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10BAGHDAD121	DE-ESCALATING THE DE-BAATHIFICATION DEBATE: POST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi political leaders appear to be looking for a face-saving way to step back from the furor created by the purported Accountability and Justice Commission's (AJC) efforts to exclude electoral candidates under the provisions of the de-Ba'athification law. The ISCI-led Iraqi Nat [...]	2010-01-18 18:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ

10BAGHDAD125	FINANCE MINISTER ON THE 2010 BUDGET, THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finance Jabr and his Special Advisor Azez Jaffar reported that Ministry of Finance review of parliamentary amendments to the draft 2010 budget was almost completed, and that passage of the 2010 budget is expected by the end of January. Azez also stated that the Min [...]	2010-01-19 14:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV BEXP IZ
10BAGHDAD127	LOCAL COUNCILS IN NAJAF PROVINCE -- GOVERNANCE,S [...] (U) This is a Najaf Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY. PRT representatives, including PRT Team Leader and Urban Planning Advisor, trained Najaf local council representatives in municipal budgeting in the United States and its transparency at a conference i [...]	2010-01-19 14:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD131	CORRECTED COPY: LOCAL COUNCILS IN NAJAF PROVINCE [...] (U) This is a Najaf Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY. PRT representatives, including PRT Team Leader and Urban Planning Advisor, trained Najaf local council representatives in municipal budgeting in the United States and its transparency at a conference i [...]	2010-01-19 14:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD134	ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE -- JANUARY 19, 2010 [...] (C) Iraq's lead anti-corruption agency, the Commission of Integrity (COI),displayed noteworthy capacity in detecting an intricate money-laundering scheme by Baghdad municipal employees who transferred embezzled funds through a network of Iraqi, Jordanian, and Lebanese banks and other financial [...]	2010-01-19 15:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD135	ALL OIL BID ROUND CONTRACTS TO BE SIGNED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil and the Ministry of Oil (MOO) have reached agreement on a final contract for part of Iraq's largest oil field. This contract, the last of the ten contracts from Iraq's 2009 oil bid rounds to be initialed, covers development of the super-giant West Qurna Phase 1 field [...]	2010-01-19 16:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD136	IHEC NOTIFIES CANDIDATES OF DISQUALIFICATION AS [...] (C) At a meeting with the Ambassador January 19, PM Maiki said that he was upset by the entire de-Ba'athification crisis. He expressed support for the plan proposed by ISCI/Badr bloc leader Hadi al-Ameri, which he said would lead to the establishment January 20 of a new de-Ba'athification c [...]	2010-01-19 18:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD137	ABOUT BOMBS IN BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a PRT Baghdad Message. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Four major bombings have shaken Baghdad since the US operational military withdrawal from Iraq,s cities June 30. Despite the dramatic improvement in overall security in the province since the middle of 2008, these attacks acce [...]	2010-01-20 03:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KCRM KJUS IZ
10BAGHDAD139	RRT ERBIL: BARZANI'S CHIEF OF STAFF AND KRG PM ON [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) discussed the December 7 White House statement, President Barzani,s upcoming visit to Washington, and the way forward with Dr. Fuad Hussein, President Barzani,s chief of staff on Januar [...]	2010-01-20 11:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD140	RRT ERBIL: RECENT KRG OUTREACH TO TEHRAN, ANKARA [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) and RRT Team Leader, KRG officials gave readouts of their recent contacts with Tehran, Ankara, and Baghdad. KRG PM Barham Salih and others categorically denied press reports that [...]	2010-01-20 11:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC EPET IZ IR TU
10BAGHDAD141	AL-MUTLAQ DISQUALIFICATION IS SALT IN THE WOUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Diyala provincial leaders have expressed concern that disqualification of Sunni MP Saleh Mutlaq and other party candidates due to de-Baathification procedures could adversely effect Diyala's security situation and create more fertile grounds for insurgents to co-opt members of th [...]	2010-01-20 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KJUS
10BAGHDAD144	MALIKI READY TO SUPPORT SOLUTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Maliki told the Ambassador and CG USF-I January 19 that he supported a political fix to the de-Ba'athification controversy. Maliki said he supported the plan proposed by ISCI/Badr bloc leader Hadi al-Ameri, which he said would lead to the establishment by January 20 of a new [...]	2010-01-20 15:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD145	KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani told the Ambassador January 18 that the key objective of his visit to Washington next week is to seek a strong reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to Kurdistan, including possibilities for a U.S. diplomatic and security presence bey [...]	2010-01-20 15:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EPET IZ TU
10BAGHDAD146	HASHIMI CONFIDENT ABOUT SOLUTION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 17:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV
10BAGHDAD147	DE-BA'ATHIFICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two proposals -- one political, the other constitutional/legal -- are moving forward in parallel as political leaders work to resolve the current controversy over the possible disqualification of more than 500 candidates from the March 7 election. President Talabani told the Am [...]	2010-01-20 18:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD149	FM ZEBARI PREVIEWS JCC, REVIEWS CHAPTER VII [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari told A/DCM January 18 that he welcomed arrival of NEA A/S Feltman for the holding of the first Diplomatic Joint Coordinating Committee, set for January 24. Zebari also informed A/DCM that he had written to the President of the Security Council and the DG [...]	2010-01-21 13:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ KU IR
10BAGHDAD151	PM ADVISOR SIGNALS IRAQ WILL LIKELY NEGOTIATE, NOT [...] (C) On January 20, the Chair of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission (and former Oil Minister) Thamir Ghadhban told Emboffs that the GOI was moderating its rhetoric on oil production increases and compliance with an eventual OPEC quota. He noted approvingly the shift in emphasis in Oil Mi [...]	2010-01-21 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD152	TERRORIST FINANCING: REVIEW OF TRANCHE 4 OF UN [...] (SBU) EmbOffs delivered reftel talking points to MFA Coordinator of Support and Deputy Director of International Organizations, Ambassador Mohammed Al-Humaimidi on January 20. Al-Humaimidi was very appreciative of the information and said that he would have the Iraqi Mission to the United Na [...]	2010-01-21 15:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PREL PGOV ECON IZ
10BAGHDAD153	PARTY BLOC LEADERS SEEK TO FIT SQUARE PEG OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key political leaders continued to meet behind the scenes January 21 to develop a solution to the ongoing de-Ba'athification controversy. Badr bloc leader Hadi al-Amiri, the key Shi'a figure in the negotiations, continues to shop around the Ammar al-Hakim (ISCI) proposal (gener [...]	2010-01-21 17:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD160	TWO GOI OFFICIALS ON IRAN CROSS-BORDER OIL FIELDS [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Oil officials will continue technical-level talks with Iran over cross-border oil fields, and remain open to formal discussions of oil field unitization. To conclude such talks, MOO officials would welcome greater support from other parts of the GOI, including the Mi [...]	2010-01-22 12:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD162	TRADE MINISTER DEFENDS GOI EXCLUSION OF CARGILL ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with Assistant Chief of Mission for Assistance Transition (ACMAT) Haslach, Acting Trade Minister Safaa al-Deen al-Safi defended the GOI's case against U.S. food marketer Cargill, which has asked Post to intervene in a trade dispute over contractual obligati [...]	2010-01-22 13:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IZ KCOR PREF WFP
10BAGHDAD168	BAGHDAD AREA REACTIONS TO PRE-ELECTORAL [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT message. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Two IFND (MP Salih al-Mutlaq's party) and one INM member of the Baghdad Provincial Council told the PRT January 18 that VPOTUS' engagement regarding the de-Ba'athification review of electoral candidates was welcome and the U. [...]	2010-01-23 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISC KCRM IZ
10BAGHDAD169	MOMENTARY STALL IN CRAFTING SOLUTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political negotiations to resolve the de-Ba'athification controversy appear to have stalled in the wake President Talabani's January 21 actions questioning the legitimacy of the Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC). Talabani's move -- including a statement in support of n [...]	2010-01-23 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD171	DIWANIYAH ELECTION UPDATE: HUNT FOR TRIBAL [...] This is a PRT Diwaniyah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Although public campaigning in Diwaniyah Province for the March elections has yet to get underway, behind-the-scenes preparations are heating up. Most notably, parties seek to gain the support of key tribal leaders. Reactions to the Indepen [...]	2010-01-23 15:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER IZ
10BAGHDAD173	TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Kahl on January 11, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik said Turkey does not want PM Maliki to win another term and will actively support other coalitions. Driven in part by their desire to preserve recently improved Tu [...]	2010-01-24 08:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KNNP IZ IR TU
10BAGHDAD174	PRT NINEWA: MOSUL MAYOR DESCRIBES DISSATISFACTION [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As news spreads about the effort to ban candidates from the March national election on the grounds that they are Ba'athists, the mayor of Mosul claimed in a January 17 meeting that authorities in Baghdad plan t [...]	2010-01-24 09:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD175	MANAGEMENT CHANGES MAY SIGNAL NEW OPPORTUNITIES [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on January 11, PRT Najaf Team Leader, PRT Transportation Advisor, and Najaf International Airport (NIA) Director Issa al-Shemeri reviewed the status of negotiations over management of the [...]	2010-01-24 13:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV PGOV KISL IZ
10BAGHDAD177	TRADE MINISTER DEFENDS SLOW PROGRESS ON WTO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a January 19 meeting, Acting Trade Minister Safaa al-Deen al-Safi told Assistant Chief of Mission for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach that the GOI was focused on attracting foreign direct investment to Iraq to move its economy away from import dependence. Wi [...]	2010-01-24 13:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IZ KCOR PREF WFP
10BAGHDAD18	PRT DIYALA: MUQDADIYA PUBLIC MARKET RISES FROM THE [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Before near destruction in clashes between Coalition Forces, Al Qaeda, and militias in 2006 and 2007, the Aruba Suq in Muqdadiya Qada (district) was the largest market in Diyala Province, and the third largest in Iraq. The abse [...]	2010-01-03 17:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PREF EAID IZ
10BAGHDAD182	TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES PDS WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: The GOI has finalized a memorandum of understanding with the World Food Program (WFP) to develop management capacity for Iraq's Saddam-era $7 billion feeding program, the Public Distribution System (PDS). In a January 19 meeting, Acting Trade Minister Safaa al-Deen al-Safi told [...]	2010-01-25 07:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IZ KCOR PREF WFP
10BAGHDAD183	RRT ERBIL: AMBASSADOR MEETS BARZANI AND BARHAM [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary. On January 18 in Erbil, the Ambassador met separately with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani and KRG PM Barham Salih. Both were sympathetic to U.S. concerns about the political aspects of the de-Ba'athification co [...]	2010-01-25 08:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET IZ TU
10BAGHDAD184	PRT SALAH AD DIN: FORMER GOVERNOR FINALLY REMOVED [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Salah Ad Din (PRT) reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In the early morning hours of January 21, following issuance of a Council of Ministers letter rescinding its prior support of former Salah al-Din (SaD) Governor Mutashar, the Iraqi army an [...]	2010-01-25 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KCOR
10BAGHDAD19	NINEWA PRT: CHRISTIANS WARY ABOUT PERSISTENT [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Attacks on northern Iraq's Christian community in recent weeks, although comparatively unspectacular, have left the beleaguered minority population wary ahead of the national election. Widespread Iraqi and [...]	2010-01-04 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD191	IRAQ VISA AND REFUGEE VETTING: INTERAGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Using Embassy Baghdad's VISAS VIPER Committee as a focal point, the Consular Section (CONS) and the Office of Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Affairs (REF) have coordinated efforts to significantly increase the sources and flow of derogatory information on persons that [...]	2010-01-25 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT CVIS PREF PTER PINR PINS KVPR IZ
10BAGHDAD192	SHIFT IN DE-BA'ATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY TO APPEALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attention on the de-Ba'athification controversy shifted January 26 to the official appeals process for the 512 candidates disqualified by the Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC). It is unclear to what extent the proposal by Badr Bloc leader Hadi al-Amiri, based more on [...]	2010-01-25 16:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD20	PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER BLACKWATER DECISION GENERATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public outrage has erupted within Iraq over the decision of U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina to dismiss the charges brought against Blackwater employees for their role in the deaths of 17 Iraqis on September 16, 2007. GOI spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh condemned the decision on Januar [...]	2010-01-04 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ASEC IZ
10BAGHDAD200	DE-BA'ATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY SHIFTS TO APPEALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Developments January 26 confirm that the political parties have backed away from a political fix to the de-Ba,athification controversy, out of fear that the Iraqi public will not tolerate a solution that creates the perception of being soft on Ba'athists. Speaker Samarrai,e told [...]	2010-01-26 16:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD206	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOQTADA AL-SADR'S KINDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a three-hour introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ismail al-Sadr (strictly protect),cousin of Moqtada al-Sadr, made the following points: (1) Iraq owes a debt of gratitude to the U.S. for toppling Saddam and will require a lasting partnership [...]	2010-01-27 12:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR EG IZ
10BAGHDAD210	DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ SUCCESSOR PLANNING [...] (U) Summary: MFA Coordinator of Support and Deputy Director of International Organizations, Ambassador Mohammed Al-Humaimidi, described the state of GOI planning for the successor to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) to Emboffs on January 21. UNSCR 1905 requires the GOI to put in place an ac [...]	2010-01-27 14:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON
10BAGHDAD211	SCENESETTER FOR IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI'S [...] (C) Vice President Tareq al-Hashimi hopes to use his trip to Washington to bolster his image domestically as a respected national figure and defender of Sunni interests. We understand from his advisors that he sees himself as a contender to succeed Jalal Talabani as President. Time and again, [...]	2010-01-27 16:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD212	DE'BAATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY MOVES TO COURTS AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political currents on January 27 continue to move toward a judicial resolution as the only remaining option in the de-Ba'athification controversy. According to Da'wa spokesman Haider al-Abadi, members of Parliament had lost interest in pursuing a political solution when they real [...]	2010-01-27 17:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD218	DPM SHAWAYS ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, SFA, AND DFI [...] (C) Summary: New Deputy Prime Minister Rowsch Shaways told Assistant Chief of Mission for Assistance Transition (ACMAT) Haslach on January 27 that he favored free markeQ; wants to re-energize the Strategic Framework Agreement,s Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC); and belie [...]	2010-01-28 12:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD22	IRAQI VIEWS ON EVENTS IN IRAN AND IMPACT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-05 12:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD221	PASSAGE OF NGO LAW SIGNALS MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In one of the last sessions of the outgoing Council of Representatives, Iraqi legislators adopted a bill regulating the status of non-governmental organizations (NGO) that, once promulgated by the Presidency Council later this month, will be the gold standard for civil society le [...]	2010-01-28 15:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD223	ALLAWI THREATENS ELECTION BOYCOTT IF [...] (C) The Ambassador underscored to PM Maliki on January 28 the importance of ensuring that the resolution of the de-Ba'athification controversy is concluded in a manner and timeframe that ensures due process and full participation by all qualified Iraqi voters and candidates. According to Mali [...]	2010-01-28 16:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD225	RECOMMENDATION FOR FUTURE U.S. CIVILIAN PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: This message responds to ref A request for a drawdown plan for Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Iraq. The plan below has been jointly agreed by Ambassador Hill and GEN Odierno. Embassy and USF-I request interagency concurrence on this plan, which envi [...]	2010-01-29 13:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL APER AMGT IZ
10BAGHDAD226	ALLAWI WALKS BACK HIS BOYCOTT THREAT; ISSAWI STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iyad Allawi walked back his threat of an election boycott in public and private comments January 28.While he attempted to create the perception that the boycott threat remained a live option, he noted in other remarks that the real purpose of the remarks had been to let the Saud [...]	2010-01-29 18:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD233	A/S FELTMAN AND FM ZEBARI LAUNCH DIPLOMATIC JCC- [...] (C) Summary: On January 24, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, A/DCM, and a delegation of experts on Chapter VII issues met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and an interministerial committee of Iraqi experts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad. [...]	2010-01-30 09:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ JO KU PGOV PREL SY TU YM
10BAGHDAD234	A/S FELTMAN AND FM ZEBARI CO-CHAIR DIPLOMATIC JCC- [...] (C) Summary: On January 24, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, A/DCM, and a delegation of experts on Chapter VII issues met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and an interministerial committee of Iraqi experts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad. [...]	2010-01-30 09:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KU PGOV PREL SY
10BAGHDAD235	A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES EXTERNAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow up meeting to the diplomatic Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC),A/S Feltman met with PM Advisor Sadiq Rikabi on January 24 to discuss Iraq's external relations, the de-Baathification controvery and government transition. Rikabi expressed his desire to see the JCC focu [...]	2010-01-30 09:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL IZ SY
10BAGHDAD236	A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAQI REGIONAL INTEGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Feltman met with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Ammar al-Hakim on January 23 to discuss Iraq's role in the region and Hakim's recent regional engagement efforts. Hakim stressed the importance of Iraq's regional integration and the need for Arab states to [...]	2010-01-30 10:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD238	DPM AL-ISSAWI ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION, THE IRAQIYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPM Rafi al-Issawi said the growing realization among some Shi'a politicians of the Iraqiya Coalition's appeal and the threat it posed to sectarian-based politics spurred the de-Ba'athification effort, which was intended to divide Sunni voters and perhaps prompt them to boycott. [...]	2010-01-30 11:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD240	NORTH BAGHDAD ELECTION SECURITY [...] (U) This is an ePRT Baghdad North message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: District governors (Qa'im Makams) in Northern Baghdad's rural areas (Qadas) expect their role in the upcoming election to involve implementing the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC) security plan (distributed January 23),promoting [...]	2010-01-30 14:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD242	CHIEF JUDGE EXPECTS DE-BA'ATH RULINGS IN 7 TO 10 [...] (C) On January 30, Federal Supreme Court Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud told A/DCM that he expected the special seven-judge Cassation Chamber to finish its review of candidate appeals of disqualification from the official candidates list for the parliamentary elections in the next seven to ten days ( [...]	2010-01-30 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD243	VP HASHEMI REVIEWS DE-BA'ATHIFICATION ISSUE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: VP Hashemi reviewed with NEA A/S Feltman January 24 the current state of play on the de-Ba'athification controversy. He expressed the hope that USG interlocutors would convince PM Maliki that the de-Ba'athification decisions of the Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC) sho [...]	2010-01-31 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ SA
10BAGHDAD244	TURKISH AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 13, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik shared his views on PM Maliki, government formation and Kirkuk. Ozcelik said Turkey does not want PM Maliki to win another term and will support other coalitions, including Iyad Allawi,s al-Iraqiya A [...]	2010-01-31 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM MARR PGOV PREL PTER TU
10BAGHDAD245	PRT NINEWA: NINEWA GOVERNOR MEASURED IN RESPONSE [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Taking a pragmatic approach to the Iraqi Government's de-Ba'athification efforts, Ninewa Provincial Governor Atheel al-Nujaifi suggested the current controversy may play to the favor of coalitions most affected [...]	2010-01-31 13:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL IZ
10BAGHDAD246	PM MALIKI CLAIMS DE-BA'ATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador and CG January 28 that the de-Ba'athification controversy had "stabilized" and that he expected the specially appointed Cassation Chamber to announce its decisions on the 350-odd appeals from disqualified candidates within a few days. (COMM [...]	2010-01-31 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ TU
10BAGHDAD253	MELKERT WARNS MALIKI ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION; IHEC [...] (C) UNAMI has stepped in to add urgency and reinforcement to the Embassy's message to Iraqi political leaders that the Accountability and Justice Commission must be compelled to stop its activities, that the appeals process must be legally sound to ensure due process for candidates, and that t [...]	2010-01-31 16:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD260	GOI ELECTIONS SECURITY PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI released its election security plan to all field operational commanders at a conference on January 23. LTG Ayden Quadar presided over the conference and facilitated the ensuing discussions about preparations for elections security. The plan is largely based on the one us [...]	2010-02-01 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PREL PTER
10BAGHDAD261	RATIFICATION OF MILITARY SERVICE AND RETIREMENT LAW [...] (C) The Military Service and Retirement law (MSRL),a potentially positive step towards national reconciliation, is on track for implementation after being ratified by the Presidency Council. After lingering in parliament for more than two years, the law -- covering the current military and p [...]	2010-02-01 15:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF IZ
10BAGHDAD263	SUNNIS DIVIDED IN REACTION TO CANDIDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The reaction among Iraq's Sunni community to the electoral disqualification of hardliner MP Saleh al-Mutlaq and other Sunni politicians has been varied, ranging from condemnation to acquiescence to silent approval. Mutlaq's partners in the Iraqiyya coalition have made a show of [...]	2010-02-01 16:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD265	TRACKING DE-BA'ATHIFICATION NUMBERS GETS TRICKY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Efforts to short-circuit the AJC process by questioning its legitimacy seem to have ground completely to a halt, as political parties have replaced some 180-200 candidates who were disqualified by the AJC and are seeking decisions on appeals. Embassy and UNAMI are pressing for a [...]	2010-02-01 16:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD266	THE DE-BA'ATHIFICATION CONTROVERSY: SECTARIANISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The de-Ba'athification controversy that erupted in early January and has yet to subside is complicated, with the intentions of the political players involved often clouded in ambiguity. At its simplest, it can be viewed as an Iranian plot, directed by Tehran allies Ahmed Chalab [...]	2010-02-01 16:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD267	FM ZEBARI ANNOUNCES GOI'S WMD ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari held a brief meeting with A/DCM and COMs from the other four permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The FM briefed the group on recent developments on the Oil for Food (OFF) and follow-on arrangements for the D [...]	2010-02-02 06:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD269	DPM SHAWAYS DISCUSSES ARAB-KURD, REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on January 24, DPM Rosch Shaways told A/S Feltman that Arab-Kurd dialogue remains ongoing despite a realization on both sides that little progress will be made on resolving big issues before national elections. Shaways expressed satisfaction with the progress of the C [...]	2010-02-02 07:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD272	UNAMI TRIES TO ENERGIZE KIRKUK PROPERTY DISPUTE [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk Cable 2. (C) SUMMARY: The dispute over property claims in Kirkuk is a major obstacle to ethnic and political reconciliation. There are nearly 42,000 pending claims for property confiscated during the Saddam era, which are complicated by post-2003 cancellations of a [...]	2010-02-02 13:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD276	BAGHDAD-ERBIL OIL RAPPROCHEMENT? PM ADVISOR OFFERS [...] (C) Summary: The chair of the prime minister's Advisory Commission, Thamir Ghadhban, offered little hope for a quick resolution of the disagreement between the central Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the legitimacy of the two KRG-negotiated oil contract [...]	2010-02-02 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD277	SPEAKER SAMARRAI'E HOPES FOR QUICK RESOLUTION OF [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives (COR) Speaker Samarrai'e noted his concern about the delay in resolving the current de-Ba,athification dispute, stressing that current public passions made a political settlement very difficult. On the future of the Presidency Council, Samarra,ie conce [...]	2010-02-02 16:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD278	DE-BA'ATHIFICATION: NUMBER OF APPEALS DROPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post received clarification as well as additional confusion February 2 on the ongoing de-Ba,athication controversy. -- The Cassation Chamber judicial panel continues its review of outstanding cases in the de-Ba'athification controversy but now faces a dramatically reduced nu [...]	2010-02-02 17:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV KDEM
10BAGHDAD279	RRT ERBIL: KRG MOVES TO AMEND PRESS LAW RAISE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities and other sources confirm that the government will propose amendments to the region's 2008 press law in a bid to regulate electronic media, provide greater protection against perceived inv [...]	2010-02-02 17:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ
10BAGHDAD28	AFTER INITIALING OIL CONTRACTS, IRAQ DEMANDS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) has demanded significant changes to its contracts with the three winning consortia in Iraq's first oil bid round on June 30. While sixteen of these changes were incorporated in advance into the revised model contracts used for the second bid round in [...]	2010-01-05 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD283	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OUTREACH ON IRAQ UNIVERSAL [...] (C) On February 2, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim. Selim stated that she will lead Iraq's delegation to Geneva for the Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council on February 16. She noted that the final list of delegates is not yet [...]	2010-02-03 15:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN IZ
10BAGHDAD284	BAGHDAD-ERBIL OIL RAPPROCHEMENT? MPS OFFER [...] (C) Summary: Key members of the parliament's oil and gas committee offered little hope for a quick resolution of the disagreement between the Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the legitimacy of the two KRG-negotiated oil contracts published on January 17 [...]	2010-02-03 16:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD285	DE-BA'ATHIFICATION: JUDICIAL PANEL OPTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seven-judge Cassation Chamber issued a conclusive legal opinion February 3 that orders IHEC to allow all candidates who have appealed their de-Ba'athification disqualifications to run in the upcoming elections. Supreme Court Judge Chief Medhat, who supervises the special pa [...]	2010-02-03 19:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD290	ALLAWI CRITICIZES PM MALIKI'S AUTHORITARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraqiyya coalition leader Ayad Allawi told A/DCM on February 2 that the Accountability and Justice Commission's (AJC) effort to eliminate candidates on de-Ba'athification grounds was symptomatic of a broader problem of intimidation in the Iraqi political system. He att [...]	2010-02-04 13:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE IR IZ
10BAGHDAD292	CRACKS IN THE KDP-PUK ALLIANCE? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Cracks are beginning to emerge in the alliance between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party (PUK),as evidenced by the absence of a high-level PUK representative in the KRG delegation that met POTUS on January 25. The erosion of the PUK's p [...]	2010-02-04 15:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KDEM
10BAGHDAD293	UNAMI HIGH LEVEL TASK FORCE (HLTF) MEETING FOCUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UNAMI-run High-Level Task Force (HLTF) on disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) met on February 1 and agreed to: 1) order the evacuation of school properties in Kirkuk occupied by political parties; 2) support the establishment of a court of cassation (appellate court) in Kirku [...]	2010-02-04 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD296	POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO JUDICIAL DECISION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Cassation Chamber's February 3 decision ordering the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to allow all candidates who have appealed their de-Ba'athfication disqualifications to remain on the ballot was widely denounced by the major Shi'a-led parties as "un [...]	2010-02-04 17:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD30	GOI LEADERS REQUEST USG APPEAL OF BLACKWATER [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-05 16:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IZ KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
10BAGHDAD300	PRT KIRKUK: FIRST ELECTION IN FIVE YEARS SPURS [...] (U) This a PRT Kirkuk cable 2. (C) SUMMARY: Despite voter cynicism, ethnic tension, uncertainty about the province's future status, and electoral list fraud allegations, there is intense interest in Kirkuk in the national elections. Provincial leaders predict voter turnout of 80 percent or [...]	2010-02-05 03:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD302	CHAPTER VII: NEGOTIATION OF U.S. VICTIM CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: On July 16 and 17, 2009 PM Maliki,s top legal and political advisers and U.S. representatives from the Department of State, Department of Justice, Department of Defense, and Department of Treasury reached preliminary agreement on a draft state-to-state claims settlement text f [...]	2010-02-05 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KU PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD303	SANI DISCUSSES KIRKUK WITH BAGHDAD POLITICIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) met with Kurdish leadership at the Council of Representatives (COR) on the topic of the disputed internal boundary (DIBs) areas and Kirkuk. Kurdish Alliance List (KAL) bloc leader Fuad Masoum and Deputy COR Speaker Arif Tay [...]	2010-02-05 16:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ
10BAGHDAD304	DE-BA'ATHIFICATION FALLOUT: INA ASKS AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) MP Qassim Daoud (Iraqi National Alliance/Solidarity bloc leader) invited the Ambassador to his residence on February 5 to deliver a message on behalf of the INA coalition's Executive Committee. Daoud first said he had his own views on the matter, then more formally explained that recent s [...]	2010-02-05 17:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IR IZ
10BAGHDAD305	THE VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES PRE- AND [...] (U) January 23, 2010; 9:30 a.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 2. (C) Participants: United States: Vice President Joseph Biden Ambassador Christopher R. Hill GEN Raymond Odierno, Commanding General USF-I Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor, OVP Jeff Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for Ne [...]	2010-02-06 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD306	VPOTUS DISCUSSES KURDISH ISSUES, THE IRAQI BUDGET, [...] (U) January 23, 2010; 1:45 p.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Vice President Biden Ambassador Christopher Hill General Raymond Odierno, Commander, USF-I Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor, OVP Jeffrey Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs [...]	2010-02-06 12:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG PHUM KDEM KU IZ
10BAGHDAD308	RUMAILA OIL-FIELD LAWSUIT CONTINUES BUT SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: The lawsuit concerning the Rumaila oil-field contract continues and could affect the nine other contracts awarded from Iraq's June and December 2009 oil bid rounds. However, key Government of Iraq (GOI) officials predicted the lawsuit would be unsuccessful. No decision is expected [...]	2010-02-06 14:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD310	DIWANIYAH PROVINCE: DE-BA,ATHIFICATION ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: An anti-Ba,athist demonstration, coupled with the Provincial Council,s announcement that former officials of the Saddam regime must give up their weapons within seven days, mark an escalation of the Ba,athist issue in predominantly Shi,a Diwaniyah Province. Diwaniyah,s Governor [...]	2010-02-06 15:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ
10BAGHDAD32	PRT DIWANIYAH: WILL THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL'S [...] This is a PRT Diwaniyah reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Diwaniyah's security situation is generally stable. Despite this, economic lethargy and a widespread perception that provincial authorities have done little to spark development or improve essential services persist, l [...]	2010-01-06 06:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ECON IZ
10BAGHDAD320	ARMY INTERVENTION IN SALAH AL-DIN "GOVERNOR" [...] (C) Summary: At the request of PM Maliki, DPM Rafi,e al-Issawi is attempting to mediate a resolution to the three-month-long dispute over the seating of the Salah ad-Din (SAD) governor-elect. The Iraqi Army has blocked all access to the Provincial Government building in Tikrit since January 2 [...]	2010-02-07 12:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD326	VPOTUS MEETING WITH PM MALIKI [...] (U) January 23, 2010, 11:00 a.m.; Baghdad, Iraq 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden Ambassador Christopher Hill GEN Raymond Odierno, Commanding General USF-I Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor, OVP Jeffrey Feltman, Assistant Secretary, NEA Colin Kahl, DASD Pun [...]	2010-02-08 06:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD333	ARMY WITHDRAWS; SALAH AD DIN GOVERNMENT REOPENS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following repeated and strong representations by the Ambassador and USF-I CG GEN Odierno, PM Maliki ordered the withdrawal of the Iraqi Army from the Salah ad-Din (SAD) Provincial Government building on February 7. The Acting Governor was able to enter the building, which had been [...]	2010-02-08 12:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD338	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PM MALIKI, ISCI CHAIRMAN; [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ambassador met separately with PM Maliki and ISCI Chairman Ammar al-Hakim on February 7 to press for early resolution of the de-Ba'athification controversy, underscore U.S. support for de-Ba'athification in accordance with Iraqi law, and push back on accusations t [...]	2010-02-08 16:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD339	VPOTUS MEETING WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Talabani told VP Biden that Iraqi leaders understand the need for a transparent solution to the political problem created by the attempt to disqualify some parliamentary election candidates because of alleged Ba'athist ties. He claimed the main Sunni parties and politic [...]	2010-02-09 07:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EPET IZ
10BAGHDAD34	IRAQI SPEAKER ON FUTURE OF THE PRESIDENCY, BUDGET, [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR) Speaker Iyad Sammarra'i confirmed for Pol M/C January 4 that the Constitution made clear that Iraq's Presidency Council would not continue after the end of the term of the current government, and the new President would not have the veto. H [...]	2010-01-06 13:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD343	PRT MAYSAN: MAYSANI PC MEMBERS ATTEND IRI [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Maysan PRTOffs accompanied Maysan Provincial Council (PC) members, including PC Chair Abd Al-Rathah Reesan (ISCI),to the International Republican Institute,s (IRI) National Forum of Iraqi Provincial Leaders in Erbil, Jan [...]	2010-02-09 14:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR IZ
10BAGHDAD344	PRT NAJAF: CLEAR PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION, BUT [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACCO),Embassy rule of law (ROL) officer, and USF-I officer visited Najaf to engage local officials in assessing corruption in Najaf and government's efforts to improve. C [...]	2010-02-09 15:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD347	FORMER SPEAKER ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION, IRAN, AND [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-10 03:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD350	SOUTH BAGHDAD: ON THE EVE OF U.S. MILITARY [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The January 25 Transfer of Authority (TOA) from ePRT Baghdad South's current partner brigade (30th HBCT) to the incoming new brigade (1/3 ID) is a good moment for a snapshot of the Area of Operations (AO) jointly shared with the 30th for the past 10 months. In an AO [...]	2010-02-10 17:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ

10BAGHDAD36	VICE PRESIDENT ABD AL-MAHDI'S JANUARY 12-14 VISIT [...] (C) Vice President Adel Abd al-Mahdi travels to Washington to show us that he has what it takes to be Prime Minister, according to his close aides. We assess that he is a strong candidate for Prime Minister in the next government, having positioned himself as a good compromise for Shi'a partie [...]	2010-01-06 17:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM OVIP KJUS SA IR IZ
10BAGHDAD361	MULTI-PARTY COOPERATION ON THE BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Baghdad Provincial Council (PC) was reborn in 2009 as a remarkably inclusive body. In a deliberate repudiation of its predecessor's sectarian outlook, it has adopted a non-partisan approach that emphasizes institutional priorities. The national elections will str [...]	2010-02-11 10:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD363	PRT MUTHANNA: A "SNEAK PREVIEW" OF MUTHANNA'S [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (SBU) There are 171 names on 16 different lists competing for 7 CoR seats from Muthanna province. Six candidates have been excluded. Five additional candidates appealed their exclusion and are waiting for a final decision on their eligibility. [...]	2010-02-11 11:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD364	CW DESTRUCTION PLAN IN IRAQ: NO MONEY AND SHIFTING [...] (C) Summary. During a February 7 meeting with PMOff and a United States Forces - Iraq (USF-I) J-3 representative, Dr. Mohammed Al Sharaa, Director General of the Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate (INMD),claimed the GOI did not forward prior chemical munitions find reports to the Organiz [...]	2010-02-11 15:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL OPCW CWC IZ
10BAGHDAD365	PRT KARBALA: ATTACKS DURING ARBA'IN LEAVE 56 DEAD [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Fears of violence in Karbala during Arba'in (reftel A) were realized after four deadly attacks left 56 dead and more than two hundred wounded among the several million visitors to the event, culmina [...]	2010-02-11 15:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KTER IZ
10BAGHDAD366	MINISTRY OF INTERIOR BOMB DETECTOR STIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The disclosure in January of the arrest of a UK businessman who allegedly sold useless bomb detectors to Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) posed new questions about the GOI's ability to ensure the public welfare, particularly as the equipment was being used at government facilities th [...]	2010-02-11 15:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ASEC ECON IZ UK
10BAGHDAD368	SETTING THE CONDITIONS - MARCH 7TH ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: USG, GOI, and international election security planning continues since the January 23rd release of the GOI,s election security plan. The Ambassador hosted a well attended and received election briefing for the Baghdad diplomatic community on February 4th that focused heavily on s [...]	2010-02-11 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PREL PTER ASEC
10BAGHDAD369	UPDATE #1: NINEWA GOVERNOR'S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tempers that flared in the wake of the February 1 confrontation involving Kurdish security forces, Ninewa Governor Nujaifi, and U.S. forces have cooled for the moment. Angered by the detention of 11 males accused of attacking Nujaifi's convoy, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG [...]	2010-02-11 15:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PBTS IZ
10BAGHDAD371	AYAD ALLAWI COMMENTS ON IRAQI POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and a group of advisors met with POL M/C February 9 to discuss the Iraqi political environment and increased sectarian tensions in the run-up to national elections. Allawi acknowledged that the Cassation Chamber, in a shift from its February [...]	2010-02-11 17:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD372	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO ANBAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's trip to Anbar province on February 9, provincial government leaders and tribal sheikhs implored him to "intervene" more directly against perceived Iranian domination of the GOI. They envisioned Anbar as the key to a prosperous, stable, and united Iraq that [...]	2010-02-11 17:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD373	IRAQI ARMY CORDONS OFF PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: On February 9, the Iraqi Army (IA) formed a cordon around the Salah ad-Din (SAD) Provincial Council (PC) building, with orders reportedly from PM Maliki to prevent access by the PC Chair. The PC Chair warned that protests could escalate unless the IA was removed. He also reported [...]	2010-02-11 17:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD376	CASSATION CHAMBER AFFIRMS DISQUALIFICATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The official start of the Iraqi electoral campaign kicked off February 12 amid reports that the Cassation Chamber has issued decisions affirming the disqualifications of prominent Sunni politicians Saleh al-Mutlaq and Dhafer al-Ani. No official notification has been received by [...]	2010-02-12 16:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD380	PRT KIRKUK: PUK SHEDS ITS OWN TO GUARANTEE LOYALTY [...] (U) This is a Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting message. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Kirkuk chapter of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) is systematically purging party members who they believe are vulnerable to recruitment by opposition party Goran. With the national parl [...]	2010-02-13 11:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD381	UPDATE #3: BARZANI EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR RELEASE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Approximately 90 minutes before the February 11 deadline set by the Kurds to withdraw from the Ninewa Combined Check Points (CCPs) and block the roads north of Mosul to the Kurdistan Region, KRG President Barzani was persuaded to extend the deadline to February 13 to allow time [...]	2010-02-14 09:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS PBTS IZ
10BAGHDAD383	PRT NAJAF: DEADLY EXPLOSIONS ROCK KUFA [...] (U) This is a Najaf Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Three nearly simultaneous bombings occurred in Najaf province February 12 as the roads were crowded with pilgrims preparing to attend observances for the end of the Arba'in holiday and commemoratio [...]	2010-02-14 15:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ IR
10BAGHDAD388	PRT DHI QAR: BALLOT DE'BAATHIFICATION SPARKS [...] This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As Dhi Qar election officials prepared for the March 7 election, the province,s leading politicians used the period before the start of official campaigning to burnish their anti-Ba,athist credentials. Governor Taleb al-Has [...]	2010-02-15 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ IR
10BAGHDAD390	PRT DHI QAR: BALLOT DE-BA'ATHIFICATION SPARKS [...] This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As Dhi Qar election officials prepared for the March 7 election, the province,s leading politicians used the period before the start of official campaigning to burnish their anti-Ba,athist credentials. Governor Taleb al-Has [...]	2010-02-15 09:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ IR
10BAGHDAD399	ALB: ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO DE FACTO [...] (C) Summary: "In the next few days," the Ministry of Health (MOH) plans to quietly amend its licensing and registration regulations to remove a troublesome Arab League Boycott (ALB) compliance requirement that MOH imposes ad hoc on some foreign firms (ref A),MOH Senior Advisor Dr. Salah Shubb [...]	2010-02-15 14:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KBCT ECON ETRD XF IZ
10BAGHDAD401	THE FUTURE OF BAGHDAD'S LOCAL COUNCILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the American military drawdown in Iraq progresses, members of Baghdad sub-provincial councils remain anxious. Threats to their positions, salaries, lives and political independence have taken a toll even though legislation approved by parliament on January 25 may deliver some [...]	2010-02-15 18:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD407	OIL MINISTER RECOMMENDS RESUMING OIL EXPORTS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani told ACMAT Haslach and USF-I DCG Hunzeker that he has recommended to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that exports of oil from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR) resume. However, Shahristani also said that "many serious problems" remain in resolvin [...]	2010-02-16 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD411	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION SECURITY PLANNING - GOI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent briefings by the GOI and United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) personnel provided insights into the state of election security planning in advance of the March 7th national poll. On February 11th, the Electoral Supreme Security Committee (ESSC) hosted a second [...]	2010-02-16 14:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER ASEC IZ
