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09TBILISI1990	GEORGIA: ALL RELATIVELY QUITE ON THE NOVEMBER 7 [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The second anniversary of the November 7, 2007, GoG crackdown on protesters were marked by low-key, sparsely attended and relatively uneventful demonstrations. The mile-long protest march from the Georgian Public Broadcaster's station to Parliament proceeded peacefully wi [...]	2009-11-09 14:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG

09TBILISI2002	GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR DEMOCRACY WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary. The holding of this first Democracy Working Group as envisioned by the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Charter is greatly anticipated and will be closely followed by the Georgian Government, opposition leaders, and civil society. The Georgian delegation will be anxious to dis [...]	2009-11-12 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI2004	GEORGIA: RESPONSE ON 3RD COMMITTEE [...] (C) On November 13 embassy officer delivered points on country-specific resolutions at the UNGA Third Committee session from ref A, as well as more general Third Committee points from ref B, to Alexander Chelidze, MFA International Organizations Department. We focused in particular on the Tbi [...]	2009-11-13 13:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA IR GG
09TBILISI2005	GEORGIA: PROGRESS ON ELECTION CODE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition parties and the ruling United National Movement (UNM) have announced agreement on a number of key issues regarding the new electoral code, paving the way for a Venice Commission review. Behind the scenes negotiations within the UNM, amongst the opposition, and betwe [...]	2009-11-13 15:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI2009	GEORGIA: PROGRESS ON ELECTION CODE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition parties and the ruling United National Movement (UNM) have announced agreement on a number of key issues regarding the new electoral code, paving the way for a Venice Commission review. Behind the scenes negotiations within the UNM, amongst the opposition, and betwe [...]	2009-11-16 05:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG PREL
09TBILISI201	GEORGIA: BLUE LANTERN CHECK LICENSE NUMBER [...] (SBU) Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) officials made reftel inquiries to the Ministry of Defense for the Blue Lantern check for license number 050129249. The check did reveal some irregularities. Neither the Georgian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Colonel Chachibaia, nor his deputy, Brigad [...]	2009-02-04 10:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC GG
09TBILISI2024	GEORGIA: RISKY SITUATION IN THE BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: Georgian officials confirm that they are neither interdicting vessels outside their territorial waters nor patrolling the waters north of the Enguri River in the Black Sea, and they continue to seek a way forward on shipping with Turkey. There have been no additional maritime in [...]	2009-11-19 12:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI2025	GEORGIA: MISTRAL SALE COULD DESTABILIZE BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary and comment. On November 13 and 16 Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze voiced serious concerns about the potentially destabilizing influence of France's possible sale of Mistral-class helicopter carrier ships to Russia (reftel) to DAS Tina Kaidanow and the Ambassador. As the broker of t [...]	2009-11-19 12:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI2028	GEORGIA: ELECTION LAW WORKING GROUP STALLS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The United National Movement (UNM) announced that it would pull out of the Election Law Working Group (ELWG) on November 18 after consensus could not be reached, but informal talks among the parties continue. A wide-ranging package had been agreed to by all parties except for [...]	2009-11-19 14:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI2056	GEORGIA: SPEAKER BAKRADZE WORKING TO SALVAGE THE [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament David Bakradze told the Ambassador on November 20 that he was working to find consensus that would allow all parties who participated in the Electoral Law Working Group (ELWG) to sign on to a package of reforms. Bakradze said that he hoped to develop a ve [...]	2009-11-24 14:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI2066	GEORGIA: UN SEES ABKHAZ INCIDENT PREVENTION [...] (C) Summary. UN officials see the Abkhaz Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism as a useful mechanism to defuse tensions that provides a constructive vehicle for engaging all sides. The UN reported that most IPRM procedural issues were resolved within the first meeting. They also noted t [...]	2009-11-27 13:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI207	GEORGIA: BORDER CONTROL CHANGES WORRY [...] (C) Summary and comment. Organizational changes within the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MOIA) effective January 1, specifically in the Border Police and Patrol Police, have changed operations at Georgia's ports of entry. Previously, the Border Police controlled operations and passenger proc [...]	2009-02-05 07:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV DOE KNNP GG
09TBILISI2083	GEORGIA: ABKHAZ ELECTION CAMPAIGN HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary and comment. UN team member Hailu Mamo, a long-time Abkhazia observer, believes Abkhaz de facto "president" Bagapsh now faces a tough battle for re-election. Given past elections in Abkhazia, it is possible that this could be a real contest. No single opposition candidate has em [...]	2009-12-01 15:13:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS RS GG
09TBILISI2084	GEORGIA: BELARUSIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian Parliamentarians paid a visit to Georgia in late November, with part of the delegation stopping in Tbilisi to meet with Georgian government officials, and two smaller groups traveling into Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Georgian press broadly covered the visit, and spec [...]	2009-12-01 15:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO GG
09TBILISI2102	GEORGIA: DAS KAIDANOW TALKS DEMOCRACY, CONFLICTS, [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Kaidanow met with Georgian officials to urge further progress on democratic reforms and review the current situation around Georgia's conflict zones. She urged the government to avoid provocations in the Black Sea and discussed the increasingly heated tone of rhetoric f [...]	2009-12-03 11:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI2103	GEORGIA: DASD WALLANDER PROMOTES PROGRESS ON REFORM [...] (C) Summary and comment. On the margins of the U.S.-Georgia Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC),DASD Wallander spoke with senior government and parliamentary counterparts about next steps on reform, NATO membership, the National Security Review, the government's engagement strategy with t [...]	2009-12-03 11:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI2105	GEORGIA: UPCOMING LOCAL ELECTIONS REVEAL SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The ruling United National Movement (UNM) has maintained its hold on political power in no small part due to its party discipline (ref B). Although it is premature to declare any sort of lame duck status or impending breakup of the UNM, it has become increasingly obvio [...]	2009-12-03 13:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI2106	GEORGIA: CHURCH AND STATE, MAINTAINING A DELICATE [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Government officials are privately expressing frustration over the expansive role the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) plays in society. The long-hidden conflict between the GOC and GOG may be beginning to play out publicly in subtle ways. Internet videos mocking GOC Patr [...]	2009-12-03 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG KIRF
09TBILISI212	GEORGIA: OFFICIALS AND PRESS DISMISS UNION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The reaction in Georgia to the February 3 meeting of the "Union of Georgians" in Russia, despite heavy coverage on Georgian television, has been mostly dismissive, with significant skepticism regarding its utility in improving relations between the neighbors. Following the meeti [...]	2009-02-05 10:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI2131	GEORGIA: DETENTIONS RAISE TENSIONS AROUND SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. A series of detentions over the past month has increased tension between Georgia and the South Ossetian de facto authorities. These recent incidents are not the only such cases, and older outstanding cases, some dating even from before the August 2008 war, have complicated reso [...]	2009-12-04 14:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS RS GG
09TBILISI2137	GEORGIA: A/S POSNER LEADS DEMOCRACY WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary: In the first full meeting of the Democracy Working Group under the umbrella of the U.S.-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership, DRL A/S Posner and EUR DAS Kaidanow both challenged the GoG to continue its democratic evolution noting the crucial link between establishing a plur [...]	2009-12-07 12:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI2138	GEORGIA: DRL A/S POSNER AND EUR DAS KADINOW HEAR [...] (C) Summary: In preparation for the Democracy Working Group, under the auspices of the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission, members of the U.S. delegation met with leading civil society representatives and opposition political leaders who expressed concerns in several areas, includ [...]	2009-12-07 13:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI2170	GEORGIA: ELECTORAL CODE PASSES FIRST READING, [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Parliament passed draft amendments to the electoral code on the first reading and is expected to adopt the law after a second and third reading scheduled for later this month. The draft consists of the general consensus as agreed to in the framework of the NDI spo [...]	2009-12-09 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI2180	GEORGIA: LATVIAN PRESIDENT OFFERS MISHA MORAL [...] (C) Summary: Latvian President Valdis Zatlers, accompanied by his wife and 65 Latvian businessmen, paid an official visit to Georgia in early December. With the economies of both Latvia and Georgia struggling, the visit centered on shared possibilities for enhanced business relationships. G [...]	2009-12-11 14:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LV GG
09TBILISI2181	GEORGIA: BAGAPSH WINS IN ABKHAZIA [...] (SBU) According to the "central election commission" of Abkhazia, incumbent "president" Sergey Bagapsh won the "presidential elections" in Abkhazia on December 12 with 59.4 percent of the vote, avoiding the need for a run-off. There was a striking dichotomy in official Georgian reaction tothe [...]	2009-12-14 15:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS RS GG
09TBILISI2203	GEORGIA: GOVERNOR OF SHIDA KARTLI LOOKS TO THE [...] (C) Summary. Shida Kartli regional governor Vladimer (Lado) Vardzelashvili told us he is concentrating on looking past last year's conflict with Russia, helping the region's residents resume their daily lives and move forward instead of remaining bound to the war. In his view, the path to rei [...]	2009-12-15 12:04:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS GG
09TBILISI2204	GEORGIA: CONSTRUCTIVE EXCHANGE ON THE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. On December 11 Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili led a discussion with international partners of a draft strategy on engagement with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Characterizing it as a "human-centric" engagement (not de-occupation) plan, Yakobashvili called it the government's [...]	2009-12-15 13:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EAID RS TU GG
09TBILISI222	GEORGIA: NON-PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION MUST CHOOSE [...] (C) Summary: The Georgian Parliament is renewing its efforts to create a working group to reform Georgia's Election Code (ref A) in 2009. Speaker Bakradze has invited significant political parties (inside and outside of Parliament),five local NGOs, the Central Election Commission (CEC),and [...]	2009-02-05 14:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI223	GEORGIA: SKEPTICAL VIEW ON CAUCASUS STABILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT. In a frank discussion, MFA International Organizations Director Sergi Kapanadze made it clear that the Georgians have no hope that anything substantive will come out of the Turkish proposed Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform, now or in the future, but were unwill [...]	2009-02-05 14:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG TK
09TBILISI2239	GEORGIA: TRAINING OF GEORGIAN BATTALION FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: Both the U.S. and Georgia assess the ongoing training by U.S. Marines of the Georgian 31st battalion in preparation for deployment in Afghanistan as going well. The training is intended to increase Georgian forces' ability to operate in a counter-insurgency environme [...]	2009-12-16 12:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF GG
09TBILISI2240	GEORGIA DOWNPLAYS NAURU'S RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary and comment. Georgian officials downplayed the significance of Nauru's apparent December 14 recognition of Abkhazia's "independence," which Russia reportedly encouraged with an offer of $50 million to the island nation. Although officials are discussing with Australian counterpa [...]	2009-12-16 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS XM AS NR RS GG
09TBILISI2254	GEORGIA: IRI POLL SHOWS UGULAVA AS FRONT RUNNER [...] (C) Summary/Comment: A recent International Republican Institute (IRI) poll of Tbilisi residents showed likely United National Movement (UNM) candidate and current mayor Gigi Ugulava with a significant lead on the field of probable Tbilisi mayoral candidates in upcoming local elections sche [...]	2009-12-21 11:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON GG
09TBILISI2255	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIANS SPURN OSCE WHILE [...] (C) Summary and comment. During a December 11 trip Tskhinvali, South Ossetian de facto representatives made clear to outgoing Greek OSCE Chairman Special Representative Christopoulos and his incoming Kazakh successor Bolat Nurgaliyev their lack of interest in an OSCE roving team, their tough [...]	2009-12-21 12:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS EPET RS KZ GG
09TBILISI2257	GEORGIA: TWO TEENAGERS HELD SINCE NOVEMBER 4 [...] (C) Three Georgians youths were released by the South Ossetian de facto authorities on Saturday December 19th, including two teenagers detained on November 4th and one 16 year old boy detained in July (ref A). Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg met on December 17 [...]	2009-12-21 13:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI2276	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN SERVICEMAN SEEKS ASYLUM IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. According to Ministry of Refugee Affairs (MRA) officials, a Russian contract soldier, Vitaliy Khripun, crossed the administrative border line (ABL) from the breakaway region of South Ossetia into undisputed Georgia December 20. The European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) and [...]	2009-12-22 14:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG PHUM
09TBILISI2280	GEORGIANS PREPARED TO COMPROMISE WITH RUSSIA IN [...] (C) Summary. The Governments of Georgia and Russia are continuing quiet talks regarding the opening of the land border crossing at Kazbegi-Larsi. Georgian FM Vashadze told the Ambassador that Georgia, Russia and Armenia will meet December 23-24 to continue the discussions begun in Yerevan in [...]	2009-12-23 13:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM RS GG
09TBILISI2283	GEORGIA: DASD WALLANDER MEETING WITH MINDEF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste Wallander laid out the results of the Bilateral Defense Consulations (BDC),reaffirming U.S. support for Georgia's defense reform and modernization along Euro-Atlantic lines in her meeting with Georgian Minister of Defense Bacho Akh [...]	2009-12-24 10:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI23	GEORGIA: NDI POLL SHOWS PUBLIC OPINION REMAINS [...] (C) Summary/Comment: A new NDI poll taken in November 2008 shows that Georgian public opinion remains largely unchanged from earlier post-war polling by IRI and Greenberg, Quinlan, and Rosner Associates. The NDI poll shows some potential softening of support for President Saakashvili and th [...]	2009-01-06 14:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI2307	GEORGIA: ELECTORAL CODE PASSES THIRD READING WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Electoral Code (ref A) passed its third reading after a three day delay due to opposition Christian Democrats' objections about voter lists and voter registration procedures. The only notable change to the code on the third reading was the adoption of an amendment that bar [...]	2009-12-30 14:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI24	GEORGIA: RUMORS, MANEUVERING, AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Well informed International Republican Institute Country Director, Dimitry Shashkin (strictly protect) has passed on several far fetched but widely circulated rumors in Tbilisi alleging a US or EU engineered plot to oust President Saakashvili in the spring. While the lik [...]	2009-01-06 14:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI255	GEORGIA: NEW CABINET CONFIRMED, GOG STRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, Parliament confirmed Nika Gilauri as Prime Minister, Kakha Baindurashvili as Finance Minister, Dimitri Shashkin as Minister for Penitentiary, Probation and Legal Assistance, and Davit Tkeshelashvili as Minister for Regional Development and Infrastructure on Februa [...]	2009-02-06 15:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI272	GEORGIA: KIDNAPPED FOOTBALL REFEREE FREED, [...] (SBU) Summary: A Georgian soccer referee, reportedly kidnapped on February 7 on Georgia's main east-west highway by armed South Ossetians, was released to Georgian police on February 8. South Ossetian de-facto authorities, and Russian officials, claim the referee was found and freed by Ossetia [...]	2009-02-09 14:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI275	GEORGIA: NUCLEAR SMUGGLING UPS AND DOWNS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Despite making great strides in combating nuclear smuggling, Georgia lacks a reliable system for effectively responding to incidents of nuclear and radioactive material detection. The Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration/Office of Second Line [...]	2009-02-10 11:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL KNNP DOE GG
09TBILISI313	GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI WARNS OF EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: On February 12 President Saakashvili delivered his fifth annual state of the union address to the Parliament, which was attended by Members of Parliament, regional governors and the Mayor of Tbilisi, members of the Cabinet, the diplomatic corps including the Charge and a group of [...]	2009-02-13 14:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI314	GEORGIA: DISCOVERY OF ORPHAN RADIOACTIVE SOURCE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On Sunday, February 8, customs officers discovered by chance an orphan radioactive source buried near Kopitnari airport, which is fourteen kilometers west of Kutaisi in western Georgia. Officials from the Nuclear and Radioactive Safety Service (NRSS) determined that [...]	2009-02-13 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL KNNP DOE GG
09TBILISI321	GEORGIA: ABKHAZ, PROUD BUT NERVOUS -- AND READY TO [...] (C) Summary and comment. During the first official USG trip to Abkhazia since the August 2008 war, Abkhaz de facto officials and civil society representatives showed new confidence in their so-called independence, but also unease with Russia's increasing influence. They believe Russia's reco [...]	2009-02-17 12:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MOPS KBTS RU GG
09TBILISI322	GEORGIA: SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS IN GALI [...] (C) Summary. During the first official USG trip to Abkhazia since the August 2008 war, representatives of civil society in Gali provided information about several serious human rights concerns facing ethnic Georgians in Gali. They face extortion from well-organized criminal gangs; pressure t [...]	2009-02-17 12:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MOPS KBTS RU GG
09TBILISI324	GEORGIA: ALASANIA INTRODUCES POLITICAL TEAM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Irakli Alasania introduced his political "team" on February 16 at a widely attended presentation event that attracted representatives of most of parties that make up the non-parliamentary opposition and garnered major press attention. The notable names joining Alasania's effo [...]	2009-02-17 14:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI339	GEORGIA: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON BLACK SEA DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Deputy Minister of Defense Giorgi Muchaidze called in Embassy Tbilisi's Defense Attache and Pol-Econ Chief to consult on Georgia's response to an invitation from the Turks for Georgia's Minister of Defense to participate in a Black [...]	2009-02-19 14:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
09TBILISI345	GEORGIA'S KAKHETI REGION: UNM DOMINATES, JOBS THE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February visit to the eastern province of Kakheti, Georgia's version of the Napa Valley, both the Deputy Governor and Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) opposition members stressed that the region's primary political concern was the local economy, specifically the cr [...]	2009-02-20 12:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI356	GEORGIA: BUDGET OUTLOOK GRIM [...] (C) Summary: Georgia faces a grim budgetary picture in 2009, according to Deputy Minister of Finance Dimitri Gvindadze. In a meeting with USAID Mission Director and Econoff, Gvindadze inquired about the possibility of additional direct budget support, a long-term currency swap, and possibl [...]	2009-02-23 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PRIL PGOV GG
09TBILISI357	GEORGIA: REFERENDUM PROCESS AN UPHILL CLIMB [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition leaders outside of Parliament, led by Irakli Alasania, have begun discussing publicly the idea of a public vote either calling for new presidential elections or a referendum to change existing constitutional procedures for calling new elections. Current Georgian law [...]	2009-02-23 14:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI358	GEORGIA: MONITORS FIND NO BUILD-UP OF GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: According to recent briefings by the EU and UN in Tbilisi, European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) and United Nations Observation Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) monitors conducted no-notice inspections of Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MOIA) police stations and checkpoints [...]	2009-02-23 14:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS GG
09TBILISI378	GEORGIA: ALASANIA ANNOUNCES ALLIANCE, CALL FOR [...] (C) Summary: Just a week after presenting his new political team and with much fanfare, former Georgian Ambassador to the UN Irakli Alasania announced February 23 that his political team would join forces with the Republican party, led by David Usupashvili, and the New Rights party, led by [...]	2009-02-25 14:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI379	GEORGIA: PENDING CHANGE AT NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Embassy Summary/Comment: Acting head of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG),David Amaglobeli told us that he will be replaced by the current head of the Financial Sector Authority, Giorgi Kadagidze. Amaglobeli believes the decision is in connection with his view that the National Bank o [...]	2009-02-25 14:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GG
09TBILISI395	GEORGIA: PARTIES SIGN CODE OF CONDUCT PAVING THE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a low-profile working meeting on February 26, Georgian political party leaders met to sign a "code of conduct" which represents the first step in forming a working group of party leaders from inside and outside of Parliament to develop an Election Legislation Wor [...]	2009-02-27 11:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
09TBILISI398	GEORGIA: ACTION REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE - [...] (C) Summary: Mark Hauf, attorney for Ina Gudavadze, widow of Badri Patarkatsishvili, has repeatedly approached the Ambassador and other Embassy officials and requested that Post advocate on behalf of Gudavadze with the Government of Georgia. Specifically, Hauf requests that Post demand that [...]	2009-02-27 12:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI40	GEORGIA: VERBEKE ON WAY FORWARD FOR UN [...] (C) Summary and comment. UN Special Representative for Georgia Johan Verbeke offered the Ambassador initial thoughts on the prospects for renewal of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). He believes Russia would prefer to see the mission closed, but might not want to risk internationa [...]	2009-01-12 12:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KBTS RU GG
09TBILISI408	GEORGIA: RUMORS OF A SPRING OFFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent weeks, we have detected a marked increase in comments, both public and private, that the Russians plan to invade Georgia in the spring. These rumors have started to percolate into the press, assisted by Georgian parliamentarians such as Chairman David Bakradze who expr [...]	2009-02-27 15:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI417	GEORGIA: THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FM VASHADZE [...] (C) Georgian FM Grigol Vashadze is looking forward to his first opportunity to meet with you on the margins of the NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC) meeting in Brussels on March 5. Your meeting with him, no matter how brief, will be an important signal of U.S. support at a time when some leaders [...]	2009-03-04 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI432	GEORGIA: POSSIBILITIES FOR A NEW UNOMIG MANDATE [...] (C) Summary and comment. UN Special Representative Verbeke has twice convened the British, French, German and U.S. chiefs of mission to brainstorm ideas for a new UN mission in Georgia. Taking for granted the eventual closure of the OSCE mission, Verbeke argued that the UN and EUMM will ne [...]	2009-03-05 14:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RU GG
09TBILISI447	GEORGIA: MAJOR MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN ABKHAZIA AND [...] (C) Summary and comment. International monitors continue to report to us their observations of significant military assets and movements inside the Abkhaz and South Ossetian administrative boundaries, including tanks, artillery, and personnel. The assets observed exceed the limits the Georgi [...]	2009-03-06 13:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI450	GEORGIA: MAJOR MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN ABKHAZIA AND [...] (C) Summary and comment. International monitors continue to report to us their observations of significant military assets and movements inside the Abkhaz and South Ossetian administrative boundaries, including tanks, artillery, and personnel. The assets observed exceed the limits the Georgi [...]	2009-03-06 14:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI453	GEORGIA: NEW CORRECTIONS MINISTER FACES MANY [...] (C) Summary: New Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance, Dimitri Shashkin told the Ambassador that he faces significant challenges regarding Georgia's current penal system. He said he will focus first on creating a probationary system for the country, noting that the current system is [...]	2009-03-06 14:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI463	GEORGIA: ALASANIA CALLS FOR PLEBISCITE [...] (U) Summary: Former UN Ambassador Irakli Alasania announced that he and his political team would initiate the process of holding a non-binding plebiscite on the question of the removal of President Saakashvili from office. The announcement follows the March 5 expiration of the ten day peri [...]	2009-03-09 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI468	GEORGIA: DESPITE CONCERNS, GEORGIA WILL COOPERATE [...] (C) Summary. Senior Georgian officials have raised questions about the objectivity of two members of the EU's independent investigation of the causes of the August 2008 war. They have nevertheless pledged their continued support for and full cooperation with the commission's work. Swiss dip [...]	2009-03-10 14:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI469	GEORGIA: FORMER AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Former Georgian Ambassador to Russia, Erosi Kitsmarishvili, who famously told the ad hoc parliamentary committee on the war that the U.S. gave Georgia the green light, discussed with the Ambassador his future plans which include setting up an independent news channel; an econom [...]	2009-03-10 15:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI470	GEORGIA: NEW CORRECTIONS MINISTER TO TACKLE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance, Dimitri Shashkin, who oversees Georgia's penitentiary, probation, and legal aid programs (septel),is also charged with coordinating the President's democratic reform agenda with actors inside and outside the government. During a Mar [...]	2009-03-10 15:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI478	GEORGIA: SEEKING JUSTICE AT THE ICJ [...] (C) Summary. On March 5, Poloff meet with Deputy Minister of Justice Tina Burjaliani to discuss the status Georgia's response to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and other pending legal cases in international courts. The Deputy Minister noted that Georgia is a state party to the ICC [...]	2009-03-12 07:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI484	GEORGIA: INCIDENT PREVENTION MECHANISM STALLED [...] (C) Summary and comment. Despite efforts by the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM),OSCE and UNOMIG to facilitate implementation of the incident prevention mechanism agreed in Geneva, Abkhaz and South Ossetian de facto authorities have publicly announced their unwillingness tocooperate for now. The [...]	2009-03-12 13:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI488	GEORGIA: READOUT OF DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Nalbandov told the Ambassador that his March 1-3 visit to Tehran concentrated on issues of bilateral cooperation. In Tehran, Nalbandov, together with Minister for Reintegration Temur Yakobashvili, met with Chair of the Parliamentary [...]	2009-03-12 15:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG IR
09TBILISI502	GEORGIA: NINO BURJANADZE -- WHAT'S THE GAMEPLAN? [...] (C) Summary: Former Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze, who has a long-cultivated and well-deserved image of moderation both domestically and internationally, has expressed her intentions to play a prominent role in the planned April 9 protests calling for President Saakashvili's resigna [...]	2009-03-16 13:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI503	GEORGIA: FORMER PM NOGHAIDELI PREPARING FOR A [...] (C) Summary. Former prime minister and opposition politician Zurab Noghaideli told the Ambassador March 9 that many of Georgia's opposition politicians are incorrectly reading the will of the people. He argued that the time was not right for changing Georgia's government and predicted that [...]	2009-03-16 13:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI511	GEORGIA: UNOMIG BEGINS EVALUATING RESPECT FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment. UNOMIG personnel have begun evaluating the degree to which the various sides respect UNSCR 1866. UNOMIG's position is that 1866 re-imposes on all sides the conditions of paragraph 2a of the 1994 Moscow Agreement, which defines a security zone that excludes all milita [...]	2009-03-17 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09TBILISI512	GEORGIA: IDPS: NEW AND OLD THEMES [...] (C) Summary: Recent trips to the west Georgian cities of Kutaisi and Zugdidi reinforce the impression that many of the problems for IDPs from the 1990's remain unaddressed, and the GoG's plan to target their needs directly has not yet yielded visible results. While the GoG has been criticiz [...]	2009-03-17 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF RR GG
09TBILISI522	GEORGIA: IRI POLL SHOWS THE ECONOMY IS PRIMARY [...] (C) Summary: The much anticipated poll from the USAID funded International Republican Institute (IRI) presented to the Ambassador on March 18, showed polling numbers for President Saakashvili and the United National Movement (UNM) have dropped somewhat from their post-war high in September [...]	2009-03-19 15:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI523	GEORGIA: ELECTION LEGISLATION WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) On March 17, 2008, seven political party representatives gathered at the offices of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) for the inaugural meeting of the Election Legislation Working Group (ELWG). Poloff, USAID, the EU/EC, Council of Europe (COE),IFES, and the OSCE observed the meet [...]	2009-03-19 15:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI529	GEORGIA: GOG TAKES OVER KAZTRANSGAZ, OVERWHELMING [...] (C) Summary. On March 16, the Georgian National Electricity Regulatory Commission (GNERC) announced it had appointed a &special administrator8 to manage KazTransGaz-Tbilisi, the Kazakhstani company that owns the Tbilisi natural gas distribution system. KazTransGaz is owned by the Kazakhstani [...]	2009-03-20 12:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL RU GG
09TBILISI535	GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI SEEKS UNAMBIGUOUS SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging discussion, President Saakashvili and EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed regional developments, U.S. assistance for Georgia and next steps on the Geneva process. The President shared his views on opposition politicians and the planned April 9 protests. President Sa [...]	2009-03-20 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM GG
09TBILISI538	GEORGIA: GOG TO RECOGNIZE OTHER FAITHS, COULD LEAD [...] (C) Summary: Reintegration Minister Temur Yakobashvili told the Ambassador on March 18 that the GoG is working on a change to the Civil Code to recognize additional churches, namely, the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC),Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim faiths. Currently, only the Georgian Orth [...]	2009-03-20 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF AR RU GG
09TBILISI55	GEORGIA: RUMOR MILL CHURNING FEEDING A RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Post is closely following what has the markings of a possible Russian disinformation campaign to create distrust and speculation with the United States and President Saakashvili in the Georgian public. Rumors of impending U.S. or other outside action to remove Saakashvil [...]	2009-01-13 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI559	GEORGIA: BURJANADZE SUPPORTERS ARRESTED ON WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary/Comment: At roughly 5am on March 23, a number (roughly six to eight but exact numbers are still unclear) of Nino Burjanadze's supporters were arrested on charges of buying automatic weapons. Burjanadze called the Ambassador to register her outrage and to express concern that sh [...]	2009-03-23 12:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI560	GEORGIA: IRAN FEELING INSECURE IN CAUCASUS [...] (C) Summary and comment. In a readout to the Ambassador of his recent visit to Iran, Reintegration Minister Temuri Yakobashvili suggested that the Iranians seemed paranoid about potential threats and rivals for regional influence. Russia had effectively fueled that paranoia with allegations o [...]	2009-03-23 12:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS UNOMIG UNSC RS IR IS GG
09TBILISI57	GEORGIA SIGNS MOU ON ENGURI WITH RUSSIAN FIRM RAO [...] (C) SUMMARY: First Deputy Minister of Energy Marika Valishvili confirmed that the Georgian Ministry of Energy and Russian electricity trader InterRAO signed on December 31 a ten-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on joint management of the Enguri Hydropower Plant, located on both sides o [...]	2009-01-13 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL RU GG
09TBILISI584	GEORGIA: FRENCH AMBASSADOR'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: France's local Ambassador in Tbilisi Eric Fournier was remarkably blunt in his opening remarks at a local conference March 20 about current European Union policy towards Russia, as well as his own difficulties in getting his ministry in Paris to put Georgia on its pr [...]	2009-03-24 12:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI585	GEORGIA: BURJANADZE SUPPORTERS ARRESTED - UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Secretary Eka Tkeshelashvili called in the Ambassador to further elaborate the government's position on the arrests of Former Speaker Burjanadze's supporters. At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs released a portion of the video evidence they c [...]	2009-03-24 13:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GG
09TBILISI593	GEORGIA: OSCE CIO BAKOYANNIS BRINGS LITTLE TO [...] (C) Summary. In a March 23 visit to Tbilisi, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Bakoyannis reviewed progress in negotiating a new OSCE mandate for Georgia with Foreign Minister Vashadze. According to Georgian MFA and OSCE staff, Bakoyannis praised Georgia for its flexibility both privately and publicly [...]	2009-03-24 14:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS GR RS GG
09TBILISI594	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: At a March 17 meeting, Parliament's Human Rights Committee Chairman Gia Arsenishvili told Emboffs that the priorities of his committee are passage of the criminal procedure code (CPC),reforms in the penitentiary/parole systems, and concerns about the lack of Georgi [...]	2009-03-24 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GG
09TBILISI604	GEORGIA: EUR DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH PM BAKRADZE, [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Speaker of Parliament David Bakradze and discussed the future of the UNOMIG, OSCE, and EUMM monitoring missions as well as domestic politics. Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance Dimitri Shashkin explained his vision for revamping the penal [...]	2009-03-26 07:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI618	GEORGIA: APRIL 9 PROTEST MACHINATIONS IN FULL SWING [...] (C) Summary: Both the GOG and non-parliamentary opposition groups are formulating their plans to handle the upcoming April 9 protests at which the opposition will demand the resignation of President Saakashvili and holding new presidential elections. The GOG intends to take a low key appro [...]	2009-03-26 14:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI625	GEORGIA: TIME TO MOBILIZE ON NEW UN MISSION [...] (C) Summary and comment. UN Special Representative Johan Verbeke offered the U.S., French and German ambassadors additional details on his ideas for a new UN mission in Georgia, as well as a readout of recent trips to Washington, London, Moscow and Prague. He urged western countries to weigh [...]	2009-03-27 14:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS UNSC UNOMIG KBTS RS GG
09TBILISI626	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION MEMBERS IN KIRBALI ALLEGE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Residents of the village of Kirbali associated with the oppostion told OSCE that sometime during the week of March 15-21, local police officers approached them at their homes in the evening and asked questions for no apparent reason. Details of the report are sketchy [...]	2009-03-27 14:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
09TBILISI638	GEORGIA: IEDS KILL ONE, WOUND SEVERAL; TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. On March 29, two roadside IEDs killed one and wounded six Georgian police officers outside the village of Dvani, in undisputed Georgian territory just outside the South Ossetian administrative boundary. This was the first fatal incident along the South Ossetian and Abkhaz admini [...]	2009-03-30 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS RS GG
09TBILISI644	GEORGIA: ALASANIA STILL BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD [...] (C) Summary: Head of the opposition Alliance for Georgia ("Alliance") Irakli Alasania requested a meeting with the Ambassador on March 30 to discuss plans for the April 9 protest. Alasania has been in discussions with the UNM ruling party regarding a possible dialogue to overcome the curre [...]	2009-03-31 15:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI657	GEORGIA: PATRIARCH CALLS FOR CALM AHEAD OF APRIL 9 [...] (C) Summary. In an April 1 meeting, Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II expressed concern to the Ambassador that the approaching April 9 opposition protests could escalate into violence. The Patriarch said that President Saakashvili and nearly all the opposition leaders, including Alasania, [...]	2009-04-02 09:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF RU GG
09TBILISI658	GEORGIA REMAINS COMMITTED TO CONTRIBUTION IN [...] (C) DCM relayed ref A requests for contributions to Afghanistan to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov on April 2, noting that Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze had attended the March 31 conference in The Hague and was likely already aware of these requests. Nalbandov reconfirmed Georg [...]	2009-04-02 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GG
09TBILISI660	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT OFFERS OPPOSITION STRUCTURED [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 1, Minister of Corrections and Legal Assistance Dimitry Shashkin presented a GOG proposal for dialogue and cooperation on the "second wave of democratic reforms" to the diplomatic community. Shashkin invited all political parties to discuss the government proposal on [...]	2009-04-02 15:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI670	GEORGIA OFFERS NON-PAPER ON NEW UN MISSION [...] (C) On April 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov called in the DCM to provide a non-paper with Georgia's thoughts on a new UN mission in Abkhazia, Georgia (as promised in ref A; see paragraph 2 for text) and asked for U.S. support. He indicated he would also pass it to UN Special R [...]	2009-04-06 11:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS RS GG
09TBILISI674	GEORGIA: GOOD AND BAD NEWS FROM EUMM [...] (C) Summary and comment. In a recent trip to Moscow, EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) representatives heard that Russia and South Ossetia have taken steps toward establishing an Incident Prevention Mechanism (Abkhazia still awaits a new UN mandate). According to the EUMM, Russia expressed interes [...]	2009-04-06 15:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS RS GG

09TBILISI676	GEORGIA CALLS NORTH KOREAN LAUNCH "CRAZY" [...] (C) On April 6, DCM delivered to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov the points and statement contained in reftel. Excusing himself for the undiplomatic language, Nalbandov called the North Koreans "crazy" for going forward with the launch and expressed full support for the U.S. posit [...]	2009-04-07 08:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS KPKO GG
09TBILISI679	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION PLANS FOR APRIL 9 PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Barring unforeseen circumstances, planned protests on April 9 will proceed as scheduled. We expect turnout to be substantial, probably numbering in the tens of thousands, but likely less than the 150,000-200,000 some non-parliamentary opposition figures have estimated. [...]	2009-04-07 09:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI681	GEORGIA WELCOMES NATO SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE [...] (C) Summary. The Georgian press gave positive media coverage to the NATO Summit, focusing in particular on the detailed and lengthy portions of the communique that dealt with Georgia and its relationship with NATO. In numerous conversations, senior Georgian officials have reached out to inf [...]	2009-04-07 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
09TBILISI682	GEORGIA SEIZED WITH NON-PAPER ON NEW UN MANDATE [...] (C) On April 6, DCM delivered to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov the non-paper on a new UN mandate for Georgia contained in ref A. Although DCM explained that this did not represent a cleared USG interagency, Nalbandov expressed great appreciation for and interest in the document, [...]	2009-04-07 13:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS KPKO GG
09TBILISI683	GEORGIAN BUSINESS WORRIES ABOUT APRIL 9 INSTABILITY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Business leaders, both international and Georgian, are increasingly nervous about the upcoming April 9 protest. Nearly to a one, they highlight that opposition leaders, in their single-mindedness to oust Saakashvili, are slowly destroying the economy and Georgia's a [...]	2009-04-07 14:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL RU GG
09TBILISI693	GEORGIA: NON PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION REJECTS [...] (C) Summary/Comment: While public calls for dialogue increase, the non-parliamentary opposition remains adamant that they will only discuss the terms of President Saakashvili's resignation. The Patriarch, the Ambassador, the EU, President Saakashvili, Christian Democrats and business leade [...]	2009-04-08 13:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI697	GEORGIA: OSCE AND EUMM REPORT RUSSIAN TROOP [...] (C) Summary and Comment. While Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov keeps warning of potential Georgian belligerence on April 9, the view from Tbilsi looks exactly the opposite. OSCE, UNOMIG and EUMM monitors are reporting to us that they do not see a Georgian threat, but they do see a substantial [...]	2009-04-08 14:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
09TBILISI711	GEORGIA: PROTESTS PEACEFUL, OPPOSITION TURNOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The much anticipated April 9 protests proceeded peacefully, lasting about 6 hours from 2pm to 8pm. Non-parliamentary opposition leaders gave President Saakashvili twenty-four hours to resign or they will engage in further actions. The bulk of the protest took place in front [...]	2009-04-10 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI715	GEORGIA: PREVIEW OF FM VASHADZE'S MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) The Secretary's April 14 meeting with Georgian FM Grigol Vashadze will help reassure Tbilisi that efforts to improve relations with Russia will not come at the expense of the U.S.-Georgia relationship. The meeting is an opportunity to recognize the restraint and flexibility Georgia has s [...]	2009-04-13 12:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI716	GEORGIA: PROTESTS CONTINUE DESPITE WANING INTEREST [...] (C) Summary: Protests waned April 10-12 despite the expiration of the non-parliamentary opposition demand that President Saakashvili resign within 24 hours. On Friday, 5,000-8,000 protesters gathered in front of Parliament and then broke into three groups to block traffic and continue rall [...]	2009-04-13 13:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI719	GEORGIA: INCREASED RUSSIAN MILITARY ACTIVITY IN [...] (C) A non-paper passed to the Ambassador on April 11 from the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicates movements of Russian Black Sea naval forces from Sevastopol into the Black Sea. We believe that this information was passed to the Georgians by the Ukrainians. An April 11 report from [...]	2009-04-13 14:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RU GG
09TBILISI728	GEORGIA: PROTESTS TACTICS CHANGE SLIGHTLY, CROWDS [...] (C) Summary: A crowd of roughly 5,000-9,000 gathered in front of Parliament at about 3 pm Monday, April 13 to listen to another round of speeches and take further direction from non-parliamentary opposition leaders. At roughly 5:30 pm, the majority of the crowd (Embassy Observers estimate [...]	2009-04-14 13:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI735	GEORGIA: PROTESTERS BLOCK MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, [...] (C) Summary: Protests on April 14 again drew a modest crowd of 4000 - 6000 protesters. About 500 protesters blocked a major avenue in the heavily trafficked Vake district near Tbilisi State University. At the direction of Levan Gachechiladze (former presidential candidate) and David Gamkr [...]	2009-04-15 13:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI747	GEORGIA: PROTESTS CONTINUE THOUGH CROWD PALTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: The protests waned further on Wednesday, April 15 with only an estimated 1500-2000 protesters in front of Parliament. A small number of protesters (20-30) remained at the Presidential Residence. Approximately 30-40 protesters gathered at the Public Broadcasters building but [...]	2009-04-16 12:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI748	GEORGIA: PUBLIC DEFENDER AND LAWYERS NGO WORK TO [...] (SBU) Summary: As protests drag on in front of Parliament in Tbilisi (ref A),two local organizations continue to monitor the situation. The government's Public Defender's Office (PDO) has maintained its monitoring teams (Ref B) with 24-hour coverage since April 9. The PDO uses uniformd four [...]	2009-04-16 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI750	GEORGIA: ECONOMY 2003 TO 2008 - A CASE STUDY OF [...] (C) Summary and comment. Although often overshadowed by political crisis and conflict over the separatist territories, the Georgian economy has been reformed and developed since the 2003 Rose Revolution. While the August 2008 war with Russia and the ongoing financial crisis continue to pres [...]	2009-04-16 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL RU GG
09TBILISI751	GEORGIA: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 6, 2009, Embassy Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) met with Minister of Justice, Zurab Adeishvili, who stated emphatically that the draft Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) will move forward to second and third readings in the Parliament. Adeishvili stated that despite recent op [...]	2009-04-16 13:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI759	GEORGIA: NON-PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION NIXES [...] (C) Summary: Protests were largely halted over the April 17-20 orthodox Easter holiday weekend with only a symbolic number of protesters in the streets. Despite government and EU representative Peter Semneby's efforts to try to engage the non-parliamentary opposition in talks, on Saturday, [...]	2009-04-21 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI760	GEORGIA SEEKS HELP ON TWO POINTS IN UN NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Nalbandov called in the Ambassador April 21 to request U.S. assistance in encouraging the UN Secretary General (UNSYG) to focus on two particular points as he prepares for discussions on Georgia. First, Nalbandov noted the importance of maintaining a reference to G [...]	2009-04-21 14:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS KPKO GG
09TBILISI769	GEORGIA: NON-PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION VOWS TO MAKE [...] (C) Summary: As the non-parliamentary opposition promised, rallies resumed on Tuesday, April 22 with roughly 5,000 protesters staging in front of Parliament. Levan Gachechiladze vowed to make Tbilisi a "cell" city and the non-parliamentary opposition brought 50-60 fake jail cells and place [...]	2009-04-22 11:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI770	TWO VERY DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE SAME COIN - [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Armenian Georgians living in Samtskhe-Javakheti (S-J) generally want their province to remain as part of Georgia, albeit with tacit recognition by Tbilisi of Armenian as a regional language. For Ethnic Armenian Georgians (or Javakhsi),the grass is indeed not greener on [...]	2009-04-22 11:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SCUL KIRF AM GG
