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07JAKARTA3278	"Cooking the Climate" or Cooking the Books? Greenpeace's [...] (U) Summary: In a recently released report, "How the Palm Oil Industry is Cooking the Climate," Greenpeace blames American and European companies for the destruction of Indonesia's forests and peat swamps. If this destruction continues unabated, Greenpeace writes, vast amounts of carbon will be [...]	2007-11-30 02:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID

07JAKARTA475	INDONESIA IPR - ANNUAL SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Indonesia's upgrade to the Special 301 Watch List in November 2006, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has continued to make steady progress towards improving its enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). A National Intellectual Property (IP) Task F [...]	2007-02-22 08:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR ID
07JAKARTA978	INDONESIA'S INSURANCE SECTOR STILL STRUGGLING [...] (SBU) Summary. A decade after the financial crisis, Indonesia's small insurance sector continues to suffer from weak regulation and poor enforcement, inadequate training, low professional standards, and insufficient capital. A few players dominate the sector, and some small, non-transparent f [...]	2007-04-05 01:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID
07JERUSALEM1095	UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN VIEWS OF COMMERCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PA PRESIDENCY ECONOMIC ADVISOR AND PALESTINE INVESTMENT FUND CEO MOHAMMED MUSTAFA SAID THAT AN AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE SALE OF OFFSHORE GAZA GAS BY CONCESSION OPERATOR BG GROUP TO THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENTQD BE COMPLETED IN TWO TO THREE MONTHS. MUSTAFA SAID HE DISAGREED WITH THE H [...]	2007-06-07 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1254	BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY CABINET [...] (SBU) Biographies of new Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet members are listed starting in para. 2. According to PM Salam Fayyad, this government will likely be expanded in the next 30 days to include more ministers from Gaza and to reduce the number of ministers responsible for multiple por [...]	2007-06-18 15:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KWBG IS KPAL PREL PINR
07JERUSALEM2153	TOURISM: PALESTINIAN EXPECTATIONS RISE, BUT TOUR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israeli Ministers of Tourism met October 9 for the first time since cooperation was suspended after the March 2006 formation of a Hamas-led government. The ministers agreed to re-establish a joint committee and working-level technical commit [...]	2007-10-18 11:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV PREL KWBG IS
07JOHANNESBURG231	SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...]	2007-08-03 14:57:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON ELAB KHIV SF
07JOHANNESBURG302	SOUTH AFRICA: OPINIONS ON CHINA [...] Summary: Consul General recently received his counterpart, newly-arrived Chinese Consul General FANG Li, and discussed US-China cooperation under the Strategic Economic Dialogue, as well as preparations for South Africa's hosting of the 2010 World Cup Soccer. An October 18 discussion on Ch [...]	2007-10-24 08:37:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ELAB SF CH
07KABUL1016	PRESIDENT KARZAI REAFFIRMS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) During a March 13 meeting with a senior U.S. Delegation to the U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership talks, President Karzai reaffirmed the strategic importance of the relationship. He asked that the U.S. do whatever it must to minimize collateral damage and civilian deaths in U.S. milit [...]	2007-03-27 13:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1090	ARIANA AFGHAN AIRLINE FINANCIAL CRISIS DEEPENS [...] (SBU) Boeing recently notified the GoA that, absent immediate payment, it intends to terminate its lease contracts with Ariana for two B-757s on April 16; Ariana owes Boeing $1.8 million in arrears on the contracts. Minister of Finance Ahady is reviewing his options for resolving the financial [...]	2007-04-03 13:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV EAIR ECON AF
07KABUL1132	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERSâ€™ MARCH 17-20 VISIT TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Director of the Office of Drug Control Policy John Walters visited Afghanistan March 17-20 to discuss with senior Afghan and international officials this year's progress on reducing the poppy crop. Senior ISAF officials told Walters that although eradicating poppy would, in their estim [...]	2007-04-06 10:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR KCRM AF
07KABUL1172	SUBJECT: Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit: A Test Case for [...] (SBU) The large Aynak copper deposit has the potential to generate the first significant, long-term international investment in Afghanistan. Nine companies, including the American firm Phelps Dodge, are in the fray in a competitive bidding process. The bids are due on May 15 and will be foll [...]	2007-04-10 07:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ENRG EFIN ETRD ELTN PGOV AF
07KABUL137	TEA CLUB OPENS DISCUSSION OF BERLIN JCMB AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-15 08:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EFIN AF
07KABUL1581	PLANNING FOR A FEASIBLE, AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE [...] (SBU) The high cost and short-lived institutional benefit of Afghanistan's milestone post-Taliban elections underscores the importance of developing a feasible, affordable, and sustainable plan for future elections. The May 1 JCMB endorsed recommendations (drafted by the Embassy Governance Po [...]	2007-05-11 09:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1684	AFGHAN-PAK JIRGA PREPARATIONS BUILDING UP: NEED [...] This cable contains an action request. See para 9. 2. On May 16, Afghan Regional Peace Jirga Preparation Commission Director of Secretariat Farooq Wardak briefed the international community on latest plans for the cross-border jirga with Pakistan, now scheduled for the first week of Aug [...]	2007-05-20 02:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER EAID AF
07KABUL184	A/S BOUCHER MEETING WITH AFGHAN NSA RASSOUL [...] (C) During a January 9 meeting between Assistant Secretary Boucher and Afghan National Security Advisor SIPDIS Rassoul, Rassoul offered a comprehensive look at the security situationin Afghanistan, and the two shared concerns over the situation in Musa Qala and poppy cultivation. Boucher s [...]	2007-01-20 12:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR PK ECON
07KABUL187	AFGHAN AND UN OFFICIALS COVER KEY DONOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-21 01:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID PGOV EFIN AF
07KABUL1986	EMBASSY KABUL STRATEGY FOR ENCOURAGING GOVERNANCE [...] (U) Post has developed a Sub-national Governance Strategy Paper (shared with Department and NSC) to both guide USG efforts and encourage greater international investment and coordination in support for governance -- to complement the significant increase in investments being made in the securi [...]	2007-06-20 10:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAID AF
07KABUL220	USING THE BERLIN JCMB MEETINGS TO FLAG NEED FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The next presidential election is scheduled to take place in 2009, followed by national assembly elections in 2010. Given the significant steps that must be taken before the next elections, it is imperative that preparation begin immediately and have the support of the interna [...]	2007-01-22 15:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID AF
07KABUL243	JCMB SUCCESS - PRESIDENT KARZAI ISSUES FOUR COMMERCIAL [...] SUMMARY: On January 17, President Karzai signed decrees enacting laws on partnerships, corporations, arbitration, and mediation. The laws went into effect immediately, but are subject to parliamentary ratification. Their enactment results from active USG engagement through the JCMB process [...]	2007-01-24 12:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3182	FOUR NEW GOVERNORS APPOINTED AS NEW GOVERNANCE [...] (C) President Karzai has approved the appointments of new governors in Jowzjan, Faryab, Ghazni, and Uruzgan provinces. The appointments in Faryab and Jowzjan fill vacancies. The appointee in Uruzgan may have benefited from an early assertion by the new Director General of the Office of Local [...]	2007-09-20 09:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL3414	EVENTS IN PARLIAMENT; SEPTEMBER 17 - 28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament is completing the essential business of considering, modifying and, if it chooses, endorsing the 100-plus Presidential decrees enacted before its creation, even as Speaker Qanooni's dispute with President Karzai over presidential versus parliamentary prerogatives esc [...]	2007-10-06 13:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL3520	EVENTS IN PARLIAMENT SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 11 [...] (U) Parliament continued to debate and, in some cases, amend the 100-plus remaining Presidential decrees enacted before its establishment. Speaker Qanooni's ongoing dispute with President Karzai over constitutional authority found expression in parliament's attempt to override Karzai vetoes o [...]	2007-10-17 14:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL3932	AF: Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain [...] (SBU) Summary: After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiating a detailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. By some accounts, the Chinese are expected to invest approximat [...]	2007-11-27 08:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL3933	AF: Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain [...] (SBU) Summary: After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiatinQdetailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. By some accounts, the Chinese are expected to invest approximately [...]	2007-11-27 08:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL466	UPDATE ON AMNESTY RESOLUTION [...] (U) During a press conference on February 6, Presidential Spokesman Karim Rahimi said that President Karzai may reject the draft resolution on amnesty passed by the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on January 31. Even if Karzai were to reject the resolution, it could still pass if i [...]	2007-02-10 13:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
