre-ICC-arrest-warrant announcement [...]
2009-04-21 11:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV SOCI KPKO AU UN SU
09KHARTOUM539CODEL KERRY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Senator Kerry told Presidential Advisor Nafie that the change of administrations in Washington opens an opportunity for the United States and Sudan to begin a new dialogue, and he identified the provision of humanitarian assistance following the expulsion of 13 NGOs [...]
2009-04-21 11:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM54KHARTOUM REGIME PLANS FOR ICC COUNTER-STRATEGY
[...] (C) Sudanese FM Deng Alor briefed CDA Fernandez on January 16 on the latest thinking within the National Congress Party (NCP) of President Al-Bashir on how the NCP hopes to weather and counteract the destabilizing effects of an ICC arrest warrant of President Al-Bashir. Alor had met with VP Ali [...]
2009-01-16 12:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM546CDA'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SALAHEDDIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin welcomed the proposed return visit by Special Envoy Gration and offered to try to reduce tensions with NGOs in Sudan by meeting with them and assuring them of the GoS, readiness to work with them, as long as they do not cross the regime,s red [...]
2009-04-22 10:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM548CODEL KERRY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER DENG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, FM Deng Alor welcomed Senator Kerry,s assurances that the United States is anxious to reengage with Sudan and he urged that the U.S. take the lead in seeking a solution to the Darfur conflict. They agreed that a fully-implemented CPA could serve as the foundation fo [...]
2009-04-22 10:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SOCI KPKO KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM549SENATOR KERRY'S MEETINGS WITH VICE PRESIDENT TAHA
[...] (C) Summary: Vice President Taha received Senator Kerry at his home in Khartoum April 16 and confirmed the NCP's commitment to a tripartite mechanism to implement the CPA as discussed during the SE Gration visit. However, Taha seemed to backpedal somewhat (noting the existence of other mechan [...]
2009-04-22 13:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM554UN REPORTS IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR HUMANITARIAN
[...] (C) In a private meeting April 23, UNMIS D/SRSG for Humanitarian Affairs Ameerah Haq told key donors that the Government of Sudan has taken several key steps to improve humanitarian access in Darfur. She noted that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs issued a decree April 16 formalizing new [...]
2009-04-23 09:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM564JONGLEI VIOLENCE POLARIZES, PARALYZES JUBA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While renewed violence in Jonglei state has pushed Juba's diplomatic and donor community into hyper-drive, the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) continues to take a more measured approach to containing tensions within the South's largest state. This difference in approach has [...]
2009-04-27 12:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM572SUDAN FORMALLY COMPLAINS OF CHADIAN-SUPPORTED
[...] (C) The Sudanese Foreign Ministry summoned CDA Fernandez on the afternoon of April 28 to present him with a written complaint about a supposed crossing into Sudan of a considerable number of rebel forces by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) openly supported by Chadian military elements. [...]
2009-04-28 13:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM59DUP CHAIRMAN MIRGHANI URGES STRONGER TIES,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with CDA Fernandez, DUP Chairman Mohamed Mirghani urged direct USG financial support for Sudanese Northern opposition parties, including his party so it could compete in national elections on a level playing field with the NCP. He also requested that USG li [...]
2009-01-20 08:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM592UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDS CENSUS ROLL-OUT, FRUSTRATION
[...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Finance Minister Kuol Mawien, a member of the Population Census Council (PCC) and a key GoSS advisor on the census, counseled GoSS President and Government of National Unity (GNU) First Vice President Salva Kiir to completely reject the 2008 ce [...]
2009-05-05 14:09:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KPKO SOCI KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM611SPLM SG AMUM URGES THE USG NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Pagan Amum emphasized the importance of critical items within the CPA being implemented in a credible way, in particular the elections and the referendum, by 2011 in order to keep peace alive in Sudan. He laid out [...]
2009-05-11 07:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM632MINNAWI PREPARES TO COUNTER JEM DEPREDATIONS
[...] (C) SLM/A leader Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez on May 12 that he is returning to the field in Darfur as soon as possible, perhaps on May 13, to defend his remaining positions in North Darfur against the depredations of the Chadian-suppored Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). JEM attacked S [...]
2009-05-13 11:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM633MINNAWI PREPARES TO COUNTER JEM DEPREDATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 11:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM636"DON'T HOLD BILATERAL RELATIONS HOSTAGE TO THE NGO
[...] (C) Summary: The lifting of sanctions on Sudan and removal of Sudan from the state sponsors of terrorism list remain the highest priorities for the Government of Sudan, Assistant to the President Nafie Ali Nafie told SE Gration on May 7, accusing the U.S. of holding these more essential issues [...]
2009-05-14 06:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM637SPLM URGES SE GRATION TO WORK CPA AND DARFUR
[...] Summary. Deputy Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman and Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Cabinet Affairs Kosti Manibe (SPLM) urged Special Envoy Gration to work concurrently on CPA implementation and Darfur. The [...]
2009-05-14 06:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC SOCI KPKO KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM638FM DENG ALOR TELLS SE GRATION THAT DARFUR REQUIRES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 7, FM Alor counseled Special Envoy Gration that the Darfur conflict can only be resolved within a broader international context, engaging Chad, Egypt, and Libya. The Special Envoy said that he sees an opportunity now to stop the fighting and begin a political process that [...]
2009-05-14 06:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU CD
09KHARTOUM639AGREEMENTS WITH JEM WON'T STABILIZE DARFUR,
[...] (C) Summary: Any peace process in which JEM is prominently featured will not serve as a stabilizing force in Darfur, Assistant to the President and SLM/MM leader Minni Minnawi told SE Gration in a meeting on May 8. If and when JEM signs a bilateral ceasefire with the GOS, it will simply direct [...]
2009-05-14 06:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM640PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ASSURES SE GRATION OF GOS
[...] (C) Summary: The GOS remains firmly committed to improving the operating environment for humanitarians, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin told SE Gration at a meeting in Khartoum on May 7. Ghazi touted significant progress in the implementation of the negotiated framework agreement at b [...]
2009-05-14 06:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM699VP TAHA WANTS POSITIVE RELATIONS WITH USG, UNITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 25 meeting, an unusually loquacious GNU Second Vice-President Ali Osman Taha told Codel Isakson (Senator Johnny Isakson R-Georgia, Senator Bob Corker,R-Tennesee) CDA a.i. Asquino, and emboffs that the GoS wants "direct engagement and direct contact" with the USG, citing a [...]
2009-05-28 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM7MORE ON POSSIBLE REPLACEMENTS FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The SPLM continues to believe that a succession scenario is likely, and it contends that the NCP regime is actively considering several candidates to replace President Bashir. However, many observers in Khartoum doubt that President Bashir will ever agree to step down as a resul [...]
2009-01-04 15:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM751MEETING WITH MFA AMERICAS DIRECTOR TOUCHES OF
[...] (U) In a June 11 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Americas' desk chief Ambassador Nasreldin Wali raised several points with Charge d'affaires, the majority of these focused upon the upcoming June 23 trilateral talks between the National Congress Party (NCP),the Sudan People's Libe [...]
2009-06-15 11:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC AU CD SU
09KHARTOUM753WFP BARGE CONVOY DESTROYED IN AMBUSH IN JONGLEI
[...] (SBU) Jikany Nuer militia armed with weapons as heavy as RPGs ambushed a poorly conceived WFP barge convoy in the border area of eastern Jonglei-southern Upper Nile states the evening of June 13, as it ferried vital food aid to Southern Sudanese IDPs displaced by March and April ethnic clashes. [...]
2009-06-15 13:01:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC EAID SOCI KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM803NAFIE SATISFIED WITH TRILATERAL TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 30 meeting with CDA Whitehead, influential Assistant to the President Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie expressed satisfaction with the June round of Trilateral Talks in Washington, and deemed the progress made in improving bilateral relations "acceptable and reasonable." He urged the [...]
2009-07-01 13:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM806GOSS RECEIVING FULL SHARE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with CDA Whitehead, GNU State Minister of Finance Dr. Luol Deng explained that contentions on the dual banking system between the NCP and SPLM arose due to mistakes made by the South in drafting the implementation annex of the CPA. He further asserted that co [...]
2009-07-02 05:54:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM808FINANCE MINISTER ALJAZ SAYS NCP COMMITTED TO
[...] (C) Summary: The National Congress Party (NCP) is committed to the peaceful resolution of Sudan's political problems so it can focus its energy on economic development, Minister of Finance Dr. Awad Aljaz told CDA Whitehead in a July 2 meeting. Striking a friendly tone, Aljaz expressed hope tha [...]
2009-07-03 09:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM819SRSG QAZI WARNS UNMIS UNABLE TO QUELL A MAJOR
[...] (C) Summary. UNMIS will be able to quell localized incidents of unrest in Abyei, but it cannot guarantee the maintenance of order and the protection of all civilians if a major outbreak of violence occurs following the decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA),UN SRSG Ashraf Qazi [...]
2009-07-08 15:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM820IRISH AMBASSADOR BRIEFS CDA ON NGO KIDNAPPING
[...] (C) Gerard Corr, Ireland's Ambassador to Cairo, met with CDA Whitehead on July 8 to discuss the kidnapping of two female staff of the Irish NGO GOAL that occurred on July 3 in Kutum. Corr is in Khartoum accompanied by a military officer, as well as a small police and military team currently in [...]
2009-07-08 15:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC EAID KPKO UNSC AU SU EI
09KHARTOUM83PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS NEW MILITARY ACTION
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with CDA Fernandez, influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail acknowledged a tactical mistake on the part of the SAF for failing to intervene quickly against JEM in recent clashes with the forces of Minni Minnawi (reftel). He admitted that t [...]
2009-01-23 08:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM834VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BANK OF SOUTH SUDAN AIRS HIS
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 9 meeting with CDA Whitehead, the Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, Mr. Kornelio Koriom Mayik, who also serves as head of the Bank of Southern Sudan (BOSS),described his contentions with northern officials over fiscal policy, especially with regard to [...]
2009-07-13 11:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM836KHARTOUM BACKPEDALS ON TIMING OF PERMANENT COURT
[...] (C ) Summary: CDA met with MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Saddiq on July 13, to review logistic details for the upcoming trilateral talks and to discuss President Obama,s speech in Ghana and his meetings in Moscow. Mutriff reiterated his &personal8 concerns about the security situation in [...]
2009-07-13 14:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM837SUDAN: CDA MEETS WITH SLA/MM REBEL FACTION LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: CDA Whitehead, the DCM and POLOFF met with Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA/MM) faction leader, Mini Minnawi and senior advisor Ali Traio at Minnawi's Khartoum residence on July 9. Minnawi began the meeting by saying that while the current situation in Darfur remains quiet, he w [...]
2009-07-14 05:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM838REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS
[...] (U) This is an action request ) see para. 4. 2. (C) During the coming months Post anticipates protocol/religious events that likely will entail contact between Embassy personnel, including the Chief of Mission, and President Bashir. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan traditionally features a [...]
2009-07-14 12:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM841ABYEI SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (C) On July 14, CDA Whitehead met with SRSG Ashraf Qazi to discuss the impending decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on the Abyei border issue. Qazi stated that while the National Congress Party (NCP) has reportedly asked for a delay in the announcement of the PCA decision (Ref [...]
2009-07-15 05:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM849SPECIAL ENVOY MEETING WITH NISS DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (u) This is an action request. 2. (c) I met with NISS DG Salah Ghosh and Government of Sudan (GOS) Presidential Advisor on Darfur Ghazi Salah Eddin for an hour on July 16. A full report will follow in other channels, but I wanted to convey the following messages and ask Embassy Chad's fo [...]
2009-07-17 07:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC KPKO MARR MOPS PINS PREL UN SU
09KHARTOUM85UNAMID DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE PLANS AND SOUTH DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 22, Rodolphe Adada, the Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID,) told CDA Fernandez that UNAMID continues to draft its ceasefire plans. Adada stated that UNAMID's plan will be flexible and applicable in bot [...]
2009-01-23 09:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM861SPECIAL ENVOY DISCUSSES BILATERAL ISSUES WITH NCP
[...] (C) Summary: At the request of the National Congress Party (NCP),Special Envoy Scott Gration met with select members of the NCP trilateral negotiating team for 90 minutes on July 19 to discuss bilateral issues. The substance of issues raised by the NCP was all too familiar, although the ton [...]
2009-07-22 07:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM874UGANDAN AMBASSADOR REQUESTS US ASSISTANCE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Ugandan Ambassador Betty Akech Okullou called on Charge July 28 to discuss the fate of a Ugandan national abducted a month ago in Darfur (reftel). Okullou said she had been consulting closely with the Irish, who are also working to free an Irish national abducted at the same ti [...]
2009-07-28 11:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PINR EAID UN AU SU UG IR
09KHARTOUM881GOK/GOSS AGREE ON TIMETABLE FOR SECOND TANK
[...] (C) GOSS xxxxxxxxxxxx has admitted that, on the margins of the Washington "Forum for CPA Partners," he pressed Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula on the need to expedite delivery to South Sudan of tanks off-loaded from the MV Faina. Three months had passed since Nairobi initially agreed -- alb [...]
2009-07-29 14:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PREL PINR EFIN KE MARR SU UNSC UG
09KHARTOUM888SUDANESE DIPLOMATIC POTPOURRI: CHADIAN REBELS,
[...] (C) Summary. Charge d'affaires (CDA) met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Dr. Mutriff Sidiq on July 30 to review a range of issues. CDA requested information on the current location of Chadian rebel leaders in Sudan as well as the disposition of their forces, to which Mutriff [...]
2009-08-02 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMOPS ODIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UN AU CD SU
09KHARTOUM904CHARGE MEETING WITH CHADIAN REBEL LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) On August 4, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Whitehead met with Union des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) President Timane Erdimi to deliver talking points as requested by AF/C. Erdimi was accompanied by UFR Second Vice President Abdelwahid Aboul Makaye, Secretary General Abakar Tollimi, former RFC [...]
2009-08-05 12:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL UN AU SU EU FR
09KHARTOUM914PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BONA MALWAL DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Whitehead met with Presidential Adviser Bona Malwal on July 29 at the latter,s request. A former minister in the late 1970s under Nimeiri and a long-time antagonist of the late John Garang, Malwal continues to pursue politics in the South while maintaining stron [...]
2009-08-07 09:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPINS PHUM PGOV UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM915MEDIA AND ADVOCACY GROUPS HAVE DISTORTED OUR
[...] (C) Summary: The GOS is satisfied with bilateral engagement under the Obama administration, but it needs Congress to overcome "bias" against the National Congress Party (NCP) regime, influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie told U.S. Representative Keith Ellison on August 5. Blamin [...]
2009-08-07 09:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM AU SU
09KHARTOUM916TAHA ASSESSES CPA, APPEALS FOR LIFTING OF
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 5 meeting, Government of National Unity (GNU) Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha offered Representative Keith Ellison a mixed assessment on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Provisions like Wealth Sharing, he said, have been successful becau [...]
2009-08-07 09:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID EFIN PREF PGOV KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM917GHAZI SALAHEDDIN TELLS REPRESENTATIVE ELLISON: "WE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 5 conversation with Congressman Keith Ellison, Presidential Adviser and National Congress party (NCP) intellectual Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin said he is open to visits by anyone seeking to engage with the regime, including members of the U.S. Congress and the Darfur advocac [...]
2009-08-07 09:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM925AN UMMA FACTIONAL LEADER'S TAKE ON ELECTIONS AND
[...] (c) Summary. In a rambling hour-long meeting with Charge on August 10, UMMA party factional leader Mubarak Fadail Elmahdi addressed a possible opposition boycott of elections, internal National Congress Party (NCP)/Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) dynamics, the Lubna Hussein case, [...]
2009-08-11 12:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR AU SU
09KHARTOUM967SUDAN: STATE MINISTER OF FINANCE SHALLABI DENIES
[...] (C) Summary: State Minister of Finance, Dr. Tarig Shallabi, denies that the Government of Sudan (GOS) owes any arrears to the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) in contrast to GOSS and media reporting to the contrary. During a meeting with poloff on August 17, Shallabi said that the GOSS lacks [...]
2009-08-23 08:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET PGOV PREL UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM980MALAKAL REMAINS DIVIDED AND COMBUSTIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: Malakal, capital of Upper Nile State and site of serious February clashes between components of the local Joint Integrated Unit (JIU),remains divided and combustible. In a meeting on August 19, Deputy Governor of Upper Nile State Dok Jok (SPLM) told Poloff that "the idea of par [...]
2009-08-25 13:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KPKO MCAP MOPS SU
09KIGALI119UNSC DESIGNATION OF FDLR LEADERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 15:28:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN KTFN RW
09KIGALI124RWANDA WITHDRAWS FROM DRC IN COLORFUL JOINT
[...] (U) On February 25, 1300 Rwanda combat troops joined several hundred Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) soldiers in a colorful departure ceremony in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),witnessed by the two nations respective Foreign Ministers, Defense Ministers, Chiefs of Defense Staff [...]
2009-02-26 16:20:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI142RWANDAN-CONGOLESE COOPERATION IN THE WAKE OF
[...] (C) Summary. The conclusion of Operation Umoja ("Our Unity) and the withdrawal of Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) troops from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have set the stage for further concerted bilateral Rwanda-Congo cooperation in the Kivus and beyond. Operations in South [...]
2009-03-04 09:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RW CG
09KIGALI149RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Annual Government of Rwanda (GOR) Retreat - Bringing Gacaca to a Close - End to Canadian Aid for Rwanda - Journalists Expelled From Police Event - Japan to Open Embassy in Rwanda ------------------------ GOR Holds Annual Retreat ------------------------ [...]
2009-03-06 12:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI150ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN GATHERS FORCE
[...] (C) Summary. In recent months, anti-corruption efforts by the Rwandan government (GOR) have gathered force, with several senior civil servants under arrest. The GOR leadership is issuing orchestrated messages on anti-corruption, and a new anti-corruption body has been established to coordin [...]
2009-03-06 12:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM ECON RW
09KIGALI151REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR 15TH GENOCIDE
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefed the diplomatic community on March 3 regarding plans for the 15th commemoration of the 1994 genocide. It distributed a planning document from the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (NCFG),which called for extensive donor support f [...]