09TBILISI786	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION PROTESTERS INFLATE REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: April 22 press reports that the radical opposition mustered 600-plus vehicles from the regions to join 30,000 protesters in front of Parliament were exaggerated and incorrect. Embassy observers and Ministry of Internal Affairs (MOIA) officials estimated no more than 5,000 prote [...]	2009-04-23 13:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI787	GEORGIA: DEFINING THE ROOTS OF OPPOSITION [...] (C) Introduction and Comment: Beyond the constantly changing parties which define Georgia's opposition inside and outside of parliament, there are four core groups that have fundamentally opposed President Saakashvili since the early days of his tenure in 2004. In large part, these are the [...]	2009-04-23 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
09TBILISI792	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION ENCOURAGES WOMEN PRISON RIOT [...] (C) Summary: Over Orthodox Easter night, April 18-19, approximately 600 women prisoners rioted in Tbilisi's Women's Prison Number Five. They reportedly were upset that they were not granted pardons as part of a general Government pardon of 400 other prisoners throughout the country. Minister [...]	2009-04-24 12:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI795	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION ERECTS MORE "CELLS," PROTESTS' [...] (SBU) Summary: Radical opposition protests continued on April 23 and leaders called upon their dwindling supporters to maintain their presence throughout the weekend. Despite cold rain and meager numbers, the opposition continued to erect more "cells" in the areas surrounding Parliament, the [...]	2009-04-24 13:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
09TBILISI800	GEORGIA: PROTESTS TO CONTINUE BUT STRAINS ARE [...] (C) Summary: Modest numbers of protesters turned out both on Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26 with crowds numbering around 2-3000 and 500-1000 respectively. "Cells" continued to block traffic in front of the Georgia Public Broadcaster (GPB) Building, Freedom Square, the Ministry of [...]	2009-04-27 12:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI808	GEORGIA: FIRST MEETING OF INCIDENT PREVENTION [...] (C) Summary and comment. The first meeting of the Joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (JIPRM) was held on April 23 on the South Ossetian administrative boundary line at Ergneti. The fact the meeting occurred was a minor victory itself, and the parties agreed to hold a subsequent [...]	2009-04-28 13:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI809	GEORGIA: PROTEST UPDATE - NO IDEAS, NO PROTESTERS, [...] (C) Summary: Protests on Monday, April 27 which were supposed to include announcement of a new action plan consisted of no more than 1000 protesters in front of Parliament and a few more scattered at the Presidential Residence, Public Broadcasters Building, State Chancellery, and Freedom Sq [...]	2009-04-28 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI81	GEORGIA: A LOOK INSIDE THE INFLUENTIAL GEORGIAN [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The Georgian Orthodox Church wields a great deal of influence in Georgian society and ON the Georgian Government. Much of the credit goes to the very popular Patriarch Ilia II, who recently II celebrated his 76th birthday and 31 years as Georgia's Catholicos-Patriarch. [...]	2009-01-15 12:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KRF PHUM PGOV RU GG
09TBILISI816	GEORGIA: PROTESTS TO CONTINUE DESPITE HANDSHAKE - [...] (SBU) Summary: Protests were largely abandoned on Tuesday, April 28 as non-parliamentary leaders attended church services for the day of reconciliation. Crowds in front of Parliament were estimated at 500 or less. At a church service led by the Patriarch, that only Irakli Alasani (Allianc [...]	2009-04-29 11:04:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI82	GEORGIA: MOD CLOSE TO SIGNING MOU WITH EUMM [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary and comment. On January 14, Deputy Defense Minister Giorgi Muchaidze summoned PolOff and Acting DATT to explain the government's position on a draft agreement with the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) and seek U.S. comment. T [...]	2009-01-15 14:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KBTS RU GG
09TBILISI827	GEORGIA: PROTESTS STAGNANT - SIGNS OF DESPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Protests continued on Wednesday, April 29 although only about 2000-3000 attended, a number of who appeared to be onlookers enjoying a nice day rather than dedicated supporters. Protest leaders have vowed to continue, but have not articulated a concrete plan. GOG representativ [...]	2009-04-30 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI83	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY AND NON-PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The comments of both Parliamentary and non-Parliamentary opposition leaders indicate that their interests and visions for the near and longer term future continue to diverge. Cooperation between the Parliamentary and non-Parliamentary opposition camps is limited at best. [...]	2009-01-15 14:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI841	GEORGIA: EUMM CONFIRMS COMPLIANCE WITH MOU ON [...] (C) Summary and comment. The EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) released a public statement April 28 announcing the automatic renewal of its MOU with the Georgian Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Georgia's continued compliance with its provisions. The statement notes that the EUMM has not been able to [...]	2009-05-01 14:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS RS GG
09TBILISI842	GEORGIA: PROTESTS CONTINE TO DWINDLE, BUT NO END [...] (SBU) Summary: Non-parliamentary opposition leaders addressed a crowd of about 1500 in front of Parliament on Thursday, April 30 and announced their plan to picket the Public Broadcasters Building starting at 9:00 am on May 1. Nino Burjanadze stated that the opposition needed to take more e [...]	2009-05-01 14:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI843	GEORGIA: DFM NALBANDOV ON UN, OSCE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov summoned the Ambassador April 29 to request further U.S. help in encouraging the UN Secretary General to title his report "Situation in Abkhazia, Georgia." He also identified particular redlines for Georgia in the negotiations for a new [...]	2009-05-01 14:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE GR RS KZ GG
09TBILISI847	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT PLEDGES CONTINUED RESTRAINT ON [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili and Deputy FM Giga Bokeria both assured the Ambassador during separate meetings May 1 that the Government would be patient with the demonstrators and that no force would be used against them. Merabishvili also agreed that there wo [...]	2009-05-04 12:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI849	GEORGIAN PM SAYS TURKMEN INTERESTED IN WESTERN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL RU AZ GG
09TBILISI850	GEORGIA: PROTESTS CONTINUE - NO NEGOTIATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Protests continued through the weekend although crowds only numbered around 500-1500. Roads remained blocked by "cells" and the opposition announced that more disruptions are being planned. A May 2 concert featuring Levan Gachechiladze's brother, Utsnobi ("Unknown" or "Anonym [...]	2009-05-04 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI857	GEORGIAN FORCES IN CONTROL OF MILITARY BASE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MOIA) reported that at 1440 local time the mutineers at the Mukhravani military base surrendered. The soldiers involved have surrendered and laid down their weapons and the MOIA is in control of the base. According to the media, President Saak [...]	2009-05-05 12:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RRB GA
09TBILISI858	GEORGIA: ESCALATION OF PROTESTS POSTPONED AFTER [...] (C) Summary: The non-parliamentary opposition told the press that it intends to escalate the protests by blocking major roads into Tbilisi between 4pm and 5pm local time on Tuesday, May 5. Non-parliamentary leaders intend to give President Saakashvili 72 hours to resign or else they will c [...]	2009-05-05 13:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI865	GEORGIA: MUTINY DISRUPTS PROTESTS - FALLOUT UNCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The mutiny of a tank battalion at Mukhrovani base forced the non-parliamentary opposition to scratch plans for a temporary blockade of major roads leading in and out of Tbilisi from 4pm - 5pm May 5. The non-parliamentary opposition, including Irakli Alasania, responded to the m [...]	2009-05-06 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI866	GEORGIA: FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS ON MUTINY [...] (C) Summary. On May 5, Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze briefed the diplomatic corps on the attempted mutiny earlier in the day, which ended peacefully. He offered additional details on the event itself, which he described as designed to disrupt the NATO Partnership for Peace exercise; he and [...]	2009-05-07 04:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI875	GEORGIA: PROTESTERS TRY TO ENTER POLICE STATION, [...] (C) Summary: Georgian non-parliamentary opposition protests turned violent, May 6 when Giorgi Gachechiladze (a pop singer known as "Utsnobi" - "Anonymous"),his brother Levan Gachechiladze and other radical opposition leaders lead a group of protesters from Parliament to Digomi police stati [...]	2009-05-07 12:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI876	GEORGIA: IRI FOCUS GROUPS PROVIDE INSIGHT ON [...] (C) Summary: The International Republican Institute (IRI) ran a series of focus groups May 4-5 in Tbilisi to gauge political opinion on the ongoing opposition-led protests and domestic political environment. The groups consisted of eight people each with one group being pro-government ("pr [...]	2009-05-07 14:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI89	GEORGIA: NINO BURJANADZE FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The transition from being Speaker of Parliament and interim President to being one of many in a marginalized non-Parliamentary opposition has been a difficult one for Nino Burjanadze. Burjanadze has been unable to garner much more than a meager level of public support s [...]	2009-01-16 13:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI894	GEORGIA: PROTESTS - OPPOSITION APPEARS TO STEP [...] (C) Summary: On May 7, a day after violence erupted when opposition protesters charged a police station, non-parliamentary opposition leaders indicated a new willingness to engage in dialogue, although they did not present a united message. Irakli Alasania (Alliance) called for dialogue wi [...]	2009-05-08 13:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI899	GEORGIA: PROTESTS: NEGOTIATIONS TO BEGIN [...] (C) Summary: Protests continued through the weekend, bu with no major incidents. The one month anniversary of the start of the protests on Saturday, May 9 drew what might have been as many as 15,000 protesters on a beautiful sunny day. On Friday, May 8, Speaker Bakradze met with a group of [...]	2009-05-11 12:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI90	GEORGIA: PRIME MINISTER ILL, AND RUMORED TO BE [...] (C) Summary: After undergoing several weeks of medical treatment in Germany, Prime Minister Grigol Mgaloblishvili returned to Tbilisi following the Georgian Orthodox Christmas holiday. Throughout his absence, rumors circulated in the capitol, despite denials by President Saakashvili, that Mg [...]	2009-01-16 13:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON GG
09TBILISI906	GEORGIA: PROTESTS - SAAKASHVILI MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Saakashvili met separately with both the non-parliamentary and parliamentary opposition May 11. The non-parliamentary meeting reached no public agreement other than a commitment by some in the non-parliamentary opposition to continue to talk. Nonetheless, privately [...]	2009-05-12 14:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI907	GEORGIAN ECONOMY WORSENS, BUDGET CRISIS POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Buffeted by the global economic crisis and domestic political instability, the Georgian economy is in decline. The economy constricted 6.5 percent in the first quarter of 2009, and initial April numbers are not promising. Remittances from abroad, especially Russia, have decline [...]	2009-05-12 15:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL GG
09TBILISI908	GEORGIA: EU DISCUSSIONS REGARDING EUMM'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary and comment. According to EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) Head of Mission Haber, EU member states do not have a clear vision of the EUMM in the future. The mission will almost surely be extended for a year, but some elements in the EU would prefer to see it end at that point. Assumi [...]	2009-05-12 15:13:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS RS GG
09TBILISI909	GEORGIA: PROTESTS - SOME BLUSTER, LITTLE ACTION [...] (C) Summary: A small crowd of 2000-2500 appeared in front of Parliament Tuesday May, 12 for what was scheduled to be a major announcement on the non-parliamentary opposition's new action plan in response to their meeting with Saakashvili. No announcement of blocking roads or other near ter [...]	2009-05-13 13:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI911	GEORGIA: ALASANIA LEANS TOWARDS DIALOGUE; [...] (C) Summary: Only about 500 protesters attended the meeting in front of Parliament on May 13. Irakli Alasania (Alliance),who did not attend the meeting at Parliament on Wednesday, announced separately that his supporters would not continue to block the road in front of the Georgian Public [...]	2009-05-14 11:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI920	GEORGIA: PROTESTS - NON-PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The non-parliamentary opposition's pledge to unblock the road in front of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) was rescinded, then reinstated and finally implemented early May 14. The back and forth highlighted the now open and obvious rift within the leadership of the non-par [...]	2009-05-15 11:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI923	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA SNUBS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary and comment. South Ossetian de facto authorities' willingness to cooperate with the international community -- meager as it was -- took several steps backward in recent days. On May 7, they blocked the second meeting of the Incident Prevention Mechanism; on May 5, they blocked a [...]	2009-05-15 14:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI924	GEORGIA: ARRIVAL OF RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS IN [...] (C) Summary and comment. Two agreements signed April 30 by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Abkhaz and South Ossetian de facto "presidents" Sergey Bagapsh and Eduard Kokoity on "joint efforts for protection of state borders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia," has further reinforced Russian c [...]	2009-05-15 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PBTS PGOV PREL MARR MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI932	GEORGIA: PROTESTS QUIET OVER THE WEEKEND [...] (C) Summary: Only about 1000 protesters showed up on Saturday and Sunday in front of Parliament. The non-parliamentary opposition announced its plans to hold rallies in all of Georgia to prove to President Saakashvili that the whole country demanded his resignation. The non-parliamentary [...]	2009-05-18 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI937	GEORGIA: PROTESTS: NOT MUCH NEW IN OPPOSITION'S [...] (C) Summary: The non-parliamentary opposition responded to the GoG's offer of dialogue on six concrete points with six proposals of its own, with a deadline of May 26 for implementation. The non-parliamentary offer is still calling for new presidential and parliamentary elections this year, [...]	2009-05-19 14:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI94	GEORGIA: MFA REQUESTS INFO RE U.S. APPROACH TO [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 4. 2. (C) DFM Nalbandov called in DCM January 20, 2009, to request an update on the USG's approach to the upcoming UNOMIG renewal discussion in New York. Joined by former NSC Secretary (and Georgia's next Ambassador to the UN) Lomaia, Nalba [...]	2009-01-20 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN GG RU
09TBILISI940	GEORGIA: PROTESTS - FURTHER SIGNS OF OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: A small group of protesters blocked the main road to the Tbilisi International Airport in front of the new Ministry of Internal Affairs building for about 45 minutes on May 19. Other protest leaders addressed a small crowd in front of Parliament. Salome Zourabichvili (Georgia [...]	2009-05-20 13:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI942	GEORGIA: SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT UN REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary and comment. The Georgian Government has made clear, both publicly and privately, its discontent with the UN Secretary General (UNSYG)'s report on Abkhazia, Georgia. It perceives both the title and key elements of the report's substance as a capitulation to Russian pressure, as evi [...]	2009-05-20 14:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KBTS RS GG
09TBILISI945	GEORGIA: PROTESTS GEARING UP FOR MAY 26 [...] (C) Summary: Protests remained small on May 20. Utsnobi (Giorgi Gachechiladze) performed a rally concert in Batumi to kick off the non-parliamentary opposition's plan to bring "all of Georgia" to Tbilisi for a May 26 rally (independence day parade). Post heard payments to protesters have r [...]	2009-05-21 11:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI951	GEORGIA: SHOOT OUT WITH AT-LARGE MUTINY SUSPECTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-21 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
09TBILISI952	GEORGIA: SECURITY SITUATION AT THE MTSKHETA [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary and Comment. The radioactive storage facility in Mtskheta, the permanent storage facility in Georgia for disused radioactive sources, is in need of a strengthened security guard presence, according to local experts and pol [...]	2009-05-21 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC KCRM PARM PINR GG
09TBILISI956	GEORGIA: DASD WARLICK'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Mary Warlick, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 8 with Deputy Foreign Minister Giga Bokeria to discuss bilateral issues and review military assistance programs. The meeting provided an opportunity for Bokeria to discuss the ongoing polit [...]	2009-05-22 10:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
09TBILISI957	GEORGIA PROTESTS: QUIET TALKS ONGOING - WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: A small group of protesters locked the major roads on both sides of the river that flows through downtown Tbilisi for roughly 40 minutes May 21 prompting an angry response from motorists that was widely covered in the press. Non-parliamentary opposition rallies in Zugdidi and [...]	2009-05-22 11:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI96	GEORGIA: WINTER LULL IN INCIDENTS ABRUPTLY ENDS [...] (C) Summary and comment. After a few weeks of relative calm over the holidays -- which saw several attacks, but no injuries -- a number of serious incidents occurred along the administrative boundaries with South Ossetia and Abkhazia in recent days. On January 16 a Georgan police officer was [...]	2009-01-20 14:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KBTS RU GG
09TBILISI961	GEORGIA: INJURED MUTINY ORGANIZERS STABLE, [...] (C) Summary. The two mutiny suspects detained following a firefight yesterday, Levan Amiridze and Koba Otanadze, remain in stable condition in a government-controlled hospital, according to the press. According to the Ombudsman,s Office, Otanadze,s brother Nugzar Otanadze was arrested two w [...]	2009-05-22 15:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
09TBILISI968	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION PROMISED SURPRISES - PATRIARCH [...] (C) Summary: On Georgian Independence Day, May 26, the non-parliamentary opposition drew its largest crowd since beginning protests on April 9. Between 45,000-50,000 rallied at Dynamo Stadium, where various non-parliamentary opposition leaders spoke to a largely subdued audience. Only sing [...]	2009-05-27 12:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI97	GEORGIA: MINISTER OF ENERGY ON ENGURI AO DEAL, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Energy Alexander Khetaguri provided the Ambassador with more details and his private thoughts on the recent deal to enter into a joint management agreement for the Enguri power facility with Russian firm InterRAO-UES (ref A). Despite the negative press the Minister [...]	2009-01-20 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL RU GG
09TBILISI972	GEORGIA: PROTESTS SMALL - QUIET [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On May 27, a day after large scale demonstrations, only a small group of protesters numbering roughly 1000-1500 gathered in front of Parliament. The crowd listened to largely subdued speeches by non-parliamentary leaders who have decided to continue protests in sp [...]	2009-05-28 11:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI979	GEORGIA: PATRIARCHATE BACKTRACKS - VIOLENCE ERUPTS [...] (C) Summary: A group of about 500 protesters picketed the Mayor's office on May 28 from about noon until 3pm. The rally with about 1000-2000 protesters reconvened for a concert in front of Parliament later that evening. Violence erupted around 9pm local time when protesters allegedly atta [...]	2009-05-29 12:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI980	GEORGIA: UK FCO DIRECTOR ON ABKHAZIA TRIP, NEED [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Tbilisi, Michael Davenport, Director of the Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia Directorate at the British FCO, urged the United States to set a clear example for the international community on how to move forward on Georgia, in particular with regard to Rus [...]	2009-05-29 12:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09TBILISI982	GEORGIA: CONTROVERSY OVER MAY 31 ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary and comment. On the eve of May 31 parliamentary elections in South Ossetia, controversy has erupted over the electoral system and establishment of political parties by the "de facto" administration. While Russian officials and South Ossetian "de facto" administration officials cl [...]	2009-05-29 14:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KBDS RU GG
09TBILISI999	GEORGIA: WEEKEND PROTESTS QUIET - CELLS REMOVED AS [...] (SBU) Summary: A small crowd of 1500 rallied on May 29 the day after scuffles along Rustaveli Avenue turned violent injuring 14, including eight policemen. A similarly small crowd rallied May 30; only a crowd of about 400-500 rallied May 31. Cells were cleared from Freedom Square overnight [...]	2009-06-01 12:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TEGUCIGALPA1000	TFH01: CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador spoke to President Zelaya early on the morning of October 1. They discussed the recent OAS efforts to promote a national dialogue. Zelaya proposed a three-point agenda for the talks, which he hoped could be started next week to coincide with the arrival of the OAS [...]	2009-10-02 02:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA101	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEWLY ELECTED CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on newly-elected Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Rivera Aviles on February 11. Rivera discussed his priority goals of reducing case backlogs and increasing the efficiency of oral case procedures. The Ambassador and Rivera agreed that organized crime and drug t [...]	2009-02-17 14:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOVE KCRM EFIN EAID EINV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1010	TFH01: AMBASSADOR MEETS OAS POLITICAL SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary for Political Affairs Victor Rico, in an October 3 meeting, discussed parties to include in the OAS-sponsored negotiations that will be held in Tegucigalpa the week of October 5. Rico told the Ambassador that the [...]	2009-10-05 18:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1011	TFH01: OAS REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS G-16 [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador John Biehl of the Organization of American States (OAS) told the G-16 donors group on October 2 that a delegation of OAS Foreign Ministers will visit Honduras on October 7. Biehl said he is optimistic that progress is being made toward finding a solution to Honduras' [...]	2009-10-05 19:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1014	TFH01: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Summary: On October 5, the Ambassador spoke to President Zelaya and reviewed the status of efforts to kick-start negotiations with the Micheletti side. Somewhat more upbeat than in the recent past, Zelaya said he hoped talks could be started this week. He expressed a willingness [...]	2009-10-06 00:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1020	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BRIEF G-16 [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidates Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo of the National Party, Felicito Avila of the Christian Democratic Party and Bernard Martinez of the Social Democratic Innovation and Unity Party (PINU) all told the G-16 donors' group that the internati [...]	2009-10-08 00:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1034	TFHO1: OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS DELEGATION BRINGS TWO [...] (C) Summary: The visit to Honduras of a high-level delegation of OAS member country foreign ministers and other high-level member state government officials, including WHA A/S Tom Shannon, on October 7-8 provided a space for negotiations to resume between teams representing deposed President Z [...]	2009-10-09 19:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1035	TFH01: DIALOGUE OF GUYAMURAS: UPDATE ON OAS [...] (C) Summary: The formal negotiations launched by the OAS Foreign Ministers have gotten off to a smoother start than expected. Beginning on October 7, both commissions, with support from an OAS secretarial team, have held daily sessions and have been able to achieve agreement or concurred on m [...]	2009-10-09 21:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1038	TFH01: OAS BRIEFS G-16 ON FM DELEGATION VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Organization of American States (OAS) Special Envoy Ambassador John Biehl told the G-16 donors' group on October 8 that earlier in the day the commission of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to the ongoing OAS-sponsored negotiations had threatened to pull out of the talks. The [...]	2009-10-09 23:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1042	TFH01: DIALOGUE OF GUYAMURAS: UPDATE EVENING OF [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, Minister of Governance Victor Meza who headed President Zelaya's negotiating team in the OAS supported Guaymuras Dialogue, briefed the Ambassador on their planned strategy for the talks. He said that the Zelaya side would continue to seek a consensus on the basic [...]	2009-10-13 21:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1048	TFH01: GUAYMURAS DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. The commissions representing the de facto regime and President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya at the Guaymuras dialogue reached agreement on all articles of the San Jose Accord on October 14, which would require Congress to decide on restoration of officials to their pre-coup positions [...]	2009-10-15 19:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1049	TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador urged the Liberal and National party presidential candidates on October 15 to issue a statement in support of the decision by the commissions to the Guaymuras negotiations to refer the Guaymuras Agreement to the Congress, which would be able to consult with other i [...]	2009-10-16 15:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1050	TFHO1: POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Allegations continue of human rights violations following the September 26 decree that severely limited civil liberties and remains in effect, despite an announcement by the de facto regime on October 5 that it would be abrogated. The pro-Zelaya radio and television stations closed under [...]	2009-10-16 16:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1051	ZELAYA NEGOTIATORS BELIEVE AGREEMENT NEAR [...] (C) Summary. Negotiators for President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya expressed optimism that an agreement on the Guaymuras accords would be reached October 16, in a meeting that morning with the Ambassador and DCM. Zelaya negotiators Minister of Governance Victor Meza and Rodil Rivera Rodil told the A [...]	2009-10-16 17:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1057	TFH01: GUAYMURAS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. There is agreement on all provisions of the Guaymuras Accord, except for the restoration of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. The Zelaya commission to the negotiations tabled a proposal on October 16 providing that the agreement would be sent to the Congress for approval, but [...]	2009-10-20 00:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1058	TFH01: BUSINESS LEADERS LUKEWARM ON POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: At an October 17 meeting, leading members of the business community told the Ambassador and OAS Ambassador John Biehl that they had reservations about a proposed political accord that was agreed upon by representatives of both President Zelaya and the de facto regime before bei [...]	2009-10-20 00:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM HO OAS
09TEGUCIGALPA1071	ZELAYA'S CHIEF NEGOTIATOR SAYS DE FACTOS JUST [...] (C) Summary. Victor Meza, Minister of Governance and Justice, told the Ambassador on October 20 that he is pessimistic that a negotiated solution will be found, but that the Zelaya camp has not given up and remains open to dialogue. Meza said that while chances for signature of the Guaymuras [...]	2009-10-21 15:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1078	TFH01: AMBASSADOR AND G-16 MEET WITH FRIENDS OF [...] (C) Summary. A delegation of the Friends of the Democratic Charter are visiting Honduras October 22-24. The Ambassador and members of his staff met with the delegation on October 22. The Ambassador hosted the G-16 donors group at his Residence the same day for a meeting with the delegation [...]	2009-10-23 19:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1081	TFH01: INVESTMENT FOUNDATION LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Foundation for Investment and Development of Exports (FIDE),Honduras's leading business foundation, is grappling with the challenge of how to market Honduras to investors in light of the ongoing political crisis. FIDE's Executive President, Vilma Sierra de Fonseca, told the [...]	2009-10-23 22:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1083	TFH01: EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA SUPPORTS BRAZILIAN [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian Charge expressed gratitude for USG intervention to stop the loud music and animal sounds targeted at Brazil's Embassy in Tegucigalpa. Since ousted Honduran President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya took residence at their Embassy on September 21, Embassy Tegucigalpa has been provi [...]	2009-10-24 00:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1087	TFH01: FRUSTRATED PRO-ZELAYA RESISTANCE OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary. Pro-Zelaya resistance movement leaders told the Ambassador on October 23 that, although the Guaymuras negotiations seem to have run their course, they remain open to proposals to resolve the country's crisis. They said resistance movement members are frustrated and some want to [...]	2009-10-28 02:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1101	TFH01: WHA A/S SHANNON'S OCTOBER 28 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: A/S Shannon, accompanied by WHA PDAS Craig Kelly, NSC's Dan Restrepo and the Ambassador, held a frank, open exchange of views on the current state of negotiations in Honduras with deposed President Zelaya at the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa October 28. A/S Shannon emphasized [...]	2009-11-03 20:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1102	MEETING WITH A/S SHANNON: BUSINESS LEADERS EXPRESS [...] (C) Summary: At a breakfast with A/S Shannon and his delegation, business leaders expressed support for a negotiated political settlement. They said that Honduras had been hard-hit by the global economic downturn and that the crisis had exacerbated the situation. While the business leader [...]	2009-11-03 23:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1103	TFH01: TEGUCIGALPA/SAN JOSE AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Craig Kelly, and National Security Council Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs during an October 28-30 trip to Honduras met with President Jose Manu [...]	2009-11-03 23:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO

09TEGUCIGALPA1107	TFHO1: WHA A/S SHANNON MEETINGS WITH DE FACTO [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Thomas Shannon, accompanied by WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Craig Kelly, National Security Council Senior Advisor for Western Hemisphere Affairs Daniel Restrepo, and the Ambassador met on O [...]	2009-11-05 14:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1118	SECRETARY SOLIS VISITS HONDURAS TO INAUGURATE [...] (C) Summary: The inauguration of the Verification Commission to monitor Honduras's political accord took place on November 3 during a two-day visit by its two international commissioners, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos. The visit took place under [...]	2009-11-06 21:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM PHUM HO US CI OAS
09TEGUCIGALPA1119	HONDURAS ELECTIONS: WHAT WE ARE WATCHING [...] (C) Summary: Due to the political crisis, the Honduran election season has effectively been truncated to a one-month campaign period from the signing of the Tegucigalpa/San Jose Agreement October 30 to election day November 29. The crisis has changed the elections landscape in many ways, most [...]	2009-11-06 21:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1120	TFH01: DRL VISIT & UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CASES [...] (C) Summary. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deskoff visited Honduras October 13-20 and met with a broad spectrum of Honduran society to observe first hand the human rights situation following the June 28 coup d'etat. Post has confirmed that the October 17 death of union pr [...]	2009-11-06 21:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1121	TFHO1: UPDATE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables regarding meetings held by Poloff and visiting DRL Deskoff October 13-20 to obtain a better understanding of the human rights situation in Honduras since the June 28 coup d'etat. DRL Deskoff and Poloff met with Cesar and Yani Rosenthal, own [...]	2009-11-06 21:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1123	HTF01: VIEWS OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY ABOUT THE COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of cables regarding meetings held by Poloff and visiting DRL Deskoff October 13-20 to obtain a better understanding of the human rights situation in Honduras since the June 28 coup d'etat. On October 14, DRL Deskoff and Poloff met Monsignor Juan Jose [...]	2009-11-06 21:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1124	EFFORTS TO GET TEGUCIGALPA/SAN JOSE AGREEMENT BACK [...] (C) Summary. President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced on November 6 that de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti had violated the letter and spirit of the Tegucigalpa/San Jose Accord and that it was defunct due to the failure to establish a government of national unity and reconciliation [...]	2009-11-07 02:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1128	TFH01: IMPACT OF THE COUP ON INDIGENOUS AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary. This is the fourth in a series of cables regarding meetings held by Poloff and visiting DRL Deskoff October 13-20 to obtain a better understanding of the human rights situation in Honduras since the June 28 coup d'etat. A young member of the Garifuna community, Luis Norales, told [...]	2009-11-09 17:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1130	TFH01: A/S SHANNON URGES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Thomas Shannon urged the presidential candidates at an October 28 dinner to play a leading role in the quest for a solution to their country's political crisis. Organization of American States (OAS) Politica [...]	2009-11-10 00:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1138	TFHO1: ZELAYA UNWILLING TO RETURN TO SAN JOSE - [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and DCM met with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya November 9 in an attempt to convince him to continue to participate in the process set up by the San Jose - Tegucigalpa Accord (TSJA),specifically to participate in the naming of a government of national unity. Zelaya [...]	2009-11-12 18:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1139	TFH01: FINANCIAL INVESTIGATORS DISCUSS DISMISSALS [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, two former senior government financial investigators have approached us separately to tell us that they had been dismissed by the de facto regime. Both of them attributed their dismissal at least in part to the regime's lack of interest in investigating financ [...]	2009-11-12 18:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON PHUM ELAB EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1140	TFHO1: ZELAYA UNWILLING TO RETURN TO SAN JOSE - [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 20:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1152	TFH01: WHA PDAS KELLY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Craig Kelly met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his close advisors during a November 10-11 visit to Honduras to put implementation of the Tegucigalpa/San Jose Agreement back on track. While Zelaya maintained that elec [...]	2009-11-13 22:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1154	TFH01: WHA PDAS KELLY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Craig Kelly met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his close advisors during a November 10-11 visit to Honduras to put implementation of the Tegucigalpa/San Jose Agreement back on track. While Zelaya maintained that elec [...]	2009-11-13 23:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1155	TFH01: INVESTMENT MANAGER SAYS HONDURAS IS [...] (C) Summary: A representative of the British investment management company Ashmore Investment Management Ltd. told the Economic Counselor that his company is considering issuing the de facto regime a $100 million bridge loan, which would be tied to the issuance of a USD 500 million dollar-d [...]	2009-11-14 00:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID HO UK
09TEGUCIGALPA1170	TFH01: LIBERAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ELVIN [...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party candidate Elvin Santos held a two-digit lead in the polls before the June 28 coup. Since then, he has been trailing National Party candidate Porfifio "Pepe" Lobo. The coup led to the fracture of the Liberal Party, which has hurt Santos. Santos, who served as Vice [...]	2009-11-17 22:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1183	TFHO1: PDAS KELLY PRESSES BUSINESS LEADERS TO URGE [...] (C) Summary: During a November 18 meeting, business leaders Amilcar Bulnes and Norman Garcia told Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Craig Kelly and the Ambassador that they had attended a meetings the week before at which leading Hondurans had urged de fact [...]	2009-11-19 21:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1184	TFH01: WHA PDAS KELLY'S NOVEMBER 17 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Craig Kelly and Ambassador Llorens met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his close advisors during a November 17-18 visit to Honduras in support of Tegucigalpa - San Jose Accord implementation. With restitution before el [...]	2009-11-19 21:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1189	TFH01: MICHELETTI ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY ABSENCE [...] (C) Summary: De facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti announced on November 19 his intention to temporarily step aside for the period November 25-December 2 in order to give the country time to reflect. Micheletti urged all Hondurans to vote in the general election scheduled for November 29. [...]	2009-11-20 02:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1192	TFH01: NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PEPE [...] (C) Summary. National Party candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo is the presidential candidate who, two weeks away from election day, polls suggest is on track to win the election scheduled for November 29. Lobo's pledge to Hondurans is that he will improve families' finances, generate employment [...]	2009-11-20 16:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1195	TFH01: EFFORTS TO FORM UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. Organization of American States (OAS) Envoy Octavio Bordon, along with Zelaya advisors Jorge Arturo Reina, Victor Meza, Rodil Rivera, and Mayra Mejia told the Ambassador on November 20 that the best solution to the political crisis at this juncture would be re-engagement in the s [...]	2009-11-21 00:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1196	TFH01: ZELAYA ADVISORS ACKNOWLEDGE PRAGMATISM ON [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with top Zelaya advisors Jorge Arturo Reina, Rodil Rivera Rodil and Victor Meza on November 19. Key to the discussion was Zelaya's expressed willingness in the November 17 meeting to accept a post-election restoration vote in the Congress. The Ambassador expl [...]	2009-11-21 00:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1200	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MEXICAN A/S FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 00:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1201	TFH01: ZELAYA WILL NOT ACCEPT UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Four senior advisors to President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya told the Ambassador, DCM and OAS negotiator Ambassador Octavio Bordon that Zelaya would not accept a unity government until he was reinstated as president, in a November 21 meeting. The four advisors, Arturo Reina, Rodil Rivera Rodil, [...]	2009-11-24 17:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1202	TFH01: UD PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE STAYS IN RACE [...] (C) Summary. The small UD party, which has 120 candidates for congress and 265 candidates for mayor, held an assembly on November 21 at which it decided overwhelmingly not to withdraw its candidates from the general election to be held on November 29. Cesar Ham, the UD's presidential candidat [...]	2009-11-24 23:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1203	PRO-ZELAYA RESISTANCE FEARS ELECTIONS MAY BE [...] (C) Summary. The pro-Zelaya resistance movement has told its supporters not to vote in the general election scheduled for November 29 if President Zelaya is not restored to office. The resistance does not believe it will be possible to hold credible elections while the de facto regime remains [...]	2009-11-25 01:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1205	TFH01: ELECTIONS AND THE PROSPECT FOR DISRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Continued opposition to elections by supporters of President Zelaya coupled with technical weaknesses in the electoral authorities' reporting system keep open the possibility that the November 29 elections could be disrupted in a few of Honduras' 18 departments, though a nationwid [...]	2009-11-26 00:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1206	TFHO1: POSITIONS OF MULTILATERALS ON REENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Following the signing of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord on October 30, the U.S. Treasury Resident Advisor met with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank representatives to learn their perspectives on reengagement with a possible government of national unity [...]	2009-11-26 00:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1207	TFH01: UPDATE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION PRE-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The Embassy has been at the forefront to pressure the de facto National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) to take seriously an investigation of interference of the signal of anti-coup Channel 36 television station. On November 23, the de facto head of CONATEL, Miguel Rodas [...]	2009-11-26 00:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1209	TFHO1: NATIONAL PARTY ECONOMIC ADVISORS OUTLINE [...] (C) Summary: Members of the National Party economic team met with Embassy officers on November 24 to discuss the economic policies of the party, which led in the polls as the November 29 election approached. Job creation programs and assistance to poor families are key priorities, but the p [...]	2009-11-27 17:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV SOCI PREL KDEM
09TEGUCIGALPA1212	SCENESETTER FOR THE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Honduras will hold a general election on November 29 with more than 15,000 candidates running for about 2,900 elected positions, including the presidency, all 128 congressional seats, and 298 mayoralties. The scheduling of the election pre-dates the June 28 coup and the election [...]	2009-11-27 19:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1213	TFH01: ATTEMPT TO REACTIVATE VERIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador attempted to informally gather together on November 26 the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord negotiators for both President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti, along with representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS) in [...]	2009-11-27 19:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1223	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya discussed the results of the general elections. Zelaya believes turn out was minimal and that the process had not been credible. The Ambassador countered by passing on the data available suggesting that the process had been free [...]	2009-11-30 20:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1226	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HONDURAN ELECTIONS WITH [...] (C) On the morning of November 30, the Ambassador spoke to Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and discussed the results of the Honduran elections. The Ambassador told Arias that the election process had gone smoothly and praised the Supreme Elections Tribunal for an outstanding organizational [...]	2009-11-30 22:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1229	TFH01: CANADA CALLS FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary. Non-resident Canadian Ambassador to Honduras Neil Reeder told the Ambassador on November 28 that Canada will monitor the November 29 general election to determine if it is free and fair and will observe the events that transpire the week of November 30 before deciding whether to [...]	2009-11-30 22:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1231	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT PEPE LOBO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and President-elect Lobo met on November 30. Both discussed the positive results of the elections. The Ambassador briefed Lobo on the continued U.S. approach post-election that included implementation of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord. They reviewed prospects fo [...]	2009-12-01 00:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1236	TFHO1: DONORS PRAISE ELECTIONS AND DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Participants in a November 30 meeting of the G-16 donor group were uniformly impressed by how well the November 29 elections had gone. In a briefing to the group, a representative of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) said that he had monitored every election since 1993 an [...]	2009-12-02 14:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL ECON PGOV PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1240	TFH01: PRO-COUP OPINIONS ON THE NOQH COAST AND [...] (C) This is the fifth and final cable in a series regarding meetings held by Poloff and visiting DRL Deskoff October 13-20 to obtain a better understanding of the human rights situation in Honduras since the June 28 coup d'etat. DRL Deskoff and Poloff met on October 13 with three members of th [...]	2009-12-02 22:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO PHUM
09TEGUCIGALPA1245	TFH01: AMBASSADOR AND CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Cardinal Andrews Rodriguez met on December 1 and discussed the current situation in Honduras. Both agreed that the Honduran elections had been free, fair and transparent, and that both the Supreme elections Tribunal and the Honduran people deserved great credi [...]	2009-12-03 21:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1254	TFHO1: POLITICAL CRISIS LEADS TO STEEP DROP IN AIR [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 22:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC CVIS EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HO
09TEGUCIGALPA127	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEWLY APPOINTED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with newly appointed Defense Minister Edmundo Orellana on February 12, and discussed their mutual concern over the ungoverned spaces in the Mosquitia, Honduras' cooperation with Nicaragua, arms destruction, the Honduran Armed Forces' (HOAF) involvement in inter [...]	2009-02-27 16:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA128	IRANIAN VISIT TO HONDURAS CANCELED BY PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 16:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1287	TFHO1: POLITICAL CRISIS LEADS TO STEEP DROP IN AIR [...] (SBU) Summary. EconCouns and EconOffs met with local representatives from Continental, American and Delta Airlines to gauge the overall health of the airline industry in light of the international economic downturn and the Honduran political crisis. Representatives of all three airlines said [...]	2009-12-14 22:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EAID EFIN EINV ETRD CASC CVIS PGOV
09TEGUCIGALPA1289	STATE OF PLAY ON ZELAYA'S DEPARTURE [...] (C) Summary: Efforts are ongoing to find a solution permitting the departure of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya from Honduras. Some regime hard-liners are urging de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti to extract as many concessions as possible from Zelaya before allowing his departure. [...]	2009-12-15 00:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1310	UD LEADERS SEEKS SOLUTION FOR PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] (C) Summary: Cesar Ham, the Democratic Unification (UD) party's candidate for president in the November 29 general election, would be willing to consider joining president-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo's cabinet if Lobo helps find a solution that allows President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to leav [...]	2009-12-18 22:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1311	CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The members of congress elected on November 29 will take office on January 25. Two days before, on January 23, they will elect their executive board (president, vice presidents, and secretaries). Rumors have begun about who will be elected to the powerful position of president of [...]	2009-12-18 23:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1321	LOBO ECONOMIC ADVISOR SEEKS INFORMAL TALKS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Maria Elena Mondragon, an economic advisor on President-elect Pepe Lobo's transition team, told the Economic Counselor on December 17 that the new government will urgently need international assistance, including budget support and technical advice. She said that informal talks [...]	2009-12-23 17:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL HO IMF