10BAGHDAD412	OIL MINISTER ON PREPARING FOR IOC OPERATIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: Oil Minister Shahristani expressed to ACMAT Haslach and USF-I DCG Hunzeker complete, and perhaps unrealistic, confidence in the Ministry of Oil's (MOO's) preparations to support international oil companies (IOCs) as they begin operations under the ten contracts awarded from Iraq's [...]	2010-02-16 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD414	UNAMI ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION ISSUE [...] (C) Previewing SRSG Melkert,s February 16 report to the UNSC, Deputy SRSG said Melkert would likely express concern about the lack of transparency in the de-Ba'athification campaign but caution against making a determination at this time on the legitimacy and credibility of Iraq's electoral pr [...]	2010-02-16 15:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD415	DE-BA'ATHIFICATION: VIEW FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's southern, Shi'a-dominated provinces have reverberated with public support in favor of the Accountability and Justice Commission's (AJC) exclusion of national election candidates on de-Ba'athification grounds. There were widespread demonstrations against the Cassation Chamb [...]	2010-02-16 15:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD417	PRT KIRKUK: CAMPAIGN PERIOD OFF TO A ROCKY START [...] (U) This is a Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. The Kirkuk Campaign period started poorly on the evening of February 11. Within hours after IHEC lifted the curfew on campaign activities, the Iraqi Police (IP) received numerous complaints about violations [...]	2010-02-17 06:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD422	DE-BA'ATHIFICATION AND THE ELECTIONS: A COMPLEX [...] (C) SUMMARY: The disqualification of election candidates by the Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC) and the resulting appeals process appears to have been heavily influenced by political considerations. Efforts to prevent the barring of candidates until after a transparent, thorough r [...]	2010-02-17 11:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD423	TAWWAFUQ BLOC LEADER ENTHUSIASTIC ON CODE OF [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-17 12:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD424	HASHIMI REQUESTS U.S., UN HELP ON RULE OF LAW [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-17 13:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD427	BARRED CANDIDATE DETERMINED THAT SUNNIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saleh al-Mutlaq and Dhafer al-Ani, the most prominent of the de-Ba'athified lawmakers, told PolCouns that Sunnis were angry and frustrated at the lack of transparency in the de-Ba'athification process. Mutlaq complained that the U.S. public response had been too weak and pressed f [...]	2010-02-17 16:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD432	BARRED CANDIDATE DETERMINED THAT SUNNIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saleh al-Mutlaq and Dhafer al-Ani, the most prominent of the de-Ba'athified lawmakers, told PolCouns that Sunnis were angry and frustrated at the lack of transparency in the de-Ba'athification process. Mutlaq complained that the U.S. public response had been too weak and pressed f [...]	2010-02-18 10:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD433	DPM ISSAWI: WORST OF DE-BA'ATH CRISIS IS OVER; [...] (C) On February 15, Deputy PM Issawi told CDA his Iraqiyya coalition had weathered the worst of the de-Ba'athification storm, provided there were no further major incidents targeting them. Issawi responded favorably to the idea of a joint agreement and statement by the major coalitions on a [...]	2010-02-18 11:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD434	AMBASSADOR MEETS UNAMI SRSG TO DISCUSS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and UNAMI SRSG Melkert agreed February 6 to work together to create a robust new impetus for settlement of Iraq's disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) following the March 7 election. The USG and UNAMI will work to establish a broad-based "normalization process" (t [...]	2010-02-18 12:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD44	IRAQI ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE FOR JANUARY 7 [...] (C) In a terse press statement December 28, the chairman of the Council of Representatives' (COR) Integrity Committee, Sheikh Sabah Al-Saidi (Fadhila),announced plans to seek the prosecution of Oil Minister Hussein Al-Shahristani on corruption charges. Al-Saidi stated that the COR had "extens [...]	2010-01-07 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD441	ELECTORAL CODE OF CONDUCT DE-ESCALATES TENSION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the wake of a February 16 press statement by the UN Security Council Presidency calling on the GOI and Iraqi political actors to conduct national elections in a transparent, inclusive and legitimate manner, the five major political coalitions (PM Maliki's State of L [...]	2010-02-18 17:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD446	DIWANIYAH PROVINCE: PUSHING FURTHER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Diwaniyah Province officials continue to press their de-Ba,athification campaign, and some of them view their province as a trailblazer in the effort. Governor Salim Alwan led a February 9 demonstration to protest against allowing former Ba,athists to run in the upcoming electio [...]	2010-02-19 12:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
10BAGHDAD447	AMBASSADOR SHEHI DISCUSSES THE UAE'S ROLE IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) discussed the UAE's role in Iraq with Ambassador Abdullah Ebrahim Alzoy al Shehi on February 7. Shehi noted the Sunni - Shi'a divide, Iraq's lack of a "business friendly" investment climate and Iraqi's poor educational system as significan [...]	2010-02-19 13:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD451	UPDATE #5: ASSAYESH TAKE CAPTIVES - SIX DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 16, a Mosul detention facility (Trans Jail) released 6 of 9 Wanna detainees. Although it was a welcome relief for all concerned, the release was in advance of the legal paperwork. Judges have become increasingly aware of the tensions between Provincial Governor Nuja [...]	2010-02-19 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD456	OIL MINISTER TO CHANGE SIGNING BONUSES FOR 2009 [...] (C) Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani told Assistant Chief of Mission for Assistance Transition (ACMAT) Haslach and U.S. Forces-Iraq (USF-I) Deputy Commanding General for Support (DCG) Hunzeker on February 11 that the refundable signing bonuses, stipulated in the three contracts awarded from [...]	2010-02-20 13:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD457	CHEVRON ON IOC INVESTING IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with ACMAT Haslach, Chevron expressed eagerness to return to Iraq, but not at any price. The company might join one of the ten consortia that were awarded contracts from Iraq's two oil bid rounds in 2009; Total is a likely partner. Chevron suggested that differences in i [...]	2010-02-20 14:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD458	UPDATE #6: TIT FOR TAT - A SPATE OF KURDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The KRG leadership remains fixated on the continued incarceration of three Wanna detainees, charged with assaulting the Ninewa governor and demands their immediate release. In apparent retaliation, unidentified Kurdish security elements - presumably Assayesh and/or Zervani - d [...]	2010-02-21 09:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PHUM PTBS IZ
10BAGHDAD467	IRAQ'S PRE-ELECTION TRENDS: THE NORTH [...] (C) Summary: This cable focuses on the northern and north-central provinces of Iraq (Ninewa, Erbil, Dohuk, Sulaymaniah, Kirkuk, Diyala),and Anbar, and serves as a companion piece to earlier reporting on Iraq's southern provinces (ref A). At the end of the first official week of campaigning [...]	2010-02-22 11:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PREL PGOV
10BAGHDAD470	GOI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VISIT OF UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered reftel demarche to DFM Labeed Abbawi February 17, regarding the visit to Syria of Under Secretary Burns and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Benjamin. Abbawi said the GOI would not have problems with the visit. Reports in the Arab press that Washington had decide [...]	2010-02-22 12:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IZ
10BAGHDAD471	PRT NAJAF: GEO OFFICIALS CONFIDENT AS ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: On February 10 and 16, PRToffs met with local Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Chairwoman Ms. Bushra Kadhum Zamili to discuss plans for the March 7 national elections [...]	2010-02-22 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC IZ
10BAGHDAD472	SANI DISCUSSES ARTICLE 140 WITH DPM ROWSCH SHAWAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Dr. Rowsch Shaways welcomed Senior Advisor to Northern Iraq's (SANI) proposal of a major post-election effort to engage stakeholders in an inclusive, broad-based effort keyed to the first phase of the Article 140 process: normalization. Shaways agreed [...]	2010-02-22 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD473	CORRECTED COPY: IRAQ'S PRE-ELECTION TRENDS: THE [...] (C) Summary: This cable focuses on the northern and north-central provinces of Iraq (Ninewa, Erbil, Dohuk, Sulaymaniah, Kirkuk, Diyala),and Anbar, and serves as a companion piece to earlier reporting on Iraq's southern provinces (ref A). At the end of the first official week of campaigning [...]	2010-02-22 15:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD474	MFA SENDS FOLLOW-UP LETTER TO IAEA; REVIEWS WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Zebari has sent a second follow-up letter to IAEA Director General Amano making explicit the GOI intent to provisionally apply the Additional Protocol (AP). The short February 17 letter states that the AP "will be implemented provisionally as of the date of this letter pendin [...]	2010-02-22 16:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD480	TIP IN IRAQ: DIVISION AND MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with Government of Iraq (GOI) officials, as well as political developments, indicate that trafficking in persons (TIP) remains a divisive topic, but one whose profile is rising. Recent movement on the GOI's anti-trafficking draft legislation has emboldened various [...]	2010-02-23 11:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	TIP DRL NEA RA KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB
10BAGHDAD482	AUSTR DELANEY VISIT: GOI PROGRESS ON WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: Government, parliamentary, and judicial officials expressed varying degrees of support for the GOI's World Trade Organization (WTO) accession ambitions during the February 7-11 visit to Baghdad of Assistant United States Trade Representative Michael Delaney. Delaney pushed all s [...]	2010-02-23 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ
10BAGHDAD483	PRT MUTHANNA: DE-BA'ATHIFICATION AS POLITICAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Anti-Ba'athist sentiment is now the political weapon of choice in Muthanna. The Provincial Council recently enacted a law to purge all civil servants who might have been associated with the banned party, even if [...]	2010-02-23 12:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD486	BABIL DE-BAATH: DEPUTY GOVERNOR GOES FROM OUT TO [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: On February 9, a group of approximately 300 people demonstrated in front of the Babil Provincial Government Center against the participation of alleged former Ba'athists in the upcoming national elections. The demonst [...]	2010-02-23 15:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD489	BAGHDAD GOVERNOR TELLS CDA DE-BA'ATHIFICATION WAS [...] (U) THIS IS A PRT BAGHDAD MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad Governor Salah Abd al-Razzaq (Da'wa) questioned CDA about the USG's position on de-Ba'athification on February 18, noting that the de-Ba'athification process was legal and mandated under the Iraqi Constitution. He criticized U.S. [...]	2010-02-23 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD490	EPRT BAGHDAD WEST: INTERNALLY DISPLACED RAISING [...] This is an ePRT Baghdad West report. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On February 16, Kadhimiyyah District Advisory Council (DAC) Chairman Muslim Salih repeated to ePRT Baghdad West Team Leader (TL) his preference that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) resident in local clusters return to their places [...]	2010-02-23 18:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD497	UPDATE #7: NINEWA SCORE REMAINS 3 TO 8 - SEEKING A [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of late afternoon February 23, the three Wanna detainees in Mosul have been formally charged under Chapter 2 Paragraph 222, which pertains to offenses against the state, in regards to gathering with intent to commit crimes. The three could remain in jail pending apprehensive [...]	2010-02-24 11:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PHUM PTBS KJUS IZ
10BAGHDAD499	COALITION PROFILE: PM MALIKI'S STATE OF LAW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a significant move toward political independence, PM Maliki announced the formation of the State of Law Alliance (SLA) in October 2009, distancing himself from the Iraqi National Alliance (INA),the dominant Shi'a-led coalition. Despite its strong ties to Iran, SLA [...]	2010-02-24 14:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IR IZ
10BAGHDAD502	IN LIMBO, MUTLAQ REQUESTS U.S. HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: With little prospect that political colleagues will take action on his behalf, MP Saleh al-Mutlaq is seeking U.S. and UNAMI intervention to reinstate him on the ballot. He also urged the United States to "isolate" Ahmad Chalabi, who he thought would continue to press his malici [...]	2010-02-24 19:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD505	PRT NINEWA: IRAQI CHRISTIANS FEEL UNDER SIEGE IN [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (U) Summary. The city of Mosul's estimated 3,000 Christians, an already diminishing community, has suffered another round of targeted violence. Over the first three weeks of February, assailants have brutally assassina [...]	2010-02-25 12:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KIRF PINS KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD507	MEK/ASHRAF: GOI PLANS TO RELOCATE MEK ON HOLD FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 24 meeting with Emboffs and USF-I officials, the Chairman of the GOI's Ashraf Committee responsible for the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MeK) stated the following: (1) The GOI has no plans to move the MeK for the foreseeable future given the national elections and the [...]	2010-02-25 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CVIS IR IZ
10BAGHDAD509	IRAQI ELECTION CAMPAIGN WEEK TWO: POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Election campaigning intensified as the second week of the official campaign season drew to a close. Iraqis were bombarded by campaign ads through a variety of media; some poster-filled city streets took on a decidedly garish look. Many Iraqi political leaders, including senior [...]	2010-02-25 17:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD510	AUSTR DELANEY VISIT: GOI PROGRESS ON LABOR RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: The Shura Council has completed its constitutional review of a draft labor code and will send it to the Council of Ministers "in the coming days," Shura President Ghazi Milo Ibrahim al-Janabi told Assistant United States Trade Representative Michael Delaney during Delaney's Februa [...]	2010-02-26 11:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KBCT ECON ETRD XF IZ
10BAGHDAD512	DE-BA,ATHIFICATION, ELECTION VIOLATIONS, MAR START [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C/REL) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Much as it is dominating the business of governing in Muthanna (reftel A),anti-Ba,athist sentiment is a dominant theme of the campaign, for the moment. The furor is squeezing out other, more traditional campa [...]	2010-02-26 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD513	PRT NAJAF: FORMER OIL MINISTER AND COR CANDIDATE [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Najaf parliamentary candidate and former Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr-Uloum (Iraqi National Alliance/Independent) met PRT Team Leader February 18 to discuss his campaign and the impact of de-Ba'athificati [...]	2010-02-26 15:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL KDEM OESC IZ
10BAGHDAD515	RRT ERBIL: PUK-GORAN VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (C) Summary: A series of violent incidents beginning February 16 involving shootings and stabbings between supporters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Goran (Kurdish for "change") political movement has ra [...]	2010-02-27 13:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTER KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD516	RRT ERBIL: EFFORTS TO CONTROL CLASHES IN [...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (C) Summary: Sulaimaniyah's election security committee broadcast the decision February 19 to ban all outdoor campaign activities in Sulaimaniyah province between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. through the end of the [...]	2010-02-27 14:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC KTER IZ
10BAGHDAD517	COALITION PROFILE: TAWAFUQ CONFRONTS DIMINISHED [...] (C) Summary: The Tawafuq coalition, centered around the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and once the predominant Sunni group in parliament, is in a state of continued decline as it heads into the March 7 elections. Down to only 25 seats in the Council of Representatives (COR) and with the loss of f [...]	2010-02-27 16:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD519	PRT MAYSAN: IRAQI NATIONAL ALLIANCE POISED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Well-respected local political observers predict that Iraqi National Alliance (INA) candidates may capture seven of Maysan,s ten Council of Representative (COR) seats. Provincial INA leaders successfully exploited anti-Ba'athist sentiment, appeared strong in the aft [...]	2010-02-28 07:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD52	PM MALIKI ON BLACKWATER, OIL CONTRACTS, UM QASR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi PM Maliki told the Ambassador January 7 that he was very satisfied with recent counterterrorism operations mounted in the Mosul area, attributing some of the success to measures he had implemented in the past that were providing the critical institutional support required t [...]	2010-01-08 14:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PTER IZ IR
10BAGHDAD520	HUMAM AL-HAMMUDI: ELECTION PROSPECTS AND U.S. ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) bloc leader Humam al-Hammudi was optimistic regarding the election and believed the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) and State of Law Alliance (SLA) were in very close competition. He welcomed U.S. and UNAMI efforts, especially monitoring, to s [...]	2010-02-28 07:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD522	DIWANIYAH PROVINCE: DE-BA,ATHIFICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Diwaniyah Province officials have eased up on their de-Ba,athification campaign, and in their conversations with PRToffs they now downplay plans for its implementation. Yet the de-Ba,athification issue lingers in the suspension of First Deputy Governor Ab,d Muslim Ghazali, a [...]	2010-02-28 07:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD526	RRT ERBIL: KURDISTAN ISLAMIC PARTY LEADERS ON [...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (C) Summary. The Ambassador,s Senior Advisor to Northern Iraq (SANI),RRT Team Leader, and RRT staff met separately with Salahaddin Bahauddin, leader of the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) and Ali Bapir, leader of the Kurdis [...]	2010-02-28 14:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD53	PRESS REPORTS OF SUNNI MP CANDIDATE'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7 a spate of press stories in Iraq and in the U.S. reported that Saleh Mutlaq, MP and a senior leader of the leading Sunni-majority political coalition, had been barred from running for a seat in the Council of Representatives under de-Bathification provisions of the [...]	2010-01-08 16:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD534	PRT ANBAR: TENSION BETWEEN ANBAR POLICE AND [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Tension between the Iraqi Police and the judiciary was on display at the weekly Anbar Operations Command meeting covering security issues. Similar feelings were present at PRToffs meeting with Provincial Chief Judge Mohammed Al-Kubaisi. END S [...]	2010-02-28 15:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS IZ
10BAGHDAD61	DIYALA PROVINCE: PERCEPTIONS OF SECTARIANISM [...] (U) This is a Diyala Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary: A spate of arrests and assassinations of Sunni leaders and a perception of sectarian bias among the Iraqi Police in the strategically important Muqdadiyah area of Diyala are undermining reconciliation efforts [...]	2010-01-10 15:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PTER KISL KIRF KCOR SOCI IZ
10BAGHDAD63	FALLOUT OVER BLACKWATER CONTINUES, ALBEIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The public upset over the decision of U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina to dismiss the charges against former Blackwater employees for their role in the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis in September 2007 has quieted, but there continue to be repercussions. The Embassy and CODEL McCai [...]	2010-01-11 11:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL ASEC IZ
10BAGHDAD64	KRG OFFICIALS ON ARTICLE 140 AND KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with senior leaders of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraqi (SANI) emphasized U.S. support for a negotiated, consensus-based solution to Kirkuk. SANI stressed to Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Kamal Kirkuki an [...]	2010-01-11 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM USNC IZ
10BAGHDAD70	IRAQI PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Senators John McCain (R/AZ),Joseph Lieberman (I/CT),John Barrasso (R/WY),and John Thune (R/SD) on January 5, 2009 held meetings with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi to discuss the recent Blackwater ruling, upcoming Iraqi national election, an [...]	2010-01-11 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD71	PM ADVISOR CITES IMPACT OF BLACKWATER DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary: PM Advisor Sadiq Rikabi told Pol M/C January 10 that the Blackwater decision would greatly complicate efforts to settle the Saddam-era civil claims of American citizens, and telegraphed that the GOI intended to use the decision as a lever in its bargaining on the level of compen [...]	2010-01-11 18:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC KJUS PREF IZ
10BAGHDAD87	PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HALTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite encouraging signs just a few months ago, progress on establishing an independent Human Rights Commission has been halted as Iraq's political factions squabble over who should serve on the Committee of Experts that will ultimately select the Commission's directors. Iraqi po [...]	2010-01-13 11:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD90	AMBASSADOR PRESSES AL-MALIKI ON AL-MUTLAQ [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-13 13:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD91	RRT ERBIL: NO SIGN PUK-GORAN TENSIONS ABATING IN [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (U) Summary: Recent violence in Sulaimaniyah Province (details reported reftel) may foreshadow a rough and dirty political struggle between the PUK and Goran ("Change") Movement in the runup to the March 7 national elections. Everyone from KRG PM Salih [...]	2010-01-13 14:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD92	AMBASSADOR PRESSES AL-MALIKI ON AL-MUTLAQ [...] (C) Summary: In a difficult January 12 meeting, Iraqi PM al-Maliki strongly defended the actions against Sunni politician Saleh al-Mutlaq, insisting that no one could intervene in the process and that those who worry about sectarian tensions are "blowing things out of proportion." In respons [...]	2010-01-13 14:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD93	NAJAF ELECTIONS DIRECTOR REPORTS ON POLLING [...] (U) This is a Najaf Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. PRT Najaf met with the Najaf Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Bushra Kadhum Al-Zamily and Deputy Director Anwar Tha'aban Abid Ali regarding preparations for the upcoming elections. Director [...]	2010-01-13 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD96	UNCERTAINTY ABOUT PRESIDENCY COUNCIL, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Constitutional Review Committee of parliament drafted a series of proposed constitutional amendments in July 2009. If approved by an absolute majority in parliament before the end of the current term in mid-March, the Constitution provides that the amendments wou [...]	2010-01-13 16:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD97	THE WAY FORWARD ON THE AL-MUTLAQ CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: The controversy that has erupted over the possible barring of Sunni political leader Saleh al-Mutlaq has highlighted some of the swirling political cross-currents evident in the run-up to Iraqi elections in March. Few if any contacts have anything good to say about Mutlaq but ma [...]	2010-01-13 16:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAKU107	GRAND AYATOLLAH TO KHAMEINI: FREE PRISONERS, MAKE [...] (C) Iranian source briefed Baku Iran watcher on an alleged February 9 meeting in Tehran between Supreme Leader Khameini and Grand Ayatollah Musavi-Ardebili. The source, a relative by marriage of Ardebili's, is a longtime Baku Iran watche contact who has credibly demonstrated access to a wide [...]	2010-02-16 12:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM AJ IR
10BAKU108	IRAN: OVERVIEW OF 22 BAHMAN PROTESTS OUTSIDE [...] (C) The following provides an overview of February 11/22 Bahman opposition protests and official activities in several provincial Iranian cities. Information was obtained by Baku Iran watcher via an outreach/reporting effort involving information obtained from Baku-based Iranians and multiple [...]	2010-02-16 13:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL AJ IR
10BAKU11	WHY WE NEED A DEMOCRACY DIALOGUE WITH AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past year the democracy and human rights situation has worsened in Azerbaijan, harming the long-term stability of the country and our bilateral relations. Azerbaijan continues to be a strategically important country for the United States, particularly in terms of securi [...]	2010-01-07 11:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
10BAKU117	KREMLIN FREQUENT FLYER NARYSHKIN BRINGS SOFT POWER [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Naryshkin, the head of the Russian Presidential Administration, completed another high-profile visit to Baku - his fifth since President Aliyev's second presidential term began in October 2008 - from January 22-24. Naryshkin's visits combine close-hold diplomacy with Pres [...]	2010-02-18 13:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RU AM AJ
10BAKU12	AZERBAIJAN: THE MARKET FOR LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's Range Rover class may be awash in wealth as oil exports continue to grow, but we see no evidence that oil wealth has transformed wages at the bottom end of the salary scale. The largest employer of unskilled Azeri labor is the construction sector; the number of j [...]	2010-01-07 13:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRA EINV EIND AJ
10BAKU120	AZERBAIJAN: AFGHAN TRAINING SUPPORT DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to Anar Jahangirli, chief of the Security Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Jahangirli was unable to confirm Azerbaijani participation at the 23 February Force Generation Conference, but said that the Ministry of Defense had been prope [...]	2010-02-22 09:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL AF AJ
10BAKU123	KAZAKH CIO TRIP TO BAKU AND YEREVAN "ONLY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan's Embassy eagerly denied to Poloff that FM Kanat Saudabayev, visiting Baku February 14-15 as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO),brought any new proposals with him relating to Nagorno-Karabakh (NK),contrary to local media reporting. The Embassy emphasized that the Minister [...]	2010-02-23 12:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AJ AM
10BAKU132	AZERBAIJAN: CHANGES TO MEDIA LAW CONSTRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's Parliament on February 12 approved changes to media legislation that further restrict journalists from gathering and disseminating information while reinforcing the government's ability to investigate the public. In an already constrained media environment, these ch [...]	2010-02-25 06:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
10BAKU134	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT TO U/S BURNS: "YOU CAN'T [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev used this coarse street slang to describe the relationship between Russian President Medvedev and PM Putin, but he might well have used the same idiom to describe his concerns about Turkey-Armenia reconciliation and the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) Peace Process. He to [...]	2010-02-25 08:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR ETRD AJ AM RS IR TU
10BAKU137	AZERBAIJAN: FATIMA ZAHRA MOSQUE AWAITS ITS FATE [...] (U) The Fatima Zahra mosque located in the Yeni Guneshli area of Baku's Surakhani District remains closed, and its construction is frozen amid press reporting and statements by religious officials criticizing the potential destruction of the mosque. 2. (C) In early February 2010, Po [...]	2010-02-26 12:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM IR AJ
10BAKU138	HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NOW FOCUS ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 22 poloff met with three of Azerbaijan's leading human rights defenders for an update on their major concerns. Topping their list were increasing Iranian-inspired religiosity and property rights, as well as political prisoners and NGO registration problems. The righ [...]	2010-02-26 12:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KIRF KISL IR AJ
10BAKU17	POLICE BRUTALITY IN NAKHCHIVAN VILLAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27, 28 and January 5, police allegedly arrested and mistreated hundreds of residents of a small village in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan. The OSCE Office in Baku, through conversations with residents of the village now living in Baku, was able to confirm the b [...]	2010-01-08 12:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
10BAKU32	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR MEETING WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 15, Ambassador Morningstar met with President Ilham Aliyev, and separately with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, to discuss the status of various issues in the region and emphasize the U.S. desire to maintain strong bilateral relations with Azerbaijan. They [...]	2010-01-15 14:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EIND EPET PGOV PREL PTER TU AM AJ
10BAKU39	AZERBAIJAN: DIPLOMATS HARASSED IN NAKHCHIVAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As detailed in reftel A, on December 28 and January 5, police mistreated hundreds and arrested dozens of residents of Bananyar, a small village in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan. Poloff and a political LES joined the Norwegian DCM on a fact-finding trip to Nakhchivan on Ja [...]	2010-01-19 13:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF AJ
10BAKU49	AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER BLAMES THE U.S. FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Morningstar's January 15 meeting with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, Charge took the opportunity to draw the Minister's attention to the recent incident in Nakhchivan (ref A) and the Charge's earlier discussion with Deputy Foreign Minister Sadiqov. The exchang [...]	2010-01-25 12:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KDM AJ
10BAKU63	IRAN: CHILD MALNUTRITION, DRUG USE, DRUG LABS AFFLICT URBAN POOR [...] (C) Baku Iran Watcher met with a two Iranian NGO leaders who focus on children's rights and drug addiction problems in poor areas on Tehran and other cities. Among other activities the NGO operates child-feeding programs that support approximately 4,000 families. The pair work in some of th [...]	2010-02-01 09:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AF AJ ECON IR PGOV PHUM SNAR UN
10BAKU69	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CLAIMS NAKHCHIVAN POLICE [...] (C) On January 29, Senior Presidential Advisor for Law Enforcement Fuad Alesgarov told the Charge that "I don't know if there were Interior Ministry abuses in Bananyar village (of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic),but if there were, we had to do it to fight religious extremism." He continu [...]	2010-02-02 13:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP AJ IR

10BAKU77	AZERBAIJAN: MEETING WITH BP PRESIDENT JAVANSHIR [...] (C): Charge Lu and Energy Officer met with BP President Rashid Javanshir and British Ambassador Dr. Carolyn Browne on February 1. Javanshir reviewed the January 22 meeting in Baku between President Aliyev and BP Head of Exploration and Production (E&P) and Board Member Andy Inglis. Aliyev t [...]	2010-02-03 14:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU IR AJ
10BAKU79	AZERBAIJAN GOVERNMENT COMMENTS ON MOBILIZING [...] (C) Baku Iran Affairs Officer vigorously delivered reftel talking points on February 2 to Elchin Huseynli, MFA point man on the Iranian nuclear program. Huseynli, reports directly to GOAJ Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov, and was accompanied by his deputy, Aykan Hajizada. 2. (C) Husey [...]	2010-02-04 13:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC OSCE RU IR AJ
10BAKU83	AZERBAIJAN: NAKHCHIVAN AUTHORITIES REPORT RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: OSCE Ambassador Cankorel told Charge that during his January 28-29 visit to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and Bananyar village, the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, Vasib Talibov, told him that the criminal case was closed on the Bananyar village incident (reftels B-D). More [...]	2010-02-08 14:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR PGOV PHUM
10BAKU92	VIEW FROM BAKU - "IRAN CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS" [...] (C) Over the last ten days Baku Iran watcher has met with over a dozen Iranian contacts to obtain their insights and expectations on the upcoming 22 Bahman/February 11 opposition demonstrations in Iran. Contacts polled included Iranian bankers, wealthy businessmen, NGO figures, journalists, [...]	2010-02-10 12:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IR
10BAKU93	VIEW FROM BAKU - "IRAN CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS" [...] (C) Over the last ten days Baku Iran watcher has met with over a dozen Iranian contacts to obtain their insights and expectations on the upcoming 22 Bahman/February 11 opposition demonstrations in Iran. Contacts polled included Iranian bankers, wealthy businessmen, NGO figures, journalists, [...]	2010-02-10 13:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IR
10BAKU97	VIEW FROM BAKU - "IRAN CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS" [...] (C) Over the last ten days Baku Iran watcher has met with over a dozen Iranian contacts to obtain their insights and expectations on the upcoming 22 Bahman/February 11 opposition demonstrations in Iran. Contacts polled included Iranian bankers, wealthy businessmen, NGO figures, journalists, managem [...]	2010-02-11 10:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IR
10BAMAKO11	MALIAN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON [...] (C) Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) followed his annual formal New Year,s greeting to the diplomatic corps with a lengthy private discourse on the problems he is facing in the north of Mali. While acknowledging Mali's own shortcomings and without mentioning particular nations [...]	2010-01-07 15:27:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ML PGOV PREL PTER
10BAMAKO26	RADIO KAYIRA JOURNALIST ARRESTED, THEN FREED [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, 2009, police in Kita, Mali, arrested Noumouke Sidibe, a journalist for the opposition Radio Kayira group of radio stations. Local authorities accused Sidibe of having used his radio show to incite the July 15, 2009 riots in Kita that occurred following the shoot [...]	2010-01-15 12:08:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM ML
10BAMAKO31	TOWN HALL MEETING: 2009 FORUM GIVES MALIANS [...] (U) On December 10, 2009, the 14th Democracy Forum was held at Bamako International Convention Center. Started in 1992 by then-President Alpha Oumar Konare, the Forum is the Malian equivalent of an American town hall meeting - an opportunity for citizens to present questions and complaints di [...]	2010-01-21 13:33:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM ML
10BAMAKO44	DEPUTY NIAID DIRECTOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT AMADOU [...] (C) On January 13, Charge and the Deputy Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),Dr. Hugh Auchincloss, met with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT). ATT was accompanied by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mrs. Siby Ginet [...]	2010-01-27 14:31:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI NIH ML
10BAMAKO46	CHARGE AND MCC SENIOR ADVISOR CASSANDRA BUTTS MEET [...] (C) On January 14, Charge and Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Cassandra Butts met with Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT). The President was accompanied by his Secretary General, Mr. Diango Cissoko, the Chair of the MCA-Mali [...]	2010-01-28 11:46:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON MCC ML
10BAMAKO59	MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) On February 1 Charge met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Al-Maamoun Keita to highlight U.S. efforts to mobilize diplomatic engagement with Iran in 2009, underscore the lack of a meaningful Iranian response, outline U.S. view of the necessity of increasing pressure on Iran [...]	2010-02-01 17:27:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PARM PREL UNSC
10BAMAKO77	MALI'S COURTS TAKE ON CORRUPTION IN SPECIAL SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: From December 30, 2009 to January 29, 2010 the Court of Appeals of Bamako held a special session to try a series of corruption cases. Twelve cases were presented involving 52 defendants accused of having stolen a total of USD 3.7 million of public money. The cases covered a wid [...]	2010-02-09 09:27:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM ML
10BANGKOK113	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES NEW MFA PERMANENT [...] (C) Summary. During a January 12 meeting with the new MFA Permanent Secretary Theerakun Niyom, the Ambassador and Theerakun explored opportunities for U.S. engagement in Thailand and the region, agreeing that additional U.S. involvement would be valuable for both nations. The Ambassador prev [...]	2010-01-14 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM APEC SMIG TH LA
10BANGKOK114	THAILAND: MFA REACTS STRONGLY TO AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador's opinion piece on the repatriation of the Lao Hmong in the Bangkok Post on January 13 triggered an immediate reaction from the RTG (full op-ed text included at para 7). The PM's office and MFA called first thing in the morning. PermSec Theerakul tasked the MFA Americas [...]	2010-01-14 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF TH
10BANGKOK147	SOUTHERN THAILAND: JUNE 2009 MOSQUE SHOOTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Sutthirak Kongsuwan, the prime suspect in the June 8, 2009 shooting at the Al Furqon mosque in Narathiwat, turned himself into Thai police on January 14 after months of pressure from Democrat Party politicians on security forces for progress in the case. Authorities announced t [...]	2010-01-19 10:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
10BANGKOK149	THAILAND: RED-SHIRT CORE LEADERS TELL AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with top strategists of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") on January 14 to engage them on UDD plans for anti-government protests in the new year. The Ambassador stressed the importance of the movement eschewing violence a [...]	2010-01-20 04:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK178	AMBASSADOR AND RTG SPOKESMAN DISCUSS RED SHIRTS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with RTG spokesperson Dr. Panitan Wattanayakorn at the Residence January 21 to review the latest political developments in Thailand. Panitan analyzed the three main factions within the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka t [...]	2010-01-22 07:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PREF SMIG TH
10BANGKOK184	THAILAND: AUTHORITIES SEARCH RED SHIRT AGITATOR,S [...] (U) Summary: Police raided the home of Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdiphol (aka "Seh Daeng") on January 21 in connection with his possible involvement in an apparent grenade attack targeting Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief Anupong Paojinda. Authorities also raided Seh Daeng's former drive [...]	2010-01-22 11:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
10BANGKOK185	A/S SHAPIRO AND THE AMBASSADOR PRESS FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a January 13-15 visit, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro and the Ambassador repeatedly raised a USG request for the Thai government's list of screened-in Hmong during meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban, Minister of Defense [...]	2010-01-23 10:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG TH LA
10BANGKOK186	A/S SHAPIRO VISIT: DISCUSSIONS OF REGIONAL ISSUES, [...] (C) Summary. During a January 13-15 visit, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro discussed a range of regional issues during meetings with senior Thai officials. The rise of China was viewed benignly by Thai officials, who stressed that Beijing was more interested [...]	2010-01-23 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR MASS TH CH CB
10BANGKOK197	A/S SHAPIRO VISIT: BILATERAL TIES AND DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary. During a January 13-15 visit, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro met with a wide range of military and civilian government officials to discuss U.S.-Thai relations, Thai views of strategic challenges, and RTG plans to deploy a battalion of peacekeep [...]	2010-01-25 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
10BANGKOK198	THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAI RANGERS CLASH WITH [...] (C) Summary: Thai rangers clashed January 24 with Cambodian troops in area east of the Preah Vihear temple. The clash apparently occurred near where Cambodian troops had engaged in illegal logging inside Thailand earlier in January. There were no reports of casualties. Local Thai and Cambodi [...]	2010-01-25 09:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
10BANGKOK207	THAILAND: NO STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO "OWNING" [...] (U) Summary: In recent weeks, the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") has targeted Privy Councilors Surayud Chulanon and Prem Tinsulanonda and their alleged encroachment on protected national parks to highlight the issue of illegal land holdings in Thailand, [...]	2010-01-26 02:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK210	SUSPECTED VIOLATION OF ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT BY [...] (C) Summary. Post believes that the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has violated the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) by transferring Pratt & Whitney F100 engines to Samsung Industries in the Republic of Korea and Bet Shemesh Industries in Israel for overhaul and repair, prior to return to Thaila [...]	2010-01-26 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS ETTC TH
10BANGKOK211	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on opposition Puea Thai party Chair GEN Chavalit Yongchaiyuth January 26 to discuss the Thai political year ahead, the relationship between Thaksin, his Puea Thai party, and the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),and the agenda that [...]	2010-01-26 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK226	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADMIRAL WILLARD [...] (C) Admiral Willard, Embassy Bangkok welcomes you to Thailand. Despite ongoing domestic political challenges, Thailand's adherence to democratic values should not go unrecognized. That a full range of actors in the Thai political scene can openly and vigorously debate policies and the state [...]	2010-01-27 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
10BANGKOK227	THAILAND: DEMOCRATS OPPOSE CHARTER CHANGES [...] (U) Summary: The Democrat Party MP caucus voted on January 26 to oppose the proposal by the five junior members of the governing coalition to amend the constitution. The coalition partners had proposed altering the articles dealing with the parliamentary electoral system (Article 94) and parli [...]	2010-01-27 11:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK244	THAILAND: PM'S DEMOCRAT PARTY IN SIMMERING LEGAL [...] (C) Even as the Democrat party struggles to manage the political fallout associated with spurning its coalition partners on the constitutional amendment push (reftel),another cloud looms on the horizon. The party stands accused by political opponents of running afoul of the Political Parties [...]	2010-01-28 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
10BANGKOK259	DASD SCHER ADDRESSSES ASEAN CENTRALITY, U.S. ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 21-23 visit, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Robert Scher met with officials from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss a variety of bilateral and regional issues. The centrality of [...]	2010-02-01 06:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH
10BANGKOK269	CHINA,S SUSTAINED, SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO COURT [...] (C) Summary: Thai contacts from government to academia see a decade-long Chinese romance of Southeast Asia, both through ASEAN and bilaterally, to have been successful in increasing Chinese influence during a period in which many believe that U.S. influence and prestige in the region has waned [...]	2010-02-02 04:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH
10BANGKOK276	EMBASSY ENGAGES THAI OFFICIALS ON SECOND BOUT [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, we briefed officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 27 and Office of the Attorney General (OAG) on February 1 about the existence of a second, sealed indictment and USG plans to submit an additional extradition request for Viktor Bout. The [...]	2010-02-02 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PGOV PREL TH
10BANGKOK278	THE CURSE OF THE BLUE DIAMOND: THAILAND INDICTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the latest chapter of a two decade-long saga which has long soured Thai-Saudi relations, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) Office of the Attorney General on January 12 indicted five police officers in connection with the 1990 murder of a Saudi Arabian businessman with family ti [...]	2010-02-02 10:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SA TH
10BANGKOK281	THAILAND: MINORITY COALITION PARTNERS SUBMIT [...] (U) Summary: The five junior partners in the ruling government coalition moved forward February 3 with filing a motion to change two provisions of the constitution, while continuing to profess their commitment to the coalition. The partners seek to alter the articles in the constitution that [...]	2010-02-03 08:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK286	CHINA'S RISE AS THAILAND'S ECONOMIC PARTNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the month of December 2009, China, for the first time, displaced the United States as Thailand's top export market. For the previous year as a whole, the U.S. barely held on to the number one position it has held for decades, but China is likely to overtake the U.S. in 2010. [...]	2010-02-03 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH TH
10BANGKOK298	SCENESETTER FOR THE CSA-HOSTED VISIT OF THAI ARMY [...] (C) General Casey, the upcoming visit of Thai Army Commander General Anupong Paojinda will be an important occasion to demonstrate our appreciation for the U.S.-Thai relationship. Despite ongoing domestic political challenges, Thailand's adherence to democratic values should not go unrecogni [...]	2010-02-04 05:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
10BANGKOK3	PM ABHISIT AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK: A MOSTLY POSITIVE [...] (C) One-year into his term as Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva has lasted in office far longer than most political prognosticators ever thought possible. Through this sheer act of survival in the rough and tumble world of Thai politics, he has confounded his detractors and rebutted -- in the [...]	2010-01-04 04:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
10BANGKOK319	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR MEETS FORMER PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with former Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa on February 4 at Chart Thai Pattana party headquarters to review the latest political developments. Countering much press speculation, Banharn told the Ambassador he never expected the Democrat party to endorse the [...]	2010-02-05 09:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR TH
10BANGKOK320	THAI FINANCE MINISTER REAFFIRMS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In a February 4 meeting, Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij reaffirmed to the Ambassador his personal commitment to working through economic and commercial issues of concern to the USG and U.S. businesses. Korn informed the Ambassador that draft customs law amendments may be presen [...]	2010-02-05 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL KHLS EWWT TH
10BANGKOK340	THAILAND: GOVERNMENT PREPARES FOR THE LATEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Posturing and positioning ahead of the latest "final battle" promised by anti-government red-shirt activists at the end of the month picked up pace the first week of February, as larger cracks emerged within the pro-Thaksin camp. Finance Minister Korn told Ambassador February 4 [...]	2010-02-09 08:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK344	THAILAND: "LET THE MAGIC AMULET BREAK YOUR NECK" - [...] (C) Summary. Thai refusal to allow Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen to bring armed soldiers to visit Ta Muen Thom, border temple ruins long under Thai control, February 8 apparently led to Hun Sen's most recent scathing denunciation of Thai PM Abhisit, with the colorful insults dominating Tha [...]	2010-02-09 11:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH
10BANGKOK362	THAILAND: EAP DAS MARCIEL ENGAGES RED-SHIRT [...] (U) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel met separately with the top strategists of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") and a group which included PM deputy SecGen and Acting Government Spokesman Panitan on February 10 to discuss the state [...]	2010-02-11 07:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK366	SOUTHERN THAILAND UPDATE: ROLE OF PARAMILITARY AND [...] (C) Summary: A variety of government, academic, and civil society contacts we engaged in Thailand's violence-affected southern provinces in late December presented consistent perceptions about the various paramilitary groups affiliated with military or interior/police structures and operating i [...]	2010-02-11 08:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
10BANGKOK380	THAILAND: VIEWS FROM THE RED HEARTLAND - STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent swing through central Isaan, the northeast heartland of pro-Thaksin and red-shirt sentiment, revealed an interesting set of views on the key political, economic, and social issues facing Thailand, both in the short-term, with large-scale red-shirt protests expected in B [...]	2010-02-12 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
10BANGKOK381	DAS MARCIEL ENGAGES THAI LEADERS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. EAP DAS and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel engaged the Thai MFA PermSec and PM deputy SecGen, as well as several prominent Thai thinkers, on key regional and bilateral issues during his February 10 visit to Bangkok. Issues included regional architecture, U.S.-Thai rel [...]	2010-02-12 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH
10BANGKOK384	THAILAND: BANGKOK ON EDGE FOLLOWING BOMB SCARE, [...] (SBU) Summary: With Bangkok already tense following weeks of small-scale anti-government protests, two bombing incidents over the weekend served to further heighten anxieties in Thailand's capital. Late in the evening on February 13, a grenade exploded at a college near Government House with [...]	2010-02-16 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK411	ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THAILAND: IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary. Senior Thai leaders stressed continued U.S. engagement in Thailand and assistance to the Thai military as extremely valuable during Admiral Willard's February 2-7 visit. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva highlighted his desire for continued strong U.S. engagement in Thailand and [...]	2010-02-18 05:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MARR MASS MCAP TH
10BANGKOK413	ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THAILAND: RTG FOCUSED [...] (C) Summary. Senior Thai leaders provided their view of the strategic goals for Thailand and the nations' goals for the future for PACOM Commander Admiral Willard during his February 2-7 visit. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva encouraged increased U.S. engagement in the region, particularly [...]	2010-02-18 06:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF TH
10BANGKOK414	ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THAILAND: POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. During U.S. Pacific Command Commander Admiral Robert Willard's February 2-7 visit to Thailand in conjunction with the multilateral Cobra Gold exercise, Thai officials and political commentators expressed optimism that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva would be able to effectively [...]	2010-02-18 06:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF TH