2009-03-06 13:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI152NO FORMAL REQUEST YET FOR SUPPORT FOR RETURNEES
[...] (SBU) The Government of Rwanda (GOR) Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) and the United Nations High Council for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly held an information session March 3 on the status of preparations and outstanding needs to address Rwandans returning from conflict areas in neighboring [...]
2009-03-06 13:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
09KIGALI158READING THE TEA LEAVES - RWANDA'S ECONOMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-10 15:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ENGR EINV PGOV RW
09KIGALI163NKUNDA LOSES FIRST ROUND IN COURT
[...] (C) On March 11, a Rwandan Higher Instance court denied an application for release of detained renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda, ruling on procedural grounds that the court could not accept the case, and noting that the application had been addressed to the wrong individual represe [...]
2009-03-12 15:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
09KIGALI172RWANDA DEFENCE FORCES TOP LEADERSHIP ON EASTERN
[...] (C) Summary. Charge d,Affaires and Defense Attache met Rwanda Defence Forces, (RDF) Chief of Defence Staff General James Kabarebe, Army Chief of Staff General Charles Kayonga and Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Muhire on March 18. Kabarebe expressed satisfaction with the recently c [...]
2009-03-20 12:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS RW
09KIGALI173SOMALI PRESIDENT VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed met with President Paul Kagame on March 16 during a short visit to Rwanda. Local media reported that the focus of the conversation was cooperation between the two governments, including military suppo [...]
2009-03-20 13:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI174TREASURY DAS MCDONALD VISITS RWANDA
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: U.S. Department of Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for International Affairs and Technical Assistance Policy visited Kigali March 15-16. He heard mixed reviews on Rwanda's economy and business climate from government officials, commercial bankers, inter [...]
2009-03-21 09:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD ECON PGOV EINV RW
09KIGALI20MILITARY PROSECUTOR IDENTIFIES THOSE BEHIND RECENT
[...] (C) Pol/Econ chief met with the chief military prosecutor on January 13 to discuss arrests made in connection with the December 27 grenade attacks in Kigali (ref A). The prosecutor said 18 individuals had been detained in the course of investigations, fifteen civilians and 3 low-ranking en [...]
2009-01-15 10:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ASEC RW
09KIGALI207RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]
2009-04-13 07:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI208RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]
2009-04-13 07:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI212SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO RWANDA
[...] (C) Your visit underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda, our support for peace and security in the region, and our recognition of Rwanda's leading role as an international peacekeeping force. You will arrive shortly after a week-long national commemoration of the 1994 genoc [...]
2009-04-14 11:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV ECON EAID
09KIGALI237SUPPORTING DARFUR CANDIDACY OF RWANDAN GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Rwandan government (GOR) has nominated Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba to be the Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNAMID) in Darfur, replacing current Commander, Nigerian General Martin Agwai. Nyamvumba is currently the J4 (Logistics Ch [...]
2009-04-24 09:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI262"REPATRIATE OR INTEGRATE" - BURUNDIAN REFUGEES IN
[...] (U) Representatives from the Governments of Rwanda (GOR) and Burundi (GOB) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) held a tripartite meeting in Kigali on April 22 to discuss the repatriation of the 2,024 Burundian refugees currently residing in the Kigeme Camp in Rwanda's N [...]
2009-04-30 13:20:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
09KIGALI279SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE: RWANDA UN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: I am delighted you will participate in the UN Security Council's May 17-18 visit to Rwanda. The Mission staff and I look forward to assisting you during your visit. Your participation underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda and our support [...]
2009-05-08 06:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MOPS PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI287RWANDAN RESPONSE: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 10:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC UNSC KTFN RW
09KIGALI289NKUNDA LOSES ROUND TWO; JUSTICE MINISTERS MEET ON
[...] (C) On April 17, a Rwandan Intermediate court in Gisenyi denied an application for release of detained renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda. Ruling on procedural grounds similar to those of an earlier Kigali court (Ref A),the court held that it lacked the "competence" to hear the matte [...]
2009-05-08 13:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
09KIGALI302INFORMATION MINISTER ON BBC KINWYARWANDA SERVICE
[...] (U) On May 11, Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo addressed the diplomatic corps on the April 25 suspension of BBC Kinyarwanda service FM transmissions in Rwanda (reftel). Flanked by Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali, Mushikiwabo spoke at length on the history of media in Rwanda and th [...]
2009-05-15 09:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI31GERMANY, RWANDA AGREE TO RESTORE NORMAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) On January 19 the Rwandan and German governments jointly announced they would appoint new ambassadors: the two governments agreed to "post to each other's capitals new heads of their respective missions in the near future." Rwanda had withdrawn its ambassador and requested the departure [...]
2009-01-21 09:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI325RWANDAN AMBASSADORS NAMED FOR DRC AND OTHER POSTS
[...] (SBU) On May 6, the Rwandan cabinet announced the nomination of several new ambassadors, including most prominently Amandin Rugira as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Following are biographic notes and Mission comments on the various nominations. 2. (SBU) Amandin [...]
2009-05-27 09:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI328BBC TEAM MEETS WITH GOVERMENT FOLLOWING SUSPENSION
[...] (C) On May 21, Jerry Timmins, the Head of BBC World Service for Africa and the Middle East, met with Rwandan officials to discuss the April 25 suspension of BBC Kinyarwanda Service broadcasts in Rwanda (ref B). According to BBC personnel who participated in the five-hour discussion, Informat [...]
2009-05-28 06:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI329READ-OUT OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL MAY 17 MEETING
[...] (C) A local diplomatic mission (protect) shared with us its written report on the UN Security Council team,s May 17 meeting with President Paul Kagame. The meeting preceded a separate discussion between Kagame and U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Susan Rice (reftel) and cov [...]
2009-05-28 09:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI33SUPPORTING THE JOINT CONGOLESE AND RWANDAN EFFORT
[...] (C) As the international community awaits details of the joint Congolese/Rwandan military effort in the Kivus, it is essential we keep in mind what a sea change this joint operation represents. After many ups and downs, and often sharp disagreements on what has been happening in the eastern [...]
2009-01-22 15:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINS PINR RW
09KIGALI335RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Kagame Castigates Party Officials at RPF Political Bureau Meeting - Anti-Corruption Campaign Continues -- Prosecutor General Readies New Cases - New Political Parties Have Trouble Organizing - Nkunda Loses Round Three Kagame Tough On RPF Cadres --------- [...]
2009-06-01 08:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI353UNHCR ON CLOSURE OF KIGEME CAMP, RETURNING RWANDAN
[...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Rwanda Country Representative Nyekan (protect) to discuss the June 2 closure of Kigeme refugee camp, and the return of Rwandan refugees from Uganda. While 1500 Burundian refugees in Kigeme accepted return in Ma [...]
2009-06-10 11:27:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM RW
09KIGALI383BBC RESUMES LOCAL KINYARWANDA BROADCASTS
[...] (U) On June 24, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) rescinded its April ban on the BBC's local FM Kinyarwanda broadcasts (which use GOR transmission facilities). The Rwandan cabinet had formally agreed on June 19 to allow resumption of broadcasts, following Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo [...]
2009-06-25 10:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI410THE WAGES OF (GENOCIDE) SIN IN RWANDA -- YOUR CASE
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, as the National Gacaca Service closes out its million-plus caseload, politically sensitive cases are being heard. Senior Hutu officials in Parliament, in the executive branch and in the military are finally facing their accusers. Conviction, acqu [...]
2009-07-09 11:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI454RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Minister of Education Sacked - Ombudsman Report on Corruption Raises Hackles in Justice Sector - New Political Parties -- One Nearing Registration? - Nkunda Tries A Letter Writing Campaign Hard-Charging Minister Falls Hard on Corruption Charges ---------- [...]
2009-07-24 10:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI47CONGOLESE REFUGEES DEMONSTRATE AGAINST ARREST OF
[...] (SBU) Congolese refugee supporters of detained CNDP General Laurent Nkunda protested in two camps in Rwanda on January 25, Kiziba camp near Kibuye and Gihembe camp in Byumba. Sources at the Rwandan National Police and the local UNHCR office confirmed that the protests turned violent in Kiziba [...]
2009-01-27 14:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM RW
09KIGALI470GRENADE ATTACK NEAR GENOCIDE MEMORIAL
[...] (C) On the evening of July 22, an unknown person tossed a grenade approximately 500 meters from the Kigali Memorial Center, the principal genocide memorial in Rwanda, which has the mass graves of some 300,000 genocide victims and a museum complex. The explosion injured two bystanders. Polic [...]
2009-07-30 13:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI505GADFLY NEWSPAPER AGAIN COURTS CONTROVERSY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Rwanda's media authority on August 5 recommended the suspension of local-language newspaper "Umuseso" for three months, following its publication of an article that called President Kagame a dictator, compared him to the pre-genocide president who died when his aircraft was shot d [...]
2009-08-15 13:31:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS RW
09KIGALI506RWANDA'S MCC THRESHOLD LAUNCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior officials from Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) visited Rwanda in late July to meet with key stakeholders involved in implementing Rwanda's three-year, $24.7 million Threshold Program, which focuses on the MCC's "ruling justly" indicators. Senior Government of Rwan [...]
2009-08-15 14:06:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI51WHEREABOUTS OF GENERAL NKUNDA
[...] (C) As of January 28, General Laurent Nkunda continues to be held by Rwandan security forces in his family's residence in Gisenyi, according to close associates. He also has access to a government residence close by. He receives visits from family members (including a recent delivery of cl [...]
2009-01-28 16:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PINS RW
09KIGALI529RWANDA URGES REFUGEES IN UGANDA TO RETURN HOME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Approximately 15,000 Rwandan refugees remain in Uganda, despite Rwandan, Ugandan and UNHCR agreement that they should return to Rwanda by August 31. Most of these fled Rwanda after the 1994 genocide, although some have been in Uganda for decades. They are located both in camps [...]
2009-08-26 15:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV RW UG
09KIGALI534KAGAME FIRES EDUCATION MINISTER OF STATE FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Summary. President Kagame fired the Rwandan Minister of State for Education following media reports that the official had abused power during his earlier tenure as mayor of Kigali. Kagame initially criticized the press report, but after a later article provided additional information ba [...]
2009-08-28 10:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO RW
09KIGALI57GREAT LAKES ENVOY MUTABOBA TAKES POSITION WITH UN
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Amandin Rugira informed emboffs on January 29 that Great Lakes Special Envoy Joseph Mutaboba has been selected to be the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau. According to Rugira, Mutaboba had initially applied [...]
2009-01-30 11:10:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI570CODEL MEEKS VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A Congressional delegation led by Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY),who chairs the House Financial Services Committee's Sub-committee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, and including subcommittee members Representatives Melvin Watt (NC),Sheila Jackson Lee (TX),Jack Kingston (GA) [...]
2009-09-11 14:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALOREP ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI585KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 12:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KV RW
09KIGALI586LOBBYING FOR RWANDAN SUPPORT AT UNGA
[...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs raised with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali and her Americas Director our interest in working closely with Rwanda on UNGA issues. Museminali welcomed our approach and noted that the Government of Rwanda (GOR) often follows the African Union (AU) consensu [...]
2009-09-18 15:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UN RW
09KIGALI587IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali September 18 and delivered reftel demarche. Museminali expressed thanks for the background information, calling it very useful input. She did not indicate what the GOR position would be, but said she recognized [...]
2009-09-18 17:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC RW
09KIGALI588RWANDA NO "ISLAND" - KAGAME PREACHES REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 13 meeting with visiting senior State Department officials, President Kagame said his country's future success depended on the stability and prosperity of the region as a whole. Accordingly, Rwanda wanted closer ties with neighbors such as the Democratic Republ [...]
2009-09-18 17:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI589IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali September 18 and delivered reftel demarche. Museminali expressed thanks for the background information, calling it very useful input. She did not indicate what the GOR position would be, but said she recognized [...]
2009-09-22 06:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC RW
09KIGALI590IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali September 18 and delivered reftel demarche. Museminali expressed thanks for the background information, calling it very useful input. She did not indicate what the GOR position would be, but said she recognized [...]
2009-09-22 06:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC RW
09KIGALI618RDF GENERAL EMPHASIZES REGIONAL STABILITY, URGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 23 meeting, a senior Rwandan military officer stressed that regional peace and stability, especially with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),was in Rwanda's vital interest. He requested USG action against U.S.-based supporters of the Democratic F [...]
2009-09-30 16:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINS PINR KJUS CG RW
09KIGALI623WOULD-BE OPPOSITION PARTY'S TAKEOFF STALLED BY
[...] (C) Frank Habineza, leader of the newly-formed Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR),told polcouns October 2 that his party was canceling its initial party congress, set to take place in Kigali the same day, because a key state official had informed him late on October 1 that higher-level a [...]
2009-10-02 15:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS RW
09KIGALI634RWANDAN PM DESCRIBES IMPROVING RWANDA-DRC TIES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Rwanda's prime minister confirmed plans for Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to exchange ambassadors in the very near future and said Rwanda sought to strengthen its economic partnership with both the DRC and with countries belonging to the Ea [...]
2009-10-07 07:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI644IRAN DEMARCHE AND BRIEFING DELIVERED
[...] (C) On October 7, polcouns briefed Mr. Ben Rutsinga, MFA's Director of Europe, Americas, UN and International Organizations on the outcome of the P5 1 talks and solicited Rwandan GOR support for the dual-track approach, as requested reftel. Rutsinga was generally supportive, noting that it wa [...]
2009-10-07 16:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RW
09KIGALI672KAGAME LOOKS SET TO WIN 2010 VOTE; NEW PARTIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwanda is set to hold presidential elections in August 2010. President Paul Kagame is likely to run and win a second seven-year term, and his party dominates the national political landscape. Despite this, several small new political parties and figures have emerged in recent [...]
2009-10-15 16:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EAID KJUS RW
09KIGALI690UNGA DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarches on October 26 to Rwandan MFA's Director General of Europe, Americas and International Organization Affairs Mr. Ben Rutsinga. Regarding Ref A items, Rutsinga said that in 2007 and earlier Rwanda abstained from voting on "no-action motions," but changed it [...]
2009-10-26 16:32:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA UN RW
09KIGALI694ELECTORAL COMMISSION UNVEILS PLANS FOR 2010 VOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwandan election officials briefed the donor community October 15 on preparations for Rwanda's next presidential elections, set for August 9, 2010. Outstanding funding needs are modest at $1.2m, and the electoral process will feature a twenty-day campaign period. Parliament is [...]
2009-10-27 16:43:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID RW
09KIGALI699GOVT ALLOWING OPPOSITION BREATHING SPACE, SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Internal Security Minister Harerimana told Emboffs the Rwandan government was purposely not applying the law to the full extent and was allowing new opposition parties some latitude to form and operate. He cautioned that politicians could easily manipulate many Rw [...]
2009-10-28 16:28:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS RW
09KIGALI701NIGER DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 16:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL USAU NI RW
09KIGALI717POLICE CLOSE GREEN PARTY MEETING, CITING INSECURITY
[...] (C) On October 25, police suspended a convention organized by the opposition Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR),after a member of the audience disrupted the proceedings. According to a reliable observer, minutes after the party secretary-general opened the meeting, a man in the approxima [...]
2009-11-03 17:35:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM RW
09KIGALI719OPPOSITION FIGURE NTAGANDA TO CHALLENGE KAGAME AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 25, members of the fledgling Parti Social-Imberakuri (PS-Imberakuri) party voted overwhelmingly to nominate party founder Bertrand Ntaganda, an ethnic Hutu lawyer, to be their candidate for Rwanda's 2010 presidential elections. Ntaganda was a founding member of the P [...]
2009-11-04 06:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI721GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 12:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL RW
09KIGALI736DASD HUDDLESTON AND RWANDAN DEFENSE REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Huddleston met October 26 with Rwandan Minister of Defense Gatsinzi and senior Rwandan Defense Force officers, including Chief of Defense (CHOD) Kabarebe. The Rwandans thanked DASD for USG cooperation on peacekeeping and highlighted the Rwan [...]
2009-11-06 11:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS MASS PINR CG RW
09KIGALI74WORLD BANK SEEKS DONOR SUPPORT FOR NEW
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (SBU) World Bank (Bank) Country Representative Victoria Kwakwa convened a meeting January 30 seeking donor support for a proposed new Emergency demobilization and Reintegration Project with the Government of Rwanda (GOR). A team of Bank offi [...]
2009-02-02 16:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI756GREEN PARTY PLANS 3RD ATTEMPT TO HOLD
[...] (C) On November 6, polcouns met with Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) leader Frank Habineza, secretary-general Charles Kabanda and a visiting Amcit Green party activist from California. Habineza said his still-unregistered party was running short on funds (he himself had had to take ou [...]
2009-11-16 15:17:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI765JUDGE FINES EDITOR FOR INVASION OF PRIVACY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13 a judge found John Bosco Gasasira, the editor/journalist of a local newspaper, guilty of invasion of privacy and defamation, fined him $2,200 dollars and awarded costs and damages of $4,800. The sentence allayed Gasasira's supporters' earlier concerns that he mig [...]
2009-11-18 15:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI770NEW DRC AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES MISSION, PRAISES GOR
[...] (C) In a November 19 call, new Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador Norbert Nkulu described in warm terms his reception by Rwandan officials and what he described as a large and welcoming Congolese community here - many of whom met him at the airport. He recounted with visible pl [...]
2009-11-20 06:05:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR PHUM CG RW
09KIGALI78RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Efforts to Form New Political Party Continue - Ombudsman on Corruption - EU Final Election Report Issued - Intel Chiefs Meet in Rwanda New Party Holds Assembly and Press Conference --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) Supporters of the n [...]
2009-02-05 13:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI789TOUGH ANTI-GOVERNMENT RHETORIC IS A STAPLE OF
[...] (C) Anti-Government of Rwanda (GOR) rhetoric coupled with personal criticism of President Kagame and his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) party are the staples of Rwanda's Kinyarwanda-language popular press. A review of local language tabloids, all with small press runs but relatively wide reade [...]
2009-11-25 06:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KPAO PREL CG RW
09KIGALI792UNAMID COMMANDER ON DARFUR CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Commander, Rwandan Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba, told Ambassador in an impromptu airport meeting November 10 that the UNAMID mission in Darfur was "a complicated challenge" and that the GOR was absolutely committed to sustaining t [...]