09TEGUCIGALPA1328	LETTER FROM PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (U) The Ambassador on December 28 received a letter dated December 22 from President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo to President Obama. An informal Embassy translation of the letter is provided in paragraph 2. Embassy will fax the original Spanish text to WHA/CEN and to the NSC. 2. (SBU) Begi [...]	2009-12-28 22:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PGOV PREL KDEM OVIP HO
09TEGUCIGALPA148	IMF PESSIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR A STANDBY [...] (C) Summary: An International Monetary Fund team has been in Tegucigalpa the past two weeks conducting Article IV consultations. In an out-brief meeting, they told us that the Honduran government,s unwillingness to allow for exchange rate flexibility makes the extension of the Stand by Arran [...]	2009-03-06 20:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EAGR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA149	PRESIDENT ZELAYA MEETS FIDEL AND SPEAKS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Zelaya concluded his three-day visit to Cuba March 4 with a reported meeting with Fidel Castro, who he described as lucid and well. Zelaya traveled to Cuba to attend the 11th International Encounter of Economists on Globalization and Development problems, before which [...]	2009-03-06 20:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN CU HO
09TEGUCIGALPA15	HONDURAS: SUPREME COURT SELECTION PITS CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Honduran Congress will select the fifteen magistrates who will constitute the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) for the next seven years on January 25, after a process that, while by no means perfect, will have been the most open, transparent selection process for high governmen [...]	2009-01-08 22:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA180	COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT URIBE RECEIVED WITH HIGHEST [...] (U) Summary: President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe's arrived in Honduras amongst great fanfare with his plane being escorted to the landing strip in San Pedro Sula by Honduras' squadron of F-5s. He was honored by the Mayor with the keys to the city and received the highest possible decorations b [...]	2009-03-17 01:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD CO HO
09TEGUCIGALPA186	UPDATE ON HONDURAN ELECTIONS: NATIONAL PARTY [...] (U) Five hundred principal delegates and 500 alternates attended the National Party's annual convention on March 14. While unity was the main theme, Mario Canahuati, a losing candidate for the party's presidential nomination, did not attend. The party re-confirmed Lobo as its Presidential can [...]	2009-03-18 14:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI EFIN EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA187	(U) 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (C-AL9-00153) [...] (U) This cable is in response to reftel demarche regarding Honduras' participation in the Summit of the Americas. 2. (U) Poloff met with Jose Lorenzana, the Director of Multilateral Affairs at the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss GOH's aspirations and plans for the Summit of [...]	2009-03-18 14:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA2	ZELAYA EXECUTIVE DECREE FOR 1980S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced the formation of a National Program of Reparations on December 10, the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. The program will compensate victims and the family members of victims who were the victims of human rights violations in the p [...]	2009-01-06 12:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA210	ZELAYA CALLS FOR OPINION POLL ON CONSTIUTENT [...] (C) Summary: President Manual "Mel" Zelaya announced on March 24 that the executive will hold a poll on June 30 to ask whether or not there should be a vote on Election Day calling for a constituent assembly to consider changes to the Constitution. Many political leaders are concerned that th [...]	2009-03-26 15:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA214	NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS RESULTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a courtesy call on newly-installed Attorney General Luis Rubi and Assistant Attorney General Roy Urtecho, Rubi stressed to the Ambassador and Country Team members that the fight against drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime was his biggest challenge and prio [...]	2009-03-27 19:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS SNAR SOCI PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA215	(C) PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT PLEDGES TO WORK [...] (C) Summary: President of the Supreme Court Jorge Alberto Rivera Aviles expressed his concern to the Ambassador that President Manual "Mel" Zelaya's attempts to push for a poll for a constituent assembly (reftel) could be an attempt to remain in power beyond his mandate. Rivera said he would [...]	2009-03-27 19:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA225	ZELAYA THREATENS TO NATIONALIZE POWER COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: In response to simmering public discontent over the high cost of electricity, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has threatened to nationalize the private companies that supply about 60 percent of the nation's power. Congress has attempted to preempt the President by introducing a bill [...]	2009-03-31 23:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA226	PRESIDENT ZELAYA DISCUSSES THE DOMESTIC SCENE [...] (C) Summary: At lunch on March 30, the Ambassador and President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya discussed a range of issues including current political developments. Zelaya briefed the Ambassador on his plans to consult Hondurans on the holding of a constituent assembly for the purpose of seeking modif [...]	2009-04-01 00:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA227	PRESIDENT ZELAYA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: On March 30 the Ambassador met with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to review regional developments and the current state of bilateral relations. Zelaya continued to attempt to blame the Costa Ricans for his non-attendance at the meeting with Vice President Biden in San Jose. Ho [...]	2009-04-01 00:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA231	HONDURAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS VICE MINISTER ON VICE [...] (C) Summary. Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Eduardo Rosales raised Honduran participation in the San Jose Central American meeting with Vice-President Biden, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's desire to have a referendum on holding a constituent assembly to reform the constitution, and Hondura [...]	2009-04-01 19:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR CH TW HO
09TEGUCIGALPA263	HONDUTEL BRIBERY CHARGES ELICIT CONSPIRACY THEORY [...] (C) Summary: President Manuel Zelaya has dispatched a high-level legal team to Miami to explore filing a libel suit against former State Department official Otto Reich for alleging that a Justice Department Foreign Corrupt Practices investigation into bribery at Honduran state telecom company [...]	2009-04-13 22:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS ECPS PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA270	WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S MARCH 19 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas A. Shannon visited Honduras on March 19. He met with Honduran President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, Foreign Minister Patricia "Paty" Rodas, and the two major-party presidential candidates. President Zelaya praised U.S [...]	2009-04-15 22:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA273	ZELAYA SOFTENS RHETORIC ON HONDUTEL SCANDAL [...] (C) President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's rhetoric on the Hondutel scandal, following the indictment of Latin Node, Inc. in Miami, has cooled from his initial claims that the U.S. prosecution of Latin Node, Inc. was part of a CIA conspiracy to get him (reftel). The Ambassador talked with President [...]	2009-04-17 17:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS ECPS PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA29	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT SUPPORTS SUPREME COURT [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Nominating Committee for the next Supreme Court on January 13 - the day that they completed the public hearings of the nominees. The Committee explained the process they were pursuing (ref A). The Committee noted that all excluded nomine [...]	2009-01-15 17:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA291	HONDURAN ELECTION UPDATE: LIBERAL PARTY CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary. Former Vice President Elvin Santos was formally anointed as the Liberal Party's (PL) Presidential Candidate at the PL Convention in Tegucigalpa on April 18, 2009. Santos in turn appointed Congressional President Roberto Micheletti as PL President despite objections from current [...]	2009-04-28 11:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA3	HONDURAN CABINET CHANGES: NO MAJOR POLICY SHIFT [...] (C) Summary. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced a cabinet realignment, moving several key players into different positions, but making no changes that will rearrange the direction of his government. The most noteworthy change was moving Liberal Party President, leader of its leftist fac [...]	2009-01-06 20:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA309	UPDATE ON 4TH URN [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, increasingly erratic statements and actions by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya have heightened political tensions here. Zelaya's effort to seek a referendum (the Fourth Urn) in the upcoming national elections in November on whether to convene a constituent assembl [...]	2009-05-01 19:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA310	UPDATE ON 4TH URN [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, increasingly erratic statements and actions by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya have heightened political tensions here. Zelaya's effort to seek a referendum (the Fourth Urn) in the upcoming national elections in November on whether to convene a constituent assembl [...]	2009-05-01 19:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA312	OPPOSITION STEALS IDEA FOR "15TH MONTH" OF SALARY [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to preempt reported plans by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya to decree that all employers pay their employees an additional month of salary (the 15th month),Congress President Roberto Micheletti proposed a similar bill on April 21. Micheletti's version exempted many c [...]	2009-05-04 18:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ELAB EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA315	RESPONSE DEMARCHE - HONDURAN INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) On the evening of May 4, the Ambassador delivered demarche (as per reftelS). The Ambassador told Zelaya that we had appreciated his passing to us the draft text on Cuba for the OAS General Assembly Declaration. The Ambassador said that senior Administration officials had carefully revie [...]	2009-05-05 15:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	HO KDEM PGOV
09TEGUCIGALPA318	GOH CLAIMS NO KNOWLEDGE OF POLITICAL ASYLEE [...] (U) Summary: A diplomatic row between Paraguay and Honduras may arise after the former Paraguayan Minister of the Interior for 23 of Alfredo Stroessner,s 35 year (1954 - 1989) dictatorship, Sabino Augusto Montanaro, returned of his own volition to Paraguay on May 1 with no warning from the Hon [...]	2009-05-06 00:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SMIG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA33	HONDURAN JUSTICE: A NEW SUPREME COURT, ATTORNEY [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by Poloff, met with Attorney General Leonidis Rosa Bautista and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Vilma Morales on January 12. The main topics discussed were the nominating process for the new magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ as it is know [...]	2009-01-16 17:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SNAR HO PHUM KJUS SOCI
09TEGUCIGALPA332	UPDATE ON JERZEEZ DE HONDURAS LABOR VIOLATION CASE [...] (U) Summary: Fruit of the Loom,s (FOTL) Russell Corporation (RC) and various U.S.-based NGOs, the Honduran General Workers Confederation (CGT) and former Russell workers from its now closed Jerzees de Honduras (JDH) plant continue to disagree over the sincerity and significance of the measure [...]	2009-05-08 00:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ELAB ETRD HO KDEM ECON
09TEGUCIGALPA339	PEPE LOBO TURNS ON FOURTH URN [...] (C) Summary: Honduras continues to be in a state of tension caused by President Zelaya's increasingly strident campaign to hold a referendum (the Fourth Urn) calling for the convening of a constituent assembly that would make radical changes to the nation's constitution. In a major surprise, [...]	2009-05-12 00:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA345	AMERICAN APPAREL BRANDS SEEK DIALOGUE ON HONDURAN [...] (U) Summary: Embassy hosted a meeting of U.S. brand name apparel manufacturers April 28 in San Pedro Sula to discuss the global financial crisis, their short-term and long-term Honduran operational plans, and responsible management of plant closings. The group unanimously expressed interest i [...]	2009-05-12 23:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD HO KDEM ECON
09TEGUCIGALPA348	ADMINISTRATIVE COURT AGREES TO HEAR SUIT AGAINST [...] (U) In a ruling that pleased opponents of President Zelaya's proposed referendum, known as the "Fourth Urn" on convening a constituent assembly (reftels B and C),Judge Jorge Alberto Zelaya of Honduras' "Administrative Court" determined on May 12 that he would hear a suit against the legality [...]	2009-05-13 00:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA35	HONDURAN ECONOMY SLOWS IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: The international economic difficulties have impacted on Honduras in the way of slower growth, although the country still managed GDP growth of 4 percent in 2008. Looking to 2009, we expect the U.S. recession to hurt Honduras, export performance of apparel, and traditional produc [...]	2009-01-16 20:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA355	NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PEPE LOBO'S [...] (C) National Party (NP) Presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo travels to Washington at a delicate moment in Honduras. Democracy has been successful in Honduras over the past 28 years, but the system remains institutionally weak and fragile. Although we maintain a strong working relatio [...]	2009-05-15 00:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SMIG EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA366	HONDURAS REVIEW OF CUBAN RELATIONS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Investment activity between Honduras and Cuba remain limited, and the Government of Honduras does not appear to exert political influence over Cuba. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya stated on May 8 that one of the OAS General Assembly,s (OASGA) key orders of business at its session [...]	2009-05-20 00:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA379	YOUR TRIP TO SAN PEDRO SULA, HONDURAS, FOR THE OAS [...] (C) Summary: We warmly welcome you to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. San Pedro is the business capital of the country, but not the seat of government, so both the Government of Honduras and the U.S. Embassy will be working out of temporary facilities there. Your visit provides an excellent opport [...]	2009-05-22 20:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON EAID KCRM KCOR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA381	FOREIGN MINISTER RODAS - AMBASSADOR DISCUSS OASGA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador discussed the upcoming Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) over breakfast with Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas on May 23. The Ambassador conveyed the Secretary's keen interest in visiting Honduras and participating in a successful and constructi [...]	2009-05-25 21:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KSUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA382	FOREIGN MINISTER RODAS - AMBASSADOR DISCUSS OASGA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador discussed the upcoming Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) over breakfast with Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas on May 23. The Ambassador conveyed the Secretary's keen interest in visiting Honduras and participating in a successful and constructi [...]	2009-05-25 21:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KSUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA395	FOURTH URN UPDATE: COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF [...] (C) Judge Jorge Zelaya Zaldana of the Administrative Court of First Instance, ruled on May 27 in favor of the Attorney General in the case he brought against the government (ref A). The Attorney General's case alleged that the government's planned use of the National Statistical Institute (IN [...]	2009-05-28 22:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA424	FOURTH URN UPDATE: CONGRESS CENSURES THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 22:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA438	ZELAYA AND THE FOURTH URN [...] (U) This is an action request message. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: In a lengthy meeting on June 7, the Ambassador conveyed our concerns to President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya over the increasingly polarized political situation in Honduras, attributing much of the blame on his recent actio [...]	2009-06-09 23:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA462	(C) ZELAYA ZIG-ZAGS THE RED LINES [...] (C) Summary: Zelaya is coming closer to stepping over our red lines on maintenance of the constitutional order. His actions have been singularly focused on attempts to push for a poll and a referendum for a constituent assembly to reform the Honduran constitution; the tactics he has used have [...]	2009-06-15 20:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA464	PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S LIMOSINE RECEIVES TWO IMPACTS [...] (C) In the evening of June 12, local media reported a possible attack against President Manual "Mel" Zelaya after the front windshield of the motorcade vehicle in which he was riding in Tegucigalpa received two impacts from objects of unknown origin. The unknown objects cracked the windshield [...]	2009-06-16 00:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC HO PGOV PREL SOCI
09TEGUCIGALPA465	LIBERAL PARTY SEEKS CONSENSUS WHILE A FRUSTRATED [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM met with Former President and Liberal Party stalwart Carlos Flores and Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos to discuss the current political crisis over President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya's push for a poll to seek support for a referendum to have a const [...]	2009-06-16 00:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA474	AMBASSADOR WARNS HONDURAN MILITARY ON COUP RUMORS [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, hosted Honduran Military Joint Chief Romeo Vazquez Velasquez and Deputy Chief Miguel Garcia Padgett for breakfast on June 18 and conveyed in the strongest terms USG concerns about rumors that the military would move against the government if Honduran politic [...]	2009-06-18 17:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA479	HONDURAN POLITICAL CRISIS UPDATE AND PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Honduras may be racing towards a political train wreck that could threaten its 28 year old democracy. The crisis has been caused by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's reckless drive to hold a referendum (Fourth Urn) in the November general elections on whether to convene a constituen [...]	2009-06-19 22:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA489	HONDURAN POLITICAL CRISIS UPDATE AND PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Honduras may be racing towards a political train wreck that could threaten its 28 year old democracy. The crisis has been caused by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's reckless drive to hold a referendum (Fourth Urn) in the November general elections on whether to convene a constituen [...]	2009-06-23 14:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA491	HONDURAN SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL TO APRROVE [...] (C) Poloff visited the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) on June 23 to inquire about the 23 applications for independent candidacies the institution had received. TSE President Saul Escobar (who represents the Christian Democratic Party) told us that 16 of the 23 independent candidacies had pa [...]	2009-06-24 13:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA492	PROTESTS AGAINST THE FOURTH URN [...] (U) The Alliance for Peace and Democracy, led by religious, private sector and professional organization leaders, marched in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, second largest city and business center, on June 23 in support of democracy and to protest President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya,s attempt to hold a Ju [...]	2009-06-24 20:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA495	HONDURAN PRESIDENT FIRES MILITARY JOINT CHIEF; [...] (C) Summary. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya fired the Military Joint Chief General Romeo Vasquez the evening of June 24 after the latter refused to carry out an order to provide support for the June 28 poll to support a November referendum on constitutional reform, a poll ruled illegal by a Honduran [...]	2009-06-25 16:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA501	CONGRESS PULLS BACK FROM THE BRINK ON REMOVING [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of June 25, the National Congress came close to bringing to the floor a vote on the removal of President Zelaya from office. The Ambassador strongly advised Congress President Micheletti against such hasty action that could plunge Honduras into a deeper constitutio [...]	2009-06-26 20:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA502	HONDURAS: POLITICAL AND LEGAL STANDOFF CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: Presented with widespread defiance from the Military, Congress, the Justice system, pro-democracy protesters and the private sector, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has been forced to rely on loyal social activists, labor unions, the police and government bureaucrats for his attempt [...]	2009-06-26 20:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA503	HONDURAN ARMED FORCES LEADERSHIP CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: The political stir over President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya,s proposed opinion poll regarding a constituent assembly (Ref A) has precipitated an even more substantive crisis over the country,s military leadership. While the poll serves as a major political distraction, it is the questi [...]	2009-06-26 23:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA504	HONDURAN MILITARY ARRESTS PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] (C) At approximately 02:30 local time (04:30 Washington) Honduran military forces entered the Presidential Palace and arrested President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. Embassy sources report Zelaya was taken to the Air Force Base adjacent to Toncontin International Aiport and then flown by military air [...]	2009-06-28 14:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR HO

09TEGUCIGALPA505	HONDURAN COUP: SITREP 1, 06/28/09, 10:30 LOCAL TIME [...] (C) Streets of Tegucigalpa remain calm for the most part as of 10:00 local time (12:00 Washington),although black smoke was seen rising from the area around the Presidential Palace around 08:30, apparently from burning tires. One source at a nearby hotel reported seeing a car burning. A mi [...]	2009-06-28 16:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA507	HONDURAN COUP: SITREP 3, 06/28/09, 16:00 LOCAL TIME [...] (C) Congress officially named Roberto Micheletti interim President of the Republic at approximately 14:15 local time, despite urging by the Ambassador to avoid taking that step. He was sworn in at 15:40. Local channels began transmitting live session of Congress around 13:30, with the Congress [...]	2009-06-28 21:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA515	ZELAYA DISCUSSES CURRENT SITUATION WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador spoke to President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya on June 29. Zelaya briefed the Ambassador on the current diplomatic initiatives being undertaken by the OAS, UN and SICA in support of his government. He expressed appreciation for the clear U.S. response to the coup. The Am [...]	2009-06-29 22:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA516	GUIDANCE REQUEST: DEALING WITH MICHLETTI REGIME IN [...] (C) Summary: Per reftels, President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti was sworn in yesterday at 14:15 local as President of Honduras. By 17:00, the Embassy had already been invited to the Congress to a celebration of the new Administration. The Embassy refused the invitation and immediately [...]	2009-06-30 01:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS EFIN SNAR ECON EAID MARR PBTS
09TEGUCIGALPA517	HONDURAN COUP:SITREP 5, 06/29/09, 18:30 LOCAL TIME [...] (C) Police and military units dislodged protesters from in front of the Presidential Palace around 16:00, and 40-45 arrests were made. Shots were fired but no one was killed, according to police sources. Earlier in the afternoon police dispersed crowds with tear gas, which reduced the number [...]	2009-06-30 01:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA52	NOMINATING COMMITTEE SENDS FINAL LIST OF SUPREME [...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court Nominating Committee came to a compromise and submitted a list of 45 candidates for the Supreme Court to the Congress on January 23, despite intense political pressure and a media frenzy, mostly driven by leaks from politicians and from the committee itself. Notab [...]	2009-01-23 20:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA529	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST COUP [...] (C) Summary: The media war over the legitimacy of the Honduran coup has taken front stage with various competing interests protesting either in support of the new regime or for the return of ousted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. Both groups claim to be defending the constitution and the rule o [...]	2009-07-02 20:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECPS PGOV SOCI DS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA53	NOMINATING COMMITTEE SENDS FINAL LIST OF SUPREME [...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court Nominating Committee came to a compromise and submitted a list of 45 candidates for the Supreme Court to the Congress on January 23, despite intense political pressure and a media frenzy, mostly driven by leaks from politicians and from the committee itself. Notab [...]	2009-01-23 20:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA530	HONDURAN COUP SITREP #8: EVENTS AS OF 07/02/09 [...] (U) There have been a number of demonstrations, with more planned, in Honduras' major cities. While there have been isolated reports of road barricades and small demonstrations in rural areas, credible USG and Amcit sources from widespread villages and towns report that life is basically cont [...]	2009-07-02 21:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CASC EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA531	HONDURAN COUP SITREP #8: EVENTS AS OF 07/02/09 [...] (U) There have been a number of demonstrations, with more planned, in Honduras' major cities. While there have been isolated reports of road barricades and small demonstrations in rural areas, credible USG and Amcit sources from widespread villages and towns report that life is basically cont [...]	2009-07-02 22:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CASC EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA542	HONDURAN ECONOMY LIKELY TO LIMP THROUGH 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Unless the current political turmoil leads to prolonged civil unrest, Honduras should be able to avoid a major economic crisis for the balance of 2009. However, recent policies, together with an unfavorable external environment, are severely constraining the options of whoever wi [...]	2009-07-07 00:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA543	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #12 07/06/2009 AS OF 1600 [...] (C) Following his attempt to land at Toncontin Airport yesterday, President Zelaya landed first in Nicaragua and finally in San Salvador. President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador held a press conference at Comalapa airport late last night with Zelaya, OAS SYG Insulza and other presidents (Kirc [...]	2009-07-07 01:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA544	AMBASSADOR SPEAKS WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA AND [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke today to President Zelaya. Zelaya informed the Ambassador that he was in Managua and said he was scheduled to fly to Washington at 1900 hrs. He thanked the Ambassador for hosting members of his family at the Residence. He also expressed appreciation for the strong su [...]	2009-07-07 01:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA555	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #13 07/07/2009 AS OF 1530 [...] (C) National press carried prominent stories of President Zelaya's meeting today with the Secretary. The Ambassador spoke to President Zelaya Monday night (Ref A),and President Zelaya thanked the Ambassador for USG support and said he strongly supported a multilateral approach to promote a n [...]	2009-07-08 13:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA566	THE RED TEAM: WHO WANTS ZELAYA BACK? [...] (C) Summary: The groups demonstrating since June 28 for the return of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, which for want of a better term we will henceforth call the "Red Team," are primarily comprised of labor unions, peasant groups, teachers and leftist students and social activists. The movement [...]	2009-07-09 01:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA567	HONDURAN SOCIETY WELCOMES ARIAS TALKS [...] (U) Summary: Despite ongoing protests from both sides, Hondurans appear to accept the U.S.-backed idea to bring President Zelaya and the Micheletti regime together for talks with President Arias of Costa Rica later this week. On Tuesday, Congress held its first session since June 28, seven da [...]	2009-07-09 01:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM HO ASEC
09TEGUCIGALPA568	HONDURAN COUP: THE "WHITE TEAM" [...] (C) Summary: Those demonstrating in support of the June 28 coup, who have made the color white the symbol of their movement, share the sincere belief that Zelaya's removal from office was a patriotic act in defense of democratic principles and the constitutional order. The "White Team," which [...]	2009-07-09 13:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA574	HONDURAN COUP: WHO'S AT THE TABLE IN SAN JOSE [...] (C) Summary: The members of the delegations accompanying President Manuel Zelaya and de facto caretaker Roberto Micheletti represent a contrast, with long-time, core advisors on the Zelaya side, while Micheletti's team is comprised of bi-partisan, non-ideologues, united by their mistrust of Z [...]	2009-07-10 00:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA577	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #16 07/10/2009 AS OF 1500 [...] (U) On July 10, approximately 2,000 Zelaya supporters assembled to block all north and south bound traffic on the CA-5 highway north of Tegucigalpa. The highway is the major traffic artery connecting the capital with Soto Cano Airbase, as well as the commercially important cities of Comayagua [...]	2009-07-10 21:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA579	HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/10/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-11 01:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA580	AMBASSADOR URGES RECONCILIATION TO NATIONAL PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador strongly urged Honduran National Party Leaders Ricardo Alvarez and Maria Antonieta Belgran to support the Arias process to reach a negotiated agreement for the restitution of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The Ambassador noted the President's and Secretary's supp [...]	2009-07-11 02:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA581	PRESIDENT ARIAS ON MEDIATION [...] (C) President Arias called the Ambassador to inquire as to the status of his efforts to soften the position of the de facto regime. The Ambassador informed him that the meeting with regime leadership was scheduled for today at 3pm. The Ambassador promised Arias that he would brief him after t [...]	2009-07-13 13:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA584	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 2 [...] (C) Summary: The Attorney General's (AG) aggressive pursuit of corruption charges against Zelaya administration officials seemingly outweigh his consideration for the deteriorating human rights situation. While the situation is not yet dire, civil liberties have been denied, arbitrary arrest [...]	2009-07-13 18:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA587	ZELAYA OPENS COMMUNICATIONS WITH CARLOS FLORES [...] (C) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and former President Carlos Flores, meeting in New Orleans July 12, agreed to remain in informal contact to help resolve the political crisis engulfing Honduras since the June 28 coup. Zelaya pledged to stay engaged in discussions hosted by Costa Rica [...]	2009-07-13 23:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA588	HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/13/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 00:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA589	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 3 [...] (C) Summary: The human rights situation in Honduran appeared to deteriorate over the weekend as two pro-Zelaya political organizers were killed, a dissident member of Congress reported that her home was raided, and 11 Venezuelan reporters were arrested and then strongly encouraged to leave th [...]	2009-07-14 00:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA592	HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/14/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is the third in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ----------------------------------------- Zelaya and Micheletti Maintain Hard Lines ----------- [...]	2009-07-14 22:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA593	AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with the Ambassador, Zelaya said he was focused on reaching a negotiated settlement using the channel opened up in New Orleans in conversations with former President Carlos Flores. He said Flores had the clout and influence, which along with the Embassy and USG [...]	2009-07-15 00:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA594	HONDURAN COUP: LIBERAL PARTY CANDIDATE AT [...] (C) Summary: In a July 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos worried that his campaign had been harmed by the recent coup, which fractured his Liberal Party. Of even greater concern to Santos was the possibility the November 29 elections would leav [...]	2009-07-15 00:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA596	AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT ARIAS [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke to Costa Rican President Oscar Arias yesterday afternoon. Arias reiterated his position that the Saturday mediation session in San Jose will be critical to his efforts. He said he planned to put on the table the core issues that need to be dealt with soon if a soluti [...]	2009-07-15 19:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA600	HONDURAS COUP SITREP #19 07/15/2009 AS OF 1500 [...] (U) At 10:15 local (12:15 EDT),approximately 3,000 pro-Zelaya demonstrators gathered outside the National Pedagogical University and marched to the Clarion Hotel. At 11:40 local (13:40 EDT),the group marched from the Clarion Hotel to the National Institute of Women, where some protestors th [...]	2009-07-15 22:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA605	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 4 [...] (U) Summary: The human rights situation in Honduras remains tense despite a public invitation for international human rights groups to monitor the situation. The curfew was reinstated the night of July 15 and will last at least through the weekend. Opponents of the de facto regime continue [...]	2009-07-16 19:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA610	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 16 CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Arias stressed that substantive progress needed to made during Saturday's talks in San Jose. Key South American countries such as Argentina and Brazil were not satisfied with progress thus far and were pressing SYG Insulza to re-insert himself into the process. Pressure from the [...]	2009-07-17 18:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA616	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Arias called the Ambassador at approximately 2:30 pm our time. The Ambassador briefed him on a series of meetings that we have held in the past 30 hours in support of his mediation effort. The Ambassador discussed the productive sessions he had had with the business community, [...]	2009-07-17 22:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA617	TFH01: WHO'S WHO OF THE HONDURAN COUP [...] (C) Summary: As the Zelaya and Micheletti teams prepare to engage for a second round of talks in Costa Rica July 18 on restoring the constitutional order in Honduras, the fate of any deal that may emerge from the talks will most likely be determined by a relatively small number of opinion-maker [...]	2009-07-17 23:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA619	TFH01: FULL-COURT PRESS TO BRING MICHELETTI AROUND [...] (C) Summary: During the week of July 13 the Ambassador and Embassy officers met with numerous Micheletti supporters to press for the reinstatement of President Zelaya through the Arias process. The Ambassador emphasized the USG's strong support for the process and outlined the serious and lo [...]	2009-07-18 01:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA621	TFH01: IMPACT OF COUP AND AID CUT-OFF ON HONDURAN [...] (C) Summary: The expected reduction in international aid as a result of the June 28 coup will cause hardship for the de facto regime, but the Honduran economy should still be able to avoid collapse this year, barring an unexpected shock, such as a trade embargo or natural disaster. The econom [...]	2009-07-18 20:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA627	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Arias called the Ambassador on July 21. He said he was concerned with the hard line positions taken by both the Zelaya and Micheletti sides. The Ambassador agreed adding that de facto regime President Roberto Micheletti's public statements were particularly unhelpful, including [...]	2009-07-21 20:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA633	TFHO1: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION POST [...] (SBU) Summary: The mainstream Honduran media and the de facto regime have attempted to shape international perceptions of the June 28 coup through an evident reporting bias, intimidation, the closure of media outlets, and violence. While the pressure exerted by the de facto regime on the medi [...]	2009-07-22 13:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA636	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #26 07/22/2009 AS OF [...] (U) As of 09:36 local (11:36 EDT),approximately 200 Zelaya supporters congregated and proceeded to block traffic on the Boulevard Santa Fe in Tegucigalpa. The demonstrators talked about possibly disrupting the planned pro-Micheletti march scheduled for 10:00 local (12:00 EDT). As of 11:57 l [...]	2009-07-22 23:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA64	HONDURAS CATCHES PLANE LADEN WITH COCAINE IN [...] (C) Summary. Honduran armed forces and law enforcement personnel captured a Venezuelan-registered airplane bearing over 1500 kilograms of suspected cocaine and two go-fast boats in a USG supported joint Honduran operation in the early hours of January 28. The operation demonstrated the abili [...]	2009-01-29 20:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MOPS PREL KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA645	TFHO1: OPEN AND SHUT: THE CASE OF THE HONDURAN COUP [...] (C) Summary: Post has attempted to clarify some of the legal and constitutional issues surrounding the June 28 forced removal of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. The Embassy perspective is that there is no doubt that the military, Supreme Court and National Congress conspired on June 28 in wha [...]	2009-07-24 00:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA647	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/23/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ----------------- San Jose Proposal ----------------- 2. (U) Arias' new eleven point proposal [...]	2009-07-24 15:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA648	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #28 07/24/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Early Friday morning, July 24, due to the rumored arrival of President Zelaya, pro-Zelaya supporters gathered around the off-ramp to Danli on Tegucigalpa's peripheral highway with plans to caravan to the Las Manos border crossing with Nicaragua. As of 09:30 local (11:30 EDT),police and [...]	2009-07-24 17:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM MARR AEMR PINR
09TEGUCIGALPA658	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/24/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ------------------------------------------ Three Branches Analyzing San Jose Proposal ------------ [...]	2009-07-27 16:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA659	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #29 07/27/2009 AS OF [...] (U) Over the weekend, most activity was concentrated in southern Honduras due to the arrival of President Zelaya at the Las Manos border crossing with Nicaragua on Friday, July 24. RSO reports there were several military and police roadblocks that prohibited most pro-Zelaya supporters from r [...]	2009-07-27 18:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC KDEM MARR AEMR PINR
09TEGUCIGALPA661	CLASHES AT BORDER PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Conditions along the Honduras-Nicaragua border where pro-Zelaya demonstrators have congregated across from the encampment of President Zelaya have become a potential flash point for an escalation to violence in the Honduran political crisis. Human rights groups have lodged prot [...]	2009-07-28 00:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA662	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/27/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. --------------------------------------- Zelaya Spends the Weekend at the Border ------------------ [...]	2009-07-28 00:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA665	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/28/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ------------------------------------- Full Court Press to Honduran Congress ---------------------- [...]	2009-07-29 00:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA67	AFTERMATH OF THE ELECTION OF THE HONDURAN SUPREME [...] (C) Summary: The election of Honduras' Supreme Court was both an historic and galvanizing event for the country, with public pressure leading to the selection of the most independent court in Honduran history. Private threats by President Manual "Mel" Zelaya and his advisors were withstood b [...]	2009-02-02 22:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA672	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #31 07/29/2009 AS OF [...] (U) As of 09:00 local (11:00 EDT),there was a roadblock by approximately 200 pro-Zelaya demonstrators in La Flecha in the Santa Barbara Department blocking the highway between San Pedro Sula and Copan. In Tegucigalpa, pro-Zelaya protestors met at the Pedagogical University and blocked the cit [...]	2009-07-29 22:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA673	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/29/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. ------------------------------------ Diplomatic Visa Revocation Top Story ------------------------ [...]	2009-07-29 23:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA677	TFH01: HONDURAN CONGRESS REVIEWS AMNESTY ARTICLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Honduran de facto regime is analyzing in detail the San Jose Agreement to ensure it conforms with Honduran law and the Constitution before the Micheletti regime makes a final decision on whether to accept the agreement. Embassy Political and Economic officers met with all m [...]	2009-07-30 17:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA680	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #32 07/30/2009 AS OF [...] (C) As of 11:30 local (13:30 EDT),approximately 300 pro-Zelaya demonstrators gathered at El Lolo on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa and attempted to block the northern route of the CA-5, Honduras's main highway to San Pedro Sula. Another group of approximately 100 protesters at El Durazno a fe [...]	2009-07-30 21:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA683	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/30/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. -------------------------------- Reports of Violence at Roadblock -------------------------------- [...]	2009-07-31 00:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA687	TFHO1: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 5 [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran human rights situation continues to be difficult as tensions rise in the prolonged political uncertainty. Another aggravating factor has been the presence of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and the First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya on opposite sides of the Honduran- [...]	2009-07-31 22:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA688	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #33 07/31/2009 AS OF [...] (C) On July 30, Honduran National Police (HNP) arrested 100 people after pro-Zelaya demonstrators clashed with police charged with disbanding the protest. One demonstrator was shot in the head and seriously wounded. Police contacts assert that the police and military were only armed with non [...]	2009-07-31 22:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA692	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a dinner on August 1 with former President Carlos Flores and Micheletti team members to the Arias mediation, Arturo Corrales and Vilma Morales (neither are members of the Micheletti regime; see Bio notes para 7). Morales and Corrales said they remained comm [...]	2009-08-03 19:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR KDEM MARR PGOV PINR PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA700	TFH01: HONDURAN CONGRESS KEEPS AMNESTY DOOR OPEN [...] (C) The congressional commission tasked with analyzing the amnesty element of the San Jose Agreement presented their assessment to Congress on August 3. In its report, the commission stated that Congress has the legal authority to grant amnesty for political crimes as described in the San Jos [...]	2009-08-05 00:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA707	TFHO1: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The freedoms of expression and of the press in Honduras continue to be threatened as members of the de facto government intimidate and attempt to close media outlets, harass journalists, and seize the cameras of photographers and filmmakers. On an unofficial visit the UNHCR Spe [...]	2009-08-06 18:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA710	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #37 08/06/2009 AS OF [...] (U) Approximately 120 pro-Zelaya protestors gathered outside of the TIGO mobile telephone company office at 09:15 local (11:15 EDT),claiming the owner was a supporter of the coup. The crowd grew to 2500 by 10:30, and at 11:00 marched to Las Proceres Avenue, passing by the GSO warehouse and m [...]	2009-08-06 23:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA711	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/06/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (U) The letter from Assistant Secretary Richard Verma to Senator Lugar is being portrayed in Honduran media as a "so [...]	2009-08-06 23:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA712	TFH01: ACTION REQUEST: MEETING WITH ZELAYA CABINET [...] (C) This message is an action request; please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) The Ambassador convened an August 6 meeting with President Zelaya's cabinet ministers who are residing in Tegucigalpa. The Ministers of Health, Government, Commerce and Industry, Labor, and Tourism were present, along [...]	2009-08-07 22:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA716	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #38 08/07/2009 AS OF [...] (U) At 09:10, approximately 60 pro-Zelaya supporters gathered on the exit from Tegucigalpa's ring road to the road to Danli, the main route to the Nicaraguan border, preparing to demonstrate. At 11:50, the crowd grew to approximately 1,000-1,200. The leaders of the protest announced that if [...]	2009-08-10 17:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA717	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/27/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. --------------------------------------- Zelaya Spends the Weekend at the Border ------------------ [...]	2009-08-10 18:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA722	TFH01: HONDURAN CONGRESS RECEPTIVE TO SAN JOSE [...] (C) Poloff represented the U.S. Mission in a meeting between the "troika" of the G16 donors' group and Honduran Congressional deputies, headed by the current President of Congress Jose Alfredo Saavedra Paz on August 5. (Note: the troika represents the current, previous and future chairs of th [...]	2009-08-10 21:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA723	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 8 meeting with National Party presidential nominee Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and other National Party leaders. Lobo expressed his support for the San Jose Accord, noting private polling that showed that more than 50 percent of the public now wants Zela [...]	2009-08-10 21:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA724	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 7 meeting with Liberal Party presidential nominee Elvin Santos. Santos expressed support for the Arias mediation saying it was good for the country and also for his own political interests, since it would hopefully lead to some measure of reconci [...]	2009-08-10 22:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA726	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOCIAL LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 8 meeting with leaders of the pro-Zelaya social movements, in response to a request from President Zelaya. These leaders represent the radical left-wing support base of the Zelaya movement. Participants were agrarian movement leader Rafael Alegria [...]	2009-08-11 00:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA727	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE FIRST FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 9 lunch with First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya and members of the First Family. They believed that reconciliation among the Liberal Party would be very difficult, and they viewed it as unlikely that Elvin Santos would be able to recover ground [...]	2009-08-11 00:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA737	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/12/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (C) In an August 12 phone conversation with independent Presidential candidate Carlos H. Reyes, the Ambassador stressed th [...]	2009-08-13 01:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA740	TFHO1: ZELAYA'S ADMINISTRATION: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? [...] (C) Summary: This message is an update on the status of various Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Administration cabinet-level officials. The Ambassador held a meeting on August 6 (ref A) with those officials currently in Tegucigalpa, he met with others in Managua on July 30, and maintains contact with oth [...]	2009-08-13 18:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA745	TFH01: HONDURAN TOURISM SUFFERS POST-COUP BLUES [...] (U) Summary: Tourism, the third largest revenue source in Honduras, is significantly down since June 28, having borne the brunt of the economic impact of the coup d'etat. Hotels report higher vacancy rates and airlines have noticed a significant drop in bookings, which have led them to cancel [...]	2009-08-13 21:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR EAIR ECON ETRD HO KDEM