10BANGKOK434	DON,T CALL IT A COMEBACK: THAKSIN,S PARTY LOOKS TO [...] (C) Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Puea Thai political party appears poised to reassert its political pre-eminence in one of its traditional strongholds in Northeastern Thailand, aka Isaan. Unlike in central Isaan (REF B),and south-central Issan (REF C),where the trend [...]	2010-02-23 00:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR TH
10BANGKOK45	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHAPIRO [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shapiro, Embassy Bangkok welcomes you to Thailand. Despite ongoing domestic discord and current inward focus, Thailand's strategic importance to the U.S. cannot be overstated. Your visit provides an opportunity to signal the United States' appreciation for the long-s [...]	2010-01-07 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
10BANGKOK470	THAILAND: RED PLANS CRYSTALLIZE ON EVE OF THAKSIN [...] (C) The Thai Supreme Court will issue the much anticipated verdict in the Thaksin assets case February 26. The judgment itself remains an unknown, with most contacts anticipating either a partial or full seizure of the frozen 76 billion baht (more than $2 billion). However, the Thaksin-affili [...]	2010-02-25 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR CASC TH
10BANGKOK478	THAILAND: GT200 BOMB DETECTOR FAILURE IGNITES [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered a halt to RTG procurement of the GT200 explosive detection device on February 16, after tests conducted by the Ministry of Science and Technology determined the device was ineffective. The GT200 is used throughout Thailand by many agenci [...]	2010-02-26 08:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK481	THAILAND: MFA ANTICIPATING OCTOBER ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary. MFA Burma Unit Chief Arunrung Phothong Humphreys told us February 24 that the RTG still believed that Burma would hold elections in October of this year, despite some rumors that they would be held in May (reftel). The RTG intends to increase assistance to Burma for development a [...]	2010-02-26 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH BU
10BANGKOK61	THAILAND: PM ABHISIT TAKES A STAND, FORCES DEPUTY [...] (C) Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodi tendered his resignation January 10 in the wake of a scandal involving planned procurement irregularities that already cost the Health Minster his job (reftel). The resignation represented a sharp about face for both Manit and his political [...]	2010-01-11 11:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
10BANGKOK62	THAILAND: A TALE OF TWO BY-ELECTIONS: WIN SOME, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai political New Year began with two hotly contested by-elections that many observers suggested could help determine the political fortunes for the opposition Puea Thai and coalition Phumjai Thai (PJT) parties in the lead-up to the next round of elections. In the end, the [...]	2010-01-11 11:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
10BANGKOK86	THAILAND TO PUSH FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary Theerakun Niyom, the Ambassador reviewed U.S. policy towards Rangoon and emphasized the important role the RTG could play in encouraging broad and inclusive political dialogue in Burma. The Permanent Secretary expressed agreement, an [...]	2010-01-12 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF TH BM
10BANJUL65	Ambassador Meets with President Jammeh [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 12:10:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM GA
10BASRAH1	BASRAH: FOREIGN SECURITY FIRMS ADAPT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-23 06:22:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET KCRM PGOV ASEC IZ
10BASRAH2	BASRAH ANTI-IRAN DEMONSTRATION: LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE [...] (U) This is a Basrah reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Basrah-based representatives of political parties and tribes staged a brief and peaceful protest on January 2 at the Iranian Consulate to protest the reported December 18 Iranian occupation of the cross-border Al Fakkah oil well in nearb [...]	2010-01-31 11:07:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI SCUL KPAO IZ IR SA
10BASRAH5	BASRAH'S REACTION TO DE-BA'ATHIFICATION [...] (C) The conflict over de-Ba'athification has sparked three demonstrations in Basrah, and provoked strong reactions from the government and influential leaders. While a demarche to the Provincial Council Chair appears to have dampened emotions over perceived USG involvement in this issue, the i [...]	2010-02-20 11:47:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL IZ IR
10BEIJING102	PRC/CENTRAL ASIA: NATURAL GAS PIPELINE OPENING [...] (C) Summary: Following President Hu Jintao's December 12-14 visit to Central Asia and his participation in the inauguration of the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline, the PRC hopes to deepen political and economic ties to the region, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). In [...]	2010-01-14 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET ETRD MARR CH
10BEIJING105	GOOGLE DAY 2: BALL STILL IN GOOGLE'S COURT [...] (C) Summary. Google's Beijing headquarters continued business "as usual" today as it still provided the China-based version of its search engine. Google emphasized its filtering of that search engine remained "unchanged" and "compliant with Chinese law." Google has not yet engaged the Chinese [...]	2010-01-14 11:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL CH
10BEIJING109	CHINESE LGBT NGOS FACE CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: PRC lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) NGO leaders told PolOffs December 22 that their organizations are not viewed by the government as particularly sensitive but face the same registration and funding challenges as other civil society groups. PRC Internet censors equate h [...]	2010-01-15 07:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM SOCI
10BEIJING114	UNSCR 1267 SANCTIONS SOLICITING INFORMATION FOR [...] (C) On January 4, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Attache Jiang Bo reftel points soliciting information relevant to the review of the two entities of interest to China, the Benevolence International Foundation and the Eastern Tu [...]	2010-01-15 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN PINR PREL CH YM UN
10BEIJING122	POSITIVE OFFICIAL REACTION, MUTED PRESS REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA official responded positively to the Secretary's January 12 speech on Asian regional architecture, inviting further bilateral discussion on how best to build effective regional institutions. Stating that differences among Asian states made an EU-like structure untenable, o [...]	2010-01-15 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ASEAN APECO ARF XC XE XU
10BEIJING123	PRC: PRIME MINISTER NEPAL ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepalese and PRC official sources stated that Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's December 26-31 visit to China achieved tangible outcomes, including the signing of two official agreements, commercial contracts and broad agreement to strengthen the bilateral relationship. P [...]	2010-01-15 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID ECON PHUM CH NP IN
10BEIJING137	DESPITE LISBON TREATY, BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS [...] (C) Summary: Though uncertainty exists on how EU-PRC relations might change in the wake of the recent ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the PRC hopes to "consolidate strategic trust" in the relationship, according to an MFA official. PRC and EU contacts alike concur that while EU-PRC relation [...]	2010-01-19 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM
10BEIJING146	PRC SCHOLARS GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON SOUTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC scholars view the late-December passage of the Southern Sudan Referendum Law as "only the first step" in a long and difficult Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) implementation process. The scholars acknowledged that Southern Sudan will likely vote for independence in January [...]	2010-01-20 07:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EPET PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU
10BEIJING147	CHINA/RMB: CHINESE INDICATE X-RATE UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary. In recent public and private statements, senior officials indicated China does not intend to adjust its exchange rate--essentially pegged to the U.S. dollar since August 2008--anytime soon. Further, officials pushed back hard against the idea that foreign pressure could sway the [...]	2010-01-20 08:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD CH
10BEIJING148	PRC/TERRORISM FINANCE: PRC REQUESTED TO DROP UN [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref A points concerning UN 1267 Committee listing of Abdur Rahman Makki, Azam Cheema and Mohammad Masood Azhar Alvi to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin January 20. PolOff noted U.S. intention to submit additional [...]	2010-01-20 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN KTFN PREL UNSC CH IN PK
10BEIJING168	PRC: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials responded positively to the Secretary's January 12 speech in Honolulu on Asia-Pacific multilateralism, claiming that the PRC and the U.S. shared nearly identical principles for the development of regional institutions in the Asia-Pacific. MFA officials welcomed fur [...]	2010-01-22 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ASEAN APECO ARF IN XC XE XU
10BEIJING183	SECRETARY'S INTERNET FREEDOM SPEECH: CHINA REACTION [...] (C) Secretary Clinton's January 21 speech on Internet Freedom touched a nerve in China. Official reaction was negative, with harsh criticism coming from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an official statement and from other parts of the Chinese system through critical articles and editorials [...]	2010-01-25 07:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM EINV CH
10BEIJING189	PRC ON LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC and the U.S. share an interest in ensuring that the London Conference highlights the international community's firm support and long-term commitment to Afghanistan's stability and development, an MFA official told us January 22. While the PRC supports an Afghan-led proce [...]	2010-01-25 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO ECON EFIN EAID CH PK AF IN UK
10BEIJING19	BEIJING VIEWS ON FOURTH ROUND OF CROSS-STRAIT TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Vice Secretary General Ma Xiaoguang said that of the three agreements signed in the December 21-23 Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)-ARATS talks in Taichung, the one on agriculture was most likely to benefit Taiwan as it op [...]	2010-01-06 08:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN CH TW
10BEIJING206	YEMEN CONFERENCE: PRC SUPPORTS BROAD-BASED EFFORT [...] (C) In response to reftel points explaining USG efforts in Yemen, goals for the January 27 London meeting, and future multilateral efforts, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Attache Jiang Bo told PolOff January 26 that China appreciated the U.S. perspective [...]	2010-01-26 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID YM CH
10BEIJING208	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: IMPACT OF FOUR PARTY ELDERS' [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, four Communist Party elders published an open letter questioning the legal basis for the conviction of rights activist and Charter 08 co-author Liu Xiaobo on charges of "inciting subversion." The letter did not call on the Chinese government to release Liu, but rat [...]	2010-01-26 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI CH
10BEIJING218	PRC MEDIA DEBATE CHINA'S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Obama's December 1 announcement at West Point to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, Chinese Communist Party(CCP)-affiliated media and the PRC's official television network CCTV began airing disparate views on the proper PRC response to the situation [...]	2010-01-27 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO ECON CH PK AF XD ZK
10BEIJING231	BUILDING U.S. JOBS BY LEVERAGING CHINA,S GROWTH [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
10BEIJING233	PRC/INDIA: CONTACTS SEE POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: China and India will seek to leverage the positive atmosphere surrounding the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2010 to project an image of a healthy, stable bilateral relationship, according to PRC academics and Indian diplomatic contacts. There is consensus that terr [...]	2010-01-28 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MARR CH PK AF IN XD
10BEIJING243	S/P DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH MFA COUNTERPART [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and China are both aware of the "strategic importance" of their relationship, notwithstanding recent "troubles" and "differences," said MFA Policy and Planning Department DDG Zhao Jianhua in a January 26 meeting with S/P Deputy Director Chollet. The Strategic a [...]	2010-01-29 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV CH AF PK UNSC
10BEIJING245	EU OFFICIAL IN BEIJING DOWNPLAYS SPANISH COMMENTS [...] (C) EU Mission Political Counselor Alexander McLachlan told PolOff January 29 that some EU member states were annoyed with Spanish Ambassador to China Blasco Villa's recent statements to Chinese media that suggested that the EU would consider lifting its arms embargo against China. The Spanish Amba [...]	2010-01-29 10:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV ECON CH EU
10BEIJING246	PRC/EGYPT: IRAN SUPPORT, LOP-SIDED BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an Egyptian diplomatic contact, Arab states are increasingly frustrated by China's ability to obtain concessions in the China-Arab Cooperation Forum without offering the region commensurate support for its interests. China was primarily interested in political suppo [...]	2010-01-29 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH EG IR
10BEIJING247	GOOGLE UPDATE: CHINA TECH BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary. Despite media reports quoting Google officials in the U.S. as saying Google is in talks with China, a Ministry of Commerce official told a visiting U.S. delegation on January 28 that "it would be better if Google stopped telling the media that it is in negotiations with China, sin [...]	2010-01-29 12:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL CH
10BEIJING250	PRC/KOREAS: ROK EMBASSY VIEWS ON RECENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korea asked China to stop publishing cross-border trade statistics, the South Korean Ministry of Unification (MOU) Counselor in Beijing told Econoffs. The North's recent currency revaluation probably would work in the short term, but the he assessed the ban on foreign curr [...]	2010-02-01 01:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV PINR MNUC KNNP KN
10BEIJING260	PRC INITIAL RESPONSE TO TAIWAN ARMS SALE [...] (C) Summary: Two days after the announcement of new arms sales to Taiwan, China's negative reaction to the announcement dominated all discussions of U.S.-China relations. Observers predict a continued series of responses across various sectors that could be exacerbated if President Obama mee [...]	2010-02-01 11:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PARM CH TW
10BEIJING263	PRC: NUCLEAR RESEARCH AT CHINESE ACADEMY OF [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-02 08:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ENRG KPWR MNUC OSCI PINR PINS SENV TPHY
10BEIJING268	TAIWAN ARMS SALES: U.S. FIRMS' EXPOSURE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of major U.S. firms involved in the Taiwan arms deal (and with significant China operations) tell the Embassy they are concerned about possible Chinese sanctions resulting from the deal, but have not yet been contacted by Chinese authorities. Chinese media have f [...]	2010-02-02 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAIR PREL CN TW
10BEIJING281	TAIWAN ARMS SALE: MEDIA REMAINS FIERCELY CRITICAL, [...] (C) Summary: Beijing observers continue to claim that despite the loud and angry official reaction to the U.S. announcement of arms sales to Taiwan, the government wants to avoid fundamentally damaging U.S.-China relations. Nonetheless, real popular discontent may underlay harsh media statemen [...]	2010-02-03 23:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PARM CH TW
10BEIJING292	CHINA ASSET BUBBLES: ARE THEY HERE, WILL THEY POP? [...] (C) Summary. China's massive 2009 monetary stimulus program was instrumental in avoiding economic recession during the global crisis, but the huge amount of new credit flowing into the economy has prompted concerns that asset bubbles could form -- and burst -- in the property and equity marke [...]	2010-02-04 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH
10BEIJING293	PRC/IRAN: BEIJING CONTINUES TO CALL FOR PATIENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC counsels continued patience on the Iran nuclear issue because it seeks a "thorough solution" to the problem, and it supports the removal of all 1200kg of low-enriched uranium from Iranian soil, according to an MFA contact. PRC officials have urged Iranian counterparts in [...]	2010-02-04 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH BR
10BEIJING295	TAIWAN ARMS: CHINESE CALL IN U.S. FIRM [...] (C) SUMMARY. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) summoned General Electric (GE) China President Mark Norbom to the MFA on February 4 to warn GE on its participation in Taiwan arms sales, referring specifically to the sale of Sikorsky helicopters "built by UTC and GE." The MFA official, [...]	2010-02-04 12:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAIR PREL CN TW
10BEIJING30	CHINA RATIFIES PALERMO PROTOCOL AND PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Summary: China on December 26, 2009 voted to ratify the UN Palermo Protocol, effectively obligating itself to bring domestic laws and efforts in line with international standards to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Separately, a Ministry of Public Security (MPS) official told PolMinCo [...]	2010-01-08 03:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
10BEIJING309	(C) PRC COOPERATION ON SIX-PARTY TALKS, DPRK [...] (C) PRC, South Korean and Japanese contacts believe that Chinese efforts in the Six-Party Talks process will not suffer from Chinese anger at the recent U.S. decision to sell arms to Taiwan. MFA Asia Department Korean Peninsula Affairs Office Director Mao Ning told PolOff February 3 that work [...]	2010-02-05 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PARM CH KN KS JA TW
10BEIJING310	CHINA/ECONOMY: HU JINTAO RECONFIRMS ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a major February 3 speech at the Central Party School, President Hu Jintao called for the ministers and top provincial leaders present to accelerate China's economic structural adjustment. While acknowledging the impact of the financial crisis, Hu emphasized that the crisis h [...]	2010-02-05 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL CH
10BEIJING314	TIBET TALKS: NO PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials blamed the Dalai Lama's personal representatives for the lack of progress in the January 30-31 talks, saying the Tibetan side was unwilling to compromise on its Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy. CCP United Front Work Department (UFWD) Execu [...]	2010-02-05 11:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
10BEIJING33	(C) CHINA-AFGHAN RELATIONS PLAGUED BY CORRUPTION, [...] (C) Corruption and commercial fraud have plagued China-Afghan economic relations, according to a Beijing-based Afghan diplomat. Our contact claimed that a "mafia" of corrupt Afghan officials, including Foreign Minister Ragin Dadfar Spanta and former Minister of Mines Ibrahim Adel, had receive [...]	2010-01-08 09:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EMIN PREL PGOV AF CH
10BEIJING355	PRC/IRAN: BEIJING'S PROLIFERATING ARGUMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC academics are deploying a range of arguments against new UN Security Council sanctions against Iran, but some contacts say China will not go it alone in opposing them. A well-placed think-tanker argued that Iranian political divisions could result in favorable changes to the [...]	2010-02-10 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
10BEIJING357	CHINESE BANKS: WILL THE 2009 CREDIT BINGE COME [...] (C) Summary. New loan issuance by Chinese banks in January totaled RMB 1.6 trillion (USD 235 billion),nearly equal to last year's record pace of RMB 1.62 trillion, and would have been even larger if regulators had not intervened mid-month to curtail lending. In public, Chinese financial off [...]	2010-02-10 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
10BEIJING359	MAINTAINING POSITIVE U.S.-PRC RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: A Chinese public perception that U.S. China policy under President Obama would be "different" than that of his predecessors and that recent warming in cross-Strait relations made arms sales unnecessary fueled many Chinese' vitriolic response to the latest Taiwan arms sales, accord [...]	2010-02-10 10:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS ECON ETRD CH TW IR AF KN

10BEIJING360	CHINA DEFINES ITS TERMS ON INDIGENOUS INNOVATION: [...] (C) Summary. Chinese interlocutors made it clear to a visiting interagency team the week of January 24 that China intends to keep giving their home-grown innovators an edge, including preferences under government procurement. The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) advised it would rev [...]	2010-02-11 03:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH
10BEIJING365	MR. GAY CHINA PAGEANT: HOW NOT TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE [...] (C) Summary: The last-minute cancellation by authorities in January of Beijing's first gay beauty pageant came as no surprise, Chinese HIV/AIDS and gay rights advocates told PolOff February 2. The government often waits until just prior to a sensitive gathering or event to step in, they said [...]	2010-02-11 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM SOCI
10BEIJING367	AFRICAN EMBASSIES SUSPICIOUS OF US-CHINA [...] (C) African Embassy officials told EmbOffs that many in the African community were uncomfortable with the concept of US-China development cooperation in Africa. China's fast, efficient, "no strings attached" bilateral approach is popular in the region, as is the PRC preference for infrastructure ov [...]	2010-02-11 09:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EINV CH XA
10BEIJING369	VFM CUI PROTESTS POTUS-DALAI LAMA MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In a February 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai delivered a "stern representation" and expressed China's "grave concern" about the President's planned February 18 meeting with the Dalai Lama. Such a meeting "would amount to connivance with the Dal [...]	2010-02-11 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS PGOV SOCI CH TW
10BEIJING37	CHINA-MONGOLIA COOPERATION ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (C) Summary: China-Mongolia cooperation on combating trafficking in persons (TIP) improved over the past year, particularly at the local levels, according to official and NGO contacts in Beijing, Ulaanbaatar and Erlian, a Chinese town located near the PRC-Mongolia border. Mongolian officials [...]	2010-01-11 01:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
10BEIJING380	PRC/PAKISTAN: NO PLA BASE PLANNED, CCP PLAYING ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent press speculation about PRC plans to establish a military presence in Pakistan is completely groundless, has been fanned by paranoid Indian news outlets and can be traced back to a single op-ed by a Chinese academic, according to Pakistan Embassy officials. The Pakistani [...]	2010-02-12 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH PK AF IN XD
10BEIJING382	CHINA-ROK RELATIONS: MINOR TENSIONS, POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a round of recent meetings on the state of Sino-ROK relations, Chinese and ROK officials agree that the overall trend of the bilateral relationship is positive. Chinese leaders are quite pleased at the appointment of Yu Woo-ik, the former Chief of Staff to ROK President Lee My [...]	2010-02-12 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PARM ECON KN KS CH
10BEIJING383	STOMP AROUND AND CARRY A SMALL STICK: CHINAÂ´S NEW [...] (C) Summary: The harsh (per usual) PRC reaction to the recent U.S. announcement of arms sales to Taiwan and President ObamaÂ´s intention to meet with the Dalai Lama has focused Chinese domestic attention on a phenomenon already observed (and criticized) abroad: ChinaÂ´s muscle-flexing, triumpha [...]	2010-02-12 10:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR TW EUN CH
10BEIJING384	BEIJING BANS LOCAL-LEVEL LOBBYISTS; FEW PACKING [...] (C) Summary: China's State Council is moving to close the thousands of local government representative offices in Beijing. Notorious for giving lavish gifts in exchange for central government pork-barrel spending in their districts, local government representatives, according to several cont [...]	2010-02-12 10:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
10BEIJING393	PRC-INDONESIA: INCREASED PRC DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC State Councilor Dai Bingguo's "warm, friendly" January 21-26 visit to Indonesia reinforced the perception that China-Indonesia relations have been relatively free of tension of late; however, in reality PRC diplomatic assertiveness with Indonesia has risen steadily in recent [...]	2010-02-18 07:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ASEAN CH ID XC XE
10BEIJING424	PRC/CHAD: MINURCAT ESSENTIAL TO SAFEGUARDING IMAGE [...] (C) The Government of Chad's (GOC) continued support of UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) was "very important" to safeguarding the image of the UN and protecting the reputation of UN Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKOs),MFA International Organizations and Conferences [...]	2010-02-23 08:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PREF CD CT CN
10BEIJING444	HUMMER STUCK IN THE MUD [...] (C) Summary and comment: Hummer's Detroit-based government affairs representative Wei Shen told EconOff February 15 that the PRC had formally rejected Tengzhong's application to acquire the Hummer brand from General Motors (GM). While the details are unclear, Post understands that this was a f [...]	2010-02-24 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EIND CH
10BEIJING451	CHINA'S NEW CHARITY LAW ON THE HORIZON; CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: Draft legislation to promote charitable organizations and foundations in China is on the National People's Congress (NPC) agenda for this year, according to several contacts. The Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) has sponsored a draft national Charity Law and has encouraged provi [...]	2010-02-25 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
10BEIJING457	CHINA/AUTOS: SAAB PURCHASE SPEEDS THROUGH; [...] (C) Summary: High level Chinese government support enabled Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Ltd. (BAIC) to complete its USD 200 million purchase of General Motors' (GM) Saab Unit in a mere four months, according to BAIC officials. As a Beijing City Government controlled enterprise, B [...]	2010-02-25 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EIND EINV
10BEIJING468	TIBET WORK CONFERENCE: EXPANDING DEVELOPMENT FOCUS [...] (C) Summary: Although the Communist Party's Fifth Tibet Work Conference January 18-20 did not result in major policy changes, it signaled shifts in emphasis intended to address economic tensions that led to the March 2008 violence throughout Tibetan areas of China. Contacts at two Party thin [...]	2010-02-26 08:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON CH
10BEIJING5	UK-PRC HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE POSTPONED AFTER [...] (C) Summary: On December 29 British citizen Akmal Shaikh, who the UK government had asserted was mentally ill, was executed for narcotics charges. On the same day the Chinese government notified the UK that it was indefinitely postponing the January session of the annual UK-PRC bilateral huma [...]	2010-01-04 10:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
10BEIJING68	BEIJING STUDENTS TALK POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Nine Chinese university students and recent graduates shared with PolOffs December 18 their views on China's domestic challenges, climate change, human rights, corruption and minority policies. Citing China's formidable internal challenges, the students argued that Americans gro [...]	2010-01-12 08:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
10BEIRUT100	ENVIRONMENT MINISTER RAHHAL WELCOMES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Water management, reforestation and solid waste management were the Environment Ministry's key priorities, new Environment Minister Mohammed Rahhal told the Ambassador on January 28. Rahhal pledged continued cooperation with USAID reforestation programs and asked for assistance i [...]	2010-02-01 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON EFIN ENRG EPA PGOV PREL KGHG AID LE
10BEIRUT104	UNRWA LEBANON DESPERATE FOR RESOURCES [...] (C) Summary: UNRWA Lebanon will exhaust its funding by March 2010 and be forced to make drastic cuts without additional support, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Lebanon country representative Salvatore Lombardo told donor countries on January 15. While PM Hariri and the new Leb [...]	2010-02-02 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM KPAL PTER KCRM LE
10BEIRUT108	INFORMATION MINISTER PRESSURED TO ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Information Tareq Mitri informed the Ambassador on January 27 that President Sleiman continues to be personally interested in the issue of House Resolution 2278 regarding satellite providers broadcasting channels carrying anti-American incitement to violence. Mitri said tha [...]	2010-02-03 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KPAO PINR LE
10BEIRUT113	PM COMMITS TO UNSCR 1701/BORDER CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Hariri met with UNSCOL Michael Williams and ambassadors from key donor nations on February 2 to assure them that border control remains a high priority for his government. In order to address donor concerns, Hariri, who as chair of the Ministerial Border Committee [...]	2010-02-04 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PTER PGOV SY LE
10BEIRUT114	JUSTICE MINISTER NAJJAR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] (C) Summary: Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar informed the Ambassador on February 3 that he had forwarded a draft trafficking in persons law to the cabinet for approval, a step needed before it goes to a parliamentary vote. He did not expect the draft to face political opposition. His ministr [...]	2010-02-04 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIP KJUS PHUM KWMN PREF EAID SY
10BEIRUT115	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 9-13 JOINT MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 10-12 Joint Military Commission (JMC) meetings in Washington are the second in the series of bilateral military discussions that began in October 2008 (reftel). As Lebanon emerges from 2009's six-month struggle to form the new national unity government, the JMC will [...]	2010-02-04 16:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER KPKO PINR SY IS LE
10BEIRUT116	MARADA'S FRANJIEH CALLS FOR INDIRECT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marada leader Sleiman Franjieh reported to the Ambassador on February 2 that he had established a rapport with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, whom he described as "a man you can deal with." Franjieh, a strong Syrian ally, expressed his support for indirect negotiations between Leban [...]	2010-02-04 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAL PINR PTER SY IS LE
10BEIRUT118	GEAGEA ON MARCH 14 POSITIVE MOMENTUM, CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The March 14 coalition has recaptured some of its momentum as it prepares to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Rafik Hariri's assassination on February 14, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador on February 3. Geagea complained of Syria's ascendant status [...]	2010-02-05 12:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KPAL LE SY SA
10BEIRUT119	LABOR MINISTER HARB UNDERSCORES COMMITMENT TO TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Labor Ministry had recently agreed to form a joint committee with embassies with many citizens working as domestic employees in Lebanon to oversee employment agencies that contracted the workers, Labor Minister Boutros Harb told the Ambassador on February 3. Harb also expresse [...]	2010-02-05 13:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KTIP PHUM KWMN PGOV PREF KPAL LE
10BEIRUT122	ECONOMY MINISTER SAFADI OPTIMISTIC ON GROWTH [...] (U) This message is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammed Safadi requested assistance in setting up meetings during his private March 7-14 trip to Washington. The prime minister, presi [...]	2010-02-05 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV EAID MEPI KIPR LE
10BEIRUT123	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' FEBRUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your February 16-17 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri will rein [...]	2010-02-05 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS PBTS KPAL EAIR
10BEIRUT14	BAROUD OUTLINES EFFORTS TO EXTEND STATE SOVEREIGNTY [...] (C) Summary: The Lebanese government is committed to implementing UNSCR 1701, but Prime Minister Saad Hariri must establish a coordinated strategy for border control, Interior Minister Ziad Baroud told the Ambassador. His Internal Security Forces (ISF) had achieved initial successes in polici [...]	2010-01-05 18:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KPAL LE
10BEIRUT145	CHRISTIANS OBJECT TO BERRI'S PROPOSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 1989 Taif Accord that ended the Lebanese civil war called for "deconfessionalization," the abolishment of the quotas for sectarian representation that undergird the Lebanese political system. Like many tenets in Taif, the proposal has yet to be implemented. Recently, Speaker [...]	2010-02-12 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PINR SOCI KDEM LE
10BEIRUT154	CRASH OF ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES 409, GOL CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 25 crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 409 into the Mediterranean minutes after takeoff from the Beirut airport has brought to light the GOL's weak crisis management planning and interagency coordination. While such deficiencies are common around the world, Lebanon's u [...]	2010-02-17 11:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV PREL MASS MCAP LE ET
10BEIRUT164	CABINET APPROVES MUNICIPAL ELECTORAL REFORMS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Despite pressure from multiple sides to delay, the Lebanese municipal elections are still scheduled for June 2009. In January Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud presented a draft bill to cabinet containing a menu of electoral reforms, including measures to create standardized pre-pr [...]	2010-02-19 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI LE
10BEIRUT167	HARIRI RALLY HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FACING MARCH 14 [...] (C) Summary: Tens of thousands of Future Movement, Lebanese Forces and Kataeb supporters joined the February 14 rally -- organized by the March 14 coalition -- to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Turnout was less than in previous ye [...]	2010-02-22 12:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IS SA
10BEIRUT184	INL A/S JOHNSON PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR ISF REFORM [...] (C) Summary: INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson assured MGen Rifi, the head of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF),of continued U.S. support to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Lebanese police so they can exercise their authority in all of Lebanon. Gen. Rifi acknowledge [...]	2010-02-25 13:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE
10BEIRUT21	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEW AIR PASSENGER SCREENING [...] (C) On January 7 the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Minister of Transportation and Public Works Ghazi al-Aridi and to Presidency Director General Naji Abi Assi. Aridi responded that while he opposed the decision to impose additional screening requirements on travelers from Lebanon, he [...]	2010-01-07 14:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PTER ASEC ECON LE
10BEIRUT24	JUMBLATT SAYS RECONCILIATION WITH RIVALS NEARLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: His reconciliation with the March 8 alliance is nearly complete, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador on January 5. While his base had initially opposed his exit from March 14 and his opening to the Shia, Jumblatt explained, they were "getting used" to his shift, which [...]	2010-01-08 13:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KCRM SY LE
10BEIRUT42	CODEL HASTINGS' JANUARY 8 VISIT TO LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: During a January 8 visit to Lebanon, a delegation headed by Representative Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) met with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Foreign Minister Ali el Chami. Representative Hastings reiterated Congressional support for Lebanon's democratic i [...]	2010-01-14 10:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR PREF
10BEIRUT44	SCENESETTER FOR SEMEP GEORGE MITCHELL'S JANUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your January 19-20 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Foreign Minis [...]	2010-01-14 14:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPP PTER PINR UNSC MARR SY IS LE
10BEIRUT47	PRIME MINISTER HARIRI MEETS WITH CODEL MCCAIN [...] (C) Summary: Increased U.S. military assistance to Lebanon is a priority, Prime Minister Saad Hariri told CODEL McCain on January 9. Though wary of Syrian intentions after his recent trip to Damascus, Hariri said he would work to build on positive practical steps to improve the bilateral rela [...]	2010-01-15 13:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC MASS MCAP KJUS PBTS LE SY IR
10BEIRUT50	PRESIDENT SLEIMAN, SPEAKER BERRI AND WALID [...] (C) Summary: An urgent need for progress on regional peace was the common priority for President Michel Sleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt during their meetings with visiting CODEL McCain on January 8 and 9. Sleiman sought reassurances that U.S. military assistance [...]	2010-01-19 07:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC MASS KPAL KJUS ECPS SY IR LE
10BEIRUT51	GEMAYEL ON MARCH 14 [...] (C) Summary: Although March 14 leaders -- save Druze leader Walid Jumblatt -- continue to meet to discuss policy issues on a regular basis, Prime Minister Saad Hariri is pulling back from taking a March 14 leadership role given his new office, said Kataeb leader Amine Gemayel. Gemayel expres [...]	2010-01-19 08:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL SY LE
10BEIRUT61	AOUN HIGHLIGHTS FPM REFORM AGENDA FOR NEW [...] (C) Summary: Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun welcomed the Ambassador for a wide-ranging discussion on January 14 that focused on his party's reform platform. Eager to portray the FPM as a positive force, Aoun highlighted its program for energy sector reform and budget transpar [...]	2010-01-20 14:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PREF SOCI PINR ECON LE
10BEIRUT65	MARCH 14 PARTNERS STRUGGLE WITH NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Members of the March 14 coalition are now struggling to agree on how to mark their next significant event, the fifth commemoration of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination on February 14. Prime Minister Saad Hariri is reportedly hesitating to hold a major political r [...]	2010-01-21 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE SA
10BEIRUT66	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR GEN. JONESÂ´ VISIT TO LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor General Jim Jones explained to President Michel Sleiman, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi January 15 the U.S. administration,s intention to pursue additional sanctions ag [...]	2010-01-21 15:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MASS UNSC LE IS SY IR
10BEIRUT67	SPECIAL TRIBUNAL BEIRUT OFFICE REPORTS CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The work of the Beirut investigative team of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is progressing smoothly, according to Valerio Aquila, head of the STL's Office of the Prosecutor in Beirut. The recent high-profile resignations of senior STL staff in The Hague were expected and [...]	2010-01-21 16:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KJUS SY LE
10BEIRUT68	LEBANON: FY2010 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Introduction: In Lebanon, lack of fiscal transparency is more than a failure of the capacity of the state. It is at the center of a government system that is designed to be opaque so as to serve the interests of the leaders of the political class, rather than the needs of citizens (septel [...]	2010-01-21 17:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV KCOR LE
10BEIRUT72	NEW CABINET'S AGENDA AND EFFECTIVENESS STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Lebanese cabinet, which first met on December 21, has not resolved any substantive issues during the three sessions that have been held to date. All sides appear keen to avoid polarization in the cabinet following the late 2009 dispute over the wording of the ministerial [...]	2010-01-22 15:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE
10BEIRUT81	HEALTH MINISTER TOUTS MINISTRY'S COMMITMENT TO IPR [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Health Mohammad Khalifeh informed the Ambassador January 22 that earlier that morning he had worked with the chief prosecutor's office to issue arrest warrants for individuals involved in a counterfeit pharmaceutical smuggling ring. Proud of the ministry's accomplishm [...]	2010-01-27 14:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV KIPR KDEM PINR KPAL LE
10BEIRUT89	S/E MITCHELL RULES OUT FORCED NATURALIZATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell affirmed to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and Foreign Minister Ali Chami that the U.S. opposes the forced naturalization of Palestinians in Lebanon under any circumstance. During his Janua [...]	2010-01-29 08:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MEPP KPAL SY IS LE
10BEIRUT93	CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS: LEBANON WILL LOOK TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Environment Minister Mohammed Rahhal on January 28. Rahhal explained that the ministry was reviewing the language of the agreement and collaborating with other Arab League member countries to find a unified position. He expected that in the "comin [...]	2010-01-29 13:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KGHG SENV ENRG LE
10BEIRUT96	UNSCOL WILLIAMS ON UNIFIL INCIDENT, GHAJAR [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams shared with the Ambassador on January 27 a disturbing report of a January 23 act of aggression against a UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) foot patrol in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil involving an angry crowd an [...]	2010-01-29 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS PTER PINR IS SY LE
10BEIRUT99	PM HARIRI SETS SIGHTS ON TURKEY AS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his aides explained that Lebanon was seeking "strategic cooperation" with Turkey following the PM's January 10-12 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Turkish diplomats in Beirut confirmed that the Lebanon and Turkey signed six agreements, includi [...]	2010-02-01 09:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PINR MARR TU SY LE
10BELGRADE21	Ambassador's February 2 Meeting with Serbian Foreign [...] (C) During their first meeting on February 2, Foreign Minister Jeremic reinforced President Tadic's recent statements that 2010 would be the "Year of Solutions" for the Western Balkans. When pressed for details, however, the "solutions" appear linked to the expectation that other parties woul [...]	2010-02-05 13:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR BK KV HR MW US
10BELGRADE23	SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) In a February 2 conversation with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Sutanovac welcomed the opportunity for increased bilateral engagement and identified his top goals for 2010 as professionalization of the military, sending troops to peacekeeping operations in Lebanon and Cyprus, and increa [...]	2010-02-05 14:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SR KV
10BELGRADE35	SERBIA: FINGERPOINTING CONTINUES IN MAJOR ORGANIZED CRIME [...] (C) Serbian efforts to crack down on narcotics trafficking and organized crime have led to several arrests, including in the Operation Balkan Warrior case, which began with Serbian cooperation in seizing two tons of cocaine in October 2009. Montenegrin-born organized crime figure Darko Saric [...]	2010-02-24 17:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM SR MW
10BELMOPAN55	BELIZEAN PUBLIC IN AN UPROAR OVER FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A comment made by Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington following a meeting at the Organization of American States (OAS) has stirred widespread discontent among Belizean nationalists, NGO,s, and political leaders. Elrington was quoted as describing Belize,s border with Guatemala as [...]	2010-02-02 20:40:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL OAS BH GT
10BERLIN100	LEFT PARTY CHAIRMAN OSKAR LAFONTAINE BIDS FAREWELL [...] (C) Left Party Co-Chairman Oskar Lafontaine's January 23 resignation from the Bundestag and as party chair due to his battle with cancer has created an immediate leadership vacuum in The Left Party, leaving no one of similar stature to take over. His announcement has fueled speculation about [...]	2010-01-25 16:21:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
10BERLIN113	GERMANY WELCOMES POINTS ON NPT REVCON AND NSS, BUT [...] (SBU) German MFA desk officer for nuclear energy Joerg Polster welcomed Reftel points distinguishing the April Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) and the May Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT RevCon). These points, he said, will be helpful, for example, in responding to press [...]	2010-01-26 17:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EAID TRIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MUNC
10BERLIN128	ACTION REQUEST: OVERCOMING GERMAN DOUBTS ON U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) Embassy Berlin strongly recommends that the Washington Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) and data privacy experts currently scheduled to visit Brussels next week also visit Berlin to discuss TFTP and U.S. data privacy policy with German officials. Ge [...]	2010-01-29 06:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA
10BERLIN135	SUBJECT: GERMAN OBJECTION TO USG FILING ON CCW [...] (C) German MFA Arms Control Chief Peter Gottwald called PolCouns January 29 to make the USG aware of an "objection" that Germany and other European countries were filing relating to the January 2009 USG deposit of instruments of ratification of Protocol III (on use of incendiary weapons) of th [...]	2010-01-29 17:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR EUN GM
10BERLIN137	HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: DISESTABLISHMENT [...] (C) Reftel requested Embassy Berlin's assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding Navy plans to disestablish the Fleet Readiness Center Northwest Detachment Expeditionary Logistics Unit at Sembach (state of Rhineland Pfalz),Germany. 2. (C) Government Reaction. We do not expect a negati [...]	2010-02-01 09:59:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GM
10BERLIN138	MAXIMIZING GERMANY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-01 10:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
10BERLIN140	GERMANY SOLICITS US VIEWS ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Germany is in the process of defining its export control policy for highly-sensitive Australia Group (AG)-controlled items to foreign distributors and is seeking advice from US export control authorities. Specifically, Ge [...]	2010-02-01 14:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ECON ETTC PREL GM
10BERLIN144	IRANIAN COMMUNITY IN GERMANY FOCUSED ON HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Germany's Iranian exile community is focused on the Iranian government's human rights abuses and what they see as the lack of sufficient international response both from the U.S. and from the EU. In recent conversations with poloff Iranian exiles living in Germany expressed the [...]	2010-02-01 16:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR GM
10BERLIN147	IRANIAN IAEA PERM REP DEMANDS NEGOTIATIONS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a restricted high-level January 19 event organized by the Koeber Foundation, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iranian Permanent Representative to the IAEA argued that negotiations about Iran,s nuclear program remained the only constructive and promising approach to avoid further escal [...]	2010-02-02 16:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM
10BERLIN149	GERMANY OUTLINES GOALS FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Germany has two main objectives for the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) sherpa meeting in The Hague. Germany hopes to get closer to a consensus on the NSS communiqu and work plan and also would like to come to an agreement on a summit schedule that will please Merkel's Ch [...]	2010-02-02 16:55:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MUNC
10BERLIN150	GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON BA'ATHIST [...] (C) On January 29, poloffs delivered reftel demarche regarding the recent exclusion of Ba'athists in Iraqi elections to MFA office director for Iraq, Klemens Semtner. Semtner said that Germany shares our concerns and noted that the German Ambassador to Iraq had already flagged this issue durin [...]	2010-02-03 10:58:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PROP GM
10BERLIN153	DEFLATED EXPECTATIONS FOR MERKEL'S DREAM COALITION [...] (C) Summary: One hundred days after Germany's black-yellow coalition took office, a strong, unified government led by Chancellor Merkel has yet to materialize. The much anticipated "dream coalition" comprised of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU),its Bavarian sister the Christian Social Uni [...]	2010-02-03 16:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON GM
10BERLIN157	DEFENSE MINISTER ZU GUTTENBERG REVEALS STRUGGLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Minister zu Guttenberg revealed in a February 3 meeting with Ambassador Murphy that coalition partner FM Westerwelle -- not the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) -- had been the single biggest obstacle to the government seeking a bigger increase in German troops [...]	2010-02-04 16:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
10BERLIN164	WESTERWELLE ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, TAC NUKES [...] (C) German FM Westerwelle told Amb February 5 that it was important to refocus Afghanistan efforts on civilian reconstruction; that we needed to avoid suggesting German troops engaged in less risk than other countries; that he did not invite Iranian FM Mottaki to Germany or seek a meeting wit [...]	2010-02-05 15:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA MARR NATO PARM PINS PREL PGOV GM AF IR
10BERLIN165	GERMANY TO RAISE CONCERNS DURING IRAN UNIVERSAL [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with MFA Iran Desk Thomas Henzschel and MFA Human Rights Office Georg Klussmann February 4 to discuss Germany's approach to the upcoming February 15 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Iran in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) (reftel points were delivered January 26 t [...]	2010-02-05 16:14:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR GM
10BERLIN175	TEHRAN: OPEN FOR BUSINESS; POLICE ON CHARM [...] (C) Summary: A European Iran analyst, who travels frequently to Iran, recently returned to Germany from a three-week trip to Tehran during which he met with contacts and attended an Institute for Politics and International Studies (IPIS) sponsored conference in mid January. He noted that th [...]	2010-02-11 12:21:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR GM