07KABUL684	IDA 15 NEGOTIATIONS GOAL - SUSTAIN MULTILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-03 05:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL AF
07KABUL775	U.S.-AFGHANISTAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) In the second meeting of the Afghan-U.S. Strategic Partnership Prosperity Working Group, Afghan and USG dels reaffirmed their commitment to a long-term economic partnership and advanced preparations for the March 13-14 Strategic Partnership plenary in Kabul to be co-led by Under Secretar [...]	2007-03-06 09:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL AF
07KABUL805	SCENESETTER II: US-AFGHAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Reftel reported scenesetter for the March 13 U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Plenary meeting. This message provides points for March 13-14 bilateral meetings in Kabul (in order of the meeting schedule). FOREIGN MINISTER SPANTA ----------------------- 2. (S) Under constant press [...]	2007-03-08 17:40:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL954	KOENIGS AND BOUCHER ON INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION, [...] (C) A special response fund to allow the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan close developmental cooperation with ISAF would advance civilian-military coordination; Washington support requested. Additionally, in a March 14 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central A [...]	2007-03-24 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF IR
07KAMPALA1743	NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA REPORTEDLY SPLINTERING [...] (C) Summary: In a phone call to a northern Ugandan politician, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony confirmed a rupture within the LRA, and claimed that Vincent Otti was under arrest for plotting against him. GOU officials are convinced that Otti is dead. On November 7, GOU intel [...]	2007-11-09 12:35:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA909	UGANDA: CORRUPTION SCANDAL'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The arrests of former health officials implicated in an immunization fund scandal has set in motion a chain of events with an uncertain outcome and potentially damaging implications for the Museveni family and other key political actors. Military and police arrested two former [...]	2007-05-29 10:04:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV KCRM UG
07KARACHI861	MQM LEADERS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leaders discussed their election plans at a meeting with the Consul General (CG) at their party headquarters on December 13, 2007. The MQM sees itself as a national party and will field candidates throughout Pakistan. Party leaders have been in [...]	2007-12-14 06:26:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PK
07KATHMANDU1078	ROYAL CONFIDANT SAYS PROGRESS ON "DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Royal confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador May 30 that he and others were working to build a democratic front that would unite the main political parties in support of the Prime Minister. The front would then pressure the Maoists to uphold peace agreement commitments. Rana repor [...]	2007-05-31 09:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU122	NEPAL: FORTY-EIGHT NEW MPS ROUND OUT INTERIM [...] (C) On the eve of the Interim Parliament's first session on January 15 (Ref A),the governing Seven Party-Alliance and the Maoists appointed representatives to fill the 48 additional seats the November 8 peace agreement had allocated to civil society (Ref B). The Maoists had previously announ [...]	2007-01-19 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU1979	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] On November 14, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary of UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),informed Emboff that the Government of Nepal was still considering its vote for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) council. Emboff on November 5 had met wit [...]	2007-11-15 07:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK NP
07KHARTOUM1036	DARFUR SAGE EXPOUNDS ON SOME UNCOMFORTABLE GROUND [...] (C) CDA caught up with Al-Fasher University Professor Abdulajabbar Abdullah Fadul, probably the single most knowledgeable Darfuri academic alive today, on June 28 right before his departure for London to participate in a panel on social science research methods on Darfur. ------------------- [...]	2007-06-29 10:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1109	NCP OFFICIAL IMPLICATES U.S. IN ALLEGED COUP [...] (SBU) Influential regime hard-liner Nafie Ali Nafie has implicated the USG in a coup plot that the Sudanese Government claims to have disrupted on July 14. Speaking on Al Jazeera, the Presidential Assistant and former director of the security services accused the U.S. of supporting an attempt [...]	2007-07-16 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM UN AU SU US
07KHARTOUM1130	SPLM DARFUR INITIATIVE CONTINUES, DIALOGUE NEEDED WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) intends to continue its regional consultations over the next few weeks with the Darfurians with the goal of still holding a conference in Southern Sudan in early August, as originally outlined by its Darfur Task Force (Task Force). [...]	2007-07-22 06:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU EAID UN SU
07KHARTOUM1174	MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE MINISTER CLAIMS 24 JEWISH GROUPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 26 the Arabic pro-government "Al-Rai' Al-Aam" reprinted an interview with Sudanese Minister of Defense Abdelrahim Hussein in which he claims that 24 Jewish organizations are provoking the conflict in Darfur. In the article, reprinted from an earlier interview from the i [...]	2007-07-29 11:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1842	BASHIR DENIES SUDAN IS DELAYING UNAMID DEPLOYMENT; BLAMES [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bashir denied that Sudan was delaying UNAMID troop deployment and blamed any delays on the UN. He stated that Nordic troops are not acceptable and questioned the necessity of deploying Thai and Nepalese troops. End summary. 2. (SBU) According to local media reports [...]	2007-11-25 15:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1918	FREE FROM KHALIL IBRAHIM, JEM/CL OPTIMISTIC ON PACT WITH [...] (SBU) Characterizing Khalil Ibrahim as a "dictator" unable and unwilling to lead his movement to productive peace negotiations, the Justice and Equality Movement/Collective Leadership (JEM/CL) claims that its strength increases daily as Ibrahim's supporters realize his course is a dead-end. Si [...]	2007-12-05 06:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1964	JEM DENIES RADICALISM, EXPLAINS UNAMID CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) The NCP has falsely painted Khalil Ibrahim's JEM as an Islamist movement, two of the group's representatives told Poloff in a recent El Fasher meeting. Rather than pursuing a radical agenda, they asserted, JEM seeks to transform the country through "revolution," end the marginalization o [...]	2007-12-11 11:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM2059	SUDANESE LABOR UNIONS: THEATRICS OR REAL PROGRESS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meetings with the Sudan Workers Trade Union Federation (SWTUF) and an independent Sudanese labor and human rights lawyer paint two different pictures of the Sudanese labor environment. On the one hand, the SWTUF claims that unions operate freely at the state and national levels [...]	2007-12-27 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI AU UNSC ECON ELAB SU
07KHARTOUM470	SUDAN: SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS HE MIGHT BE [...] (C) Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Oyai Deng has had a history of disagreement with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir, and admits that Kiir may replace him. Deng blames Kiir for inaction on problems facing the SPLA, and denies rumors that [...]	2007-03-25 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU UG
07KIGALI42	Rwanda 2007 Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Rwanda: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The GOR is making progress economically as it recognizes that the private sector is an essential engine of development. The government [...]	2007-01-18 15:35:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI935	IMF ON PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT EFFORTS IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 12 a visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) team described for local diplomatic missions its efforts to assist the Ministry of Finance and other Rwandan ministries and agencies in improving Public Finance Management (PFM --the effective and efficient use of pub [...]	2007-10-15 12:11:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN RW