09TEGUCIGALPA763	TFHO1: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 6 [...] (SBU) Summary. The human rights situation in Honduras remains tense as mostly peaceful protests of 1,000 to 5,000 continue across Tegucigalpa for the fourth straight day. Tuesday,s violence is being attributed to small elements of youth within the protests who have responded to police counter [...]	2009-08-17 13:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA765	TFH01: AMBASSADOR HOSTS DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted an August 13 conversation among leaders representing a wide range of views, from pro-Zelaya to pro-regime and moderates in between. In this deeply polarized country, one-sided viewpoints tend to dominate media coverage and the public discourse. This meeti [...]	2009-08-17 18:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA766	TFH01: UNIVERSITY RECTOR ON CAMPUS VIOLENCE AND [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Rector of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) Julieta Castellanos Ruiz on August 12. UNAH was the site of a violent clash between student pro-Zelaya protestors and police on August 5 (reftel),as well as an incident August 4 when students pelted L [...]	2009-08-17 18:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA779	TFH01: HONDURAN JUDGE REMOVED FROM CASE AGAINST [...] (U) Summary. The Supreme Court of Honduras removed Judge Maritza Arita from her involvement in the case of three Hondurans charged with vandalism during an August 11 protest. Judge Arita claims her separation is politically charged and has formally denounced the action before human rights gr [...]	2009-08-18 23:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA78	FINMIN SEEKS HELP CONVINCING ZELAYA OF GRAVITY OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Rebecca Santos told us she sees President Manuel Zelaya,s trip to Washington later this month as an opportunity to persuade him to adopt an economic stabilization program and enter [...]	2009-02-05 17:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IMF HO
09TEGUCIGALPA785	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/19/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (C) In an August 17 meeting between the elections donor working group (GSE) and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) hosted [...]	2009-08-20 00:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA786	TFH01: INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. A delegation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) arrived in Tegucigalpa August 16 to evaluate the human rights situation in the country. During the first two days the delegation met with two separate groups of Congressmen, the National Police, the Supreme Co [...]	2009-08-20 18:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA789	TFH01: G-16 MEETINGS WITH SUPREME COURT, ATTORNEY [...] (U) Summary. Representatives of the Group of 16 donor countries (G-16) met on August 18 and 19 with the Supreme Court, the Attorney General's office, and the National Commission on Human Rights. The meetings were held in response to a G-16 letter raising concern about the human rights situat [...]	2009-08-21 00:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA798	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/21/09 [...] (U) This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. 2. (C) The five-magistrate "Constitutional Hall" of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) agreed on August 20 to review a legal ch [...]	2009-08-21 21:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA799	TFH01: HOW THE COUP IS SEEN OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL, [...] (C) Summary: Emboff who had previously lived in northern Honduras visited longstanding colleagues and friends along the North Coast to gauge opinion of citizens outside the circles of power. Emboff visited an orphanage in San Pedro Sula, a small inland town near the coastal city of Trujillo, [...]	2009-08-21 22:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA806	TFH01: HOW THE COUP IS SEEN OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff and Econoff visited the city of Comayagua, Comayagua Department and the towns of Cane and Tutule in La Paz Department to gauge the political and economic effects of the current political crisis outside the capital. Emboffs spoke with agricultural producers and exporters, [...]	2009-08-24 22:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA831	TFH01: FOREIGN MINISTER DELEGATION FACES DE FACTO [...] (C) Summary: The OAS delegation of foreign ministers and OAS Secretary General which visited Honduras August 24-25 to press all parties to accept the San Jose Accord as the peaceful solution to the current political crisis concluded without a concrete result, due primarily to inflexibility on [...]	2009-08-27 02:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA832	TFH01: HONDURAN COUP POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/26/09 [...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Representatives of the G-16 donor community met at the World Bank office on August 26 to discuss [...]	2009-08-27 14:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA842	TFH01: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 7 [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations in Honduras have been peaceful since violent outbreaks on August 12 and 13. However, allegations of human rights violations continue to be made by various human rights groups following the departure of the visiting delegation from the Inter-American Commission on [...]	2009-08-27 20:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA851	TFH01: NATIONAL PARTY LEADERS ON THE CRISIS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Poloffs, National Party (NP) leaders Federico "Fred" Breve and Oscar Alvarez laid out the current Nationalist position on the Honduran political crisis, prospects for a resolution and their views on how the crisis will affect Honduran politics and society in the [...]	2009-08-31 14:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA860	TFH01: ZELAYA APPOINTED HEAD OF ANTHROPOLOGY [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Dario Euraque, the general manager of the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History (IHAH),was dismissed from his position on August 21 in what Euraque believes was a political move due to his appointment to the position under the Zelaya administration. Dr. Euraque is a [...]	2009-08-31 23:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA862	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke to President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya the evening of August 31. Zelaya said he was happy to be back in Washington and noted that this was the fifth time he had visited the U.S. since the June 28 coup. He said he looked forward to the opportunity to meet key players in the [...]	2009-09-01 17:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KDEM MARR PGOV PINR PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA864	TFH01: FOUR DETAINED MINORS RELEASED FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary. Four minors detained on July 25 by Honduran security forces near Las Manos during pro-Zelaya protests at the border of Honduras and Nicaragua were released on August 27 and 28 following pressure by the local UNICEF representative. In a recent investigation, UNICEF was unable to c [...]	2009-09-01 23:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA87	HONDURAN CONGRESS SELECTS NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. The Honduran Congress elected Luis Alberto Rubi Avila and Roy David Urtecho Lopez as new Attorney General and deputy, respectively, on February 8 from candidates selected by a constitutionally-mandated proposing board. Following tradition, the two candidates each come from one o [...]	2009-02-10 14:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA870	TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SANTOS SEES [...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party presidential candidate Elvin Santos told the Ambassador on September 1 that a solution to the Honduran political crisis must come before the November 29 election. The Ambassador said that supporters of de facto regime head Roberto Micheletti, particularly those on t [...]	2009-09-02 17:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA871	TFH01: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH FORMER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with former president and Liberal Party "godfather" Carlos Flores on August 31 to discuss the political crisis and the state of relations within the Liberal Party. While Flores acknowledged his opposition to the coup had placed distance between himself and de f [...]	2009-09-02 18:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA883	TFHO1: DE FACTO REGIME TOUTS IMF ACT AS SIGN OF [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Honduran de facto regime is trumpeting the IMF,s inclusion of Honduras in the worldwide increase in Special Drawing Rights (SDR) for members as a sign of international recognition for the regime. Honduras received an allotment of SDR 96 million (approximat [...]	2009-09-03 20:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON AMB CONS DAO DCM AID FCS PAS POL ORA
09TEGUCIGALPA884	TFHO1: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOBO SAYS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. National Party presidential candidate Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo told the Ambassador on September 2 that he is concerned that forcing the return of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya now entails the risk that elections will not be held. Lobo believes the period following the election may be [...]	2009-09-03 21:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA885	G-16 REVIEWS MEMBER POSITIONS AND DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary. The G-16 donors' group, currently chaired by Canada, met on September 2 to review meetings held on September 1 by the EU and OAS regarding Honduras' political crisis. There was discussion of the advisability of meetings between the G-16 and electoral candidates and the concern t [...]	2009-09-03 22:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV KDEM XG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA886	TFHO1: MONSIGNOR JUAN JOSE PINEDA OPPOSES ZELAYA [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met on September 2 with Monsignor Juan Jose Pineda, the Auxiliary Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, to discuss the political crisis and the current landscape for acceptance of the San Jose Accord. Although Pineda is politically opposed to President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, h [...]	2009-09-03 23:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA889	TFH01: HOW THE COUP IS SEEN OUSIDE THE CAPITAL, [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with local mayors, business leaders and anti-coup supporters in the towns of Danli and El Paraiso. The political opinions varied widely; however there appeared to be a strong desire to move forward either through November elections or the San Jose Accord. The mayor of [...]	2009-09-04 19:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA890	TFH01: HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE FROM PRO-ZELAYA [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with nine members of a pro-Zelaya advocacy group in Danli, El Paraiso Department. The group called for the immediate restitution of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and the restoration of constitutional order in Honduras. Many members of the group described their experi [...]	2009-09-04 20:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO

09TEGUCIGALPA891	TFH01: JUSTICE FOR MY ENEMIES: DE FACTO GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the June 28 forced removal of President Zelaya, the Public Ministry and the de facto regime have waged a concerted effort to discredit and intimidate Zelaya cabinet members and coup opponents through investigations of a string of alleged criminal activities. Formal investi [...]	2009-09-04 20:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA892	PRO-COUP BUSINESSMAN CLAIMS LECH WALESA PLANS VISIT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Prominent businessman Adolfo (Fito) Facusse, who opposes the return of President Zelaya, told EconCouns on September 3 that he and others were involved in planning for a visit to Honduras by former Polish president Lech Wales [...]	2009-09-04 22:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL HO PL
09TEGUCIGALPA90	SOUTHCOM COMMANDER'S HONDURAS VISIT REINFORCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Taking place on the heels of a near constitutional crisis over the election of the Supreme Court (Ref A),the visit of SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral James Stavridis on January 29-30 could not have been better timed to reinforce our message of democracy and civilian control of the mil [...]	2009-02-10 18:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR MOPS EAID KDEM SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA900	TFH01: AMBASSADOR URGES REGIME SUPPORTERS TO [...] (C) Summary. A small group of de facto regime supporters, who met with the Ambassador on September 7 at his request, were in agreement that Honduran society is deeply polarized and that a solution to the country's crisis must be found within the framework of the San Jose Accord. However, sev [...]	2009-09-08 23:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA901	TFHO1: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NATIONAL PARTY FIGURES [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met with former Honduran president and National Party leader Rafael Callejas and Honduran business mogul and National Party financier Miguel Facusse for lunch September 7 to press for their support to pressure the Micheletti regime to accept the San Jose Accord. Callejas [...]	2009-09-09 00:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA904	TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PROPOSE JOINT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador urged, in a September 8 dinner at his residence, presidential candidates Elvin Santos, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, and Bernard Martinez and presidential designate Adela Echeverria, to tell de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti that for the good of Honduras he needs t [...]	2009-09-10 00:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA908	TFHO1: IMF REPRESENTATIVE OUTLINES PLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a September 9 meeting with EconCouns, International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative Mario Garza said that the IMF is conducting a vote of its members on what government to recognize in Honduras. The vote count will probably take place on September 18. If there is no quorum [...]	2009-09-10 23:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IMF HO
09TEGUCIGALPA909	THF01: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH G-16 DONORS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador briefed the G-16 donors' group, in a September 9 meeting at his residence, on U.S. policy. According to the UNDP representative, some UN member states are calling on the UN to halt its technical electoral assistance in Honduras. He encouraged nations who disagree [...]	2009-09-11 13:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV KDEM XG HO
09TEGUCIGALPA919	TFHO1: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DE FACTO FM LOPEZ [...] (C) Summary: As per Department instructions, the Ambassador met with de facto regime Foreign Minister Carlos Lopez Contreras at the home of a mutual friend on September 14. The Ambassador discussed the visa revocations. Lopez confirmed he had received the notice on September 11 and understo [...]	2009-09-17 02:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA92	CENTRAL BANK FOR ECONOMIC INTEGRATION PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The president of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) Nick Rischbieth met with the Ambassador on February 2 to discuss the effects of the global financial crisis on Central America and on CABEI's operations. After a year of record disbursements, CABEI's acc [...]	2009-02-10 23:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EAGR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA920	TFH01: ZELAYA CABINET COMMITTED TO SAN JOSE, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Cabinet officials of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya told the Ambassador on September 15 that their government is committed to the San Jose process. However, they expressed concern that their supporters are losing patience and are starting to advocate adoption of extreme meas [...]	2009-09-17 02:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA921	TFHO1: REACTION TO U.S. VISA REVOCATIONS, NIV [...] (C) Summary: Public statements from de facto regime members and supporters in response to the September 10 revocation of their U.S. visas have in general been understated, with a few attacks directed at the Ambassador. In private meetings, however, the response has been a mix of anger and conf [...]	2009-09-17 16:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CASC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA924	BUSINESS COMMUNITY LEADERS SAY DE FACTO OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: At a September 14 meeting with three business community leaders, the Ambassador urged them to continue to press all concerned parties to support the San Jose Accords. Amilcar Bulnes, who heads a leading Honduran business association, said that he and his colleagues had unsuccess [...]	2009-09-17 21:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA939	TFH01: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SAYS CONGRESS RATHER [...] (C) Summary. Supreme Court magistrate David Calix Vallecillo, who claims he was outside Honduras during the period shortly before and after the June 28 coup, told Poloffs that the Supreme Court has not issued any binding judicial decisions regarding the country's political crisis. Calix said [...]	2009-09-18 22:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA940	TFHO1: PHONE CONVERSATION WITH DE FACTO FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: Consul General (CG) received a phone call September 17 from Gabriela Nunez, de facto regime Minister of Finance. Nunez was calling to find out if her U.S. visa had been revoked, as she anticipated being invited to Washington, D.C. by the World Bank for consultations. CG confirmed [...]	2009-09-18 23:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CVIS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA941	TFH01: PROSPECTIVE SCENARIOS FOR HONDURAS [...] (C) Signature of the San Jose Accord by Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and de facto regime leader Robert Micheletti is the optimal solution to the political crisis besetting Honduras since the June 28 coup, and the Department and the Mission has worked hard to achieve this objecti [...]	2009-09-18 23:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA944	TFH01: ZELAYA CLAIMS TO BE IN HONDURAS [...] (C) At 1040 local (1240 EDT) local pro-Zelaya Channel 36 announced that Presient Zelaya had returned to Honduras and was already in Tegucigalpa, at the UN Building. Although such rumors had arisen many times since the June 28 coup, Post immediately began calling sources to determine whether t [...]	2009-09-21 19:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA945	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #55 09/21/2009 AS OF [...] (U) At 1300 local (1500 EDT),President Zelaya appeared on a balcony before a crowd of over 5,000 supporters who had gathered outside the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, but made no statement. Earlier via radio and television channel 36, Zelaya publicly stated he was ready to sign the San Jo [...]	2009-09-21 22:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA946	TFH01: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #56 09/21/2009 AS OF [...] (U) At 17:15 local time (19:15 EDT) de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti, surrounded by his Cabinet, delivered a public address to the nation from the presidential palace. Micheletti said President Zelaya's return to Honduras is irregular and does not change the situation of Honduras. Mic [...]	2009-09-22 01:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA947	TFH01: NEED FOR COMMISSION [...] (C) Honduran authorities can no longer handle their deteriorating political situation and need the intervention of an international commission, preferably headed by senior UN and OAS officials accompanied by regional foreign ministers. The current situation is rapidly deteriorating. There is [...]	2009-09-22 15:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA948	TFH01: NEED FOR COMMISSION - CORRECTED CABLE [...] (C) Summary: Honduran authorities may no longer be able to handle their deteriorating political situation and need the intervention of an international commission, preferably headed by senior UN and OAS officials accompanied by regional foreign ministers. The current situation is rapidly dete [...]	2009-09-22 16:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA949	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #56 09/22/2009 AS OF [...] (U) Security forces removed protesters from the Brazilian Embassy in the early morning hours, employing tear gas, according to Brazilian Embassy sources. Estimates on the number of protestors removed range from 500 to 1,000, depending on the source. According to a televised police announceme [...]	2009-09-22 19:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA950	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DRAFTED GUARANTEES FOR [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidates Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo of the National Party, Felicito Avila of the Christian Democratic Party (DC),and Bernard Martinez of the Social Democratic Innovation and Unity Party (PINU),along with former Presidents Ricardo Madu [...]	2009-09-22 23:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA951	TFH01: POLITICAL WRAP-UP [...] (C) Summary. President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and a group of supporters remain in the Brazilian Embassy. The Armed Forces have allowed food and water to be delivered to the Embassy compound and are permitting the departure of Zelaya supporters and local Embassy staff. Rumors are circulatin [...]	2009-09-23 00:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA952	TFH01: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION [...] (C) Summary. Freedom of the press and expression continue to be threatened in Honduras by the de facto regime and its supporters. Recent actions against anti-coup media outlets continue to create a hostile environment for them. The Ambassador expressed to the head of the National Telecommun [...]	2009-09-23 00:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA953	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #58 09/22/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) As of noon local (1400 EDT) the Brazilian charge d'affaires reported to Emboffs that the electricity and water had been restored in their Embassy. Both the Armed Forces (HOAF) Chief of Defense and the de facto security minister have promised safe passage to embassy employees and Zelaya [...]	2009-09-23 00:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA954	TFHO1:AMCHAM BOARD SAYS POLITICAL CRISIS IS [...] (C) Summary: Members of the Honduran American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Honduras) said that the political crisis is seriously affecting their businesses and the economy as a whole, at a September 17 meeting with Embassy economic officers. One company has barred American employees from trav [...]	2009-09-23 00:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	BBSR CASC CVIS EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL
09TEGUCIGALPA955	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #59 09/23/2009 AS OF [...] (U) De facto regime foreign minister Carlos Lopez Contreras read a statement in English on television the evening of September 22. A question and answer period in Spanish followed. Lopez Contreras' statement said de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti is ready to engage in a discussion wi [...]	2009-09-23 19:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA957	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #60 09/23/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Post continues to pursue confirmation from security forces on behalf of the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires that he will be permitted to re-enter his embassy if he leaves. While individual field commanders for the armed forces and police state they will allow safe passage when informed, they [...]	2009-09-24 01:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC EAIR ECON HO
09TEGUCIGALPA958	TFH01: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION SINCE ZELAYA'S RETURN [...] (C) Summary. The human rights situation following the return of President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has deteriorated. Post confirmed the death of one anti-coup protestor on September 22 in Tegucigalpa and is working to confirm another alleged death of an anti-coup protestor in San Pedro Sula [...]	2009-09-24 01:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA959	TFH01: ZELAYA'S NEW CONTROL CENTER: THE SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador spoke on the phone with Brazilian Charge d'Affaires Francisco Catunda the morning of September 23. Catunda remains host to President Zelaya and a large number of supporters in his embassy. Catunda thanked the Ambassador for the extensive USG assistance in facilita [...]	2009-09-24 01:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL HO BR
09TEGUCIGALPA960	TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SANTOS AND LOBO [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met on September 23 with the four presidential candidates who had signed a communique expressing support for the San Jose Accord after a September 16 meeting with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. The candidates told the Ambassador that they are scheduled to meet [...]	2009-09-24 16:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA961	TFH01: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO TELL ZELAYA AND [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met on September 23 with the four presidential candidates who had signed a communique expressing support for the San Jose Accord after a September 16 meeting with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. The candidates told the Ambassador that they are scheduled to meet [...]	2009-09-24 16:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA962	TFH01: TALKING TO GENERAL VASQUEZ AND PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: We have been working with Chief of Defense General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez to improve conditions for President Zelaya's party and Brazilian diplomats in the Brazilian chancery. Vasquez is willing to help but has also insisted that Zelaya be more active in encouraging his supporte [...]	2009-09-24 19:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA967	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #62 09/24/2009 AS OF [...] (U) The Executive Director of the Center for the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (CPTRT),a Honduran human rights NGO, sent a letter on September 22 to the President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly requesting that the UN send a medical and human right [...]	2009-09-25 00:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA977	TFH01: CHIEF OF DEFENSE ON THE SIEGE AT THE [...] (C) Within the framework of Department guidance regarding contact with Honduran officials and military, the Ambassador spoke by telephone with de facto regime Chief of Defense MG Romeo Vasquez Velasquez on two occasions September 25 to discuss the situation at the Brazilian Embassy and the cur [...]	2009-09-26 00:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA979	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #64 09/25/2009 AS OF [...] (C) Post is thoroughly investigating claims of a gas attack against the Brazilian Embassy. 2. (SBU) A Zelaya supporter reported that the de facto government was not allowing presidential candidates Cesar Ham(UD) and Carlos H. Reyes (independent, pro-Zelaya) into the Brazilian embassy to see [...]	2009-09-26 00:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA983	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #65 09/28/2009 AS OF [...] (SBU) Four members of a five person OAS delegation were denied entry at Toncontin International Airport on September 27, with U.S. Embassy officers present. Two of the diplomats were U.S. citizens. The fifth diplomat, John Biehl, was permitted to enter Honduras. Details on this incident will [...]	2009-09-28 22:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA985	TFH01: DEPORATATION OF FOUR OAS STAFF MEMEBERS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Four of the five members of the OAS delegation that arrived in Tegucigalpa on September 27 were denied entry into Honduras and deported on commercial flights to Miami and San Jose, Costa Rica. Poloffs were present at the airport to provide ground transportation to the delegatio [...]	2009-09-28 23:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CASC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA986	TFH01: ALLEGED GAS ATTACK AGAINST BRAZILIAN [...] (C) Summary. Embassy received reports on September 25 that a gas attack had been carried out against the Brazilian Embassy and that persons inside the Embassy, including President Zelaya, had become ill. Embassy investigated the allegations. The Brazilian Charge told Embassy that he believe [...]	2009-09-29 13:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA988	TFH01:THE AMBASSADOR HOSTS COFFEE TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador hosted a coffee at the Residence on September 27 to promote dialogue between the pro and anti-Zelaya camps. The presidential candidates discussed their meeting with President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti on September 24. T [...]	2009-09-29 22:48:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA99	COURTESY VISIT WITH NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Patricia Rodas, February 11. Discussion centered on upcoming Summit of Americas and the OAS General Assembly as well as President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's upcoming trip to the Washington and Denver. [...]	2009-02-13 21:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KSUM KDEM AORC ICJ KV
09TEGUCIGALPA991	TFH01: MICHELETTI AGREES TO A NATIONAL DIALOGUE IN [...] (C) De facto regime head Roberto Micheletti told OAS Secretary Jose Miguel Insulza that he would convoke a meeting with President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's cabinet members and other political actors in a national dialogue to promote reconciliation, at the end of a meeting held by the two September [...]	2009-09-30 01:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA993	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #67 09/30/2009 AS OF [...] (C) Liberal party Congresswoman Argentina Valle told Poloff on September 29 that Congressional leaders decided to establish a commission that will examine the decree passed by the Executive Branch on September 26 that severely limited civil liberties (ref Tegucigalpa 989). Earlier on September [...]	2009-09-30 22:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA994	TFH01: DECREE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACCORDING TO [...] (C) Summary: Special Prosecutors for Human Rights Sandra Ponce and German Enamorado told Ambassador on September 29 that they believed the decree limiting civil liberties enacted by the de facto regime on September 26 was unconstitutional and that they had initiated action calling on the Supre [...]	2009-09-30 22:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM HO
09TELAVIV1034	NETANYAHU'S PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS SPARK POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's cabinet on May 3 approved the 2009-2010 budget framework that seeks to shrink Israel's annual budget deficit in part through cuts in expected expenditures. Details on those cuts were released later in the week, sparking the first major politi [...]	2009-05-08 16:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV104	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, JANUARY 14, 1200 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Operation Cast Lead continues with IDF troops moving forward, very slowly, towards the center of Gaza City as talks over a ceasefire, and its terms, continue. Approximately 20 rockets landed in southern Israel overnight, although there were no reports of any damage. Two rocke [...]	2009-01-14 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EAID EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS CASC KWBG
09TELAVIV1041	GOI REJECTS COOPERATION WITH GOLDSTONE MISSION [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for UN and International Organizations Affairs Evyatar Manor told Pol Couns May 11 that the GOI has definitively decided not to cooperate with the Goldstone Mission to investigate allegations of war crimes during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Manor stressed tha [...]	2009-05-11 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1069	REP. WEXLER DISCUSSES NATO WITH ISRAELI NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Opinions vary widely within the GOI regarding an enhanced relationship with NATO. According to National Security Adviser Uzi Arad, there are those within PM Netanyahu's administration who view an enhanced relationship as a real opportunity, including FM Avigdor Lieberman. Others [...]	2009-05-13 13:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROG KWBG IR UK IS
09TELAVIV1070	CODEL WEXLER'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM AYALON [...] (C) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler met with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on May 10. Looking toward PM Netanyahu's May 18 meeting with President Obama, Wexler advised that Netanyahu should support President Obama's engagement with Iran. Wexler said he was confident that the tw [...]	2009-05-13 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IR SA SY EG TU IS
09TELAVIV1125	MG SHAMNI REPRIMANDS KFIR BRIGADE COMMANDER FOR [...] (SBU) MG Gadi Shamni, commander of the IDF Central Command, publicly reprimanded the commander of the West Bank's Kfir Brigade, Col. Itai Virov, on May 19 for statements Col. Virov made to a military court in which he defended the use of violence when detaining Palestinian suspects. (Note: Th [...]	2009-05-20 12:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1138	GOI DEMARCHE ON PA LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) MFA Director General Yossi Gal convoked the Charge May 21 to deliver a demarche on the Palestinian Authority's letter of January 21 to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in which the PA requested that the Prosecutor "extend his jurisdiction to cover claims against Israel" [...]	2009-05-21 13:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1141	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON STABILIZING GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1153	NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP OUTREACH TO ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: GOI interlocutors raised familiar themes with a delegation from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) during a recent outreach meeting at the SOREQ Nuclear Research Center on May 14. The GOI continues to seek formal recognition for adhering to NSG Guidelines, and supports a German asso [...]	2009-05-27 04:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ETTC PARM NPT IS
09TELAVIV1167	STABILIZING GAZA [...] (C) Ambassador met with Israeli MFA Director General Yossi Gal on May 27 to follow up on reftel, the main points of which we passed to MFA and the Prime Minister's Office on May 23 as a non-paper, given that GOI offices were closed for the weekend. Gal said he took as point of departure that t [...]	2009-05-28 14:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PREL EAID
09TELAVIV1176	NETANYAHU OFFICIALLY REJECTS U.S. POSITION ON [...] (U) On June 1, Israeli press reported that PM Netanyahu officially rejected the USG position against Israeli expansion of West Bank settlements, including construction to facilitate "natural growth." Speaking to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Netanyahu reportedly declared t [...]	2009-06-01 15:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1177	CODELS CASEY AND ACKERMAN MEET WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Post hosted two CODELS during the week of May 25: one from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee led by Senator Casey, the other from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs led by Congressman Ackerman. Both delegations met with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who conveyed similar [...]	2009-06-02 06:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS IR KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1218	IDF WEST BANK COMMANDER SHAMNI BRIEFS THE [...] (C) Summary. Major General Gaddi Shamni, the commander of the IDF's Western Command, briefed the Ambassador June 4 on what he termed the development of relations of cooperation and mutual trust between his coammnd and the PA Security Forces at all levels over the past year. Shamni described [...]	2009-06-05 12:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1220	RIGHT-WING KNESSET MEMBERS PROPOSE LOYALTY BILLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Israel's Knesset is in various stages of considering several bills introduced by right-wing Knesset Members (MKs) intended to counter manifestations of anti-Israeli politics among Israeli Arabs. The measures include criminalizing participation in annual protests characterizing [...]	2009-06-05 13:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IS
09TELAVIV1221	TRILATERAL WATER WORKING GROUP MEETING, APRIL 21, [...] (C) Summary. With the U.S. as chair, the Trilateral Water Working Group (TWWG) met in Tel Aviv April 21, to facilitate technical discussions on current Israeli and Palestinian water issues. This was the first meeting held since June 2008. The discussion revolved around the general lack [...]	2009-06-05 13:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1237	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN MEETING ON BANKING ISSUES [...] (SBU) Bank of Israel (BOI) Assistant Supervisor of Banks David Zaken called EconOff on June 8 to express BOI satisfaction with the June 7 Israeli-Palestinian meeting on anti-money-laundering and counter-terror-finance (AML/CTF) practices in West Bank and Gaza banks. The BOI arranged the meet [...]	2009-06-09 07:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV1250	EGYPTIAN EMBASSY ALLEGES YA'ALON COMMENT INDICATES [...] (C) Egyptian DCM Sameh El Souefi briefed members of the diplomatic community including Pol Couns May 28 on the May 24-25 visit of MFA spokesman and director of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's office Hossam Zaki. El Souefi provided a readout along predictable lines of Zaki's discussions with De [...]	2009-06-09 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1293	ISRAELI RESPONSE TO IRENA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Post conveyed the points regarding possible USG membership in IRENA (reftel) to GOI Ministry of National Infrastructure, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Environmental Protection on June 11. Upon receiving the demarche, Infrastructure Ministry (which is responsible for energy m [...]	2009-06-15 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KGHG SENV IS
09TELAVIV1295	NETANYAHU'S "BAR ILAN ADDRESS" REFLECTS EMERGING [...] (C) Summary. PM Netanyahu's June 14 speech was a balancing act to deal with widely-perceived U.S. pressure without causing the collapse of his coalition. By announcing his acceptance of a demilitarized Palestinian state beside Israel, Netanyahu moved to the center and embraced positions sup [...]	2009-06-15 13:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1329	EMBASSY VIEWS ON 2009 JEDG [...] (C) The June 29 Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) meeting presents the opportunity to discuss the eventual severance of the JEDG from its connection to the 2003 Loan Guarantee Agreement (LGA),and its continuance as an annual bilateral economic consultation between the two countries. Thi [...]	2009-06-18 13:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1338	VICE PRIME MINISTER SHALOM ON HIS NEW REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with VPM and Minister for Regional Development Sylvan Shalom on June 18 to discuss the latter's coordinating role in the GOI interministerial committee on West Bank economic development. Shalom outlined his role, which is limited at this point to trying to coordin [...]	2009-06-19 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KWBG KPAL IS
09TELAVIV1355	ISRAELI HEAD OF CIVIL ADMINISTRATION DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting in Bet El, Head of the Civil Administration in Hebron, Brigadier General Yoav "Poli" Mordechai (please protect),told U. S. Security Coordinator (USSC) Chief of Operations and Plans, Colonel Stephen Moniz, that improved security coordination with the Palestinia [...]	2009-06-24 13:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG MCAP PGOV PREL ECON IS
09TELAVIV1374	GOI STRUGGLES TO FIND WAY FORWARD IN GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 13:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1471	NEW TAKE ON BUILDING ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN BANKING [...] (SBU) Irit Roth, Director of Country Legal Counsel and Compliance Division Head for Citi Israel, described operational difficulties as the main impediment to increased business between Israeli and Palestinian private banks in a meeting with EconOff on 6 July. While echoing some of the AML/CF [...]	2009-07-07 08:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV1565	MFA COMMENTS ON MEETINGS WITH MOROCCAN AND OMANI [...] (C) Summary. Senior MFA officials recently met in Europe with the Moroccan MFA Director General and the Omani Foreign Minister. While the meetings were positive, the Israeli impression is that moderate Arab states are looking for Israeli steps on final status issues, not a settlements freez [...]	2009-07-16 14:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MO MU MR IS
09TELAVIV1579	POLICE REPORTEDLY CLOSE TO RECOMMENDING INDICTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Israeli press reported on July 15 that police are nearing a decision to recommend to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz that he indict Foreign Minister and Yisrael Beitenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman on money laundering and fraud charges. Following such a recommendation, we expe [...]	2009-07-17 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV1656	AMBASSADOR PRESSES GAZA/WEST BANK ISSUES WITH AMOS [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Ministry of Defense PolMil Bureau Director Amos Gilad on July 23 to get an update on Gilad's meetings with senior Egyptian officials (septel),to underscore USG support for phase one of the UN Gaza reconstruction plan, to urge continued expansion of the flow of commod [...]	2009-07-24 13:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1694	IDF TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT [...] (C) Initial IDF rejection of allegations of criminal conduct by troops involved in Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip has given way to admission that some 100 complaints have been leveled at the Israeli military regarding the conduct of its forces during the military assault on Hamas. Media [...]	2009-07-30 15:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS
09TELAVIV1831	ISRAELI REACTION TO FATAH CONGRESS MIXED [...] (C) Summary. We have noted a mixed Israeli reaction to the Sixth Fatah Congress and the elections to the Fatah Central Committee. Repeated references to the legitimacy of "resistance" and "popular struggle" in Congress speeches have raised concern among many Israelis, yet at the same time, t [...]	2009-08-18 07:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS
09TELAVIV1838	LIEBERMAN INDICTMENT SCENARIOS [...] (C) Reftel reported that the Israeli police recommended August 2 that Attorney General Mazuz indict Foreign Minister Lieberman on bribery, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and other charges. Political insider and media commentator Alon Pinkas (protect) reviewed the legal process wi [...]	2009-08-18 15:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS
09TELAVIV1880	ISRAELI MFA ASKS USG TO BROKER OPENING TO INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary: In an August 26 meeting with PolCouns senior MFA officials Kahanoff and Ben-Abba asked for U.S. help, prior to the scheduled November visit of President Obama to Indonesia, in facilitating the development of Israeli-Indonesian relations. Specifically, they asked if President O [...]	2009-08-27 14:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IN JA IS
09TELAVIV1886	ISRAEL HIKES INTEREST RATE TO HEAD OFF INFLATION [...] (SBU) Amid intense Israeli and international speculation, the Bank of Israel (BoI) became the first central bank to raise interest rates since initial signs of a global recovery. The August 24 hike of 0.25 percent brings the BoI's benchmark rate to 0.75 percent, up from 0.50 percent where it [...]	2009-08-28 09:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV1895	ISRAEL'S PRESENTATION FOR UNRWA AT 60 [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for the UN and International Organization Evyatar Manor August 31. PolCouns reviewed U.S. efforts in support of Israel's request for a speaking role at the UNRWA at 60 event, and stressed our view that if Israel is invited [...]	2009-08-31 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF UNGA IS KPAL
09TELAVIV1918	FORMER PRIME MINISTER INDICTED, FORMER MINISTERS [...] (SBU) The past few days have highlighted, for better and for worse, corruption and ethical conduct among Israel's political elite. Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted on August 30 on charges breach of trust and fraudulent conduct. Meantime, Olmert's former Finance Minister Avraha [...]	2009-09-02 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV1955	LIKUD RIGHT WING FLEXES ITS MUSCLES [...] (C) Summary. Israeli media reports claiming that Prime Minister Netanyahu's has agreed to a temporary freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank has mobilized opposition within elements of the Likud party. A small but vocal group of junior Knesset Members (MKs) announced plans for a [...]	2009-09-04 14:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV1957	ISRAELI UPDATE ON JORDANIAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. A senior Israeli NSC official told us September 4 that National Security Adviser Arad's August 31 visit to Amman was a good opportunity to exchange views but did not produce any results. Contrary to Jordanian expectations reported reftel, Israel does not intend to allow a visit [...]	2009-09-04 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG JO IS
09TELAVIV2003	ISRAEL: PA'S NON-RESPONSE THROUGH BANKING DIALOGUE [...] (C) GOI officials have expressed concern over the lack of sustained engagement by the Palestinians through the bilateral banking dialogue (see reftel). The GOI is still waiting for information and responses to questions posed to the Palestinians before the last banking meeting, which was held [...]	2009-09-10 13:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV2004	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon September 9 and raised the Goldstone report, the UNGA event marking the 60th anniversary of UNRWA, possible problems with the AHLC, the Wataniya project and the Lebanese border village of Ghajar. The Ambassador noted [...]	2009-09-10 13:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2019	GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (C) PolCouns delivered the President's invitation regarding a global nuclear security summit (reftel) to PM Netanyahu's National Security Advisor Uzi Arad on September 13. Arad described press speculation that Israel would not attend the conference as "nonsense," adding that he could see no [...]	2009-09-14 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PTER PREL IAEA IS
09TELAVIV2020	RESPONSE TO MEETING REQUEST WITH EGYPTIANS ON [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel, polmiloff on September 14 raised with MFA Director for Arms Control Rodica Radian-Gordon the possibility of meeting with Egyptian officials shortly following the IAEA General Conference (GC) in order to initiate discussion on advancing a Middle East free of weapons of [...]	2009-09-14 15:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09TELAVIV2028	THE GOLDSTONE REPORT AND ISRAELI INVESTIGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Israel has undertaken investigations of approximately 100 complaints it received concerning the activities of the IDF during Operation Cast Lead. The GOI has published a report called The Operation in Gaza: Factual and Legal Aspects, which details the context in which the war [...]	2009-09-15 12:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS
09TELAVIV2045	OPPOSITION LEADER LIVNI TALKS PEACE PROCESS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Sen. Gillibrand met on September 3 with Kadima Chairman and Knesset opposition leader Tzipi Livni. Livni told Gillibrand that Israel must reach a two-state solution with the Palestinians that represents an end to the conflict and does not include a right of return for Palestinia [...]	2009-09-16 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG PTER IR SY IS
09TELAVIV206	ISRAELI THINKING ON LEBANON ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: From January 1-10, Poloff and visiting NEA Lebanon desk officer Matthew Irwin discussed Lebanon in meetings with Israeli MFA, MOD, and NSC officials, as well as local academics and journalists. Overall the meetings confirmed that Israel shares the goal of supporting Lebanese mod [...]	2009-01-23 16:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE SY IR IS
09TELAVIV208	ISRAELI CONCERNS ABOUT UPCOMING GAERC MEETING ON [...] (C) MFA Policy Advisor Tal Becker called the Ambassador to express concern about the upcoming GAERC meeting in Brussels on the Middle East scheduled for Monday, January 26. According to Becker, the French are pushing hard to change the GAERC document in ways that will make things more flexi [...]	2009-01-25 15:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL AORC KWBG PHUM IS EU FR