10BERLIN176	INTERIOR MINISTER VIEWS ON TFTP, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Federal Interior Minister de Maiziere told the Ambassador that the Chancellor and he were personally contacting German European Parliamentarians to obtain their support for the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) interim agreement in the run up to the February 11 EP vote. T [...]	2010-02-11 15:12:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV MARR AFDB AFIN GM
10BERLIN180	CHANCELLOR MERKEL ANGERED BY LACK OF GERMAN MEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel is privately angry over the lack of support German members of the European Parliament gave the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) interim agreement and is worried that Washington will view the EP's veto as a sign that Europe does not take the terrorist threat s [...]	2010-02-12 17:09:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN PGOV PREL PINR ETTC EAIR EFIN KCRM
10BERLIN181	GERMANY RELIEVED BY EU SUMMIT OUTCOME ON GREECE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chancellor Angela Merkel's government welcomed the decision taken at the EU's February 11 informal summit in Brussels not to provide financial assistance, for the moment, to cash-strapped Greece. German officials believe a bailout is not needed at this time, and that extending a [...]	2010-02-12 19:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN ECON PREL EUN GM GR PGOV
10BERLIN184	FDP DIZZY FROM IDENTITY CRISIS AND COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Will Merkel defend Westerwelle? The German media wants to know. After one hundred days in office, poignant questions are percolating as to how prepared the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) is to govern the country within the current coalition. The FDP has suffered a major d [...]	2010-02-16 16:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GM
10BERLIN187	FDP SQUISHINESS ON IRAN SANCTIONS AND TFTP [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted lunch on February 8 for Free Democratic Party (FDP) Bundestag members to discuss party politics (see reftel) and foreign policy. The FDP has plummeted dramatically (50%) in the polls and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (FDP) has been unable to leverage the MFA as [...]	2010-02-17 16:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR AF GM
10BERLIN189	ATHENA -- THE GERMAN GODDESS OF BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bremen-based OHB-System is seeking a partnership with "like-minded" countries to develop and deploy a ballistic missile (BM) early warning/tracking satellite constellation, dubbed Athena, conceptually capable of accurately tracking northern latitude missiles from early launch thr [...]	2010-02-18 12:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR RS CH GM
10BERLIN197	GERMAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANSF TRAINING [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered ref A points to MOD State Secretary Ruediger Wolf and MFA Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig in separate meetings on February 18, encouraging Germany to clarify at the February 23 NATO/ISAF Force Generation Conference what specific NATO req [...]	2010-02-19 17:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
10BERLIN198	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA [...] (U) Post delivered points from both reftels to deputy MFA European Correspondent Hans-Peter Jugel on February 19. EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA 2. (C) In response to our reaffirmation of U.S. opposition to a lifting of the EU arms embargo against China, Jugel distanced Germany from Spanis [...]	2010-02-19 17:14:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM NATO EUN GM CH IR HA UP
10BERLIN204	GERMANY DOWNBEAT ON MOVING PAKISTAN AT CONFERENCE [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Office Director for Nuclear Arms Control, Stefan Kordasch on February 18. Kordasch said that Germany had already met with Pakistani officials to assuage their concerns about being strong-armed at the CD -- reminding them that no CD agreement c [...]	2010-02-22 15:47:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL PK GM
10BERLIN214	IRAN SANCTIONS: GERMANY FULLY SUPPORTIVE BUT [...] (C) On February 23, Emboffs delivered reftel points on IRGC designations to MFA and Economics Ministry officials. Martin Lutz of the Economics Ministry made it clear that Germany is supportive of the next round of sanctions and is on board with targeting the IRGC. He expressed appreciation fo [...]	2010-02-25 12:49:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM
10BERLIN216	GERMANY ON-BOARD TO CLAMP DOWN ON IRANIAN SHIPPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany supports sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) along with its affiliates and views denying Iran access to insurance/reinsurance as an excellent vehicle to do so. On February 23, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to the German Ministries o [...]	2010-02-25 16:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL UK IR FR GM
10BERLIN217	GERMANS APPEAR SET TO ABSTAIN ON PALESTINIAN [...] (C) POLOFF delivered the reftel demarche to the German MFA UN Human Rights Section, Herr Georg Klussmann. Klussmann said that based on the Palestinian's current draft resolution, which no longer calls for a date for the Swiss to convene a conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth [...]	2010-02-25 17:18:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	IO PHUM UNGA GM
10BERLIN218	GERMAN DEPUTY NSA BELIEVES TIMING COULD UNDERMINE [...] (C) Begin Summary. During a February 12 meeting with U/S Defense Flournoy, German Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel said he was doubtful that allies could reach agreement on the issue of territorial defense in time to make a final decision at the NATO Summit in Lisbon. Specifically, [...]	2010-02-26 08:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO GM
10BERLIN224	GERMANY REQUESTS CLARIFICATION ON U.S. [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) Germany has requested clarification regarding visits to German firms by U.S. officials under the framework of various USG export control End-Use-Monitoring (EUM) programs, including the Department of State Blue Lantern, the Departm [...]	2010-02-26 15:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC GM
10BERLIN227	GERMAN GOVERNMENT SUCCEEDS IN WINNING LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. An overwhelming majority of opposition Social Democrats (SPD) joined the government parties on February 26 in supporting a new one-year mandate for the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan, which increases the authorized troop ceiling by 850 (including a 350-soldier reserve). SPD Caucus Le [...]	2010-02-26 17:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
10BERLIN25	BUNDESTAG TO EXAMINE CIA/BLACKWATER ASSASSINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 27 the Bundestag Interior Affairs Committee will examine allegations that a CIA team tracked a suspected al-Qaida supporter in Hamburg and planned to assassinate him before eventually aborting the mission. The story originated from a recent Vanity Fair article on Black [...]	2010-01-08 12:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV GM
10BERLIN37	BERLIN SENATE ADMINISTRATION DEFENDS DECISION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Division Director for Foreigner Issues at the Berlin Senate Administration for Interior Issues and Sport, Peter Marhofer, firmly defended his office's denial of residency permits for two AmCit Scientologists to Embassy PolOff on both technical grounds and based on their Scientol [...]	2010-01-12 11:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL
10BERLIN38	LONDON CONFERENCE: GERMANY TO FOCUS ON POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Westerwelle intends to emphasize the importance of civilian police training at the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan and announce that Germany is willing to increase its contributions in this area. Although the inter-agency has yet to finalize the speci [...]	2010-01-13 06:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PTER PGOV PREL AFDB AF GM
10BERLIN42	SPD CHAIR GABRIEL SAYS NO SPD MAJORITY FOR MORE [...] (C) Summary: Social Democratic Party Chair Sigmar Gabriel told the Ambassador in a January 12 meeting that building stability in Afghanistan before troop reductions begin in 2011 will require greater attention to training Afghan troops and police, and that sending more combat troops is not as [...]	2010-01-13 17:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF GM
10BERLIN43	OHB ECLIPSES ASTRIUM FOR GALILEO CONTRACT BUT BOTH END UP WINNERS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-14 16:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR UK GM
10BERLIN53	GERMANY BOOSTS ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany is poised to ramp up its civilian reconstruction and development assistance to Afghanistan by two-thirds over last year, bringing its 2010 total to 430 million euros ($620 million). Additional funding would go towards rural development projects in the north. This consid [...]	2010-01-15 11:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL AF GM PK
10BERLIN62	GERMANY STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. VIEWS ON TRANSITION [...] (C) Post delivered ref A points to MFA AF/PAK Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig on January 15, emphasizing the U.S. hope that NATO's progress in developing a plan for provincial transition could be highlighted as a deliverable at the January 28 London Conference. Koenig, just back from pre- [...]	2010-01-15 17:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
10BERLIN65	GERMAN MOD READY TO CONCLUDE BILATERAL MOU ON [...] (C) After consulting with MFA, post delivered reftel points and a copy of the draft bilateral MOU on January 15 to COL Harald Gante, the head of the Afghanistan Team on the MOD's Joint Commitments Staff. Gante confirmed that the MOD is the right interlocutor on the German side to negotiate the [...]	2010-01-19 14:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
10BERLIN68	GERMANY PLANS NO INDIVIDUAL COMPENSATION PAYMENTS [...] (C) MOD and Chancellery officials have assured us that Germany will be very prudent and follow established precedents in addressing demands for compensation by the families of civilians allegedly killed in a September 4 air strike ordered by the German PRT Kunduz commander against two hijacked [...]	2010-01-19 19:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM
10BERLIN69	CHANCELLOR EMPHASIZES NEED FOR BROAD POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The internal German debate regarding a possible increase in German troops in Afghanistan after the January 28 London Conference is back on a positive trajectory now that government concerns about the planned inflow of U.S. forces into the north have been largely dispelled. Defense [...]	2010-01-19 19:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
10BERLIN79	GERMAN ECONOMICS MINISTER: SMALL IS GOOD [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 17:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND GM PGOV
10BERLIN81	GERMAN MFA HOPE IRAN SANCTIONS TARGET LEADERS NOT MASSES [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-21 11:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM
10BERLIN82	GERMANY SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany intends to inscribe and associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord within the context of the European Union before the January 31st deadline, and the government has begun to encourage third countries to do the same. However, some German officials continue to publicly ex [...]	2010-01-21 12:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GM SENV KGHG AG CH

10BERLIN85	GERMAN ECONOMICS MINISTER: SMALL IS GOOD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Germany's new Minister for Economics and Technology, Rainer Bruederle (Free Democratic Party - FDP),is a strong proponent of the market economy with a policy agenda focused on strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and competition. His principled stand against f [...]	2010-01-21 16:22:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND GM PGOV
10BERLIN86	GERMAN VIEWS ON JANUARY 25 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on January 18 and followed up with him on January 20. 2. (C) On Iran, Fluegger said Germany supported all the U.S. points, with the exception of the one calling for the EU to repeat that it stands ready to "acco [...]	2010-01-22 11:09:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN IR BK SO AF UP GM
10BERLIN87	SPD PARLIAMENTARIANS WILLING TO CONTEMPLATE TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Parliamentarians from the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) indicated privately to the Ambassador that under the right circumstances, they might support a modest increase of German troops in Afghanistan. They also promised to remain "serious" on Afghanistan even though the [...]	2010-01-22 11:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
10BERLIN93	SPECULATION THAT EADS MAY GET OUT OF THE SATELLITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a mid-level EADS-Astrium manager, Tom Walati, the European Aerospace Defense and Space Company (EADS) may elect to sell off its EADS-Astrium Satellites subsidiary if its fortunes do not change in bidding for lucrative European satellite contracts. This drastic measur [...]	2010-01-25 12:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR UK GM
10BERLIN95	GERMAN AMB. IN IRAN: TRANSITION TO "NORMAL" [...] (C) Summary: Germany's new Ambassador to Iran, Bernd Erbel noted that he had not been warmly received by the Iranian government and that most European diplomats are finding the environment in Tehran increasingly difficult to work in. His impression after his first two and a half months was [...]	2010-01-25 13:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GPGOV IR GM
10BERLIN99	GERMANY AND THE EU ON IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (C) German MFA Iran Task Force Director Krueger told poloff January 21 that during the mid-January EU PSC meeting Germany proposed a motion calling on all EU capitals to demarche Iranian Ambassadors in EU capitals on Iran's Human Rights violations. Krueger said the Greeks were the first to c [...]	2010-01-25 16:15:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR GM
10BERN48	U/S HORMATS REVIEWS BILATERAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS \ [...] (U) January 25 at 11:00 am; Zurich \ \ 2. (U) Participants: \ \ U.S. \ \ U/S Robert Hormats, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and \ Agricultural Affairs \ Amb. Donald Beyer, US Ambassador to Switzerland \ Alex Whittington, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary \ Richard Rorvig, Bern Em [...]	2010-02-04 17:31:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD SZ
10BERN76	CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT (CD)/FMCT: SWISS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Friedrich said that Switzerland is very frustrated [...]	2010-02-25 16:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL SZ
10BERN77	SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING: [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, who is the FDFA's coordinator for IAEA issues, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Refe [...]	2010-02-25 16:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IAEA MNUC SY SZ
10BERN78	EXPLAINING U.S. POLICY ON IRAN'S TEHRAN RESEARCH [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Praz asked about the Iranian proposal for a simulta [...]	2010-02-25 16:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR SZ
10BERN79	CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT (CD)/FMCT: SWISS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Friedrich said that Switzerland is very frustrated [...]	2010-02-25 16:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL SZ
10BERN80	SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING: [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, who is the FDFA's coordinator for IAEA issues, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Refe [...]	2010-02-25 16:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IAEA MNUC SY SZ
10BERN81	EXPLAINING U.S. POLICY ON IRAN'S TEHRAN RESEARCH [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Praz asked about the Iranian proposal for a simulta [...]	2010-02-25 16:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR SZ
10BERN82	CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT (CD)/FMCT: SWISS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Friedrich said that Switzerland is very frustrated [...]	2010-02-25 16:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL SZ
10BERN83	SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING: [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message on February 24 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich's deputy, Jean-Daniel Praz, who is the FDFA's coordinator for IAEA issues, joined the meeting. 2. (C) Refe [...]	2010-02-25 16:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IAEA MNUC SY SZ
10BISHKEK10	KYRGYZSTAN'S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLANS [...] (C) Summary: The Kyrgyz Government plans to make large investments in its electricity infrastructure over the next few years in order to increase generation capacity, create an electricity transmission system that would be potentially independent of its neighbors, and upgrade its distribution [...]	2010-01-06 08:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL KG
10BISHKEK113	SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Bishkek welcomes the visit of Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard C. Holbrooke to Kyrgyzstan on February 19. Your visit comes at a timely period as the U.S.-Kyrgyzstan relationship has experienced positive momentum since the signing of the new agreement for [...]	2010-02-16 07:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
10BISHKEK114	KYRGYZ DEMOCRACY, OR POLITICAL THEATER: PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES A NATIONAL KURULTAI [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-16 08:23:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KG PGOV PREL
10BISHKEK37	PRESIDENT BAKIYEV OUTLINES A NEW FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In two separate speeches during the last week of December, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev voiced the need for a new Kyrgyz foreign policy doctrine better suited to the country,s current challenges, and vowed to continue with a series of large-scale reforms initiated in 2009. W [...]	2010-01-12 07:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
10BISHKEK38	FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS [...] (SBU) On January 11, the Bishkek Garrison Military Court sentenced former Minister of Defense, Presidential candidate, and political insider, Ismail Isakov, to eight years in prison at a maximum security prison. Isakov was convicted of corruption, including illegally transferring to his son an [...]	2010-01-12 08:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
10BISHKEK5	KYRGYZSTAN: BALYKCHY DEFENDANTS GUILTY - ANOTHER [...] (SBU) On December 25, the city court of Balykchy, a city two hours east of Bishkek, sentenced four Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan supporters to four years in prison and another 15 individuals to several years probation in connection with post-presidential election protests. All the def [...]	2010-01-04 09:27:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
10BISHKEK51	TRANSIT CENTER RENEWAL AND U.S. COMMITMENTS LOOM [...] (U) See para 18 for action requests. 2. (C) Summary: The U.S. must inform the Government of Kyrgyzstan of its intent to renew the Transit Center agreement for another year by April 14. Since the agreement went into effect in July 2009, U.S.-Kyrgyzstan relations have improved significant [...]	2010-01-20 10:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
10BISHKEK68	KYRGYZSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On January 22, the Ambassador discussed the humanitarian crisis in Haiti (reftel points) with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Sarbayev. Sarbayev noted that he had been in China on an official visit when the earthquake occurred. Nonetheless, he had sent condolences to the Haitian government and [...]	2010-01-27 04:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID ECON HA KG
10BISHKEK7	KYRGYZSTAN DRAMATICALLY INCREASES ENERGY PRICES [...] (C) Starting January 1, the Kyrgyz Government more than doubled the prices for electricity, central heating and hot water, and the prices are scheduled to rise again in July. Kyrgyzstan's state-owned electricity and central heating systems have been starved for revenue for several years due t [...]	2010-01-05 07:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG SOCI PGOV KG
10BISHKEK71	KYRGYZ OMBUDSMAN BLAMES SECURITY SERVICES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kyrgyz Ombudsman for Human Rights Tursunbek Akun said in a meeting with the Ambassador that he was very concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in Kyrgyzstan. He asserted that the Kyrgyz State National Security Service (SNB) was responsible for the death o [...]	2010-01-29 03:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KG
10BISHKEK82	KYRGYZSTAN'S TRIALS: WAITING FOR EVIDENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial of six people charged with starting an ethnic riot in the village of Petrovka continues to grind forward. Witness after witness denies that the defendants were inciting the riot, and many say that the three prominent activists on trial were trying to stop it. The p [...]	2010-02-02 08:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KG
10BISHKEK84	KYRGYZSTAN SEEKS SIGNS FROM THE U.S. OF LONG-TERM [...] (C) Action request para. 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic is actively reviewing the state of its relationships with the U.S., Russia, and China, seeking a balance which would best serve its interests. A key concern of our interlocutors is what role the U.S. inten [...]	2010-02-02 10:04:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KG
10BISHKEK86	MAXIM BAKIYEV'S DEBUT ON THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Maxim Bakiyev made his international debut leading an official delegation to China. He returned home triumphant, at least at first glance, with several signed agreements, including one on Chinese financing for the construction of a trans-Kyrgyzstan power transmission line. Howev [...]	2010-02-03 02:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
10BISHKEK91	KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS ICG VISA [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting, Ambassador Gfoeller and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbayev discussed the denial of a visa extension to the International Crisis Group's Central Asia Project Director Paul Quinn-Judge by the MFA. The Ambassador expressed concern at the decision and no [...]	2010-02-05 08:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KG
10BISHKEK96	HEAD OF KYRGYZ SECRETARIAT CLAIMS RFE/RL FOSTERS [...] (C) Summary: In a friendly lunch at the Ambassador's residence, Oksana Malevanaya, the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, reiterated her opposition to RFE/Radio Azzatyk, claiming that their programs are anti-government, anti-Christian, and promote intolerance to the edge of anti-Semitism [...]	2010-02-08 06:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KG
10BOGOTA115	DRUMMOND FIRES WORKERS FOR ILLEGAL STRIKE [...] (SBU) U.S. mining company Drummond has begun the process of firing the majority of the National Mining and Energy Industry Workers' Union's (SINTRAMIENERGETICA) 35-member board of directors due to the union's illegal strike in March 2009. SINTRAMIENERGETICA leaders have urged a negotiated solut [...]	2010-02-01 14:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
10BOGOTA125	SUPREME COURT INCHING TOWARDS DECISION ON PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) On January 28 the Supreme Court convened a session to vote on a new Prosecutor General (Fiscal General),though it failed to reach the required votes to make a selection and will reconvene February 4. The move suggests that the Court has abandoned its argument that President Uribe's "ter [...]	2010-02-02 14:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CO
10BOGOTA145	Third Uribe Term Increasingly Likely [...] (C) President Uribe took another step toward a third term with his January 20 decision to adhere to restrictions designed to level the playing field between an incumbent president and his/her competitors. As expected, the Inspector General recommended January 12 that the Constitutional Court a [...]	2010-02-03 21:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PINR PHUM CO
10BOGOTA151	CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF NN BODIES, BUT NO MASS GRAVE [...] (C) Spanish and American press published stories January 28 and 29 announcing the discovery of a mass grave in the township of Macarena, Meta which reportedly contained 2,000 unidentified victims of forced disappearance by the Colombian military since 2005. We have not discovered any informat [...]	2010-02-04 18:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
10BOGOTA177	COLOMBIAN EXPORTS TO VENEZUELA FALL OFF A CLIFF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The last six months of 2009 saw a dramatic decrease in Colombia's exports to Venezuela. Any exports that require administrative permits or preferential exchange rate dollars have virtually dried up. The GOC speculates that smuggling has spiked and holds out little hope for a bi [...]	2010-02-08 20:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECIN ECON PREL CO
10BOGOTA217	"FTA WITH U.S. IS BLOCKING COLOMBIA'S GLOBAL TRADE POLICY," [...] (C) SUMMARY. Colombian Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata told us the lack of U.S. Congressional action on the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) is hampering Colombian efforts to integrate into the world economy and in particular threatening pending accords with Canada and the E [...]	2010-02-11 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL ELAB EAIR PGOV CO
10BOGOTA245	Santos Eager to Assume Uribe's Mantle, but Uribe Still [...] (C) The reelection referendum rollercoaster rolls on. Constitutional Court Judge Humberto Sierra's draft decision declaring the referendum unconstitutional initially led many observes to predict the referendum would not be held. This perception was fueled by President Uribe's meetings with pot [...]	2010-02-12 21:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PINR PHUM CO
10BOGOTA287	UNHCHR REP BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON INTELLIGENCE PURGING [...] (C) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Chief of Mission Christian Salazar briefed the Ambassador on the results of a delegation of Colombian intelligence officials to Germany in early February to observe safeguards and procedures for protecting citizens from abuse of inf [...]	2010-02-17 19:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PHUM UN CO
10BOGOTA291	PRIVATE PLAINTIFFS CHALLENGE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF DCA [...] (C) On February 12, officials from the Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD) informed us that private plaintiffs filed two separate petitions with the Constitutional Court dated November 12, 2009, challenging the constitutionality of the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). The pla [...]	2010-02-17 21:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV MCAP PTER PHUM CO
10BOGOTA293	SHARP DECLINE IN INTERNAL DISPLACEMENTS, CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (C) The Colombian Government (GOC) and local NGO Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES) both reported new internal displacements declined, 47% and 24% respectively, in 2009. The GOC attributed the decline to consolidated state presence, reduced violence from the conflict, and b [...]	2010-02-17 22:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KJUS MOPS CO
10BOGOTA307	JUSTICE IN CRISIS: SUPREME COURT ORDER TO REPLACE [...] (C) A Supreme Court ruling on February 4 touched off mass firings at the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) when the Court gave Acting Prosecutor General Guillermo Mendoza 15 days to comply with the results of a November 2007 written exam, which was sponsored by the EU and intended to profe [...]	2010-02-19 17:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS CO
10BOGOTA309	SECOND EXTRADITION DENIAL ON GROUNDS OF JUSTICE AND PEACE [...] (SBU) The Supreme Court denied the extradition request for former United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) leader Edwar Cobos Tellez (alias "Diego Vecino") on the grounds that it would compromise the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) and leave victims without recourse to truth and reparations re [...]	2010-02-19 17:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL PTER SNAR CO
10BOGOTA323	SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN WIRETAPPING SCANDAL, BUT MOST [...] (SBU) Vice Prosecutor General Fernando Pareja told Poloff on February 10 that the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) continues to progress with four concurrent cases involving former Administrative Department of Security (DAS) employees implicated in illegal wiretapping and intelligence gat [...]	2010-02-22 21:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PTER CO
10BOGOTA327	ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES LODGED AGAINST PALACE AIDE, DAS [...] (U) In a follow-up to developments concerning the illegal wiretapping scandal reported in Reftel A, on February 22 Inspector General (Procurador) Alejandro Ordonez announced disciplinary charges against several Colombian government officials. Among the notables, Inspector General Alejandro Ord [...]	2010-02-23 23:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
10BOGOTA333	Specter of "Parapolitics" Hangs Over March Congressional [...] (C) The "parapolitica" scandal severely damaged the 2006-10 Colombian Congress' legitimacy and ability to stand as an independent and productive branch of government (90 members were implicated for collaboration with paramilitaries). The Supreme Court is investigating these cases and has recen [...]	2010-02-24 16:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KJUS KCRM CO
10BOGOTA349	VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS SHOWS UPDWARD TREND [...] (SBU) Violence against indigenous people trended upward in 2009 largely based on several massacres of Awa tribe members in the Department of Narino in southwest Colombia. The Government of Colombia (GOC) maintains indigenous groups are not being intentionally targeted based on their ethnicity, [...]	2010-02-26 14:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CO
10BOGOTA361	COURT RULES URIBE THIRD TERM REFERENDUM UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled February 26 that the constitutional amendment process to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for an unprecedented (and controversial) third term could not legally go forward. The Court -- reportedly by a 7-2 vote -- specifically cited flawe [...]	2010-02-26 23:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CO
10BOGOTA75	IICA SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO COUNTER BLAME ACCUSATIONS FOR [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Representatives of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA),a branch of the OAS, met with Emboffs on January 21 to refute what they see as a Colom [...]	2010-01-22 23:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PREL OAS PGOV CO
10BOGOTA91	OPPOSITION CANDIDATE PARDO DISCUSSES ELECTIONS AND BILATERAL [...] (C) Liberal Party Director and presidential candidate Rafael Pardo predicted that: the Uribe coalition would maintain its congressional majority in the March 14 election, independent Sergio Fajardo would have a tough time winning the presidency due to a lack of congressional support, President [...]	2010-01-27 13:22:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON PTER PINR CO VE CU
10BOGOTA97	International Donors Signal Future Support for Consolidation [...] (C) On January 19, the Embassy's Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) working group hosted officials from the Dutch, German and Canadian Embassies to discuss CSDI, Colombia's National Consolidation Plan (PNC) and the status of support from those Embassies for the PNC. The chief con [...]	2010-01-27 19:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER EAID SNAR CO CA GM NL
10BRASILIA15	CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS: BRAZIL WILL INSCRIBE ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) will inscribe the mitigation actions it previously announced under the Copenhagen Accord by January 31, 2010, according to both Ministry of External Relations' Under Secretary for Policy Vera Machado and Vice Minister of the Environment Izabella Tei [...]	2010-01-21 19:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG BR
10BRASILIA19	SENIOR BRAZIL OFFICIALS PRAISE COOPERATION, SEEK CLOSER [...] (C) In separate meetings with the Charge on January 22, Chief of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) General Staff Admiral Joao Afonso Prado Maia de Faria ("ADM Prado Maia") and Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary for Latin America Antonio Simoes both said they saw no conflict between the United S [...]	2010-01-22 22:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MASS BR HA
10BRASILIA29	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON IRAN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] (C) The Human Rights Department at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) responded favorably to the approach outlined in reftel A of using Iran's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in the Human Rights Council (HRC) to pressure Iran on its human rights performance. MRE Department Deput [...]	2010-01-28 19:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM PREL
10BRASILIA3	FX2 at the End of 2009 [...] (C) As 2009 comes to end, Brazil's FX2 competition remains undecided. It had been expected that President Lula would make a decision before the end of the year, so as to be able to complete the sale during his tenure. Practically speaking, however, even if a Presidential decision were to be [...]	2010-01-05 19:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MASS BR
10BRASILIA33	MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT ON ITS [...] (C) ChargC) delivered the reftel demarche Jabnuary 29 to Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Vera Machado. Machado asked if the USG and P5+1 partners were seeking additional sanctions against Iran at the present time and if the issue had been placed o [...]	2010-01-29 20:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IR UNSC BR
10BRASILIA43	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT LULA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Shannon presented his credentials to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on February 4. Lula indicated his continuing interest in building a strong relationship with President Obama and his desire for active engagement aimed at developing the enormous potenti [...]	2010-02-09 10:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP HA BR
10BRASILIA49	BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: DILMA ROUSSEFF COMES UP [...] (C) Summary. Late January polling indicates that likely Workers' Party (PT) presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's chosen successor, has closed much of the gap with front-running opposition Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) candidate Jose Serra, and now trails by less t [...]	2010-02-13 18:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BR
10BRASILIA5	Brazil: Foreign Policy as an Emerging Campaign Issue [...] (C) Summary. With both sides unwilling to promote distinctive alternatives to prevailing economic policy in a pre-election environment, Brazil's two principal rival parties - President Lula's Worker's Party (PT) and front-running presidential candidate Jose Serra's Brazilian Social Democratic [...]	2010-01-08 16:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BR SU VE CO
10BRASILIA51	Ambassador Shannon's Meeting with MOD Jobim [...] (C) 1. (C) During Ambassador Shannon's introductory call February 5, Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim described the overall bilateral security relationship as strong and transparent. He said he favored expanding it this year, first through a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),then throug [...]	2010-02-18 13:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS BR MASS
10BRASILIA53	BRAZIL: UPDATE ON EFFORTS AND FUTURE PLANS IN HAITI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials coordinating Brazil's post-earthquake assistance to Haiti listed for PolOffs Brazil's humanitarian donations, gave an update on February 8 on the deployment of Brazilian troops to Haiti, and laid out Brazil's plan for transitioning [...]	2010-02-18 17:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MASS BR HA
10BRASILIA55	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, CN, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Institutional Security Office (GSI) Minister General Jorge Felix shared with Ambassador Shannon on February 9 Brazil's top security concerns, which include: assistance and cooperation in Haiti; increased drug trafficking in the region and consumption in Brazil; and security for the [...]	2010-02-18 21:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PTER SNAR ASEC BR BL HA DHS KOLY
10BRASILIA59	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH MRE UNDER SECRETARIES FOR [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Ambassador Shannon February 9, MRE Under Secretaries for Political Affairs I Vera Machado and Political Affairs II Roberto Jaguaribe both focused on concerns that Iranian domestic issues would make a solution to the nuclear issues difficult to achieve. [...]	2010-02-19 22:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR CH BR
10BRASILIA61	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. During separate meetings at the Presidential Palace, Foreign Policy Advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia and Presidential Chief of Staff Gilberto Carvalho discussed with Ambassador Shannon their interest in working together on a range of regional and global issues, including Honduras, Ve [...]	2010-02-19 23:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XM BR
10BRASILIA7	BRAZIL: FOREIGN MINISTRY EAGER TO LAUNCH NEXT PHASE OF [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Celso Amorim broke with normal protocol and practice and met with Ambassador Shannon January 8, only hours after the Ambassador had arrived in country. Amorim welcomed the Ambassador's arrival, lamented the drawn out confirmation process, and said he was eager to [...]	2010-01-11 11:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
10BRASILIA9	Brazil Has Not Addressed Amcit Cases with Iran [...] (C) The Government of Brazil has not discussed with the Government of Iran the cases of the six American citizens detained or missing in Iran. Reftel was delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Itamaraty) Iran desk officer Roberto Salome (currently acting head of the Iran/Central Asia [...]	2010-01-11 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CASC BR IR
10BRATISLAVA20	SLOVAKIA SEES EYE-TO-EYE ON ISAF TRANSITION MESSAGING [...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA official Radovan Javorcik, whose newly-expanded directorate includes the U.S. and several countries of the Middle East, as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan. Javorcik agreed on the importance of a unified message underscoring international su [...]	2010-01-19 15:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO AF LO
10BRATISLAVA41	SLOVAKS AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF PUTTING REAL PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Charge d'affaires made reftel demarche to Slovak MFA Political Director Slobodnik on January 29. Slobodnik appreciated the U.S. points, noting that they reinforced Under Secretary Burns' recent session with EU political directors in Spain. Slobodnik said the Slovaks fully understood that [...]	2010-01-29 14:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC IR LO
10BRATISLAVA48	SLOVAKIA READIES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CAPPING NATIONAL DEBT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Slovak cabinet is poised to approve a constitutional law capping the public debt at 50% of GDP and reforming government accounting in order to limit the ability of future administrations to "cook the books." The proposals are an effort by Finance Minister Jan Pociatek to box-i [...]	2010-02-02 13:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PREL LO
10BRATISLAVA6	HARABIN UNBOWED BY GROWING CRITICISM OF JUDICIARY [...] (U) Summary. Despite a public plea from over Slovak judges to address problems in the Slovak judiciary, including the prevalent use of suspensions for judges accused of minor infractions, and the willingness of key GOS officials to discuss the judiciary with foreign interlocutors, Chief Just [...]	2010-01-08 15:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM LO
10BRATISLAVA60	BALANCING THE UNBALANCEABLE: VOLLEBAEK'S EFFORTS TO MONITOR [...] (C) Summary: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Bratislava on February 8 to meet with Slovak officials and minority representatives to discuss the implementation phase of the newly-amended Slovak State Language Act (ref a). Although Vollebaek told members of B [...]	2010-02-11 11:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL LO HU
10BRATISLAVA7	EXPLOSIVES BLUNDER REVERBERATES; FACTS REMAINS MURKY [...] (U) Summary. As much of the world now knows, a January 2 airport security exercise in Poprad, Slovakia, went terribly awry. Slovak police had placed a 100-gram sample of RDX explosives in the bag of a Slovak citizen traveling to his residence in Dublin to test detection capabilities. Ap [...]	2010-01-08 16:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR EI LO
10BRATISLAVA80	SLOVAK PRIME MINISTER FICO ADVANCES H1N1 CONSPIRACY THEORY [...] (C) Calling the H1N1 influenza pandemic a "game of pharmaceutical companies," Prime Minister Robert Fico declared this week that he "doesn't believe in swine flu" and will not get vaccinated. This is just the latest in a series of occasionally paranoid conspiracy theories asserted by Fico in [...]	2010-02-25 15:21:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KFLU CASC LO
10BRATISLAVA81	SLOVAKS DOUBT EU ARMS EMBARGO OF CHINA WILL BE LIFTED [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Martin Podstavek, China Desk Officer of the Slovak MFA. Podstavek said that Slovakia is not one of the most "pro-China" countries within the EU, though there have been several recent high-level visits which have focused primarily on expanding economic co [...]	2010-02-25 15:44:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CH EUN LO
10BRIDGETOWN17	BARBADOS PLEDGES CONTINUED SUPPORT TO COUNTER-DRUG [...] (U) Public comments made by Prime Minister Thompson and Opposition Leader Mia Mottley regarding the need to continue supporting regional counter-narcotics efforts through the Barbados-based Regional Security System (RSS) exemplified Barbados' unified stance on the issue and its commitment to co [...]	2010-01-19 19:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS SNAR XL
10BRIDGETOWN19	Rearranging the Dominos in Dominica's Cabinet [...] (C) Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced his new cabinet at an event in the National Stadium on the 4th of January. Fifteen ministerial positions will be parsed out among 18 MPs, almost half of whom are new to government. Skerrit added Foreign Affairs and Information Technology [...]	2010-01-23 00:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL XL
10BRIDGETOWN23	St. Kitts and Nevis Labor Party Wins Historic Fourth [...] (C) The St. Kitts and Nevis Labor Party (SKNLP) won six of the eight seats available to them in the Federal Elections on St. Christopher, giving them a majority of the seats in the federal parliament for an unprecedented fourth consecutive term. Opposition People's Action Movement (PAM) Lea [...]	2010-01-29 19:15:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR XL
10BRIDGETOWN27	VINCENTIAN PM GONSALVES THREATENS MEDIA OUTLET, CIVIL [...] (C) In what has become a standard political bully tactic, St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has lobbed threats of legal action at a local radio station sympathetic to the main opposition party, a London-based campaign strategizing firm working with the Opposition, and a civil society a [...]	2010-02-19 18:02:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN XL
10BRIDGETOWN35	PM King: Rising Crime Threatens St. Lucia's Expanding [...] (C) St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King told the Charge in a February 10 meeting that his government is struggling to stem the tide of violent crime that has begun to adversely affect the country's vital but vulnerable tourism sector. He is hiring more police, weeding out corruption in t [...]	2010-02-24 17:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MASS SNAR XL
10BRUSSELS106	EMBASSY CONTINUES VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN OF AWARENESS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Brussels, and particularly Ambassador Gutman, have intensified their efforts to raise Belgian public and official awareness, understanding and support for the President's strategy on Afghanistan since the new year. The strategy has included a vigorous round of media interv [...]	2010-01-27 16:03:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV EAID BE AF
10BRUSSELS109	EU: WHAT IS "MAINSTREAMING" WOMEN'S ISSUES AND HOW [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Secretary's priority to integrate women's issues into the broader work of the Department coincides with an effort by the European Union to mainstream gender issues into its own external relations. Towards this end, the EU is currently circulating an internal action plan th [...]	2010-01-27 19:06:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN MASS EU
10BRUSSELS119	EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, JANUARY - HAITI [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels on January 25, EU Foreign Ministers focused their attention on the situation in Haiti and discussed how the EU could better support international community relief efforts taking place there. Following an overview of Spanish presidency priorities, discussions [...]	2010-02-01 06:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID AF MASS EUN BK SR SO YM
10BRUSSELS128	AMBASSADOR KENNARDâ€™S MEETING WITH SPANISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 1, Ambassador Kennard made a courtesy call on the Spanish Permanent Representative to the European Union, Carlos Bastarreche Segues. They discussed the state of play for the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP),the nature of the European Parliament after the Lisbon Tr [...]	2010-02-03 10:37:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EUN
10BRUSSELS137	BELGIUM: SUPPORTING "EFFECTIVE" SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-04 16:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IR UNSC BE
10BRUSSELS141	BELGIAN FM VANACKERE'S JAN 18-25 TRIP TO CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Congo Desk Officer Hugues Chantry provided a readout February 1 of Belgian FM Vanackere's January 18-25 trip to the Central African nations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Rwanda, and Burundi. Vanackere met the presidents and foreign ministers of all three coun [...]	2010-02-05 17:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG RW BY BE
10BRUSSELS160	BELGIUM SUPPORTS U.S. ON IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT [...] (C) On February 9, Embassy Acting PolEconCouns discussed the human rights situation in Iran with Pierre Gillon, Iran desk officer in the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolEconCouns noted the issuance on February 8 of the joint US-EU statement and asked whether the Belgian Foreign Ministr [...]	2010-02-09 19:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC IR BE
10BRUSSELS172	BELGIUM:LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTERTERRORISM [...] Summary: (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on counterterrorism and law enforcement with relevant contacts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs February 8, the Ministry of Justice February 9, and the Ministry of Interior February 5. In light of the impending rejection of the Terrorist Finance [...]	2010-02-12 08:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA
10BRUSSELS174	S/GC SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED SEEKS WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary: Daniel Fried, U.S. Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure, met on January 27 with Stefaan De Clerck, Minister of Justice of Belgium and (separately) with Dirk Wouters, Chief of Staff to Minister of Foreign Affairs Steven Vanackere. S/E Fried was joined by Matt Olsen, the Director o [...]	2010-02-12 13:16:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PTER BE
10BRUSSELS183	SUBJECT: DEPUTY NSA MICHAEL FROMAN VISIT TO [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman held wide-ranging discussions with over 25 senior EU officials in Brussels January 27. Froman and the Ambassador met with Commission President Barroso, the incoming European Commissioners for Climate (Hedegaard),[...]	2010-02-17 13:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ECPS EFIN ENRG EINV ETRD EUN KGHG
10BRUSSELS191	BELGIUM BEGINS TO DEVELOP AN ANTI-RADICALIZATION [...] (C) Poloff and Political Analysts met recently with GOB security, counterterrorism, and police experts to discuss Belgium's national anti-radicalization policy-planning and development process. Belgium intends to complete by mid-2011 an anti-radicalization white paper that integrates threat d [...]	2010-02-17 16:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL BE
10BRUSSELS192	GUANTANAMO CLOSURE: SE FRIED DISCUSSES EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility Daniel Fried, along with Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael Posner and Guantanamo Detainee Review Task Force Director Matthew Olsen discussed the detention facility's curr [...]	2010-02-18 05:45:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDRG EUN PTER
10BRUSSELS200	EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONSIDERING SUPPORT TO GUINEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission's Directorate-General for Development is considering providing support to Guinean judicial and security sector reform (JSSR). The Commission's development aid to Guinea has been largely suspended since September, but a Commission delegation will trave [...]	2010-02-22 06:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC EUN GV XA XY EAID
10BRUSSELS203	BELGIAN PREMIER RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO ELDER [...] (U) On February 19, four elder statesmen of Belgian foreign policy, Former NATO Secretary General and Belgian Foreign Minister Willy Claes (Sp.a, Flemish Socialist),former Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene (CD&V, Flemish Christian Democrat),former Foreign Minister Louis Michel (MR, francophone [...]	2010-02-22 16:16:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC MARR PREL PGOV NATO BE
10BRUSSELS204	BELGIUM:AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S DISCUSSION WITH GOB ON [...] (C) Ambassador Gutman met February 22 with the Diplomatic Advisors at the MFA Dirk Wouters and PM's Office Vincent Houssiau; he then had a phone call with DefMin Pieter De Crem. The conversation followed the usual pattern of Minister De Crem being more optimistic than the MFA or the PM,s off [...]	2010-02-22 17:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MARR AF BE
10BRUSSELS215	BELGIUM:ENCOURAGING ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ANF [...] (C) On February 19, Acting PolEconCouns delivered reftel talking points, requesting more trainers for the Afghan security forces from Belgium and other ISAF countries, to Gilles De Kerchove at the MFA. De Kerchove confirmed that NATO's request for 22 trainers from Belgium and more general ass [...]	2010-02-24 13:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EAID AF BE
10BRUSSELS224	BELGIUM: NO PLANS TO CHANGE POSITION ON CHINA ARMS [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-25 14:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CH EUN BE
10BRUSSELS226	EUR PDAS MCELDOWNEY AND ASHTON CABINET OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-25 20:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN IR
10BRUSSELS23	AMBASSADOR RAPP DISCUSSES COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) Summar Ambassador Stephen J. Rap Belgium would continue to push for the ICC's independent Quthority to initiate trials of crimes of aggression between states. End Summary. MFA Optimistic on Court for S)erra Leone Donation --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (C) The AfricQ [...]	2010-01-08 15:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG BY RW SL BE
10BRUSSELS230	BELGIUM WILL ABSTAIN IN UPCOMING UNGA VOTE ON [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 15:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNGA UNHRC BE