07KINGSTON1043	JAMAICA: NEW HEAD OF POLICE ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Mr. Justin Felice, current Senior Director of Investigations for the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland, has accepted the Government of Jamaica's offer to become the head of a new Anti-Corruption Division within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) beginning in September 2007. [...]	2007-07-05 18:01:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL JM
07KINGSTON110	JAMAICA'S ELECTION-YEAR VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 14:18:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SOCI PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON111	JAMAICA'S ELECTION-YEAR VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 14:18:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SOCI PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1131	JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING CASE PROMPTS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is pursuing a particularly egregious case of labor exploitation under the recently passed Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act, 2007 (reftel). GOJ officials have approached the International Organization of Migration (IOM),th [...]	2007-07-20 16:09:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL
07KINGSTON1273	JAMAICA: Sitrep #4 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 18:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1470	JAMAICA: MEET THE KEY CABINET MINISTERS OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 16:25:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	PGOV PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1625	JAMAICA: LETTER TO TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS re [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 19:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL
07KINGSTON1813	JAMAICA: COMMISSIONER OF POLICE TOP PRIORITY IS [...] (C) Summary: One of Commissioner Lewin's first official acts on December 17, the day he took office, was to approve the proposed Anti-Corruption Strategy Paper, presented by the new Anti-Corruption Division Chief. In a meeting with NAS Director on December 19 (Reftel),and again in his inau [...]	2007-12-31 18:40:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	SNAR PREL AA
07KINGSTON897	JAMAICA: AIR JAMAICA SELLS LONDON ROUTES, WANTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Air Jamaica Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Conway considers the recent sale of the airline's prestigious London-Kingston route essential to the airline's long-term viability. He also says he is willing to work with the USG however he can to combat the problem of drug smugg [...]	2007-06-07 20:46:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV SNAR JM XL
07KINSHASA1126	KABILA TO P-3 PLUS 2: ONLY OPTIONS FOR NKUNDA'S [...] (C) Summary: President Joseph Kabila met September 13 with ambassadors/charges of the P-3 (France, UK, U.S.) plus 2 (Belgium and South Africa) countries in Kinshasa. SRSG William Swing also participated. Swing had requested the meeting on behalf of the P-3 plus 2 because of growing concern [...]	2007-09-19 16:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
07KINSHASA1422	REQUEST TO RECONSIDER DECREASE IN COLA [...] (U) Summary: The recent decision to lower Kinshasa's COLA from 42 to 30 percent (ref A) has serious implications for post morale and its efforts to recruit Foreign Service staff. The new COLA is inconsistent with findings by the highly reputable Employment Conditions Abroad International" (EC [...]	2007-12-28 07:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT AFIN CG
07KINSHASA149	DRC JANUARY 2007 MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The IMF may visit the DRC in February for an informal review of the Staff Monitored Program. - The GDRC has not yet drafted a 2007 budget. - Strikes and threatened work stoppages continue to increase. - The outgoing head of DRC's gold mining parastatal, OKIMO, has anno [...]	2007-02-08 05:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA181	DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #2 [...] (U) Summary. DRC's three mining parastatals are considering public offerings of their shares. DRC's copper/cobalt and gold mining parastatals continue two much-publicized disputes with foreign mining companies. The CEO of DRC's copper/cobalt mining parastatal has said he intends to focus on a [...]	2007-02-15 12:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA282	DRC'S ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSIONER ARRESTED [...] (C) The GDRC arrested the top official of the DRC's Atomic Energy Commission (CGEA) on March 6, but thus far specific charges have not been made public. According to media reports, Professor Fortunat Lumu Badimbayi-Matu, the CGEA Commissioner and director of Kinshasa's Nuclear Research Center (CREN [...]	2007-03-08 16:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN ETRD PGOV IAEA CG
07KINSHASA330	KATANGA'S NEW GOVERNOR: MAN WITH A BOLD PLAN [...] (C) Summary. Katanga Governor Moise Katumbi is an ambitious political newcomer with bold plans for Katangan revival. His stated priorities for the province include increasing provincial revenue and supporting social development, and he has indicated his tactics will not necessarily be orthodo [...]	2007-03-19 15:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EMIN ZA CG
07KINSHASA339	COAST GUARD FINDS DRC PORTS STILL NOT SECURE [...] Summary. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has determined the DRC's international maritime ports do not comply with U.S. or international security requirements. The main causes are inadequate funding and political will, and upper-level mismanagement. The USG will re-introduce restrictions on ships [...]	2007-03-21 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON PTER ASEC CG
07KINSHASA403	UPDATE ON THE CPPER BELT'S ARTISANAL MINING [...] (SBU) Summary. Artisanal mining in Katanga province continues to create security, financial and legal problems for mining companies. With support from the USG and other members of the international community, social development efforts are underway to attemptto address the myriad of issues arti [...]	2007-04-05 12:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMN EAID ECON ETRD CG
07KINSHASA404	DRC MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The Governor of Katanga banned the export of non-refined metal ore from the province, although Canadian company First Quantum says it has resumed exporting its unprocessed ore. - The Orientale governor has suspended timber exports from the province. - Gecamines, the DRC's [...]	2007-04-05 13:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECIN ENRG ELAB CG
07KINSHASA413	DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #3 [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Minister of Mines ordered the suspension of negotiations on new mining agreements. The Canadian CEO of Gecamines, the DRC's copper/cobalt mining parastatal, was briefly suspended. Canadian company First Quantum claims millions of USD in losses as a result of the Katang [...]	2007-04-10 12:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
07KINSHASA49	DRC DECEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) - The Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves remain below target. - Several artisanal miners died after a clash with police in Katanga province. - DRC's water authority terminated two managers for alleged corruption. - Spanish/Congolese airline Bravo Air Congo increased its domes [...]	2007-01-18 16:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA502	NLANDU AND NINE OTHERS ACQUITTED ON INSURRECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese politician Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants were acquitted April 30 of all charges related to the November 2006 burning of the Supreme Court building. A military court found that the prosecution had not presented evidence sufficient to prove their guilt. T [...]	2007-05-04 10:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA56	MINING EXTRACTS, #1 [...] (U) Summary. Several artisanal diamond miners died in mining-related accidents, and diamonds illegally exported from Zimbabwe are reportedly appearing for sale in the DRC. Delays in obtaining and importing adequate equipment is causing construction delays for major copper/cobalt mining projec [...]	2007-01-19 11:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV ZI CG
07KINSHASA57	MINING EXTRACTS, #1 [...] (U) Summary. Several artisanal diamond miners died in mining-related accidents, and diamonds illegally exported from Zimbabwe are reportedly appearing for sale in the DRC. Delays in obtaining and importing adequate equipment is causing construction delays for major copper/cobalt mining projec [...]	2007-01-19 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV ZI CG