2009-11-27 11:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PINR RW SU
09KIGALI793GOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ECONOMICS & SECURITY WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Rwandan officials led by Health Minister Sezibera met on November 9 with U.S. Great Lakes Special Advisor Dr. Howard Wolpe and urged continued military pressure against the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC [...]
2009-11-27 14:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID MARR PINS KCRM CG RW
09KIGALI796RWANDAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE BACKS U.S. REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with Rwandan Chief of Defense General James Kabarebe November 17, Ambassador hailed the arrival of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) first post-genocide Ambassador, Norbert Nkulu. Kabarebe agreed that it was a vital forward step and added that [...]
2009-11-30 12:47:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINR PREL KPKO CG RW
09KIGALI80DRC-GOR JOINT OPERATION SCORES SUCCESS, IS EXTENDED
[...] (C ) Summary. Senior Rwandans report that President Kabila has asked Government of Rwanda (GOR) troops to remain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) until February 28. A senior Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer asked if the U.S. had agreed with Kabila,s request to place U.S. milit [...]
2009-02-05 17:39:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINS PGOV RW
09KIGALI802RWANDA AND FRANCE RESTORE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Governments of Rwanda (GOR) and France (GOF) announced November 29 that they had agreed to restore fully diplomatic relations between the two countries. Relations were ruptured in November 2006 after a French judge indicted senior GOR officials on charges - vehemently reject [...]
2009-12-01 06:28:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS FR RW
09KIGALI806PRESIDENT KAGAME OPEN TO HAVING INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) In a meeting with Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame and Minister of Justice, Tharcisse Karugarama, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp thanked the Government of Rwanda for accepting prisoners transferred from the Special Court for Sierra Leone, underscoring the importance [...]
2009-12-01 13:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL RW
09KIGALI808AMBASSADOR RAPP RAISES ICTR CASE TRANSFERS WITH
[...] (C) Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp raised with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga the issue of transferring cases for trial in Rwanda from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In a discussion on the margins of a November meeting in Kigali of pr [...]
2009-12-01 15:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL RW
09KIGALI809UNAMID COMMANDER DETAILS DARFUR CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Commander, Rwandan Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba, told Ambassador in an impromptu airport meeting November 10 that the UNAMID mission in Darfur was "a complicated challenge" and that the GOR was absolutely committed to sustaining t [...]
2009-12-01 15:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PINR RW SU
09KIGALI812LIBERAL PARTY ORIGINS, VIOLENCE OF 1990S, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Youth Protais Mitali, leader of the Liberal Party (PL),said on November 19 that his party seeks to promote justice, human rights and economic development by developing policy ideas and attempting to convince other political figures of their merits. As head of a pa [...]
2009-12-02 15:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RW
09KIGALI822RWANDAN CABINET SHUFFLE, NEW FOREIGN AND FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary. In the third cabinet shuffle of the year, President Kagame replaced his Foreign and Finance ministers and rearranged cabinet responsibilities for other ministers. The new Foreign Minister, Louise Mushikwabo, had been Minister of Information. She came back to Rwanda and became In [...]
2009-12-03 13:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RW
09KIGALI828"DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 13:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALUNGA PREL UN RW
09KIGALI829TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY REVIEWS FOOD SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin reviewed food security, infrastructure needs and the impact of the global economic downturn on Rwanda with senior government officials, members of the private sector and international donor organizations October 29-November 1. Rwanda's [...]
2009-12-04 14:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAGR EAID EINV PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI856BIO REPORT: MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY MONIQUE
[...] (SBU) Monique Nsanzabaganwa is the Minister of Trade and Industry. She was born in 1971 in Muhororo, Ruhango District. She received an MA (cum laude) in economics from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa in 2002, winning the Department of Economics' award for best master's student. Sh [...]
2009-12-15 13:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON ETRD RW
09KIGALI857SENATE PRESIDENT OPPOSES ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting with Ambassador, Senate president Vincent Biruta said he was opposed to anti-homosexual language in the current draft penal code, and he did not expect such language to pass. Biruta said his party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD),would soon decide [...]
2009-12-15 14:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS RW
09KIGALI858PSP PARTY IN REBUILDING MODE FOLLOWING LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of the small PSP party is a political unknown who is new to her position and has inherited a party that is still recovering from the departure of its former leader, a senator and high-profile figure, earlier in 2009. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) During a December 2 meeting [...]
2009-12-15 14:59:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI859NKUNDA'S ATTORNEY CONTINUES TO ARGUE HIS CLIENT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Canadian defense attorney for detained CNDP leader Laurent Nkunda told Emboffs December 9 that Rwanda's Supreme Court had agreed to hold a hearing on January 13, 2010 about the legality of Nkunda's detention. The attorney claimed to have had no direct communication with Nkunda [...]
2009-12-16 12:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS MARR CG RW
09KIGALI86FOREIGN MINISTER ON JOINT OPERATIONS AND FOUR PLUS
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali briefed the diplomatic corps on February 9 on the continuing joint military operations in the eastern Congo and the 4 Plus 4 talks held February 5-6 in Gisenyi between Rwanda and the DRC. Drawing from the 4 Plus 4 Joint Communique distributed at the b [...]
2009-02-10 16:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS RW
09KIGALI860MINISTRY OF HEALTH LOBBIES AGAINST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 7 heath sector meeting, Ministry of Health (MOH) permanent secretary, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, and National AIDS Control Commission executive director, Dr. Anita Asiimwe, criticized strongly draft legislation in parliament that would criminalize homosexuality, and said [...]
2009-12-16 14:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KHIV RW
09KIGALI861REFUGEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 10:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF RW
09KIGALI862GETTING TO KNOW SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The president of the Rwandan Socialist Party, an intellectual and Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) veteran whose family was killed during Rwanda's political violence of the late 1950s, is strongly pro-American and critical of China. He leads a small party which is aligned with the [...]
2009-12-17 12:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI870RWANDA-FRANCE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ON FAST TRACK
[...] (C) Visiting French MFA Director General of Administration Stephane Romatet told Ambassador on December 17 that the Quai d'Orsay planned to have a full-time political officer in Rwanda by early January, 2010 and an ambassador here later that month. He said France intends to start quickly, at [...]
2009-12-18 12:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON PGOV CG RW
09KIGALI874RPF FLEXES ITS MUSCLES DURING CONGRESS, CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, approximately 2500 Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) members from across Rwanda held a party congress in Kigali to hear remarks by Rwandan president Paul Kagame and other senior figures and to elect individuals to fill party leadership slots. RPF rank and file n]F 6v [...]
2009-12-22 06:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI91RWANDA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 15:44:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AORC RW
09KIGALI98RWANDA ON REVIEW CONFERENCE WORKING GROUP SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 06:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNHRC PHUM RW
09KINGSTON156JAMAICA: APPELLATE COURT RULING DISPELS PROSPECT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 20:47:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ASEC SOCI KCOR CARICOM IBRD
09KINGSTON175JAMAICA: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (SOA)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-10 16:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR CARICOM IBRD IDB CDB
09KINGSTON208JAMAICA: (C) DESPITE RUMORS TO THE CONTRARY, THERE
[...] (C) Summary: When asked by the NAS Director on March 13 if the rumors of his departure were true, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, current Commissioner of Police just laughed. While nothing is beyond the realm of possibility, Lewin's response seems to confirm the learned opinions of the current Pe [...]
2009-03-19 19:33:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL JM
09KINGSTON221JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S RULING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 20:28:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR KCOR CARICOM IBRD
09KINGSTON232JAMAICA: RULING LABOUR PARTY (JLP) CANDIDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 11:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR KCOR CARICOM IBRD
09KINGSTON245JAMAICA: TWIN DEFICITS AND A USD 1 BILLION
[...] (C) Jamaica is facing a classic twin deficit problem, with both fiscal and balance of payments deficits rising quickly. The 2008-09 National budget will face a deficit of six percent of GDP, according to Finance Minister Audley Shaw. World Bank Country Representative Badrul Haque estimates that [...]
2009-03-27 14:14:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG SOCI EFIN EINV ETRD IADB IBRD TRYS
09KINGSTON294JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING SHUFFLES CABINET
[...] (SBU) At the Prime Minister's request, Trevor MacMillan, Derrick Smith and Clive Mullings all resigned their cabinet positions Security, Telecommunications, and Energy respectively, on April 6. MacMillan, Smith and Mullings were replaced by three Ministers without portfolio already within the [...]
2009-04-15 16:33:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG EPET KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON296JAMAICA: WILL SUBMIT ABSTENTIONS ON KOSOVO'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 18:41:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL IBRD IMF KV JM XL
09KINGSTON377JAMAICA RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, MAY 2009
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. On May 5 during the 2009-2010 National Budget Debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, &We continue to advocate for the revocation of the U.S. embargo against Cuba and the normalization of Cuba,s relations within [...]
2009-05-14 19:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON ETTC PREL JM
09KINGSTON437JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY PLANS TO
[...] (C) In his May 27 address to the Annual Conference of the Jamaica Police Federation (JPF),National Security Minister Dwight Nelson defended police officers accused of official misconduct and promised to recruit lawyers for their defense, eliciting a firestorm of controversy and demands for an [...]
2009-06-01 12:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC ELAB XL JM PGOV
09KINGSTON440JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES CUBA MUST
[...] (SBU) On May 29, 2009, Charge visited the Government of Jamaica,s (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) for final meeting with Minister Dr. Kenneth Baugh. Charge and the Minister discussed a number of topics, including: the upcoming Organization of American States (OAS) [...]
2009-06-01 18:27:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC SOCI ELAB
09KINGSTON471AIR JAMAICA: TWO BIDDERS, NEW LOANS, PRESSURE
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ's) efforts to privatize Air Jamaica (AJ) have gone through numerous changes and setbacks. As the deal enters its final stage, Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines and U.S.-based Spirit Air appear to be the two remaining bidders. The GOJ hopes to have the deal s [...]
2009-06-12 18:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI PINR PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON495JAMAICA: WORKING HAND IN GLOVE LEADS TO CUFFS
[...] (C) Thanks to a long-standing partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS),Kingston Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has assisted in the location and arrest of several fugitives in Jamaica. In accordance with Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 222f to further the administration and [...]
2009-06-19 19:17:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCVIS CPAS CMGT SOCI PREL KFRD KCRM ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON531JAMAICA: CRIME ON THE RISE; 5733 MAJOR CRIMES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Major crimes are up 20 percent for the first seven months of the year, a majority of the increase is related to property crimes, according to Minister of National Security, Dwight Nelson, who addressed the issue at a breakfast meeting of the Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) o [...]
2009-07-08 19:31:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ASEC SOCI SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR XL JM
09KINGSTON59JAMAICA: LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION WARNS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 15:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SNAR EFIN ASEC KCOR CARICOM
09KINGSTON601JAMAICA: RUMBLINGS OF KEY PERSONNEL CHANGES IN
[...] (C) The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP)-led government is undergoing a second major reshuffle of portfolios for the year. Key Minister of Finance advisors Don Wehby and Dennis Chung have returned to the private sector. Chris Zacca, President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ),[...]
2009-08-13 13:22:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV SOCI IADB
09KINGSTON606JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE UNESCO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 15:31:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALUNESCO JM XL
09KINGSTON622JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: ENERGY AND PETROCARIBE, WHERE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: Jamaica continues to suffer under the global economic recession, but the island has been hit harder than other nations because of its high energy costs and reliance on petroleum for electricity. The lack of viable short-term solutions, and increasing dependence on the [...]
2009-08-21 12:36:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV JM XL
09KINGSTON634JAMAICA: A SERIOUS LAG EFFECT FOR POST RECESSION
[...] (C) Despite signs of stability in the Jamaican dollar and moderating inflation, the island nation is still far from seeing post-recession green shoots. Even when an economic recovery takes hold in the United States, it will do little to pull Jamaica out of its ongoing economic malaise. Major [...]
2009-08-25 18:51:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG EIND PREL PGOV PIND TRYS
09KINGSTON666JAMAICA: U.S. REQUEST TO EXTRADITE POWERFUL "DON"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 19:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR
09KINGSTON676JAMAICA: KEY OPPOSITION FIGURE DESCRIBES PRIME
[...] (C) Peter Bunting, Member of Parliament and the opposition People's National Party (PNP) Spokesperson on National Security, praised the USG's August 30 request that Christopher "Dudus" Coke be extradited to stand trial on federal drug charges. Describing Prime Minister (PM) Golding's position [...]
2009-09-04 19:11:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR
09KINGSTON680JAMAICA: PROSPECTIVE AMBASSADOR TO U.S. SAYS GOJ
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 20:54:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI OFDP
09KINGSTON684JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER WARNS THAT PROSPECTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 18:34:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI EAID
09KINGSTON695JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY
[...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...]
2009-09-17 20:59:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC PINR SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON697JAMAICA: GOJ WILL REFUSE COKE EXTRADITION REQUEST; PM FAVORS
[...] (C) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding advised CDA that the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) would not comply with the USG's extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke on "technical grounds" and that a dipnote to that effect is being prepared (Reftel A). During a later telephone conversation w [...]
2009-09-18 15:04:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR EIND ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR
09KINGSTON699JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY
[...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...]
2009-09-18 18:26:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON701JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS re HIGH-PROFILE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 22:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON705British High Commissioner Discusses COKE Extradition Request
[...] (C) British High Commissioner (HC) Jeremy Cresswell requested a meeting with CDA Parnell to discuss the High Commissioner's recent discussion with Prime Minister Golding. The High Commissioner noted that he took the opportunity to tell the Prime Minister of his government's high intere [...]
2009-09-25 21:53:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON709JAMAICA: PM ATTEMPTS TO RECAPTURE POLITICAL MOMENTUM, GOJ
[...] (SBU) In a much-anticipated pre-dawn address to Parliament, Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding called for a "paradigm shift" in the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s civil service and government finances. Confronting a moribund economy, unsustainable budget deficits, and a resurgent opposition Peop [...]
2009-10-01 17:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC SOCI ECON EFIN IMF IBRD ENRG EINV
09KINGSTON731JAMAICA: DIP NOTE RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 30, 2009
[...] (C) On October 30, CDA received the following diplomatic note, dated October 30, from the Minister of Justice Dorothy Lightbourne of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ): (Begin text of MOJ DIP NOTE) Re: Request for extradition of Christopher Coke I have the honour of addres [...]
2009-11-02 18:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON733JAMAICA: POLICE COMMISSIONER HARDLEY LEWIN RESIGNS
[...] (U) Police Commissioner Hardley Lewin announced his resignation as head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on November 1, putting to an end weeks of speculation and bringing to a close a tumultuous two-year tenure in which Lewin was unsuccessful in either reversing the island's spiraling c [...]
2009-11-04 18:43:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON735JAMAICA: IMF TEAM SEES GOJ'S CLARITY OF PURPOSE, BUT TIME IS
[...] (C) Trevor Alleyne, Division Chief and head of the a six-person International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation to Jamaica, said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears to have a "clarity of purpose" in regard to current negotiations for a Standby Agreement. Alleyne met with Emboffs on November 5 [...]
2009-11-06 13:02:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN TRSY IDB SOCI IMF XL JM
09KINGSTON737Jamaica: Private Sector Nervous Over Delay in IMF Deal; Risk
[...] (C) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding's lack of political courage in making difficult decisions has created a crisis of confidence in the private sector. His promise of an imminent International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement worth USD 1.2 billion has set him, as well as his Jamaica L [...]
2009-11-19 14:41:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD SOCI PINR PREL IADB IMF TRSY JM
09KINGSTON743AIR JAMAICA SALE: DEAL OR NO DEAL? GOJ CAN'T STAY ON MESSAGE
[...] (C) Air Jamaica (AJ),the beleaguered national airline, is days away from finding out whether Indigo Partners (operator of Sprit Airlines) will be its new owner. The airline, currently owned by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),is eight months behind the original deadline for privatization, bu [...]
2009-11-30 13:50:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON747JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in Reftel A. On May 5 during the 2009-2010 National Budget Debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, "We continue to advocate for the revocation of the U.S. embargo against Cuba and the normalization of Cuba's relations withi [...]
2009-12-02 17:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETTC SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON749EXTRADITION JAMAICA: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL COKE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 12:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC SOCI CJAN KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON753JAMAICA: OPPOSITION GRILLS PRIME MINISTER IN PARLIAMENT ON
[...] (SBU) The continuing controversy over the Christopher "Dudus" Coke extradition request exploded into partisan rancor and bitterness in Jamaica's Parliament on December 8, as Peter Phillips, Member of Parliament (MP) for the opposition People's National Party (PNP) and former Minister for Nation [...]
2009-12-10 17:45:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON759JAMAICA: ON THE BRINK OF AN IMF DEAL
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears on the verge of pursuing a selective default with local debt holders in order to secure a much needed Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prime Minister Bruce Golding has been adamant in wanting to avoid any blemish on the [...]
2009-12-14 19:38:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON761JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S WIFE SEES "NEFARIOUS INFLUENCES"
[...] (C) Lorna Golding, the wife of Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding, told Post's Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Patricia Attkisson that she believes Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is under the "pernicious influence" of U.S. Representative Charles Rangel regarding the contentious U.S. extradition [...]
2009-12-14 20:19:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN
09KINSHASA1020DRC WILL OPPOSE "NO ACTION" MOTIONS ON IRAN AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 13:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA CG
09KINSHASA1022MONUC PERSPECTIVE ON ARREST OF FDLR PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Mathew Brubacher from MONUC's DDRRR Office in Goma met with TDY Goma PolOff on November 17 to discuss the arrest of FDLR President Ignace Murwanashyaka and Vice-President Straton Musoni in Germany on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity between January 2008 and July 2009. Bru [...]
2009-11-18 17:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1027MONUC WITHHOLDING ASSISTANCE TO FARDC'S 213TH
[...] (C) Summary: MONUC's decision to suspend support for elements of the FARDC's 213th Brigade is based on a draft report from the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO),implicating the FARDC in the killings of at least 62 civilians in the vicinity of Nyabiondo between May-September 2009. The t [...]