10BRUSSELS231	BELGIUM SUPPORTS MOST U.S. POSITIONS IN 13TH UNHRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lieke Biesemans, attach for human rights at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, welcomes U.S. engagement in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and views the U.S. as a like-minded ally. Although in complete agreement with U.S. resolutions proposed for Guinea, [...]	2010-02-26 15:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BE
10BRUSSELS232	GOB DENIES REPORT THAT IT WILL NOT EXTRADITE [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 15:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN KCRM PREL PTER BE

10BRUSSELS233	IRAN'S URANIUM PROGRAM, EU SANCTIONS AND IRISL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Acting PolEconCouns and PolIntern met with Werner Bauwens, the Belgian MFA's Special Envoy for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, regarding ref A and B demarches. Bauwens said Belgium regards Iran's insistence on moving forward with a higher level of uranium enrich [...]	2010-02-26 18:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM EWWT IR BE
10BRUSSELS35	EU REVISES CT, DPRK, GUINEA SANCTIONS [...] (C) On December 22 the EU Council formally revised EU counterterrorism (both UN/Al-Qaeda & Taliban and autonomous regimes),North Korea, and Guinea sanctions programs. The December revisions reflect an EU willingness to move beyond UN common denominators in the sanctions domain. Procedural [...]	2010-01-14 05:45:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN BEXP KJUS EWWT EAIR PTER UNSC EFIN
10BRUSSELS41	BELGIUM: GOB STRATEGY TO SECURE RELEASE OF THREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After the safe return of three Belgian citizens held in Iran, poloffs met with Pierre Gillon, Iran desk officer in the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the Belgian approach to obtaining their release and to urge Belgium's assistance in securing the release of Amer [...]	2010-01-14 14:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER BE
10BRUSSELS42	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 6 MEETING WITH JOSE MANUEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, Ambassador Kennard presented his credentials to Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. Barroso was positive about the U.S.-EU relationship, saying, &We want to work with you.8 The 45 minute meeting covered climate change, energy security, dat [...]	2010-01-14 14:42:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EU PGOV PINR PREL SENV
10BRUSSELS49	EU PASSES BURMA REPORT IN ANTICIPATION OF SPECIAL [...] (SBU) According to European Council Desk Officer for South East Asia Leo Schulte Nordholt, EU Special Envoy for Burma/Myanmar Piero Fassino will seek advice from us and the UN on how to negotiate preconditions for his upcoming visit to Burma during his January 26-29 consultations in New York [...]	2010-01-15 15:38:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM EU
10BRUSSELS64	BELGIUM: ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL SOCIETY IN CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuba desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Sadi Brancart, said that Belgian-Cuba relations are "better than the EU average," thanks to significant development assistance. He was unaware of Spain's initiative to replace the EU common position with individual bi [...]	2010-01-20 15:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI CU BE
10BRUSSELS65	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 21 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your January 21 meeting with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will enable you to deepen the relationship you established with her during your introductory meeting at NATO in early December and in subsequent phone calls. By receivin [...]	2010-01-20 15:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MASS MARR EU
10BRUSSELS66	EU SUPPORT FOR G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST WMD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her January 11 meeting with EU officials, Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, sought EU support for extending and expanding the mandate of the G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction and ensu [...]	2010-01-21 04:47:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ENRG ETTC AORC EUN MNNC PARM TBIO KGIC
10BRUSSELS70	BELGIUM:CENTRAL AFRICA, ESPECIALLY THE DRC, IS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister's Vanackere's week long trip to Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi from January 18 to 25, underscores the importance of Central Africa to Belgium. For the Belgian political class and the media, Central Africa, especially the Congo, is the chief foreign policy concern. A [...]	2010-01-21 15:17:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CG RW BY BE
10BRUSSELS73	DEPUTY GREAT LAKES ENVOY JIM YELLIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) James Yellin, Deputy to the U.S. Special Advisor for Africa,s Great Lakes region, met with Belgian MFA Africa Division officials on December 18 after returning from his travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Burundi, and Rwanda with Roeland van de Geer, the EU Special Repr [...]	2010-01-21 15:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG BU RW BE
10BRUSSELS76	EU SUPPORT FOR G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST WMD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her January 11 meeting with EU officials, Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, sought EU support for extending and expanding the mandate of the G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction and ensu [...]	2010-01-22 04:46:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ENRG ETTC AORC EUN MNNC PARM TBIO KGIC
10BRUSSELS85	BALKAN POLITICAL DIRECTORS DISCUSS KOSOVO AND [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels on January 11, Quint Balkans political directors - representing the U.S., Germany, France, Italy, the UK and EU Council Secretariat - met to discuss the situation in Kosovo and Bosnia. On Kosovo, the EU Council Secretariat noted Serb hardening and suggested [...]	2010-01-26 09:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BK KK SR
10BRUSSELS88	EU APPROVES MILITARY TRAINING MISSION FOR SOMALI [...] (SBU) On January 25, EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels approved an EU military mission to train Somali National Security Forces in Uganda. French and German contacts tell us the mission will begin in May. Operational level planning will continue under the supervision of EU Political [...]	2010-01-26 13:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL SO XA XW UG EUN
10BUCHAREST101	ROMANIA: PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS (FINALLY) IN CHARGE [...] (SBU) Summary. After a series of politically-motivated delays, the Government of Romania (GOR) signed a contract with U.S.-based Franklin Templeton Investments to manage the Property Fund ("the Fund") on February 25th. Despite early hopeful signs (reftel) that this management contract would b [...]	2010-02-25 13:44:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ECON CASC PGOV RO
10BUCHAREST104	ROMANIA'S FAR RIGHT: DOWN, BUT NOT DEAD [...] (C) In separate interviews, Romanian political analysts, government officials and former supporters of the far right largely dismissed Romania's ultra-nationalist movement as politically irrelevant. The far right is divided between the Greater Romanian Party (PRM) and New Generation Party (PN [...]	2010-02-26 08:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RO
10BUCHAREST105	ROMANIA: LNG NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD [...] (C) Summary. Excited about the possibility of developing a shortcut to new gas supplies, Minister of Economy and Trade Adriean Videanu relayed his hope to the Ambassador that the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector (AGRI) proposal, which would twin liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals i [...]	2010-02-26 09:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV RO
10BUCHAREST28	NEW FM - A CAREER DIPLOMAT, TRUSTED BY PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Teodor Baconschi, 47, was confirmed by the Romanian Parliament as Minister of Foreign Affairs on December 23, 2009. President Traian Basescu himself pushed Prime Minister Emil Boc to choose Baconschi for the job rather than incumbent MFA State Secretary Bogdan Aurescu who was put forw [...]	2010-01-15 13:19:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RO
10BUCHAREST40	NEW DEFENSE MINISTER - OLD SOLDIERS DON'T DIE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Retired four-star General Gabriel Oprea brings both military and political know-how to the Ministry of National Defense (MoND). After serving for over a decade as a logistics and legal officer in the Army, Oprea continued to serve as a military academic at the National Defense [...]	2010-01-22 10:05:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RO
10BUCHAREST91	ROMANIA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE EU ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 10:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CH RO
10BUCHAREST93	ROMANIA: OPPOSITION PSD SURPRISED BY ELECTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a marathon extraordinary party convention February 20 that finally ended after 3:30 Sunday morning, Challenger Victor Ponta, 37, defeated incumbent chairman Mircea Geoana in elections to the Social Democratic Party (PSD) national chairmanship. The all-day event, carried live [...]	2010-02-22 13:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RO
10BUDAPEST101	HUNGARY'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ANSF [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 12:41:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL NATO AF HU
10BUDAPEST102	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE EU FAC MEETING FEBRUARY [...] (U) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on February 19. 2. (C) Dekany provided the following comments on three topics: Iran, Ukraine and Libya. -- IRAN: The recent announcement by Iran that it would increase i [...]	2010-02-22 15:24:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU RU UA HU
10BUDAPEST103	HUNGARY'S NON-PAPER ON NATO'S NEW STRATEGIC CONCEPT [...] (SBU) The MFA's NATO Office Director, Eszter Sandorfi, provided PolOff a copy of the following Hungarian Non-paper on NATO's new strategic concept Februray 19. 2. (C) The non-paper text, dated February 2010, follows: Begin text --------------------------------------------- ------ Core [...]	2010-02-22 15:38:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MAPP NATO PREL HU
10BUDAPEST112	ACTION REQUEST: HUNGARY'S POSITION ON THE [...] (C) On February 24, PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Division Human Rights officer Agnes Hevesi. Hevesi noted that Hungary had voted against on the November 5, 2009 UN General Assembly resolution on the Goldstone Report, but would likel [...]	2010-02-25 14:58:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNGA EU HU
10BUDAPEST113	PECS - A WINDOW ON HUNGARIAN POLITICS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pecs is off to a lurching start as a "European Cultural Capital." The new Fidesz administration has proven as inept as its Socialist predecessors in getting the city ready for this year-long event, with infrastructure upgrades months behind. Fidesz mayor Zsolt Pava appears to b [...]	2010-02-25 15:36:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI HU
10BUDAPEST14	RENATIONALIZING MALEV AIRLINES: JAN 31 THE LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent press reports indicate that the GOH is close to finalizing a deal by January 31 to reacquire a majority stake in struggling Malev Airlines from Russia's Vnesheconombank (VEB). The conclusion of such a deal would help close a turbulent era for Malev under de facto Russian o [...]	2010-01-12 07:23:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU
10BUDAPEST30	GOH SOON TO ENTER SOUTH STREAM JOINT VENTURE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian officials will soon sign a set of agreements to establish a Russian-Hungarian joint venture to commence work on the feasibility study for the Hungarian segment of the South Stream pipeline project. This will set the project in motion after nearly a year of apparent sta [...]	2010-01-21 11:36:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU HU
10BUDAPEST33	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cuba Desk Officer Istvan Sandor on January 19. Sandor greatly appreciated the update on U.S. policy towards Cuba and stated that Hungary's position has been, and will remain, consistently firm with regards to human rights, politic [...]	2010-01-21 16:11:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI CU HU
10BUDAPEST34	OPPOSITION LEADER VIKTOR ORBAN CONFIDENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition Fidesz party leader Viktor Orban is clearly confident of his victory in April's upcoming national elections in which he hopes to crush the Socialist party. He is also confident that he can defeat any challenge by Jobbik, telling the Ambassador in their January 19 meeting tha [...]	2010-01-22 11:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HU
10BUDAPEST37	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings January 21 with the Ambassador, MFA State Secretaries Laszlo Varkonyi and Gabor Iklody stressed the importance of the U.S.-Hungarian bilateral relationship and outlined proposed cooperation between the Visegrad Four and the USG on Roma and energy issues. Hi [...]	2010-01-25 12:38:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET MOPS PHUM RS BK AF HU
10BUDAPEST39	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WESTERN BALKANS/SLOVAK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hungary continues to favor an early NATO Membership Action Plan for Bosnia, believing it could help stabilize the Western Balkans. State Secretary Szabo told the Ambassador that he fears bilateral tensions over the new Slovak language law might be exploited by extremist elements [...]	2010-01-25 16:52:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PHUM PREL OSCE HR YI LO RU HU
10BUDAPEST54	PENSIONS EMERGE AS MAJOR ELECTION ISSUE [...] (C) Summary. Pension reform is emerging as a major election issue as Socialist (MSzP) and Fidesz party leaders trade attacks in hopes of winning the votes of Hungary's estimated 2.7 million pensioners. As each party accuses the other's program of leaving pensioners worse off, both are trying [...]	2010-02-02 09:07:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL HU
10BUDAPEST70	SOCIALIST PM CANDIDATE TALKS CAMPAIGN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. Socialist prime ministerial candidate Attila Mesterhazy is planning a vigorous nation-wide campaign against Viktor Orban's well-oiled Fidesz machine. Although likely to go down in defeat in the April elections, Mesterhazy is positioning himself for the inevitable internal strugg [...]	2010-02-05 05:53:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HU
10BUDAPEST78	ALLEGATIONS OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION SURROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Hungarian Parliament recently passed legislation to incorporate the EU's energy unbundling directives. However, the legislation has been widely criticized because of the influence of energy conglomerates MVM and MOL on the bill, for the lack of input from government or ind [...]	2010-02-05 15:24:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU
10BUDAPEST88	HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON PRESSURING IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the MFA's Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights Istvan Lakatos February 8 and to the MFA's Iranian Desk Officer Ferenc Kato February 10. Lakatos expressed Hungary's support and agreement with the reftel points, specifically underscoring that Hungary does [...]	2010-02-11 15:42:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR HU
10BUDAPEST89	LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. There is a good record of information sharing cooperation between U.S. and GOH law enforcement agencies on law enforcement and counterterrorism issues. Hungary's post-communist era constitution, with its broad guarantees of individual rights and liberties, requires high levels of [...]	2010-02-11 15:42:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KCRM KHLS KPAO PTER ECPS ECON PREL HU
10BUDAPEST90	VISEGRAD FOUR POLITICAL DIRECTORS MEETING IN [...] (SBU) The Hungarian MFA's Political Director, Gabor Ikody, offered to share with PolOff a report of the Visegrad Four (V4) Political Directors January 27-28 meeting in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina. The Political Directors met with the three members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, [...]	2010-02-11 15:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN NATO PREL PGOV BK HU
10BUENOSAIRES107	Argentina Fires Financial Action Task Force Representative [...] (C) Summary: The GOA fired its Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Coordinator over the weekend, reportedly in response to Ecuadorian criticism of Argentina's vote to blacklist Ecuador at the recent Abu Dhabi Plenary. Argentina is under the gun itself in an ongoing peer assessment that seems l [...]	2010-02-24 19:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EC AR
10BUENOSAIRES109	Argentina: Codel Engel Addresses Bilateral Relations [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Engel enjoyed a very productive visit to Buenos Aires, January 5-7. The Codel was led by Eliot Engel (D-NY) and included Shelly Berkley (D-NV),Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) met with the Codel for two hours [...]	2010-02-24 22:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP ECON ELAB PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES11	(C) WHA A/S VALENZUELA MEETS WITH ARGENTINE OFFICIALS, [...] (C) Summary: WHA A/S Arturo Valenzuela met with Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez and Acting Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti during his December 15-17 visit to Buenos Aires. Valenzuela explained the U.S. position on Honduras, exchanged views on other regional developments, and praise [...]	2010-01-08 21:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM AR
10BUENOSAIRES111	Argentina: Finance Secretary Says Debt Swap Moving Ahead [...] (C) Argentine Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino expects the GoA's proposed debt swap agreement to be fully approved by international regulatory authorities and ready for launch by mid-March. Noting the recent negative market environment, he said that the exchange might have to go forward without t [...]	2010-02-25 15:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES13	Argentina: Standoff between the President and the Central [...] (C) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) set off a major institutional crisis in Argentina with her January 8 dismissal of Central Bank (BCRA) Governor Martin Redrado. The GoA has since been fighting frantically with the opposition-controlled Congress, the courts, and media [...]	2010-01-11 23:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES21	Argentina Central Bank Funds Frozen - A Conspiracy to Topple [...] (C) GoA reaction to a U.S. Judge's January 12 decision to embargo some official Argentine funds was swift and strong, but rather than taking aim at the USG, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and other officials are accusing some Argentines - including Vice President Co [...]	2010-01-13 22:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES23	Argentina Reconsidering its Position on "Defamation of [...] (C) A Foreign Ministry contact informed poloff on January 13 that the Government of Argentina (GOA) is strongly reconsidering its previous position on the Defamation of Religion issue in the UN, and is very likely to change its position from abstaining to voting along with the United States. [...]	2010-01-14 17:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UN AR
10BUENOSAIRES25	U.S. Court Lifting of Asset Freeze Calms Argentine Waters, [...] (C) Summary: A New York District Judge's decision on January 15 to temporarily lift the freeze on Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) reserves in the U.S. calmed the markets and appeared to give the GoA some breathing room to resolve the issues of Martin Redrado's fate as BCRA President and the fut [...]	2010-01-20 18:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES43	Argentina: Former Vice Mayor Michetti Talks National [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with newly-elected national Deputy from Argentina's center-right Republican Proposal (PRO) party Gabriela Michetti on January 8, and discussed the GOA's showdown with Central Bank Governor Martin Redrado (reftel) and the opposition's legislative plans under t [...]	2010-01-26 20:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AR
10BUENOSAIRES51	Argentina Telecom Monopoly Dispute Leads to Threats of [...] (SBU) Following a purchase in Europe that gave the owner of one of Argentina's two fixed-line telephone providers a small interest in the other, refusal by the company to divest has led to overt GoA threats of nationalization. Whether this is a real threat or simply a distraction from other pol [...]	2010-01-28 15:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV AR ETTC
10BUENOSAIRES55	Argentina: Economy Minister Says Debt Swap On Track [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, Economy Minister Amado Boudou emphasized the positive despite the many challenges he faces. Confident and composed despite the late hour of the meeting and the severe political pressure he has faced in the past month, Boudou insiste [...]	2010-01-28 20:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES61	Argentina: First Husband's Dollar Purchases Revealed, [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a late January press reports that presidential spouse Nestor Kirchner (NK) had purchased just under US$ 2 million in US currency in October 2008 -- confirmed by GOA sources February 1 -- opposition politicians and political commentators have raised a new alarm about al [...]	2010-02-02 21:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN AR
10BUENOSAIRES63	Argentina: Ambassador Meets New UN Representative [...] (SBU) Ambassador Martinez met on January 28 with the newly-arrived UNDP representative in Argentina, Martin Santiago. Santiago is charged with coordinating the activities of 12 UN agencies in Argentina. Warm and friendly with US officials, Santiago will be a helpful interlocutor and partner i [...]	2010-02-03 17:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI AR
10BUENOSAIRES71	Argentina: Saber Rattling over Oil Exploration in the [...] (C) This is the first in a series of cables which will address the Argentine reaction to hydrocarbons-related activities in the Falklands/Malvinas islands. 2. (C) The GoA is reportedly hardening its policy on the Falkland/Malvinas Islands in response to accelerating oil exploration efforts unde [...]	2010-02-04 16:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV ENRG AR
10BUENOSAIRES75	Argentina: Surprise Appointment to Head Central Bank [...] (C) In a surprise move, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) appointed Mercedes Marco del Pont to the post of President of the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA). Marco del Pont, 50, and the first woman ever to hold the job, is now serving as Interim President until she is confirmed b [...]	2010-02-04 23:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES81	Argentina: Buenos Aires Mayor Macri on Political Plans and Current Situation REF: BUENOS AIRES 25; 09 BUENOS AIRES 1222; 09 BUENOS AIRES 55 CLASSIFIED BY: Tom Kelly, DCM; REASON: 1.4(B),(D) [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador hosted prominent opposition leader and Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, along with four of his cabinet members, to lunch January 28. Macri spoke openly of his planned run for president in 2011. He considered President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband and [...]	2010-02-05 18:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON PREL SCUL AR
10BUENOSAIRES89	(C) Argentina: Nestor Kirchner Down, but Not Out [...] (C) Summary: Former President and first spouse Nestor Kirchner (NK) is recuperating after undergoing emergency surgery for a partially blocked carotid artery. NK underwent a carotid endarterectomy, which involved temporarily introducing a shunt in his artery to redirect the blood flow to the [...]	2010-02-12 20:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AR
10BUENOSAIRES91	Argentina: Profiles of Key Anti-Kirchner Piqueteros REF: BUENOS AIRES 526; BUENOS AIRES 794; BUENOS AIRES 13 09 BUENOS AIRES 1084; 08 BUENOS AIRES 980 CLASSIFIED BY: VilmaSMartinez, Ambassador, DOS, Exec; REASON: 1.4(B),(D) [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, Argentina's social activist movements, known as piqueteros, have captured the media spotlight through frequent protests. While former President Nestor Kirchner's efforts to co-opt the movement have divided it, the hotly contested title for noisiest piqueteros go [...]	2010-02-12 21:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AR
10CAIRO119	EGYPT: NEW MB SUPREME GUIDE NAMED [...] Key Points: -- (C) Administrative insider and relative unknown Mohammed Badie, 66, was named the Muslim Brotherhood's eighth Supreme Guide on January 16. Badie's selection represents a generational shift within the group. He is the first Guide not to have known MB-founder Hassan Al-Banna. -- (C) In [...]	2010-01-21 15:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG
10CAIRO123	EGYPT-IRAQ BILATERAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-24 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EG IZ EINV ECON
10CAIRO131	EGYPTIAN APPROACH ON YEMEN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 07:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID YM EG
10CAIRO133	IS THE EGYPTIAN GARMENT INDUSTRY HEADED FOR FAILURE? [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 15:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EG PGOV
10CAIRO135	PROMINENT BLOGGER APPEALING POLITICALLY MOTIVATED PRISON [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 14:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG
10CAIRO137	ARAB LEAGUE CONCERN OVER SUMMIT; ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE; [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 15:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL YM LY EG
10CAIRO139	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPAS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 15:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC CDG ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL EG
10CAIRO141	UPPER EGYPT SECTARIAN ATTACK UPDATE [...] Key Points: - (SBU) On January 17, Egypt's State Information Service (SIS) announced that the trial of the three suspects in the January 6 attack on Coptic Christians in Naga Hamadi, Qena Governorate, will begin on February 13 (ref A). - (SBU) The three suspects will be tried under Emergency Law pr [...]	2010-01-28 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG
10CAIRO143	EGYPT: GENERAL CASEY MEETS WITH CHIEF OF STAFF ENAN [...] (C) Key Points: -- During a January 19 meeting with visiting Chief of Staff of the Army General George W. Casey, Jr., Egyptian military Chief of Staff Sami Enan praised U.S.-Egypt military cooperation and sought support for Egypt's proposed sale of M1A1 tanks to Iraq. -- Enan shared concerns over I [...]	2010-01-31 13:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PARM KNNP IR IZ YM EG
10CAIRO145	A/S POSNER ENGAGES WITH CIVIL SOCIETY, POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] Key Points: -- (C) In meetings January 13-14, A/S Posner told activists and opposition politicians that the U.S. is seeking ways to advance human rights and political participation over the coming 12-18 months. -- (C) Activists urged the U.S. to end a "double standard" on Israeli human rig [...]	2010-01-31 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
10CAIRO147	A/S POSNER PRESSES GOE ON POLICE BRUTALITY, NGO [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In meetings January 12-13, A/S Posner raised the issue of police brutality and prison conditions with senior GOE officials. -- (C) Interior Ministry State Security (SSIS) Director Hassan Abdel Rahman asserted that SSIS has not abused prisoners "in the past ten yea [...]	2010-01-31 15:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
10CAIRO153	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COMMISSION VISITS EGYPT - SECTARIAN ATTACK [...] (SBU) A delegation from the United States International Religious Freedom Commission (USCIRF),consisting of three commissioners and three staff members led by the USCIRF chairman, visited Cairo from January 22 to 26. The delegation met with the Minister of Islamic Endowments, the Grand [...]	2010-02-03 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL EG KPAO
10CAIRO159	Scencesetter for Deputy Secretary Lew's February 15-16 Visit [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Lew, we warmly welcome you to Cairo and are seeking meetings with Prime Minister Nazif, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and Minister of International Cooperation Aboulnaga. While we continue to work closely and effectively with Egypt on the range of critical regional issues, [...]	2010-02-04 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL OVIP EFIN EG
10CAIRO161	AFTER CONTROVERSY, NDP MEMBER RECEIVES WARNING FOR MEETING [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) On February 2, the Press Syndicate issued a warning to National Democratic Party (NDP) member XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX for violating its ban on contact with Israelis by meeting September 14 with the Israeli Ambassador in her office at the GOE-funded Al-Ahram Center. -- (C [...]	2010-02-04 15:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IS EG
10CAIRO163	DAS WITTES ENGAGES GOE, CIVIL SOCIETY ON ELECTIONS, NAGA [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In meetings January 24-25, NEA DAS Tamara Cofman Wittes assured activists of continuing U.S. commitment to promoting democracy and human rights. She urged the GOE to use the penal code, not the Emergency Law, to prosecute the January 6 sectarian killings in Naga Hamadi [...]	2010-02-04 15:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF EG
10CAIRO165	Sudan: NCP Cairo Head Evaluates U.S. and Egyptian Roles [...] (C) Key Points: -- The Head of the Sudanese National Congress Party's (NCP) office in Cairo, Kamal Ali, told us he was working with the Government of Egypt (GoE) to organize the logistics so Sudanese in Cairo can vote in the Sudanese Presidential election. The Government of Sudan (GoS) [...]	2010-02-04 15:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
10CAIRO169	Sudan: Launch of the Nuba Mountains People's Forum [...] (C) Key Points: -- Leaders of the Nuba community informed Embassy Cairo that they have created the International Permanent Forum for the Nuba Mountains Indigenous People (Nuba Forum) to protect and advocate for the rights of the Nuba people, which they believe are in danger under the NCP [...]	2010-02-08 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG UNCHS
10CAIRO171	Arab League Pursuing Solutions on Somalia and Sudan REF: 10 CAIRO 137 CLASSIFIED BY: Donal A. Blome, Minister Counselor, DoS, ECPO; REASON: 1.4(B),(D) [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-08 14:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SO EG
10CAIRO175	Egyptian MFA on Yemen [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 13:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM EG
10CAIRO183	Minister of Social Solidarity Distances Himself from MEPI [...] (C) Key Points: -- Minister of Social Solidarity (MSS) Ali El-Meselhi distanced himself from a MSS diplomatic note which took issue with MEPI funding of Egyptian NGOs. He explained that the note was coordinated by Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga. -- El-Mesel [...]	2010-02-10 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV EG
10CAIRO185	Egyptians Miffed Over Continuing Algerian Antagonism [...] (C) MFA Cabinet Advisor Mahmoud Afifi told poloff Feb 7 that although the Egyptians have returned their ambassador to Algeria, and are seeking to publicly downplay the recent diplomatic row between the two countries, the Algerians continue to antagonize Cairo. Note: The diplomatic tension was [...]	2010-02-10 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG EG
10CAIRO187	MFA, ACTIVIST EXPECTATIONS FOR FEBRUARY 17 UPR REF: 09 CAIRO 2277; 09 CAIRO 1948; 09 CAIRO 1433; 09 CAIRO 44 CLASSIFIED BY: Donald A. Blome, Minister-Counselor, State, ECPO; REASON: 1.4(B),(D) [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 08:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UN KTIP EG
10CAIRO195	FOREIGN WORKER AND LABOR PROBLEMS IN QIZ FACTORY [...] (C) Key Points: -The manager of a ready-made garments factory participating in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) program told EconOff that his company has been holding the passports of foreign workers and that it fired an Egyptian employee for organizing a strike. -This is firs [...]	2010-02-11 16:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB ETRD EG PGOV
10CAIRO199	GOE Blinks on Endowment Proposal, Fails to Budge on North [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 16:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV EG
10CAIRO201	GOE REMOVES OUTSPOKEN NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-15 12:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
10CAIRO203	FORMER HOUSING MINISTER RESIGNS FROM PARLIAMENT AMIDST [...] KEY POINTS -- (SBU) On February 2, former Housing Minister Mohammed Ibrahim Soliman resigned from parliament in the midst of press reports that the Public Prosecutor is investigating him for corruption. -- (C) Independent MPs had filed a criminal complaint against Soliman in Januar [...]	2010-02-15 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCOR EG
10CAIRO213	ACTIVIST URGES U.S DIPLOMATIC APPROACH TO THE GOE ON TORTURE [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) Human rights activist XXXXXXXXXXXX told us February 10 he believes the top USG human rights priority in Egypt should be diplomatic approaches to urge the GOE to combat torture. He recommended quiet diplomacy over public statements. -- (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX was pessimi [...]	2010-02-17 13:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KTIP EG
10CAIRO215	ACTIVISTS PREPARE FOR EL-BARADEI'S ARRIVAL; DETAINEES [...] KEY POINTS -- (SBU) Activists affiliated with the political opposition are planning to greet former IAEA Chairman Mohammed El-Baradei upon his scheduled February 19 arrival in Cairo from Vienna. In recent months, El-Baradei has spoken about a possible 2011 presidential run if the GOE en [...]	2010-02-18 16:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
10CAIRO217	HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS FACE REGISTRATION QUANDRY [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) The GOE maintains that NGOs are legally obligated to register with the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MOSS). Egyptian law gives the GOE broad oversight over MOSS-registered NGOs, and the GOE can dissolve these NGOs for receiving foreign funding without permission, and f [...]	2010-02-18 16:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ELAB EG
10CAIRO221	New Transport Minister Supports Greater Cooperation with [...] (SBU) Ambassador made a courtesy call February 1 on newly appointed Egyptian Minster of Transport Alaa El Din Fahmy. Appointed January 3, 2010, Transport Minister Fahmy is responsible for all safety, operations, and infrastructure issues relating to civil aviation, marine transport, ports, rive [...]	2010-02-21 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EAIR EWWT ETTC EG
10CAIRO229	PROMINENT BLOGGER'S PRISON SENTENCE OVERTURNED [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 15:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EG
10CAIRO233	A/S POSNER ENGAGES WITH GOE, ACTIVISTS ON NAGA HAMADI [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In January 12-14 meetings, A/S Posner urged the GOE to hold accountable those responsible for the January 6 Naga Hamadi sectarian killings, and to issue additional statements of condemnation. -- (C) Senior Interior Ministry and MFA officials said the perpetrators [...]	2010-02-23 09:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI EG
10CAIRO235	A/S POSNER PRESSES GOE OFFICIALS ON THE EMERGENCY LAW [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) In January 12-14 meetings, A/S Posner stressed that U.S. human rights policy is based on principled engagement, universal standards and a recognition that reform will come from internal actors. In all instances, he cited President Obama's announcement on his second day [...]	2010-02-23 12:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KIRF EG
10CAIRO237	El Baradei Returns to Cairo [...] (C) Key Points: -- Thousands of supporters greeted former IAEA Chairman Mohammed El Baradei upon his return to Cairo. Beleaguered leaders of the opposition seem relieved at their ability to muster a show of support for El Baradei and enthusiastic about his potential impact. -- El [...]	2010-02-23 13:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
10CAIRO247	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MARCH UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SESSION [...] (C) On February 23, we delivered ref A demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights Omar Shalaby. On defamation of religions, Shalaby said Egypt would support the OIC position. He believed there is currently no broad backing for a binding treaty. On Guinea, Shalaby said Nigeria would take [...]	2010-02-25 15:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN EG
10CAIRO253	UPR REACTION: GOE DISPLEASED WITH THE U.S., ACTIVISTS [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) GOE officials, including presidential advisor Soliman Awad, expressed displeasure with the number and the tone of U.S. recommendations at the February 17 UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt's human rights record. -- (C) The MFA noted [...]	2010-02-25 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UN KIRF EG
10CAIRO257	DASD Kahl Meeting with Egyptian Military Officials [...] (C) Key Points: -- On January 31, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Dr. Colin Kahl met with Major General Mohammad al-Assar, Assistant to the Minister of Defense, Major General Ahmad Moataz, Chief of the American Relations Branch, and Major General Fouad Arafa, Consu [...]	2010-02-28 13:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR IS IR IZ EG LY SU
10CAIRO26	EGYPT IMPLEMENTS NEW REAL ESTATE TAX [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-04 14:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV SOCI EG
10CAIRO28	WORLD BANK OFFICIAL FRUSTRATED BY LACK OF EGYPTIAN TRANSPARENCY Classified By: ECPO Minister-Counselor Donald Blome for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-04 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EG
10CAIRO33	EGYPT: NEW EDUCATION AND TRANSPORT MINISTERS, FIVE [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-04 15:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ELTN SOCI
10CAIRO36	EGYPT-U.S. CIVIL NUCLEAR-RELATED BILATERAL CONTACTS [...] (C) Key Points: -- During separate visits, two Department of Energy (DOE) technical delegations recently held constructive talks with GOE counterparts on indigenous nuclear safety capabilities and the recovery and control of materials usable in dirty bombs. -- Senior GOE officials responsible for n [...]	2010-01-05 15:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	APCS EG IAEA KNNP PREL TRGY
10CAIRO47	SCENESETTER FOR A/S POSNER'S JANUARY 12-15 [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) The impact of the political reform process that started at the beginning of this decade is mixed. Activists and opposition politicians are increasingly engaged in political life and the independent press has achieved a substantial degree of freedom to criticize the government. [...]	2010-01-06 14:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF ELAB EG
10CAIRO58	COURT SENTENCES JOURNALISTS TO PRISON FOR DEFAMING [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-11 11:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ELAB SOCI EG
10CAIRO59	UPPER EGYPT SECTARIAN ATTACK [...] Key Points: -- (SBU) On January 7, gunmen armed with automatic weapons fired on Coptic Orthodox Christians as they were leaving Christmas Mass at the Mar Johanna (Saint John's) Church in Naga Hamadi, Qena Governorate, in Upper Egypt. Six Copts and one Muslim police officer guarding the church died [...]	2010-01-11 12:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG
10CAIRO66	FOREIGN MINISTER, CODEL WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 12:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER KPAL IS IR EG

10CAIRO67	ARAB LEAGUE PLANS FOR SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 13:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
10CAIRO68	GOE UNWILLING TO BUDGE ON QIZ APPROVAL [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 14:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EG ETRD PGOV IS
10CAIRO69	CAIRO-BASED DARFURI GROUPS DISCUSS ROADMAP, MINAWI [...] Key Points: -- A representative of the Sudanese United Revolutionary Forces Front (URFF) told us that the URFF, United Resistance Front (URF) and the SLA Unity-Abdallah Yahya support the U.S. Roadmap for Darfur and are prepared to hold a conference in Jebel Marrah to unite the groups, but la [...]	2010-01-12 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
10CAIRO78	EGYPT'S AID-BASED DIPLOMACY EFFORTS IN SUB-SAHARAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-14 11:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SU SO EG
10CAIRO99	ACTIVISTS, BLOGGERS DETAINED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO [...] KEY POINTS -- (SBU) The GOE arrested and detained a group of about 30 activists and bloggers the morning of January 15 as they arrived in Naga Hamadi to visit the families of those killed in the January 6 sectarian shootings (ref A). -- (SBU) The group of detainees included activists from secular [...]	2010-01-19 14:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF EG
10CANBERRA13	JAPANESE WHALING SHIP COLLIDES WITH, SINKS SEA [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 07:24:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS SENV EWWT AS
10CANBERRA47	AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS APDP ELECTION OBSERVATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and AusAID officials told DRL Senior Advisor Christopher Camponovo that Australia supported Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership's (APDP) involvement in monitoring upcoming elections in the Solomon Islands and Bougainville. End summar [...]	2010-01-20 07:32:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AS
10CANBERRA53	SECURITY AND DEFENSE COOPERATION FORUM (SDCF) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Delegations from the United States, Australia, and Japan met in Sydney on November 23, 2009 for the third Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF). The U.S. delegation was co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro and Assistan [...]	2010-01-21 07:39:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MRRR PARM PINS AS JA
10CAPETOWN37	WILL MOTUMI BE MADE PERMANENT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE? [...] (U) Summary . On February 9, Defense Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, briefed Parliament,s Portfolio Committee on Defense and Veterans Affairs (Defense Committee) in response to the poor performance of SA Acting Permanent Secretary (PermSec) in the Ministry of Defense, Tsepe Motumi, the week before [...]	2010-02-22 16:52:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SF PGOV
10CAPETOWN39	AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH ATHOL TROLLIP, [...] (C) Summary. On February 12, Ambassador Gips met with Athol Trollip, Parliamentary leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA),the main opposition party in Parliament, to discuss USG programs and cooperation. Also in attendance were Political Counselor, Cape Town CG, and Cape Town Poloff. T [...]	2010-02-25 12:43:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL SF
10CARACAS101	Three Cable Stations Reopen, Student Protests Continue [...] (SBU) Summary: Three of the smaller cable channels closed as a result of the government's January 21 decision to reclassify them as "national" (ref a) were back on the air on January 27 following their successful appeal to Conatel, the broadcasting regulatory agency, to be reclassified a [...]	2010-01-28 15:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
10CARACAS105	Raising RCTV and Haiti with Venezuelan Foreign Ministry [...] (C) Summary. In a January 27 lunch with the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry's Director for North American Affairs, Yaneth Arocha, Polcouns raised U.S. concerns about official Venezuelan misinformation about U.S. assistance efforts in Haiti (ref a) and the closure of RCTV. Arocha said she [...]	2010-01-28 16:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM VE PINR
10CARACAS109	RCTV President Asks U.S. to Press U.S. Cables Operators to [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with the Charge on January 26, RCTV President Marcel Granier asked the U.S. government to press DirectTV, Net Uno, and Inter to restore RCTV programming in Venezuela. Granier charged that these were "U.S. companies" and that they had illegally bowed to Venezuelan governmen [...]	2010-01-28 23:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM VE EINV
10CARACAS11	Carabobo Bid Round Update & Venezuela's New Petroleum [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final terms and conditions for the Carabobo extra heavy oil bid round were issued at the end of November. While they do not contain all of the changes hoped for by potential bidders, there were enough alterations to make it possible that international oil companies may submit [...]	2010-01-06 19:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS119	RE: Chavez Threatens "Radical Action" if Protests Continue [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 28, hundreds of students gathered in cities across Venezuela for a fifth day of protests. Media reports indicate that since January 25, the protests have led to 2 deaths, nearly 70 injuries, and at least 60 arrests/detentions nationwide, although almost all of the [...]	2010-01-29 21:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
10CARACAS133	Government Health Official Open to Scientific Food Safety [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a scientist with the Ministry of Health's National Institute of Nutrition (NIN),technical level officials are willing to adopt food product trade rules based on sound science. Post believes that continued engagement on scientific matters could support bilateral c [...]	2010-02-02 18:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD VE PGOV
10CARACAS137	Venezuela: Carabobo Round Closes, Winners to be Announced on [...] Summary: Two international consortia bid on two of the three Carabobo extra heavy oil projects in Venezuela. Companies from countries (Russia, China, and Brazil) with ideological affinities to Venezuela, reportedly abstained from the bid round. There is some speculation in Caracas that Iraq' [...]	2010-02-03 21:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS139	Venezuela: Cuban Assistance to Confront Electricity Crisis [...] (SBU) The evening of February 2, President Chavez announced the arrival of Cuban Minister of Technology and President of the Cabinet of Ministers Ramiro Valdez in Venezuela [NOTE: According to USINT Havana, Valdez is the Cuban Minister of Communication. END NOTE]. He reportedly was sent to le [...]	2010-02-03 22:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS143	Venezuela: Airlines Close to Deal with GBRV on Arrears [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reached an agreement with the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) to use the new 2.6 bolivares fuertes (BsF) to $1 exchange rate to liquidate foreign exchange requests pending with the GBRV from international airlines prior to the Ja [...]	2010-02-04 14:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL SNAR VE BEXP EINT ETTC
10CARACAS145	Ascension of Agriculture Minister to Qe Presidency Bodes [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2, 2010, Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Elias Jaua Milano, was sworn in as Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV),a position he received, according to President Chavez, due to his loyalty, honesty, and dedication to the revolution. His se [...]	2010-02-04 16:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR VE ETRD PGOV
10CARACAS147	Venezuela: Insights into Recent PDVSA Activity from [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a source in Mitsubishi XXXXXXXXXXXX, PDVSA is seeking to close at least $13 billion in finance deals. Senior PDVSA officials are reportedly upset over the failure to solicit bids from international companies for the Mariscal Sucre offshore natural gas project; PDVSA announ [...]	2010-02-04 17:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS15	Chavez Seeks to Institutionalize His Regional Vision and [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continues to try to institutionalize his revolutionary vision for Latin America and his regional leadership by formalizing his socialist ideology; creating and financing new regional political, economic, social and media structures; and trying to [...]	2010-01-07 19:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM VE
10CARACAS151	Venezuela: Cuban Minister Vald??s' Mission in Caracas [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Press reports from opposition, independent Venezuelan media on February 4 react negatively to President Chavez's announcement that Cuban Minister of Communication and Computing Ramiro ValdC)s is in Caracas to assist in resolving Venezuela's electricity crisis [NOTE: President Cha [...]	2010-02-04 21:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS155	VENEZUELA: PDVSA Official's Comments on Bariven and PDVSA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to George Kabboul, the former President of PDVSA procurement subsidiary Bariven, the Venezuelan national oil company continues to be concerned that the USG might decide to close down its Houston operations. Kabboul maintains that Bariven provides procurement services for [...]	2010-02-05 22:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS161	Venezuela Deports Three Fugitives, Justice Minister Asks for [...] (C) Summary: On February 2, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) deported U.S. fugitive Salomon "Big Daddy" Camacho, as well as two fugitives wanted by France and Colombia. Minister of Justice El-Aissami told PolOff and Legatt that he had been instructed by President Chavez to return these [...]	2010-02-09 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR CO VE KCRM
10CARACAS163	Venezuela: Italian Ambassador Briefs on Eni Oil Deals [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy's Eni stands to become possibly the second largest international oil company operating in Venezuela as a result of deals signed at the end of January, according to Italian Ambassador Luigi Maccotta. It has agreed to develop the extra heavy crude Junin 5 block, to build an upgrade [...]	2010-02-10 22:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON IT VE
10CARACAS167	View from the Countryside: The Government Is Taking Over [...] (C) Summary: Government control is wide and deep in the agricultural state of Yaracuy, located in the northwest part of Venezuela. Business leaders described constant attacks on the private sector through land invasions and expropriations, subsidized agricultural imports, and government indif [...]	2010-02-11 16:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAGR VE
10CARACAS169	DRAFT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEGISLATION HAS AN UNCERTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, a legal consultant for the Venezuelan Chamber of Medicine (CAVEME) told EconOffs that an intellectual property reform drafted by Commerce Minister Eduardo Saman had "no chance" of being passed. Saman's draft law has raised concerns in the IPR legal community b [...]	2010-02-11 18:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EIND EINT EINV ETRD KIPR VE
10CARACAS177	Opposition Committed to Elections Despite Challenges [...] (C) Summary. Despite continuing internal rivalries, opposition political party leaders are united on the need to resist Chavez' "provocations" and remain focused on the September legislative elections, where they expect to present a unified candidate slate and to win at least 40 seats i [...]	2010-02-12 15:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE
10CARACAS179	Venevision Seeks "Balance" in News Coverage [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Duddy met with representatives of Venezuela's largest non-subscription media group, the Cisneros Group (Venevision),on February 10 to discuss the current status of freedom of expression in the country. The media conglomerate, owned by Gustavo Cisneros, claims its [...]	2010-02-12 16:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