07KINSHASA607	DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #4 [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC's mining contract review commission is expected to begin meeting the week of June 4. GDRC officials have announced investigations into London AIM-listed CAMEC and its purchase of shares in the George Forrest-associated Katanga Mining Company. Diamond mining parastatal M [...]	2007-06-04 16:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA824	UN SMALL ARMS DESTRUCTION DAY IN KINSHASA [...] (U) The Ambassador marked the UN's Small Arms Destruction Day with a speech at the Congolese military's Central Logistics Base (CLB) July 9 at an event organized by the NGO Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to commemorate the destruction of more than one million small arms and light weapons (SALW) wo [...]	2007-07-17 08:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PGOV KHDP CG
07KINSHASA844	KABILA DISMISSES MINISTER OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH [...] (C) Summary. President Kabila fired Minister Sylvanus Mushi July 12 for "improper conduct." Speculation as to the reason for the action has centered on corruption. Kinshasa newspapers have focused on dealings involving a company owned by Mushi's family and OFIDA, the state customs and excis [...]	2007-07-19 16:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG EMIN KDEM CG
07KUALALUMPUR1059	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF 13TH AIR FORCE [...] (C) Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one [...]	2007-06-20 10:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1174	NAJIB'S "ISLAMIC STATE" REMARK DRAWS THE IRE OF [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Abdul Razak set off a fire storm on July 17 when, in response to a reporter's question, he stated that Malaysia is and has always been an "Islamic state." Malaysia's minorities and opposition parties attacked the DPM's comments as viola [...]	2007-07-20 09:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1225	MALAYSIA SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]	2007-07-31 09:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1328	SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES' VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOR [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]	2007-08-23 09:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1400	PM'S AIDE SAYS TERENGGANU RIOT WILL SCARE AWAY [...] (C) Wan Farid (protect throughout),a political aide to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, during a September 12 meeting with polchief, denied his involvement in the September 8 Terengganu riot and instead alleged opposition parties had planned the violence in order to boost public sympathy for [...]	2007-09-14 09:42:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1429	Malaysia Promotes Islamic Finance: US Firms Concerned [...] (U) Summary: Demand for Islamic financial paper continues to outstrip supply, due in large part to the growing interest of Middle East petrodollar holders to park their money in Sharia compliant instruments. The biggest success story to date is the Islamic bond (sukuk),the only product Islam [...]	2007-09-19 09:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1652	SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER AND MGEN REMINGTON'S [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]	2007-11-27 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1684	INDIAN GRIEVANCES AND RACIAL TENSIONS; GOM TRIES [...] (C) The ethnic Indian protest on November 25 and the government's strong law enforcement response have increased domestic and international attention on Malaysia's Indian community. Despite constituting nearly 8 per cent of Malaysia's population, ethnic Indians hold only 1.2 per cent of the n [...]	2007-12-06 16:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR651	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Keating: Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, [...]	2007-04-11 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR924	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE, [...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...]	2007-05-24 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUWAIT1017	SPECIAL KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT'S ISLAMIC CENTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-30 08:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1058	KUWAITIS TRY TO ADDRESS CHEVRON'S CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 25 June, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Manager for the New Refinery Project at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),met with Dudley McDaniel, Senior Vice President for Operations at Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC),to discuss Kuwait's plans to build a mega-refinery adjacent to SAC's co [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1059	KUWAITIS TRY TO ADDRESS CHEVRON'S CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 25 June, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Manager for the New Refinery Project at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),met with Dudley McDaniel, Senior Vice President for Operations at Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC),to discuss Kuwait's plans to build a mega-refinery adjacent to SAC's co [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1093	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN POLICY, IRAQ, IRAN, AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 09:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT112	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-27 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1135	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PAKISTAN: RED MOSQUE SEIGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 10:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1159	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, IRAQ, U.S. POLICY AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-22 08:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1188	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PEACE PROCESS, KUWIAT-U.S. SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 10:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1237	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND THE LATEST ARMS DEAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-08 08:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1264	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-19 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1308	KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY NOT WORRIED ABOUT USD [...] (C) Summary: On 28 August, Charge d'Affaires met with Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) Managing Director Bader Al-Sa'ad and his Executive Director Ahmad Bastaki to discuss the growing public interest in sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). Taking a long-term view, Al-Sa'ad said KIA was not worried [...]	2007-08-29 12:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1412	NATIONAL BANK NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS OF [...] (SBU) In a September 16 courtesy call with the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK),CDA met with Bank CEO Ibrahim Dabdoub and Chief Economist Randa Azar-Khoury. (NBK is the largest bank in Kuwait and the fifth largest Arab Bank with 2006 net profits of USD 875.8 million and USD 27.32 billion in asse [...]	2007-09-19 11:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KU
07KUWAIT1511	KUWAIT PETROLEUM TO CLOSE WASHINGTON OFFICE FOR [...] (SBU) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) General Counsel and erstwhile Director of KPC's Washington Office Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah confirmed to econoff on 11 October that KPC will close its Washington office by the end of November. He explained that the Washington office had initiall [...]	2007-10-13 07:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV KU
07KUWAIT1523	KUWAIT SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR ELECTION TO IMO [...] (SBU) On 4 October, Post received a diplomatic note and background paper from the MFA requesting USG support for Kuwait's election to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council under Group C at the IMO General Assembly to be held November 19-30 in London. A translation of the full [...]	2007-10-17 06:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KU
07KUWAIT153	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, PALESTINE, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-03 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1532	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KUWAIT APPRECIATES THE US CONGRESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION

07KUWAIT160	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, IRAN, AND SECTARIAN STRIFE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-04 06:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT163	CHEVRON ADVOCACY LETTER FROM SECRETARY BODMAN; [...] (C/NF) On 24 January, post faxed a scanned copy of Energy Secretary Bodman's advocacy letter on behalf of Chevron (ref A) to Kuwait Energy Minister Shaykh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah. Econcouns spoke with the minister's office director to request that the letter be brought to the attention of the [...]	2007-02-04 11:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET EINV PREL KU SA OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT164	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ENERGY ISSUES WITH KUWAIT OIL [...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 14, the Ambassador met with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) Chairman and Managing Director Farouk Al-Zanki to discuss developments in the energy sector. KOC manages all of Kuwait's upstream oil and gas production. Al-Zanki highlighted the potential for "enhanced technic [...]	2007-02-04 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT1676	NOVEMBER 11-13 TRIPARTITE COMMISSION AND TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11 and 13, respectively, Kuwait hosted the 55th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) and the 30th Tripartite Commission (TC) Meeting. Representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the United Kingdom, the U.S., and the Inter [...]	2007-11-29 10:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT168	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-05 06:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT172	MIXED REVIEWS ON SHAYKH SABAH'S FIRST YEAR AS AMIR [...] (C/NF) Summary: January 29 marked Shaykh Sabah's first anniversary as Amir. He has presided over an historic year during which Kuwait experienced several significant developments, including the constitutional dissolution of Parliament and new elections in which women participated both as vot [...]	2007-02-05 12:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT1746	LORD PADDY ASHDOWN MEETS HAMID KARZAI IN KUWAIT TO [...] (C) On December 12, CDA met with British Lord Jeremy (AKA Paddy) Ashdown for a readout on an earlier meeting that day between Ashdown and Afghanistan President Karzai to discuss the possibility of Ashdown becoming the UN Envoy to Afghanistan. Ashdown assessed that the terms of reference he r [...]	2007-12-18 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU PINR AF
07KUWAIT237	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-19 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT245	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, PALESTINE, [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-20 07:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT25	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PROVOCATION AND SADDAM EXECUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 09:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT258	MPS SUBMIT NO CONFIDENCE MOTION ON HEALTH MINISTER [...] (SBU) Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Minister of Health and the Amir's nephew, was brought before Parliament February 19 and questioned for ten hours on alleged corruption and mismanagement in his ministry and on the overall deterioration of health services in the countr [...]	2007-02-20 14:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT26	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JAN 16-17, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Madam Secretary: Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your visit. In addition to your meeting with the GCC 2 Foreign Ministers, hosted by Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah, you will likely have separate bilateral meetings with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Prime Mi [...]	2007-01-09 12:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EAID OVIP KU
07KUWAIT277	STUDENT UNION DEFENDS MINISTER OF HEALTH GRILLING [...] (SBU) In a February 17 statement, the President of the Kuwait branch of the National Union of Kuwait Students (NUKS),Maath Al-Duwaila, said that questioning Ministers, commonly referred to here as "grillings," is a right guaranteed by the Constitution and a means for reform. Al-Duwaila defen [...]	2007-02-24 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS
07KUWAIT291	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MFA U/S SAYS GCC FOREIGN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: ON FEBRUARY 28 CDA DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 3 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL TO MFA UNDERSECRETARY KHALED AL-JARALLAH. AL-JARALLAH EXPRESSED OPTIMISM THAT THE MECCA AGREEMENT AND RECENT EFFORTS BY THE QUARTET WERE REINVIGORATING THE PEACE PROCESS. THE CHAR [...]	2007-02-28 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL KWPG IS IZ LE SO SU IR
07KUWAIT293	IRAN: GOK EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION, CONCERN DURING [...] (C/NF) Summary: On February 21, Emboffs met with MFA First Secretary Mansour Alolaimi, who covers Kuwaiti-Iranian relations, to discuss Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah's February 12-13 visit to Tehran. Alolaimi, who accompanied the FM, conveyed GOK frustration wi [...]	2007-02-28 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ETRD IR KU
07KUWAIT310	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND ZIONISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-04 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT317	KUWAIT CABINET RESIGNS UNDER PRESSURE FROM [...] (SBU) Kuwait's Cabinet resigned en masse March 4 on the eve of a scheduled parliamentary vote of no confidence on Health Minister Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Sabah. The Cabinet, the 23rd since Kuwait gained independence in 1961, lasted only eight months. The Amir will now begin the customary c [...]	2007-03-04 13:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT320	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 53RD [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 53rd session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on February 20, 2007 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassy Kuwait in attendance. The session closed no c [...]	2007-03-04 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT356	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE, IRAN, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-11 08:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT361	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 06:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT365	KUWAIT HOSTS WORLD ISLAMIC FINANCE AND INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: On March 4-5, ADEEM Investment Co., Investment Dar, and a number of leading Islamic investment and finance companies from throughout the Gulf hosted "The First Annual World Islamic Finance & Investment Conference" in Kuwait City. The two-day event included panels on two key areas [...]	2007-03-12 09:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL KU
07KUWAIT371	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM, THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 06:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT378	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, THE GULF, AND SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 07:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT383	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CEIP VISIT, KUWAIT'S FOURTH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met March 11 with Chairman of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Sami Al-Reshaid to discuss current issues in the oil sector. The Ambassador briefed Al-Reshaid on the March 13-22 multi-agency USG critical energy infrastructure visit, to which Al-Reshaid [...]	2007-03-16 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU
07KUWAIT394	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KHALID AL-SHAYKH, IRAN, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-18 07:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT396	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KHALID AL-SHAYKH, IRAN, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-18 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT40	TERROR FINANCE: EMBASSY KUWAIT VIEWS ON POSSIBLE [...] (S/NF) Through recent actions and private comments to us and senior USG officials, the GOK has made clear its opposition to the designation of the Kuwaiti charity Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). Going back almost a year, to the April 2006 visit of Treasury U/S Levey and our trans [...]	2007-01-11 08:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
07KUWAIT400	COMMERCE U/S LAVIN AND KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Ambassador Frank Lavin met with Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) Managing Director Bader Al-Saad to discuss recent developments in trade and investment in U.S., Kuwaiti, regional and international markets. Al-Sa [...]	2007-03-18 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT402	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 06:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT419	CRITICAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT TEAM VISITS KUWAIT, [...] (C/NF) Summary: A multi-agency USG Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) team visited Kuwait March 13-22 to assess security vulnerabilities in Kuwait's energy infrastructure and make recommendations on improvements (see para 8 for a complete list of the U.S. delegation). The team [...]	2007-03-24 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC BEXP ECON ENRG EPET KCIP KU PTER