2009-11-20 10:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
09KINSHASA1037GDRC SUPPORTS U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) PolOff briefed Mr. Mavambu Matumona, MFA Deputy Director for the Office of International Cooperation's Bureau for the Americas, Asia, and Oceania. Matumona quickly responded that the well-known position of the GDRC is against the propagation of nuclear arms and that the GDRC supports the [...]
2009-11-25 16:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR CG
09KINSHASA1043KABILA ENGAGES DIP CORPS ON MONUC, ELECTIONS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 15:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO ECON CG
09KINSHASA1061SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 2/3: ANGOLAN RESOURCES,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe met with GDRC decision makers and key foreign ambassadors as part of his November 13-17 visit to Kinshasa in which he outlined USG objectives and initiatives in the region (reftel B). In meetings with GDRC Foreign Minister Thambw [...]
2009-12-07 10:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA PREF CG
09KINSHASA1063GDRC THOUGHTS ON CNDP INTEGRATION, SGBV, AND SADC
[...] (U) During a December 2 meeting with polcouns, John Muabma, an advisor in the Ministry of Regional and International Cooperation, discussed the CNDP's transition from a military movement to a political party, sexual and gender based violence (SGBV),and the DRC's role in SADC and other Centra [...]
2009-12-07 13:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWMN ECON CG
09KINSHASA1064SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 3/3: BOSCO, GOMA II, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe met with GDRC leaders and key foreign ambassadors as part of his November 13-17 salutatory visit to Kinshasa in which he outlined USG objectives and initiatives in the region (reftels B and C). In meetings with former GDRC Vice P [...]
2009-12-07 14:16:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1066DRC ACCREDITS RWANDAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: Rwandan Ambassador Amandin Rugira submitted his credentials to DRC President Joseph Kabila on December 2 in a brief ceremony at the presidential offices, Palais de la Nation. Prior to formally assuming his duties, Rugira met with USG officials to discuss the new Rwandan diplomati [...]
2009-12-08 14:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1071PROMINENT PPRD PARLIAMENTARIAN ON KIMIA II, SGBV,
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with polcouns, Jean Mbuyu Luyongola, a prominent PPRD parliamentarian, stressed that sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) was a societal problem in the DRC. Ill-disciplined FARDC and police aggravated SGBV, as did the culture of impunity. Creating n effe [...]
2009-12-09 15:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN MOPS KPKO KDEM CG
09KINSHASA1079CAMPAIGN FOR 2011 ELECTIONS KICKS OFF AS KABILA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 State of the Nation address, President Kabila implicitly launched his campaign for the 2011 local and presidential elections, focusing his points primarily on domestic political issues. Kabila predicted GDP growth of 5.4% in 2010, and he lauded the progress ma [...]
2009-12-14 06:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN SENV KDEM EINV CG
09KINSHASA1080AUGUSTIN KATUMBA, PRESIDENT'S ALLEGED TREASURER
[...] (C) Summary: National Assembly Deputy Augustin Katumba Mwanke resigned as Executive Secretary of the ruling coalition, the "Alliance pour la Majorite Presidentielle" (Alliance for the Presidential Majority -- AMP) last week. He relinquished the position amid pervasive rumors of an impending [...]
2009-12-14 06:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG
09KINSHASA1101DURING DRC VISIT, ICC PRESIDENT CALLS FOR BOSCO'S
[...] (U) During a keynote speech at a December 10-12 International Parliamentary Conference on Justice in the DRC and the Great Lakes Region, ICC President Sang-Hyun Song reiterated calls for the GDRC to transfer former CNDP chief of staff Bosco Ntaganda to the Hague. Song underscored that "the q [...]
2009-12-17 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1105AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba on December 17 to discuss MONUC's mandate renewal, fighting in the Dongo area of Equateur Province, and DRC-Angolan relations. Septel reports on discussions regarding finding a site to build a new embassy, as well as GD [...]
2009-12-17 16:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG AG
09KINSHASA1112THE DRC AND THE PRGF: HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW WE
[...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a two-part series on the GDRC's long road towards HIPC completion point, with a look at some of the many bumps and turns along the way since early 2006 and the IMF Board's December 11 approval of the DRC's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The PG [...]
2009-12-21 10:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1129DRC-RWANDA BILATERAL COMMISSION DISCUSSES SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC-Rwandan Joint Grand Commission met in Kinshasa December 17-19, after a recess of 21 years. Minister for International Cooperation Raymond Tshibanda led the DRC delegation and his former homologue and newly appointed Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo led the Rwandan c [...]
2009-12-22 17:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EPET EAIR MARR PREF RW CG
09KINSHASA1135THE DRC AND THE PRGF: HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW WE
[...] (SBU) Background: This is the second in a two-part series on the GDRC and the HIPC completion point. Part 1 (ref A) was a look at some of the bumps and turns along the way since early 2006 as the GDRC inched its way toward the IMF Board's December 11 approval of the DRC's Poverty Reduction [...]
2009-12-23 15:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1144KENGO SAYS GOVERNMENT IS NEGOTIATING WITH EQUATEUR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 21 with Senate President Kengo wa Dondo. Kengo said the GDRC is negotiating with Dongo rebels, discussed his legislative agenda for the upcoming session of parliament, and gave his view on security sector reform (SSR). His priorities for the legislative [...]
2009-12-24 11:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EFIN MCAP MASS PREL CG
09KINSHASA144NO GDRC REQUEST FOR U.S. MILITARY OBSERVERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 08:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINS PGOV CG
09KINSHASA192MONUC ANALYST DISCUSSES EVENTS IN THE KIVUS,
[...] (C) Summary: Johan Peleman, Chief of MONUC's Joint Mission Analysis Cell, told PolCouns and visiting Washington analysts on February 26 that, although the joint FARDC-RDF operations against the FDLR had been successful in North Kivu, dealing with the FDLR in South Kivu represented enormous c [...]
2009-03-02 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PINR PHUM CG
09KINSHASA196NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HANGS ON; PRIME
[...] (C) Not much appears to have changed since yesterday's report (ref A) on efforts by President Kabila and his advisors to secure the resignation of National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe. One new development is that the fifth of six National Assembly executive directorate (Bureau) members [...]
2009-03-03 15:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA219AMBASSADOR, UN'S ASSISTANT SYG FOR PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Garvelink had a wide-ranging discussion March 5 with Edmond Mulet, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. Mulet reported that opinion is divided within the GDRC with respect to MONUC's redeployment plan pursuant to UNSCR 1856. He also said that, [...]
2009-03-06 11:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA23EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 8
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (C) A senior MONUC political offi [...]
2009-01-08 15:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA243DEMARCHE DELIVERED:SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche March 16 to Banza Ngoy, Head of the International Organizations Directorate in the Foreign Ministry. Ngoy said that the GDRC may be inclined to support the creation of a new UN Independent Expert. He added that the GDRC, with its many challenges, has not [...]
2009-03-16 14:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC CG
09KINSHASA244DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche March 16 to Banza Ngoy, Head of the International Organizations Directorate in the Foreign Ministry. Ngoy acknowledged USG concerns on Abkhazia and South Ossetia and said that the GDRC is not inclined to recognize them as independent states, as it would b [...]
2009-03-16 15:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS RS CG
09KINSHASA250REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.
[...] (C) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates who have been selected to participate in a U.S. sponsored training for a Rapid Reaction Force course to begin May 2009 in the DRC. Post has no derogatory infor [...]
2009-03-18 16:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALASEC MARR MASS PREL CG
09KINSHASA251NGO OFFICIALS RELEASED AS KABILA-KAMERHE
[...] (C) Summary: Human Rights NGO officials, arrested March 15 to pre-empt street violence the following day in conjunction with the opening of Parliament, have been released. The National Assembly has not yet taken steps to remove its president, Vital Kamerhe, who is locked in a power struggle w [...]
2009-03-18 17:53:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA254DRC, INDIA LOCKED IN A HIGH-STAKES BATTLE OVER
[...] (C) India's decision to withdraw its contingent from MONUC (reftels) has exposed a bitter row between the country that hosts the UN's largest peace-keeping operation and the country that is MONUC's largest troop contributor. A close look at the DRC-India feud reveals a complex mosaic of real [...]
2009-03-19 13:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO UNSC IN CG
09KINSHASA259NO CONFIDENCE VOTE AGAINST KAMERHE SCHEDULED
[...] (C) We spoke March 19 with Lydie Omanga, Communications Director for National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe. She explained the "Conference of Chairmen" of the National Assembly met March 19 to set the "ordre du jour" or legislative agenda for the first plenary session to take place March 2 [...]
2009-03-20 16:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA264GDRC-CNDP AGREEMENT IMMINENT
[...] (C) Summary: We met in Goma last week with an influential Congolese clergyman who is close to the GDRC delegation involved in the Obasanjo/Mkapa-facilitated talks. He said the GDRC and CNDP were hard at work on an agreement which could be wrapped up soon (Note: Post subsequently learned fro [...]
2009-03-23 12:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA269PM'S DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF HIGHLIGHTS GDRC
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Alexis Muzito's Deputy Chief of Staff, Jean-Claude Nachega, assured DCM and Economic Counselor during a March 20 meeting that Freeport McMoRan's contract review would be completed shortly and that the government of the DRC remained committed to renegotiating the Sin [...]
2009-03-23 16:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV CH CG
09KINSHASA270UNCONFIRMED REPORTS LINK SUDAN TO
[...] (C) Post has received several reports alleging that Antonov planes have air dropped supplies to the LRA at Banda, site of a March 14-15 LRA attack. One report states that at least one Antonov aircraft made a total of three drops near Banda on March 19. The source stated that the plane did no [...]
2009-03-24 11:44:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS CG SU
09KINSHASA272GDRC-CNDP FINAL AGREEMENT SIGNED
[...] (C) Summary: As expected (reftel),but with little specific advance notice, the GDRC and CNDP signed an agreement March 23 in Goma, effectively ending the CNDP's status as a politico-military group and committing it to transform into a political party. Minister of International and Regional [...]
2009-03-24 14:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA283KAMERHE RESIGNS IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) During a March 25 plenary session, National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe resigned. Apparently sensing that the majority of deputies would vote to oust him, Kamerhe proposed a single-item agenda: his resignation. An overwhelming number of deputies, according to FSN employee who wa [...]
2009-03-26 18:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA284KABILA RETURNS FROM EASTERN DRC ROAD TRIP
[...] (C) Summary: President Kabila returned March 22 to Kinshasa from a 26-day tour of the provinces, interrupted by at least one short return to the capital. The primary focus of the trip was on "eastern issues," including a meeting in Kasindi with Ugandan President Museveni before traveling on [...]
2009-03-26 18:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA285POSSIBLE U.S.-EU ENGAGEMENT ON SECURITY SECTOR
[...] (SBU) On March 18 EU Great Lakes Envoy Roeland van der Geer met with Ambassador, DCM and USAID director to discuss possible U.S.-EU cooperation in the area of Security Sector Reform. Van der Geer came with a large retinue including General Jean-Paul Michel, head of European Security Cooperat [...]
2009-03-27 11:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BE CG
09KINSHASA291SARKOZY'S KINSHASA VISIT GOES OFF WELL; WILL IT
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 26 speech to the DRC Parliament, French President Sarkozy acknowledged that outside interference had hindered the DRC's development, but he also pointed to domestic factors contributing to political instability and lack of economic prosperity: mismanagement (corr [...]
2009-03-27 15:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA294SSR DISCUSSION WITH HEAD OF DRC DESK AT BELGIAN MFA
[...] (SBU) PolOff met March 26 with the visiting Head of the Belgian MFA's DRC desk, Koen Adam, to discuss security sector reform (SSR) in the DRC. Adam emphasized that Belgium remains keenly interested in coordinating SSR efforts with the USG and other partners. PolOff gave Adam an overview of [...]
2009-03-30 08:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS PHUM CG BE
09KINSHASA312(C) PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS CONFIRM COMMITMENT TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador queried influential presidential advisor Augustin Katumba March 26 and presidential staff member (and former Foreign Minister) Antoine Ghonda March 30 on the government of the DRC (GRDC)'s commitment to renegotiat [...]
2009-04-01 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV CH CG
09KINSHASA314A CONVERSATION WITH GENERAL JOHN NUMBI
[...] (C) Summary: On the evening of March 31, Ambassador Garvelink met with General John Numbi and discussed a range of issues. Topics included the GDRC-GOR joint operations in North Kivu, the demise of the CNDP, MONUC, the resignation of Vital Kamerhe as President of the National Assembly, and [...]
2009-04-02 06:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MARR MOPS IN CG
09KINSHASA321DCM AND DATT MEET WITH BELGIAN COUNTERPARTS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission and Defense Attache met March 31 with Belgian counterparts to discuss possible U.S.-Belgian cooperation on Security Sector Reform (SSR) as mentioned ref (A). Belgians were receptive to idea of working more closely with the U.S. to advance military aspe [...]
2009-04-06 06:43:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV MARR MOPS SOCI MNUC BE CG
09KINSHASA328TUTSI POLITICIAN RUBERWA CONCERNED THAT FAILURE TO
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 2 meeting with Ambassador, Chairman of the Congolese Rally for Democracy Party (RCD) Azarias Ruberwa warned that failure by Parliament to enact an Amnesty Law could easily encourage CNDP elements to reject integration and take up arms again. Ruberwa claimed that [...]
2009-04-06 12:34:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA33THE CNDP RIFT: VIEWS OF TWO PROMINENT EASTERNERS
[...] (C) In separate meetings with PolCouns and PolOff on January 8 and 9, Eugene Serufuli, former North Kivu Governor, and Enoch Ruberangabo Sebineza, a South Kivu civil society activist and former parliamentarian, discussed the recent CNDP split, as well as the prospects of joint DRC-Rwandan mil [...]
2009-01-13 14:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PREF CG
09KINSHASA362GUNMEN STORM UVIRA PRISON AND FREE PRISONERS
[...] (SBU) Both MONUC and press articles report that gunmen stormed the central prison in Uvira (in South Kivu, across Lake Tanganyika from Bujumbura) in the early morning hours of April 9, freeing over 200 prisoners in the process. MONUC reported that the gunmen were identified as fighters from t [...]
2009-04-10 13:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CG
09KINSHASA369HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES ABUSES BY
[...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires and poloff presented the French translation of the 2008 Human Rights report to the Minister of Human Rights on April 9. The Minister readily acknowledged that Congolese security forces, specifically the Republican Guard, commit human rights violations. He said [...]
2009-04-13 17:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KTIP CG
09KINSHASA374INTERIM RESPONSE: DEMARCHE TO AVERT INDIAN TROOP
[...] (C) Ambassador has requested a meeting with President Kabila to discuss reftel objectives. The Presidency informed post that a meeting on April 16 or 17 was likely. Post has also contacted counterparts at the UK, French, Chinese, Belgian, and South African Embassies to inquire about possibl [...]
2009-04-15 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC CG IN
09KINSHASA378AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EUGENE SERUFULI:
[...] (C) During an April 14 meeting with Ambassador, Eugene Serufuli, former RCD Governor of North Kivu, clearly advocated for a decoupage of North Kivu into a Rwandophone-dominated Petit Nord and a Nande-dominated Grand Nord. He cautioned against viewing ethnic relations in Eastern DRC through [...]
2009-04-16 11:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MOPS CG
09KINSHASA382OPPOSITION MEETINGS BROKEN UP BY POLICE
[...] (C) In two separate cases in the past week, Kinshasa police broke up opposition political meetings. On April 12, police prevented approximately 40 AMP and opposition MPs from meeting, apparently as the group was considering the creation of a political movement under the leadership of outgoing [...]
2009-04-17 14:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM CG
09KINSHASA387AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICTOR NGEZAYO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 17 with influential North Kivu businessman Victor Ngezayo. Unsurprisingly, Ngezayo was highly critical of the GDRC, particularly its efforts to bring peace to the East, which he characterized as superficial. Ngezayo maintained that the new CNDP was a Rwandan [...]
2009-04-20 12:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA388DIMENSIONS OF THE RWANDOPHONE RISE IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary: It appears likely that, as previously reported, one of the central dynamics in North Kivu in the coming months will be the rise of "Rwandophone" power. The context of this dynamic is that in late 2008, Presidents Kabila and Kagame probably made a deal whereby Kagame would deact [...]
2009-04-20 13:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA390POTENTIAL RESISTANCE TO THE RWANDOPHONE AGENDA IN
[...] (C) Summary: Reftel was analysis of key aspects of what appears to be an active policy, closely connected with recent Kinshasa-Kigali rapprochement, to secure Rwandophone dominance in North Kivu, specifically in the "Petit Nord". This message outlines the likely sources of resistance to this [...]
2009-04-21 09:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA398FORCED LABOR BY THE FARDC
[...] (C) Summary: FARDC troops are reportedly forcing civilians, including children, to act as their porters in North and South Kivu, according to the UN Joint Human Rights Office. The Human Rights Office has also observed new cases of rape and pillaging by FARDC troops. MONUC's support of the [...]
2009-04-22 16:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPKO KTIP MOPS CG
09KINSHASA40EUSECS WORK WITH THE INTEGRATION PROCESS IN NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: According to the North Kivu team head of the European Security Mission in the DRC (EUSEC),Jean-Louis Pecheux, money to pay all FARDC soldiers in North Kivu for the month of March has arrived in Goma. However, most of the newly integrated troops have still not been paid for Janu [...]
2009-04-30 14:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA409NANDE CONCERNS WITH INTEGRATION AND RWANDOPHONIE
[...] (C) Summary: The military leader of PARECO-Nande, "General" LaFontaine, recently told us that, although the FARDC was readily integrating his rank and file troops, it was allegedly shunning him and his officers. LaFontaine complained that the FARDC had readily accepted CNDP and PARECO-Hutu [...]
2009-04-27 10:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA413CONVERSATION WITH PROMINENT GOMA NGO LEADER ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: We recently met with Alois Tegera, head of a Goma NGO, to discuss the rise of Rwandophone influence in North Kivu. Tegera expressed hope that the Kabila-Kagame rapprochement would bring long-term stability to North Kivu, while at the same time evincing regret about what he perc [...]