09TELAVIV2099	WHY THE GOLDSTONE REPORT MATTERS SO MUCH TO ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli leadership is deeply alarmed by the Goldstone Report on many levels. Their initial reaction was to deplore the report for accusing much of Israel's military and political leadership of intentionally targeting the civilian population of Gaza during Operation Cast Lea [...]	2009-09-22 14:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2102	THE GOLDSTONE REPORT AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Deputy PolCouns met September 22 with MFA Legal Advisor Ehud Keinan and Principal Deputy Legal Advisor Daniel Taub to follow up on Israel's reactions to the Goldstone Report and seek more specificity concerning the IDF investigatory process. Keinan and Taub stresse [...]	2009-09-23 14:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2167	GOI REJECTS FORMING GAZA INVESTIGATORY COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary: Reports in the Israeli media September 30 announced that Defense Minister Barak had proposed the formation of an independent commission to conduct a separate investigation of incidents of civilian deaths in Operation Cast Lead, but MFA later denied the media report, noting that [...]	2009-10-01 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2168	ARAD COMMENTS ON SILWAN DINNER, ASSURES USG OF GOI [...] (C) On September 30, Embassy heard from NGO and Consulate General Jerusalem colleagues that Elad, a right wing religious Zionist group dedicated to asserting Jewish claims to Jerusalem was hosting a tunnel opening ceremony and dinner that evening at a new tunnel site. According to these rep [...]	2009-10-01 14:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2187	WHY THE GOI IS SO CONCERNED WITH KEEPING THE [...] (C) Summary. The past week's discussions with GOI officials about the Goldstone Report have revealed a neuralgic Israeli concern about preventing the report from moving from Geneva to New York. Israeli officials all the way up to PM Netanyahu have insisted that Israel is dead set against re [...]	2009-10-05 11:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV UN KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2227	ISRAELI, JORDANIAN, AND EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: An Israeli official provided the official view of the October 4 rise in tensions connected to the Temple Mount, citing deliberate Palestinian escalation despite advance understandings between the Waqf and Israeli National Police. The Egyptian and Jordanian DCMs provided contrastin [...]	2009-10-09 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KISR JO EG IS
09TELAVIV2234	MFA CLAIMS POLICE VIDEO PROVES LACK OF SETTLER [...] (C) In light of the Palestinian Authority's decision to request a special session of the UN Human Rights Council linking the Goldstone Report to "events at Al-Aqsa," Foreign Minister Lieberman convinced the Israel National Police to authorize MFA to use a police video of disturbances on the T [...]	2009-10-13 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2256	ISRAELI UAV FOOTAGE OF EXPLOSION IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) On October 13, the Israel Air Force publicly released video footage taken by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) shortly following the October 12 explosion of an apparent arms cache in the Lebanese village of Tayr Filsi. The IAF UAV footage show Hizballah operatives removing rockets and oth [...]	2009-10-14 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY UN IS
09TELAVIV2343	BOI-PMA BANKING MEETING HELD [...] (C) Dudu Zaken, Assistant Supervisor of Banks at the Bank of Israel (BOI),informed EconOff that a bilateral Israeli-Palestinian banking meeting was held on 21 October. Surplus cash in Palestinian banks was a primary topi of discussion. In mid-August, the BOI allowed deposit of 300 million [...]	2009-10-23 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV2365	AMBASSADOR RICE,S OCTOBER 21ST MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice met with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on October 21. Ambassador Rice emphasized that it is in both U.S. and Israeli national interests that serious negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians must begi [...]	2009-10-27 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IR IS CY AF PK
09TELAVIV2375	AMBASSADOR RICE,S OCTOBER 20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: During U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Rice,s October 20th meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres, Peres said he planned to meet with Abu Mazen early the week of Oct. 26. He said Israel should fully investigate the actions of its soldiers, as well as the s [...]	2009-10-28 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL IS

09TELAVIV2379	BOI TO ACCEPT EXCESS SHEKELS, STILL SEEKS [...] (SBU) The Bank of Israel (BOI) will accept another tranche of surplus shekels from the West Bank "by the end of the week (i.e. 31 October)," according to Dudu Zaken, Assistant Supervisor of Banks. The sum of the deposit will be approximately NIS 400 million. BOI Governor Stanley Fischer is a [...]	2009-10-28 15:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV2388	GOI LEGAL TEAM REVIEWING GOLDSTONE INVESTIGATION [...] (U) The GOI issued a communique October 27 on PM Netanyahu's decision to appoint a top-level legal team, headed by Attorney General Meni Mazuz, to "formulate recommendations on possible alternatives" regarding Israel's response to the Goldstone Report. Other members of the team include IDF A [...]	2009-10-30 15:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2409	MOD SETTLEMENTS STRATEGY DEPENDENT ON US-ISRAEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MOD is taking a wait-and-see approach on both settlements and outposts, pending the outcome of USG-GOI negotiations on a moratorium, according to Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad. On settlements, Herman noted that any MOD attempts to restrict th [...]	2009-11-02 16:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
09TELAVIV2410	ISRAELI SECURITY SERVICES ARREST "JEWISH TERRORIST" [...] (C) Summary: Israeli security services announced October 31 that they had arrested an American-born settler in connection to a number of crimes and terrorist attacks over the past 12 years. Yaacov "Jack" Teitel was arrested on October 7 for posting anti-homosexual flyers, and later confessed [...]	2009-11-02 16:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KCRM KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2443	GOI BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY ON M/V FRANCOP [...] (C) Summary: During a carefully orchestrated public relations event on November 5, the GOI briefed ambassadors, defense attaches and members of the diplomatic corps at the Nahal Soreq Ammunition Center on the arms shipment confiscated from the M/V Francop. Participants, including polmiloff, w [...]	2009-11-06 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER PARM IR LE SY IS
09TELAVIV2445	ISRAELI ARABS: PARTNER OR POWDER-KEG? [...] (C) The Israeli Arab community plays a role in domestic stability and Israeli engagement with the Palestinians and Arab world. However, as it continues to lag behind the majority Jewish population in most social, political, and economic indicators, leaders of the community sense a growing dis [...]	2009-11-06 12:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL IS
09TELAVIV2465	SHAUL MOFAZ BRIEFS THE AMBASSADOR ON HIS PEACE PLAN [...] (C) Summary/Comment. Member of Knesset (Kadima) and former Deputy PM, Defense Minister and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. General (retired) Shaul Mofaz briefed the Ambassador November 9 on the peace plan that he announced at a press conference the previous day. Mofaz' plan provides for the [...]	2009-11-10 15:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2466	LABOR PARTY REBELS INCHING TOWARD A SPLIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Labor Party Knesset Members (MKs) opposed to Defense Minister Ehud Barak's leadership of the party continue to try to recruit the crucial fifth member to their ranks to enable them to formally split from the party. Labor MK Daniel Ben Simon, who had earlier this year sided with [...]	2009-11-12 05:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV2498	GOI/IDF ADDRESS SOLDIER INSUBORDINATION [...] (C) Summary: The Israel Defense Force (IDF) and GOI responded quickly to yet another soldiers' demonstration on November 16 protesting against outpost evacuations in the West Bank. Israeli media outlets report that the IDF may examine further the "hesder" program combining yeshiva religious [...]	2009-11-17 15:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2504	NEW DG AT MINISTRY OF FINANCE SEEKS COOPERATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Cunningham met with Haim Shani, the new Director General of the Ministry of Finance on November 13. Shani, who took charge on November 1, shared some of his priorities as DG. He also provided a few details of his vision of the joint high-tech dialogue he hopes to [...]	2009-11-18 14:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV2519	DEPUTY SECRETARY RAISES TRANSIT OF GAZA STUDENTS [...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with Yuval Diskin, head of the Shin Bet, Deputy Secretary Steinberg raised USG concern about the Israeli requirement that Palestinian students needing to exit Gaza and travel through Israel to apply for U.S. visas and/or transit to the Allenby Bridge be accompanie [...]	2009-11-20 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS
09TELAVIV2525	CODEL LIEBERMAN'S NOV 16 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary. While in Israel participating in the Saban Forum, CODEL Lieberman met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 16 in Jerusalem. They discussed the PM's recent meeting with President Obama in Washington, restarting negotiations with the Palestinians, and regional issues [...]	2009-11-20 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR SY TU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2542	ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The GOI appreciated reftel message regarding the U.S. posture on Iran's nuclear program. According to MFA Director for Nonproliferation Haim Waxman, the GOI remains interested in next steps, including in the immediate time period U.S. plans for the IAEA November 26 Board of Gover [...]	2009-11-25 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR IS
09TELAVIV2543	ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The GOI appreciated reftel message regarding the U.S. posture on Iran's nuclear program. According to MFA Director for Nonproliferation Haim Waxman, the GOI remains interested in next steps, including in the immediate time period U.S. plans for the IAEA November 26 Board of Gover [...]	2009-11-25 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR IS
09TELAVIV2544	ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The GOI appreciated reftel message regarding the U.S. posture on Iran's nuclear program. According to MFA Director for Nonproliferation Haim Waxman, the GOI remains interested in next steps, including in the immediate time period U.S. plans for the IAEA November 26 Board of Gover [...]	2009-11-25 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR IS
09TELAVIV2545	ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The GOI appreciated reftel message regarding the U.S. posture on Iran's nuclear program. According to MFA Director for Nonproliferation Haim Waxman, the GOI remains interested in next steps, including in the immediate time period U.S. plans for the IAEA November 26 Board of Gover [...]	2009-11-25 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR IS
09TELAVIV2559	PRELUDE TO 2009 JEDG MID-TERM REVIEW [...] (SBU) Ahead of the December Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) mid-term review, Econoff met with contacts at the Bank of Israel and the Ministry of Finance to assess progress on several of the key issues raised in the June 2009 JEDG meeting in Washington. While strong consensus remains [...]	2009-11-27 13:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV2560	INITIAL ISRAELI REACTIONS TO NETANYAHU'S [...] (C) Summary. PM Netanyahu's November 25 announcement of the "suspension of new (building) permits and new construction" in the West Bank for a period of 10 months appears to be generally well received in Israel even while generating virulent opposition on the far right and with the settler m [...]	2009-11-27 13:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2577	GOI ALARMED BY EU DRAFT COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. MFA Senior Deputy Director General Barak briefed PolCouns December 1 on the Israel's "alarm" at the Council of the European Union's draft text on the Middle East Peace Process. Barak stressed that the EU draft, if adopted by the EU foreign ministers December 7, would seriously [...]	2009-12-02 09:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2627	GHAJAR DISCUSSIONS WITH UNIFIL TO RESUME DECEMBER [...] (C) Summary. According to a briefing by MFA IO A/S-equivalent, the GOI inner cabinet voted in favor of the MFA's proposal that Israel accept the UNIFIL "temporary" plan for the divided village of Ghajar on the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan. MFA Director General Gal b [...]	2009-12-04 14:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN LE IS
09TELAVIV2678	REPORTED MESSAGE FROM KING ABDULLAH TO NETANYAHU [...] (C) Yair Hirschfeld, the director general of the Economic Cooperation Foundation, a respected Israeli NGO that is very active in track two peace efforts, briefed PolCouns December 2 on renewed Jordanian pressure on the GOI over Jerusalem. According to Hirschfeld, King Abdullah recently sent [...]	2009-12-10 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL JO KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2682	TWWG: ISRAEL AND PA GRAPPLE OVER WATER PROJECTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL IS PS
09TELAVIV2683	MORATORIUM: GOI ADDRESSING EXCEPTIONS, RELIEF [...] (U) Summary/Comment: Nearly two weeks into settlement construction moratorium enforcement, the GOI is addressing the difficult issues of exceptions and compensation, while facing increased opposition from the settler movement. The MOD has established an exceptions committee to consider petitio [...]	2009-12-10 14:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2684	KNESSET APPROVES RESUMED CONSIDERATION OF [...] (U) A majority of Knesset members voted December 9 in favor of continuing legislative discussions on a bill that passed its first reading last year. The bill would require a referendum on any GOI decision to withdraw from territories occupied in 1967 over which Israel has asserted sovereignty [...]	2009-12-10 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG SY IS
09TELAVIV2685	GOI'S PROPOSED NATIONAL PRIORITIES [...] (U) ZFR CANCEL ENTIRE MESSAGE. MESSAGE WAS RETRANSMITTED UNDER NEW MRN: TEL AVIV 2686. CUNNINGHAM [...]	2009-12-10 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2686	GOI'S PROPOSED NATIONAL PRIORITIES AREA TO INCLUDE [...] (U) On the evening of 9 December, PM Netanyahu's office announced that it will seek cabinet approval on 13 December for a redrawn National Priority Area list that would include 90 settlements, most of which are outside of the settlement blocs and east of the separation barrier. NPA status would [...]	2009-12-10 14:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2687	VARIETY OF IMPORTS INTO GAZA INCREASED [...] (U) The Office of the Quartet Representative's (OQR's) Private Sector Development Specialist reported December 8 that the variety of goods entering Gaza has increased significantly during the last two months, though the overall quantity has remained steady, at about 100-130 double truckloads p [...]	2009-12-11 07:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV27	ISRAEL TO USE U.S. LOAN GUARANTEES [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS
09TELAVIV2702	DEPUTY SECRETARY RAISES TRANSIT OF GAZA STUDENTS [...] (C) Following up on DepSec Steinberg's discussion with Shin Bet on transit of Gazan students through Israel (reftel),EconCouns discussed possible options with Shin Bet's head of international relations, Alan Moss. Moss said he had met with his COGAT counterpart, Uri Singer, and they had revi [...]	2009-12-11 15:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2712	CABINET APPROVES NEW MAP OF PRIORITY ZONES THAT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 15:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2756	HAPOALIM VP: BANK'S DECISION ON CORRESPONDENT [...] (U) This is an action cable (see para 7). 2. (C) Summary: Bank Hapoalim Executive Vice President Boaz Raday highlighted ongoing concerns about re-establishing correspondent banking relations with Palestinian banks in a 17 December meeting with Econoffs. Raday discussed an internal review t [...]	2009-12-22 09:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
09TELAVIV2777	CODEL SKELTON'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Skelton met with Prime Minister Netanyahu November 16 at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. Their discussion covered Netanyahu's meeting with President Obama the previous week, Netanyahu's interest in resuming negotiations with the Palestinians, the Iranian nuclear [...]	2009-12-23 10:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP MASS SY TU FR KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV2808	TREASURY ACTING A/S BAUKOL'S MEETING WITH BOI [...] (U) Summary: Visiting Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the Treasury Department, Andy Baukol, met with Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fisher December 15, following the Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) Mid-Term Review. Fischer addressed the BoI's efforts to assis [...]	2009-12-24 08:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS KWBG EFIN
09TELAVIV2809	DEPUTY PM SILVAN SHALOM MEETS TREASURY ACTING A/S [...] (U) Summary: Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Andy Baukol met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Cooperation Silvan Shalom in his Knesset office on December 14 to discuss GoI efforts to assist the development and growth of the Palestinian econom [...]	2009-12-24 09:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KWBG
09TELAVIV2813	IS KADIMA ABOUT TO SPLIT? [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli media is reporting extensively on efforts by PM Netanyahu to split the opposition Kadima party, which currently has one more seat in the Knesset than Netanyahu's Likud. Dissatisfaction with Tzipi Livni's leadership of Kadima has been an open secret for some time, but [...]	2009-12-24 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV2846	KADIMA NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE ON WHETHER TO JOIN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Netanyahu met December 28 with Kadima head Tzipi Livni to discuss the possibility of Kadima joining a coalition government, and Kadima held an internal meeting to review its options. Kadima MKs Ronit Tirosh and Otniel Schneller, who are both identified in press r [...]	2009-12-30 13:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IL
09TELAVIV2849	RESULTS OF RECENT ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN TOURISM [...] (SBU) Rafi Ben-Hur, Senior Deputy Director-General at the Ministry of Tourism, briefed Econoff on the recent Israeli-Palestinian Joint Tourism Committee (JTC) meeting and on plans for coordinated Israeli-Palestinian tourism initiatives. Ben-Hur stressed the importance of joint efforts to mark [...]	2009-12-31 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV294	ONE WEEK UNTIL GENERAL ELECTIONS - BIBI OUT IN [...] (C) Summary: One week ahead of general elections, the polls, pundits and politicians are nearly unanimous in their assessment that Binyamin Netanyahu will be the next Prime Minister. Polls have consistently given his Likud Party about thirty seats, and the overall balance of the 120-member [...]	2009-02-03 16:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KWBG IS
09TELAVIV314	BARAK WARNS HIZBALLAH, GOL AND SARG OF "PAINFUL" [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Defense Barak issued a series of tough warnings earlier this week intended to deter an expected Hizballah attack on Israel or Israeli interests abroad. Barak also sent signals to the governments of Lebanon and Syria that the IDF would target Lebanese state interests [...]	2009-02-05 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS SY LE IS
09TELAVIV350	GOI ESTABLISHES COMMISION ON ILLEGAL BEDOUIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 16:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI PREL EFIN ELAB EIND IS
09TELAVIV352	ELECTION DAY SCENESETTER AND THE LIEBERMAN DARK [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of elections to the 18th Knesset, the electorate, the analysts and the candidates are grappling with the confusion of a race that the final polls predict has narrowed significantly between the Likud and Kadima parties to the point where it is anyone's guess which party [...]	2009-02-09 18:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KWBG PINS IS
09TELAVIV363	LIKUD CHAIRMAN NETANYAHU TALKS IRAN, PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu met with members and staff of the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on January 30 to discuss Iran, peace talks with the Palestinians, and the possibility of conducting negotiations with Syria. Ne [...]	2009-02-11 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IR KWBG SY IS
09TELAVIV402	GOI INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP PREPARING TO RESPOND [...] (C) Alon Ushpiz, Chief of Staff to MFA Director General Aharon Abramovich, contacted Pol Couns February 18 to review the GOI's preparations for Secretary General Ban's Board of Inquiry (BOI) on IDF actions in Gaza. Ushpiz noted that the BOI is a "potential source of concern" for Israel due to [...]	2009-02-18 14:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC UN KWBG IS
09TELAVIV452	CODEL CARDIN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Cardin called on Prime Minister Olmert at his Jerusalem office February 16. Olmert and the CODEL discussed the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, Turkey's role in the indirect negotiations with Syria, the Iranian nuclear threat, and Olmert's peace offer to Palestinian President [...]	2009-02-25 15:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IR SY TU IS
09TELAVIV457	CODEL CARDIN DISCUSSES IRAN, SYRIA, PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) SUMMARY During their trip to Israel, CODEL Cardin discussed Iran, Syria, Israel-Palestinian negotiations, and the Israeli elections with Likud Party leader and candidate for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu described a nuclear Iran as the greatest threat facing Israel, and u [...]	2009-02-26 12:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR SY
09TELAVIV471	GOI WILLING TO PASS THE BUCK BUT NOT THE SHEKEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 16:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP KTFN KPAL PTER PREL IS
09TELAVIV48	FRENCH-EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL "POSITIVE" BUT NOT [...] (C) Despite press reports press reports quoting an Elysee announcement to that effect, Israel has not accepted the ceasefire proposal made by President Mubarak of Egypt and President Sarkozy of France on January 7. MOD and PMO sources confirmed that Israel still has serious concerns regardin [...]	2009-01-08 17:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KWBG UNAUS FR EG IS
09TELAVIV60	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE, JANUARY 9, 1700 [...] (SBU) As of 1700 local, 41 truckloads of food and medical supplies had transited the Kerem Shalom crossing, all of it commercial. Pickup and distribution on the Gaza side is still limited, in part by UNWRA's decision not to ask its contractor to operate until the IDF has a better coordination [...]	2009-01-09 16:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER EFIN PREL MOPS PHUM PINS KWBG IS
09TELAVIV601	THE AMBASSDOR BRIEFS EU AMBASSADORS ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 09:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EU KWBG IS
09TELAVIV64	GAZA SITREP, JANUARY 12, 1200 [...] (SBU) Summary: Political debate continues within Israel about the future of Operation Cast Lead, with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, most of the security cabinet, and some senior leaders in the Israeli military successfully pushing forward with the campaign, while Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and [...]	2009-01-12 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINS KWBG CASC EG IS SY KPAL EAID
09TELAVIV646	NETANYAHU GETTING TO CRUNCH TIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu is nearing the first "deadline" he faces in forming a governing majority in the Knesset. The Likud leader prefers to have coalition pacts signed prior to Sunday, March 22, which would guarantee him a majority in the Knesset, but he co [...]	2009-03-18 16:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV662	AGENDA FOR NETANYAHU'S FIRST 100 DAYS AND FIRST [...] (C) Summary. In a March 11 meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns, PM-designate Bibi Netanyahu's transition team laid out their agenda for the first one hundred days of the new government, which Netanyahu is expected to announce March 18. The top item on their agenda is passing a budget, [...]	2009-03-20 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG IS
09TELAVIV698	RESPONSE TO GICNT WORKSHOP AND EXERCISE PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: The GOI takes its obligations as a partner nation of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) seriously, and is interested in participating in the GICNT workshop and Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting hosted by the Republic of Korea in Seoul, April 14-16. Howev [...]	2009-03-24 16:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC MCAP PARM PINR PREL PTER KGIC KS IS
09TELAVIV730	ISRAELI VIEW OF HAMAS IN GAZA: UNDER PRESSURE, [...] (C) A senior Israeli journalist with close ties to Defense Minister Barak and the IDF offered PolCouns March 27 what he described as the security establishment's assessment of Hamas' situation in Gaza. Far from the big political boost they anticipated following Operation Cast Lead, Hamas fee [...]	2009-03-27 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV EAID KWBG IS
09TELAVIV753	GOI WILL NOT ATTEND GICNT WORKSHOP AND EXERCISE [...] (C) Due to the Passover Holiday, the GOI has opted not to attend the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop and Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting hosted by the Republic of Korea in Seoul, April 14-16. According to MFA Arms Control Department Officer Israel Tikochins [...]	2009-03-31 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC MCAP PARM PINR PREL PTER KGIC KS IS
09TELAVIV766	MFA BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON TURKISH INTEREST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Acting Director General Yossi Gal briefed the Ambassador March 31 on Gal's visit to Turkey. Gal, who had returned from Turkey March 30, explained that a strong thread of U.S.-related material ran through his discussions. The visit was to follow up on FM Livni's meeting with [...]	2009-04-01 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU IR SY IZ KWBG IS
09TELAVIV799	NORWEGIAN MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Norwegian Special Representative for the Middle East Jon Hanssen-Bauer and Ambassador to Israel Jakken Biorn Lian said Norway, as chair of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC),continues to press donors to live up to pledges made at confe [...]	2009-04-02 16:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL EG SA NO IS
09TELAVIV808	FOREIGN MINISTER LIEBERMAN HAS ARRIVED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's steady climb in the Israeli political system now has him firmly planted as leader of Israel's third-largest party, Yisrael Beitenu (YB),and has earned him a spot as Israel's top diplomat. Lieberman does not hide that his goal is the Prime M [...]	2009-04-03 16:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL EG IS
09TELAVIV887	LOWEY DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS AND IRAN WITH [...] (C) Summary. On April 16, CODEL Lowey met with Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Danny Ayalon to discuss the peace process and Iran. Foreign Minister (FM) Lieberman also joined for part of the meeting. Ayalon and Lieberman both emphasized that Iran is the biggest threat to Israel, the region, [...]	2009-04-21 08:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PGOV KWBG IR IS
09TELAVIV895	CODEL LOWEY DISCUSSES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE WITH [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Lowey discussed peace with the Palestinians April 16 with senior GOI officials, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Barak, Foreign Minister Lieberman, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. General Ashkenazi, Minister for Strategic Affairs Yaalon, and Deputy Foreign [...]	2009-04-22 08:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS EG JO IR
09TELAVIV897	ISRAEL ASKS RUSSIAN DFM TO POSTPONE UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 21, PolOff met with Russian Embassy Political Counselor Alexey Skosyrev to discuss the recent visit to Israel by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov. Saltanov's main meetings were with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Lieberman, and National Secu [...]	2009-04-22 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG RU UN IS
09TELAVIV920	RENEWAL OF EU/ISRAEL ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an EU contact, the EU has not made a formal decision to suspend talks on a potential relationship upgrade because of the foreign policy of the new Israeli government, despite a front page article in the April 23 Ha'aretz to the contrary. However, some EU member state [...]	2009-04-23 15:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG EU IS
09TELAVIV931	MFA CITES MAJOR PROGRESS ON TAXATION ISSUES IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Religious Affairs Bahij Mansour told Poloff April 27 that the most recent (April 24) working-level talks between Israel and the Vatican resulted in significant progress on several outstanding taxation issues, including an agreement in principle that the Vatican w [...]	2009-04-27 14:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF IS
09TELAVIV935	DEFENSE MINISTER BARAK: EXPERIENCED ASSET FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Binyamin Netanyahu's government settles in, it benefits from the continuity provided by Defense Minister and Labor party leader Ehud Barak, who served the same role in former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government. Barak brings valued military experience and leadership at a [...]	2009-04-28 08:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS
09TELAVIV94	NATO SYG DE HOOP SCHEFFER DISCUSSES GAZA CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: During his January 11-12 visit to Israel, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer discussed the Gaza conflict with Defense Minister Barak, Foreign Minister Livni, Prime Minister Olmert, and Likud Party leader Netanyahu. De Hoop Scheffer said Barak suggested the duration of [...]	2009-01-13 12:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO PINS KWBG KPAL EG JO IS
09TELAVIV976	MINISTER OF STRATEGIC AFFAIRS MOSHE YA'ALON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu named Lt. Gen. (res.) Moshe (Boogie) Ya'alon to serve as Minister of Strategic Affairs. Ya'alon, whom pundits predicted would serve as Defense Minister before Labor joined the governing coalition, brings to Netanyahu's cabinet extensive military [...]	2009-05-04 04:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IR IS
09THEHAGUE134	NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS: VIEWS ON DURBAN, HRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch share U.S. concerns about the Durban Review Conference and see the U.S. approach as "decisive" for their future participation. The Dutch are also considering their future participation in the Human Rights Council and strongly encourage U.S. participation. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-02-25 15:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NL UN
09THEHAGUE135	NETHERLANDS/EU: VIEWS ON FEBRUARY GAERC [...] (U) Summary: The Dutch MFA reviewed the GAERC agenda for February 23-34, including Afghanistan, the Middle East, Sudan, the EU's Eastern Partnership, the Western Balkans, and the economic crisis. Dutch plans for the March 2 Middle East conference are covered in reftel A, and Dutch views on the [...]	2009-02-26 07:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AF NL ZL
09THEHAGUE137	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: SEEKING AID PLANS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 08:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PK NL
09THEHAGUE149	NETHERLANDS/NATO ENLARGEMENT: PROTOCOLS ON TRACK [...] (U) The Dutch expect to deposit the protocols for accession of Albania and Croatia to NATO by mid-March. End Summary. 2. (U) Policy Advisor Anouk Vos, from the Dutch MFA's NATO Affairs Security and Defense Policy Division, noted that Queen Beatrix signed the law accepting the NATO protoco [...]	2009-03-02 16:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL NL
09THEHAGUE174	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch welcomed recent U.S. meetings in Syria. They agree an EU association agreement with Syria is inappropriate at this time and believe the EU is unlikely to approve such an agreement in the near term. End summary. 2. (C) Poloff shared reftel A points with key MFA contac [...]	2009-03-11 17:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY NL
09THEHAGUE175	NETHERLANDS: SUPPORT FOR GAZA INTERDICTION PROGRAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch support the Gaze interdiction program and will propose (1) a "matrix" of possible actions by member states under their laws, (2) preambular language about Allies' overall efforts to promote peace in the Middle East, and (3) a clarification that participating nations make [...]	2009-03-11 17:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL NL
09THEHAGUE199	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: MINISTER KOENDERS ATTENDING [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 13:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PK EAID ECON EFIN NL
09THEHAGUE200	NETHERLANDS/NATO/KFOR: DUTCH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 16:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV NL
09THEHAGUE212	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: NO DELIVERABLES FOR NATO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch do not expect to announce new "deliverables" on Afghanistan and Pakistan during the upcoming NATO and EU summits. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff shared reftel A points with key contacts at the Dutch MFA, MOD, and PM's office. Maarten Boef, head of the Dutch MFA Uruzgan [...]	2009-03-27 14:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS NL PK AF MARR
09THEHAGUE236	CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 56TH [...] (SBU) The two main topics that are likely to dominate Executive Council (EC) debate and informal discussions are the search for a new Director General and Iraq's recent submission of its declaration. On the DG search, candidates continue to emerge - most notably from the Western European an [...]	2009-04-09 15:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE240	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MARCH 31, 2009 CONVERSATION [...] (U) March 31, 2009; 3:30 p.m.; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Central Asia David Sedney Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary Piper Campbell Daniel King (Embassy Notetaker) China V/FM Dawei Wu [...]	2009-04-14 08:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON EMIN CH AF PK
09THEHAGUE242	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW,S MARCH 31, 2009 [...] (U) March 31, 2009; 6:10 pm; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary of State James Bever, Director for Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force USAID Piper Campbell, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary Rebecca Callaway (Embassy Notetaker) Netherland [...]	2009-04-14 09:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL EAID NL AF PK
09THEHAGUE243	(C) NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTING U.S. FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch will strongly support the U.S. candidacy for the Human Rights Council (Council or HRC). The Dutch are critical of the HRC and have suggestions to improve it. Jacobi also noted close cooperation on the Durban Review Conference declaration and a possible joint initiative [...]	2009-04-14 12:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NL
09THEHAGUE247	SCSLâ€™S TAYLOR TRIAL MEETS KEY MILESTONE, BUT SCSL [...] (SBU) On February 27, 2009, the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL or Court) took another step toward completing its work when the Prosecution rested its case against former Liberian President Charles Taylor -- the last SCSL case at the trial stage. The Court could potentially complete its work b [...]	2009-04-15 15:00:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KAWC
09THEHAGUE254	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MARCH 31, 2009 CONVERSATION [...] (U) March 31, 2009; 5:000 p.m.; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew Jim Bever, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID Piper Campbell, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary Eric Falls (Embassy Notetaker) Egypt Ms. Wafaa Bassim, Ambassa [...]	2009-04-20 07:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ECON EAID EG AF SU NL
09THEHAGUE264	NETHERLANDS/JSF FLYING INTO THE PERFECT STORM [...] (C) Summary: The philosophical opposition of Labor Party members, the economic crisis, and unfavorable U.S. reports have brought Dutch support of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program to the political breaking point. Parliament is in a stalemate as it goes into a second day of emotionally charged [...]	2009-04-23 14:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL NL
09THEHAGUE271	NETHERLANDS/JSF: COMPROMISE WINS [...] (C) Summary: Political grandstanding by parliamentarians opposed to the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program gave way to a late-night announcement of a compromise during the second day of debates. At the invitation of Parliament, cabinet members, including PM Balkenende, responded to questions on the [...]	2009-04-24 16:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL NL
09THEHAGUE287	CWC: MEETING WITH OPCW LEGAL ADVISER ON U.S. [...] (C) On April 23, U.S. Executive Council Representative Robert Mikulak and Delreps met with senior Secretariat officials to follow up on the updated U.S. submission on recovered chemical rounds in Iraq. In accordance with REF B instructions, U.S. Delreps had delivered the updated letter to th [...]	2009-05-06 12:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE295	CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF EC-56 [...] (SBU) On the margins of the 56th session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons' Executive Council (ref A),the U.S. Del met with a number of other delegations to discuss OPCW affairs as well as the Algerian and Turkish candidates to be next Director-General (DG). Meeting [...]	2009-05-08 18:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE301	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: SUPPORTING SUU KYI'S RELEASE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch will continue to support the release of Ang Sang Suu Kyi. The Dutch welcome U.S. views as they reassess efforts to improve the situation in Burma. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) SUPPORTING CONTINUED SANCTIONS AND SUU KYI'S RELEASE: Poloff discussed reftel A points with Seni [...]	2009-05-14 11:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL NL BM
09THEHAGUE308	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: FUNDS APPROVED FOR IDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREF PK NL
09THEHAGUE312	CWC: MISSING THE 2012 CONVENTION DEADLINE: [...] (SBU) On May 22, Delreps Beik and Robinson delivered reftel demarche on projected U.S. destruction dates beyond the 2012 extended Convention deadline to the Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter, and the new Chairman of [...]	2009-05-22 17:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE322	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (U) In response to Ref A, following is an analysis of Dutch relations with Cuba in the first half of 2009. (Note: Ref B reports on Dutch relations with Cuba in the second half of 2008. End note.) ----------------------------- Political Relations with Cuba ----------------------------- [...]	2009-05-29 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL EU NL CU
09THEHAGUE324	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR MAY 11-29, 2009 [...] (SBU) Official meetings at OPCW are still few and far between, with the exception of this week's industry cluster (reported septel). In accordance with Refs A and B, the Del continues to inform key individuals of the recently published chemical demilitarization schedule. This has evoked conc [...]	2009-05-29 17:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE329	INVITATION TO ATTEND U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE-HOSTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy The Hague is conducting a tabletop exercise (TTX) on July 14th, 2009 with the primary goal of training Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) in the procedures and expectations following a simulated U.S. nuclear accident on Dutch soil. Post invites addressee posts [...]	2009-06-02 16:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MNUC PARM TRGY KRAD NL
09THEHAGUE33	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: INCLINED TO SUPPORT U.S. "WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are inclined to support the U.S. proposal of "carrots and sticks" to encourage separatist regions in Georgia to give up their aspirations of independence. However, the West's first goal should be restoring international access to the regions and addressing any humanit [...]	2009-01-14 15:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU NL
09THEHAGUE35	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: EU UNLIKELY TO ACT QUICKLY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch believe the EU is unlikely to move forward quickly on the association agreement with Syria. FM Verhagen would be unlikely to approve such an agreement at this time. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Embassy delivered reftel A points to Peter van der Bloemen, Dutch MFA senior poli [...]	2009-01-15 15:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY NL
09THEHAGUE357	NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed that the Government of the Netherlands (GONL) pledged 86.7 million euro (USD 120 million) at the April 17 Tokyo Donor Conference, all of which will be channeled through the Dutch Embassy in Islamabad. The GONL has also pled [...]	2009-06-19 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PHUM PREF PK NL
09THEHAGUE375	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: JULY 4 INVITES RESCINDED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 15:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL IR PINR
09THEHAGUE376	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: MFA REPORTING FROM TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iranian and EU governments have exchanged protests, including a second formal protest by the Dutch MFA to the Iranian Charge d'Affaires in The Hague. Tehran is looking for splits in the EU position. The Dutch proposed and expect an EU meeting on June 26 to maintain unity. Si [...]	2009-06-26 15:52:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IR NL
09THEHAGUE40	CWC: IRAQ'S ACCESSION TO THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (U) Action requested ) see para 6. 2. (SBU) After the news of Iraq's delivery to the United Nations of its accession documents to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),U.S. Delegates to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) met with OPCW Acting Director General, [...]	2009-01-16 17:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE404	NETHERLANDS: WHA PDAS KELLY'S JUNE 25, 2009 [...] (U) June 25, 2009; 8:45 am; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: United States ------------- Craig Kelly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, WHA Eric Falls (Embassy notetaker) Netherlands ----------- Laurent Stokvis, MFA Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs Peter Potman, [...]	2009-07-07 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL BL NU CU VE
09THEHAGUE410	CWC: MEETINGS OF SENIOR U.S. EXPERTS IN THE HAGUE [...] (SBU) During their June 23-25 visit to The Hague, Robert Mikulak (ISN/CB Director and U.S. Representative to the OPCW's Executive Council (EC)) and Tom Hopkins (Principal Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs) briefed representativ [...]	2009-07-08 15:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE411	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR JUNE 23 TO JULY 3, 2009 [...] (SBU) Senior Washington experts Tom Hopkins (Principal Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs) and Bob Mikulak (ISN Director of Chemical and Biological Weapons Threat Reduction) visited The Hague June 23-25 to discuss the U.S. progra [...]	2009-07-08 18:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC

09THEHAGUE443	CWC: IRAQ ISSUES DURING OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) In a series of bilateral meetings surrounding Executive Council 57 (EC-57) the week of July 13, members of the U.S. delegation met with Iraqi Ambassador Siamand Banaa, new Iraqi delegate to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Muhanned Al-Miahi, Iraqi Foreign Mi [...]	2009-07-21 18:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL OPCW CWC IQ
09THEHAGUE476	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: MFA REPORTING FROM TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch describe a "cleansing" in Iran, with massive arrests of civil society networks. Vocal protests continue in Tehran. At the inaugural activities, the Dutch opted to send their DCM to the procedure in the Iranian parliament, and no representative to the ceremony at which [...]	2009-08-07 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IR NL
09THEHAGUE481	CWC: U.S.-CHINA CONSULTATIONS: RESPONSE FROM [...] (C) On August 7, Delreps Granger and Smith met with Chinese Deputy PermRep Chen Kai and Chinese delegate Xu Feng to deliver reftel points. Delrep informed Chen of Washington's positive response to China's standing invitation for bilateral discussions in Beijing and site visits to Nanjing and [...]	2009-08-10 16:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CH JA
09THEHAGUE499	GICNT: 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (C) Fifty-nine of 75 partners sent high-level representation to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Plenary Meeting held in The Hague, Netherlands, June 16-17, 2009. Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen hosted the meeting. U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary (AA/S) Eliot [...]	2009-08-18 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC RS
09THEHAGUE500	GICNT: 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC RS
09THEHAGUE501	GICNT: 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC RS
09THEHAGUE518	CWC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE SELECTION OF A NEW [...] (SBU) Dr. Robert Mikulak, ISN/CB Director and U.S. Representative to the Executive Council (EC),visited The Hague August 27-28 to consult with key delegations on the selection of a new Director- General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Accompanied by [...]	2009-08-31 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE54	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PRIORITIES FOR JANUARY GAERC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch are looking to reactivate the EU border mission in support of Israel-Palestine peace negotiations. On Guantanamo, the EU will consider a common position, but the Dutch are not willing to accept detainees. On Ukraine/Russia, the Dutch will support continued negotiatio [...]	2009-01-23 11:34:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU NL CZ
09THEHAGUE556	NETHERLANDS: LOOKING FOR CFE GUIDANCE [...] (C) The Dutch welcome more information about U.S. plans to resolve the impasse between Russia and the United States regarding the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). PolDep shared reftel discussion points with Erica Schouten, MFA Head of NATO Affairs, MFA Senior Policy Advisor [...]	2009-09-14 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO NL
09THEHAGUE557	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR SEPTEMBER 1-11, 2009 [...] (SBU) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has returned to work in full force, with delegations and Technical Secretariat (TS) staff alike back from the August recess. The Geneva Group met September 4 with a briefing by Mary Blanca Rios (U.S.) on that week's meeting [...]	2009-09-14 16:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC CWC
09THEHAGUE560	NETHERLANDS: PUSHING SRI LANKA ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) The Dutch support U.S. efforts to encourage the GSL to permit the free movement of IDPs. On September 14, post delivered ref A points to MFA Senior Policy Officer Andrea Nederlof, in the Department for Asia and Oceania. Nederlof responded that the Dutch ambassador in Colombo has been "ver [...]	2009-09-15 16:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID NL
09THEHAGUE566	CWC: WRAP UP FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14- 18, [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The only official meeting at OPCW this week was the budget consultation on September 17. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) held its regular weekly meeting on September 15. Meanwhile, multiple rece [...]	2009-09-18 14:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE568	NETHERLANDS/JSF: CONCERN ABOUT SECOND ENGINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Netherlands Minister of Defense (MOD) has expressed concern over the JSF second engine (F-136) being omitted from the U.S. 2010 Defense Budget. Dutch industry has high-value contracts supporting the development of the F-136 engine. The MOD has struggled to retain the necessary supp [...]	2009-09-21 07:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL NL
09THEHAGUE571	NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH CONFIRM EU CONSIDERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: EU political directors have agreed to use common language to respond to offensive statements by President Ahmadinejad during the UNGA high-level event. The Dutch support U.S. redlines and are urging EU agreement on common redlines. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Post sent reftel A point [...]	2009-09-21 14:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA NL IR
09THEHAGUE572	NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch generally share U.S. views on the agenda items for the 12th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Dutch are concerned about how to respond to Judge Goldstone's report on Israel and Russia's proposal to review the HRC process. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) DUTCH SUPPORT [...]	2009-09-21 14:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	UN PHUM PREL NL
09THEHAGUE582	NETHERLANDS/HRC: SUPPORTING U.S. ON GOLDSTONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch MFA supports the U.S. position on the Goldstone report, but some members in the Dutch Parliament will try to pressure FM Verhagen to take a more skeptical approach toward Israel. The MFA intimated there is a split on Israel policy between FM Verhagen and Development Mini [...]	2009-09-25 07:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KISL KPAL PREL PHUM PTER NL
09THEHAGUE584	CWC: UPDATE ON DIRECTOR-GENERAL (DG) SELECTION [...] (SBU) Dr. Robert Mikulak, ISN/CB Director and U.S. Representative to the Executive Council (EC),visited The Hague September 24 to consult with key delegations on the selection of a new Director- General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Accompanied by [...]	2009-09-28 07:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL OPCW CWC
09THEHAGUE59	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 19-23, 2009 [...] (SBU) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is slowly returning to life after the holidays, with the first informal meetings this year of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) on January 20, and Article X on January 22. Delreps also met with the Algerian delegate to [...]	2009-01-26 14:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AG IZ PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE601	CWC: SELECTION OF THE NEXT OPCW DG: RESULTS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The selection for the next Director-General (DG) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) moved forward today after the first informal straw poll of Executive Council (EC) members. Results of the straw poll indicate a distinction between three candid [...]	2009-10-05 15:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE608	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: NUKES, AMCITS, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are mystified about Iran's decision to publicize the existence of the Qom nuclear enrichment facility. They appear reluctant to intervene with the GOI on the detained American citizens but are looking at whether they are "doing enough" on human rights. The Dutch embassy [...]	2009-10-09 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR PHUM NL