07KUWAIT467	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ARAB SUMMIT, LEBANON, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-03 09:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT490	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND US POLICY IN THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-07 05:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT491	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PELOSI VISIT, IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-07 07:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT504	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-08 09:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT510	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA, IRAQ, AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-09 06:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT555	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 08:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT581	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND PALESTINE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-21 06:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT587	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN MEDIA AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-22 06:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT593	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN POLICY, IRAQ, AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT605	IRAQ COORDINATOR SATTERFIELD AND ARAB FUND OUTLINE [...] (C) Chairman of the Arab Fund Dr. Abdelatif Al-Hamad told Iraq Coordinator David Satterfield on April 23 that the Arab Fund remained open to lifting Iraq's suspension in the Fund provided the GOI signaled agreement to a previously discussed repayment regime and began paying down its arrears [...]	2007-04-25 07:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT649	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN'S POLICIES AND HEGEMONY [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 09:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT676	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - TERRORISM, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-05 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT691	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, IRAQ, AND ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-06 06:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT705	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ'S DEBTS AND TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 06:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT716	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, AND IRAQI DEBTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-08 09:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT720	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQI GOVERNANCE, DEBTS, AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 05:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT749	REMOVAL OF AL ZAWRAA SATELLITE CHANNEL ON AGENDA OF [...] (SBU/NF) Summary and comment: The Ambassador met on May 9 with recently-appointed Minister of Information Abdullah Al-Muhailbi. The Ambassador pressed the Minister for action to remove the insurgent Iraqi channel Al Zawraa from Arabsat's offerings. (The GOK is a minority stakeholder.) Al-Muha [...]	2007-05-13 07:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KU PINR PTER
07KUWAIT758	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - U.S. POLICY AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 06:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT795	PUBLIC OUTCRY OVER RESTRICTIVE PRESS DIRECTIVE [...] The newly-appointed Minister of Information Abdullah Al-Muhailbi hastily withdrew a set of directives issued last week that outlined new restrictions on what newspapers can publish. The ministry u-turn came after the Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA) condemned the measure, called an emergenc [...]	2007-05-20 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KPMI KU PINR
07KUWAIT801	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN POLICIES IN THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 10:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT807	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON, PALESTINE, AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT817	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND PALESTINE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 08:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT83	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, SECTARIANISM, AND RICE'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 07:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT868	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-03 12:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT875	KUWAIT'S ISLAMIC MODERATION INITIATIVE UNDER THE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Kuwait recently launched a public relations campaign to further its "moderation" initiative, which seeks to foster tolerance and moderation among Muslims and to convey a moderate image of Islam to non-Muslims. The materials used in the campaign are of high quality [...]	2007-06-05 08:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KISL EG MR SU KU ISLAMISTS
07KUWAIT89	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, IRAN, AND RICE'S VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 07:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT897	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA, IRAQ, IRAN, AND KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-10 08:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT902	MFA U/S ON PM'S TRIP TO ASIA, RELATIONS WITH IRAN, [...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador June 10 that the Prime Minister's trip to Asia to promote economic relations had been "very fruitful" and a number of agreements had been signed. In a meeting earlier in the day with the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Dire [...]	2007-06-11 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON IR KU LE PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT904	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 06:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT909	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 54TH [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 54th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on June 5, 2007 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the United Kingdom, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) and Poloff in attendance. The session clo [...]	2007-06-13 03:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS KU
07KUWAIT914	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH'S LEADERSHIP AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 07:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT933	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE, IRAN, AND TERROR [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-17 09:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT94	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 06:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT942	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, LEBANON, AND PALESTINE [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-19 07:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT972	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN REGIONAL INFLUENCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-24 10:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT973	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND WAR ON TERROR [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 07:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT999	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 09:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KYIV1521	UKRAINE: DPM KLYUYEV ON NUCLEAR SUPPLY, OIL AND GAS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Ambassador June 20, Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Klyuyev told Ambassador that Ukraine intends to pursue diversification of nuclear fuel supplies. He stated that Ukraine is not seeking to have Russia supply all Ukrainian reactors in the next contract for nuclear fue [...]	2007-06-22 13:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EAID EINV ECON BEXP UP
07KYIV2505	UKRAINE: CABINET OF MINISTERS APPROVES VANCO PSA [...] THIS INFORMATION IS COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE SHARED OUTSIDE OF THE USG. 2. (C) Summary. On September 26 the Cabinet of Ministers approved the production sharing agreement (PSA) for oil and gas exploration in the Black Sea with Houston-based Vanco. Vanco told the GOU it woul [...]	2007-10-02 11:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PINR EINV UP
07KYIV2515	UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID REQUESTED [...] (U) Per input received ref A, we joined UK Embassy Head of Political Section Duncan Allan on a joint demarche October 3 to MFA UN Directorate head Petro Datsenko to request that Ukraine consider providing six to twelve military utility helicopters (ref C) for UNAMID (United Nations-African Unio [...]	2007-10-03 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU UK UP
07KYIV2677	UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID -- SECOND [...] DCM spoke October 24 with MFA Second Territorial Department Director Ihor Hrushko to relay ref A request for Ukraine to consider contributing helicopters or other critical force multipliers/enablers required for the UN/African Union hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, Sudan (UNAMID). DCM [...]	2007-10-24 12:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO SU UP
07KYIV3058	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ'S FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY A GROWING [...] (U) Summary. NaftoHaz Ukraine, the state-owned gas and oil company that accounts for 10 percent of GDP, could well be close to bankruptcy. NaftoHaz's losses and debts have mounted as the GOU continues to set domestic gas prices that are too low to cover the rising cost of gas imports, and be [...]	2007-12-13 10:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
07LAGOS197	DELTA ACTIVISTS PREDICT ELECTORAL UNREST [...] (C) Summary: Ledum Mitee, President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP),told AF/W Director Phillip Carter that free and fair elections are unlikely. Both the People's Democratic Party Governorship candidates in Rivers and Delta states are unpopular with the large Ija [...]	2007-03-15 14:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PTER