2009-04-28 07:14:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA424EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 30; BOSCO ALLEGEDLY PART
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Bosco Allegedly Part of Kimia II -------------------------------- 2. (U) BBC and [...]
2009-04-30 09:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA429DISCUSSION WITH A SENIOR MEMBER OF PARECO-HUTU
[...] (C) Summary: We recently met with a senior political advisor from PARECO-Hutu, who claimed that blocks of CNDP fighters are still outside the FARDC, most of whom are still loyal to Nkunda. Nkunda, he said, remains extremely popular among Tutsis and the "real CNDP." Many Hutus want closer t [...]
2009-04-30 14:11:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PINR CG
09KINSHASA430EUSEC'S WORK WITH THE INTEGRATION PROCESS IN NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: According to the North Kivu team head of the European Security Mission in the DRC (EUSEC),Jean-Louis Pecheux, money to pay all FARDC soldiers in North Kivu for the month of March has arrived in Goma. However, most of the newly integrated troops have still not been paid for Janu [...]
2009-04-30 14:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA431KAMERHE ADVISOR DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND THE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Manya Moupondo, Diplomatic Advisor to former National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe and GDRC delegate to the GDRC-CNDP political talks, told Emboffs that the transition from Kamerhe to the new Assembly President, Evariste Boshab, has been smooth. She expressed some concern t [...]
2009-04-30 17:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MOPS KDEM CG
09KINSHASA446CURRENT CNDP INTERNAL DYNAMICS: NKUNDA LOYALISTS
[...] (C) Summary: We recently met with Maitre Muiti, one of Nkunda's former right-hand men. He confirmed the return of Nkunda loyalists to the CNDP political fold. However, Muiti underscored the CNDP leadership's anxiety about the GDRC's commitment to the March 23 agreement, and he cast doubts o [...]
2009-05-07 11:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF CG
09KINSHASA451AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent conversation with ambassador, South Kivu Governor Louis Muherhwa said he had stressed to senior GDRC officials the need to coordinate upcoming Kimia II military operations with the provincial government. Muherhwa noted that, although integration had generally be [...]
2009-05-07 18:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF CG
09KINSHASA453KABILA'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF LAMENTS PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on April 30 with Kikaya Bin Karubi, former Private Secretary to President Kabila and current ambassador-designate to the United Kingdom, for a wide-ranging and candid discussion. Topics discussed included Freeport McMoRan's status, the background and aftermath of [...]
2009-05-08 09:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV CG
09KINSHASA462MINING ISSUES IN NORTH KIVU...AND RWANDOPHONIE
[...] (C) We met on May 8 with a contact at MPC, the South African mining company that holds the GDRC-granted concession on North Kivu's largest cassiterite mine, located at Bisie in Walikale. He confirmed that control on the ground at the mine has passed from the FARDC's 85th brigade to newly int [...]
2009-05-11 16:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EMIN CG
09KINSHASA492AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KABILA
[...] (C) Summary: After the May 19 UN Security Council meeting with President Kabila, Ambassador Rice had a bilateral session with the Congolese president. Ambassador Rice told Kabila the new Administration looked forward to a cooperative working relationship with the Congo and congratulated him on [...]
2009-05-22 10:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL USNC KPKO CG
09KINSHASA495PROMINENT NORTH KIVU TUTSI ON GOVERNOR PALUKU,
[...] (C) Summary: Prominent Tutsi businessmen Emmanuel Kamanzi recently told us that North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku is in a political fight to maintain his position, with President Kabila favoring his replacement by former governor Eugene Serufuli. However, Kamanzi noted that it is still unce [...]
2009-05-26 06:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECIN MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA503NORTH KIVU HUNDE DISCUSSES RWANDOPHONIE
[...] (C) Summary: A North Kivu Hunde contact recently told us that both DRC President Kabila and Rwandan President Kagame want North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku to step down. While Nande do not oppose Paluku being replaced, they do not want a Rwandophone governor or vice-governor. The GDRC, in t [...]
2009-05-28 14:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PINR PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA509AMBASSADOR RICE, UNSC PERMREPS MEET WITH MONUC AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18 Ambassador Susan Rice and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Representatives (permreps) met with North Kivu provincial officials, MONUC leadership, and victims of sexual violence in Goma and visited Kiwanja, a village in North Kivu, where rebel groups [...]
2009-06-01 14:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALUNSC MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA510ANTI-RWANDOPHONE SENTIMENT AMONGST THE HUNDE
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with two prominent members of the Alliance of Patriots for a Free Congo (APCLS),the Hunde-led organization vowed to continue its armed struggle against Rwandophones, whom they characterized as "Rwandan refugees." The APCLS remains convinced that the Go [...]
2009-06-01 16:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA519KABILA AND SENIOR GDRC OFFICIALS MEET WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: The GDRC, including at the presidential level, has held separate meetings with the CNDP, South Kivu Armed Groups (SKAGs),and the North Kivu Armed Groups. We have received a readout on the first two. The CNDP has officially been recognized as a political party, but there is ju [...]
2009-06-05 09:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PREF PHUM CG
09KINSHASA520IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR'S VISIT ADVANCES, BUT DOES
[...] (U) Please see guidance request in para. 14. 2. (C) Summary: The May 23-25 visit of IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn to the DRC advanced, but did not resolve, outstanding issues with the China agreement necessary for approval of a formal IMF program (Poverty Reduction and Growt [...]
2009-06-05 11:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG
09KINSHASA521RWANDOPHONIE: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT MEANS -- THE
[...] (C) Summary: Since the early 2009 rapprochement between Kinshasa and Kigali, there has been great focus on the phenomenon of Rwandophone ascendancy in North Kivu to the detriment of other ethnic groups. Much has been reported (reftels) about the different aspects (political, economic, and s [...]
2009-06-05 11:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON PREF PHUM MOPS CG
09KINSHASA535GDRC CABINET RESHUFFLE IMMINENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Diplomatic and host government sources in Kinshasa and Goma indicate that a cabinet reshuffle by President Joseph Kabila is imminent. A major reason behind the reshuffle is the integration of former CNDP and armed group members into mainstream political and administrative posit [...]
2009-06-08 13:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA573FORMER NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR SERUFULI ON DECOUPAGE,
[...] (C) Summary. Former North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli has reiterated complaints about the power of ethnic Nande in North Kivu Province and his support to split the province into Nande and "Rwandophone" dominated zones ("decoupage"). He described his relationship with detained Tutsi rebel l [...]
2009-06-18 07:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREF PINR PREL CG RW
09KINSHASA574MAI MAI KIFUAFUA STILL SUPPORT INTEGRATION, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: A spokesman for the Mai Mai Kifuafua told us that, although the group has repeatedly demonstrated its interest to integrate more of its troops, FARDC unresponsiveness and ineptitude has prevented the process from moving forward. Kifuafua claims to support FARDC operations again [...]
2009-06-18 08:47:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PINR CG
09KINSHASA578DRC: MBUSA NYAMWISI -- YESTERDAY'S MAN?
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting with TDY poloff, Minister of Decentralization and Territorial Development Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi expressed bitterness and resignation about developments in the DRC. An ethnic Nande, who in October was demoted from Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mbusa strongly c [...]
2009-06-19 09:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS PREF RW CG
09KINSHASA581EASTERN DRC NOTES -- JUNE 19
[...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation -- Haut Uele/Dungu -------------------------------------- 2. [...]
2009-06-19 14:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA596DR CONGO: KAMBASU NGEVE -- CNDP'S LEADING NANDE
[...] (C) Serge Kambasu Ngeve is the secretary general of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) political wing, which has abandoned ethnic Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda and is now negotiating for a place in the Kinshasa government. Kambasu, an ethnic Nande formerly affilia [...]
2009-06-23 16:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL CG
09KINSHASA600NKUNDA STATUS -- MONUC'S ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM?
[...] (C) During a June 18 briefing to Kinshasa based diplomats, MONUC's Political Affairs Division Officer in Charge (PAD-OIC) Christian Manahl (please protect) voiced concern that progress on improving DRC-Rwanda bilateral relations had "cooled", noting that the "4X4" bilateral commission (reftel [...]
2009-06-24 13:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS RW CG
09KINSHASA65PRESIDENT KABILA PROVIDES BRIEFING ON RWANDAN
[...] (C) Summary: President Kabila met with UNSC Ambassadors on January 20 to provide an update on events in the Eastern Congo, particularly the entry of Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) soldiers into DRC territory earlier that day. Following the meeting, Kabila and Ambassador met alone briefly. Kabil [...]
2009-01-21 18:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA652EQUATEUR: "A REAL DIFFERENT CONGOLESE PROVINCE"
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Equateur Province, polcouns met with Acting Governor Jean-Claude Baende, provincial government officials, parliamentarians, and MONUC officials, all of whom outlined the political struggle between supporters of impeached Governor Jose Makila and Acting G [...]
2009-07-07 14:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KWMN SENV PINR CG
09KINSHASA664DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SADC ATTENTION TO ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) On July 9 DCM and acting polcouns delivered demarche per instructions reftel to Raymond Tshibanda, Minister of International and Regional Cooperation. Tshibanda acknowledged USG concerns over SADC's role in the Global Political Agreement (GPA),noting that the GPA had already produced res [...]
2009-07-10 12:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG ZI
09KINSHASA690DRC: INSIGHT INTO MARCH 23 AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Manya Moupondo, GDRC member of the March 23 Agreements Monitoring Committee, briefed diplomatic corps members July 7 on GDRC negotiations with the CNDP and North and South Kivu armed groups. Moupondo reported ongoing discord in the presidential majority coalition over the entry o [...]
2009-07-15 15:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA715DRC SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S AUGUST
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes at a critical juncture. Effective leadership by President Joseph Kabila will determine whether the DRC,s government (GDRC) can successfully address the country's enormous development and security chal [...]
2009-07-28 06:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM CG
09KINSHASA764VITAL KAMERHE DISCUSSES KABILA, HIS RESIGNATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Vital Kamerhe, the former President of the National Assembly, recently provided Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns a comprehensive review of the DRC's recent political history, offering his perspective on the DRC's political evolution. He views President Kabila as a changed man -- [...]
2009-08-19 08:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN KDEM KJUS CG
09KINSHASA768PPRD PARLIAMENTARIAN GIVES CANDID VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: PPRD parliamentarian and former DRC Great Lakes Envoy Jean Mbuyu Luyongola told Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns that dismissing Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito might push PALU into the opposition. Kabila will easily win the 2011 elections, in Mbuyu's opinion, unless some kind of [...]
2009-08-20 14:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA796IMPROVING DRC-GOR RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: All indications are that the main focus of the August 6 Kabila-Kagame discussions was development of Lake Kivu methane gas as an energy source. Specific details regarding the meeting, the first bilateral meeting between DRC and Rwandan presidents since 1998, remain sketchy, as t [...]
2009-08-27 13:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG RW
09KINSHASA801DRC ASSUMING SADC CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: The GDRC lead for SADC issues, Minister for International and Regional Cooperation Raymond Tshibanda, told the Ambassador August 27 that the DRC hoped to focus on development and economic issues during its upcoming SADC Chairmanship. Tshibanda voiced optimism that political con [...]
2009-08-28 11:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD CG
09KINSHASA826DRC TAKES ON SADC CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: As expected, Zimbabwe and Madagascar were front and center at the September 7-8 SADC Summit. On Zimbabwe, the SADC leaders called for a lifting of all sanctions against the country, with some arguing that full implementation of the global political agreement should not be a pre [...]
2009-09-10 13:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD CG
09KINSHASA846KOSOVO RECOGNITION IN ADVANCE OF UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 14:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PGOV KV CG
09KINSHASA847EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN: DRC RESPONDS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 14:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP PARM IAEA PREL AORC CG IR
09KINSHASA848DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DRC ON IAEA GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 14:14:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA CG
09KINSHASA849DRC EXTRADITES SUSPECTED GENOCIDAIRE TO ARUSHA
[...] (C) Summary: On September 20, the GDRC extradited Rwandan genocidaire suspect Gregoire Ndahimana to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha. Ndahimana, who surrendered to MONUC's DDRRR on August 11, had been "grabbed up" by the FARDC and sent to Kinshasa. The long de [...]
2009-09-21 07:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CG RW
09KINSHASA855MOVEMENT ON THE FARDC FIVE
[...] (C) Polcouns met on September 18 with Todd Howland, head of the UN's Joint Human Rights Office in Kinshasa, to discuss the cases of five FARDC officers under investigation for rape, singled out to President Kabila for action by visiting UNSC ambassadors in May. Howland claimed that none of th [...]
2009-09-21 16:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UNSC CG
09KINSHASA86AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH PRIME MINISTER MUZITO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with DRC Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on the latter's request January 26 to discuss the economic crisis facing the country and the current situation in the east. In particular, Muzito asked for USG help with respect to IMF consideration of emergency financial ass [...]
2009-01-28 13:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CG
09KINSHASA861AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY PM MOBUTU
[...] Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Joseph Mobutu Nzanga Ngbangawe told the Ambassador on September 21 that there would most likely be a cabinet reshuffle in early October, probably the last before upcoming elections in 2010 (local) and in 2011 (parliamentary and presidential). Muzito, who Mobut [...]
2009-09-23 10:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM CG
09KINSHASA874MOVES AFOOT TO REVISE CONSTITUTION?
[...] (C) Summary: Despite denials by senior level GDRC officials, it appears an inter-institutional commission has met to discuss the possibility of constitutional amendments in three areas: halting plans to create 15 new provinces (part of the decentralization process); changing the presidentia [...]
2009-09-25 08:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA879EQUATEUR PROVINCIAL CRISIS COMES TO A HEAD
[...] (U) On September 21, the Supreme Court of Justice upheld the January 2009 impeachment of and removal from office of Equateur Governor Jose Makila by the Equateur Provincial Assembly. The high court also called on the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) to organize an election for a new go [...]
2009-09-25 14:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA886NGO ACTIVIST ON RUDIA II, KIMIA II, AND INTEGRATION
[...] (C) Summary: Noel Atama, a field researcher for the NGO ENOUGH, told PolCouns recently that, although the tide had turned against the LRA, capturing LRA leader Joseph Kony and dismantling the rebel group could ultimately take time. On Kimia II, Atama encouraged the FARDC to stay the course, [...]
2009-09-29 11:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREF PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA915RE-EMERGENCE OF CNDP'S NKUNDA WING?
[...] (C) Summary: Former CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa recently told us that the "real CNDP," i.e., the Nkunda wing was poised to reenter the DRC political fray. Claiming that the Bosco wing had no authority to sign the March 23 agreement with the GDRC, Bisimwa presented us with a memo outlini [...]
2009-10-07 12:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PINR PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA922DRC BRIGADIR GENERAL ADDRESSES CORRUPTION AND
[...] (U) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and Transparency International Co-founder Michael Hershman, DRC Brigadier General Celestin Mbala Musense discussed issues concerning corruption, salary payment, and personnel management in the FARDC. Reftels are reports on Hershman' [...]
2009-10-08 15:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA936EASTERN DRC NOTES -- OCTOBER 13: BOSCO SAID TO BE
[...] (C) Summary: Sources in Goma have told us that former CNDP military chief Bosco Ntaganda has met with several Mai Mai groups in North Kivu to discuss the possibility of establishing a new militia. A former member of Nkunda's inner circle, a lawyer named Muiti, opined that attempts by Nkunda [...]
2009-10-13 16:14:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG
09KINSHASA957DRC-ANGOLAN EXPULSIONS: CALMER BUT TENSION UNDER
[...] (C) Summary: UNHCR estimates that the GDRC has expelled nearly 40,000 Angolans, mostly refugees with status, in the past two weeks in retaliation for the GOA's expulsion of 18,000 illegal DRC aliens. UNHCR noted that, according to a recent survey, as many as 42,000 Angolan refugees had expr [...]
2009-10-21 11:00:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV PREL CG AO
09KINSHASA967CORRUPTION AND MISMANAGEMENT CONTINUE TO UNDERMINE
[...] (C) Summary: Corruption and mismanagement continue to be endemic problems plaguing DRC's mining industry, as highlighted by a September 29 GDRC Senate report on the loss of up to 450 million in mining sector revenues due to alleged fraud and mismanagement. The report was issued at approxim [...]
2009-10-23 10:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA969WORRIES THAT PRESS FREEDOM MAY BE ERODING CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary: Freedom of the press is increasingly threatened in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the Ministry of Information and Media now requires domestic and international journalists to submit to a military code of justice. A Congolese military officer,s reported death threats [...]
2009-10-27 10:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALCG PGOV PREL
09KINSHASA971UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SLAMS GDRC
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Executions Philip Alston told the diplomatic corps and the press separately that there was conclusive evidence that FARDC soldiers had killed at least 50 Rwandan refugees and abducted 40 women, subjecting them to SGBV in an attack at Shali [...]
2009-10-27 10:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KWMN CG
09KOLKATA286WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER: PARTY MUST "CHANGE OR PERISH",
[...] (C) SUMMARY: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said that his Communist Party of India-Marxist must "either change or perish" and he lamented the lack of technocratic expertise within party leadership in a meeting with the Ambassador in Kolkata on October 13. Bhattacharjee rei [...]
2009-10-27 09:18:00Consulate KolkataCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV IN
09KOLKATA56ASSAM: ULFA AND NDFB MAIN SUSPECTS IN OCTOBER 30 TERRORIST
[...] (C) Summary: Assam's Chief Minister confirmed that the separatist groups United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) are the main suspects in the October 30, 2008 terrorist attacks in Guwahati (Reftel). Assam officials, who believe that the attacks w [...]
2009-03-05 09:47:00Consulate KolkataCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL IN BG
09KOLONIA109CHINESE COMPANY LUEN THAI REPORTEDLY SEEKS TO OPERATE ALL
[...] (C) The largest fishing operation in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),Luen Thai, has reportedly submitted a proposal to FSM President Mori permitting the company to operate all port and fish processing facilities within the FSM. FSM National Government and State agencies responsible [...]
2009-07-28 05:39:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALEFIS ECON PGOV PREL PINR FM
09KOLONIA123FAREWELL REFLECTIONS: A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP REQUIRES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-13 23:51:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID FM CH
09KOLONIA18GOVERNOR SEEKING TO SIPHON FUNDING AWAY FROM SELF FUNDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pohnpei Port Authority (PPA) General Manager Iehsi complained to Ambassador Hughes on January 23 that Pohnpei Governor Ehsa is seeking to divert needed funds away from the PPA. Iehsi alleges that proposed funding changes will undermine the Port Authority's ability to meet intern [...]