10CARACAS181	Rumored Sale of Globovision [...] Summary. On February 10, opposition-oriented cable television station Globovision issued a press release denying rumors that it had been sold or had changed management. However, Director Ravell confirmed that he had been asked to resign. End Summary. Rumors of Government Pressur [...]	2010-02-12 16:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE KDEM
10CARACAS185	Unofficial Emissary Suggests Possibility for Improved [...] (C) Summary. Rene Arreaza, who is closely tied to senior Chavista officials, told the Ambassador on February 3 that, despite President Chavez' hostile rhetoric, the GBRV was willing to have a dialogue with the United States. Arreaza noted two initiatives promoting dialogue, one bilater [...]	2010-02-12 19:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
10CARACAS187	Increased Harassment of Approved Cuban Medical Parolees [...] (C) Summary: Harassment of Cuban Medical parolees has increased significantly since December 2009. Recent media coverage has exacerbated difficulties experienced by parolees attempting to exit Venezuela. These Cuban medical professionals who staff President Chavez's flagship medical service program [...]	2010-02-12 20:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CU VE
10CARACAS19	Despite Implementation of New TSA Regulations, Ongoing [...] (C) Summary: On January 4, Post contacted both U.S. and domestic carriers to ensure compliance with the new TSA security directive. Given the inability of TSA to certify Venezuelan airports, airlines have already imposed heightened security measures. Contacts in the aviation industry, thou [...]	2010-01-08 21:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE EAIR PGOV PTER PINS
10CARACAS191	Water - Yet Another Venezuelan Shortage [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's claims that low water levels are due to the El NiC1o weather phenomenon, a lack of investment in water infrastructure by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has intensified water shortages. Due to the low water [...]	2010-02-12 21:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG VE EINV
10CARACAS193	Chevron "Wins" A Carabobo Project [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron and Repsol-led consortia won the rights to negotiate mixed company deals with the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MENPET) in the Carabobo bid round. In its first major heavy oil bid round since President Chavez assumed power in 1999, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [...]	2010-02-12 21:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS201	Venezuela: The GBRV's Political Response to Colombian Offer [...] (SBU) In response to press reports of Colombian Minister of Mines and Energy HernC!nMartC-nez' offer to help Venezuela through its current electricity crisis, Venezuela's Executive Vice President ElC-as Jaua rejected the Colombian offer on Tuesday, February 16. On Wednesday, February 17, Venez [...]	2010-02-18 22:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV CO VE
10CARACAS203	EIGHT GBRV CABINET CHANGES IN LAST MONTH [...] (C) Summary: On February 13, President Chavez announced that Minister of Commerce Eduardo Saman had been replaced, bringing to eight the number of Venezuelan government (GBRV) ministers since mid-January who have either resigned or been relieved of their duties. Theories abound regarding [...]	2010-02-18 23:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE ECON
10CARACAS207	Venezuela's Financial Sector: Fragility Grows, but Neither [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's financial sector is showing increasing fragility. The Venezuelan government (GBRV) now controls 28 percent of the banking sector's assets (up from 12 percent one year ago),has established a foothold in the insurance sector, and has taken at least temporary control o [...]	2010-02-19 22:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
10CARACAS211	GBRV SELLS ALUMINUM TO TRANSNATIONALS INSTEAD OF LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan government (GBRV) is selling state-produced aluminum to multinational companies and undersupplying local fabricators, according to a private sector aluminum entrepreneur. State-owned aluminum companies Alcasa and Venalum have decreased production following a [...]	2010-02-22 20:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE EIND EINT EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD
10CARACAS213	VENEZUELA: Chevron Fears Default Expropriation of Natural [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron believes its 10% participation in the downstream development of Venezuela's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) train may be in jeopardy due to Iranian involvement in the project. The company has learned that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has contracted with Ir [...]	2010-02-22 21:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON IR TD VE
10CARACAS225	Venezuela: BP and Statoil Insights into the Carabobo Bid [...] (C) SUMMARY: The lack of infrastructure development in the area of the Faja heavy oil belt projected for development under the Carabobo bid round projects as well as PDVSA's failure to clarify the bidding terms and conditions contributed to BP and Statoil decisions not to submit bids for one of [...]	2010-02-24 21:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS229	TRIPWIRES FOR AUTHORIZED AND ORDERED DEPARTURE IN THE EVENT [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-25 17:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS AMGT AEMR
10CARACAS233	VENEZUELA: PDVSA Director for Strategic Planning Alleges it [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fadi Kabboul, a member of PDVSA's board of directors, asserted PDVSA's openness to dialogue with the USG, and expressed interest in the US Geological Survey's survey on recoverable oil in the Orinoco Belt that effectively doubled Venezuela's estimated reserves, and the on-going deb [...]	2010-02-26 13:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS237	GE TURBINE SALES TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) Following President Chavez's comments the night of February 19 that energy issues were not ideological and that his Administration has signed agreements with General Electric, Post reached out to the company to discuss its current activities in Venezuela. On February 24, Emboffs spoke by [...]	2010-02-26 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS239	Chavez Blasts IACHR Human Rights Report as "Pure Garbage" [...] (C) Summary: On February 25, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez strongly rejected the special report issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS),calling it "pure garbage" that reflected the continued "demonization" of Venez [...]	2010-02-26 20:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VE OAS
10CARACAS241	"Jesus Christ, Super Censored": GBRV Pressure Sinks [...] (C) Summary: On February 26, local media reported that a sponsorship deal for the Venezuelan musical production of Jesus Christ, Superstar fell apart after the production company refused to comply with demands by sponsors Blackberry-RIM and Movilnet that publicity for the musical not be pl [...]	2010-02-26 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE PHUM SCUL EINV
10CARACAS27	Venezuela: Chavez Devlaues Bolivar and Creates a Second Rate [...] (SBU) Summary: President Chavez announced a devaluation of the bolivar (Bs) on January 8. Instead of an official exchange rate of 2.15 Bs/USD, there will be two rates: an "official" rate of 2.6 Bs/USD (a devaluation of 17 percent) and a "dolC!r petrolero" rate of 4.3 Bs/USD (a 50 percent de [...]	2010-01-11 19:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE PGOV EPET EINV ETRD EAIR CVIS
10CARACAS29	Foreign Minister Maduro Protests Alleged Overflights, [...] (C) Summary. On January 11, Foreign Minister Nicholas Maduro called in Charge Caulfield to deliver a diplomatic note protesting an alleged violation of Venezuelan airspace by a U.S. military aircraft on January 8. Maduro expressed concern that the alleged overflight occurred on the v [...]	2010-01-11 23:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE
10CARACAS3	Venezuela Criticizes Peruvian President Garcia; Continues to [...] (SBU) The Venezuelan government (GBRV) quickly responded to Peruvian President Alan Garcia's January 2 statement that Bolivian President Evo Morales is criticizing Peru based on orders from Venezuela. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs January 4 press release "emphatically rejected" the "insolent" [...]	2010-01-05 21:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM VE
10CARACAS33	VENEZUELA MAKES ADDITIONAL CLAIMS OVER ALLEDGED AIRSPACE [...] (C) Summary. In a nationally televised briefing the evening of January 11, Venezuelan Vice President and Defense Minister Ramon CarrizC!lez, flanked by two generals, provided different information about the alleged January 8 U.S. incursion into Venezuelan airspace than that provided jus [...]	2010-01-12 20:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL CO VE OAS
10CARACAS35	Venezuelan Focus on the Electricity Sector: Too Little Too [...] (C) SUMMARY: The daily Venezuelan press is now filled with stories concerning the electricity sector crisis that distract attention and confuse the general populace. Relying on its hydropower, Venezuela has managed to generate nearly all of the electricity it requires on a daily basis. Curre [...]	2010-01-12 20:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV VE
10CARACAS37	GBRV EXPANDS AUTHORITY OF COMMUNAL COUNCILS TO CREATE [...] (C) Summary: On December 28, the GBRV promulgated an Organic Law of Communal Councils that expands the authority of the communal councils over a broad range of political, social, and economic activity. Under the new law, more than 30,000 communal councils would receive millions of dollars in p [...]	2010-01-13 21:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EFIN PGOV VE
10CARACAS41	CHAVEZ ASSERTS 2009 "ENDED WELL" [...] (C) Summary: On December 30, President Chavez delivered a self-congratulatory review of the events of 2009, lauding accomplishments in health care, unemployment, education, the cost and availability of food, the strengthening of the armed forces, and the handling of the recent bank crisis [...]	2010-01-15 17:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI VE
10CARACAS43	Making Socialism Easier to Swallow [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez made socialism taste better with the December 22 opening of a "socialist arepera" serving Venezuelan-style tortillas at a fraction of their usual price. The "Arepera Socialista" is planned to be the first of a chain of Venezuelan government (GBRV) restaurants run by th [...]	2010-01-19 12:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON EINT VE
10CARACAS49	EU-Venezuela Counternarcotics Agreement: More Optics Than [...] Summary. The 3.3 million euro EU-Venezuela counternarcotics cooperation agreement, signed on December 29, was largely a political gesture toward the European Union, according to the EU's cooperation director Marc Fiedrich. Because the agreement was pending signature for a year, it will [...]	2010-01-19 23:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV VE
10CARACAS5	Venezuela's Guayana Region: Basic Industries Deteriorating [...] (C) Summary: The financial situation and productivity of the state-owned basic industries of Venezuela's Guayana region are deteriorating rapidly as the Venezuelan government (GBRV) increases its political control over them. The case of steel maker Sidor, which the GBRV took control of in Ju [...]	2010-01-06 14:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE EIND PGOV
10CARACAS51	TFHA01 Chavez: "U.S. is taking advantage of the earthquake [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, President Chavez accused the United States of "taking advantage of the aftermath of the earthquake to occupy Haiti," saying "they are armed as if they were going to war." He called on the U.S. to send more doctors and rescue workers instead of soldiers. Chavez' st [...]	2010-01-19 23:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE
10CARACAS57	TFHA01: Venezuela Continues Attacks on U.S. Haiti Relief; [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 resolution, the Venezuelan National Assembly characterized U.S. assistance to Haiti as a "military occupation," which it rejected as a threat to both Haiti and Venezuela. The GBRV Ministry of Communication and Information Vive website altered its January 18 articl [...]	2010-01-20 22:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE
10CARACAS69	Venezuelaâ€™s Economy in 2010: A Difficult and Uncertain Year [...] (C) Summary: 2010 is shaping up to be another bad year for Venezuela economically. After oil prices fell in the second half of 2008, Venezuela's bubble burst and the economy contracted 2.9 percent in 2009. Analysts' predictions for growth in 2010 range from anemic growth of 1.4 percent to a contrac [...]	2010-01-22 15:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
10CARACAS7	DISCONTENT GROWS IN ONE OF VENEZUELA'S INDUSTRIAL HEARTLANDS [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government's (GBRV) perceived mismanagement of recently nationalized basic industries in the country's Guayana region has engendered resentment among the local population and led to work stoppages and demonstrations by the industries' workers. The crisis within [...]	2010-01-06 19:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON EIND VE
10CARACAS73	GBRV LAUNCHES "BABY JESUS" MISSION AS INFANT MORTALITY RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 29, in an effort to halt rising infant and maternal mortality, President Chavez launched the "Baby Jesus" Mission during his weekly "Hello President" radio and television broadcast. The program includes a proposed initial investment of over USD 124 million to bu [...]	2010-01-25 16:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ECIN KCOR VE
10CARACAS75	RE: RCTV Closed; Protests Erupt [...] (C) In a press conference the evening of January 23, Diosdado Cabello, the Minister of Housing and Public Works and the director of the broadcasting regulatory agency Conatel, announced that he had instructed cable TV operators to remove RCTV and five other cable networks from their progr [...]	2010-01-25 20:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
10CARACAS77	CHAVEZ "WANTS TO TALK WITH U.S."; DECLARES HIMSELF A MARXIST [...] (C) Summary: During his January 15 annual address to the National Assembly (AN) and in subsequent public remarks, President Chavez formally declared himself a "Marxist," criticized President Obama for "serving the interests of the Empire," and affirmed that the Venezuelan government (GBRV [...]	2010-01-25 21:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE MOPS ECON SOCI
10CARACAS81	Chavez Proclaims "I am the People" and Demands Absolute [...] (C) Summary: Pro-government and opposition groups each led large, peaceful demonstrations in Caracas on January 23 to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the fall of the Marcos Perez Jimenez dictatorship. President Chavez joined thousands of his supporters bused in from across the country and [...]	2010-01-26 15:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
10CARACAS83	Chavez Proclaims "I am the People" and Demands Absolute [...] (C) Summary: Pro-government and opposition groups each led large, peaceful demonstrations in Caracas on January 23 to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the fall of the Marcos Perez Jimenez dictatorship. President Chavez joined thousands of his supporters bused in from across the country and [...]	2010-01-26 17:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
10CARACAS85	CHAVEZ TACKLES RISING CRIME WITH THE BOLIVARIAN NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On December 20, about 950 members of the newly created "Bolivarian National Police" (PNB) deployed to the streets of Libertador, one of the municipalities of Caracas. President Hugo Chavez had officially inaugurated the PNB in a November 28 speech to PSUV party officials [...]	2010-01-26 17:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR CO VE KCRM
10CARACAS9	VENEZUELA: OIL SECTOR STATUS AND FORECAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: 2009 has been turbulent for Venezuela's national oil company PDVSA. It continues to maintain debt to service companies in excess of $8 billion and issued over $6 billion in new bonds in 2009. Contrary to publically stated plans to invest $17 billion for the year, it invested less [...]	2010-01-06 19:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS91	A Trio of Cabinet Resignations Sparks Speculation [...] (C) Summary. On January 25, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) confirmed the resignation of Vice President and Defense Minister Ramon CarrizC!lez, his wife and Environment Minister Yubiri Ortega, and Minister of Public Banking and President of the Bank of Venezuela Eugenio Vasquez Orrellana. The unex [...]	2010-01-26 23:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO VE
10CARACAS93	Cargill Takes a Hit to Protect Larger Interests [...] (C) SUMMARY: After its expropriation in March 2009, Cargill decided to accept a deal for its rice plant that did not fully reflect its value in order to protect its larger investments in Venezuela. Cargill is now, however, considering pursuing legal action due to the Government of the Boliva [...]	2010-01-27 16:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
10CARACAS97	CHAVEZ SEIZES EXITO, ASKS FOR LEGAL REFORM TO FACILITATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 17, in what he described as an effort to halt inflation, President Chavez ordered the expropriation of the French-Colombian Exito hypermarket chain for illegally raising prices in violation of Venezuelan law. Chavez announced that the expropriated stores-together [...]	2010-01-27 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINT EAGR EINV CO FR VE
10CASABLANCA19	MOROCCAN CHRISTIANS COMPLAIN OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Morocco (GOM) security forces raided a meeting of 11 Moroccan Christian converts and one American Citizen (AMCIT) in a rural village south of Marrakech on February 4. The police temporarily detained the Moroccans, expelled the AMCIT and confiscated their computers, [...]	2010-02-09 14:43:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM MO
10CASABLANCA24	OIL CONTINUES TO GREASE MOROCCO-IRAN RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Rabat broke diplomatic relations with Tehran in March 2009, commercial links between the two countries remain important, led by Iran's provision of more than one quarter of Morocco's crude oil imports in 2009, worth nearly USD 1 billion. At the same time, Morocco export [...]	2010-02-19 11:26:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG KISL MO IR
10CASABLANCA9	DUBAI WOES REVERBERATE IN MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The net value of United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign direct investment in Morocco reached USD 606 million in 2008, a staggering increase from the USD 15 million invested in 2002. To fuel this expansion, the UAE employed a calculated strategy, which entailed pursuing long-term inv [...]	2010-01-21 13:26:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL AE MO
10CHENGDU12	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST HUANG QI: ATTORNEY PROVIDES MORE [...] (C) Summary. The attorney of imprisoned Chinese dissident Huang Qi told Consul General January 8 that there were significant irregularities in Huang's court case, including fabricated evidence and procedural inconsistencies. Huang's appeal documents are expected to be reviewed by judges in F [...]	2010-01-15 04:45:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CH
10CHENGDU14	TIBETAN UNIVERSITY DEAN ON SELF-RESPECT, CULTURE, LANGUAGE, [...] (C) Summary: Tibetan youth in China are "demoralized" by the lack of higher education opportunities in their native language that limit their participation in modern society, the consequent lack of standardized scientific and technical vocabulary in the Tibetan language, and erosion of traditio [...]	2010-01-15 08:01:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV CH
10CHENGDU35	SW CHINA: MINORITIES DISCUSS PRC MINORITY POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Retired Tibetan Communist leader Yangling Dorje and three ethnic minority professors at Chengdu's Southwest Nationalities University -- a Miao, a Korean, and a Tibetan -- recently discussed their frustrations with PRC minority policy in two separate meetings with Congen Chengdu. [...]	2010-02-05 03:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
10CHENGDU6	WIFE OF SICHUAN DISSIDENT HUANG QI DISCUSSES HIS CASE [...] (C) Summary: Zeng Li, wife of imprisoned Sichuan dissident Huang Qi, told Consul General January 4th that she has not been allowed to see her husband since he was sentenced on November 23, 2009 to three years imprisonment for possession of state secrets. Zeng fears for Huang's health -- she is [...]	2010-01-06 09:43:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
10CHENGDU8	TIBETAN NOMAD POLICIES IN SICHUAN: SETTLEMENT, CONFLICT AND [...] (U) This is the first of two cables on settlement policies and economic development in Tibetan communities of Hongyuan County, Aba (Tibetan: Ngaba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, western Sichuan, based on EconOff's travel there in November and December. Summary and Comment - [...]	2010-01-08 10:05:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PHUM PGOV CH
10CHENGDU9	TIBETAN HERDERS IN SICHUAN'S HONGYUAN COUNTY FACE UNCERTAIN [...] (U) This is the second of two cables on economic development and nomad settlement policies in Tibetan communities of Hongyuan County, in Aba (Tibetan: Ngaba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, western Sichuan, based on travel there in November and December. See ref A for first report. [...]	2010-01-11 03:44:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM EAIR EAGR SENV SOCI CH
10CHIANGMAI16	KAREN STATE UPDATE [...] (C) According to the Karen National Union (KNU),which continues its armed struggle against Burma's military regime, it has agreed on the terms of a defensive military alliance with two other armed groups - the Kachin Independence Army (KIA-a ceasefire group) and Chin National Army. Talks aim [...]	2010-02-19 08:03:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF MOPS MARR BM TH
10CHIANGMAI3	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE PIPELINE CONTINUES TO RUN THROUGH [...] (C) During a late 2009 trip to Thailand's northern province of Chiang Rai, contacts told us that: North Korean asylum seekers continue to enter the province at a rate of 350-400 per year, mostly in the March-May and October-November timeframes; field-level cooperation to intercept would-be arr [...]	2010-01-11 09:06:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM SMIG CH KN KS TH
10CHISINAU23	PROSECUTOR FINES MENORAH-PROTESTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 12 meeting with the Charge, Prosecutor General Valeriu Zubco argued that Moldovan law gave him no choice but to fine, rather than charge with a crime, the Orthodox priest who desecrated the Jewish menorah on December 13 (reftel). However, based on a previously unco [...]	2010-01-15 13:10:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR KDEM MD
10CHISINAU45	IMF CONDITIONS FOR AGREEMENT WITH [...] (C?) Summary: In late October, the new four- party Alliance for European Integration (AIE)- coalition government of Moldova (GOM) negotiated a preliminary agreement with the IMF for a USD 588 million loan. IMF resident representative Tokhir Mirzoev told us on January 15 that the primary con [...]	2010-01-26 14:05:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET EAID RS MD
10CHISINAU5	MOLDOVAGAZ PRESIDENT GUSEV TALKS BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 22 meeting, Moldovagaz President Alexander Gusuv told Pol/Econ Officer that the new Government of Moldova (GOM) no longer interfered in his company's business as the previous GOM had done. Gusev said recent meetings with Ukrainian representatives -- on the eve of [...]	2010-01-05 13:22:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV MD
10CHISINAU64	DEMARCHE REPLY: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO [...] (C) Ambassador Chaudhry delivered reftel demarche to Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca on February 2. Foreign Minister Leanca promised to tell the Prime Minister to send clear instructions to the Moldovan Customs Service that controls/sanctions on Iran be properly implemented and strict [...]	2010-02-04 14:22:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IR UNSC MD
10CHISINAU80	ACTING PRESIDENT PREFERS NEW [...] (C) Summary: In a February 3 meeting, Acting President Ghimpu told the Ambassador that he hoped to address Moldova's difficulties in electing a President through constitutional reform. Ghimpu said there were serious disagreements within the governing alliance over holding repeat parliamenta [...]	2010-02-12 12:51:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MD
10CHISINAU9	OUR MOLDOVA ALLIANCE ON VERGE OF SPLIT [...] (C) Summary: The Our Moldova Alliance (AMN),one of the four parties of the ruling Alliance for European Integration (AIE),is on the verge of a schism following a heated December 12 party congress. Though AMN Chairman (and Deputy Parliament Speaker) Serafim Urechean retained his post, a fa [...]	2010-01-11 06:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID PINR MD
10COLOMBO105	SRI LANKA: FONSEKA DETAINED, GOVERNMENT PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, former opposition presidential candidate Fonseka was taken into custody by military police. Several key joint opposition leaders were at the office when the detention occurred and said the military personnel had man-handled Fonseka and dragged him across the floor as [...]	2010-02-09 13:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO108	SRI LANKA HOT TOPICS: FONSEKA, BUDDHIST CRITICISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Charge met with the Foreign Secretary, who said that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had acted with complete transparency when detaining Sarath Fonseka and that the U.S. statement of "concern" by the State Department spokesman was premature. He left the door open [...]	2010-02-10 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO109	SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to UNICEF, new cases of child recruitment in 2009 numbered 17 by the TMVP and 402 by the LTTE. All of these children were released. There were now five outstanding cases of TMVP children recruited before 2009 who were under 18, and 54 outstanding cases who had turned 18 [...]	2010-02-11 09:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO11	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.5 [...] (C) TNA Leader R. Sampanthan announced late afternoon on January 6 that the TNA would support Fonseka in the presidential election. A written statement by Sampanthan outlining the decision focused almost exclusively on President Rajapaksa, ending by saying it was important to defeat him, and [...]	2010-01-07 14:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO111	FM BOGOLLAGAMA SUMMONS CHARGE FOR FOLLOW-UP ON [...] (C) On February 12, Foreign Minister Bogollagama summoned Charge to provide more information regarding her question at a February 11 briefing for the diplomatic corps regarding General Fonseka's medical care. At the February 11 briefing the FM enumerated the legal provisions that govern the p [...]	2010-02-12 11:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO115	PRESS REPORTS LINK CYBER CENSORSHIP TO WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) The lead news story in the February 14 Sunday Times newspaper claimed that information technology experts from China's Military Intelligence Division were coming to Sri Lanka to help the Government of Sri Lanka block websites critical of the government. The article indirectly cited [...]	2010-02-16 12:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE ECON ECPS KPAO PGOV SOCI TINT
10COLOMBO121	2007 IWOC AWARDEE FIGHTS UPHILL BATTLE ON JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena, 2007 Sri Lankan recipient of the Secretary's International Women of Courage Award, related frustration with the presidential election, the Rajapaksa family, and a weak Sri Lankan civil society. She also discussed her recent report on post-war justice, wh [...]	2010-02-17 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO122	SRI LANKA BADLY MISSES IMF DEFICIT TARGET; LIKELY [...] (C) Summary. An IMF staff mission currently in Sri Lanka is finding that the country has badly missed its 2009 government deficit target, with the budget deficit reaching 9.5% of GDP, well over the 7% IMF target. The IMF staff team plans to recommend no further disbursements until Sri La [...]	2010-02-18 12:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE ECON ETRD PGOV
10COLOMBO125	SRI LANKA: FOCUS ON FONSEKA FAMILY CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sarath Fonseka lodged an election petition with the Supreme Court, alleging many violations of elections law and asking the court to overturn Rajapaksa's victory, and declare Fonseka the winner. The government issued an arrest warrant for Fonseka's son-in-law, Danuna Tillakaratne [...]	2010-02-19 05:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO132	FONSEKA CATCH-22: SUPREME COURT RULES NO RELEASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Fundamental Rights hearing on February 23, the Supreme Court denied General Fonseka release as interim relief because his claim that there was no reason to detain him could not be verified until the investigation was completed and, presumably, charges were filed. At the same [...]	2010-02-24 01:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO134	SRI LANKA NABS DRUG TRAFFICKERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Media is reporting and contacts confirm that Sri Lankan Police and Customs officials have seized over 40 kilos of heroin in the past week in three different drug busts. On February 15, Customs officials reported they had arrested two Pakistani nationals with 83 packets of heroin [...]	2010-02-24 04:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	APER AORC ECON KUNR UN CE
10COLOMBO142	ANGLICAN BISHOP OFFERS ADVICE AND HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Ambassador called on Anglican Bishop Duleep Kamil De Chickera, a well-respected and influential Sri Lankan cleric. The bishop saw a role for the international community in Sri Lanka but cautioned against a didactic approach. While there were two national interfait [...]	2010-02-26 07:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE

10COLOMBO143	COLOMBO CHIEFS OF MISSION RECOMMEND WAYS FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting called by Ambassador to discuss reftel demarche to capitals, chiefs of missions (COMs) in Colombo agreed with the U.S. assessment that the political situation in Sri Lanka had deteriorated after the presidential elections in terms of the Fonseka arrest, intimidation o [...]	2010-02-26 08:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO17	FATEFUL STEP: MAIN TAMIL PARTY ANNOUNCES SUPPORT [...] (C) On January 6, leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) R. Sampanthan formally announced the TNA's support for common opposition candidate General Fonseka. Addressing a packed news conference at parliament, Sampanthan said the TNA had consulted both candidates over the last several weeks [...]	2010-01-11 04:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO2	OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary. The opposition presidential candidate General Fonseka is a military man who has publicly admitted that he has little knowledge of economic issues, and other than clamping down on corruption, he has no apparent economic program. General Fonseka has announced some populist me [...]	2010-01-04 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE ECON PGOV
10COLOMBO21	SRI LANKA - ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 6 [...] (C) Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka released his campaign "manifesto" on January 7, a full-color 22-page brochure, which contained a strong condemnation of President Rajapaksa, largely on grounds of corruption and family patronage. Post contacts have said the manifesto would be publish [...]	2010-01-11 12:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO27	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO 7 [...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Local media and the elections monitoring group CMEV reported that a bus carrying supporters of presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka in Tangalle, in the southern Hambantota District, was attacked by two gunmen on a motorcycle on January 12. A 58-year-old woman [...]	2010-01-13 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO30	TISSAINAYAGAM OUT OF PRISON [...] (C) Imprisoned journalist J.S. Tissainayagam, who was granted bail on January 11, was released from prison today after processing of his court documents. (NOTE: The non-computerized Sri Lankan court system is notoriously slow, and the two-day delay in Tissainayagam's release was not out of th [...]	2010-01-15 05:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO36	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 8 [...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Election-related violence has caused three additional deaths since the last elections update cable from Post (Ref. A). On January 16, a group of unidentified persons opened fire on a van carrying supporters of President Rajapaksa, killing one person and injurin [...]	2010-01-19 13:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO40	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 9 [...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Two persons were reported shot and seriously injured the night of January 18 while returning home from a Fonseka campaign rally in a small town near Hambantota. Numerous Post contacts have expressed concern about increasing violence in the remaining days befor [...]	2010-01-20 14:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO44	GDP GROWTH IS NOT ENOUGH AS POPULAR ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. Sri Lanka has enjoyed strong economic growth in the last four years, with rising per capita income, falling poverty rates, and a booming stock market in 2009. Despite glowing macro-economic statistics, opposition candidate General Fonseka appears to be gaining traction with [...]	2010-01-21 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE ECON PGOV SOCI
10COLOMBO46	ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS IN EASTERN SRI LANKA [...] (C) A contact who works on human rights issues in Eastern Sri Lanka and serves on Chief Minister Pillayan's staff, provided an international group with her perspective on elections in the East. OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRAUD ----------------------- 2. (C) Transfer of ballot boxes from polling s [...]	2010-01-21 13:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO47	RAJAPAKSA POLLSTER SAYS RACE IS NECK AND NECK [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa's chief opinion pollster told us their figures and those of the opposition all showed the presidential election to be very close. Undecided voters were at an unprecedented 17 percent (six or seven percent this close to the election date was more the norm),with [...]	2010-01-22 07:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO48	ELECTIONS IN AMPARA: INTIMIDATION AND WEAK [...] (SBU) Ambassador and USAID Mission Director met with about ten business representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Ampara District in eastern Sri Lanka and made a separate call on the Ampara Government Agent (GA),Mr. Sunil Kannangara. Ampara has fewer Tamils than its eas [...]	2010-01-22 07:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO53	LEFTIST JVP EXPLAINS SUPPORT FOR FONSEKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 15 meeting with Ambassador, neo-Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party chief Somawansa Amarasinghe and JVP MP Sunil Hanunnetti discussed the JVP's vision of a united, multiethnic, multi-lingual Sri Lanka; their support for Sarath Fonseka's presidential bid; the [...]	2010-01-25 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO55	AMBASSADOR SUMMONED BY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign Minister called in the Ambassador this afternoon to express his concerns about her televised interview which aired on all three MTV news broadcasts the evening of January 14. Foreign Minister Bogollagama also raised the Ambassador's weekend call to the Inspector Gene [...]	2010-01-25 13:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO56	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 11 [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) On the eve of an historic presidential election in Sri Lanka, the leading candidates appear to be neck-and-neck, with no one able to predict how events will unfold. Scenarios -- often offered by the same observer -- range from a peaceful handover of power to [...]	2010-01-26 01:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO57	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 11 [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) On the eve of an historic presidential election in Sri Lanka, the leading candidates appear to be neck-and-neck, with no one able to predict how events will unfold. Scenarios -- often offered by the same observer -- range from a peaceful handover of power to [...]	2010-01-26 01:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO59	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 12 - MORNING [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) As of 12:00 PM local time on election day in Sri Lanka, the balloting so far had been generally peaceful. There were some limited reports of violence, outlined in the paragraph below, but by and large voting was occurring without major incident. Mission offi [...]	2010-01-26 07:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO61	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 13 - POLLS CLOSED [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) After the close of polls at 4:00 PM local, elections monitoring group PAFFREL reported an estimated turnout of 74 percent for all of Sri Lanka except Jaffna, where it reported 18-20 percent turnout. Figures on turnout for Jaffna are difficult to interpret, as [...]	2010-01-26 12:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO62	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 14 - ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Ballot counting has been slow overnight. Postal ballots were not completed until around 2:30 AM local time, and by 9:00 AM local time, only about 20 per cent of the total ballots had been counted, when in past elections over 50 per cent would be complete at th [...]	2010-01-27 04:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO63	IPR PROTECTION IN SRI LANKA: BAD, BUT IMPROVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's intellectual property rights regime is good on paper but lax on enforcement. Still, since the passage of comprehensive legislation in 2003, things have slowly been improving. The Embassy, American Chamber of Commerce, Business Software Alliance, a cadre of specializ [...]	2010-01-28 11:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ECON PGOV CE
10COLOMBO65	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 15 [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Despite earlier confusion, Elections Commissioner Dissanayake confirmed in a meeting with PolOff on January 28 that he had indeed certified President Rajapaksa's victory in the January 26 presidential election. He said the official gazette notification was be [...]	2010-01-28 12:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO7	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.4 [...] (C) As reported by Post in an O/I item on December 24, the TNA is expected to announce shortly that it will support Fonseka in the presidential election, with widespread local media coverage already discussing the move. TNA leader Sampanthan is scheduled to meet with Ambassador Wednesday or T [...]	2010-01-05 12:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO75	AMBASSADOR RAISES POST-ELECTION CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on Assistant Secretary Blake's January 29 meeting with the Sri Lankan charge d'affaires in Washington (reftel),Ambassador Butenis requested and held a meeting on January 31 with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama to raise U.S. concerns regarding Government of Sri L [...]	2010-02-01 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO76	AMBASSADOR RAISES POST-ELECTION CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on Assistant Secretary Blake's January 29 meeting with the Sri Lankan charge d'affaires in Washington (reftel),Ambassador Butenis requested and held a meeting on January 31 with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama to raise U.S. concerns regarding Government of Sri L [...]	2010-02-01 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO78	POST-ELECTION UPDATE: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) After broaching the idea on January 28, President Rajapaksa's plan appears to be to dissolve Parliament on or about February 5, with a general election most likely towards the end of March or early April. Analysts suggest the president is hoping to capitalize [...]	2010-02-01 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO8	CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST SAYS FONSEKA WANTS TRUTH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador, chief opposition campaign strategist and one-time Rajapaksa confidante Mangala Samaraweera said he was "pleasantly surprised" that General Fonseka believed accountability was important for Sri Lanka, that he agreed with Samaraweera that the country ne [...]	2010-01-06 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO81	SRI LANKA: PURGES IN THE MILITARY, POLICE - AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Rajapaksa's January 26 re-election, the leadership has undertaken purges of military and police officials believed to be loyal to Fonseka or perceived to be overly eager to uphold election laws against Rajapaksa campaign abuses. Contacts indicated that two sen [...]	2010-02-02 13:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO82	POST ELECTION: NEW THREATS TO MEDIA FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's presidential election has brought a new wave of official and unofficial pressure on media outlets and attacks against journalists. MTV (Sirisa),a popular private television and radio conglomerate, has received official warning that it must cease airing anti-governme [...]	2010-02-02 13:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO83	DEFENSE SECRETARY ON FONSEKA AND POST-ELECTION [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 2, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa summoned DATT to a hasty meeting under the pretext of discussing an upcoming engagement activity with the U.S. military. As expected, Rajapaksa also wanted to explain the government's position on the treatment of General Fonseka [...]	2010-02-02 13:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO88	IWOC: PROPOSED REVISIONS TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2010 [...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See Paragraph 2. 2. (C) Post is delighted with the selection of Sri Lankan nominee Jensila Kubais as a recipient of the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Post recommends that the Department revise the citation narrative liste [...]	2010-02-03 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO CE
10COLOMBO89	SRI LANKA WILL "STUDY" U.S. DEMARCHE REQUEST ON [...] (C) On February 2, PolOff delivered reftel points on Sri Lankan engagement with Iran to resolve diplomatically the international community's concerns about Iran's nuclear program to Sri Lankan MFA UN and Multilateral Affairs Additional Director General (DG) Chandra Wijeratne. Wijeratne informe [...]	2010-02-03 10:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER PARM MOPS CE
10COLOMBO91	POST-ELECTION UPDATE: SC SECOND-TERM RULING, [...] (C) On February 2, a full bench of seven Supreme Court judges, including the chief justice, ruled that President Rajapaksa's second term of office would begin on November 19, 2010, the five-year anniversary of his taking office. The president's lawyers had argued the second term should not be [...]	2010-02-03 12:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO94	PRESIDENT SPEAKS OF UNITY, EMERGENCY REGULATIONS [...] (C) In his Sri Lankan National Day speech in Kandy on February 4, President Rajapaksa promised to turn Sri Lanka into the "Pride of Asia" through economic development and national unity. The themes were quite similar to those used in his op-ed article in the February 4 edition of the Wall Str [...]	2010-02-05 08:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10CONAKRY110	WORLD BANK HOPES TO RESTART PROGRAMMING [...] (C) World Bank (WB) representative Siaka Bakayoko is generally pleased with Dore's transition government, particularly with the appointment of Minister of Finance Kerfalla Yansane. The WB is apparently eager to restart programming in Guinea, but is logistically unable to do so, as Guinea curr [...]	2010-02-19 11:48:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON GV
10CONAKRY125	MINING COMPANIES CONCERNED ABOUT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/PolChief met with representatives of several mining companies over the past week to discuss how the transition is impacting Guinea's most lucrative industry. While the representatives seemed optimistic about Guinea's political future, they were universally disappointed by the r [...]	2010-02-25 17:19:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
10CONAKRY77	FRANCOIS FALL SKEPTICAL OF DORE'S INTENTIONS [...] (C) On February 1, Ambassador Moller met with former PM, and newly appointed spokesperson for the Forces Vives (reftel A),Francois Lonceny Fall. Fall told the Ambassador that Guinea, for the first time, has a window of opportunity for democracy. However, he noted that there are problems withi [...]	2010-02-01 16:51:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
10CONAKRY81	SIDYA TOURE PREPARING FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Moller and A/PolChief met with former PM and President of Union of Republican Forces (UFR) Sidya Toure on Feb 2 to discuss the formation of the transition government. Seeming more Presidential candidate than member of the Forces Vives, Toure focused primarily on reforms [...]	2010-02-02 17:16:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
10CONAKRY84	PM OFFICE ILL EQUIPED TO HANDLE NEW RESPONSIBILITES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Moller, RSO, and A/PolChief on February 3, Minister of Security and First Vice President General Mamadou "Toto" Camara reiterated that no one in the CNDD or the military, including himself and Interim President Sekouba Konate, was interested in keeping [...]	2010-02-03 15:56:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM GV
10CONAKRY91	UNION LEADER APPOINTED HEAD OF CNT [...] (U) In the first appointment under the Premiership of Jean Marie Dore, union leader Hadja Rabiatou Diallo was named President of the National Transition Council (CNT). Rabiatou has publicly lobbied for the position since Jean Marie Dore was appointed the sole Prime Minister of the transition [...]	2010-02-09 15:11:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
10CONAKRY96	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SAYS HR SITUATION IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with A/PolChief human rights activist Mamadi Kaba said that the human rights situation in Guinea has improved since Interim President Sekouba Konate spoke to troops about supporting the transition government on January 12 (reftel). The military, while still very power [...]	2010-02-11 09:20:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
10CONAKRY97	DORE PROMISES ELECTIONS IN SIX MONTHS [...] (U) In a meeting with Ambassador Moller, Prime Minister Jean Marie Dore promised to work toward elections in six months and to publicly appoint his government by this evening. Dore said that his main focus during the transition would be to prepare for elections and significantly reduce corrup [...]	2010-02-11 16:35:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
10COPENHAGEN10	CUBA: DANISH OFFICIALS CAN'T GET VISAS DUE TO [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Denmark covers Cuba from Mexico City, and has been unable to get visas for officials to visit Cuba due to its insistence on engaging with civil society as well as the GOC. It assesses that Spain has backed off some on abolishi [...]	2010-01-07 08:25:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI CU DA
10COPENHAGEN102	(C) MIDEAST PEACE: DANISH MFA FLOATS A LOW-KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA briefed the Embassy on an initiative it is exploring - pending approval from FM Moeller - to promote low-key cooperation among Israel and its neighbors. Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Qatar responded favorably during an exploratory visit in January. Palestinian interest [...]	2010-02-22 11:06:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL XF
10COPENHAGEN103	EUR DAS QUANRUD'S FEBRUARY 10-11 VISIT: FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with visiting EUR DAS Quanrud, Danish officials indicated solid support for new UNSC sanctions against Iran; described Danish-Chinese relations as barely recovered from "a major bilateral crisis" after a fall meeting between the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister [...]	2010-02-22 11:51:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETTC ASEC KWMN CH RU IR GL DA
10COPENHAGEN107	GOLDSTONE REPORT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Allan Jacobsen, Head of MFA's Human Rights Department, told A/DCM February 22 that Denmark agrees the UN Human Rights Council is the first place that should deal with any follow-up to the Goldstone Report, as it is the body that commissioned the Report. He added that there might in futur [...]	2010-02-25 16:54:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IO UNGA PREL KPAL IS DA
10COPENHAGEN34	AFGHANISTAN: DENMARK FULLY AGREES ON TRANSITION [...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA Afghanistan Unit Head (and acting Stabilization Department Head) Stephan Schoenemann told A/DCM January 15 that Denmark fully agrees with the USG perspective and approach. He added that Denmark is currently working on its annual plan for engagement (both milit [...]	2010-01-15 16:23:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL DA
10COPENHAGEN41	IRAQ: ATTEMPTS TO BAR CANDIDATES FROM [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Denmark shares USG concern about attempts to bar candidates from upcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections, according to MFA Mideast Department Section Heads Stig Paolo Piras and Kristian Rasmussen. In response to reftel demarche, they t [...]	2010-01-25 15:02:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ DA
10COPENHAGEN43	JAN. 25 FAC DEMARCHE: DANISH RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-26 15:44:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC IR YM BK SO UP YI DA
10COPENHAGEN49	(C) NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ASKS FOR CONTINUED USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's new Ambassador to Denmark Ahmet Dibek requested continued USG assistance in getting Denmark to engage on Turkish concerns about Roj-TV. He also spoke of Turkish - Danish cooperation to facilitate integration of Turkish immigrants to Denmark, and how these issues relate [...]	2010-01-28 13:23:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR TU DA
10COPENHAGEN53	AFGHANISTAN LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Denmark intends to speak constructively at the London conference on Afghanistan, is supportive of the Afghan reintegration program and will consider seeking funding to support the new Trust Fund, and is preparing an analytical paper on how to proceed in a regional context to pr [...]	2010-01-29 08:41:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF DA
10COPENHAGEN64	(C) IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM: DENMARK "FULLY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MFA Mideast Department Head Michael Lund Jeppesen told Acting DCM February 2 that Denmark "fully supports" sanctions against Iran, and they should be UNSC sanctions. He recalled that Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller has been clear for a long time that th [...]	2010-02-04 11:05:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC IR DA
10COPENHAGEN93	(C) TFHA01: DENMARK CONSIDERING FURTHER AID [...] (C) Denmark intends to support debt-relief for Haiti and is in a "very preliminary" stage of considering donating another USD six to ten million specifically to help children and women, pending the needs assessment that is due to begin February 22, according to Kit Clausen, MFA Section Head f [...]	2010-02-17 13:14:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MARR HA DA
10COPENHAGEN95	(C) FAC AND CHINA ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-18 11:18:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM KNUC ETTC EAID CH IR UP HA
10COPENHAGEN99	AFGHANISTAN: ISAF TRAINERS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-19 14:31:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL NATO DA AF