07LAGOS359	SITREP 14: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; MEDS [...] (C) Summary: Chevron's six expatriate employees, American citizen John Stapleton, one Croatian and four Italians, begin their eighteenth day as hostages. Dr. Godknows Igali, Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, continues to use SIPDIS other militant groups to pressure Victor Ebikabow [...]	2007-05-18 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS393	A TRAGECOMEDY ON THE STAGE OF NIGERIAN AVIATION [...] (C) Summary: Virgin Nigeria (Virgin) and British Airways (BA) have recently faced a number of obstacles to their operation in Nigeria. Airline insiders claim Virgin and BA have been subjected to a series of arbitrary and inconsistent politically motivated attacks by the Minister of Aviation, F [...]	2007-05-25 16:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS403	SITREP 23: 4 AMCITS RELEASED MAY 30, 4 REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: Four American citizens, Kevin Faller, Christopher Gay, Michael Rousell and Larry Plake, employed by Global Industries (GI) and taken hostage on May 8, offshore Delta State, were released on May 30. Three American citizens employed by TransCoastal and seven other individuals begi [...]	2007-05-31 11:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS409	VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT GOODLUCK JONATHAN BIO [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan's studied loyalty to his predecessor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, his humility, and his comparative honesty (by Nigerian standards) are reportedly reasons President Obasanjo chose him as Umaru Yar'Adua's vice presidential running mate. Jonatha [...]	2007-06-01 13:28:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL NI
07LAGOS412	SITREP 24: 4 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES, WOMEN & [...] (C) Summary: Three American citizens, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino and one Nigerian employed by TransCoastal and kidnapped on May 25 remain hostages. Six Chevron employees, including American citizen John Stapleton, begin their second month in captivity. On May 31 [...]	2007-06-01 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS437	SITREP 30: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE; UK ENGAGING GON [...] (C) On June 8, ten hostages kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25 begin their third week in captivity. TransCoastal (TCO) representatives told us on June 7 that they believe Amcit Bobbie Tyner, two British nationals, and the South African hostage are being held by "The General," [...]	2007-06-08 12:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS717	OIL ADVISOR SAYS NIGERIA IS NO VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian president's special advisor on petroleum said that recent press reports on petroleum contract renegotiations were overblown and Nigeria was "no Venezuela." He clarified that the older oil production contracts were past due to be reworked, but the process will take [...]	2007-10-31 14:38:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
07LAGOS767	NIGERIA: LOWER NIGERIAN TARIFFS COULD REDUCE [...] SUMMARY: At a recent lunch meeting, representatives of Pfizer, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard (HP),and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) discussed common obstacles their industries face in enforcing intellectual property rights (IPR) in Nigeria. While the lack of [...]	2007-12-03 06:01:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR PGOV NI
07LAPAZ1394	DCM'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (SBU) At a ninety minute lunch at the DCM's residence on May 14, Minister of Defense (MOD) Walker San Miguel expressed confidence that the GOB would make its 5,000-8,000 hectare eradication target this year. He suggested that the USG and GOB negotiate an agreement regarding transport via DEA [...]	2007-05-22 15:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR MARR MASS MOPS PHUM BL
07LIBREVILLE62	GABON AS EL DORADO [...] On January 29, 2007, 75 West African immigrants attempting to enter Gabon illegally were detained by local authorities as they disembarked from a boat. The group, which included 65 men, 9 women and one child, were nationals of Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Ghana and Burkina Faso. In an intervi [...]	2007-02-01 14:01:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS KTIP PGOV PHSA PHUM SMIG GB
07LIBREVILLE63	GABON AS EL DORADO [...] On January 29, 2007, 75 West African immigrants attempting to enter Gabon illegally were detained by local authorities as they disembarked from a boat. The group, which included 65 men, 9 women and one child, were nationals of Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Ghana and Burkina Faso. In an intervi [...]	2007-02-01 14:11:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS KTIP PGOV PHSA PHUM SMIG GB
07LIBREVILLE82	DHRF-FUNDED RITUAL CRIMES CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS TABOO [...] Summary: Post used DHRF funds to sponsor a one-day conference on ritual crimes organized by the local NGO "L'Association de Lutte Contre les Crimes Rituels" (ALCR). The objective of the conference was to focus attention on ritual crimes in Gabon and help develop a plan of action to fight the pr [...]	2007-02-14 13:57:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG PGOV OPRC EAID KCRM GB
07LILONGWE146	POLITICAL RHETORIC HEATS UP IN MALAWI [...] (SBU) Summary: In another sign that the 2009 election campaign is in full swing, President Bingu wa Mutharika and his predecessor and presumptive presidential candidate Bakili Muluzi exchanged barbs over the weekend at competing public rallies. Mutharika also lashed out at Malawi Congress Part [...]	2007-02-26 14:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
07LIMA3577	PERU RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 21:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PE PHSA
07LISBON2527	PORTUGAL: UK AMBASSADOR ON ENERGY SECURITY, [...] (C) On September 21, newly-arrived British Ambassador Alexander Wykeham Ellis informed Ambassador Hoffman that European concerns over Russia's aggressive energy policies and the need for market competition were the driving forces behind the third EU energy liberalization package. He suggested that [...]	2007-09-28 15:36:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OFDP PO
07LISBON3194	PORTUGAL CLAIMS EU DELIGHTED WITH BALI RESULTS [...] (C/NF) Fausto Brito e Abreu (protect),Advisor to Portugal,s Secretary of State for Environment Humberto Rosa, told post the EU was delighted with the final Bali text as a starting point for negotiations. He said the EU never would have imagined that, following the Major Economies Meeting in [...]	2007-12-20 14:53:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KGHG SENV ENRG PO EUN
07LISBON607	PORTUGAL: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] The Monitoring Center for Trafficking in Persons; 2. The Portuguese Immigration Service (SEF); 3. The High Commission for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities (ACIME); 4. The Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV); 5. The International Organization for Migration (IOM); [...]	2007-03-09 16:31:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASCC PREF ELAB PO
07LISBON888	PORTUGAL AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BIOLOGICAL [...] (U) On April 2, Embassy Lisbon received a diplomatic note from the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, which outlined its thoughts about a proposed amendment to the biological weapons convention. An informal translation of the text follows and the original was faxed to EUR/PRA on April 5. 2. (U) [...]	2007-04-09 06:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PO
07LJUBLJANA44	SLOVENIA: ANOTHER NEW FACE IN THE PROVINCES, [...] (U) Summary. Maribor, Slovenia's second city situated in the northeast, voted Franc Kangler of the Slovene People's Party (SLS) into office in the October 2006 elections. After 47 days in office, he is confident he can meet 70% of his campaign promises by the end of this year. Kangler spent [...]	2007-01-29 14:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV SI
07LJUBLJANA687	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 15:13:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA IMO SI
07LONDON104	ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER EO 13382: [...] (S/NF) Summary: The UK views the U.S. designation of Bank Sepah under Executive Order 13382 as a "significant ratcheting up of pressure on Iran" and supports our view that the designation is consistent with the language of UNSCR 1737. The UK would appreciate information on how the designatio [...]	2007-01-10 15:34:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL KNNP KN PARM EFIN FR GE IT UK
07LONDON1047	ACCREDITATION - IMO - 34TH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from March 26 - 30, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Thirty-fourth Session of the Committee on Facilitation: Howard L. Hime, Representative Jaideep Si [...]	2007-03-19 14:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON1062	BTEX FORENSIC EPIDEMIOLOGY WORKSHOP CATALYZES G8 EFFORTS AGAINST BIOTERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK and Germany co-hosted, with U.S. co-sponsorship, the G8 "Forensic Epidemiology Workshop," in London March 13-15, 2007 (Ref A). Although the U.S. was the primary source for workshop design and facilitation, all three nations worked collaboratively to plan and execute the [...]	2007-03-20 11:09:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER TBIO CA FR GM IT JA RS UK EUN