09THEHAGUE615	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch generally support the U.S. approach on the Goldstone report in New York and Geneva. The Dutch MFA hopes for additional information from the U.S. on next steps on the Goldstone report and on Middle East peace negotiations. There is a high-level political conflict between [...]	2009-10-15 10:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL PHUM PTER NL EU
09THEHAGUE617	CWC: AMHET UZUMCU OF TURKEY NOMINATED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu (Turkish Perm Rep to the UN Office in Geneva) received a consensus nomination by the 41-member Executive Council to be the next Director- General (DG) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The nomination occurred on Friday, [...]	2009-10-16 21:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC AU FI GM ID TU UK AG
09THEHAGUE632	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION, [...] (SBU) The 58th session of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was a remarkable success. The Council approved by consensus a recommendation to the Conference of States Parties (CSP) to appoint Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey to be the next Direc [...]	2009-10-22 18:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC EIND OPCW CWC AU FI GM ID TU
09THEHAGUE638	CWC: LIBYA'S REQUEST TO EXTEND THEIR DESTRUCTION [...] (C) The Libyan request to extend their intermediate and final deadlines for the destruction of their declared chemical weapons (CW) was approved by the Executive Council (EC) on October 16, but only after questions were raised privately by the U.S. and the UK, and publicly by the European Uni [...]	2009-10-26 08:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL OPCW CWC LY
09THEHAGUE639	CWC: LIBYA'S REQUEST TO EXTEND THEIR DESTRUCTION [...] (C) The Libyan request to extend their intermediate and final deadlines for the destruction of their declared chemical weapons (CW) was approved by the Executive Council (EC) on October 16, but only after questions were raised privately by the U.S. and the UK, and publicly by the European Uni [...]	2009-10-26 08:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL OPCW CWC LY
09THEHAGUE651	NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTING MYERS FOR UN ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 13:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA NL
09THEHAGUE658	CWC: OPCW TOP STRUCTURE TRANSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the transition to a new Director-General (DG) in July 2010, much of the top structure in the Technical Secretariat (TS) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is expected to change. The top structure includes the Deputy Director-General (DDG) an [...]	2009-10-30 17:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM OPCW CWC
09THEHAGUE668	NETHERLANDS/GOLDSTONE: SAME REDLINES AS IN GENEVA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 10:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL PHUM PTER NL
09THEHAGUE674	NETHERLANDS/SERBIA: REQUEST FOR FBI REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch MFA has requested information on the FBI report on Serbia's efforts to apprehend alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Ard van der Vorst, Coordinator for Political Affairs for the Western Balkans, requested a meeting with PolDep November 3 and request [...]	2009-11-06 17:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL KAWC ICTY SR
09THEHAGUE677	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: A YOUNG DIPLOMAT,S REPORT FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: A junior Dutch diplomat working in Tehran gave Post her views on human rights, the economy, public diplomacy, and diplomatic life in Tehran. Most notably, Iran is now arresting family members of dissidents. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) HUMAN RIGHTS: On November 3, Kim De Jong, Dutch [...]	2009-11-10 08:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	IR NL PHUM PREL
09THEHAGUE692	NETHERLANDS/SERBIA: "CONSTRUCTIVE" APPROACH [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 16:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL KAWC ICTY SR
09THEHAGUE701	NETHERLANDS: IDEAS ON BHUTANESE REFUGEE CORE GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 11:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV BT NL
09THEHAGUE705	NETHERLANDS/MACEDONIA: SUPPORTING EU ACCESSION [...] (U) The Dutch support beginning EU accession negotiations with Macedonia. Post delivered reftel points to Dominique Kuhling, head of the EU enlargement division at the Dutch MFA, on November 19. Kuhling said the Netherlands was "quite pleased" with Macedonia's progress on meeting the eight b [...]	2009-11-19 15:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NL MK EU
09THEHAGUE71	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 26- 30, 2009 [...] (SBU) Speculation on the process to select a new Director General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is beginning in earnest, with a formal agenda item now on the calendar for the next Executive Council (EC- 55) in February. The Western European and Othe [...]	2009-01-30 15:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AG IZ PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE716	NETHERLAND/IRAN NUKES: SUPPORTING NEXT STEPS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch continue to support a firm approach with Iran but also continue to seek details on possible new sanctions. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Key Dutch MFA contacts -- MFA Iran Desk Loek Ten Hagen and Deputy Head of Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Christoffer Jonker -- welcom [...]	2009-11-24 14:00:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM NL IR
09THEHAGUE719	CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR THE 14TH CONFERENCE OF THE [...] (SBU) The 14th Conference of the States Parties (CSP) should smoothly wrap up the year's worth of activities of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),as intended in the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This year, unlike many in the past, the Executive Council (EC) [...]	2009-11-27 17:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EIND OPCW CWC
09THEHAGUE725	NETHERLANDS/IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: SHELL CONFIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Royal Dutch Shell executives told EconOff December 2 the company's activities should not trigger action under the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA). The Department's review process has grabbed Shell's attention. With in-house counsel looking on, Shell executives described the status of the [...]	2009-12-02 17:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR NL
09THEHAGUE727	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: SUPPORTING U.S. APPROACH [...] (C) The Dutch will support the U.S. approach of urging the GOB to engage in dialogue with the opposition and minority groups, to permit dialogue between Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her political leadership, and to encourage Asian governments in this effort. Pol Deputy raised reftel points wit [...]	2009-12-03 09:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM NL
09THEHAGUE745	CWC: DISCUSSION WITH GENERAL KHOLSTOV ON STATUS [...] (SBU) The 14th Session of the Conference of States Parties was held at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague from November 30 through December 4. On November 30, Victor Ivanovich Kholstov, serving as Head of the Russian Delegation, delivered the National [...]	2009-12-11 13:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL RS CWC
09THEHAGUE755	CWC: TRILATERAL MEETING BETWEEN LIBYA, UK AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 12:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	LY PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE764	CWC: ASD WEBER DELIVERS PRESENTATION ON U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request: see paras 12, 18 and 24. ------------ INTRODUCTION ------------ 2. (SBU) Senior Department of Defense representative Andrew Weber (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs) visited The Hague November 30 - D [...]	2009-12-22 15:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL OPCW CWC
09THEHAGUE768	CWC: TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT PLANS FOR EXPERTS [...] (C) On December 22, Delreps met with senior Technical Secretariat (TS) officials to discuss plans for the trilateral meeting with Iraqi and U.S. experts January 12-13, 2010, on the status of the Iraqi chemical weapons bunkers (reftel). Senior TS staff had met with the Director-General (DG) an [...]	2009-12-23 16:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL OPCW CWC IZ
09THEHAGUE86	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are promoting human rights and business in Iraq. The Dutch MFA has been affected by the parliamentary discussion of the Netherlands' response to the Iraq war. End summary. 2. (C) On February 3, Herman Quarles van Ufford, Director of the MFA's Gulf State Division, dis [...]	2009-02-09 10:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM NL IR
09THEHAGUE93	CWC: CWC: WRAP-UP FOR FEBRUARY 2-9, 2009 [...] (SBU) As delegations prepared for the upcoming marathon of meetings -- the Industry Cluster February 10, the experts' meeting on the Scientific Advisory Board report February 11-13, and the Executive Council (EC-55) February 17-20 -- conversations in at OPCW swirled around the search for a ne [...]	2009-02-11 15:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE94	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, State representatives met bilaterally with Russian MFA (Rozhkov) and then trilaterally with Netherlands MFA (van der Kwast) to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Fifth Plenary Meeting scheduled for June 16-17, 2009 in The Hague. It [...]	2009-02-12 07:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC RS NL
09TIJUANA709	LAW ENFORCEMENT HIGH JINKS IN TJ: HOW NARCOTRAFFICKERS EVADE [...] (C) Mexican state and federal authorities have made impressive numbers of arrests and narcotics seizures over the last two years in Baja California, weakening, but not defeating, the organized crime syndicates that operate in the state. Despite these successes, the complex interact [...]	2009-07-08 23:51:00	Consulate Tijuana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SNAR KCRM MX
09TIJUANA732	POLICE MURDERS SHOW THE DIFFIUCLTY OF BRINGING DOWN THE DRUG [...] (C) The evening of July 6, two municipal police officers, one from Tijuana and one from Rosarito, were killed and a third policeman was injured in four separate attacks by presumed drug traffickers (a fourth police officer escaped unharmed). One of the bodies was found with a note threatening [...]	2009-07-14 17:29:00	Consulate Tijuana	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM MX
09TIJUANA883	REPORT FROM LA FRONTERA: BORDER PATROL'S BATTLES WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Migrant and drug trafficking patterns along the Mexico-U.S. border vary from sector to sector and are difficult to pin down because the routes and tactics used by traffickers are in constant flux. Most traffickers prefer to avoid confrontation with U.S. law enforcement, and the ab [...]	2009-08-22 00:24:00	Consulate Tijuana	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KCRM PREL MX
09TILISI1526	GEORGIA: NATIONAL FORUM - QUIETLY BECOMING A PLAYER [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 11:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TIRANA112	LIST OF INDICTED IN GERDEC SCANDAL GROWS TO 37 [...] (C) Prosecution has provided Post with the list of those it has indicted or is in the process of indicting in relation to the Gerdec tragedy (ref). Since some of the individuals on the list have not been notified yet, prosecution has asked we keep this list confidential. ARRESTED IN MARCH 2 [...]	2009-02-18 15:53:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV PARM ASEC
09TIRANA114	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT EFFECTIVELY KILLS LUSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 16 decision by the Constitutional Court to suspend the Lustration Law pending a full review by the Court and then to refer it to the Venice Commission for review effectively kills the Law and ensures that it will almost certainly never be implemented as drafted and p [...]	2009-02-19 12:22:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV AL
09TIRANA146	DEMILITARIZATION: GRADUAL PROGRESS BUT REMAINING [...] (C) Summary. On February 26-27, PM/WRA Senior Advisor Mark Adams visited Tirana to review progress on Albania's demilitarization efforts and to meet with Defense Minister Oketa. There has been recent positive progress, although several issues remain. To date, the Defense Minister has not sig [...]	2009-03-05 06:38:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV MASS PREL AL
09TIRANA160	SOCIALIST PARTY TO CALL FOR POSTPONEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: As the June 28 Parliamentary elections approach, early polling gives the opposition Socialist Party (SP) a slight lead over the ruling Democratic Party. Nevertheless, the SP has serious concerns about the GOA's ability to issue voter ID cards to the voters who require them. Citi [...]	2009-03-12 08:08:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AL
09TIRANA164	THE KINGMAKER FOR THE JUNE ELECTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: As the June Parliamentary elections approach, the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) clearly sees itself as the kingmaker in an election where neither of the two leading parties appear likely to win an outright victory. LSI hopes to win 15 seats and expects the SP and DP t [...]	2009-03-13 13:33:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AL
09TIRANA172	ALBANIA ON THE EVE OF NATO ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: Albania will reach the April 3-4 Strasbourg summit less with a purposeful stride than with a pronounced limp. Widespread economic and political reforms that marked 2007 slowed to a crawl after Albania received its NATO invitation in April 2008. The GOA at the highest levels is [...]	2009-03-18 15:41:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AL
09TIRANA18	PRESIDENT TOPI LEANING AGAINST VETO OF LUSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 12 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, President Topi signaled clearly that he will not veto the Lustration Law. Instead, he told Charge that he will almost certainly sit on the bill until the twenty-day review period expires on January 14, thereby passively allowin [...]	2009-01-13 12:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM AL
09TIRANA180	GITMO DETAINEES IN ALBANIA POSE LIMITED THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in Albania has proven to be a success, even though significant challenges remain. Nearly three years after their arrival in Albania, seven former detainees remain in Albania, with one having received asylum in Sweden. Of the seven, all ha [...]	2009-03-24 12:06:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AL
09TIRANA184	ALBANIAN ISLAMIC COMMUNITY ELECTIONS RIGGED? [...] (C) Summary: On March 18, Selim Muca, Chairman of the Albanian Islamic Community (AIC),announced the AIC would hold elections for the Chairman, and three days later Muca was elected unopposed to another five-year term. However, on March 24, in response to a March 20 lawsuit filed by some AIC [...]	2009-03-25 13:32:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL AL
09TIRANA185	ALBANIA: BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? [...] (C) As predicted reftel, the global financial crisis is having a growing effect on Albania. The GOA, unable to finance its 2009 budget deficit by selling domestic bonds or organizing a Eurobond issue, was forced in January to seek 250 million euro through commercial financing. (Note: Since [...]	2009-03-25 13:40:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AL
09TIRANA197	GERDEC TRIAL DATE SET; BERISHA AND MEDIU FORM [...] (C) Summary. On March 25, the Albanian Supreme Court announced that the trial against former Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu will begin May 4. The day before, Mediu filed his own charges against Prosecutor General Ina Rama and lead investigator in the Gerdec case Sokol Stojani. Prime Minister [...]	2009-04-01 13:36:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM KCOR KJUS KDEM AL
09TIRANA2	ALBANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, SIX MONTHS OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The passage of the Electoral Code on December 29 cleared the last major legislative hurdle necessary for the 2009 parliamentary elections, which will take place at the end of June. With the Electoral Code out of the way, attention will increasingly focus on the election campaign [...]	2009-01-05 10:49:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AL
09TIRANA207	INVESTOR IN ID CARD BUSINESS GIVES HIS TAKE [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Ambassador, the Amcit President and CEO of the Albanian-American Enterprise Fund (AAEF),which has a 25 per cent stake the French company Sagem's concession to produce the voter ID cards, went to great lengths to explain that the AAEF is not at fault for delays i [...]	2009-04-03 13:33:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AL
09TIRANA212	WILL ELECTORAL GREMLINS THWART ELECTION DAY? [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador, the Chairman of the Central Election Commission, Arben Ristani, brushed aside many concerns or difficulties involved with implementing the new Electoral Code, saying that his main worries were over the election's budget and with the lists of party delegates [...]	2009-04-06 14:57:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AL
09TIRANA221	DEMIL: LITTLE MOVEMENT LIEKLY BEFORE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. One week before the April 4 NATO Summit, the Ministry of Defense ordered the temporary suspension of all demilitarization activity. The stated reason was to avoid any accident that might mar events around Albania's NATO accession (as the Gerdec tragedy did only two weeks before A [...]	2009-04-09 05:42:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV MASS AL
09TIRANA24	ALBANIA ACTIVELY PURSUING COMPLETION OF NATO [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Albania has begun domestic ratification of their NATO accession and expects to have it completed by mid-February. They will then wait for the official invitation to deposit their ratification in Washington. The Albanian MFA has been actively following progress [...]	2009-01-14 15:26:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AL
09TIRANA244	NEW REVELATIONS IN GERDEC SCANDAL AND DISMISSAL OF [...] (C) Summary. A string of revelations and decisions this past week have put the Prosecutor General Ina Rama on the defensive and have incited PM Berisha to step up his public rhetoric against Rama. First, media has brought attention to the fact that 15 of the 28 accused in the Gerdec scandal ar [...]	2009-04-17 12:34:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR KJUS AL
09TIRANA271	GREECE TAKES THE COAST [...] (C) On April 27-28, Greek PM Kostas Karamanlis visited Albania, the first such visit by a Greek PM since 1992. A 2005 visit by Greek President Karolos Papoulias was cut short when Papoulias left the country without meeting with his GOA counterpart due to protests. But now a new day has dawned [...]	2009-04-30 14:15:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SMIG GR AL
09TIRANA272	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ODIHR ELECTION OBSERVATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Withers told Foreign Minister Basha on April 30 that the U.S. is surprised by Albanian objections to Dame Audrey Glover's appointment as Head of the upcoming ODIHR Election Observation Mission to Albania. He cautioned the FM against Albania setting an unfortunate prec [...]	2009-04-30 15:19:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV OSCE AL
09TIRANA275	SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS JONES' BILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (U) Note. This scenesetter deals with your bilateral meetings with Albanian officials while in Tirana and does not discuss your meetings with third-country foreign ministers or with the Adriatic Charter conference, which we understand will be handled by other posts and by EUR/SCE. End Note. [...]	2009-05-05 05:21:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ECON MARR AL
09TIRANA286	DAS JONES MEETINGS IN TIRANA MAY 7-8, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 7-8, EUR DAS Stuart Jones came to Tirana to participate in the Adriatic Charter Ministerial Conference. On the side, he conducted meetings with Albanian officials. These meetings largely focused on preparations for the June 28 national elections and the current dispute [...]	2009-05-13 07:27:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AL
09TIRANA319	MP LISTS ARE OUT: DP PURGES PARTY AND SP BREAKS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 26, the Central Election Committee (CEC) approved candidate lists for the upcoming parliamentary elections for both the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and opposition Socialist Party (SP),but not without the usual amount of last-minute drama. The CEC initially rejected the [...]	2009-05-27 13:40:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AL
09TIRANA343	QUIET PROGRESS ON DEMIL DESPITE ELECTION FRENZY; [...] (C) Summary. Despite fears that all progress would be held hostage to the national election frenzy, the Government of Albania (GOA) has recently made significant progress on demilitarization. Most significantly, the GOA has finally allowed commencement of industrial demil at Polican, where t [...]	2009-06-05 14:44:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS PARM AL
09TIRANA35	THE OUTLINES OF PM BERISHA'S ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: With six months to go until the parliamentary elections, the rough outlines of Prime Minister Berisha's electoral strategy are becoming clearer. Berisha's election strategy seems, at least for now, to be focused on three pillars - anti-communism; vast government spending; and sh [...]	2009-01-16 16:22:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KCOR KJUS AL
09TIRANA351	FROM CIVIL SOCIETY TO POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: As reported reftel, several prominent civil society actors are running for MP for the opposition Socialist Party (SP). In separate conversations with two of these activists, both bemoaned the partisan atmosphere, but also seemed to be enjoying their new roles immensely. Both ca [...]	2009-06-09 11:16:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL AL
09TIRANA352	LOOKING TO THE ENDGAME ON ID CARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With nineteen days left until the elections, the ID card process has entered the home stretch. The Interior Ministry has set June 15 as the last day to apply for an ID card - after that date ID card centers will be open for distribution of cards only. With nearly 1.3 million I [...]	2009-06-10 11:26:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM AL
09TIRANA360	HOW TO STEAL AN ELECTION, ALBANIAN STYLE [...] (C) Summary: Although the conduct of Albanian elections has shown steady improvement over the years, ODIHR election assessments since 1996 read at times like a how-to guide for flawed and rigged elections. Allegations of vote buying, bribery of electoral commissioners, fraudulent voter IDs, v [...]	2009-06-12 15:29:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCRM PHUM PREL AL
09TIRANA411	GOA PLEASED WITH TIER 2 RANKING [...] (SBU) On June 15, Poloff delivered ref A talking points and information to Ilir Melo, Chief of the Americas Desk at the MFA, who was visibly pleased to learn that Albania had been lifted to Tier 2. He expressed his gratitude for this ranking and, recognizing past mistakes by the GOA in dealing [...]	2009-06-23 14:02:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KTIP PGOV PREL AL
09TIRANA453	THE CENTER OF POWER ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT [...] (C) Although the outcome of the elections on June 28 are still uncertain and the next government lineup may not come into focus until September, certain leadership styles are likely to reign in the next government regardless of the outcome. And regardless of which party forms the next governm [...]	2009-07-08 07:03:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR AL
09TIRANA474	SUPREME COURT SETS ANOTHER TRAFFICKER FREE [...] (C) Summary: On May 28, notorious human trafficker Genci Hysa, who was found guilty of human trafficking, had his conviction reversed and was freed from prison by the Supreme Court. The high court claimed that he could not be charged in Albania for crimes he was already acquitted of in Italy, [...]	2009-07-14 12:59:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KTIP KCRM PGOV PREL AL IT
09TIRANA511	INTERNAL SP RUMBLINGS ON EVE OF GATHERING [...] (C) Summary: On July 28, in anticipation of the Central Election Commission (CEC) announcing the results of the last three regions, Tirana, Fier, and Shokdra on July 27, the SP will convene to determine its next steps. Mayor of Tirana and SP Party Chairman Edi Rama told Ambassador that the SP [...]	2009-07-28 08:41:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AL
09TIRANA52	ALBANIA'S INSURANCE PRIVATIZATION MAY HIT A SNAG [...] (C) Dallas-based American Reserve Life Insurance Company (ARLI) is negotiating with the Ministry of Finance to conclude its purchase of state-owned insurance company INSIG. ARLI won the tender for 61% of INSIG On December 9 (reftel). EBRD, which owns 19% of INSIG's shares, was not initially [...]	2009-01-27 06:19:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KCRM PREL AL
09TIRANA535	THE ELECTIONS ARE OVER; WHO IS IN PARLIAMENT NOW? [...] (C) Summary: On August 1, the Central Election Commission (CEC) certified the June 28 parliamentary elections. The Democratic Party (DP) has 70 Members of Parliament, the Socialist Party (SP) 66, and the Movement for Socialist Integration (LSI) four. The DP and LSI will form a governing coal [...]	2009-08-05 15:34:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AL
09TIRANA537	WHAT HAPPENED TO G-99? [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 15:42:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AL
09TIRANA552	CRIMINALS MAKING THE LAWS IN ALBANIA'S PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Despite the relative calm on Election Day, it has very much come to our attention that there is a strong undercurrent of people tied to organized crime that participated and/or were involved in possibly manipulating the June 28 elections. The three major parties, the Democratic Party (DP) [...]	2009-08-13 13:53:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCRM ASEC PHUM PREL AL
09TIRANA585	ECONOMY STILL GROWING, BUT CAUTION IS KEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Against all odds, the consensus view among economists is that the Albanian economy will post positive growth for 2009. Although the GOA's projection of 4.8 percent growth for 2009 is almost certainly too high, Ministry of Finance economists privately say that the economy will n [...]	2009-08-28 15:25:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV AL
09TIRANA596	GOA STRUGGLING TO PLAN FOR H1N1, PAY FOR VACCINE [...] (SBU) Summary: As of September 1, there have been 30 confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Albania. The GOA's slow response has hindered its ability to procure the H1N1 vaccine. Lack of funds for the purchase of a sufficient number of vaccine doses and failure to plan weaken Albania's overall p [...]	2009-09-02 14:57:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CASC KFLU PINR PREL AL
09TIRANA599	UNGA 64: ALBANIA'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] (C) On September 2, Poloff delivered reftel information to Saimir Repishti, Director of the UN Department at the MFA. Repishti thanked us for the information and said most of Albania's UNGA goals meshed with those of the U.S. He then provided us with a general overview of Albanian objectives f [...]	2009-09-03 14:50:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PGOV AL
09TIRANA602	SURPRISE TOP BRASS SHAKEUP: MILITARY CRIES FOUL [...] (U) On September 2, President Topi's office announced several dismissals and appointments in the top ranks of the military. Current commander of Naval Command Captain Kristaq Gerveni was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCHOD),a position that has been vacant since July, when prev [...]	2009-09-08 05:23:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM AL
09TIRANA618	SP INSIDER: NO END IN SIGHT TO BOYCOTT; DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ben Blushi, Socialist Party MP and member of the SP's ruling body (and prominent critic of SP Chairman Edi Rama),told PolOff on September 11 that Edi Rama will try to sustain the SP's boycott of Parliament until PM Berisha agrees to negotiate with Rama over SP demands. In blast [...]	2009-09-11 13:12:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV PINS AL
09TIRANA63	ALBANIAN MILITARY ON EVE OF NATO MEMBERSHIP: [...] (C) Summary. In a recent media interview, CHOD BG Maksim Malaj stated that as NATO membership becomes imminent, the largest challenges for the Albanian Armed Forces (AAF) are: first, to increase operational capability and cooperation with Allies; second, to transition to an all-volunteer force [...]	2009-01-30 14:50:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS AL NATO
09TIRANA637	ALBANIA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: As Albania's new Foreign Minister, Movement for Socialist Integration (LSI) Chairman Ilir Meta will likely contrast sharply both in style and substance with the former FM Lulzim Basha, who now serves as Minister of the Interior. Meta previously served as Prime Minister and FM, an [...]	2009-09-24 12:17:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AL
09TIRANA639	IMAMI: THE ACCIDENTAL MINISTER? [...] (U) Summary. The announcement of Arben Imami, until now Prime Minister Berisha's chief of staff, as Albania's new Minister of Defense caught even Imami by surprise. Imami is a founding member of the Democratic Party (DP),although he was estranged from the party for a decade and reconciled wit [...]	2009-09-24 14:41:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR AL
09TIRANA667	MAJOR DEFENSE PROCUREMENT TAKES TROUBLING TURN [...] (C) Summary. A lack of transparency in recent developments concerning the Government of Albania's tender for medium-lift helicopters has caused us concern. After a seemingly successful meeting with Prime Minister Berisha and new Defense Minister Imami on September 16, Sikorsky (who has advocac [...]	2009-10-06 12:08:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AL
09TIRANA686	BERISHA: FLIRTING WITH GREATER ALBANIA? [...] (C) Summary: A series of public comments by Prime Minister Sali Berisha since August about "uniting the Albanian nation" have caused concern throughout the region. While the government assured Post that it had no intention of seeking the territorial unity of Albania and Kosovo, an early Octobe [...]	2009-10-15 09:16:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KV AL
09TIRANA7	EXPLOSION AT POLICAN HIGHLIGHTS UNRESOLVED [...] (C) Summary. On January 6, an employee of the Polican Mechanical Plant was killed when hit by the accidental explosion of a mortar fuse. Polican is one of two sites (along with the Mjekes Explosives Factory) designated for industrial demilitarization, planned to begin this month. U.S. contrac [...]	2009-01-08 10:26:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV MASS AL
09TIRANA701	ACTION REQUEST: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 15:30:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AL
09TIRANA717	AMBASSADOR'S COMMENTS SPARK RUSH TO IMMUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 23 speech at a Tirana conference on the subject of integrity, Ambassador Withers voiced strong support for Prime Minister Berisha's September vow "to demolish the wall of immunity," a reference by Berisha to his long-standing pledge to revoke the broad immunity [...]	2009-11-05 16:22:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM AL
09TIRANA722	CHINESE VISIT ALBANIA [...] (C) On October 29-31, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang visited Tirana and met with Prime Minister Sali Berisha, President Bamir Topi, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ilir Meta, Speaker of Parliament Jozefina Topalli, and participated in economic related events. According to Armand [...]	2009-11-06 15:51:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH AL
09TIRANA723	LONG ELECTORAL PROCESS SLOWING DOWN ANTI-TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite an unprecedented flurry of anti-trafficking activity in 2008, in 2009 the GOA's anti-trafficking efforts appear to have come to a standstill, a victim of the entire GOA's preoccupation since April of this year with the June parliamentary elections and subsequent government [...]	2009-11-06 16:08:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KTIP SMIG SOCI AL
09TIRANA724	MORE STRIFE IN ISLAMIC COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: The latest shakeup in the Albanian Islamic Community (AIC) has resulted in the removal of the AIC's deputy, in a decision that is widely-viewed as illegal and personal. The dismissal appears connected to the former deputy's criticism of the AIC Chairman, but some GOA officials a [...]	2009-11-09 14:41:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KIRF AL

09TIRANA727	(C) DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN ACTIVITIES IN ALBANIA [...] (C) On November 11 DCM delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Edith Harxhi. Harxhi agreed fully with U.S. concerns regarding proposed trade and cultural agreements between the governments of Iran and Albania and direct commercial air traffic between Tehran and Tirana. 2. (C) D [...]	2009-11-10 15:56:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR AL
09TIRANA74	GOA CONSIDERING REGIONAL ANTI-TIP FORUM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 30 meeting with Ilir Melo, Chief of the Americas Desk at the MFA, Melo said the GOA is considering initiating a regional platform to address TIP as part of an effort to increase Albania's leadership in the region. Melo said that with Kosovo's independence achieved, t [...]	2009-02-03 12:23:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PREL PGOV KWMN ECON AL
09TIRANA755	SUPRISE POLICE SHAKEUP REVEALS AN "UNTOUCHABLE" [...] (C) Summary. After only one week in power, newly appointed General Director of the State Police Hysni Burgaj announced reassignments of almost all regional and functional police directors. Two weeks later, Burgaj made similar staff changes in the Border Police. While the speed of the shakeup [...]	2009-11-25 07:31:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KCOR PINS AL
09TIRANA757	ALBANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 10:04:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR AL
09TIRANA761	BERISHA TO SP: NO MORE MR. NICE GUY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Democratic Party MP close to PM Berisha told PolOff on November 24 that Berisha reacted very negatively to Socialist Party calls for early elections and was now determined to "respond in kind" to the SP's hard line. The MP told PolOff that the GOA would sponsor its own demonstr [...]	2009-11-25 18:36:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM AL
09TIRANA790	GOA HAS REGAINED MOMENTUM ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In two recent meetings with Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)officials, the GOA seems to have regained its momentum on anti-trafficking efforts. Both ministries outlined new initiatives and ideas and the MOI provided a report demonstrating that th [...]	2009-12-11 13:54:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KTIP SOCI SMIG PREL ELAB AL
09TIRANA81	FORMERPRESIDENTS PESSIMISTIC ON THE FUTURE UNDER [...] (C) Summary: uri(ng a February 3 lunch with Ambassador, formerPPresidents Alfred Moisiu and Rexhep Mehdani delivee d a very pessimistic view of Albania's politica future. Both warned strongly that Albania is headed in the wrong direction and declared that PM e risha will do "anything" to sta [...]	2009-02-05 12:01:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KDDEM AL
09TIRANA812	BERISHA VS. RAMA: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three weeks of increasingly sharp rhetoric and provocative actions, neither Prime Minister Berisha nor opposition Socialist Party (SP) Chairman Edi Rama appear willing to enter into dialogue with one another or to extend any kind of olive branch in an effort to end the curr [...]	2009-12-18 15:00:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM PHUM AL
09TIRANA87	LUSTRATION LAW: DON'T COUNT ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the growing number of NGOs, political parties and associations that have filed challenges to the Lustration Law with the Constitutional Court, Post is increasingly seeing strong anecdotal evidence that the Court will not overturn the Law - in part a result of repeated sta [...]	2009-02-06 13:44:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV AL
09TIRANA9	PRESIDENT TOPI: IT'S LONELY AT THE TOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although generally regarded as the most respected political figure in the country, President Topi occupies a precarious and lonely position as President of the Republic. Elected by the Parliament in 2007, Topi sees himself as a defender of the constitution and independent democr [...]	2009-01-09 07:37:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM AL
09TIRANA96	INDICTMENTS ISSUED IN GERDEC SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary. On February 11 the Prosecutor General issued at least eleven indictments in connection with the Gerdec tragedy, including against Former Defense Minister Mediu and Former Chief of Defense Luan Hoxha. The accused are charged with abuse of office and will not be detained pending th [...]	2009-02-11 16:14:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM KCOR KCRM KJUS ASEC AL
09TOKYO100	TREASURY VISIT ASSESSES SEVERITY OF JAPAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan's economic recession may turn out to be longer and deeper than the U.S. downturn, Japanese government, academic, and private sector economic and financial experts told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner. The Japan-based economic analysts explained t [...]	2009-01-16 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO1009	JAPAN, RUSSIA LIKELY TO CONCLUDE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Japan and Russia likely will conclude a bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement in May during the planned visit of Prime Minister Putin to Tokyo. Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials and a Russian Embassy contact indicate an agreement is in the final stage [...]	2009-04-30 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ENRG PREL TRGY MNUC PUNE RU JA
09TOKYO1026	MGSF01: EMBASSY TOKYO EAC MEETING ON H1N1 [...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires chaired a May 1 meeting of the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Mission pandemic tripwires and current actions in accordance with guidance in refs A, B, and C and to consider Post's next steps should the H1N1 virus reach Japan. U.S. Forces Japan [...]	2009-05-01 12:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT TBIO KSAF KPAO KFLO
09TOKYO1027	MGSF01: EMBASSY TOKYO EAC MEETING ON H1N1 [...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires chaired a May 1 meeting of the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Mission pandemic tripwires and current actions in accordance with guidance in refs A, B, and C and to consider Post's next steps should the H1N1 virus reach Japan. U.S. Forces Japan [...]	2009-05-01 12:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT TBIO KSAF KPAO KFLO
09TOKYO1067	JAPAN-IRAN: FOREIGN MINISTER NAKASONE VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone visited Tehran May 2 where he met separately with President Ahmadinejad and Foreign Minister Motaki. In a conversation with Charge d'Affaires, MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Toshiro Suzuki characterized the [...]	2009-05-11 07:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR CASC KNNP KN AF IR JA
09TOKYO1068	JAPAN PLACING IMPORTANCE ON TIES TO INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan sees Indonesia as the pillar of Tokyo's foreign policy in Southeast Asia. Recent discussions between Embassy Tokyo and Indonesia watchers suggest that Japan sees the world's largest Muslim country as an integral part of Japan's strategy in the region. Indonesia's large bu [...]	2009-05-11 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN JA ID
09TOKYO1082	RESIGNATION OF DPJ LEADER ICHIRO OZAWA [...] (C) Summary: DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa resigned from the party presidency on May 11, succumbing to a combination of sinking polls, criticism from within his own party, continuing press scrutiny over his role in a political funds scandal, and the realization that he had become a liability in the [...]	2009-05-13 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV JA
09TOKYO1091	JAPAN POST: NEW PRODUCTS NECESSARY FOR IPO, SAYS [...] (C) For the initial public offerings of Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance to be successful, the postal financial entities should be permitted to issue new products, Postal Services Privatization Committee (PSPC) Chairman Naoki Tanaka told emboffs May 13. Tanaka said he understands some [...]	2009-05-14 05:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO1096	DEMARCHE TO JAPAN CONVEYING THANKS FOR SABERI [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 09:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC IR JA
09TOKYO1103	JAPAN "SERIOUSLY CONCERNED" ABOUT TREATMENT OF SUU [...] (C) Japan is "seriously concerned" about the Burmese authorities' treatment of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her transfer from house arrest to Insein Prison, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said May 15. The Japanese Government has raised its concerns with the Burmese Ambassador and has calle [...]	2009-05-15 04:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM JA
09TOKYO1104	FIRST MOFA OFFICIAL DEPARTS FOR CHAGHCHARAN, THREE [...] (SBU) The first MOFA official to be seconded to the Lithuanian PRT in Chaghcharan departed Japan for Afghanistan 14 May, according to MOFA National Security Division Deputy Director Takatoshi Mori. Jiro Kanzawa, who until recently was assigned to the Foreign Minister's Secretariat, is an Arab [...]	2009-05-15 06:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AID PGOV PINR AF JA
09TOKYO1107	JAPAN-RUSSIA SIGN NUCLEAR COOPERATION PACT [...] (C) Summary. Nuclear cooperation and trade and investment, rather than the Northern Territories issue, dominated Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's May 11-13 Tokyo visit. The countries signed an historic accord on nuclear cooperation and agreed to expand economic and other cooperative efforts in [...]	2009-05-15 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG TRGY NRR MNUC PUNE JA RS
09TOKYO1122	JAPAN ON ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN'S IDP [...] (C) Japan will consider requests for additional funding for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Pakistan, according to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Aya Yoshida. However, Yoshida reminded us that Japan last April provided grant aid totaling USD 5 million for IDPs i [...]	2009-05-18 07:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID PK JA
09TOKYO1124	NEW DPJ PRESIDENT HATOYAMA KEEPS OZAWA IN KEY ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Yukio Hatoyama's election as party President over Katsuya Okada on May 16 and his appointment of outgoing President Ichiro Ozawa to a senior position signals a continuation in the status quo for the opposition DPJ, according to Embassy contacts, and should result in few changes i [...]	2009-05-18 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1130	JAPAN'S VIEWS ON SITUATION IN SRI LANKA [...] (U) Japan announced May 15 it would give assistance in kind worth approximately USD 470,000 to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to help aid Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka. The assistance will include 560 tents, 30,000 jerry cans, 4,000 plastic sheets, 10,00 [...]	2009-05-19 04:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EAID CE JA
09TOKYO1131	JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER TELEPHONES BURMESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a first-ever telephone call by a Japanese Foreign Minister to his Burmese counterpart, Foreign Minister Nakasone May 18 telephoned Burmese Foreign Minister U Nyan Win to express Japan's "deep concern" about the case against Aung San Suu Kyi. MOFA had already called in the Burm [...]	2009-05-19 05:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM JA
09TOKYO1143	JAPANESE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DAW AUNG SAN SUU [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo delivered the Ref A demarche to MOFA Deputy Directors Ken Ota, First Southeast Asia Division, and Kazumi Yamada, United Nations Policy Division. Mr. Ota stated that Japan is in agreement on the need to drop the charges on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and release her from detention. [...]	2009-05-20 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM JA
09TOKYO1147	USAF CHIEF OF STAFF'S MAY 13 CALL ON DEFENSE [...] (C) Accompanied by the Charge and U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) Commander Edward Rice, visiting U.S. Air Force (USAF) Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz called on Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on May 12. Gen Schwartz expressed appreciation for all of Japan's contribution to Iraq and Afghanistan. [...]	2009-05-20 04:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO1163	TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG [...] (C) Begin text of Scenesetter: Mr. Deputy Secretary, The U.S.-Japan Alliance remains strong and Japan will continue to be a close friend and partner, but our relationship will be stressed on several fronts over the next year as Japan wrestles with daunting political and economic challeng [...]	2009-05-21 09:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP JA
09TOKYO1181	FM NAKASONE MEETS BURMESE COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary: FM Nakasone met with Burmese FM Nyan Win in Hanoi May 25 and expressed "strong concern" about the ongoing trial of Aung San Suu Kyi. Nakasone predicted a harsh international reaction to a guilty verdict and called on the Burmese authorities to allow Suu Kyi and others to partici [...]	2009-05-26 06:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM JA
09TOKYO1185	JAPAN, THE U.S., AND TIP: AT A TIPPING POINT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an unprecedented multi-year, multi-agency effort to meet TVPA (Trafficking Victims Protection Act) minimum standards, the Government of Japan has indicated at a high level that it is considering no longer cooperating with the United States in providing information for th [...]	2009-05-26 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KTIP PGOV PHUM JA
09TOKYO124	PM ASO URGES PRESIDENT LEE TO ACCELERATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Aso strongly urged South Korean President Lee to accelerate consultations on an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) during their January 12 summit, according to MOFA Economic Partnership Director Shinichi Hosono. Aso made the push because current working-level tal [...]	2009-01-21 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL JA
09TOKYO1241	IRAN INVITE TO EMBASSY TOKYO NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Tokyo seeks guidance on whether to invite Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Seyed Abbas Araghchi to our national day reception. 2. (C) Ref A indicates representatives of the Iranian government "may" be invited to this year's national day receptions. Ordinarily, given [...]	2009-06-03 04:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP IR JA
09TOKYO1244	JAPAN'S PACIFIC ISLANDS SUMMIT: ENVIRONMENT, [...] (C) Japan hosted the fifth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM 5) in Hokkaido May 22-23. The tri-annual summit meeting between Japan and the members of the Pacific Islands Forum was divided into three sessions focused on climate change, human security and expanding people-to-people exchang [...]	2009-06-03 07:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO1248	DPRK RESOLUTION: MOFA HIGHLIGHTS ARMS EMBARGO, [...] (C) MOFA UN Policy Division Director Naoto Hisajima requested a meeting with Poloff June 3 to convey Japan's position on a proposed UNSC resolution on the DPRK. Referring to a non-paper which he said has already been provided to the State Department in Washington and to the U.S. Mission in New [...]	2009-06-03 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA KN
09TOKYO1257	DASD FOR EAST ASIA SCHIFFER'S MAY 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Nobushige Takamizawa and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia Michael Schiffer discussed Japan's next generation fighter program (F-X). While the May 25 DPRK nuclear test highlights the need for close [...]	2009-06-05 06:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MNUC KN KS JA
09TOKYO1262	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Japan bilateral relationship remains the core to an approach on several regional and global issues, including security, engagement with China, and redesigning the East Asian architecture, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice-Foreign Minister Mit [...]	2009-06-05 07:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON JA
09TOKYO1263	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with Deputy Secretary Steinberg, opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama said that his key priority, after securing an electoral victory, is building a cooperative relationship with the United States to confront the global challenges of nucle [...]	2009-06-05 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC PARM OVIP KN JA
09TOKYO1279	SECOND JAPAN-CHINA ECONOMIC DIALOGUE -- LONG ON [...] (C) Summary: After an 18 month hiatus, Japan and China held the second High Level Economic Dialogue June 7 in Tokyo. Foreign Minister Hirofume Nakasone and his Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier Wang Qishan, issued 11 documents highlighting cooperation in areas including promoting a global eco [...]	2009-06-08 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL CH JA
09TOKYO1285	JAPAN-RUSSIA ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT: PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials expect economic engagement with Russia to proceed slowly despite Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's widely-reported pitch for broader investment in the Russian Far East. The bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement will advance cooperation in the nuc [...]	2009-06-09 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ENRG PREL PUNE TRGY JA RS
09TOKYO1286	WHALING: JAPAN SUPPORTS ANOTHER YEAR FOR FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Japan supports continuing the Future of the International Whaling Commission process until the 2010 IWC Annual Meeting, Fisheries Agency of Japan Deputy Director General Jun Yamashita told Emboffs June 8. However, Japan is concerned the "starting point" for the Small Working Grou [...]	2009-06-09 03:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC JA
09TOKYO1301	CANADIAN DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER FONBERG'S TOKYO [...] (C) Canadian Deputy Minister of National Defense Robert Fonberg visited Tokyo from 1-3 June for talks with senior Japanese government officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD). Embassy of Canada Political Counselor Karen MacArthur told Poloff that Fon [...]	2009-06-10 06:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO1329	INTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER RESIGNS OVER POSTAL ROW [...] (C) Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Kunio Hatoyama resigned June 12 after learning PM Aso would reappoint Yoshifumi Nishikawa as Japan Post Holdings (JPH) CEO despite Hatoyama's objections. Hatoyama has been a public critic of Nishikawa and JPH's attempt to sell off assets unr [...]	2009-06-12 07:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO1335	IAEA: JAPAN PROMISES STRONG STATEMENTS ON SYRIA [...] (C) Econoffs delivered points contained if ref regarding statements on Syria and Iran at the upcoming IAEA BOG meeting to MOFA Non-proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa June 12. Ichikawa said Japan agrees fully with the U.S. call for strong statements an [...]	2009-06-12 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY JA