10DAKAR127	Ambassador Discusses Corruption with Senegalese President [...] (U) Summary: After nearly two hours of a mostly one-on-one discussion that included lighter and more tense exchanges, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade took the suggestion to demonstrate tangible steps of fighting corruption. Wade relied on his standard defense of the fact there have been no [...]	2010-02-18 17:31:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KMCA ECON SG
10DAMASCUS10	ERDOGAN VISIT TO DAMASCUS WAS FLAWLESS, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Both the substance and the atmospherics of the December 22-23 visit that brought Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan and a large cabinet-level delegation to Damascus were outstanding, according to diplomatic contacts. The visit saw the first meeting of the High-Level Strategic Cooperat [...]	2010-01-04 10:29:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY TU
10DAMASCUS100	WORRIED AT THE IRANIAN EMBASSY? DIPLOMATS REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria-based diplomats report that the Iranian Embassy in Damascus is concerned about the SARG's increased engagement with the United States and moderate regional states like Saudi Arabia and Turkey. After three American delegations met with President Bashar al-Asad and visiting A [...]	2010-02-03 09:35:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SY IR
10DAMASCUS102	GRAND MUFTI'S COMMENTS ON PROPHET SPARKS RARE [...] (C) Summary: Reporting on a January 19 meeting between Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun and a George Mason University delegation, London-based daily Al-Quds al-Arabi attributed remarks to the Mufti that sparked outrage in certain conservative Islamic circles. As a result, a public campaign against t [...]	2010-02-03 14:02:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO SCUL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS103	OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL: LOCAL LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Charge met a range of political, religious, and business leaders during a January 26-27 visit to Homs. In addition to a long discussion with Homs Governor Iyad Ghazal (ref B),the Charge met Melkite Catholic Archbishop Isidore Battikha, Greek Patriarchate Deputy Patriarch Fat [...]	2010-02-03 14:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EIND EINV ETRD CASC CVIS KISL
10DAMASCUS105	VICE FM DEFENDS SYRIA'S "PEACEFUL OBJECTIVES" [...] (SBU) Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad convened representatives of Western Hemisphere and African diplomatic missions February 4 to review and echo FM Muallim's comments to the press the day before concerning Syria's view of Israeli rhetorical "threats." Muallim separately briefed Arab and [...]	2010-02-04 15:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL SY IS
10DAMASCUS106	HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATES -- SARG BUDGES ON TIP, BUT [...] (C) Summary: SARG pressure on civil society and human rights activists has been unrelenting since the 2007 detention of the Damascus Declaration National Council's leadership. The SARG consistently retaliated against any public statements, including press reports, deemed critical of the regime. The [...]	2010-02-07 03:43:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL KMPI KTIP KWMN SCUL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS143	EMBASSY DAMASCUS PROPOSALS FOR SMALL GRANTS [...] (C) Embassy Damascus requests S/GWI support and funding for three proposals: "Grassroots Diplomacy," "Gender Research," and "Empowering Young, Deaf Women." These programs represent our first, substantive engagement with independent, grassroots NGOs in almost five years. With full funding we [...]	2010-02-18 16:19:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OEXC KWMN PGOV PREL SY
10DAMASCUS151	PALESTINIAN REFUGEES: COMMISSIONER-GENERAL LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi and Deputy Commissioner-General Margot Ellis said February 21 UNRWA's operations assisting Palestinian refugees in Syria were "in serious trouble" and that "dramatic" changes are possible if the ag [...]	2010-02-22 06:36:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAL PHUM PREF PREL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS16	SYRIAN NGO REACHES OUT TO EMBASSY DAMASCUS [...] (C) BASMA, the Children with Cancer Support Association, requested Embassy staff assistance in overcoming sanctions that prohibited the organization's ability to import badly needed equipment. Their proactive efforts marked a significant departure from Syrian NGOs' hesitancy to interact with [...]	2010-01-06 10:36:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON KPAO PREL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS170	"WE ARE READY": IRAQI DIPLOMATS AND ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following weeks of discussions with SARG ministries, the Iraqi Embassy and the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reported they would be ready to facilitate voting by Iraqi refugees in Syria in the Iraqi legislative elections on March 5-7. However, confusion over [...]	2010-02-25 14:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAL PHUM PREF PREL SOCI SY IZ
10DAMASCUS174	REFUGEE VOTING: IRAQI ELECTORAL COMMISSION RUSHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: With five days remaining before Iraqi refugees in Syria begin voting, officials at the Damascus office of the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) told us February 28 they were rushing to train election staff and get the word out in advance of the March 5-7 voting. [...]	2010-02-28 14:34:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREF PREL SOCI SY IZ
10DAMASCUS18	SAUDI FM'S DAMASCUS VISIT SHOWCASES CLOSER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal met President Bashar al-Asad during a brief surprise visit to Damascus on January 5. Discussions focused on instability in Yemen, the prospects for Palestinian reconciliation, Iraqi elections, and the peace process. Arab diplomats and [...]	2010-01-07 11:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SY
10DAMASCUS23	NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES FOR IRAQI REFUGEES [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-10 14:41:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY
10DAMASCUS28	SYRIANS REACT NEGATIVELY TO ENHANCED TSA SCREENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syrians of all stripes have reacted negatively to enhanced airport screening requirements for travelers from 14 countries, including Syria, recently instituted by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Government officials, students, journalists, businesspeople, and ot [...]	2010-01-11 13:53:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM SOCI PREL PTER PHUM SY
10DAMASCUS32	IRAQI PALESTINIAN REFUGEES LIVE PRECARIOUSLY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Palestinians have been among the most vulnerable of Iraqi refugees in Syria. Over 2,600 of these essentially stateless people have been stranded in three desolate camps at or near the Syrian-Iraqi border. UNHCR is closing one of the camps, al-Tanf, this month and a second [...]	2010-01-12 08:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM SOCI PREL PREF PHUM KPAL SY
10DAMASCUS33	SARG PROTESTS NEW TSA SCREENING REQUIREMENTS; [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 12:57:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM SOCI PREL PTER PHUM
10DAMASCUS36	SYRIA PASSES FIRST TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS LAW [...] This report contains an action request. See paragraph 13. 2. (U) Summary: President Asad endorsed Syria's first trafficking-in-persons (TIP) legislation -- Legislative Decree No. 3 -- on January 10, and Syrian newspapers published it on January 11, thereby officially bringing the decree i [...]	2010-01-12 13:49:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ELAB KTIP KWMN SCUL SOCI
10DAMASCUS41	IRANIAN FM'S DAMASCUS VISIT MEANT TO SERVE AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Damascus on January 11, the latest in a string of visitors from Tehran during the last six weeks. Arab diplomats told us the Iranian visits reflected growing insecurity in Tehran over (1) whether Syria's warmer relations with Tu [...]	2010-01-13 13:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SY
10DAMASCUS42	FOREIGN NGOS IN SYRIA: SYRIAN ARAB RED CRESCENT [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-13 13:23:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM SY
10DAMASCUS45	SARG CONFIRMS RAISING AMCIT HIKERS WITH IRANIAN FM [...] (C) Hussam A'ala, chief of staff to Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad, called DCA to the MFA on January 14 to confirm that the SARG had raised the case of Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, the three American hikers detained in Iran since July 31, with Iranian Foreign Minister Manou [...]	2010-01-14 09:19:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC IR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PROP SY
10DAMASCUS50	UNRWA'S SYRIA CHIEF FRETS ABOUT FINANCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Nations Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) Syria Country Representative Roger Hearn told Staffdel Marcus January 9 that his organization's "surreal" financial situation is so dire, due mostly to donor fatigue, that it requires immediate attention and may entail "a complete r [...]	2010-01-14 13:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAL SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY
10DAMASCUS52	ASAD'S VISIT TO KSA: INITIAL REACTION IN DAMASCUS [...] (SBU) President Asad's January 13 trip to Riyadh, his second trip to Saudi Arabia since September, cemented opinion in Damascus that Syria and Saudi Arabia had solidified the "normalization" of bilateral relations both sides said they hoped for after King Abdullah's landmark visit to Damascus o [...]	2010-01-14 14:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SY
10DAMASCUS56	DAMASCUS' YOUNG ELITE BACK IMPROVED TIES WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Syrian Young Entrepreneurs' Association (SYEA) celebrated its sixth anniversary with a gala dinner in Damascus on January 14. The group's founders said the organization, which seeks to strengthen the entrepreneurial capabilities of Syrian young people, has evolved beyond youn [...]	2010-01-18 08:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS57	SYRIA-IRAQ UPDATE: DAMASCUS FORESEES LITTLE CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials and Iraqi diplomats agreed Iraqi-Syrian relations would likely not improve until at least after Iraqi parliamentary elections slated for March. There has been no sign of a thaw in the frostiness between Damascus and Baghdad since the withdrawal of the countries' res [...]	2010-01-18 08:47:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PTER SY IZ
10DAMASCUS66	IRAQI REFUGEES: SARG BACKS UNHCR REGIONAL APPEAL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad used a UNHCR conference in Damascus to burnish the SARG's credentials in helping Iraqi refugees and to call on others, including the U.S. and Iraq, to do more. UN officials, though uncertain of the donor response to their ambitious [...]	2010-01-19 10:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY IZ
10DAMASCUS68	ONE NEW FACE IN ASAD'S CHOICES FOR STATE PLANNING [...] (C) In a move to rapidly fill a gap at the State Planning Commission (SPC) following the ouster of SPC Head Dr. Taysir Raddawi (reftel),President Bashar al-Asad appointed on January 18 the current Minister of Economy and Trade, Amer Hosni Lutfi, as head of the SPC. Asad also selected Syria's [...]	2010-01-20 03:28:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS70	DROUGHT UPDATE: WFP RENEWS SYRIA AID APPEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN World Food Program (WFP) Country Representative Muhannad Hadi requested on January 13 that the United States donate food aid valued at $10 million to the drought appeal for northeast Syria. WFP seeks to begin food distribution in February but thus far has received only a fract [...]	2010-01-21 13:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON FAS PREL SOCI SY WFP
10DAMASCUS72	SYRIAN YOUNG MEN COMPLAIN ABOUT MANDATORY MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Young Syrian men often complain about their country's mandatory 21-month military service, which has been reduced by the SARG twice in the last four years given popular discontent with the law. The most commonly heard complaint about mandatory conscription is the uneven way in wh [...]	2010-01-24 09:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS75	THE VIEW OUTSIDE DAMASCUS: SYRIAN BUSINESSMEN IN [...] (C) During Econoff's recent tour of northwest Syria, Syrian businessmen argued that U.S. sanctions have had a minimal impact on most Syrian businesses. Major companies in the region appeared to be not only surviving but prospering in spite of the sanctions regime. Businessmen told Emboff the [...]	2010-01-25 10:10:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EIND EINV PGOV PREL SY
10DAMASCUS77	SYRIA-IRAQ TENSION: IRAQI EMBASSY PROTESTS SARG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi embassy told us January 25 the GOI was offended by comments regarding Iraq's alleged neglect of Iraqi refugees made by Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad at a UNHCR conference in Damascus last week. Miqdad's comments reportedly angered Baghdad and heightened G [...]	2010-01-25 14:46:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PTER IZ SY
10DAMASCUS78	IRAQI REFUGEES: REGIONAL REFUGEE RESPONSE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched the 2010 Refugee Response Plan (RRP) for the MENA region in a January 18 ceremony in Damascus. The ceremony was well attended by an assemblage of notables from the refugee assistance world. The SARG hosted the ev [...]	2010-01-26 06:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF SY
10DAMASCUS89	WHEN YOUR FATHER GETS FIRED BY PRESIDENT ASAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Suleman al-Raddawi, the 24-year-old son of former State Planning Commission (SPC) head Tayseer al-Raddawi, told us on January 26 his father is "doing fine" following his very public ouster from the SPC earlier this month. Complaining that Damascus' chattering classes had focused [...]	2010-01-31 08:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS92	"MA FEE SHABAB": SYRIAN YOUNG MEN FRUSTRATED BY [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-01 07:34:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PGOV PREL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS93	GOVERNOR IYAD GHAZAL OUTLINES HIS "DREAM OF HOMS" [...] (C) Summary: Homs Governor Iyad Ghazal waxed poetic on his vision of economic/social/political revival that he romantically called the "Dream of Homs" during a January 26 meeting with the Charg in Homs. Two key elements stood at the "dream's" center: (1) the development of an industrial park [...]	2010-02-01 07:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EIND EINT EINV EPET ETRD
10DAMASCUS95	MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON PLANE IT WANTS FOR [...] (C) Ever hopeful that a way can be found to obtain a "Syrian Air Force One" for President al-Asad, Foreign Minister Muallim's chief of staff, Bassam Sabbagh, took advantage of a January 31 meeting with CDA (reported septel) to provide details about the airplane the Emir of Qatar offered Asad l [...]	2010-02-01 08:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER IR SY
10DAMASCUS97	SARG SHEDS LIGHT ON ITS DROUGHT CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials discussed the drought afflicting northeast Syria with surprising transparency during a January 27 public forum that drew comparisons to those held during the pre-2001 "Damascus Spring." During the same week, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah al-D [...]	2010-02-01 13:29:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON FAS PGOV PREL SOCI SY WFP
10DARESSALAAM10	ZANZIBAR: CUF LEADER PROPOSES DELAYED ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Zanzibar opposition CUF leader Seif Sharif Hamad told Ambassador Lenhardt that he expected Zanzibar's House of Representatives would soon pass a constitutional amendment entrenching power sharing. Hamad said he agreed with Zanzibar President Karume that a referendum should be hel [...]	2010-01-07 14:00:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM TZ
10DARESSALAAM57	FM MEMBE ON AU SUMMIT (LIBYA, FRANCE, AND SOMALIA) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Bernard Membe previewed for Ambassador Lenhardt his expectations of the upcoming African Union Summit January 25. Membe expressed concern about a Libyan move to retain the AU Chair, which Tanzania would oppose. He criticized the French role in Madagascar and el [...]	2010-01-26 10:35:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TZ SO LY FR MA
10DHAHRAN18	SOLAR ENERGY PICKS UP MOMENTUM IN SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) The First Energy Bank of Bahrain plans to build a polysilicon plant in Saudi Arabia to serve an increasing demand for solar energy power generation in the Middle East. The King Abdul Aziz City of Science and Technology (KACST) launched a major initiative to use its research facilities to d [...]	2010-02-06 11:38:00	Consulate Dhahran	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV SA BA
10DHAHRAN28	TWO WOMEN APPOINTED TO THE EASTERN PROVINCE CHAMBER OF [...] (U) For the first time in the history of the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EPCCI),two women were appointed to the board. This follows disappointing results for the three different women candidates who ran unsuccessfully for the board in the recent elections. The appointm [...]	2010-02-08 12:37:00	Consulate Dhahran	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KWMN SA
10DHAHRAN31	SAUDI ARAMCO IS TAPPED AGAIN TO BUILD MAJOR REFINERY [...] (C) On January 19, the Ministry of Petroleum announced that Saudi Aramco had been asked to build the estimated USD $10 billion Jazan refinery. This project was originally to be built by the Saudi private sector in a move to give them valuable experience in managing a big project. For now, it [...]	2010-02-22 12:56:00	Consulate Dhahran	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV SA
10DHAKA1	JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI: THE TORTOISE NOT THE HARE [...] (C) Bangladesh's largest religious party, Jamaat-e-Islami held its closed-door Majlish-e-Shura December 7-9 and decided not to change course, despite extraordinary losses in the December 2008 elections and efforts by the current Awami League government to marginalize Jamaat. Ali Ahsan Mohamm [...]	2010-01-03 02:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM BG
10DHAKA1145	JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI: THE TORTOISE NOT THE HARE [...] (C) Bangladesh's largest religious party, Jamaat-e-Islami held its closed-door Majlish-e-Shura December 7-9 and decided not to change course, despite extraordinary losses in the December 2008 elections and efforts by the current Awami League government to marginalize Jamaat. Ali Ahsan Mohamm [...]	2010-01-03 02:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM BG
10DHAKA1146	JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI: THE TORTOISE NOT THE HARE [...] (C) Bangladesh's largest religious party, Jamaat-e-Islami held its closed-door Majlish-e-Shura December 7-9 and decided not to change course, despite extraordinary losses in the December 2008 elections and efforts by the current Awami League government to marginalize Jamaat. Ali Ahsan Mohamm [...]	2010-01-03 02:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM BG
10DHAKA120	THE ROAD TO AWAMI LEAGUE RE-ELECTION: BANGLADESH [...] (C) Bangladesh's Communications Minister, who is responsible for the nation's bridges, roads and rail, told the Ambassador February 3 that completing major infrastructure projects in southwest, southeast and northern Bangladesh was critical to the Awami League's re-election chances in four yea [...]	2010-02-10 03:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EAID ELTN BEXP PREL BG

10DHAKA130	BANGLADESH PM ASKS U/S MCHALE FOR MORE [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told visiting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale that she welcomed increased U.S. Government educational programs in Bangladesh, including the return of the Peace Corps. The Prime Minister also requested U.S. support [...]	2010-02-16 01:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP SOCI SCUL EAID EAGR BG
10DHAKA132	JAMAAT PLEADS ITS CASE BEFORE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) On February 10, 2010, the Ambassador and Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Razzaq discussed the recent upsurge in student violence, the possible repeal of the 5th amendment, and the looming war-crimes trials. One of Bangladesh,s leading barristers, Razzaq repeatedly stressed Ja [...]	2010-02-16 03:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KUIR PINR BG
10DHAKA137	A MEETING OF MINDS: U/S MCHALE AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni discussed opportunities for closer multilateral cooperation, Indo-Bangladesh relations, climate change, and expanded bilateral exchange programs when they met on February 7. Both agreed [...]	2010-02-17 09:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM SENV BG IN
10DHAKA142	INCREASING STUDENT VIOLENCE RAISES ALARMS [...] (C) A recent surge in student violence, and the ensuing crackdown on Islamic student groups, has raised concern that Bangladesh may witness a return to the violent political confrontations that preceded the January 2007 State of Emergency. The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) announced a crackd [...]	2010-02-18 06:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM PINR SOCI KCRM KDEM BG
10DHAKA2	JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI: THE TORTOISE NOT THE HARE [...] (C) Bangladesh's largest religious party, Jamaat-e-Islami held its closed-door Majlish-e-Shura December 7-9 and decided not to change course, despite extraordinary losses in the December 2008 elections and efforts by the current Awami League government to marginalize Jamaat. Ali Ahsan Mohamm [...]	2010-01-03 02:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM BG
10DHAKA27	BANGLADESH'S PRIME MINISTER PREPARES FOR ""TRANSFORMATIONAL"" VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed will arrive in New Delhi January 10 to begin her most important foreign visit since assuming office in early 2009. Recognizing the inertia within Bangladesh's bureaucracy, the Prime Minister entrusted her own office with preparations for the visit [...]	2010-01-10 09:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD PTER KDEM BG IN
10DHAKA31	EXECUTION OR CLEMENCY: WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR SHEIKH [...] (SBU) On January 3, 2010, a Dhaka court issued death warrants against five former army officers convicted in the August 1975 assassination of then-President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and members of his family. While those convicted can still request a final judicial review and appeal for clemenc [...]	2010-01-11 04:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM BG
10DHAKA36	RELIGIOUS PARTIES FEAR POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT BAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 07:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM BG
10DHAKA38	RELIGIOUS PARTIES FEAR POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT BAN [...] (C) On January 3, a panel of the appellate division of the Supreme Court decided in favor of a petition submitted by the Awami League-led government that aims at nullifying the Fifth Amendment of Bangladesh's constitution. The court appears ready to declare all Bangladeshi governments in power [...]	2010-01-12 09:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM BG
10DHAKA41	BANGLADESH CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (C) After sweeping into power in a landslide victory in December 2008, Bangladesh's Awami League Government overcame a number of challenges during its first year in office, most critically the February 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. Public opinion polls show the Government retains much of its [...]	2010-01-13 06:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR KDEM PTER BG
10DHAKA46	EU INTERESTED IN A REGIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) The European Union (EU) is interested in supporting the United Nations Counterterrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UN CTED) proposal to establish a regional counterterrorism training center in Bangladesh. The EU will send a scoping mission to Bangladesh in January to discuss establ [...]	2010-01-14 04:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PTER XD XG AS BG
10DHAKA51	NO CHANGE IN PLANS: BILATERAL TALKS BETWEEN [...] (C) During Foreign Secretary-level talks in Dhaka, the Government of Burma agreed in principle to the voluntary return as soon as possible, of over 6,300 registered Rohingya refugees the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) considers Burmese citizens. The individuals targeted for repatriation we [...]	2010-01-14 10:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BG BM
10DHAKA61	GOVERNMENT TRUMPETS ACHIEVEMENTS OF PRIME [...] (C) Since her return from a state visit to India on January 13, 2010, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Government have trumpeted the trip as an unbridled success which will produce tangible benefits for both Bangladesh and the region. For her part, opposition leader Khaleda Zia has charac [...]	2010-01-19 09:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM IN BG
10DHAKA71	PACIFIC COMMAND SUPPORT FOR BANGLADESH SHOWCASED [...] (C) A January 12-13 visit to Bangladesh by Professional Staff Members from the Senate Armed Services Committee highlighted the integration of U.S. Pacific Command programs with U.S. Mission Dhaka's efforts to support development, deny space to terrorists and extremists, and enhance democracy. [...]	2010-01-21 06:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS EAID PTER PHUM MASS MCAP SNAR BG
10DHAKA85	NEW INDIAN ENVOY UPBEAT ON BANGLADESH TIES [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 08:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM IN BG
10DHAKA87	BANGLADESH BACKS COPENHAGEN ACCORD AND LOOKS AHEAD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (C) Minister of Environment Dr. Hasan Mahmud told visiting PDAS Patrick Moon on January 21 that Bangladesh would join the Copenhagen Accord and that he was hopeful about further progre [...]	2010-01-27 09:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG BG
10DHAKA91	TRIBAL LEADER ATTACKED IN CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS [...] (C) On January 27, tribal leaders favoring the 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord came under attack on their way to a meeting of the CHT Land Commission in Khagrachhari district headquarters. CHT Regional Council Chairman Shantu Larma and a few others sustained minor injury in the [...]	2010-01-31 06:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ASEC PREL PHUM KDEM BG
10DHAKA92	ON THE RIGHT TRACK: PDAS MOON VISIT HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) In January 21 meetings at the Foreign Ministry, SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Moon and the Ambassador underscored opportunities for closer U.S.- Bangladesh cooperation on a wide range of issues including regional integration, refugees, and multilateral issues. The Foreign Mi [...]	2010-01-31 08:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN KVIR PINR BM KN BG
10DHAKA99	BANGLADESH: OPEN TO DIALOGUE BUT NON-COMMITTAL, ON [...] (C) During a visit by DRL Senior Advisor Ambassador Michael Kozak, the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) expressed its openness to alternatives to a United Nations resolution banning defamation of religions. Interlocutors stressed Bangladesh,s commitment to religious tolerance and fundamental [...]	2010-02-03 02:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN KVIR PINR BG
10DJIBOUTI127	DJIBOUTI: ASD VERSHBOW AND GODJ DISCUSS STRONG BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate January 24 meetings, visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow discussed Yemen, Somalia, and Eritrea with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Defense [...]	2010-02-02 12:05:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KPKO KPIR DJ YM ER SO
10DJIBOUTI129	DJIBOUTI POLITICAL UPDATE: REGIONAL GOVERNOR SHUFFLE; MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a rare shakeup, the national Council of Ministers named three new regional governors on January 26. Two of the three new appointees are from the same sub-clan as Aden Robleh Awaleh, the only ruling coalition partner to have publicly rejected a constitutional amendment allowin [...]	2010-02-03 12:46:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM DJ
10DJIBOUTI165	DJIBOUTI: FOREIGN MINISTER UPDATE ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a February 10 meeting with visiting Director of the National Defense University's Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Ambassador William Bellamy, Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf assessed the current situation in Somalia with pragmatism, concern, and [...]	2010-02-10 15:59:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SO SU YM DJ ET KE
10DJIBOUTI191	DJIBOUTI: LAST UNDECIDED RULING COALITION PARTNER SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Guelleh's last undecided and undisputedly most important ruling coalition partner has declared its support for a constitutional amendment allowing him to run for a third term in office in 2011. Yet while the FRUD ("Front for the Restoration of Democracy and Unity") did [...]	2010-02-17 09:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO PHUM SO DJ
10DJIBOUTI31	DJIBOUTI: FONMIN REPORTS MORE ERITREAN PLOTTING [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-13 16:21:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS DJ ER
10DJIBOUTI35	EMBASSY DJIBOUTI HOLDS EAC TO DISCUSS TERRORISM AND VISAS [...] (SBU) Per ref A, Post convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 13 to review VISAS VIPERS procedures. Attendees included: DCM (chair),CONS/PD, ORA, MGT, NCIS, OBO, acting RSO, DATT, and USAID. 2. (U) EAC members reviewed the purpose and procedures for "VISAS [...]	2010-01-19 06:25:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS PTER PINR DJ
10DJIBOUTI37	DJIBOUTI: SCENESETTER ON SECURITY ISSUES FOR ASD VERSHBOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti warmly welcomes Assistant Secretary of Defense Vershbow and his party to Djibouti. A stable, moderate Muslim ally, Djibouti not only hosts Camp Lemonnier -- the only U.S. military base in Africa -- but also key USG broadcasting facilities used by Arabic-language R [...]	2010-01-19 12:00:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL PHSA DJ SO AU YM ER IR
10DJIBOUTI5	VISITING SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER ON SECURITY, ASWJ, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 4 meeting with Ambassador, visiting Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Mohamed Duale stressed Somaliland's ongoing focus on security threats, including potentially heightened targeting from al-Shabaab during upcoming elections. Duale said that Somaliland was in [...]	2010-01-05 07:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EWWT ETRD SO DJ ET
10DJIBOUTI7	DJIBOUTI: FONMIN AND CHOD ON IMPACT OF SANCTIONS ON ERITREA [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-07 16:23:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS DJ ER UNSC
10DOHA25	PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR GIVES EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF [...] (C) At a January 14 meeting with Ambassador, Palestinian Ambassador Mounir Abdullah Ghanim offered a firsthand account of Imam Yousef Al-Qaradawi's January 8 sermon in which he called for the death of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The remarks were delivered during Friday prayers at Doh [...]	2010-01-21 08:46:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL WBG QA
10DOHA26	PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR GIVES READOUT ON ABBAS-AMIR [...] (C) At a January 14 meeting with Ambassador, Palestinian Ambassador Mounir Abdullah Ghanim recounted the conversation that took place between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani during Abbas's January 5 visit to Doha. The conversation focused on elections in [...]	2010-01-21 08:47:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL WBG EG IS QA
10DOHA27	ENERGY DEPSEC RECEIVES OVERVIEW OF QATAR'S ENERGY [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister (also Minister of Energy and head of Qatar Petroleum) Abdullah Al-Attiyah welcomed Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman December 10, saying that he welcomed the renewed contact with the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) under Secretary Chu. Al-Attiyah said before meeting S [...]	2010-01-21 10:08:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL TRGY EPET QA
10DOHA28	OIL AND GAS PRICE ALIGNMENT AND THE NEW HEAD OF [...] (U) During the opening of the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF),the Amir of Qatar Shaykh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani called for the alignment of gas prices with oil prices. In his remarks, the Amir urged GECF members to explore the reasons for the disparity b [...]	2010-01-21 13:36:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON QA IR RS
10DOHA40	FRENCH ENVOY EXPRESSES OPTIMISM, FRUSTRATION WITH [...] (C) In a January 26 conversation with Poloff Caudill, French Special Envoy for Sudan Issa Mauraut expressed his frustration at the slow pace of the Darfur peace talks. He said that representatives of factions in Darfur come to Doha and drag out the process, as if wanting to lengthen their sta [...]	2010-01-28 13:15:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU SU FR QA
10DOHA42	IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ANNOUNCES DEAL ON MARITIME [...] (SBU) At a January 6 press conference widely reported in local English and Arabic news outlets, Iranian Ambassador to Qatar Abdulla Sohrabi announced that Iran and Qatar had reached an "initial agreement" on the demarcation of their maritime border. He noted that Iran recently reached a simil [...]	2010-02-01 13:24:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS IR YE QA
10DOHA55	QATARI PERSONAL DEBT: MANAGABLE - FOR NOW [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 08:43:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN QA
10DOHA64	IRANIAN NAVAL VISIT TO QATAR COINCIDES WITH ANNUAL [...] (U) An Iranian missile Corvette and a logistical support vessel arrived February 13 at the Port of Doha. The vessels' arrival coincided with the opening of the annual U.S.-Islamic Forum, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and organized by Brookings. The ships are scheduled to leave Doh [...]	2010-02-16 13:38:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IR QA
10DOHA69	QATARI MFA OFFICIAL'S PERSPECTIVE OF HEIR [...] (C) MFA Director for Asian and African Affairs Zayed Al-Naemi told P/E Chief Rice February 21 that the February 3 visit by Heir Apparent Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to Tehran, which had been planned for several months, should be seen through the prism of Qatar's need of "dealing with Iran as a ne [...]	2010-02-23 07:06:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR QA
10DOHA7	SENIOR APPOINTMENTS UNDERSCORE AL-MAHMOUD [...] (SBU) In December, the MFA announced the appointment of several officials to key positions within the ministry. Several of those officials, including the new head of Asian and African Affairs Zayed bin Rashid Al Naemi, have worked in the office of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al [...]	2010-01-07 12:54:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINB QA
10DOHA70	SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S AMIR [...] (C) Senator Joh Kerry (D-MA),the Chairman of the Senate Foreig Relations Committee(SFRC),joined by Ambassador,P/E Chief, and SFRC staff member Dr. Jonah Blank met February 14 with the Amir of Qatar, Hamad bn Khalifa Al Thani. The meeting took place at Waba Palace, the residence of the Amir [...]	2010-02-23 10:47:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IR QA
10DOHA71	SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),Senator John Kerry (D-MA),accompanied by Ambassador, P/E Chief and SFRC staff Frank Lowenstein and Fatema Sumar, met February 13 with Prime Minister (and Foreign Minister) of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ). HBJ [...]	2010-02-24 09:44:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IR QA
10DOHA74	LEADERS SIGN DARFUR DEAL IN DOHA [...] (SBU) At a ceremony held in Doha February 23, the Government of Sudan and representatives of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) signed a ceasefire and 12-point framework agreement which when fully implemented will give JEM a share of power in the Sudanese government. Present were Amir Ha [...]	2010-02-24 13:52:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU QA
10DUBAI1	RAK Airport Sleepy, but with Residual Russian Connection [...] (C) Summary: The Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Airport is attempting to reinvent itself as a cargo transit point for the RAK Free Zone in the wake of RAK Airways suspension of regular commercial flights in late 2008. The airport is also working to distance itself from its reputation as a transport facilitat [...]	2010-01-07 07:41:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV PREL AE
10DUBAI11	UAE HOSTS PAKISTAN INVESMENT FORUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Foreign Ministers of the UAE and Pakistan co-hosted on January 26 a Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) conference to promote public-private partnership (PPP) in Pakistan. The conference sought to encourage regional and international interest in investment opportunities in P [...]	2010-02-04 13:24:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE PK
10DUBAI13	UAE's RAS AL KHAIMAH: OPEN FOR BUSINESS, BUT STRUGGLING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ras Al-Khaimah's (RAK) effort to grow its economy by offering incentives to international investors has attracted primarily small-scale traders, including from Iran, and thereby drawn scrutiny from UAE federal authorities concerned about illicit Iranian activity in the country. O [...]	2010-02-07 10:44:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR EFIN ECON PREL AE
10DUBAI25	RAK and Sharjah Customs Authorities Seek Capacity Building [...] (C) Summary: In early February, Emboffs met with Customs and Port Officials in the Northern Emirates of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Sharjah to discuss EXBS training programs for customs officers. ISN officer and regional EXBS officer provided an overview of the EXBS program, provided background inform [...]	2010-02-21 06:56:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PGOV AE
10DUBAI27	Iranian Gas Deliveries to Sharjah Remain on Hold [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sharjah-based Crescent Petroleum executives tell Consul General that the company's project to purchase unprocessed sour gas from Iran's Salman gas field remains suspended pending Iranian completion of export facilities to deliver the gas. But they believe progress is underway, due [...]	2010-02-25 09:55:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL ETTC IR IZ AE
10DUBAI5	Labor Strike Over Unpaid Wages [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, 60 Robust Contracting Company staff employees went on strike over three months' unpaid wages. This is the third known labor strike in 2009 (reftel). Representatives from the Ministry of Labor (MOL),Dubai Police, and National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking a [...]	2010-01-24 12:55:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV EFIN KTIP AE
10DUBAI7	Dubai-based Companies Transition to New Wage Protection [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Ministry of Labor (MOL) issued a decree on the "protection of wages" in September 2009 affecting all the emirates, including Dubai. The Wage Protection System (WPS) is an electronic salary payment system meant to shield the UAE's massive foreign labor population from dela [...]	2010-01-25 12:37:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM EFIN KTIP PGOV AE
10DUBLIN12	THE IRISH GOVERNMENT'S VIEW ON THE NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Ambassador spoke with an official in the Irish Prime Minister's office about the January 12 meeting between Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin and UK Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward. The Ambassador also spoke to Woodward himself. In addition, Econ [...]	2010-01-14 17:34:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK EI
10DUBLIN13	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH WEAPONS DECOMMISSIONERS [...] C) SUMMARY: The group charged with overseeing the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons in Ireland told us that weapons decommissioning has been accomplished to a great extent, but not completely. Completing devolution of policing and justice remains crucial to the peace process; failure t [...]	2010-01-15 08:13:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UK CVIS EI
10DUBLIN69	TIT FOR TAT IN DUBLIN: MINISTER SARGENT RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary: On February 23, former Minister for Food and Horticulture Trevor Sargent (Green Party -- GP) resigned after a letter he wrote in 2008 was leaked to the press. Sargent admitted that the letter, written to Garda (Irish police) on behalf of a constituent, "could be considered unlawf [...]	2010-02-24 14:00:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EI
10DUSHANBE103	INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS AGREE ON UNIFIED ROGHUN MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Gross convened a meeting of heads of diplomatic missions in Dushanbe to discuss a common approach to the government of Tajikistan's campaign to force its citizens to contribute to the construction of the Roghun dam. Attendees agreed on a two-pronged strategy: They wou [...]	2010-01-21 12:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10DUSHANBE107	UZBEK-TAJIK TRANSPORT -- OFF THE RAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A tit-for-tat over rail shipments highlights the Tajik rail system's dependence on Uzbekistan for its international transport. After Uzbekistan delayed Tajik railcars carrying construction materials for hydroelectric projects, Tajikistan responded by holding up Uzbek trains. Tas [...]	2010-01-25 11:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN PREL ETRD UZ TI
10DUSHANBE117	A CASE-STUDY IN ROGHUN EXTORTION [...] (C) Summary: The experience of the U.S. micro-finance institution FINCA offers a case study in the subtle and not-so-subtle efforts by the Tajik government to extort funding for the Roghun hydroelectric dam. Employees at all but one of FINCA's 34 offices in Tajikistan have been told to contri [...]	2010-01-27 12:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR EFIN PGOV PHUM TI
10DUSHANBE123	TAJIK COURTS EXTORT, JAIL ISLAMISTS AND THEIR PLUMBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik courts issued stiff sentences to individuals convicted of membership in two outlawed Muslim fundamentalist organizations as members of a third banned group stand trial. Dushanbe city court convicted seven individuals who follow the banned Salafiya movement, although the c [...]	2010-01-29 11:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL TI
10DUSHANBE149	INTERIOR MINISTER - THAT'S NOT MY ANTI-AMERICAN SCREED [...] (C) Summary: Following the issuance of a pamphlet claiming that the United States Government intentionally supported the narcotics industry in Afghanistan during the 1980s to destroy the Soviet Union, the Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) told Ambassador that the pamphlet was unauthorized and [...]	2010-02-03 11:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TI
10DUSHANBE156	MEDIA CRACKDOWN: OFFICIALS SUE NEWSPAPERS FOR MILLIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik judges, a Ministry, and a government agency hit five of Tajikistan's independent newspapers with separate lawsuits in what could be the death knell of media freedom in the country. On January 25, three judges sued three newspapers for publishing a defense attorney's statem [...]	2010-02-04 11:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM SCUL TI
10DUSHANBE172	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight righ [...]	2010-02-12 10:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI
10DUSHANBE223	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) Summary: In a one hour forty five minute meeting on February 20, President Rahmon reiterated his commitment to supporting U.S.-led efforts in Afghanistan and complained at length about Uzbek efforts to obstruct regional cooperation. Ambassador Holbrooke urged Rahmon to work with President [...]	2010-02-26 08:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD EINV AF PK UZ TI
10DUSHANBE55	TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ROGHUN EXTORTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Luc Moers (protect) said the government's campaign to extort money from the population for the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric dam appeared to violate the terms of the IMF's current assistance to Tajikistan. He s [...]	2010-01-13 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10DUSHANBE67	TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE ROGHUN EXTORTION (*** CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Luc Moers (protect) said the government's campaign to extort money from the population for the construction of the Roghun hydroelectric dam appeared to violate the terms of the IMF's current assistance to Tajikistan. He s [...]	2010-01-14 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PHUM ENRG EAID IMF TI
10DUSHANBE82	MAYOR MEETS AMBASSADOR, CONFIRMS EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a platitude-ridden meeting, Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloev said upcoming elections would be free and fair, that contributions to the Roghun Dam were voluntary, and that the losses suffered by the United States in Afghanistan were felt by Tajiks as their own. Ubaidulloev [...]	2010-01-15 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
10FREETOWN36	SIERRA LEONE GIVES 100,000 DOLLARS FOR HAITI [...] (U) Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura discussed President Koroma's offer of 100,000 dollars in cash for Haitian earthquake relief during a courtesy call with CDA January 21, saying the money was to "pay back" the international community for all it had done for Sierra Leone. She added that Sie [...]	2010-01-25 17:11:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SL
10FREETOWN56	SIERRA LEONE: "BIGGEST IRON MINE IN AFRICA" [...] (U) Summary: President Koroma formally commissioned what he called "the biggest iron ore mine in Africa" January 22 in the hills east of the newly-finished Bumbuna dam. African Minerals Ltd. claims it will be able to rebuild the iron-ore port at Pepel and the railway from Lunsar, build a new [...]	2010-02-08 15:45:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PREL SL
10FREETOWN8	SIERRA LEONE STABILITY IV: CONCLUSIONS [...] (C) As reftels have shown Sierra Leone is faced with challenges and threats to short- and long-term stability. Perhaps the greatest hallmark of Sierra Leonean governance at the moment is that it is driven and supported by individuals, rather than institutions or ideologies. Reminiscent of the [...]	2010-01-06 18:35:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PINS PINR SL
10GABORONE110	BOTS-ZIM TENSIONS RISE OVER ARRESTED GOB OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Botswana said it would recall its Defense and Intelligence Attaches from Harare by the end of February and expects that Zimbabwe will similarly recall its Attaches from Gaborone to protest the GOZ's January 19 arrest and continued detention of three GOB wildlife [...]	2010-02-05 14:24:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ZI BC
10GABORONE173	ACCREDITATION OF SAME-SEX DOMESTIC PARTNERS [...] (C) Per instructions in Ref A, Ambassador raised the issue of accreditation of same-sex domestic partners of U.S. government personnel with a senior aide to President Khama. The aide said Botswana remains a very traditional society and homosexuality is an extremely sensitive subject. She noted that [...]	2010-02-25 14:11:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	APER AMGT PREL BC
10GABORONE175	GOB RECEIVES IRAN TRR DEMARCHE [...] (U) This is a response to the action request contained in State 70721. 2. (C) PolOff met with the Assistant Director of the Department of Europe and Americas in Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lebogang Diteko, on February 25. PolOff discussed the U.S. [...]	2010-02-26 08:01:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR BC
10GENEVA23	PROSPECTS FOR LAUNCHING FMCT NEGOTIATIONS AT THE 2010 CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT; WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO REALIZE THE PRAGUE AGENDA (CD) [...] (C) Summary. The outlook for launching Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty Negotiations (FMCT),one of the President's signature goals from his Prague agenda, has dimmed considerably since last year's historic agreement on a Program of Work at the Conference on Disarmament. Pakistan, presumably motivat [...]	2010-02-24 10:44:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC CDG PK
10GENEVA43	Palestinian Ambassador on Goldstone, 4GC, HRC [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with DRL A/S Mike Posner, Palestinian Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi stressed the following points: -- The PA is angered that the OHCHR asked Hamas to submit a report on Goldstone follow-up, which implicitly recognized Hamas as a governing entity; the Palestin [...]	2010-02-16 16:30:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
10GENEVA45	GENEVA DISCUSSIONS ON GEORGIA: ROUND IX [...] (C) SUMMARY: The de facto authorities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia continued to clamor for "bilateral" non-use of force agreements with Georgia. The Georgians continued to insist Russia be part of such agreements and to link them with international security arrangements. While the Abkhazia [...]	2010-02-17 09:40:00	Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM GG RS
10GUANGZHOU24	Xiamen-Based Taiwan Watchers Say Cross-Strait Relations [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beijing's policies toward Taiwan likely will remain unchanged in the near term, according to Xiamen-based officials, academics and business leaders. One Taiwan business leader said that the cross-Strait relationship could weather a 2012 win by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party [...]	2010-01-15 08:41:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH TW
10GUANGZHOU34	(C) South China Sea - Hainan-Based Think Tank Probes DATT [...] (U) Classified by Economic/Political Section Chief Steve Lang for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCS),Defense Attach (DATT) Rear Admiral Gehrke was treated to more than a generic overview of the institute's history an [...]	2010-01-21 09:07:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHSA PGOV CH
10GUANGZHOU8	Labor NGO Stuck with Fine for Unpaid Taxes [...] (C) Summary: A Shenzhen-based labor NGO was charged more than RMB 79,000 (approximately US$12,000) in back taxes and fees in what the organization's director says was a move orchestrated by local security authorities. The situation appears to be limited to the single NGO, though directors of s [...]	2010-01-06 09:23:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV CH
10GUANGZHOU82	Migrant Worker Generation Gap Underscores [...] (C) Summary and comment: China's new generation of migrant workers has more education, less interest in rural life and a higher rate of criminality than the previous generation. Younger workers favor jobs in the service sector over manufacturing and often do not plan to retire to the countrys [...]	2010-02-12 07:25:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV CH
10GUATEMALA19	GOG to Recognize Lobo's GOH [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 21:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HO GT
10GUATEMALA25	Leading Human Rights Activist Prepares to Take on Police [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Pol/Econ Counselor, Guatemala's leading human rights activist, Helen Mack, discussed her plans for her new position overseeing police reform, for which she would seek international assistance. Mack warned the Embassy to be watchful as it administers a $2 [...]	2010-01-26 16:56:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ASEC KCRM SNAR GT
10GUATEMALA27	Former President Portillo Captured, Refuses Extradition [...] (C) Summary. Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo, indicted in the U.S. on money laundering charges and a fugitive from justice, was captured Jan. 26 as he was about to flee to Belize. The capture was the result of a joint operation involving CICIG, the Attorney General's Office, th [...]	2010-01-27 00:12:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM ASEC SNAR PREL PINR GT