2009-02-10 05:47:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON FM
09KOLONIA34FSM REVISES METHOD TO SELECT JEMCO REPRESENTATIVES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although no official announcement has been made, Evelyn Adolph and Fabian Nimea are no longer the Micronesian representatives on the Joint Economic Management Committee (JECMO). All signs indicate that Foreign Affairs Secretary Lorin Robert and Pohnpei State Governor John Ehsa [...]
2009-03-17 03:28:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA35POHNPEI STATE SEEKS TO OPEN TRADE OFFICE IN TAIWAN - CHINA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. People's Republic of China (PRC) Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Liu Fei recently complained to Amembassy officers that Pohnpei State Governor John Ehsa planned to establish a Pohnpei trade office in Taiwan. Liu said China had raised strong objections and [...]
2009-03-18 03:22:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW FM
09KOLONIA39CHINESE AMBASSADOR CRITICAL OF FSM GOVERNMENT CAPACITY AND
[...] (C) In a wide ranging discussion with U.S. Embassy officers on March 21, People's Republic of China Ambassador Liu Fei was critical of the FSM's capacity at both the state and national levels. She then complained about the lack of an industrious attitude at the individual level. Although Chi [...]
2009-03-30 04:36:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PINR FM CH
09KOLONIA46ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY IN THE FSM UNDERSCORES NEED FOR U.S.
[...] (U) In the early morning hours of March 26, two young males armed with a .22 caliber rifle and a shotgun entered the Chuuk State branch of the Bank of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),demanding entry into the bank's vault. The bank still had not opened for business. The sole bank emp [...]
2009-04-09 04:21:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS FM
09KOLONIA51MOBIL ACCOMPLISHES OBJECTIVES IN MICRONESIA, SHARES TIPS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Where two previous Mobil executives failed, Guam Mobil President Kamal Singh succeeded in piloting a smooth withdrawal of Mobil from an unprofitable market in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). In a farewell breakfast with the Ambassador, he shared valuable tips that enab [...]
2009-04-16 02:01:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID FM CH
09KOLONIA53FSM PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. HELP TO REFORM COMPACT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-19 23:30:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA8CHINESE ACTVITIES ARE ATTRACTIVE TO CASH STRAPPED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's competition for resources and influence in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) shows no sign of diminution. In the absence of substantial indigenous enterprise, Micronesians are favorably inclined to accept offers of assistance. Recent developments include propos [...]
2009-01-15 01:36:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID FM CH
09KOLONIA99TRADITIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM LIMITS EFFECTIVENESS OF CRIMINAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: From April to June American citizens in Pohnpei have reported multiple burglaries, assaults, and a murder. When asked about preventing such crimes, Pohnpei Police Chief Joe Roby comments that Pohnpei's traditional legal systems have limited his ability to enforce the law. Attor [...]
2009-07-07 05:03:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV FM
09KUALALUMPUR1006MALAYSIA: BANK NEGARA REPORTING ACTIONS AGAINST
[...] (C) In a December 16 phone call, Bank Negara (BN) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Manager Abdul Rahman Abu Bakar (Rahman) told econoff that FIU is preparing reports on Malaysian bank actions to curtail activity or close North Korean and Iranian nationals, accounts. The FIU plans to provide [...]
2009-12-17 09:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN ETRD ETTC PINR PTER
09KUALALUMPUR1012PERSPECTIVE FROM MALAYSIA ON PM NAJIB'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) In mid-December, Malaysian and Thai contacts in Kuala Lumpur briefed Poloffs on Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's visit to Thailand from December 7-9. All contacts emphasized that both Prime Ministers see the insurgency in Thailand's southern three provinces as an internal Thai problem t [...]
2009-12-23 08:51:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TH MY
09KUALALUMPUR1013MALAYSIAN F-5 ENGINES CASE AND ACTION REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-23 09:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPM PREL PGOV MARR MY
09KUALALUMPUR1015MALASIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES HOLD FIRST FORMAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The three main Malaysian opposition parties held their first official joint convention on December 19, agreeing to a core platform of unified party positions and setting their sights on taking over the government during the next general elections. The opposition coalition know [...]
2009-12-24 06:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR125MALAYSIA ON NPT ISSUES
[...] (U) Acting Political Counselor met with Mr. Shazryll Zahiran, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division, on February 20 to discuss the current Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review cycle. No Changes Foreseen, But A Co [...]
2009-02-20 10:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC UNGA
09KUALALUMPUR137AMBASSADOR MARCIEL,S MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN TRADE
[...] (C) Summary: Minister for Trade and Industry Muhyiddin Yassin told Ambassadors Marciel and Keith February 23 that Malaysia "treasured its relationship with the U.S.", was ready to resume our bilateral FTA negotiations and hoped the Obama Administration would choose to continue the talks as wel [...]
2009-02-25 09:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN ETRD SOCI PGOV PTER MA
09KUALALUMPUR140PRM TEAM DISCUSSES ROHINGYA REFUGEE ISSUE WITH
[...] (C) MFA officials told a visiting PRM team and our Regional Refugee Coordinator February 11 that while Malaysia does not recognize refugee status, it is willing to participate in regional talks on the issue. The representative noted that there is not currently the political will in Malaysia [...]
2009-02-26 08:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR147MALAYSIAN COAST GUARD SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has taken the first steps to establish a maritime criminal investigation division (MCID) and has requested access to USG expertise as it does so. Embassy Kuala Lumpur and its Law Enforcement Working Group support a coordinated, i [...]
2009-02-27 06:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MCAP MARR MY
09KUALALUMPUR152MALAYSIAN RESPONSE TO BANGLADESHI LABOR
[...] (C) Malaysian media highlighted the plight of an estimated 140 Bangladeshi workers, who may be victims of trafficking in persons (TIP) for labor exploitation. Post raised concerns with the police and the Human Resources Ministry, but as of February 27 all suspected victims remained under the [...]
2009-03-03 06:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB SOCI KTIP BG MY
09KUALALUMPUR159GOM AND CATHOLIC CHURCH STILL AT ODDS OVER "ALLAH"
[...] (SBU) The Malaysian government's attempted ban on the Catholic Church's use of the word "Allah" continues to generate politically-charged controversy with the courts yet to resolve the matter. Just prior to a February 27 court hearing, the Home Ministry issued an order allowing the Catholic C [...]
2009-03-04 10:56:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SCUL KIRF KISL MY
09KUALALUMPUR16GAZA: PM ABDULLAH CONVOKES UNSC AMBASSADORS, CALLS
[...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi convoked Ambassador Keith and other chiefs of mission from UNSC member countries on January 12 and personally conveyed his written message on the Gaza crisis, which is addressed to respective heads of state. PM Abdullah, flanked by Foreign Minister [...]
2009-01-12 08:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR160NAJIB ON TRACK TO BECOME PM AS POLITICAL
[...] (C) Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak appears on track to take over as Prime Minister by early April against a backdrop of continued political turbulence. With ruling UMNO party elections less than four weeks away, both the King and outgoing PM Abdullah himself publicly reconfir [...]
2009-03-04 11:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR187HINDRAF LEADERS REMAIN UNDER ISA DETENTION
[...] (SBU) Malaysian courts denied a series of appeals by the five leaders of the government-banned Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF),held without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA) since December 2007. Some reports, still unconfirmed, allege that Uthayakumar is at risk of losing a foo [...]
2009-03-11 08:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR188MALAYSIA POSITIVE ON ASEAN SUMMIT, VAGUE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia held a positive view of the 14th ASEAN Summit, according to a March 6 Foreign Ministry briefing attended by Polcouns, as the outcomes had reinforced ASEAN community building. Malaysia supported ASEAN's endorsement of a step-by-step regional approach to the Burmese Ro [...]
2009-03-11 11:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF ASEAN BM MY
09KUALALUMPUR194ONE YEAR LATER, ANWAR IN DOLDRUMS, SODOMY TRIAL
[...] (C) Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on March 8 presided over a very modest event marking the one-year anniversary of the March 2008 election that ushered in significant opposition gains. Anwar's national address failed to stir the crowd or attract senior leaders from other parties in his Peop [...]
2009-03-16 09:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR195MALAYSIA UNVEILS USD 16 BILLION ECONOMIC STIMULUS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Facing rapidly slowing growth and a probable recession in 2009, Malaysia announced its second fiscal stimulus package on March 10. The larger than expected stimulus package includes additional spending, guarantees, equity investments and tax incentives amounting to a [...]
2009-03-16 23:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR199GOM PROSECUTES VETERAN OPPOSITION LEADER AND OTHER
[...] (SBU) A Sessions Court judge charged Karpal Singh, a veteran opposition leader in Parliament, with sedition on March 17 for comments he made critical of the Sultan of Perak's decision to support the ruling National Front coalition (BN) during its takeover of the Perak State Government last mo [...]
2009-03-18 09:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR203PM'S ALLY BARRED FROM CONTESTING IN RULING PARTY
[...] (SBU) In a highly controversial decision, the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party on March 17 found Ali Rustam, an ally of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, guilty of "money politics" and barred Rustam from contesting for Deputy President in the party's late March election. [...]
2009-03-19 10:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR212DCM RAPSON CALLS ON NEW MFA AMERICAS OFFICIAL,
[...] (C) DCM Rapson and polcouns on March 20 paid an initial courtesy call on the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's new Senior Under Secretary for Americas, EU and Russia, Ms. Wan Napsiah. (Note: Napsiah is the fourth Under Secretary handling U.S. affairs in the past three years. End Note.) DCM conve [...]
2009-03-24 08:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR229NAJIB CLOSING MALAYSIA'S DEMOCRATIC SPACE?
[...] (C) Malaysia's Home Ministry on March 23 banned two opposition party newspapers for a period of three months, a decision that came one day before the general assembly and elections for the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party. The GOM suspended the newspapers for violating [...]
2009-03-27 10:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR23GAZA: PARLIAMENT VOTES TO CONDEMN ISRAEL, SEEKS
[...] (SBU) In a special session of the Malaysian Parliament convened on January 12, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi delivered a blistering condemnation of Israel, while also lambasting the United States for supporting Tel Aviv. After seven hours of speeches, Parliament unanimously endorsed a resolu [...]
2009-01-13 10:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR231RULING PARTY CONFIRMS NAJIB, ELECTS NEW LEADERS
[...] (C) Malaysia's Najib era has begun. The country's ruling party, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO),confirmed Najib Razak as party president on March 26 and elected new senior officials during its party elections and general assembly, which conclude March 28. Key Najib ally Muhy [...]
2009-03-27 12:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR245MALAYSIAN POLICE INVESTIGATES BURMESE REFUGEE TIP
[...] (U) Inspector General of Police (IGP) Musa Hassan announced a joint investigation by Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) and Malaysia's Immigration Department into allegations that Immigration officials are involved in the trafficking of Burmese refugees along the Malaysia-Thai border. The April 1 [...]
2009-04-02 12:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PINR PINS PHUM KTIP BM BX ID MY
09KUALALUMPUR253NAJIB RAZAK SWORN IN AS MALAYSIA'S SIXTH PM
[...] (U) Najib Razak was sworn in as Malaysia's sixth Prime Minister on April 3, the week after he took over leadership of the ruling party from outgoing PM Abdullah Badawi. During his short first address, Najib focused on unifying themes of reaching out to all Malaysians and moving the country fo [...]
2009-04-06 11:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR259BY-ELECTION RESULTS -- HONEYMOON DAMPENER FOR NAJIB
[...] (C) The opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) won two out of three by-elections held on April 7, handing a set back to the new administration of Prime Minister Najib Razak and his ruling National Front (BN) coalition. The key contest saw recently ousted Perak Chief Minister Mohammad Nizar o [...]
2009-04-08 10:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR265TWO POLICEMEN FOUND GUILTY OF ALTANTUYA MURDER
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: A Malaysian judge on April 9 found two police officers guilty in the politically-charged murder case of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu, a case that saw the acquittal of a former close political advisor to newly installed Prime Minister Najib Razak. The poli [...]
2009-04-09 10:23:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PINR MY
09KUALALUMPUR266NAJIB UNVEILS CABINET, PLACES LOYALISTS IN KEY
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Najib Razak publicly announced his cabinet on April 9, placing his loyalists in key positions and giving the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party control of 15 out of 24 ministries. Najib appointed Muhyiddin Yassin as Deputy Prime Minister, reflecting h [...]
2009-04-09 12:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR268NAJIB'S NETWORK - A PRELIMINARY LOOK
[...] (C) This cable provides a preliminary review of Prime Minister Najib Razak's close aides and political associates, known associated companies, and business contacts, as well as summary information on Najib's four brothers. The review is based on information available prior to Najib's confirma [...]
2009-04-10 07:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR293UNHRC DEMARCHE: MALAYSIA WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT,
[...] (C) The Embassy conveyed reftel diplomatic note on April 15 formally announcing the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and seeking Malaysia's support. Polcouns spoke with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary (Multilateral Political Affairs) Ganeson Sivagurunathan on April 15. [...]
2009-04-20 08:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN MY
09KUALALUMPUR323PROMINENT BLOGGER FLEES SEDITION TRIAL
[...] (C) Prominent blogger and government critic Raja Petra Kamarudin, who was jailed for two months in 2008 under the Internal Security Act (ISA),failed to appear for his sedition trail on April 23, and the court subsequently issued a warrant for his arrest. A member of his defense team informe [...]
2009-04-30 09:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PGOV KJUS KDEM UK MY
09KUALALUMPUR337ARRESTS PRECEDE MAY 7 PERAK ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Malaysian police arrested four opposition figures May 5-6, including two senior political party leaders, releasing two later on May 6. Two of the arrests are tied to potential protest actions surrounding the controversial May 7 state assembly meeting in Perak, which [...]
2009-05-06 11:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR342PANDEMONIUM IN PERAK STATE ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Following a riotous state assembly session in the Perak state capital of Ipoh on May 7, which featured police physically removing the speaker from the Peoples Alliance (PR) coalition, the ruling National Front (BN) coalition of Prime Minister Najib Razak succeeded in electing a new assembl [...]
2009-05-07 11:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR350AMBASSADOR RAISES IAEA WITH FM, MALAYSIA
[...] (C) Ambassador Keith utilized his May 11 call on Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman to urge Malaysia's support for Japan's candidate in the IAEA Director General election (other points discussed septel). The Foreign Minister noted that Malaysia had considered and then decided against nomi [...]
2009-05-11 10:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KNNP IAEA MY
09KUALALUMPUR351FOREIGN MINISTER ANIFAH AND AMBASSADOR ENDORSE
[...] (C) Malaysia's new Foreign Minister Anifah Aman endorsed strengthened relations with the U.S. during the Ambassador's May 11 introductory call, which precedes Anifah's travel to Washington and May 14 meeting with Secretary Clinton. The Minister called for increased and institutionalized offic [...]
2009-05-11 10:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON SENV KNNP IR PK AF MY
09KUALALUMPUR352REMAINING HINDRAF LEADERS AMONG 13 RELEASED FROM
[...] (SBU) The Malaysian Government announced on May 8 the decision to release 13 detainees held without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA),including the remaining three leaders of the Hindu Action Front (HINDRAF) held since December 2007 and ten persons detained as suspected members or [...]
2009-05-11 12:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PINR PTER KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR365URGING AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RELEASE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 08:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BM MY
09KUALALUMPUR391MALAYSIA URGES AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RELEASE
[...] (U) Malaysia has spoken out in Washington and at home to express concern over Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and to urge her release by the Burmese regime. During a joint press conference with Secretary Clinton following their May 14 meeting in Washington (ref A),Malaysia's Foreign Minister Anifah [...]
2009-05-20 08:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS BM MY
09KUALALUMPUR402MALAYSIAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON LICENSE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: At an AMCHAM luncheon on May 18, the Ambassador told Bank Negara Governor Zeti that the U.S. continued to object to the GOM decision to license First East Export Bank PLC (a subsidiary of Iran's Bank Mellat) to open in Labuan (ref A). The Ambassador explained that there was no [...]
2009-05-26 08:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETTC IR MY PREL
09KUALALUMPUR409MALAYSIA "CONCERNED" ABOUT DPRK NUCLEAR TEST
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak expressed "concern" about the DPRK nuclear tests to reporters on May 26, saying that "North Korea's display of nuclear capability will further heighten the tension in the Korean peninsula and affect the whole East Asian region." Najib hoped that the issue [...]
2009-05-27 09:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP KNNP UNSC KN MY
09KUALALUMPUR414AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO TERENGGANU AND KELANTAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador traveled from May 18-21 to the northeastern Malaysian states of Terengganu and Kelantan, the poorest and most religiously conservative states in peninsular Malaysia. The Ambassador raised border security and human trafficking issues with senior state government officials an [...]
2009-05-28 07:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON SOCI KISL KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR417AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ISLAMIC PARTY LEADERS IN
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with senior Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) politicians Mustafa Ali and Wan Abdul Rahim during a May 19-21 visit to the northeast states of Terengganu and Kelantan (see reftel). Both veteran PAS leaders stated candidly that PAS, the only religion-based party in Malaysia [...]
2009-05-28 09:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR418MALAYSIAN PM ACKNOWLEDGES ECONOMY IN RECESSION IN
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Najib announced on May 28 a substantial downward revision in Malaysia's 2009 economic growth forecast to negative four to five percent. The new forecast comes a day after the central bank announced first quarter growth results of negative 6.2 percent. Both figures [...]
2009-05-29 06:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR42BY-ELECTION SETBACK FOR UMNO, BOOST FOR OPPOSITION
[...] (C) The ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party suffered its latest setback when it lost a January 17 parliamentary by-election in Terengganu state to the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),supported by its opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) partners, in a contest billed as [...]
2009-01-22 10:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR422AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MALAYSIA'S NEW MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's new Minister for Trade and Industry told the Ambassador during their initial meeting that the Najib government was completing an FTA stocktaking exercise and he hoped to have an opportunity to meet USTR Kirk on the margins of the Cairns Group to discuss how to move fo [...]