09TOKYO1344	JAPAN INTENDS TO JOIN IRENA, CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan intends to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at the June 28-30 meeting in Egypt but has not yet finalized legal and financial preparations, Foreign Ministry (MOFA) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials said in response to ref A d [...]	2009-06-15 07:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KGHG SENV JA
09TOKYO1388	JAPAN'S POSITION ON MIDDLE EAST DESALINATION AND [...] (C) The GOJ fully supports the goals of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC),but would like to see it providing more tangible results, Foreign Ministry First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji told econoff June 19. Tsuji said a lack of clearly defined [...]	2009-06-19 06:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPL PREL MU XF JA
09TOKYO1393	READOUT OF CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MOFA DFM SASAE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tokyo is conveying a firm message to Burmese leaders as part of Japan,s engagement strategy with the country, Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Kenichiro Sasae told Charg Zumwalt on June 17. Sasae said that he used his June 3-5 trip to Burma to press Rangoon on human rights issues, [...]	2009-06-19 07:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM JA BM
09TOKYO1394	JAPAN PROPOSING TRILATERAL TRACK II DIALOGUE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tokyo would like to restart Track II discussions, dormant since the mid 1990s, among the United States, Japan, and Russia to learn more about Russia,s "intentions" behind its growing security and energy interest in the Asia-Pacific region. Washington and Tokyo should encourage R [...]	2009-06-19 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS JA
09TOKYO1400	SETTING NEW FISCAL CONSOLIDATION TARGETS [...] (SBU) The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) has released its draft basic policy framework for 2009. Known as the honebuto ("big-boned" or "robust"),the policy framework is meant to place this year's policy priorities in a medium-term context. The 2009 honebuto makes clear that the [...]	2009-06-22 00:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO1412	METI OFFICIAL: JAPANESE EXPORTS TO IRAN DOWN BUT [...] (C) Summary: The Japan Government continues to restrict export credit insurance for Iran to only short-term transactions in accordance with UNSCR 1803, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Deputy Director for Trade Insurance Toshihiro Kawakami. The GOJ continues to decline of [...]	2009-06-23 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL IR JA
09TOKYO1413	JAPANESE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE URGING ASEAN [...] (C) Japan is committed to enforcing UN Security Council Resolution 1874 and to encouraging ASEAN member states to do the same, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae told the Charge on June 23, in response to Ref A demarche. "Japan is listening and is ready to help," Sasae noted, and [...]	2009-06-23 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KN JA ASEAN
09TOKYO1414	JAPAN PREPARING SPECIAL MEASURES BILL ON DPRK [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government is preparing a special measures bill that would authorize Japan to inspect cargo on DPRK ships beyond the limits of Japan's territorial waters. The government plans to submit the bill to the Diet in the current session, which ends 28 July. Key aspects of [...]	2009-06-23 08:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER
09TOKYO1426	YOKOSUKA ELECTION PROJECTION: LDP-BACKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ryoichi Kabaya--the 64 year-old independent incumbent backed by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),Komeito, and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)--will most likely retain his seat during the June 28 Yokosuka City mayoral election, according to U.S. Embassy Diet contacts. Yokosuka [...]	2009-06-24 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA
09TOKYO1434	ENDING THE CAMBODIAN WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL DEADLOCK: [...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings May 14-15 with senior officials of MOFA's First Southeast Asia Department, as well as with a Japanese judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC),S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson suggested a possible solution to the logjam in negotiations [...]	2009-06-25 06:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PGOV PINS PREL JA
09TOKYO1437	ASO IGNORES CALLS TO STEP DOWN; NO WORD ON [...] (C) Summary: Rapidly falling popularity ratings, a string of local electoral defeats, internal party discord over the resignation of Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama, a lackluster performance in a head-to-head debate with the opposition leader, and a growing dearth of justifications for [...]	2009-06-25 08:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
09TOKYO1448	DPRK CARGO INSPECTION: JAPAN COAST GUARD TO LEAD [...] (C) The draft special measures bill authorizing Japan to inspect DPRK ship cargo (reftel) identifies the Japan Coast Guard as the lead operational agency, according to Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Takamizawa. The Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) will sup [...]	2009-06-26 04:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER
09TOKYO145	NON-PAPER DELIVERED ON EU COUNCIL'S DRAFT "CODE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 06:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL ECON KTIA JA
09TOKYO1452	MEETINGS BETWEEN USG AND JAPANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A delegation from Washington comprised of representatives from the Department of State and the Terrorist Screening Center, supported by Embassy Tokyo, met with Japanese government officials in Tokyo on June 4 and 5 to discuss a possible agreement related to the sharing of terrori [...]	2009-06-26 06:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS CMGT ASEC PTER PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO146	TERRORISM FINANCE--GOJ RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 07:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PETR EFIN PREL PGOV JA PK
09TOKYO1464	IAEA ELECTIONS- JAPAN'S CAMPAIGN AND REQUESTS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The GOJ would appreciate continued U.S. outreach to IAEA board members in support of Yukiya Amano's candidacy for IAEA Director General. MOFA Non-proliferation Director Ichikawa told emboffs June 29 the GOJ would like the USG to emphasize to other member states the need to resolv [...]	2009-06-29 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ENRG TRGY PUNE IAEA JA
09TOKYO147	TERRORISM FINANCE--GOJ RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 07:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN ETTC PINR PREL PTER JA IR
09TOKYO1475	JAPAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 07:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PK JA
09TOKYO1477	JAPAN-RUSSIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENT AIMED [...] (C) Summary: Japan's goal in concluding its recently signed nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia is to acquire fuel services, both to supply domestic needs and to permit Japanese companies to sell reactors with fuel contracts. The GOJ is pleased with the Russian concessions to submit so [...]	2009-06-30 21:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PUNE ENRG TRGY KNNP RU JA
09TOKYO1488	JAPAN: RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 02:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM JA KN
09TOKYO1501	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER: OPTIMISTIC ABOUT CHINA"S [...] (C) Chinese lawyer Feng, Zhenghu, the first Shanghai signer of Charter '08, met with Embassy Tokyo in late June. Feng has tried three times to return to China from Japan but has been turned around and sent back to Japan each time. Feng says he believes the initial decision not to allow him to [...]	2009-07-01 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	CH JA PGOV PHUM
09TOKYO1507	CARGO INSPECTION LAW: CABINET SUBMISSION SLATED [...] (C) The Japanese government will submit a special measures bill authorizing Japan to interdict and inspect DPRK ship cargo (reftel) to the Cabinet for formal approval "early next week," Director General for International Peace Cooperation Headquarters in the Cabinet Office Takata told Charge an [...]	2009-07-02 03:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER
09TOKYO151	JAPAN: MOFA ON BURMA AND DFM SASAE,S RECENT TRIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Washington and Tokyo &differ in process" regarding Burma "but share the same goals: democracy and rule of law,8 MOFA,s First Southeast Asia Director recently told Embassy Tokyo. During a briefing on Deputy Foreign Minister Sasae,s recent visit to Burma, our interlocutor explain [...]	2009-01-23 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM JA
09TOKYO1515	CLIMATE CHANGE: SENIOR JAPANESE MOE OFFICIAL [...] (C) Ministry of Environment Deputy Director General for Global Environment Masaru Moriya discussed preparations for the Major Economies Forum leaders meeting and progress towards a post-2012 agreement on climate change in the UNFCCC when he met with EMIN and EST Chief July 1. Moriya said the [...]	2009-07-02 06:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO1533	JAPAN CONSIDERING ECOSOC NGO VOTE REQUEST [...] (C) On July 9 Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Director Tomoko Yoshihiro of MOFA's Global Issues Cooperation Division. Yoshihiro stated that Japan had an observer present when the UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations deliberated the case of the DCP [...]	2009-07-06 07:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM JA
09TOKYO1536	ASO WEAKENED FURTHER BY INDECISION ON CABINET, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Aso's decision July 1 to make just two minor adjustments to his Cabinet and leave other portfolios and party executive positions unchanged has touched off a new round of criticism over his inability to exercise decisive leadership. Media reports cite his failure [...]	2009-07-06 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1549	U.S.-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS ON CHINA IT SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Japanese officials seek continuing close coordination with the USG to engage China at the highest levels to express concerns over China's proposed new information security and content filtering regimes. Senior Japanese officials have raised the information security testing regime [...]	2009-07-08 02:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINT ETRD TINT PGOV JA CH
09TOKYO155	JAPAN PREPARING FOR MARCH MSDF DISPATCH TO HORN OF [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government is preparing to dispatch Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) vessels to the Horn of Africa and is aiming to have the ships on station by the time Prime Minister Taro Aso has his first meeting with the President, according to MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau Deputy [...]	2009-01-23 09:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PINR PREL PTER MARR
09TOKYO1575	OPPOSITION LEADER OFFERS ASSURANCES ON ALLIANCE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet Affairs Chair Kenji Yamaoka told Embassy Tokyo July 8 that, in spite of the often contradictory statements about the Alliance that his party's members make, "when the DPJ takes power, we will have a unified policy." The relationshi [...]	2009-07-10 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA
09TOKYO1577	ASO AND THE LDP: STRUGGLING FOR MOMENTUM BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: After a series of poor ruling party showings in local elections, Prime Minister Aso and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) may face another loss in July 12th's Tokyo city assembly election. A loss in this contest-seen by many as a bellwether of the public's mood-may intensify ef [...]	2009-07-10 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1579	GOJ REQUEST TO COORDINATE NUCLEAR ISSUES RELATED [...] (U) Please see action request contained in para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Senior working level MOFA officials are interested in deepening cooperation with the U.S. to further non-proliferation efforts with third countries. Particular instances listed where MOFA would like to work more closely [...]	2009-07-12 21:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PUNE ENRG TRGY KNNP MY AE KS JP
09TOKYO1588	JAPANESE DIET DISSOLUTION: PRIME MINISTER ASO [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Democratic Party of Japan won a decisive victory in the July 12th Tokyo city assembly elections, a bellwether of the public's mood in the weeks ahead of a required general election. PM Aso, according to media reports, has decided to dissolve the Diet on July 21st [...]	2009-07-13 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1595	DPJ TO TAKE SOFTER LINE ON ALLIANCE ISSUES? [...] (C) The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) may be taking a softer line on U.S.-Japan Alliance matters, according to recent statements in Japanese media reports. In its October 2008 party manifesto, the DPJ called for a "drastic review" of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). With a [...]	2009-07-14 04:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO1644	A/S CAMPBELL MEETS DPJ SECRETARY GENERAL OKADA [...] (C) Summary: Opposition DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada told EAP A/S Kurt Campbell July 17 that, in the event of an opposition victory in the next election, his party will need a strong relationship with the United States to remain in power. That said, the DPJ will need to address issues [...]	2009-07-21 05:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO1669	JAPAN TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON TWO NGOS IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 06:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM JA
09TOKYO1676	MOVING FROM 3 TO 2 NUCLEAR PRINCIPLES IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: The recent disclosure of a "secret" agreement between the United States and Japan dating from the 1960s has caused a media and political stir on the continued relevance of Japan's "Three Non-nuclear Principles." Former Vice Foreign Minister Ryohei Murata, who served as VFM from [...]	2009-07-24 05:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA MNUC PREL
09TOKYO1677	GREENPEACE'S WHALE BACON THEFT [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: While investigating allegations that Japan's "scientific whaling" was a cover for commercial whaling activities Greenpeace activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki seized a box of whalemeat (labeled as "cardboard") on May 15, 2008, held a press conference to release their findi [...]	2009-07-24 05:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ECON EFIS PGOV PHSA PHUM JA
09TOKYO1678	UNGA: JAPAN NOT YET ABLE AT PRESENT TO PROVIDE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 05:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA JA
09TOKYO168	DG SAIKI ON CHINA, KOREAN PENINSULA ISSUES [...] (C) MOFA Asia DG Saiki told Charge January 26 that his government welcomes the Obama Administration's emerging Asia lineup, as well as some of the recent high-level statements on Japan and the U.S.-Japan relationship. Saiki looks forward to the opportunity to meet with his new counterpart to [...]	2009-01-26 07:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS JA
09TOKYO1681	ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: During a July 17 meeting, EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell told Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone that a strong, robust partnership with Japan was essential to meet the geopolitical challenges in East Asia. Secretary Clinton highly values the conversations she has had with t [...]	2009-07-24 06:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL JA KN
09TOKYO1685	READOUT OF A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH MOFA DG [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP Assistant Secretary Campbell discussed challenges in dealing with China during his July 17 meeting with Foreign Ministry Asian and Oceanian Affairs Director General Akitaka Saiki. A/S Campbell and DG Saiki noted progress in their countries' respective relations with China, b [...]	2009-07-24 07:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH JA
09TOKYO1686	HISTORIC LOWER HOUSE ELECTION SET FOR AUGUST 30 [...] (C) Summary: With the July 21 Diet dissolution, the stage has been set for Japan's first general election since September 2005. Although campaigning is to begin on August 18, most politicians in the House of Representatives have already started to make preparations for the historic race on [...]	2009-07-24 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1706	DPJ ADVISOR DISCUSSES PARTY'S FOREIGN AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The DPJ wants to work closely with the U.S. and resolve any differences through dialogue, DPJ Policy Affairs Chief Kiyoshi Sugawa told Embassy Tokyo July 27. Sugawa came to the Embassy to deliver and discuss the DPJ's Policy Index 2009, a 60-page document outlining the Party's pos [...]	2009-07-27 07:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO1731	DPJ BACKTRACKING ON SUPPORT FOR OEF REFUELING [...] (C) Summary: The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) will end Japan's refueling support to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) if it takes the reins of government in the August 30 election, according to July 29 Japanese press reports. Media quote DPJ President Hatoyama as saying that if the party win [...]	2009-07-29 07:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO1740	JAPAN ON UIGHUR MEDEVACS FROM PALAU [...] (C) Charge D' Affaires delivered reftel talking points July 30 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) North American Affairs Bureau Director General Umemoto. Umemoto said Japan would give "serious thought to the matter" and indicated he understood pressure in the U.S. to close Guantanamo. ZUMW [...]	2009-07-30 07:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDRG JA PS
09TOKYO1748	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ASSESSMENT OF JORDAN-ONLY RED [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-31 01:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL JA
09TOKYO1755	POLICY ENTERS THE JAPANESE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Japan's major political parties released their campaign platforms this week, directing voter attention to the issues that will decide next month's general election of the Diet's lower house. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) will run under the mantra of "regime change [...]	2009-08-02 21:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1757	DPJ FISCAL POLICY -- AMBITIOUS SPENDING, UNCERTAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The release of the Democratic Party of Japan's "manifesto" (platform) and accompanying policy index have given a better sense of the party's fiscal priorities as well as its specific spending and financing plans. As reported (reftel),the DPJ's proposed fiscal policy contains [...]	2009-08-02 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO1758	JAPANESE IDEAS ON ENDING TORTURE: "JUST DON'T DO [...] (C) In response to Reftel, Embassy Tokyo asked Japanese governmental and non-governmental organizations and academicians for examples of programs, policies, and initiatives, that are successful in countering torture and assisting victims in other countries around the world. The main themes th [...]	2009-08-02 23:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNDC JA
09TOKYO1764	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR UPDATES ON INFORMATION ON [...] (SBU) Immigration Data Bases and Traveler Information Collection: -- What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries and exits? The Immigration Bureau tracks entries and exits for all travelers, both foreign and Japanese, on a nationwide computerized database. The system [...]	2009-08-03 06:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS
09TOKYO1773	JAPANESE POLITICS MAKE CHILD PORN SIMPLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to the Diet,s dissolution, there were media reports that the ruling and opposition parties had reached an agreement to ban the simple possession of child pornography (CP). According to Embassy contacts, however, these reports were apparently an attempt by the ruling Liberal [...]	2009-08-03 21:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PHUM JA
09TOKYO1775	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MTCR: PROMOTING PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 02:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MTCRE PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA JA
09TOKYO1776	PANEL REPORT FORWARD-LEANING ON JAPAN'S DEFENSE [...] (C) A civilian expert panel charged with providing an independent assessment of Japan's defense and security capabilities will submit its final report to the Prime Minister's Office on August 4. The report is to be briefed immediately to the Cabinet Security Council and incorporated subseque [...]	2009-08-04 03:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO1784	JAPAN-CHINA TALKING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Fifth Japan-China Human Rights Dialogue, held July 9-10 in Tokyo, produced "useful" discussions about basic human rights policies in the respective countries and seemed to spark lively debate, particularly on issues related to Japan's pending child pornography law and Beijing's [...]	2009-08-04 06:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH JA
09TOKYO1811	DPJ SHOWS PRE-ELECTION AMBIGUITY TOWARDS THE [...] (C) Summary: Media portrayals of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as pro-U.S. and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) as less friendly to our interests are overly simplified. While DPJ politicians have been more vocal in questioning issues related to the U.S.-Japan Allian [...]	2009-08-07 07:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA

09TOKYO1812	DPJ GROUPS [...] (C) Summary: With the possibility of a DPJ victory in the August 30 Lower House election, how the party is organized will impact its decision-making process and the assignment of key positions within the government and Diet. Post-election maneuvering within the party, and differing loyalties t [...]	2009-08-07 07:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1822	MOFA CAUTIONS ON U.S. MILITARY INCIDENTS/ACCIDENTS [...] (C) The U.S. military should tighten discipline in response to recent crimes and accidents involving locally based U.S. servicemen, particularly in view of Japan's approaching elections, MOFA Director General for North America Kazuyoshi Umemoto told the Charge d'Affaires in an August 10 lunch [...]	2009-08-10 07:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO1840	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT INITIAL RESPONSE ON ASSISTING [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government understands the importance the Obama Administration has placed on the closure of Guantanamo and wants to cooperate as much as possible on assisting with possible Uighur medevacs from Palau, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). MOFA noted, h [...]	2009-08-12 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDRG JA PS
09TOKYO1841	JAPAN: GOVERNMENT SIDESTEPPING YASUKUNI VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Aso and most of his Cabinet are signaling their decision to forgo August 15 visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine. In keeping with his longtime opposition to ministerial Shrine visits, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama also said that he [...]	2009-08-12 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	CH JA
09TOKYO1842	HIGH HOPES IN JAPAN FOR OBAMA,S NUCLEAR-FREE WORLD [...] (C) Summary: Every year on the occasion of the August 6 and 9 anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagaki atomic bombings, Japanese media give extensive coverage to the anti-nuclear weapons movement and suffering of radiation victims. This year's coverage, however, differed markedly from that o [...]	2009-08-12 21:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA MNUC PREL
09TOKYO186	METI HOSTS SEMINAR ON IRAN SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) recently hosted German attorney Dr. Harald Hohmann at a speaking engagement at its Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). Hohmann advised GOJ officials managing Japan's Iran policy on "grey areas" Japanese companies [...]	2009-01-27 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL JA IR
09TOKYO1866	JAPAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1267 SANCTIONS [...] (C) On August 13, Embassy Tokyo delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Deputy Director Miyako Ishimura and to Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Bureau Legal Research Office Deputy Director Junji Kuyama and Section [...]	2009-08-14 04:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN JA
09TOKYO187	METI LOOKING TO CONTINUE FORMAL BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: METI wants to continue a bilateral economic dialogue similar to the Economic Partnership for Growth (EPG) with the U.S., according to METI Vice Minister for International Affairs Hiroyuki Ishige. He envisions the new partnership having three pillars -- (a) macro-economy and trad [...]	2009-01-27 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SENV PREL JA
09TOKYO1871	READOUT OF TRILATERAL WORKSHOP ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan hosted the U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral Workshop on Efforts to Empower Moderate Sectors of Society, July 27-28. Participants detailed assistance programs aimed at empowering credible institutions and voices in Southeast Asia. The Workshop also discussed diversifying ed [...]	2009-08-14 05:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER AS JA
09TOKYO1873	JAPAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 06:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO JA
09TOKYO1877	DEBATE OVER FTAS AND AGRICULTURE FEATURE IN [...] (U) Summary: Japan's agricultural lobby has pushed the opposition DPJ back from an earlier election proposal that Japan negotiate an FTA with the U.S. This predictable reaction by agricultural interests against any threat to the status quo has not completely drowned out, however, public debat [...]	2009-08-14 06:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD PREL JA
09TOKYO1878	JAPAN EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT AUNG SAN SUU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ shares Washington's deep disappointment over the August 11 verdict and subsequent decision by the Burmese regime to extend Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) house arrest. MOFA officials also stress the importance of recognizing indications that Burma is heeding international conc [...]	2009-08-14 07:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM JA
09TOKYO189	DFM OTABE MULLS USG ASSISTANCE TO AUTOMAKERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 09:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN WTRO JA
09TOKYO1892	RESPONSE TO JAPANESE GOVERNMENT ON ASSISTING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel information as a non-paper to MOFA First North American Division Deputy Director Yamamoto 17 August. Yamamoto expressed appreciation for the information as well as for U.S. agreement to take a case-by-case approach in the event of any medical emergency that may ari [...]	2009-08-17 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDRG JA PS
09TOKYO1903	JAPAN: FOLLOW-UP ON UNSCR 1267 SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 03:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN JA
09TOKYO1929	JAPAN AF-PAK ASSISTANCE AND THE ELECTION(S) [...] Summary: (C) On the eve of Afghanistan elections, Government of Japan (GOJ) Special Representative for Afghanistan-Pakistan Motohide Yoshikawa re-iterated to AID Counselor the country's highest priority commitment to the region, echoing verbatim the USG's interests in a "secure, credible, an [...]	2009-08-20 22:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON AID JA PGOV PREL PK
09TOKYO1945	STAFFDEL LAUGHLIN REASSURES GOJ OFFICIALS ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On August 18, MOFA and MOD officials expressed relief upon hearing from visiting staffers of the Senate Appropriations and Armed Services Committees that the Senate's proposed $211 million budget cut for realignment-related construction in Guam was a "means to elicit transparency [...]	2009-08-24 00:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL
09TOKYO195	JAPAN-CHINA: UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both Japanese Foreign Ministry officials and PRC diplomats stationed in Tokyo are upbeat about the current state of Sino-Japanese relations and optimistic about the future of the relationship. Neither believes all problems have been solved, however. Territorial disputes and Ja [...]	2009-01-27 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
09TOKYO1961	AMBASSADOR MEETS SENIOR JAPANESE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) During August 25 introductory calls on Prime Minister Aso and Chief Cabinet Secretary Kawamura, the Ambassador underlined his goals of strengthening bilateral ties, bringing the peoples of our two countries closer together and addressing the challenges before us, including issues as divers [...]	2009-08-25 07:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SENV ECON MARR JA
09TOKYO1976	AMBASSADOR STRESSES TRILATERAL COOPERATION IN CALL [...] (C) During his August 27 introductory call on South Korean Ambassador Kwon Chul-hyun, the Ambassador stressed the importance of enhancing trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK),particularly with respect to dealing with North Korea. Kwon concur [...]	2009-08-27 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MNUC ECON EFIN ETRD KN KS JA
09TOKYO1978	DPJ POISED FOR MAJOR VICTORY IN THE 2009 JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: On August 30, Japanese voters will choose between 50 years of nearly unbroken rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partners, or give the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)-which has called for major changes in the way Japan is governed, spends its [...]	2009-08-27 21:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
09TOKYO1987	AMBASSADOR'S AUG 28 MEETING WITH VFM YABUNAKA PART [...] (C) The Ambassador stressed in an August 28 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka that continuity in Japan's foreign policy and the U.S.-Japan Alliance following the August 30 Lower House elections are critical. VFM Yabunaka concurred fully on the need for continuity in Japan's [...]	2009-08-30 21:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO1991	GOLDBERG-SAIKI LUNCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 25 lunch hosted by MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Director General Akitaka Saiki, Ambassador Philip Goldberg described UNSCR 1874 as having a positive impact on North Korean behavior. Both Ambassador Goldberg and DG Saiki noted the apparent easing of ten [...]	2009-08-31 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNSD PARM KN JA
09TOKYO1994	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG VISIT: MOD OFFICIAL ASSURES [...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting, a senior Ministry of Defense official told Ambassador PhilipGoldberg, Coordinator for Implementation of UNSCR 1874, that policy on the implementation of UNSCR 1874 will not change after the August 30 elections even if the opposition Democratic Party of [...]	2009-08-31 02:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PARM KN JA
09TOKYO1996	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S AUGUST 25 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR GENERAL UMEMOTO [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 03:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM UNSC KN JA
09TOKYO1997	JAPAN EXPLAINS VISIT BY BURMESE OFFICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tokyo invited Burmese Agriculture Minister Htay Oo to Japan because of his "high standing" in the Burmese regime and his position as a central decisionmaker on agriculture policy, a key area of interest to Japanese aid policy planners, particularly in the continuing aftermath of [...]	2009-08-31 04:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM JA
09TOKYO2000	HISTORIC WIN FOR THE DPJ [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)'s victory on August 30 in the 45th Lower House (House of Representatives) was historic and unprecedented. Alone, the DPJ took 308 out of 480 seats, a record-setting figure. There was also record turnout and interest in the election [...]	2009-08-31 21:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
09TOKYO2001	JAPAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON E.O. 13382 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KS JA
09TOKYO2002	SECNAV, GOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS "UNSHAKEABLE" [...] (C) Summary: In wide-ranging security discussions with Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus (SecNav) on August 26, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials reaffirmed the importance of close security ties with the U.S. MOFA officials assured SecNav that force po [...]	2009-08-31 23:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
09TOKYO2003	AMBASSADOR ROOS'S MEETING WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 23:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH JA
09TOKYO2017	DFM SASAE ON IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On September 1, DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae in advance of Sasae September 5-6 trip to Tehran to ask that he urge the Iranian Government to cooperate completely with the IAEA, to address fully the international c [...]	2009-09-01 21:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CASC IR JA
09TOKYO2025	JAPAN WILL OPEN EMBASSY IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) On September 2, MOFA First Africa Division Principal Deputy Director Naoaki Kamoshida told the Embassy that Japan intends to open an embassy in Mauritania on December 1, 2009. In November 2008, the U.S. had asked that Japan defer a plan to open its embassy there on January 1, 2009, in orde [...]	2009-09-02 05:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR JA
09TOKYO2026	POLITICAL TRANSITION MAKES JAPAN'S UN PLANS [...] (C) Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to MOFA UN Planning Division Deputy Director Yoko Tsuda. Tsuda remarked that her division had "carefully followed" Ambassador Rice's speech at New York University and had translated it into Japanese. She stated that the Obama administrat [...]	2009-09-02 06:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM UNGA JA
09TOKYO2028	IRAQI CHARGE URGES AUGUST 19 BOMBING INVESTIGATION [...] (C) During a September 2 meeting with Embassy Poloff, Iraqi Embassy Charge William Odisho strongly urged the creation of a UN Security Council-sanctioned commission -- similar to the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) in Lebanon -- to investigate the August 19 Baghd [...]	2009-09-02 21:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC IZ SY JA
09TOKYO203	DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS: UN RAPPORTEUR IN TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The human rights situation in the DPRK is grim and worsening, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on DPRK human rights. The specter of famine looms again for eight million people, with the WFP only able to feed about one third of that number. There are reports that the governm [...]	2009-01-28 07:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAID KTIP PGOV PHUM PINS PREF PREL UNGA
09TOKYO2034	NPT: GOJ SEES DISARMAMENT ON TRACK; ACADEMIC WARNS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 21. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Japan wants a successful 2010 Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon),and believes the current momentum towards disarmament should help achieve a positive outcome, according to a Ministry of [...]	2009-09-03 06:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NPT CDG KNNP JA
09TOKYO2035	AMBASSADOR MEETS HATOYAMA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Democratic Party of Japan President -- and presumptive Prime Minister -- Yukio Hatoyama on September 3. The Ambassador and Hatoyama pledged to work together to strengthen the bilateral relationship as our two countries cooperate to address issues as varied as N [...]	2009-09-03 07:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO2041	LDP REELING AFTER LOSS [...] (C) Summary: With its thorough defeat in the August 30 Lower House election, the now-opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is facing an existential crisis. A power vacuum at its most senior levels, combined with widespread uncertainty about its political identity, are posing direct and [...]	2009-09-03 21:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO2042	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL [...] (C) Emboff delivered non-paper contained in ref A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Non-Prolferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division official Mizuyo Kuwako September 2. Kuwako said her office would review the proposals and would respond to ISN through the Japanese Embassy in Washin [...]	2009-09-03 22:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM JA
09TOKYO2050	JAPAN REQUIRES CONSENSUS FOR ISRAEL TO GET JUSCANZ [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Director Seitoku Kawakami of MOFA's Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division. Kawakami said that Japan's official position on JUSCANZ membership for Israel remains "unchanged:" "We support a consensus-based decision: [...]	2009-09-04 07:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM UNGA JA
09TOKYO2051	JAPAN CONSIDERS IRAN'S CHANCES FOR HRC MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Director Seitoku Kawakami of MOFA's Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division. Kawakami stated there are already five candidates from the Asian Group for Human Rights Council (HRC) membership, "Malaysia, Iran, Thail [...]	2009-09-04 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM UNGA JA
09TOKYO2057	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (C) Econoff delivered the demarche and nonpaper contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Principle Deputy Director Naoto Nakahara and Deputy Director Katsura Sasaki September 4. Nakahara said Japan fully agrees with the [...]	2009-09-08 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA JA
09TOKYO2061	HATOYAMA CONFIDANTE ON UPCOMING HATOYAMA [...] (C) Ruling DPJ Diet member and Yukio Hatoyama confidante Yorihisa Matsuno told Embassy Tokyo September 4 that the presumptive next Prime Minister's ""first priority"" will be to establish a close relationship with the United States and President Obama. To that end, Hatoyama had already turned [...]	2009-09-08 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2068	EARLY PICKS FOR THE HATOYAMA CABINET [...] (C) Summary: The new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) administration has started to take shape with the reported decisions on several important posts. DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama announced on Saturday his intention to nominate DPJ Acting President Naoto Kan as Minister of the planned Natio [...]	2009-09-08 21:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA PINR ECON
09TOKYO2080	BUSINESSES AND METI UNHAPPY WITH HATOYAMA'S [...] (C) Summary: PM-Elect Hatoyama's September 7 announcement that the GOJ would target a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, from 1990 levels, by 2020 (Ref A) was made with little or no consultation with Japanese ministries. Businesses and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Indus [...]	2009-09-09 07:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG PREL KGHG JA
09TOKYO2101	A STRONGER DPJ SET TO LAUNCH TRIPARTITE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: After about a week of negotiations, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) reached an agreement on September 9 with two smaller parties-the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the People's New Party (PNP)-with which it had said it would enter into a coalition arrangement after the A [...]	2009-09-10 21:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA PINR ECON
09TOKYO2109	JAPAN OFFERS COOPERATION FOR CONSENSUS IN THE HRC [...] (C) Embassy political officer delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Deputy Directors Makoto Tanabe, Manabu Murakami, and Seitoku Kawakami, as well as UN Planning Division Deputy Director Kei Kamei. MOFA's reaction to the various elements of reftel fo [...]	2009-09-11 05:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM JA
09TOKYO2112	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PERSUADING SRI LANKA ON [...] (C) On September 10, Embassy Poloff and Embassy USAID Counselor separately delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Aya Yoshida and MOFA International Cooperation Bureau Director Hikariko Ono, urging that Japan join the U.S. in pressing the Government [...]	2009-09-11 06:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09TOKYO2125	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary. The United States and its Allies have reached an "inflection point" and need a new strategy to convince Pyongyang to change, visiting DepSec told PM Taro Aso during a June 1 meeting in Tokyo. Steinberg said he plans to tell the PRC that unless the North Korea agrees to change it [...]	2009-09-14 05:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO2137	DPJ MOVES QUICKLY TO CREATE NEW NATIONAL STRATEGY [...] (C) Incoming Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has named former DPJ President Naoto Kan to head a new National Strategy Bureau (NSB),which will be responsible for formulating a framework for the budget and creating a broad domestic policy vision. The DPJ wants the [...]	2009-09-15 06:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO214	JAPANESE REPORT GEORGIA CONCERNED UNOMIG MAY LAPSE [...] (C) Georgian officials are worried about the prospect of maintaining an international presence in Abkhazia and South Ossetia if UNOMIG's mandate expires on Feb. 15, according to MOFA's Central Asia and Caucasus Division Director Hiroshi Tajima. Tajima met with Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister [...]	2009-01-29 07:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN JA GG RS
09TOKYO215	DEPUTY FM OTABE ON NEW BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Discussing the experts' report released and briefed to FM Nakasone on the future of U.S./Japan economic relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Yoichi Otabe called the study "frank and forthcoming" and favorably received by the Minister. Otabe said the report was able to make a number of recomm [...]	2009-01-29 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD PGOV EAGR JA
09TOKYO2162	EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (C) On September 16, Embassy Poloff delivered reftel demarche seeking to expand the number of countries encouraging Iran to take advantage of the P5 plus 1 proposal to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Yukiya Hamamoto. Poloff expressed appreciation for Japan's continu [...]	2009-09-16 06:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR JA
09TOKYO2164	MOFA DEPUTIES OFFER VIEWS ON ASIA [...] (C) Summary: MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs deputy directors-general (DDG) discussed a wide range of Asia-related policy issues during separate meetings with Political Minister-Counselor September 9-10. The PDAS/DAS equivalents noted that the Foreign Ministry is providing policy briefs to D [...]	2009-09-16 06:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH KN KS BM JA
09TOKYO2172	DPRK REFUGEES: A JAPANESE NGO'S PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Japan-based NGO with twenty years of experience working with DPRK refugees in the DPRK-China border region estimates there are a total of 100,000 DPRK refugees throughout China, cumulative over twenty years since the early 90's. These "refugees" are in various states of assimil [...]	2009-09-17 01:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KTIP PHUM PREF CH KN KS JA
09TOKYO2177	PROFILE OF NEW HATOYAMA CABINET [...] (C) Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Yukio Hatoyama was elected the 93rd Prime Minister of Japan on September 16, succeeding Taro Aso, who resigned with his cabinet earlier the same day. Hatoyama then introduced his new 17-member Cabinet. Stacked with current and former Democratic P [...]	2009-09-17 21:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON KPAO JA
09TOKYO218	TWO IRANIAN OFFICIALS VISIT TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Iranians officials, Senior Advisor to the President Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi and Foreign Ministry Spokesman and Special Advisor to the Minister Hassan Qashqavi, recently paid separate visits to Tokyo to push Tehran's views on the situation in Gaza and in the wider Middle East [...]	2009-01-29 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KWBG KNNP IR JA
09TOKYO2191	JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSC CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 06:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PHUM UNSC JA
09TOKYO2196	EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY KURT CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH DPJ DIET AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN KENJI YAMAOKA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 21:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	JA PGOV PINR PREL
09TOKYO2198	EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY KURT CAMPBELL'S MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. New Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada promised there would be no surprises in Japan's foreign policy. During his initial 100 days as Minister, he planned to focus on U.S-Japan relations, force realignments and U.S. bases in Okinawa; reconstruction assistance for Afghanis [...]	2009-09-21 21:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA PINR
09TOKYO2204	WALKOUT REDLINES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 06:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UNGA JA
09TOKYO2222	AMBASSADOR ROOS MAKES COURTESY CALL ON FINANCE [...] (C) Ambassador Roos paid a brief courtesy call on Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii on September 18 at the Ministry of Finance. Fujii stressed that he wanted to work closely with the United States, looked forward to working with the Ambassador, and hoped to meet Secretary Geithner at the G-20 S [...]	2009-09-23 04:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO2238	ENVIRONMENT MINISTER EAGER TO COOPERATE ON CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Hatoyama looks forward to working with President Obama on climate change and a nuclear-free world, Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa told the Ambassador during a September 18 courtesy call. Ozawa credited President Obama's election for triggering similar political chang [...]	2009-09-24 23:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG PBIO KGHG JP
09TOKYO2243	JAPAN'S TAKE ON GOLDSTONE [...] (C) Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to Yuichi Mikami, Head of the Middle East Peace Process Section in MOFA's First Middle East Division, and Seitoku Kawakami, Deputy Director of MOFA's Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division. Mikami said, "Frankly we believe the re [...]	2009-09-25 03:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM JA
09TOKYO2268	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S VISIT: MOF EMPHASIZES GOJ'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Ambassador Philip Goldberg said the goal of the recent U.S. Advisory relating to UNSCR 1874 was to bring transparency to North Korean financial activities in an August 26 meeting with Ministry of Finance (MOF) Director-General Takehiko Nakao a [...]	2009-09-28 21:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KS JA
09TOKYO2277	A/S CAMPBELL'S SEPTEMBER 18 MEETING WITH VICE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 18 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka, Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell stressed the importance of close U.S.-Japan consultations as the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) settled into its role as the ruling party. Close high-level U.S.-Japan engagemen [...]	2009-09-29 23:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO228	TOYOTA DISCUSSES AUTO MARKETS, HOPES FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Toyota hopes Congress will pass the proposed economic stimulus package quickly and act to "save" the Big Three automakers, Toyota Vice Chairman Katsuhiro Nakagawa told EMIN. Toyota and other automakers are hit by both tight markets for commercial credit and problems consumers h [...]	2009-01-30 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EFIN PGOV SENV KGHG JA
09TOKYO2283	INFORMATION GATHERING SYSTEM: JAPAN POSTPONES [...] (C) Officials at the Japan Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center (CSIC) informed Post late Monday, September 28 that the Government of Japan would need to postpone signing the amendment extending the 1999 Memorandum of Understanding for the Information Gathering System (reftel). Chief Cabinet [...]	2009-09-30 06:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA KSTC ETTC PINR PREL TSPA JA
09TOKYO2284	JAPAN WELCOMES CONCLUSION TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) On September 29, Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel points to MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Deputy Director Takuma Sakaguchi. Poloff reaffirmed Washington's fundamental interests, including a unified, peaceful, prosperous, and democratic Burma, the release of Aung San Suu Kyi [...]	2009-09-30 07:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM JA
09TOKYO2301	SAVOIE CASE: PROMPTING JAPAN ON THE HAGUE [...] He noted that the tragic Savoie case in Fukuoka had only highlighted the urgent need for the United States and Japan to agree on a mechanism for parents to resolve their disagreements over child custody issues. DCM pointed out that we would like to follow up on Vice Foreign Minister Yabunak [...]	2009-10-02 05:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CASC KOCI PGOV JA
09TOKYO2302	DPJ CABINET PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Hatoyama is working on an eight or nine-month priority timeline until the Upper House elections in July 2010. Washington agencies, in developing priority economic issues to engage the new Japanese Government, should consider focusing on issues where our two countr [...]	2009-10-02 06:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL INRB ETRD ETTC EAID JA
09TOKYO2305	DPJ CABINET PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Hatoyama is working on an eight or nine-month priority timeline until the Upper House elections in July 2010. Washington agencies, in developing priority economic issues to engage the new Japanese Government, should consider focusing on issues where our two countr [...]	2009-10-02 06:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL INRB ETRD ETTC EAID JA
09TOKYO2306	DPJ CABINET PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Hatoyama is working on an eight or nine-month priority timeline until the Upper House elections in July 2010. Washington agencies, in developing priority economic issues to engage the new Japanese Government, should consider focusing on issues where our two countr [...]	2009-10-02 06:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL INRB ETRD ETTC EAID JA
09TOKYO2308	SAVOIE CASE: PROMPTING JAPAN ON THE HAGUE [...] He noted that the tragic Savoie case in Fukuoka had only highlighted the urgent need for the United States and Japan to agree on a mechanism for parents to resolve their disagreements over child custody issues. DCM pointed out that we would like to follow up on Vice Foreign Minister Yabunak [...]	2009-10-02 06:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CASC KOCI PGOV JA