10GUATEMALA45	2009 in Review; What to Watch for in 2010 [...] (C) President Colom's tenure during 2009 was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Preparing for a presidential run in 2011, controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom continued to lead the government's efforts to alleviate [...]	2010-02-17 20:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR ASEC EAID GT
10GUATEMALA47	Your Meeting with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom [...] (C) Summary: During your February 18 meeting with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom you will have the opportunity to address several key issues including poverty alleviation, general and food security, rule of law, transparency, and taxes. Your meeting comes in the wake of his January exone [...]	2010-02-17 22:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI EAID GT
10GUATEMALA49	Opposition Leader Complains of Smear Campaign [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 17 with rightist opposition leader General Otto Perez Molina. Perez said the First Lady and her associates are preparing a smear campaign to falsely accuse him of human rights abuses during the internal conflict, and are trying to manipulate the judiciary to d [...]	2010-02-22 17:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM GT
10GUATEMALA51	Under Pressure, Guatemalan Congress Voids Nomination of [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 9, the Guatemalan Congress voted to annul the selection of Remberto Leonel Ruiz Barrientos as head of the Institute for Public Criminal Defenders. Though originally chosen by a vote of 96-1 (with 61 abstentions or no-shows),the Commission Against Impunity in Guatemal [...]	2010-02-23 17:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCOR GT
10GUAYAQUIL13	GUAYAQUIL PROTESTS AGAINST CORREA REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 11, several hundred thousand lin... id: 248733 date: 2/12/2010 20:01 refid: 10GUAYAQUIL13 origin: Consulate Guayaquil classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHGL #0013/01 0432001 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 122001Z FEB 10 FM AMCONSUL GUAYAQ [...]	2010-02-12 20:01:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
10HAMBURG6	HAMBURG POLITICIANS UNDERSCORE SPD DILEMMA ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Two senior Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Hamburg Landtag representatives discussed the London Conference and the German-Afghanistan debate with Hamburg P/E staff on January 28. While the SPD is struggling with internal party calls to limit [...]	2010-02-17 12:15:00	Consulate Hamburg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF GM
10HANOI1	Violent Demolition of Crucifix Overshadows Progress on [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
10HANOI11	How much influence does China have over Vietnam's internal [...] (C) SUMMARY: Animosity toward China, heartfelt and pervasive in the most routine of times, appears to have taken on an added urgency in the wake of sensitive border negotiations, protracted controversy over Chinese investment in bauxite mining projects in the Central Highlands, and China's imp [...]	2010-01-27 02:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV MARR CH VM
10HANOI17	Vietnam's Impressions of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Retreat [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first major ASEAN meeting of Vietnam's chairmanship, an informal foreign ministers retreat, focused primarily on internal efforts to implement ASEAN's new charter and on aspirations to build an ASEAN Community by 2015, according to officials from the MFA's ASEAN Department. A [...]	2010-02-04 04:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON MARR ASEAN BM VM
10HANOI25	DAS MARCIEL REBUTS ALLEGATIONS OF U.S. DISENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an at times contentious discussion with EAP DAS Marciel, Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister General Nguyen Van Huong criticized the "lack of U.S. engagement" in Southeast Asia in contrast to China's rising power and influence. Gen. Huong said China was focused [...]	2010-02-11 06:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN VM
10HANOI27	DAS MARCIEL DISCUSSES REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE WITH GVN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam continues to push for a U.S. Presidential visit in 2010 and, less forcefully, for the United States to join the East Asia Summit (EAS). In separate conversations with EAP DAS Marciel, Vietnam's Senior Official for ASEAN and the influential Vice President of Vietnam's Dipl [...]	2010-02-11 07:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEAN MARR MOPS CH RS VM
10HANOI3	Ambassador cautions Vice Foreign Minister that deteriorating [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used his January 13 working lunch with VFM Pham Binh Minh to discuss managing the overall relationship this year in the context of deteriorating human rights situation, the 15th anniversary of re-normalization of bilateral relations, and the lead-up to the Party Cong [...]	2010-01-15 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ABLD
10HANOI31	Tour D' Horizon with Vice Minister of Public Security [...] (C) Summary: Over dinner with the Ambassador February 8, powerful vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong expressed serious concern about the success of China's "soft power" campaign to increase its influence in the region and challenged the U.S. commitment to Asia, saying ASEAN nati [...]	2010-02-12 12:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN
10HANOI33	Father Ly Health and Possibility of Medical Parole Update [...] (C) Father Nguyen Van Ly's health is not improving, according to his sister, who last visited the prominent political dissident in Nam Ha prison February 7. She informed us that although he recovered well from his fist stroke in July 2009 (Ref A & B),his second stroke in November 2009 has le [...]	2010-02-25 09:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
10HANOI5	Bat Nha Wrap-up: VN government makes its case while Lang Mai [...] (C) Summary: For months, Lang Mai followers in Lam Dong province have been cajoled, harried, and harassed into dispersing to their home provinces throughout Vietnam. The last of the Lang Mai adherents -- a group of nine nuns -- left Phuoc Hue pagoda on December 29 in advance of the GVN-impos [...]	2010-01-15 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TH VM
10HANOI7	Vietnam Religious Freedom Update - The Case Against CPC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's poor handling of the situations at the Plum Village Community at the Bat Nha Pagoda and the Dong Chiem Catholic parish last week "” particularly the excessive use of violence "” is troublesome and indicative of a larger GVN crackdown on human rights in the run-up to the J [...]	2010-01-20 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF HURI PREL VM
10HARARE105	Zimbabwe: Doing Business Zimbabwe-style [...] (SBU) A recent conversation with businessman Kumbirai Katsande illuminated the difficulties of doing business in Zimbabwe. Katsande is the past president of the Zimbabwe Business Council and the current head of the Confederation of Zimbabwean Industries. He is the Managing Director of Ariston [...]	2010-02-16 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE107	Zimbabwe: Measuring Progress [...] (C) The coalition government is now one year old. As the U.S. examines further engagement with Zimbabwe, post would like to suggest the Hague Principles agreed to in late 2007 as benchmarks for examining progress, and we offer our evaluation of progress from that time until the present. The [...]	2010-02-19 08:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI
10HARARE19	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH INDIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) In a meeting on January 13, Indian ambassador to Zimbabwe Ashok Venkatesan told the Ambassador that India has had a relationship with Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF that dates to the independence struggle, and Mugabe had a personal relationship with Indira Gandhi. The GOI takes a neutral sta [...]	2010-01-14 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI IN
10HARARE35	INSIDER'S VIEW OF MDC-T [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-21 10:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE36	FISHMONGERS UPDATED ON DIAMONDS IN ZIM [...] (SBU) On January 14, Andrew Cranswick, CEO of African Consolidated Resources (ACR),and Greg Sebborn, an ACR special projects consultant, briefed the Fishmongers heads of mission group on current activities regarding their claims dispute with the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) over diamond fiel [...]	2010-01-21 10:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EMIN ASEC ZI MZ
10HARARE42	FOLLOWU-UP TO FISHMONGERS' UPDATE ON DIAMONDS [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief spoke separately on January 21 to African Consolidated Resources (ACR) advisor Greg Sebborn and ZANU-PF chair of the Parliamentary committee on mines and energy Edward Chindori-Chininga as a follow-up to the briefing of the Fishmonger Heads of Mission (Ref) on recent deve [...]	2010-01-22 10:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI

10HARARE50	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF [...] (C) During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Zimbabwe Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made stated that the Global Political Agreement was deadlocked and there would be no movement by ZANU-PF unless sanctions were lifted. Hewing to the ZANU-PF party line, Made touted land reform, denied there [...]	2010-01-26 12:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PREL PGOV PINR ZI
10HARARE66	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF [...] (U) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Environment Frances Nhema on January 29 and delivered demarches on the Copenhagen Accord and CITES (Refs). Other discussion focused on land conservancies and indigenization, conservation of rhinos, and the political situation in Zimbabwe [...]	2010-02-02 07:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV CITES KGHG ZI
10HARARE67	AN MDC SENATORS'S VIEW OF TSVANGIRAI AND THE MDC [...] (C) MDC Senator Obert Gutu shared his views January 30 on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC-T, and the current political situation. Gutu knows Tsvangirai, Minister of Finance Tendai Biti, and other top MDC-T officials well, but he is not an MDC-T insider. He is from Masvingo. His [...]	2010-02-02 09:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE68	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH WFP REPRESENTATIVE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The WFP experienced a decline in the number of people receiving food aid in Zimbabwe in 2009, but expects to see an increase in 2010 because of drought conditions. The WFP Director also worries about post-World Cup conditions when xenophobic actions against Zimbabweans in South A [...]	2010-02-02 09:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL ZI
10HARARE7	SURVIVING IN TODAY,S ZDF -- VIEWS OF TWO SERVING [...] (C) The most senior ranks of the Zimbabwean military are so entwined with ZANU-PF as to be practically indistinguishable from the party. This is particularly frustrating for many officers who want to concentrate on building a professional military that can serve as a national army and play a [...]	2010-01-09 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ZI
10HARARE75	MEETING WITH ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the newly arrived Algerian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, the country is currently in the midst of three transitions: the internal transformation of ZANU-PF, the transitional coalition government, and an economic transition. If these transitions, especially the overall po [...]	2010-02-03 12:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR ASEC ZI AG
10HARARE8	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NIGERIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Mugabe pulled Zimbabwe out of the British Commonwealth in December 2003 relations between Nigeria and Zimbabwe, while not hostile, have been decidedly cool. Mugabe blames Nigeria for plans to expel Zimbabwe, and believes the current Nigerian president is 'misinformed' abo [...]	2010-01-09 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI NI
10HARARE83	Conversations with MDC-T Minister-in-Waiting Roy Bennett [...] (C) MDC-T Finance Chairman Roy Bennett told the Ambassador that while the MDC is good at campaigning, it lacks a cadre of people who know how to run a government. While much of U.S. and other Western support has focused on the party, there is a compelling need for institution building. Apar [...]	2010-02-04 14:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE85	Ambassador's Call on Zim Minister of Women's Affairs, [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on February 5 with ZANU-PF's Olivia Muchena, Zimbabwe's Minister of Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development. Muchena described the objectives of her ministry and briefly commented on the Global Political Agreement. 2. (SBU) With regard to women, Much [...]	2010-02-08 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI SOCI PHUM KWMN KTIP PINR
10HARARE87	Ambassador's meeting with Zim Minister of Youth, [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth, Indigenization and Empowerment Saviour Kasukuwere suggested to the Ambassador that all donor and NGO support for youth be channeled through the Zimbabwe Youth Council. He defended indigenization as necessary to protect Zimbabwe's resources, and said the pol [...]	2010-02-08 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI ECON EINV
10HARARE9	RECOMMENDATION ON RESPONDING TO ZIMBABWE FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Tendai Biti sent me a letter requesting that three banks be removed from Treasury's sanctions list. I recommend that we honor Biti's request. The information available to me indicates that these three banks no longer have any role in supporting Mugabe. This woul [...]	2010-01-09 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ETTC ZI
10HARARE93	XXXXXXXXXXXXâ€™s observations on the political landscape and [...] (SBU) Pol/econ chief met February 9 with XXXXXXXXXXXX offered his observations on various topics including the state of ZANU-PF, indigenization, and elections. 2. (C) ZANU-PF. XXXXXXXXXXXX described the party as badly fractured. It was like a stick of TNT, susceptible to ignition and disintegratio [...]	2010-02-10 13:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE95	Ambassador Meets with Zim Home Affairs Co-Ministers [...] (SBU The Ambassador met February 8 with Khembo Mohadi (ZANU-PF) and Giles Mutsekwa (MDC-T),the co-ministers of Home Affairs, at their office. The meeting was friendly, especially when contrasted with Ambassador McGee's meeting with the two ministers in April 2009 (Ref). 2. (SBU) Moh [...]	2010-02-10 13:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP ASEC PINR ZI
10HAVANA11	CLIMATE CHANGE PROVIDES GOC WITH MUCH NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Cuba (GOC) used the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to distract attention from problems within Cuba and ferociously vent against the United States and, in particular, President Obama. While some elements within the GOC are legitimately concerned about the e [...]	2010-01-07 18:48:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PGOV ECON PREL CU
10HAVANA110	CUBAN OPPOSITION SHOCKED AND ENERGIZED BY DEATH OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 23 death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo has both shocked and energized the Cuban opposition, but has not provoked large scale political unrest in Cuba or resonated deeply within Cuban society at large. State security forces have been active, resorting to [...]	2010-02-26 19:37:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID CU
10HAVANA84	KEY TRADING PARTNERS SEE NO BIG ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is little prospect of economic reform in 2010 despite an economic crisis that is expected to get even worse for Cuba in the next few years, according to key commercial specialists, economic officers and Cuba-watchers in Havana. Promised structural reforms remain on hold while the [...]	2010-02-09 18:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU
10HELSINKI15	COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH EASIER SAID THAN DONE: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Finnish government is justly proud of its contributions to crisis management operations. In the last decade alone it has deployed military and civilian personnel to the Balkans, Africa, the Middle East, and Afghanistan as part of missions under UN, EU, OSCE, and NATO auspic [...]	2010-01-13 16:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AF FI MOPS PGOV
10HELSINKI21	GOF CONSIDERING MODEST INCREASES IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-15 16:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AF FI MOPS PREL
10HELSINKI35	FINLAND'S VIEWS ON JAN 25 FAC TOPICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 22 meeting with PolEconOff, Finnish Acting Deputy European Correspondent Juha Mustonen received U.S. points on FAC agenda items contained in ref A and provided the following responses, previously reported in ref B email. In general Finland supported almost all U.S. p [...]	2010-01-25 14:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	BK EU FI HA IR MAS PHUM PK PREL SO YM
10HELSINKI36	FINLAND TO ANNOUNCE INCREASED AFGHANISTAN SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the London Conference Finland will announce its plans to increase its contributions to Afghanistan. On January 22 President Halonen and the Government decided to increase its military and civilian presence and to direct additional development assistance to the northern provi [...]	2010-01-25 16:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ECON EFIN FI MARR PGOV PREL
10HELSINKI51	FINLAND AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) In a February 4 meeting, DCM presented reftel points to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. Lyra responded that "we agree with your views," and that Finland believed both talk and pressure would be necessary to convince Iran to comply with international norms in its nucle [...]	2010-02-04 15:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI IR PARM PREL
10HELSINKI71	AFGHANISTAN: FEW DETAILS ON FINLAND'S INCREASES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The details and exact duties of Finland's additional military and civilian personnel promised for Afghanistan (details reported in reftel B) are not yet available. MFA Afghanistan Envoy Kalkku responded to Charge's delivery of reftel A points by reiterating the GOF plan to fill i [...]	2010-02-22 15:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AF FI MARR MASS MOPS PREL
10HELSINKI73	AFGHANISTAN: MOD ON RC-NORTH CHANGES, POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD Policy Director Jarvenpaa discussed potential realignment of RC-North, the new Turkish PRT there, and political support for Finland's activities in Afghanistan with P-E Chief in a February 23 meeting. Post requests additional releasable information regarding increased U.S. [...]	2010-02-26 07:01:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AF FI MARR MOPS PREL SW
10HOCHIMINHCITY33	SHOW TRIAL OF DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SHOWCASES CHALLENGES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of four pro-democracy advocates, including prominent lawyer/Fulbright scholar Le Cong Dinh and activist and blogger Nguyen Tien Trung, opened and closed in HCMC on January 20. All four were convicted for "attempting to overthrow the state" and given sentences ranging f [...]	2010-01-21 11:29:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY38	CHRISTIANS HOLD WIDESPREAD CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Christians in HCMC, Hanoi and other locations held several large-scale Christmas celebrations with record- breaking turnout and without incident. In HCMC, Protestant house churches staged their largest Christmas gatherings to date -- two separate events involving 40,000 and 12,000 [...]	2010-01-29 09:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY47	HCMC ECONOMIC POLICE STRIKE AGAIN, MAKING GRAB FOR FAKE [...] (C) Summary: Economic police in HCMC conducted another head-line grabbing IPR bust on January 25, this time breaking up a large counterfeit pharmaceutical ring. The ring ran under the guise of a legally-registered local pharmaceutical firm that purchased domestically-produced pills then re-pac [...]	2010-02-10 10:41:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KIPR EAID ETRD VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY51	NEW YEAR'S UPDATE WITH FORMER MAYOR VO VIET THANH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vo Viet Thanh, former HCMC Mayor and current advisor to both PM Dung and President Triet, remains deeply troubled by what he views as China's increasingly belligerent stance towards not only Vietnam but the rest of Asia. His message for the USG was that whether we are dealing with [...]	2010-02-12 07:11:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CH VM
10HOCHIMINHCITY52	NGUYEN TIEN TRUNG'S PARENTS ASK USG TO REQUEST AMNESTY [...] Summary: (C) During their February 8 meeting with visiting EAP DAS Marciel, the parents of jailed democracy activist Nguyen Tien Trung asked the USG to press the GVN to grant their son amnesty. Trung's parents said they are allowed monthly visits, can give Trung a small stipend, and that Trung [...]	2010-02-12 09:11:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
10HONGKONG10	HONG KONG JANUARY 1 DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATION: ONE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Thousands of Hong Kong residents marched to the Central Government Liaison Office (CGLO) January 1 to push for universal suffrage and to protest the conviction of Mainland Charter '08 activist Liu Xiaobo. While the Civic Party and the radical League of Social Democrat [...]	2010-01-04 10:38:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
10HONGKONG100	THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: BEIJING DECLARES [...] (C) Summary: Beijing made its first direct response to plans by Hong Kong's Civic Party and League of Social Democrats (LSD) to use five legislative by-elections as a de facto referendum on constitutional reform by means of a January 15 statement issued through Xinhua (text below) that declare [...]	2010-01-19 11:49:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
10HONGKONG101	HONG KONG RAIL PROTESTS: WHAT A FIELD DAY FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) Finance Committee approved funding to begin construction of a link to the PRC national high-speed rail system in the early evening of January 16. Though largely peaceful, protesters clashed with police following a decision not [...]	2010-01-19 12:11:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK CH
10HONGKONG113	RUSAL IPO IN HONG KONG: ALL RISK, NO REWARD FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Aluminum company Rusal is set to be the first Russian company to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) when it completes its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on January 27. Rusal's questionable corporate governance, precarious debt profile, and its CEO's alleged ties [...]	2010-01-20 11:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV HK CH RS
10HONGKONG150	RESIGNATION, REFERENDUM, REVOLUTION, OR WHATEVER: [...] (C) Amidst a swarm of media cameras, Civic Party Legislators Alan Leong Kah-kit and Tanya Chan Suk-chong, joined by the radical League of Social Democrats' (LSD) Raymond Wong Yuk-man, Albert Chan Wi-yip and "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung, publicly resigned their Legislative Council seats January [...]	2010-01-26 09:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
10HONGKONG16	THIRD FORCE? DEMOCRATIC PARTY SEEKS MODERATE [...] (C) Summary: Having rejected the resignation-as-referendum plan launched by the League of Social Democrats (LSD) and the Civic Party, the Democratic Party (DPHK) now hopes to collaborate with a group of pro-democracy scholars to produce an alternative reform plan. While they hope their plan co [...]	2010-01-05 06:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
10HONGKONG182	HK ECONOMISTS DISMISS DOWNSIDE RISKS TO CHINESE [...] (SBU) Summary: China macroeconomists in Hong Kong predict inflation and Renminbi (RMB) appreciation for 2010 but are not overly worried about asset bubbles or non-performing loans. The recent small interest rate increase and hike in reserve requirements were intended to show the market that [...]	2010-01-29 10:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
10HONGKONG19	HONG KONG TO BEIJING: WE WANT A ROLE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Hong Kong government (HKG) has embarked on all-out effort to be included in China's 12th Five-Year Plan (FYP),due to start in 2011. Spurred by fears of being marginalized and buoyed by overwhelming public support, Chief Executive Donald Tsang in his October Policy [...]	2010-01-05 08:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH HK
10HONGKONG197	RESIGNATION-AS-REFERENDUM: ONE HAND CLAPPING? [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Beijing parties have counted themselves out of the Civic Party-League of Social Democrats by-election-as-referendum plan, citing those parties' use of the term "uprising" and Beijing's declaration that the "referendum" is illegal. Pro-establishment politicians continue to bea [...]	2010-02-04 00:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH HK
10HONGKONG212	HK BUSINESSES WARN TREASURY CONFIDENT CHINESE [...] (C) Begin Summary: Treasury Senior Coordinator for China and the U.S.- China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) David Loevinger led a Treasury and Consulate General team in meetings with Blackstone Asia Chairman Anthony Leung, Credit Suisse Asia CEO Kai Nargolwala, Hong Kong Monetary Autho [...]	2010-02-04 10:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON CH HK
10HONGKONG233	JASPER TSANG ON EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Council (LegCo) President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing used a luncheon address organized by the Hong Kong Democratic Foundation to de-bunk a widely-held belief that relations between Hong Kong's executive and legislative branches were dysfunctional. That many government init [...]	2010-02-08 10:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HK
10HONGKONG268	SOCIAL JUSTICE TRUMPS DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Although democracy is now at least a topic of discussion in Macau, even the leading advocates of democratic reform see little prospect that the public will push for more democracy in the near term. At most, there might be a transition in the 2013 legislative elections that would [...]	2010-02-12 08:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MC HK
10HONGKONG277	NEXT GENERATION MACAU LEADERSHIP: THE PLAYER, THE [...] (C) Summary: Few of our counterparts seemed able (or willing) to tip anyone as a future leader in Macau. In some respects, argued one democratic politician, even Beijing was stuck on the issue, since the small-circle election system it devised gave Macau's establishment a veto effective agains [...]	2010-02-17 07:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV MC CH
10HONGKONG286	MACAU: HOW MUCH CHANGE FROM CHUI, HOW MUCH [...] (C) Summary: Few of our contacts expect new Macau Chief Executive (CE) Fernando Chui Sai-on to take any significant policy initiatives, at least for now. They point to his coming March 16 policy address as offering the conclusive word one way or another. Our contacts suggested different rol [...]	2010-02-18 10:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MC CH
10HONGKONG290	REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE: HK VIEWS APEC AS "DEFINING [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A senior Hong Kong official welcomed Secretary Clinton's January 12 speech on U.S. views toward Asia Pacific Regional Architecture and applauded clear administration statements on the importance of U.S. commitments in Asia. Despite its status as a Special Administrat [...]	2010-02-19 03:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL APECO ECON HK
10HONGKONG333	UPON THIS ROCK: HONG KONG RULE OF LAW REMAINS [...] (C) Summary and comment: Hong Kong legal professionals judged Hong Kong's rule of law remains both independent and, more importantly, sufficiently well-designed that few opportunities exist for external tampering. They believed Beijing recognizes the singular role rule of law plays in Hong Ko [...]	2010-02-26 09:14:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HK
10HONGKONG334	UPON THIS ROCK: HONG KONG RULE OF LAW REMAINS [...] (C) Summary: Thirteen years after Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty, Hong Kong remains deeply enmeshed in the common law tradition. Law is taught, and cases are still largely heard, in English. Precedents from other common law jurisdictions, including the United States, are admissible [...]	2010-02-26 09:24:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH HK
10HONGKONG43	NEW COMPETITION LAW EXPECTED TO EXEMPT MANY HONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Commerce and Economic Development (CEDB) Bureau Undersecretary Greg So told U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner William Kovacic on December 8 that the Hong Kong government's (HKG) long-anticipated Competition Law will likely be submitted to Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) by J [...]	2010-01-08 10:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
10HONGKONG69	HONG KONG ANALYSTS' VIEWS ON CHINESE LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: China analysts in Hong Kong saw the PRC's provincial leadership reshuffle announced November 30 as a possible preview of the two top contenders for China's sixth generation leadership. They contended Hu Chunhua and Sun Zhengcai, both 46, have a good chance of joining the Politbur [...]	2010-01-13 09:14:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH HK
10HONGKONG76	TIP: CLARIFYING HONG KONG'S VICTIM ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong NGOs providing care to victims of trafficking in persons (TIP) recently clarified remarks made to G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca which suggested the Hong Kong government was unwilling to fund their work (reftel) by explaining they had never actually requested financial [...]	2010-01-14 03:35:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH
10ISLAMABAD152	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JANUARY 13 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Qureshi opened the January 13 meeting with SRAP Holbrooke by stressing the need to pay more attention to the bilateral relationship. He stated that the situation in Afghanistan needed to improve and that Pakistan could assist in these efforts by actively participating in [...]	2010-01-23 08:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
10ISLAMABAD190	PAKISTANI, AFGHAN, AND IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi hosted his Afghan and Iranian counterparts for a meeting in Islamabad on January 16. This was the third high-level gathering of the three countries in the past year -- which included a trilateral heads-of-state summit in May 2009 in Tehran. Th [...]	2010-01-26 14:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON SNAR PK AF IR
10ISLAMABAD191	PAKISTANIS CRITICIZE ENHANCED PASSENGER SCREENING, OFFICIALS THREATEN TO CANCEL U.S. TRAVEL IF SUBJECT TO IT [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-26 14:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
10ISLAMABAD206	TARIN'S CONTINUING BUDGET WOES [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting to clarify the status of U.S. assistance to Pakistan, Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin told the Ambassador January 20 that he needs a total of $2.174 billion from the U.S. ($1.3 billion in Coalition Support Funds and a total of $874 million in civilian assistance) in [...]	2010-01-27 07:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD269	PAKISTAN RESPONSE: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT ON ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-03 14:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER
10ISLAMABAD301	CODEL LYNCH'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 29, a congressional delegation led by Representative Stephen Lynch met with Imran Khan, a former professional cricket player who heads the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ("Law and Justice") party, at Khan's residence in the hills overlooking Rawal Lake on the outskirts of Isl [...]	2010-02-06 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK AF
10ISLAMABAD307	PROGRESS ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FOR SOUTH [...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with U.S. Economic and Development Assistance Coordinator Raphel, Army Director General of Staff Duties Lt. General Zubair and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Secretariat Director General of Projects Fakre Alam reported on the progress toward implementatio [...]	2010-02-08 06:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MOPS PGOV PK PREL
10ISLAMABAD316	PAKISTAN APPEARS LIKELY TO ACCEPT INDIA'S OFFER OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General for South Asia Afrasiab Mehdi Hashim told Deputy PolCouns on February 9 that Pakistan has not yet accepted India's offer of a bilateral foreign secretary-level meeting, but expected it would do so. Though the Indians have said they are open to discussion of a [...]	2010-02-10 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN PK
10ISLAMABAD345	WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI,S [...] (U) Summary: The guilty verdict against Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY sparked protests and public condemnation across Pakistan on February 4 and 5. The reaction to the Siddiqui verdict was front-page news in all the major newspapers. A number of press art [...]	2010-02-12 13:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
10ISLAMABAD382	MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON UPCOMING FOREIGN [...] (C/REL UK) Summary: MFA Director General for South Asia Afrasiab Mehdi Hashim told Deputy PolCouns that Pakistan and India will be free to raise all issues at the foreign secretaries' meeting scheduled for February 25 in New Delhi. He claimed that the Pakistanis will focus on trying to persua [...]	2010-02-17 11:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN PK
10ISLAMABAD383	GOP BACKS DOWN FROM PRESIDENT'S JUDICIAL [...] (C) On February 17, after much protest, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) backed down from President Asif Zardari's decision to appoint Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif to Pakistan's Supreme Court (SC),elevating him from the Lahore High Court (LHC),and Justice Saqib Nisar as acting Chief Justi [...]	2010-02-17 17:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
10ISLAMABAD399	CODEL KERRYâ€™S MEETING WITH PM GILANI [...] (C) Summary: On February 16 Senator John Kerry met with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani and spoke about the state of Indo-Pakistani relations. Gilani said that Pakistan was willing to resume talks with India but indicated that in order to gain Pakistan's trust India would need to decrease its footprin [...]	2010-02-19 10:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD432	PROGRESS CONTINUES ON SOUTH WAZIRISTAN PROJECTS [...] (C) On February 20, U.S. Economic and Development Assistance Coordinator Robin Raphel (AssistCoord) met with Army Director General of Staff Duties Major General Zubair and Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Habibullah Khan and their team to discuss South [...]	2010-02-23 14:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MOPS PK
10ISLAMABAD444	TARIN OUT, SHAHAB-UD-DIN -- AND NASIM BEG? -- IN [...] (C) Summary: On February 23, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, and his successor remains unknown. According to conversations on February 24 with Treasury Attache and Embassy EconOff, it is not entirely certain which of the two leading candidate [...]	2010-02-25 02:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EFIN PK
10ISLAMABAD452	PAKISTAN'S RESPONSE: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on preparing for Syria at the March International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for Disarmament Mohammad Kamran Akhtar and Deputy Director Abbas Qureshi, on February 25. 2. (C) Akhtar [...]	2010-02-26 07:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL SY IAEA
10ISLAMABAD459	PML-N WINS IN HOTLY CONTESTED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won the February 24 by-election for the National Assembly seat in Rawalpindi (NA-55) vacated by Haji Pervez Khan. The PML-N soundly defeated long-time politician Sheikh Rashid Ahmed who was elected from that constituency six times before a [...]	2010-02-26 09:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
10ISLAMABAD461	GOP DENIES AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER BERADAR TO [...] (C) Summary: On February 26, the Lahore High Court reportedly barred the Government of Pakistan (GOP) from extraditing Mullah Beradar and four other Afghan Taliban leaders, pending a hearing on March 15 to which both the federal government and concerned provincial governments have been summoned. Th [...]	2010-02-26 16:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK AF
10ISTANBUL11	ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Armenian Patriarch Mutafyan Mesrob II has been suffering from dementia since late 2007, and in 2008 Archbishop Aram Atesyan took over the administrative responsibilities of the patriarchy as acting patriarch. On December 3, the Patriarchate petitioned the Ministry of Interior f [...]	2010-01-08 12:23:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TU AR
10ISTANBUL12	IRAN/REFUGEES: EBRAHIM SHARIFI'S U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Ebrahim Sharifi, an Iranian opposition supporter whose testimony to Iran's parliament that security forces raped him in prison (and subsequent interviews with international media outlets) made him a target for regime death threats, and who had been a refugee in Turkey since Sept [...]	2010-01-08 13:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PINS PGOV UNHCR TU IR
10ISTANBUL14	IRAN'S PRESS TV: HUNKERED DOWN AND RATIONALIZING [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul correspondent for Iran's "Press TV" news channel (protect) told us that several pro-opposition reporters and staffers at the news channel have quit their jobs and left Iran, but a majority of the "Green Movement" supporters on the staff are still working there. The [...]	2010-01-11 13:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU IR
10ISTANBUL20	IRANIAN POLITICS: A TURKISH EXPERT SAYS "KEEP AN [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish contact who claims business connections to Iranian regime insiders told us regime leaders are planning on a scenario that would replace President Ahmadinejad with Tehran Mayor Qalibaf in 2012. He said Qalibaf advisors asked his help to secure Turkish funding for sever [...]	2010-01-15 10:30:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD ENRG IR TU
10ISTANBUL21	IRAN'S BAR ASSOCIATION: TRYING TO STAY [...] (C) Summary: An American Bar Association (ABA) representative briefed us recently on ABA's effort to make contact with Iran Bar Associations Union (IBAU),with the goal of offering legal workshops and capacity building to strengthen the IBAU's and regional Iranian bar associations' technical [...]	2010-01-15 10:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KDEM IR TU
10ISTANBUL23	ISTANBUL CONTACTS ON ELECTION PROSPECTS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-15 13:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL30	ISTANBUL AKP REPRESENTATIVES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul,s Justice and Development Party (AKP) representatives echo the Prime Minister,s public insistence that there will not be early elections, and agree that the state of the economy and unemployment will have the greatest impact on the election results. AKP,s organizationa [...]	2010-01-21 11:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL40	IRAN/POLITICS: TEN DAYS OF DAWN, THE OPPOSITION'S [...] (C) Summary: Several contacts (in Istanbul, Paris, and Tehran) who are close to Iran's "Green Movement" have cautioned that the opposition intends to use the "Ten Days of Dawn" commemoration (February 1-11) to muster the largest demonstrations yet against the regime. A journalist with many o [...]	2010-01-29 15:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PGOV PHUM TU IR
10ISTANBUL43	TURKEY-IRAN TRADE WOES; RAFSANJANI FAMILY AND [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish business executive who deals with Iran's transportation and tourism sectors told us his pro-Rafsanjani partners are under great pressure from the regime. Two Iranian company CEOs told him their company books were audited for ties to Rafsanjani and state banks are denyi [...]	2010-02-02 09:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD IR TU
10ISTANBUL44	INSIDE MAYOR SARIGUL'S CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary. A member of the Turkey Change Movement's (TDH) leadership board described TDH's recent rally in Izmir as a "turning point," and explained Sarigul's team is gaining momentum and drawing support from both the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP [...]	2010-02-02 09:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL49	KARADENIZ HOLDINGS INTRODUCES MOBILE SHIP-BASED [...] (C) Summary. Istanbul-based Karadeniz Holdings, through its subsidiary Karkey, has signed agreements with the Governments of Iraq and Pakistan to provide electricity generation from mobile ship-based power plants. Karkey is constructing six of the so-called "powerships" in an Istanbul shipyard [...]	2010-02-09 13:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV KGHG TU
10ISTANBUL50	ISTANBUL'S LANDFILL GAS UTILIZATION PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary. Landfill gas utilization, a growing alternative energy technology with compelling environmental benefits, is in its early stages in Turkey. Ortadogu Enerji won a tender from the Istanbul Municipality to implement and run Istanbul's two landfill energy projects for 23 years, and el [...]	2010-02-11 06:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV KGHG TU
10ISTANBUL6	IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS: BAHAI LEADERSHIP TRIAL AND [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General of Turkey's Bahai Community told us January 5 that the trial date for the Iranian Bahai leadership has been re-scheduled to January 12. He asked for USG support in raising the issue with Turkey, in the hopes Turkey would press Iran to close the case or at l [...]	2010-01-06 15:21:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINS TU IR
10ISTANBUL67	NEW TUSIAD BOARD UNVEILS AGENDA, DIVES INTO [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD)'s recently elected board of directors kicked off its new term with a "new approach" laid out in the board's recently released activity plan for the upcoming year. TUSIAD board members predict that the new term will [...]	2010-02-23 12:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TU
10ISTANBUL7	KURDISH INTELLECTUALS ON DTP CLOSURE, YOUTH [...] (C) Summary. In meetings following closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP),Istanbul-based Kurdish intellectuals railed against the Turkish Constitutional Court's decision to close the DTP. They predicted most DTP members would migrate to the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and the party [...]	2010-01-07 08:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL8	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES ANXIOUS ABOUT PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 23, on the occasion of Universal Human Rights Month and as an opportunity to look at the year in review for minority religious freedom, the Consul General hosted a luncheon with five leaders representing the Baha'i, Jewish, Alevi, Greek, and Protestant minority rel [...]	2010-01-07 08:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU
10JAKARTA10	INDONESIAN VIEWS ON ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has long played a key role in the development of Asia-Pacific regional institutions and will remain an important partner for the United States as these institutions evolve. While they do not seek to balance China in a zero-sum manner, Indonesian leaders do worry that [...]	2010-01-06 10:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XB ID
10JAKARTA102	LONDON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE--ENGAGING INDONESIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan to Hikmat Moeljawan, Deputy Director for South and Central Asian Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs on January 25. Poloff underscored the importance of strong international support for the Afgha [...]	2010-01-25 10:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ID AF
10JAKARTA109	POTENTIAL MEETING FOR THE SECRETARY WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian Foreign Minister Natalegawa wants to use his January 28 bilateral meeting with Secretary Clinton at the Afghanistan Ministerial Conference to discuss how to resolve key issues prior to the March Presidential visit to Indonesia. Mission recommends that the Secretary u [...]	2010-01-26 06:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ID AF
10JAKARTA117	ENGAGING WITH KOPASSUS UNIT 81 [...] (C) President Yudhoyono (SBY) and other senior Indonesian officials have made it clear to us that SBY views the issue of Army Special Forces (KOPASSUS) training as a litmus test of the bilateral relationship and that he believes the March visit of President Obama will not be successful unless [...]	2010-01-26 11:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR ID
10JAKARTA121	PAPUA -- DCM HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY AND COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM highlighted security and cooperation in education, the environment and health during a January 20-22 visit to Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, and Timika and Tembagapura, towns near U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg copper and gold mine. The DCM underscor [...]	2010-01-27 09:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNAT EAID CACS ID
10JAKARTA129	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMANDER USPACOM ADM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral Willard, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Your visit comes shortly before President Obama,s late March visit to Indonesia and will help address key security issues while helping to set the stage for a successful Presidential visit. The U.S.-Indonesian militar [...]	2010-01-29 06:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER ID
10JAKARTA140	INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT IN ADVANCE OF FATF [...] (C) In a meeting January 29, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Rezlan Jenie told the DCM that Indonesia fully understands the need to improve its anti-money laundering/countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) efforts. MFA staff reported that the [...]	2010-02-02 05:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN SNAR PHUM
10JAKARTA152	IRAN -- MOBILIZING PRESSURE ON THE NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (C) Poloff on February 3 delivered reftel message regarding Iran's nuclear program to Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),and an officer from DEPLU's Directorate of South and Central Asian Affairs. H [...]	2010-02-03 10:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ID IR
10JAKARTA171	S/CT AMB BENJAMIN BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, conducted meetings with Indonesian officials on counterterrorism issues and cooperation in Jakarta on December 16. Ambassador Benjamin's interlocutors said the proposed GOI interagency Counterter [...]	2010-02-09 07:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINS ASEC ID
10JAKARTA200	GOI CAUTIOUS ON US PARTICIPATION IN EAST ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 12 meeting with EAP DAS Scot Marciel, Indonesian Foreign Ministry (KEMLU) Secretary General Imron Cotan conveyed the Indonesian government's (GOI) hesitancy to endorse U.S. participation in the East Asia Summit (EAS) at this time, because of the likelihood that this [...]	2010-02-16 09:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AMGT ASEAN XC ID
10JAKARTA206	FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES PRIORITIES, INCLUDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a speech on February 16, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa outlined a range of priorities based on the "democratization of Indonesia's foreign policy." In addition to promoting international peace and security, Indonesian diplomacy would focus on supporting economic developm [...]	2010-02-17 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ID XE AF
10JAKARTA216	CPR ASSERTS ITS ROLE IN ASEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly-installed ASEAN Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) in Jakarta is working to define a policy and programmatic role that satisfies member-states' capitals desire for oversight of the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) while increasing ASEAN efficiency by concentrating more [...]	2010-02-18 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AMGT ASEAN XC ID
10JAKARTA239	S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN ROUNDTABLE WITH REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Daniel Benjamin met with Deputy Chiefs of Mission from the Southeast Asia Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Embassies on December 17, 2009 in Jakarta. The day was split between an internal discussion of regional counterterrorism issue [...]	2010-02-23 06:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINS ASEC ID
10JAKARTA246	ENGAGING INDONESIA ON THE CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Roy Soemirat, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (KEMLU) on February 22. Poloff underscored the need to moving forward with the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) at the Conference o [...]	2010-02-23 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ID
10JAKARTA251	INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR [...] (SBU) At a February 23 meeting with Rolliansyah (Roy) Soemirat of the Foreign Ministry's Directorate of International Security and Disarmament, Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding U.S. policy toward the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR). 2. (C) Soemirat said the issue was one of inter [...]	2010-02-24 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR ID
10JAKARTA256	INTERNAL POWER STRUGGLE SLOWS PROGRESS ON REFORM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's reform efforts are slowing as he grapples with elements of his own government who seek to preserve Suharto-era patronage norms. Golkar and a cluster of other parties seek to undermine Yudhoyono's reforms by pinning responsibility for a controversial 2008 b [...]	2010-02-25 10:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM ID
10JAKARTA35	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES SENIOR GOI OFFICIAL ON BURMA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume urged Indonesia to press the Burmese government to engage in a dialogue with the democratic opposition, and particularly to allow Aung San Suu Kyi to meet the leadership of her party, during a January 11 meeting with Department of Foreign Affairs Director General [...]	2010-01-12 09:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID BM IR XF AF
10JAKARTA90	ENGAGING KOPASSUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: As instructed reftel, poloff met with officials of the Indonesian Department of Defense and the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs on January 14 to raise reftel questions concerning accountability for past gross human rights violations by Army Spe [...]	2010-01-21 08:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM ID
10JEDDAH10	CATCHING UP WITH "THE FIRST WORLD": MECCA GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 27 meeting with Ambassador, Governor of Mecca Region, HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (ref A),expressed his satisfaction with Hajj 2009 (ref B),which was not disrupted by the feared outbreak of H1N1 or significantly affected by the November 25 flash [...]	2010-01-08 10:30:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KFLU KISL KWBG SA

10JEDDAH14	JEDDAH GOVERNOR PRINCE MISHAAL BIN MAJID'S [...] (C) Summary. In December 29 introductory meeting with Ambassador, Prince Mishaal bin Majid bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Jeddah (ref A),warned that Yemen could become like Somalia in the absence of development projects funded by the GCC, U.S., and Europe. Skeptical that Israel wants peace given [...]	2010-01-10 06:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC KISL KWBG PREL SA YM IR IS

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