2009-05-29 10:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN ETRD SOCI PGOV PTER MA
09KUALALUMPUR434AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Malaysia's new Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, during the Ambassador's June 1 introductory call, endorsed enhanced economic ties with the U.S. and offered an opening to discuss government procurement in our pending bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks. The Ambassador urged [...]
2009-06-04 01:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ECON ETRD ETTC IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR459DCM AND MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSS BURMA ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Foreign Ministry official responsible for mainland Southeast Asia told the DCM May 29 that Malaysia viewed implementation of the Burmese regime's "roadmap to democracy" as a way forward, and discussed the challenges of making headway on the Rohingya refugee/migrant [...]
2009-06-08 08:51:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM BM MY
09KUALALUMPUR463DAS KASOFF REVIEWS TRADE ISSUES WITH MALAYSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Kasoff June 4-5, senior officials at Malaysia,s Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Domestic Trade June signaled that Malaysia was ready to demonstrate more flexibility on key FTA negotiating issues. [...]
2009-06-09 09:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR47MALAYSIA: COMMENTS ON DRAFT LIST OF CHILD/FORCED
[...] (C) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) report (ref A),containing a list of goods associated with forced or child labor. DOL's procedural guidelines for evaluating information for the [...]
2009-01-23 09:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI MY
09KUALALUMPUR471ISLAMIST PARTY SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON ITS FUTURE
[...] (SBU) The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),the Islamist opposition party, held its annual convention and biannual elections June 5- 7. Elections featured an unprecedented contest between two factions, those supporting leadership by Islamic scholars (ulamas) and those favoring more pragmatic p [...]
2009-06-11 10:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
09KUALALUMPUR48MALAYSIA: ALL SIGNS POINT TOWARD RECESSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Although the Government of Malaysia has not offered a public statement revising its official forecast of 3.5 percent GDP growth for 2009, its actions speak louder than its words. On January 21 the central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, slashed interest rates by 75 ba [...]
2009-01-23 09:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV MY IN
09KUALALUMPUR484CHARGE REVIEWS MULTILATERAL PRIORITIES WITH MFA
[...] (C) Foreign Ministry Acting Secretary General Zainol Abidin and the Charge held a broad-ranging discussion of multilateral political and security issues on June 9. Zainol noted Prime Minister Najib's directive to build stronger, more substantive ties with Washington. The Charge pressed Zain [...]
2009-06-16 03:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG MARR KNNP IAEA ASEAN IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR489MALAYSIA'S INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR CONFERENCE AND
[...] (SBU) The Nuklear Malaysia (Note: formerly known as the Malaysian Institute of Nuclear Technology or MINT. End note.),the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI),the Malaysian Nuklear Society, and the Malaysian Radiation Protection Association are hosting the International Nu [...]
2009-06-17 09:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALENRG IR KNNP MY
09KUALALUMPUR491MALAYSIA'S INITIAL REACTION TO TIP REPORT, TIER 3
[...] (C) Post provided advance notification on June 16 to senior Malaysian officials regarding the 2009 U.S. TIP report's narrative on Malaysia and Malaysia's designation as a Tier 3 country. Initial Malaysian media reaction on June 17 consisted primarily of on-line news sources posting internati [...]
2009-06-17 11:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ELAB KTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR496DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) Charge met with MFA Acting Secretary General Zainol Abidin on June 9 (ref B) and raised the latest IAEA report on Iran's lack of cooperation on its nuclear program in defiance of the international community. The Charge urged Malaysia to push for Iran's compliance with its international obl [...]
2009-06-19 01:00:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY MY
09KUALALUMPUR503URGING MALAYSIA TO IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1874
[...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche, urging Malaysia and ASEAN members to fully implement UNSCR 1874 and transparency in North Korea transactions, to Foreign Ministry Under Secretary (Multilateral Political Affairs) S. Ganeson on June 23. Polcouns recalled Prime Minister Najib's strong st [...]
2009-06-23 09:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE ASEAN KN MY
09KUALALUMPUR521DCM PRESENTS TIP ACTION PLAN TO HOME MINISTRY
[...] (C) The DCM presented the trafficking in persons (TIP) action plan for Malaysia in a June 29 meeting initiated by the Home Ministry, which had sought an understanding of the steps Malaysia needs to take to upgrade itself from the current Tier 3 ranking in the U.S. TIP report. Deputy Home Min [...]
2009-06-29 09:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ELAB KTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR529ANWAR IBRAHIM'S SODOMY TRIAL II - A PRIMER
[...] (C) Malaysian Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will go on trial beginning July 8 on charges of sodomy -- a criminal offense in Malaysia -- with a former aide. Anwar was previously tried and convicted of sodomy in 2000 in a heavily manipulated trial that the U.S. concluded "was marred by deep [...]
2009-07-01 05:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR583ATTORNEY GENERAL STRESSES INCREASED GOM ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) In A July 13 meeting with the Ambassador undertake at our initiative, Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail affirmed the GOM was committed to achieving progress on TIP enforcement issues. He welcomed embassy assistance and involvement in the process, exemplified by an invitation for embo [...]
2009-07-15 10:28:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN MY PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09KUALALUMPUR588SURPRISINGLY CLOSE BY-ELECTION AND POPULARITY POLL
[...] (C) A near victory in a by-election in the heart of opposition territory along with an apparent surge in Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's popularity have provided a boost for the PM and his ruling Barisan National (BN) coalition. Speculation that Najib might seek an early snap election appears [...]
2009-07-16 09:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR596INCREASED GOM RESPONSIVENESS ON TIP
[...] (C) In recent weeks the GOM has shown notably increased responsiveness on TIP issues. At a meeting with the Ambassador on July 13 (reftel) , Attorney General Gani reached out to us for assistance and active involvement, extending an invitation for emboffs to sit in at an unprecedented [...]
2009-07-17 10:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN MY PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09KUALALUMPUR597AUSTRALIA RAMPING UP EFFORTS ON PEOPLE
[...] (C) Overlapping July 6-7 visits to Kuala Lumpur by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Foreign Minister Stephen Smith strongly focused on people smuggling/trafficking in persons (TIP) issues. The Australians found the Malaysian side extremely receptive and describe the meetings as excep [...]
2009-07-17 10:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALAU MY PREL KTIP PARM KCRM
09KUALALUMPUR609UPDATE ON GOM ANTI-TIP EFFORTS
[...] (SBU ) A July 23 meeting of Attorney General,s Chambers officials, local NGO representatives and Emboffs provided further insights into GOM efforts to combat trafficking in persons. Police have remanded 10 immigration personnel for questioning, and expect to charge the most senior officia [...]
2009-07-24 08:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN MY PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09KUALALUMPUR617LTG MIXON'S MEETINGS WITH ARMY CHIEF AND JOINT
[...] (SBU) USARPAC Commanding General Benjamin Mixon conducted a courtesy calls with Deputy Chief of Army LTG Datuk Zulkifeli bin Mohd Zin and Joint Force Commander LTG Allatif bin Mohamed Noor on July 24, as part of closing activities of the Keris Strike combined exercise with the Malaysian mil [...]
2009-07-28 07:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER MY
09KUALALUMPUR618TIP: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INSPECTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) In a July 28 meeting, the Ambassador congratulated Malaysia's Inspector General of Police Musa on the recent arrests of immigration officers involved in trafficking of persons, and expressed appreciation for ongoing Malaysian-U.S. cooperation on a broad spectrum of law enforcement issues. [...]
2009-07-28 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR633ANTI-ISA DEMONSTRATIONS IN KUALA LUMPUR MEET WITH
[...] (SBU) On August 1, thousands of protestors assembled on the streets of downtown Kuala Lumpur calling for the repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA),this despite extensive government warnings in the days leading up to the demonstration and police efforts to lock down the center of town and [...]
2009-08-03 10:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR652MALAYSIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UPDATE, AUGUST 7,
[...] (C) Summary. In recent weeks, the GOM has continued to pay substantive attention to trafficking in persons (TIP) issues: the GOM invited local embassies to participate in a GOM training seminar designed to train prosecutors and court officials on how to handle TIP cases; GOM Immigration Dete [...]
2009-08-07 09:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR669KUALA LUMPUR PBXNET PASSWORDS
[...] (C) POST PBXNET PASSWORDS ARE AS FOLLOWS A) CALL BILL PC:HP18625106281 USERNAME:CALLBILL PASSWORD: IPCCallBill2012 B) ALGO USERNAME:ALGO_SUPER PASSWORD:IpcAlgo$ C) OTM/TM PC:KLL-IPC-OTM USERNAME:KLLOTM PASSWORD:Password2011 D) CALL PILOT SERVER: NA E) CALL PILOT MANAGER [...]
2009-08-12 08:00:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALACOA AMGT AMTC ASUP KRIM
09KUALALUMPUR704TIP: MALAYSIA TIER 3 REASSESSMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: During June-August 2009, the Government of Malaysia (GOM) made significant efforts toward implementing the June 26 Action Plan on human trafficking (ref A). Prime Minister Najib, who took office in April 2009, has established a National Council for Trafficking in Per [...]
2009-08-19 09:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR716CANING PUNISHMENT POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER RAMADAN,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysian Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a Muslim woman recently sentenced by a state-level Syariah court to six lashes with a cane for consuming alcohol in public, has been granted a temporary reprieve until after Ramadan ends in late September. The GOM appears to see the case as [...]
2009-08-26 11:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR744MALAYSIA MFA VIEWS ON IAEA REPORTS: IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) In reply to Polcouns' September 3 delivery of reftel points on the August 28 IAEA reports on Iran's and Syria's nuclear programs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Principal Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Shazryll Zahiran, one of two MFA officers handling nonpr [...]
2009-09-08 06:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY MY
09KUALALUMPUR753MALAYSIA: DELIVERY OF DOL DEMARCHE ANNOUNCING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a response to an action request outlined in REFTEL. POLOFF delivered the Department of Labor (DOL) Demarche announcing the release of the Trafficking Victim Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) List on September 10 to Principal Assistant Secretary Muhammad Radzi Jama [...]
2009-09-11 10:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI MY
09KUALALUMPUR772AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER ANWAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the Embassy on September 14, opposition coalition Peoples Alliance (PR) leader Anwar Ibrahim told the Ambassador that, in line with reports in the blogosphere, he had met with Prime Minister Najib Razak alone for about two hours in early August. Najib had said tha [...]
2009-09-18 04:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALMY PGOV PREL
09KUALALUMPUR775TIP AMBASSADOR CDEBACA'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA, AUGUST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 05:56:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG MY PGOV
09KUALALUMPUR78NAJIB LEADS TAKEOVER OF OPPOSITION-HELD STATE
[...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Najib and his ruling UMNO party have succeeded in retaking the state government of Perak, one of five under opposition People's Alliance (Pakatan) control after the March 2008 election. The Najib-led takeover followed the defection of three Pakatan state assembly me [...]
2009-02-06 09:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR79MALAYSIA: ROHINGYA SITUATION STATUS QUO
[...] (C) Summary: The UNHCR has not detected any change in the status quo or increase in the number of Rohingya refugees entering Malaysia so far this year. A Foreign Ministry official said Malaysia would have "no problem" in joining a contact group with Thailand on the Rohingya situation, but g [...]
2009-02-06 10:14:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL SMIG BM ID TH MY
09KUALALUMPUR827BN WINS BAGAN PINANG BY-ELECTION AS EXPECTED
[...] (SBU) In a closely watched by-election, Malaysian voters in the Bagan Pinang constituency elected United Malays National Organization's (UMNO) Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad as their new State Assemblyman. Mohd Isa defeated his Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) opponent, Zulkefly Mohamad Omar, by a lan [...]
2009-10-15 07:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR828REALIST ISLAMIC POLITICS IN KELANTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Kelantan, Malaysia's least-developed and most conservative Muslim state, has been governed by the opposition Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) for the last 20 years. Its relative poverty has led to jibes such as that from Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin on October 6 that Kelantan [...]
2009-10-19 02:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON GTIP MY TH
09KUALALUMPUR830EAP-MTS OFFICE DIRECTOR YUN'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In October 1 meetings with visiting EAP/MTS Director Yun, Malaysian Foreign and Home Affairs officials stressed their desires for improved U.S.-Malaysian relations on bilateral and regional issues. Malaysian MFA officials assessed that the highest levels of GOM wanted better ties [...]
2009-10-20 06:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR832MALAYSIA: HEAD PROSECUTOR ON TIP CASELOAD AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff's October 15 meeting with Tun Abd Majid Tun Hamzah, Head of the Prosecution Division, Attorney General's Chambers led to a frank discussion of GOM's current anti-TIP efforts as well as the scheduling of several upcoming TIP training opportunities. Tun Majid explained th [...]
2009-10-21 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR836DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
[...] (SBU) September 28, 2009; 10:00 a.m.; The Ministry of Defense; Kuala Lumpur. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Keith Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Directorate of National Intelligence Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marci [...]
2009-10-22 05:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PGOV PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR837PM NAJIB LEADS UMNO PARTY CONVENTION WITH FOCUS ON
[...] (SBU) At the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) annual general convention, October 13-16, Prime Minister Najib was successful in pressing for several important reforms of the party's constitution. The number of delegates who will elect the next UMNO President (i.e., the Prime Minister [...]
2009-10-22 07:14:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR84BANGLADESH ENVOY DECLINES TO RETURN TO DHAKA
[...] (C) Bangladesh High Commissioner M. Khairuzzaman, together with spouse Rieta Rahman, called on the Ambassador January 30 and explained that he did not intend to return to Dhaka to face what he termed politically motivated and renewed charges related to the 1975 assassination of Bangladesh fou [...]
2009-02-09 05:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF BD MY
09KUALALUMPUR840MALAYSIA: URGING ASEAN TO PRESS BURMA ON NEXT
[...] (C) DCM Rapson conveyed reftel demarche points to MFA Under Secretary for Southeast Asia Affairs (Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam),Mohammed Sadik Gany, on October 22. The DCM briefly outlined our new policy approach towards Burma and the constructive steps we have taken over the past month to [...]
2009-10-22 09:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BM MY
09KUALALUMPUR850MALAYSIA: DEMARCHE TO GOM ON DELISTING OF FOUR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) PolCouns and RSI Regional Coordinator met October 23 with Ganeson Sivagurunathan, MFA Undersecretary of the Multilateral Political Division, Department of Multilateral Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche. RSI Coordinator discussed [...]
2009-10-23 10:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER KTFN UN MY
09KUALALUMPUR863DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
[...] (SBU) September 28, 2009; 10:00 a.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Putrajaya. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Keith Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Directorate of National Intelligence Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot [...]
2009-10-27 08:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV PHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR870DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIA WILL SUPPORT U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 04:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC AORC APER MY
09KUALALUMPUR888MEETING WITH HOME AFFAIRS SECGEN AND TEAM ON TIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26, Pol Counselor, poloff and ICE representatives met with Secretary General Mahmood Bin Adam, Senior Deputy Secretary General Raja Azahar, as well as several other senior officials within the Ministry of Home Affairs to discuss recent GOM efforts to combat trafficking [...]
2009-11-03 02:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR906MALAYSIA: GTIP STAFF VISIT, AUGUST 15-21
[...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: G/TIP officer Janet Zinn visited Malaysia from August 15 to 21 to review several programs currently receiving funding from G/TIP. She was joined by G/TIP officer Jane Sigmon for meetings on August 21. The visit included three days of NGO meetings with the Internat [...]
2009-11-10 07:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR928MALAYSIA: AUSTRALIANS, UK AND JAPAN SHARE CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: At a private lunch hosted by the Australian High Commissioner in honor of visiting GoA Special Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism Bill Paterson November 11, there was consensus among the participants, to include Ambassador Keith, the UK High Commissioner (HC),and the Japanese that [...]
2009-11-18 02:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC PARM PGOV PREL IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR93U.S. MISSION ASSESSMENT FOR AN/AVS-9 GENERATION
[...] (C) EMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR, FOLLOWING AN INTER-AGENCY REVIEW, SUPPORTS THE USG APPROVAL AND RELEASE OF GEN III NIGHT VISION GOGGLES (NVGS)/IMAGE INTENSIFIER AN/AVS-9 (12 EACH) TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA (GOM) FOR USE WITH THE MALAYSIAN ARMY (MA) AVIATION 881 SQUADRON, AGUSTA A 109, LIGHT OBS [...]
2009-02-12 02:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALMASS MCAP MOPS ETTC PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR935INDONESIAN PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA
[...] (SBU) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made an official visit to Malaysia on November 11-12, his first abroad since winning his second consecutive election in July of this year. Although a number of issues between the two countries have flared in recent months, putting some strain [...]
2009-11-19 08:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID MY
09KUALALUMPUR942MALAYSIA: MFA SHARES VIEWS ON ITS UN POSITIONS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Poloff met with Principal Assistant Secretary Jamal Sharifuddin Johan, Assistant Secretary Mohd Adlyn Mughni Shamsudin, and Assistant Secretary Nik Ady of the MFA's Multilateral Political Division on November 18 to discuss Malaysia's general voting practices in the UN, [...]
2009-11-20 08:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAL IR IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR943CUBA: MALAYSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III
[...] (C) Summary: Per Ref A request, this message provides post's analysis of Malaysian policies and actions with respect to Cuba, for use in assessing whether to waive Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. There has been no substantive change since Ref B. Malaysia does not have significant economic or [...]
2009-11-20 08:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC MY PREL
09KUALALUMPUR953MALAYSIA NON-COMMITTAL ON AL-KIBAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 09:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA KNNP SYR MY
09KUALALUMPUR954MALAYSIA WILL SUPPORT ANGARSK RESERVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 09:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY MY
09KUALALUMPUR955IRAN: MALAYSIA NON-COMMITTAL ON SUPPORTING GERMAN
[...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister and MFA Secretary General (both away on overseas travel),the Ambassador conveyed ref A and C points on the German IAEA resolution and U.S. overall concerns about Iran's nuclear program to Deputy Foreign Minister Kohilan Pillay by phone on November 25 [...]
2009-11-25 09:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA KNNP IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR958SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Madam Ambassador, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. U.S.-Malaysia relations are changing across a wide range of bilateral and multilateral settings. In his first seven months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-o [...]