09TOKYO2309	ON THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF JAPAN'S TIP LAWS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A consensus of Japanese legal scholars believes that Japan's set of anti-TIP laws prohibits "recruitment through fraudulent or deceptive means." (NOTE: This crime is thought to be closely linked to forced labor in which a recruiter knowingly, and with intent to fraud, uses materi [...]	2009-10-02 06:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KTIP PGOV PHUM JA
09TOKYO2314	DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada met with Deputy Secretary Steinberg 1 October and said that during his initial 100 days as Minister he planned to focus on U.S-Japan relations, including force realignment and U.S. bases in Okinawa; reconstruction assistance for Afghanistan [...]	2009-10-06 00:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SENV MARR KGHG JA
09TOKYO2322	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO JAPAN OF DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 06:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL SENV KGHG JA
09TOKYO2324	JAPAN LOOKS TO BUILD MIDDLE EAST PROCESS SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: MOFA is considering a possible initiative to build support for the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) in Southeast Asia should MEPP discussions restart. Key elements of MOFA,s nascent plan would be expanding the base of support for the MEPP beyond the neighboring Arab countries, s [...]	2009-10-06 21:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SN MY ID JA
09TOKYO2327	MOFA PONDERS NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) In an October 5 meeting with Embassy Political Minister-Counselor and Poloff, MOFA Middle Eastern and African Affairs Director General Toshiro Suzuki discussed possible next steps in Afghanistan assistance. MOFA is weighing three questions in that regard: 1) How to further the expansion o [...]	2009-10-07 05:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AF JA
09TOKYO2328	JAPAN AND TIP: A NEW NATIONAL PLAN IS IN THE WORKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's Inter-Ministerial Liaison Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons is formulating a new National Action Plan that is expected to be released early next year. Observations from individuals in attendance at planning meetings paint a mixed picture: some ministries do not a [...]	2009-10-07 06:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KTIP PGOV PHUM JA
09TOKYO2329	PRIME MINISTER HATOYAMA'S FOCUS ON CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister (PM) Yukio Hatoyama has made Sino-Japanese ties a foreign policy priority as he seeks to establish political footing abroad. A key policy challenge facing his new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)-led coalition government is maintaining the current political goodwi [...]	2009-10-07 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH JA
09TOKYO233	JAPAN INCHES CLOSER TO SETTING MID-TERM CLIMATE [...] (C) Summary: A subcommittee of scientists and academics is close to finalizing its recommendations for Japan's mid-term climate targets, according to a Ministry of Environment (MOE) official. The Council on Global Warming Issues will weigh these recommendations and advise the Prime Minister, w [...]	2009-01-30 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG ENRG ELTN EWWT PREL JA
09TOKYO2331	BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5 PLUS 1 GENEVA TALKS WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Drawing on background provided in reftel, Embassy Poloff on October 7 briefed MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Yukiya Hamamoto and Iran Desk Chief Junichi Sumi on the outcome of the October 1 P5 plus 1 m [...]	2009-10-08 21:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR JA
09TOKYO2343	JAPAN PREPARING FOR SECOND TRILATERAL SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is preparing for the second Japan-China-South Korea Summit, slated for Beijing, October 10. The Third Trilateral Foreign Minister's Meeting, held in Shanghai October 2, expounded on agreements from the first Summit in December 2008, and helpe [...]	2009-10-09 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
09TOKYO2368	A/S CAMPBELL'S OCT 12 MEETING WITH MOFA STATE [...] (C) EAP A/S Kurt Campbell cited recent and upcoming high-level interaction between the U.S. and Japanese governments, including the visits to Japan by the President and Secretary Gates, as evidence of U.S. intent to work closely with the new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Government in his O [...]	2009-10-15 00:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO2376	SENIOR DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: It is essential for the Secretary to speak frankly with Japanese Minister of Defense Kitazawa about the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) issue, according to Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Director General Takamizawa. FRF will be Kitazawa's top priority during the offi [...]	2009-10-15 06:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OVIP PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO2379	SINGAPORE PM LEE EXPRESSES CAUTION TO PM HATOYAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama exchanged views on overall bilateral ties, APEC, climate change, and his "East Asian Community" (EAC) vision during an October 6 meeting and lunch with visiting Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Lee underscored the importance of working clos [...]	2009-10-15 07:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR JA
09TOKYO238	DEPUTY FM OTABE ON NEW BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Discussing the experts' report released and briefed to FM Nakasone on the future of U.S./Japan economic relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Yoichi Otabe called the study "frank and forthcoming" and favorably received by the Minister. Otabe said the report was able to make a number of recomm [...]	2009-02-02 03:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD PGOV EAGR JA
09TOKYO2380	AMBASSADOR RAISES AVIATION AND RAIL WITH JAPAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Seiji Maehara, who is also State Minister for Okinawa and Space Minister, seemed intent on discussing only alliance and Okinawa-related issues during his initial meeting with the Ambassador October 14. When pressed [...]	2009-10-15 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ETRD ELTN JA
09TOKYO2381	EAST ASIAN COMMUNITY: TRANSPORT MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Participation by the United States is crucial in any East Asian Community concept, Cabinet member Seiji Maehara (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; State Minister for Okinawa, Northern Territories and Disaster Prevention; and Space Minister) told the Ambass [...]	2009-10-15 09:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ELTN CH JA
09TOKYO2386	GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 03:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNSC JA
09TOKYO2388	JAPANESE OFFICIALS: JAPAN-CHINA-SOUTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese government and industry officials are optimistic about prospects for further economic integration among Japan, China, and South Korea following Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's October 10 statement that he hopes the three countries conclude an investment agreement by earl [...]	2009-10-16 05:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PREL CH KS JA
09TOKYO2391	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AFGHAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Ambassador to Japan Eklil Ahmad Hakimi met October 15 with the Ambassador and DCM to discuss cooperation in dealing with the GOJ, the Indian Ocean Refueling mission, future GOJ assistance to Afghanistan, Japanese Foreign Minister Okada's recent visit to Kabul, and a Diet-l [...]	2009-10-16 07:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF JA
09TOKYO2392	THE AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 15 PHONE CALL WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: In a 15-minute phone call with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama discussed his September meetings with the President on the margins of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit, the Secretary of Defense's upcoming October 20-21 visit to Japan, and t [...]	2009-10-16 07:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR JA
09TOKYO2397	THE DPJ ADMINISTRATION'S EMERGING GOVERNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) promised to bring change to Japan. Since taking control of the government last month, cabinet members have announced big policy changes. The new government has proposed and created new organizations and decision-making mechanisms with the ai [...]	2009-10-18 21:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2416	AMBASSADOR MEETS KOMEITO LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Komeito party head Natsuo Yamaguchi described his party's dissatisfaction with the lack of transparency and accountability in the Hatoyama government's policy making process during a meeting with the Ambassador October 20. In particular, there have not been adequate discussions [...]	2009-10-20 06:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
09TOKYO2439	JAPANESE READOUT OF JAPAN-CHINA-ROK SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Second Japan-China-South Korea Trilateral Summit held October 10 in Beijing helped continue momentum toward greater overall regional cooperation, according to a readout provided by MOFA officials. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, and South Korean Pr [...]	2009-10-22 07:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH KS JA
09TOKYO2440	METI MINISTER NAOSHIMA CALLS FOR STRONGER, MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Masayuki Naoshima told Ambassador Roos he hopes the U.S. and Japan can build a stronger, more comprehensive economic relationship over the next few years during an October 21 courtesy call. The Minister said bilateral economic re [...]	2009-10-22 07:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL ETRD JA
09TOKYO2441	AMBASSADOR MEETS OZAWA [...] (C) Summary: DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa stressed several times to the Ambassador October 21 that his focus is on politics and elections, and that he cannot discuss policy. That said, he underlined the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship and assured the Ambassador that the Hatoyam [...]	2009-10-22 07:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV JA
09TOKYO2443	PREVIEW OF THE DIET'S 2009 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION [...] (C) Summary: The new Hatoyama government will face its first Diet session October 26 to November 30. Bills that will likely be on this extraordinary session's agenda include those on North Korea-related cargo inspections, repayment moratorium on loans by small and medium-sized enterprises, a [...]	2009-10-22 21:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JA

09TOKYO2453	JAPAN'S 3RD COMMITTEE PLANS UNCHANGED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 06:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNGA JA
09TOKYO2458	JAPAN: CHILD SEX TOURISM UPDATE [...] (C) Atsushi Maeda, Chief Prosecutor at the Ministry of Justice for TIP-related issues provided Embassy Political Officer with information regarding Japan's prosecution of child sex tourists. Maeda said that the Japanese laws --the "Act on Punishment of Activities Relating to Child Prostituti [...]	2009-10-25 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PHUM JA
09TOKYO2460	JAPAN OFFERS TRADE ON ICSC CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-25 23:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PGOV UNGA JA
09TOKYO2461	UPPER HOUSE MEMBER DISCUSSES TRACK II CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Poloff met October 21 with Diet Upper House member Tadashi Inuzuka (DPJ-Nagasaki) to discuss Inuzuka's recent travel to Afghanistan, the Indian Ocean refueling mission and plans for a Track II Conference on Afghanistan to be held November 23-25 in Tokyo. End Summary. [...]	2009-10-26 00:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EAID AF JA
09TOKYO2464	HATOYAMA CABINET STRUGGLES TO HOLD DOWN FY10 [...] (C) The Hatoyama Cabinet completed a key step in the compilation of the FY10 budget with the submission to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of budget requests from individual ministries and agencies. FY10 general account budget requests reached a record JPY 95 trillion (USD 1.1 trillion),7 perc [...]	2009-10-26 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO247	JAPAN AND IRAQ ESTABLISH COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Baghdad January 28 as a Special Envoy of Prime Minister Taro Aso, where he met with President Talibani, Vice-President al-Hashimi, and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, and signed a "Declaration on Establishing a Comprehensive Partnership [...]	2009-02-02 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ JA
09TOKYO248	SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad visited Tokyo January 26-29. The Japanese told him that while they appreciate recent positive movements on the Syrian-Israeli track and the move to normalized relations between Syria and Lebanon, Damascus still needs to play a much mo [...]	2009-02-02 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY JA
09TOKYO2498	JAPAN EXTERNAL TRADE ORGANIZATION ASSESSMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a significant increase in the monetary value of Japanese trade with Iran in 2008 due to fluctuations in the price of oil, Japanese economic engagement with Iran is not growing, according to Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) officials. Japanese export of chemical c [...]	2009-10-29 04:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL IR JA
09TOKYO2501	BURMESE AMBASSADOR EXPLAINS HIS COUNTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Burmese Ambassador to Japan Hla Myint gave an underwhelming presentation on the demographics, history, and political background of his country at the Sasagawa Peace Foundation on October 9. The Ambassador sought to justify his government's brutal policies against political opposi [...]	2009-10-29 06:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM JA
09TOKYO2526	JAPAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG REVIEW OF UNSCR [...] (C) On October 28, Embassy Tokyo delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Deputy Director Miyako Ishimura, and to Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Bureau Legal Research Office Deputy Director Junji Kuyama, Special [...]	2009-11-02 03:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC JA
09TOKYO2529	DCM URGES GOJ TO SHOW FLEXIBILITY IN WHALING TALKS [...] (C) Following up on an October 22 letter from the Ambassador to Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu, the DCM met with MAFF Vice Minister for International Affairs Shuji Yamada November 2 to convey U.S. commitment to build upon progress at recently-concluded talks i [...]	2009-11-02 07:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC JA
09TOKYO2531	THAILAND AND JAPAN TO INK SOP ON TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: First Secretary Rapipongs Bachong-Silpa of the Royal Thai Embassy in Tokyo informed Embassy Political Officer that Thailand and Japan will sign a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) agreement regarding the rescuing, repatriating and social integration of human trafficking victims. [...]	2009-11-02 07:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PGOV PHUM ELAB JA TH
09TOKYO2546	DEMARCHE ON UNGA GOLDSTONE DEBATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM UNGA JA
09TOKYO2555	JAPAN URGED TO FOLLOW UK IN REFUSING INSURANCE TO [...] (C) In coordination with UK Embassy Economic Counselor Paul Hunter, Deputy Financial Attache delivered reftel points to Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Bureau Legal Research Office Deputy Director Junji Kuyama, Special Officer for Research on Foreign Exchange Transactions Wataru Kikuchi [...]	2009-11-06 00:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL UK IR JA
09TOKYO256	TERRORISM FINANCE: COUNTERING TERRORIST ABUSE OF [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Deputy Financial Attache and Political Officer conveyed reftel demarche January 23 and January 29, respectively, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Deputy Director Miyako Ishimura and Ministry of Finance Legal Office Deputy Divis [...]	2009-02-03 02:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID JA
09TOKYO2563	URGING JAPAN TO ACCEDE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: We believe the President,s visit offers an opportunity for progress on International Child Abduction issues. Within the last year, US officials including Secretary Clinton have raised this issue with GOJ counterparts. The new Hatoyama government seems more sympathetic to worki [...]	2009-11-06 07:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL KOCI KITA JA
09TOKYO2567	JAPAN ADVANCING TIES TO THE MEKONG REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Japan-Mekong Summit on November 6-7 is the culmination of a year-long effort by Japanese leaders to strengthen ties to mainland Southeast Asia and will cap the Japan-Mekong Exchange Year, a program aimed at deepening cooperation and mutual understanding. Japan has assu [...]	2009-11-06 09:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM CB CH LA TH VM JA
09TOKYO2583	JAPANESE NON-PAPER ON SE ASIA MIDDLE EAST PEACE [...] (C) During a November 4 meeting with Embassy Poloff, MOFA First Middle East Principal Deputy Director Kazutaka Kawahara provided an English-language copy of a non-paper (See paragraph 5) explaining current MOFA internal discussion on the form and substance of its proposed Southeast Asia Middle [...]	2009-11-09 02:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SN MY ID JA
09TOKYO2589	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] (C) Begin Text of Scenesetter: Dear Mr. President: Welcome to Japan. It is fitting that you begin your inaugural visit to Asia here as the U.S.-Japan Alliance remains the indispensible foundation of U.S. strategy in Asia. Prime Minister Hatoyama and his administration have stressed the [...]	2009-11-09 06:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON MARR JA
09TOKYO2590	TOKYO AFGHANISTAN TRACK CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AND [...] (C) During a November 6 meeting with Embassy Poloff, Embassy of Afghanistan Press Officer Jason Pratt provided a copy of the program schedule and participants for the November 23-25 Track II conference on Afghanistan (reftel A) organized by Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Upper House Member Ta [...]	2009-11-09 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF JA
09TOKYO2599	VFM YABUNAKA PREVIEWS NEW AFGHANISTAN AID PACKAGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 03:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID AF PK JA
09TOKYO2615	DAS KANG AND DELEGATION'S MEETINGS WITH GOJ ON THE FUTURE OF THE IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PUNE ENRG IAEA JA
09TOKYO2617	ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAMPBELL'S NOVEMBER 5 LUNCH [...] (C) Summary: During a November 5 lunch meeting with MOFA Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell briefed on his trip to Burma (see septel report),and discussed the President,s upcoming visit to Japan, U.S.-Japan alliance man [...]	2009-11-12 09:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KOCI CASC MARR CH JA
09TOKYO2628	COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM JA
09TOKYO2646	PALESTINIAN REPRESENTATIVE MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) In a November 16 meeting with Embassy Poloff, Palestinian Permanent Mission Chief Representative Waleed Siam said that he was optimistic that the new Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) government would be more receptive to requests for direct budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA) t [...]	2009-11-17 00:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KPAL IS
09TOKYO2664	LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERSHIP DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Headquarters Director General Hitoshi Motojuku and Secretary General Tadamori Oshima described their party's plans to return to its conservative roots, and focus on preventing the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from attaining an independent majority [...]	2009-11-18 04:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR JA
09TOKYO2675	MOFA AFRICA DIRECTOR GENERAL ON U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) The DCM, accompanied by poloff, met November 2 with MOFA Director General for African Affairs Yoshitaka Akimoto to continue discussions of U.S.-Japan cooperation in Africa. Akimoto recalled that in August (reftel) he had met with the DCM and agreed to strengthen cooperation in Africa. Buil [...]	2009-11-19 04:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID
09TOKYO268	SENIOR JAPANESE OFFICIAL STRESSES NEED FOR EARLY [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Global Issues Shinsuke Sugiyama told EMIN February 3 that the GOJ very much wants to maintain close coordination/cooperation with the U.S. on climate change and energy matters. Sugiyama noted the series of UNFCCC-related meetings leading u [...]	2009-02-04 09:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG PREL JA
09TOKYO269	(C-AL8-02662) ENERGY SECURITY: GOJ OFFICIALS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials and businesspeople describe relations with Russian energy suppliers as businesslike. METI officials and others report Russia's assertiveness in oil and gas disputes and its military action in Georgia have not fundamentally changed this attitude. Japanese policy [...]	2009-02-04 09:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RU JA
09TOKYO2691	JAPAN URGED TO DESIGNATE FIRST EAST EXPORT BANK, [...] (C) Deputy Financial Attache delivered reftel points to Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Bureau Legal Research Office Deputy Director Junji Kuyama, Special Officer for Research on Foreign Exchange Transactions Wataru Kikuchi, and Section Chief Yuka Kunisato on Novmeber 18. In addition, [...]	2009-11-24 05:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM IR JA
09TOKYO2692	TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S NOVEMBER 10-11 TRIP [...] (C) Secretary Geithner visited Japan on November 10-11 en route to the November 12 APEC Finance Ministers meeting in Singapore. In separate meetings with Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii, Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan, and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Secretary Geithner stressed the import [...]	2009-11-24 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO2715	U/S HORMATS' MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Japanese government officials welcomed the visit of Under Secretary Hormats on November 16 and 17, immediately following that of President Obama, as a strong sign of the importance the United States attaches to the U.S.-Japan economic relationship. They agreed with U/S Hor [...]	2009-11-27 04:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ETRD PREL EAID EAGR PARM IR JA
09TOKYO2718	MOFA DG UMEMOTO ON SECRET AGREEMENT INVESTIGATION [...] (C) On November 27, Charge d,Affaires discussed MOFA,s investigation of the so-called nuclear secret agreements and its possible effects on U.S. nuclear deterrent policy with MOFA North American Affairs Bureau Director General Umemoto. Charge stressed that an important element of U.S. deterrenc [...]	2009-11-27 07:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR JA
09TOKYO2745	KANTEI INSIDER PESSIMISTIC ABOUT FUTENMA DECISION [...] (C) Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and Hatoyama confidante Yorihisa Matsuno told Embassy Tokyo November 30 that he is pessimistic about the PM's ability to reach a decision on Futenma "anytime soon." The reason is coalition politics, Matsuno explained. Over the past several days, the Socialis [...]	2009-12-01 05:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR JA
09TOKYO2754	JAPAN RESPONSE TO IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: REPORTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese government officials and INPEX company representatives confirmed the company holds a 10 percent stake in Iran's South Azadegan oilfield. Officials from both the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and INPEX said the firm has not made any investment in Iran's h [...]	2009-12-02 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL JA
09TOKYO2773	UNGA DEFAMATION OF RELIGION RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 07:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM UNGA JA
09TOKYO2777	JAPANESE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON PRESSING [...] (C) On December 2, Political Officer discussed reftel demarche with MOFA First Southeast Asia Division Deputy Director Takuma Sakaguchi. Sakaguchi stressed that the Japanese Government attaches great importance both to pushing the Burmese regime to respond positively to Aung San Suu Kyi's (AS [...]	2009-12-04 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM JA
09TOKYO2778	JAPAN RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 2 meeting with Embassy Political Minister-Counselor and in public statements by the Chief Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Minister, Japan voiced support for the President,s new approach to Afghanistan, with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama,s government saying it welcomes [...]	2009-12-04 09:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF JA
09TOKYO2780	RESULTS OF A RECENT CONFERENCE ON COMBATING [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to a recent conference held in Tokyo, despite strong efforts by the Government of Japan to improve law enforcement cooperation between Japan and its major source countries, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia -efforts which have resulted in good working rel [...]	2009-12-06 23:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KWMN PHUM JA
09TOKYO2782	GOJ FEEDBACK ON REALIGNMENT ENHANCEMENTS PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Schiffer presented U.S. proposals for enhancements to the Realignment Roadmap to MOFA North American Affairs Bureau Director General Umemoto in a December 4 senior officials-level meeting of the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) Working Group [...]	2009-12-07 02:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO28	JAPAN EXPRESSES CONTINUING CONCERNS OVER GAZA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan remains deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza, but official public statements have been measured and even-handed. Following his December 31 telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert (ref A),Prime Minister Aso telephoned Palestinian Authority Abbas on [...]	2009-01-07 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UNRWA KWBG KPAL IS JA
09TOKYO2815	FRF: SENIOR DPJ LEADER SAYS ""NO DEAL"" THIS YEAR [...] (C) Summary: DPJ Diet Affairs Chair Kenji Yamaoka (a close confidante of DPJ Secretary General Ozawa) told Embassy Tokyo December 8 that the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) decision was ""all about managing the Diet."" Until two weeks ago, he thought the Japanese government would agree to [...]	2009-12-09 08:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
09TOKYO2819	HATOYAMA CABINET ANNOUNCES JPY24.4 TRILLION [...] (SBU) On December 8, the Hatoyama Cabinet finalized a new economic policy package, entitled "Emergency Economic Measures for Reassurance and Economic Growth Tomorrow". This is the first economic policy package under the Hatoyama administration, but is the fifth of its kind since the onset of [...]	2009-12-09 23:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA
09TOKYO2845	JAPAN BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OFFICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) strategic planning head Tadashi Maeda told Embassy Tokyo Economic Minister Counselor the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leadership's failure to move forward on Futenma relocation will likely remain a problem well into the next year [...]	2009-12-11 04:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PREL ELTN SENV JA
09TOKYO285	DPRK: PRO-DIALOGUE DIET GROUP IN MINORITY [...] (C) Summary: Members of a non-partisan Diet group in favor of dialogue with the DPRK and a focus on denuclearization rather than abductions are urging the Obama Administration to stay with the Six Party process. In a meeting with the Charge, the group lamented that Japan's DPRK policy is con [...]	2009-02-06 06:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN JA
09TOKYO286	HONDA: IT'S GENERAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS THAT'S [...] (C) Summary: Governments need to act quickly to stabilize financial markets and restart credit flows to companies and consumers, Honda executives told emboffs. The auto company executives argued assistance should aim to provide a general stimulus to economies rather than be targeted to spec [...]	2009-02-06 06:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ECON PGOV SENV KGHG JA
09TOKYO2876	XI JINPING MEETS HATOYAMA [...] (C) Summary: PRC Vice President Xi Jinping had a "good and productive meeting" with PM Hatoyama December 14, and Xi strongly endorsed China's policy of attaching importance to Sino-Japan ties, MOFA Asia DG Akitaka Saiki told the DCM December 15. PM Hatoyama told Xi that the linchpin of Japan [...]	2009-12-16 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH JA
09TOKYO2884	FRF COALITION DISCUSSIONS A "DOGFIGHT" [...] (C) Summary: The discussion within the Japanese coalition government over the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) is a "dogfight" with no input from the Japanese bureaucracy, MOFA North American Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General Koji Tomita told Political Minister-Counselor 16 December. Th [...]	2009-12-17 03:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO2890	AUSTR CUTLER RAISES BILATERAL TRADE IRRITANTS AND [...] (C) Summary: Government of Japan (GOJ) officials -- politicians and bureaucrats alike -- told AUSTR Wendy Cutler during her December 10 visit to Tokyo they are frustrated by the challenges with the new government's political transition, most notably inconsistencies in the decision making pro [...]	2009-12-17 06:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EINV APEC PREL JA
09TOKYO29	JAPAN TO WAIT FOR OTHER UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (C) Japan has stated it will wait before declaring support for a candidate for the UNESCO Director-General position. According to Yoshio Ando, Director of MITI's Multilateral Cultural Cooperation Division, Japan hopes that a candidate will be chosen who can continue the reform efforts undertak [...]	2009-01-07 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO JA
09TOKYO290	GOJ TAKING "WAIT-AND-SEE" APPROACH ON IRENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials told econoff the GOJ is still evaluating participation in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) following the January 26-27 founding conference in Bonn. Officials state the GOJ must address four concerns before it can join, [...]	2009-02-06 07:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL EUN TBIO GM JA
09TOKYO2905	DPJ DIET AFFAIRS CHIEF'S VIEW ON US-JAPAN RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM's December 17 meeting with Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet Affairs Committee Chair Kenji Yamaoka centered primarily on U.S.-Japan relations and, more specifically, on issues related to the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Yamaoka expounded on PM Hatoy [...]	2009-12-18 10:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
09TOKYO2917	"FORCING THE HENOKO PLAN WILL DAMAGE THE [...] (C) Summary: Implementing the current Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) plan will "damage the U.S.-Japan Alliance," Social Democratic Party (SDP) President Mizuho Fukushima told the Ambassador 21 December. Despite arduous negotiations over 13 years, the existing plan has not been implemented [...]	2009-12-22 06:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
09TOKYO2920	WHY JAPAN ABSTAINS ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGION [...] (C) Following its normal practice, Japan once again abstained on the Defamation of Religion resolution. According to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Deputy Director Makoto Tanabe, Japan thinks that the Defamation of Religion resolution is "not a good resolution, but it is no [...]	2009-12-22 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC JA
09TOKYO2921	POSTAL PRIVATIZATION: JAPAN AND U.S. SHOULD [...] (C) Summary: The USG and GOJ should quietly resolve any differences regarding Japan's postal privatization process, Financial Services Agency Senior Vice Minister Kouhei Ohtsuka told the DCM December 21 in response to points in reftel. Ohtsuka welcomed USG statements that postal privatization [...]	2009-12-22 08:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
09TOKYO2923	DPJ DIET AFFAIRS CHIEF'S READOUT ON CHINA VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's visit to China was aimed at ensuring that the new DPJ government started off well with Beijing, Diet Affairs Committee Chair Kenji Yamaoka told the DCM on December 17. Yamaoka and Ozawa expressed concern about Chin [...]	2009-12-24 00:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
09TOKYO295	POSTAL PRIVATIZATION DEVELOPMENTS RATTLE U.S. [...] (C) Signs Japan Post Insurance might introduce a new product continue to ratchet up concerns among U.S. insurers operating in Japan. It is still early in Japan Post Insurance's ten-year privatization process and a new product would enjoy substantial non-competitive advantages, several stakeho [...]	2009-02-06 10:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV JA
09TOKYO305	JAPANESE POLICE SHOWCASE TIP EFFORTS, (BUT BEHIND [...] (C) Summary: Eager to showcase its anti-TIP efforts, the NPA (National Police Agency) recently hosted two TIP-related symposia, including the "5th Contact Point Meeting for Trafficking in Persons in Japan." Significantly, for the first time, Embassy Tokyo was invited to elaborate on U.S. anti [...]	2009-02-09 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PHUM JP
09TOKYO307	PM ASO'S ECONOMIC AGENDA: STALLED AND LOSING [...] (C) Prime Minister Aso's policies have not had the impact on Japan's economy he wanted. When the global economic crisis hit, Aso promised "bold countermeasures" to confront rising unemployment and bankruptcies, record drops in business confidence and manufacturing output, and slumping public [...]	2009-02-09 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB JA
09TOKYO308	JAPAN-CHINA JOINT HISTORY COMMISSION TRYING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY The Japan-China Joint Historical Research Committee, formed in October 2006, is aiming for a March 2009 release of its long awaited report, despite last-minute Chinese misgivings about language contained therein. The Committee initially sought to complete the project by Summer 2 [...]	2009-02-09 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA CH
09TOKYO322	WHALING: JAPAN ASKS USG TO EXAMINE TAX EXEMPT [...] (U) Please see action request contained in para 5. 2. (C) Fisheries Agency of Japan Director General Shuji Yamada called in EMIN Feb. 10 to raise the recent incident in which a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) vessel allegedly collided with a Japanese research whaling vessel in th [...]	2009-02-10 08:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EFIS IWC PREL JA
09TOKYO33	JAPAN: ASO EKING OUT POSITIVE REVIEWS ON CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has forged modest success on China. Facing plummeting approval ratings, a sputtering economy, and a Diet divided with the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, PM Aso has managed to keep bilateral ties to China on an even keel by actively engagin [...]	2009-01-07 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO335	JAPAN POST INSURANCE UPDATE [...] (U) Please note action request contained in paragraph 9. Summary ------- 2. (C) Japanese officials hope to avoid discussion of Japan Post Insurance and level playing field concerns during Secretary Clinton's first visit to Japan, MOFA officials told Emboffs during a February 10 meeting, an [...]	2009-02-13 00:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL JA
09TOKYO341	LATVIAN PM VISIT TO JAPAN FOCUSED ON TRADE [...] (C) Summary. Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis' Tokyo visit focused on economic, financial, and trade issues, while renewing political ties largely devoid of contentious issues, according to Foreign Ministry officials and Tokyo-based Latvian Embassy diplomats. Tokyo and Riga did not sign [...]	2009-02-13 07:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD JA LG
09TOKYO343	FM NAKASONE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, DPRK, PIRACY IN [...] (C) Summary: Bilateral cooperation on Afghanistan reconstruction and better coordination on DPRK issues dominated the discussion during FM Nakasone's meetings with ROK President Lee and FM Yu in Seoul February 10-11. Other key issues included efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa, [...]	2009-02-13 07:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON ETRD JA KA
09TOKYO344	BULGARIAN PRESIDENT CONFIRMS COORDINATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. Bulgarian President Parvanov sought to establish "a new type of partnership" with Japan, one which would reflect Sophia's new-found status as a democratic member of the EU community, during a January 25-29 visit to Tokyo. A second major goal involved attempts to reduce the large [...]	2009-02-13 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID JA BU
09TOKYO347	KOIZUMI BLASTS ASO [...] (C) Summary: Former PM Koizumi sent political sparks flying February 12, leveling criticism at PM Aso for his professed willingness to review landmark 2005 postal reforms in what the press and some Embassy contacts are painting as a clear attempt to bring about a change in leadership. Former [...]	2009-02-13 10:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
09TOKYO395	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT LOOKING INTO ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Yoko Yanagisawa, MOFA Senior Coordinator for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, reports the GOJ is following up on local media reports that Japanese firms were involved in Abdul Qadeer Khan's efforts supporting development of Pakistan's nuclear program. Yanagisawa told econoff MOFA and M [...]	2009-02-20 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL PK JA
09TOKYO399	PACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S FEB 19 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada told visiting PACOM Commander Timothy Keating on February 19 that realignment of U.S. forces should move forward and that the signing of the Guam International Agreement during Secretary Clinton's visit was a major step in that direction. He stressed that [...]	2009-02-22 22:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO4	JAPAN CALLS FOR HALT TO ATTACKS ON GAZA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Aso telephoned Prime Minister Olmert to urge an end to Israel's airstrikes on Gaza. Japan has also called on Hamas to stop firing rockets at Israel. The Israeli Embassy in Tokyo has been in touch with MOFA concerning possible UNSC actions concerning the situation in [...]	2009-01-02 06:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL KWBG UNRWA IS JA
09TOKYO410	PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ASO WEAKENS ON EVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary: The latest polls from a broad range of media outlets show more bad news for Prime Minister Taro Aso and his ruling LDP on every front. Aso's support rate is now the second or third lowest in memory, his non-support rate has hit 80 percent in at least one survey, and he trails op [...]	2009-02-23 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JA
09TOKYO418	INTEREST IN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT GROWS IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Japan's recent decision to accept some 90 Burmese refugees, makes it the first Asian nation to provide third country resettlement. This cable summarizes two recent symposia held in Japan on resettlement and the experiences of other countries in dealing with refugees. Although Jap [...]	2009-02-24 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREF PHUM PREL SMIG JA
09TOKYO420	MOFA SUPPORTING BROAD ENGAGEMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese officials want to strengthen cooperation with the United States on Southeast Asia policy and enthusiastically welcome what they see as renewed U.S. engagement in the region. Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) welcomed Secretary Clinton's visit to Indonesia and [...]	2009-02-24 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA ASEAN JA CH
09TOKYO421	ROK EMBASSY APPLAUDS ASO; FEARS FOR U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: PM Aso has worked hard to improve relations with Korea, and his efforts are widely appreciated in Seoul, ROK Embassy Minister Kim told the Charge in a meeting on February 24. Aso and ROK President Lee have worked well together to defuse potentially explosive historical issues an [...]	2009-02-24 12:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV ETRD JA KA
09TOKYO423	JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER LOOKS FOR CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: Japan Environment Minister Saito called for continuing strong U.S.-Japan cooperation on climate change, including on efforts to bring China into a post-Kyoto framework, during his February 17 meeting with Climate Change Special Envoy Stern. The Japanese Minister also proposed s [...]	2009-02-25 01:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON ENRG KGHG PREL JA
09TOKYO425	METI VICE MINISTER EMPHASIZES ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) Summary: METI Vice Minister Mochizuki called for continued U.S.-Japan cooperation in research and development of clean energy technology and in bringing the emerging market economies into a post-Kyoto framework during his February 18 meeting with Climate Change Special Envoy Stern. Moch [...]	2009-02-25 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG JA
09TOKYO433	ICC WARRANT FOR PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR [...] (C) According to Tetsuo Takagi, Deputy Director of MOFA's United Nations Policy Division, Japan's approach to a possible Security Council Article 16 Resolution to delay the issuance of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Al-Bashir will be based on three principles. "First we want to main [...]	2009-02-26 00:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA JA
09TOKYO434	UN APPEAL TRIBUNAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 00:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL UNGA JA
09TOKYO450	JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT MARCH 2 SHARM AL-SHEIKH [...] (C) Embassy shared reftel points with MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji who advises that Japan's delegation to the March 2 Sharm al-Sheikh conference will be led by State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Shintaro Ito, and that Japan will pledge 19.5 billion y [...]	2009-02-27 05:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EAID KPAL KWBG JA
09TOKYO456	JAPAN TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATING DURBAN DOCUMENT [...] (C) Political Officer delivered reftel demarche to MOFA's Human Rights Division officer Kazuyoshi Soneda. Soneda responded that Japan's position is to keep negotiating the draft outcome document for the Durban Review Conference. He stated, "Japan is concerned about the language as it applies [...]	2009-02-27 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL UNGA JA
09TOKYO458	POSITIVE REACTION TO GUAM INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The reaction in Japan to Secretary of State Clinton's February 17 signing of the Guam International Agreement (GIA) with the Japanese Foreign Minister has been overwhelmingly positive. The media has characterized the GIA, and the Secretary's strong message on realignment, as a cl [...]	2009-02-27 09:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV JA
09TOKYO46	JAPANESE ADVOCACY FOR IAEA CANDIDATE, UPCOMING [...] (U) This message contains an action request, please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Post appreciates reftel readout from Vienna on the IAEA DG election. In a discussion which touched on this issue, Econoff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Nonproliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Div [...]	2009-01-08 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL IAEA KNNP SF PARM MNUC ENRG TRGY
09TOKYO460	TERRORISM FINANCE: GOJ RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ETTC KTFN JA CH
09TOKYO47	JAPAN TELLS IRAN TO "ACT RESPONSIBLY" ON GAZA [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Nakasone in a January 7 telephone conversation told Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki that Iran, as a regional power, needs to act responsibly to help bring an end to the violence in Gaza. According to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Yuki [...]	2009-01-08 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IR JA
09TOKYO485	JAPAN: TALKING POINTS ON U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ [...] (C) Charge delivered Ref A points March 2 to MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Kazuyoshi Umemoto. Umemoto was grateful to receive the points and noted that Japan has begun to pursue the "next phase" of its relationship with Iraq, which will focus on building commercial relations [...]	2009-03-03 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS IZ JA
09TOKYO490	OZAWA CRIES CONSPIRACY; VOWS TO STAY [...] (C) Summary: Opposition DPJ President Ozawa is on the defensive after the arrest of one of his political secretaries on charges of accepting illegal campaign contributions. Ozawa has denied knowledge of any wrongdoing, suggesting that the investigation is politically motivated, and says he w [...]	2009-03-04 07:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
09TOKYO493	JAPAN: REQUEST INFORMATION IN PREPARATION FOR G-20 [...] (C) Summary. Domestic political gridlock continues to stymie Japan's ability to implement the economic and financial policies needed to help lead the country out of its worst recession in over half a century. The government's economic stimulus measures have large headline figures, but the Ca [...]	2009-03-04 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD JA
09TOKYO50	ABDUCTEE GROUPS CALL FOR CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The abductee families look forward to continuing support from the United States "in whatever way it sees as right," Sakie Yokota and three other representatives of the two major abductee support groups told Ambassador Schieffer in a farewell call on January 8. The families expre [...]	2009-01-08 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN
09TOKYO51	DPJ VP OKADA ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, DPRI, AND DPRK [...] (C) Summary: Opposition DPJ VP Okada assured the DCM January 6 that his party would act very differently in government than it has in opposition. Okada said that DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa would completely change stripes after an election and that the party would not appoint members of its cu [...]	2009-01-08 09:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
09TOKYO512	FORMER JAPANESE OFFICIAL'S VIEWS ON NPT REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Econoff met March 4 with Ambassador Nobuyasu Abe, head of the MOFA-affiliated Center for the Promotion of Nonproliferation and Disarmament (CPNPD) to discuss Japan's position on the 2010 NPT review conference. Abe said Japan understands "nothing gets accomplished at the conference [...]	2009-03-06 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV UNGA IAEA NPT JA
09TOKYO513	JAPANESE AUTHORITIES MAKE ARRESTS IN HORKOS [...] (C) On March 4 the Tokyo Public Safety Bureau and Hiroshima prefectural police arrested four senior officials of Horkos Corporation, a Hiroshima machine tools maker, for illegally exporting high-precision equipment to South Korea and China without an export license. Japanese authorities initi [...]	2009-03-06 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC JA
09TOKYO518	JAPANESE MOFA BRIEFS ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN [...] (C) MOFA officials March 5 briefed selected members of the diplomatic community concerning Japan's plans to host back-to-back meetings on April 17 of the Friends of Democratic Pakistan Group and a Pakistan Donors Conference. According to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Director Yusuke Shindo, oth [...]	2009-03-08 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PK JA
09TOKYO526	PUBLIC OPINION TURNS AGAINST OZAWA, DPJ OVER FUNDS [...] (C) Summary: Public opinion is quickly turning against DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa, as additional information on his possible complicity in illegal dealings with Nishimatsu Construction emerges in the press. As many as 61 percent of respondents to four recent media polls indicated that Ozawa sho [...]	2009-03-09 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
09TOKYO537	MOFA PROVIDES MIXED ASSESSMENT OF JAPAN-CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone's trip to China, February 28-March 1, continued the overall goodwill generated by recent high-level bilateral exchanges but did not make progress on key disagreements. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi did not raise Taiwan and gener [...]	2009-03-11 02:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM KN KS TW CH JA
09TOKYO543	GOJ COMMENTS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE AND [...] (C) Summary: Econoff and counterparts from the Korean and Russian embassies delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials in Tokyo March 10. The MOFA officials could not confirm whether Japan would send anyone to the Global Initiative workshop and [...]	2009-03-11 07:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS JA
09TOKYO555	JAPAN POST'S PRIVATIZATION: DEALING WITH THE NEXT [...] (SBU) Seventeen months into the ten-year privatization of Japan Post -- whose operations included mail delivery, the world's largest bank, and Japan's biggest insurer -- a major milestone is coming into view. The initial public offerings (IPOs) of Japan Post Bank and Japan Post Insurance could [...]	2009-03-12 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV JA
09TOKYO56	JAPAN CAN SUPPORT DELAY IN UNDP EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (C) Japan will support a postponement of the January 9 UNDP Executive Board presidential election, MOFA Director General for Global Affairs Shinsuke Sugiyama told Deputy Chief of Mission January 9. However, Japan is hesitant to actively lobby against Iran's candidacy. Sugiyama agreed that Ja [...]	2009-01-09 07:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UN IR JA
09TOKYO567	RULING PARTIES IN CHINA AND JAPAN SIZE EACH OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the February 19-24 "Japan-China Ruling Parties Exchange," visiting Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department Chief Wang Jiarui and members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) focused their discussions primarily on the glo [...]	2009-03-15 22:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON JA CH
09TOKYO572	EXTENT OF JAPANESE PEACEFUL USE AGREEMENTS MAY [...] (C) Summary: Japanese export control regulations and policies regarding nuclear reactor components could significantly affect the ability of U.S. industry to export nuclear power plants to certain countries, according to recent discussions with officials from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trad [...]	2009-03-16 03:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ENRG TRGY NRR PUNE IN JA
09TOKYO599	JAPAN-IRAN: VISIT OF DIRECTOR GENERAL TO TOKYO; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for East Asia and Oceania Nematollah Izadi visited Tokyo March 9-12 for semi-annual Director General-level meetings. His discussions with counterpart Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Toshiro Suzuki and Deputy Minister [...]	2009-03-18 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR CASC AF IR JA

09TOKYO600	JAPAN'S OPPOSITION PARTY OFFERS VARYING VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),lacks a coherent, unified message on China policy. Most party members agree on the importance of strengthening Sino-Japanese ties and believe that a DPJ-led government would have to handle relations with Chi [...]	2009-03-18 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA CH

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