2009-11-30 09:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKWMN PREL PGOV GTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR959MALAYSIA: BANK NEGARA KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON FIRST
[...] (C) Summary: Bank Negara (BN) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Manager Abdul Rahman Abu Bakar (Rahman) stated during a November 20 meeting with econoff that FIU is monitoring all account activity at First East Export Bank (FEEB - a subsidiary of Iran,s Bank Mellat) on a daily basis, treating [...]
2009-11-30 09:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD ETTC IR KNNP MY PINR PTER
09KUALALUMPUR977GOM ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING IAEA VOTE
[...] (C) The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement late on December 5 regarding the November 27 vote on the German resolution at the IAEA (see para. 2). The statement appears to be the GOM's public response to repeated requests in Washington and by the Ambassador to correct the [...]
2009-12-07 23:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR98MALAYSIA MFA COMMENTS ON BURMA AT ASEAN SUMMIT
[...] (C) Polcouns met with Malaysian Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for ASEAN Sudha Devi on February 12 and raised the issue of Burma at the upcoming ASEAN summit. Sudha told Polcouns that Burma was not a formal agenda item for the ASEAN summit, as ASEAN won't "shame" members this way. H [...]
2009-02-12 10:51:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR980AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women,s Issues Verveer met with a wide range of public and private sector representatives during a December 3-4 visit to Kuala Lumpur. Accompanied by Ambassador Keith, Special Advisor Wenchi Yu, and Embassy officers, Ambassador Verveer discussed Mal [...]
2009-12-09 23:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKPAO KTIP PGOV PHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR981SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY SPECIAL
[...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. U.S.-Malaysia relations are changing across a wide range of bilateral and multilateral settings. In his first eight months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach [...]
2009-12-09 23:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MY
09KUWAIT10FURTHER KUWAITI RESPONSE TO GAZA CRISIS
[...] (LOU) Summary: Kuwait's Council of Ministers (COM) on January 4 called on the international community and the UNSC to take steps to halt Israeli "aggression" in Gaza; the COM also reiterated a GOK offer to open up hospitals to injured Palestinians. Several convoys of official and non-official [...]
2009-01-05 15:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KU
09KUWAIT1002NEW PUBLICLY-OWNED BANK "WARBA" WILL GIVE CITIZENS
[...] (C) On Sept. 15, the Kuwaiti cabinet announced the creation of Warba Bank as a public shareholding company and the fourth Sharia-compliant bank in the country. Warba Bank is being established by Amiri Decree and will have a share capital of KD 100 million (USD 350 million). Kuwaiti citizens [...]
2009-10-19 12:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV KU
09KUWAIT1003KUWAIT CHARGING FULL PRICE FOR JET FUEL
[...] (C) As part of our review of potential outstanding issues for the -- now postponed -- Joint Military Commission, post wants to follow-up on reftels (particularly Ref A request for guidance to which a response was never received) and provide an update on the status of Kuwaiti fuel allocations fo [...]
2009-10-20 03:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMARR EPET PREL KU
09KUWAIT1012UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS: THE FUTURE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM KWMN PREL KISL KU
09KUWAIT1013KUWAITI FEMALE MP FIGHTS FOR RETURN TO COEDUCATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN KISL KU
09KUWAIT1031DEMARCHING GOK ON THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA KU
09KUWAIT1032AMIR RECONVENES KUWAITI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: NO
[...] (C) Ending the summer hiatus, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah reconvened the Kuwaiti National Assembly on October 27, with Ambassador and other COMs and Kuwaiti dignitaries present. In an unremarkable address to Parliament, the Amir pressed for national unity and cooper [...]
2009-10-29 08:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1033IRAN LIKELY AGAIN JAMMING VOA BROADCASTS
[...] (C) Kuwait-based Interational Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) staff on October 28 noted that, beginning at 0255 UTC on that date, a powerful CW jamming spike disrupted the Voice of America Persian News Network Television feed on TurkSat 2A. The VOA feed is the newest of the five VOA PNN TV satellite [...]
2009-10-29 08:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL OIIP BBG KPAO KU IR
09KUWAIT1034UNCLOGGING KUWAIT'S DRAINS
[...] (C) Summary: On August 24, some 180,000 cubic meters of wastewater leaked into the streets and storm sewers of the affluent Kuwaiti neighborhood of Mishref before making its way into the Gulf, where it created an ongoing pollution problem that fouled miles of Kuwait's shoreline and persists t [...]
2009-10-29 08:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1053KUWAITI NOTABLES PRESS AMIR ON RATIONAL USE OF
[...] (U) Summary: Worried by a continued sense of drift in Kuwaiti political and economic life, a group of twenty-six prominent Kuwaiti "notables" -- known locally as the Group of 26, "G-26" -- took their concerns directly to the Amir on October 12 and, in a subsequent October 20 meeting, met with [...]
2009-11-04 13:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KU
09KUWAIT1054AMIR URGES IRAN TO COOPERATE WITH INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Ambassador, during a November 5 meeting with Parliament Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, queried him about a brief, November 3 meeting between the Amir and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, that had not been previously announced and was the subject of only a brief mention by Kuwait's [...]
2009-11-05 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR IR KU
09KUWAIT1055ISLAMIST MP CHECKS PM IN ATTEMPT TO BRING DOWN THE
[...] (C) Islamist MP Faisal Al-Mislim announced November 4 his intention to interpellate Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah over the PM's office expenditures, alleging payoffs by the latter to various MPs. Al-Mislim has long targeted the PM's office for financial irregularitie [...]
2009-11-05 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT1063REACHING OUT TO THE JAHRA "FRONTIER": BRIDGING
[...] (C) Summary. On October 22, as part of post's initiative to expand Embassy outreach beyond the traditional "walls" of Kuwait (ref a),Ambassador Jones visited Jahra, Kuwait's second largest city (after Kuwait City) and met with its Governor Shaykh Mubarak Al-Humoud Al Sabah. Jahra, around 50 [...]
2009-11-10 09:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT1078PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER LABOR AND TIP BILLS AMID
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 13:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KMPI KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT109GOK FINESSING OF KUWAIT AIRWAYS CASE SETTLEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary inquiries debate about the terms of a possible settlement between Kuwait Airways Corporation(KAC) and Iraq have highlighted a major disconnect between the GOK and KAC. GOK MFA Undersecretary Jarallah affirmed that the Amir had intended to resolve the issue during si [...]
2009-02-05 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR ECON IZ KU
09KUWAIT1092ANGRY WORDS AND CRITICISM OF RULING FAMILY MARK
[...] (C) Summary: Partisan differences characterized parliament's November 17 session, which swirled around ongoing plans to interpellate the PM and several other Cabinet ministers. Important legislative items were deferred while MPs wrangled over attempts by public prosecutors to lift immunity o [...]
2009-11-18 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT1099RAISING KUWAIT CONTRIBUTIONS ON PEACEKEEPING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA AORC KU
09KUWAIT1100KUWAIT: RAISING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 13:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS KU
09KUWAIT1107PM MAKES SURPRISE TRIP TO IRAN; AMIR MAY FOLLOW
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's Prime Minister led a high-level delegation to Tehran on November 21-22 for a short-notice visit that served multiple purposes. While the visit was hyped in glowing terms in the Iranian press, the Kuwaiti reaction has been more muted, and post,s interlocutors point to mi [...]
2009-11-23 14:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP IR KU
09KUWAIT111KUWAIT'S CABINET PASSES RESCUE PACKAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's cabinet approved draft legislation to support Kuwait's banking sector by guaranteeing or purchasing distressed assets for up to 15 years. The draft legislation also encourages new lending to "the real economy" and has provisions to address liquidity and solvency problems [...]
2009-02-08 08:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT1111GOK NOT EAGER TO CLAIM "KUWAITI" BOMBER KILLED IN
[...] (U) Virtually all Kuwaiti news media on November 24 ran a story -- drawn largely from international wire service sources -- stating that a Kuwaiti (or stateless person -- Bidoon -- emanating from Kuwait) was killed by Iraqi State Security on November 23 while attempting to crash a truck bomb i [...]
2009-11-24 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KU IZ
09KUWAIT1112KUWAIT PM RAISED NUCLEAR CONCERNS DURING TRIP TO
[...] (C) Summary: The GOK maintains a consistent position regarding Iran's nuclear program and that is that Iran has the right of any state to pursue a peaceful, transparent civilian energy program, but does not have the right to develop a program with military applications, according to MFA's Ira [...]
2009-11-24 14:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR KU
09KUWAIT112STARBUCKS AND THE GAZA EFFECT
[...] (C) Summary: Starbucks' business in parts of the Middle East is suffering as a result of the recent Gaza clashes and rumors regarding the company's founder's purported support for the Israeli Government, according to executives at Al Shaya Co., which owns all Starbucks stores in the Middle Eas [...]
2009-02-08 11:32:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPROP EINV XF KU
09KUWAIT1125WHEN WILL KUWAIT HAVE ITS FIRST FEMALE JUDGE?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 10:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN KMPI PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1127KUWAIT SUPPORTS PRESIDENTS GOALS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points December 1 to MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah. Jarallah welcomed the preview ofthe President's speech, saying Kuwait supports and appreciates the U.S. effort in Afghanistan. He in particular applauded increased civilian assistance for Afghanistan and Pakistan. [...]
2009-12-01 12:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK AU
09KUWAIT1130KUWAITI SECURITY DIALOGUE PARTICIPATION
[...] (U) The responses below are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) The United States and Kuwait participate bilaterally in two established dialogues: The Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) and the Joint Military Commission (JMC). Details on these dialogues are provided below. Gulf Security Dial [...]
2009-12-02 11:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KU
09KUWAIT1131KUWAITI JOURNALIST ARRESTED FOR SLANDERING RULING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 13:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMPI KU
09KUWAIT1138RAISING ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM WITH GOK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 13:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS KU
09KUWAIT1139KUWAIT'S RESPONSE TO DRAFT CEIP MOU
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Econcouns met with Kuwait National Security Bureau Director of International Relations Sheikh Fawaz Al-Sabah on December 3 to discuss the draft CEIP MOU. Sheikh Fawaz handed Econcouns English and Arabic draft copies of the MOU with [...]
2009-12-03 13:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PTER KCIP ECON KU
09KUWAIT1144ARRESTED KUWAITI JOURNALIST OUT ON BAIL PENDING
[...] (U) On December 2, a local misdemeanor court released on a bail of 1,000 dinar (3,500 USD) Kuwaiti journalist and media mogul Mohammad Abdulqader Al-Jasim. Jasim, who was arrested November 22 on charges of slandering the Prime Minister (reftel),earlier refused to pay bail and continued critic [...]
2009-12-07 14:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KU
09KUWAIT1147MP GRILLS PM IN CLOSED SESSION
[...] (C) In a historical first that settles months of doubts about whether he would face his detractors, Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah submitted on December 8 to an interpellation posed by Dr. Faisal Al-Mislim, an opposition tribalist MP. Also included in the grilling by [...]
2009-12-08 13:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1151KUWAITIS TALK IRAN, IRAN, AND ENERGY WITH DEPUTY
[...] (C) Summary: On December 6, Kuwait's Prime Minister made a strong plea to visiting DoE DepSec Poneman to avoid any military option against Iran, noting that Kuwait would be one of the first countries affected by any attack. The FM meanwhile noted that only a unified front by the P-5 and other [...]
2009-12-10 08:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ENRG SENV IR IZ KU
09KUWAIT1154INTERPELLATION RESPONSE: HISTORIC DAY FOR ARAB
[...] (C) Updating ref A's interpellation account, though tribalist and Islamist MPs secured late on December 8 the requisite 10 votes to call for a December 16 vote of non-cooperation against the PM, the initial public reaction to the marathon grilling of PM Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al [...]
2009-12-10 11:42:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1159BIDOON KEPT AWAY FROM CANCELED PARLIAMENT SESSION
[...] (U) On December 10, the Kuwaiti parliament failed to hold a planned session on a bill to extend education and healthcare benefits to the country's 100,000 Bidoon (stateless residents who assert rights to Kuwaiti citizenship). Parliament Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi canceled the session at exactly [...]
2009-12-14 06:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL KU
09KUWAIT1161MAIDS R US: PLAN FOR GOK-RUN DOMESTIC WORKER
[...] (C) Summary. On December 9, the General Director of Kuwait's Ministry of Interior's Immigration Department, Kamel Al-Awadhi, laid out his plans for a government-run domestic worker recruitment agency, telling a crowd of labor attaches, NGOs, and GOK officials gathered at an International Orga [...]
2009-12-14 11:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU
09KUWAIT1173AMIR'S ADDRESS TO GCC ACCENTUATES POLITICAL
[...] (C) While the Kuwait-hosted December 14-15 GCC Summit has a decidedly economic and infrastructural focus, with discussion of projects to link participant countries' electrical grids, develop a common railway authority and form a monetary union high on the agenda, Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah's D [...]
2009-12-16 05:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IZ IS KU
09KUWAIT1178SUCCESSFUL AML CONFERENCE OPENS DOOR TO GREATER
[...] (C) Summary. As part of post's on-going engagement with the GoK on anti-money laundering and terror finance issues (Ref a),Embassy Kuwait and an interagency USG team from State, Treasury and Justice supported the National Anti Money Laundering (AML) Committee's third annual AML conference ( [...]
2009-12-16 12:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON
09KUWAIT1180KUWAIT AIRPORT TURNS AWAY "APOSTATE" EGYPTIAN
[...] (U) GOK authorities at Kuwait's International Airport refused entry to Egyptian literary scholar Dr. Nasir Hamid Abu Zayid on December 15, a decision that has angered local Kuwaiti liberal groups. Abu Zayid -- who was declared an apostate by an Egyptian court in 1995 for his analysis of the Qu [...]
2009-12-16 13:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMPI PREL KU
09KUWAIT1181KUWAITI PM HANDILY SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT
[...] (C) As widely predicted, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah -- in a closed door session -- survived on December 16 a 35-13 (one abstention) parliamentary vote of non-cooperation (reftel). The lopsided victory, which only required a simple majority vote, reinfo [...]
2009-12-16 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1195KUWAIT'S INTERIOR MINISTER: CONFIDENCE RENEWED,
[...] (C) Coasting on PM Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah's December 16 triumph in a vote of non cooperation (ref A),Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al Sabah survived a December 17 vote of no confidence launched by tribalist and Islamist MPs, with 26 MPS supporting the [...]
2009-12-17 13:30:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1202OPEN TERRORISM TRIAL FOR TERROR PLOTTERS BEGINS WITH CONSPIRACY DISMISSAL, BUT SUBSTANTIAL CHARGES REMAIN
[...] (C) The Kuwaiti Court of First Instance began on December 21 open proceedings against six defendants believed to have plotted attacks against US military base Camp Arifjan and Kuwait State Security (KSS) headquarters, among other targets (ref A). All six defendants, who entered the courtroom [...]
2009-12-22 13:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT1204SATELLITE TV ATTACK ON KUWAIT,S TRIBALS PROMPTS BACKLASH
[...] (C) In an apparent attempt to exploit the GoK's recent spate of widely-perceived victories over parliamentary Islamists and tribalists (refs A, B),former parliamentary candidate and liberal urbanite Mohammed Al-Juwaihel launched on December 18 a scathing media attack against Kuwaitis of tri [...]
2009-12-22 14:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PGOV KU
09KUWAIT1216SATELLITE STATION OWNER DETAINED FOR SLANDERING
[...] (U) A media brouhaha over remarks that former National Assembly candidate and owner of the Al-Sour statellite channel Mohammed Al-Juwaihel delivered on the air on December 18 (reported refs A and B) which were viewed as disparaging to Kuwaiti tribesmen -- and certain prominent tribalist MPs -- [...]
2009-12-29 09:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT1217AMIR MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK
[...] (U) Local media briefly noted a December 23 visit to Kuwait by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the highlight of which was a meeting with Amir Shaykh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, and First Deputy PM and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah. Mubarak was ac [...]
2009-12-29 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KU EG
09KUWAIT1219AMIR WARNS NATION ON THREATS TO NATIONAL UNITY
[...] (U) In a rare televised address to the nation the evening of December 29, Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah reflected on the "charged and gloomy atmosphere" that has afflicted Kuwait in recent months and condemned those who engage in "threatens, skepticism, sensation and chaos," while unders [...]
2009-12-30 13:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KU
09KUWAIT125SEQUENTIAL IRAQI VISITS TACKLE BILATERAL ISSUES,
[...] (C) Summary: Recent visits by several senior Iraqi officials have sparked optimism in the Kuwaiti press and among some Kuwaiti officials that a new and more cooperative era in the bilateral relationship is beginning. Public comments by these officials have fueled expectations that the two cou [...]
2009-02-10 12:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR EPET EAIR ECIN KU IZ
09KUWAIT132KIA PORTFOLIO DOWN $34 BILLION IN 2008
[...] (C) Summary: The Kuwait Investment Authority's holdings dropped by $34 billion during calendar year 2008, according to press reports. As of December 31, KIA's total holdings were about $210 billion. A senior KIA official told us that KIA had been moving aggressively into cash and fixed income [...]
2009-02-12 13:23:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT134KUWAIT SUPPORTIVE OF KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, BUT
[...] (U) This is an action request (para 5). 2. (C) POLCOUNS on February 12 delivered reftel points encouraging Kuwait to support Kosovo recognition to MFA Europe Department desk officer for Kosovo, Bosnia and Serbia, Zaid Al-Harb, in the absence of a more senior MFA interlocutor. In response, [...]
2009-02-12 15:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KU KV
09KUWAIT147ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION CONTRACT FOR WAR DAMAGED
[...] (C) Summary: Hill International, winner of a Project Planning and Supervision Consultant tender for a UN Compensation Commission(UNCC)-funded environmental remediation program for oil-damaged Kuwaiti lands, appears to have been stymied in its effort to gain final GOK approval for the finalized [...]
2009-02-19 15:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALSENV EPET PREL UN IZ KU
09KUWAIT148KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's Ambassador to Baghdad has expressed strong frustration over his inability to get the Iraqis to treat him or the range of bilateral issues with the seriousness that a normal state-to-state relationship should warrant. Iraqi insistence on treating all issues as part of a [...]
2009-02-19 15:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KU
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