07LONDON1142	UK OPPOSED TO PERMANENT EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 17:15:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHCR UK
07LONDON1196	UK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 30-31 FOREIGN [...] (U) UK priorities for the upcoming GYMNICH meeting are maintaining EU unity in support of 1) Ahtisaari's Kosovo plan; 2) a "middle ground" approach to the new Palestinian Unity Government, and 3) moving forward on EU-specific Iran sanctions. Martin Shearman, the Foreign Office's European Corr [...]	2007-03-28 15:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EUN XG IS IR ZI FI UK
07LONDON120	RESPONSE TO FY 2007 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] In response to reftel, a careful review was conducted of the 66 NGOs with consultative status with the International Maritime Organization (IMO). This list is current as of January 2007. 2. In October 2005, ESTOff received a letter from Olga Bosquez, Senior Deputy Director, Sub-Division fo [...]	2007-01-11 13:56:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI UK
07LONDON1206	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 50th session of the IMO DE S/C met in London 5-9 March 2007, chaired by Mrs. A. Jost (Germany). The session was attended by delegations from 60 member states, one associate member, one non-member state, one intergovernmental organization, and observers from 24 non-governmental o [...]	2007-03-29 11:46:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO AORC ASEC UK

07LONDON1239	USG CONCERNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 15:57:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PARM KNNP IR UK
07LONDON1254	IMO - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WRECK REMOVAL, [...] Embassy London has presented to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) the letter from George M. White, Director, Office of International Conferences, Bureau of International Affairs, regarding the U.S. Delegation appointed to attend the International Conference on Wreck Removal to be [...]	2007-04-03 12:05:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON1265	CHANCELLOR BROWN'S REPUTATION FOR FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Gordon Brown's expected procession from 11 to 10 Downing Street hit a pothole over the weekend. "The Times" newspaper won a long Freedom of Information battle and published documents showing Brown had been warned by Treasury staff against removing tax breaks favorable to pension [...]	2007-04-03 15:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV UK
07LONDON1279	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS REVIEWS AFGHAN AND OTHER CN ISSUES WITH UK [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 14:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR AF UK
07LONDON1332	POINTS OF CONTACT FOR AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 14:20:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU MARR MASS CASC UK
07LONDON1346	ACCREDITATION - IMO - ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from 16 - 20 April, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Eleventh Session of the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases: Richard Raksnis, Representative [...]	2007-04-12 12:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON14	UK "NOT OVERLY CONCERNED" BY PROPOSED UN [...] SUMMARY: The UK's initial assessment of ref talking points is that dronabinol - synthetic THC - is virtually unknown in the UK, and likely to remain so. As a consequence, they are not "overly concerned" by the WHO recommendation to move it from Schedule II to III of the 1971 Convention. Th [...]	2007-01-03 17:33:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR UNCND UNCRIME UK
07LONDON140	IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES CLAIM OFFICIAL [...] (C) Poloff has received, via London contacts, e-mails from several Iranian human rights activists who allege (citing evidence of film which Poloff has not seen) a pattern of beatings, extortion, and sexual assault by officials in Van, Turkey, against Kurdish Iranian refugees seeking protected [...]	2007-01-12 15:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM IR TU UK
07LONDON1420	(C) HMG UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: HMG is unlikely to attend the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Ministerial on May 21 in Washington. Given the pending HMG decision on the expansion of nuclear technology, HMG believes that attending the GNEP meeting wo [...]	2007-04-17 12:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA AORC UK
07LONDON1625	NO FURTHER UK INFORMATION ON IDENTIFIERS -- FINAL [...] (CO) Embassy delivered list of entities and persons named in ref A points on April 25 to Mark Peters, Iran Team Leader at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Peters said the UK Government has no identifier information related to the entities listed reftel. 2. (CO) Poloff noted that, per [...]	2007-05-01 17:35:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EXIM MNUC OECD PREL UNSC AA UK
07LONDON1658	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED - IMO DELEGATION-(ISRWG) [...] Embassy London is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON SHIP RECYCLING (ISRWG),LONDON, UK, MAY 6-13, 2007: Representative Constance C. Arvis Deputy Director Office of Oceans Affairs Bureau of Oce [...]	2007-05-02 16:05:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON1666	HMG RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 09:12:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD UK
07LONDON1703	HMG TO REVIEW CITES DOCUMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 13:25:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD KSCA UK
07LONDON1763	UK SUPPORT FOR MALARIA PROGRAMS [...] Summary. The UK maintains active programs to combat malaria with specific countries and through international organizations. It also funds malaria research. It marked World Malaria Day through a press release and by the visit by International Development Secretary Hilary Benn to malaria rel [...]	2007-05-10 10:58:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV UK
07LONDON1784	UK RESPONSE: OECD ENLARGEMENT DEMARCHE AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 10:50:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OECD UK
07LONDON1828	(S/NF) BANK SEPAH INTERNATIONAL: ASSETS PROMPTLY [...] (S/NF) The Bank of England, acting as an agent of Her Majesty's Treasury, froze the assets of Bank Sepah International "within minutes" of the approval of UNSCR 1747, according to Patrick Guthrie, Head of the Financial Sanction Unit at HM Treasury. Simultaneously with the freeze of Bank Sepah [...]	2007-05-14 14:15:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KNNP IR PARM PREL UK
07LONDON1835	(S/NF) UK CONDUCTING STUDY OF IMPACT OF IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is doing a Top Secret study -- likely to get widespread attention within Her Majesty's Government -- of the real impact of Iranian financial measures. The study, which is intended to draw upon both open and closed sources, is intended to in [...]	2007-05-14 16:13:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PARM PTER ETTC IR UK
07LONDON1873	(C) SUDAN: FCO ON NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR [...] (C) The UK agrees with the thrust of reftel and is delivering supportive messages to the African Union (AU),according to Bruce Bucknell, Deputy Head of the FCO Sudan Unit. He told Poloffs May 16 that the British ambassador in Addis Ababa had spoken with AU Commission Chair Konare on May 14; [...]	2007-05-16 15:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU UK
07LONDON1893	(C) ROSUKRENERGO: HM TREASURY TO ALERT REGULATORS [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the head of HM Treasury's Financial Crime Team Sean Byrne and to Foreign and Commonwealth Office desk officer Jasper Thornton. Byrne said that issues surrounding a possible initial public offering (IPO) for RosUkrEnergo "resonate well here," noting that [...]	2007-05-18 09:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM PREL UP UK
07LONDON1947	BROWN'S ECONOMIC PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES [...] (C) Gordon Brown is the longest continuously serving Chancellor of the Exchequer since 1823. During his ten year reign, Brown has enjoyed tremendous authority and autonomy in managing the UK's economy. As a result, Brown is expected to continue the economic and financial policies he developed [...]	2007-05-21 13:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN PGOV PBIO UK
07LONDON1991	ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT OF EU ENLARGEMENT FOR UK [...] Since Romania and Bulgaria formally joined the European Union (EU) on January 1, 2007, we have witnessed increased reference to economic activity between the UK and the new member states, ranging from high level visits to various UK contacts indicating they have purchased vacation property in [...]	2007-05-23 14:42:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EU UK
07LONDON2063	ACCREDITATION - IMO - FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from the U.S. for the International Maritime Organization's Fifteenth Session of the Subcommittee on Flag State Implementation, London, June 4 - 8, 2007: Representativ [...]	2007-05-30 15:07:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO
07LONDON2076	ACCREDITATION - IMO - FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from June 18 - 21, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Fifty-Seventh Session of the Technical Cooperation Committee: Head of Delegation Laurence Tobe [...]	2007-05-31 12:05:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO
07LONDON2077	ACCREDITATION - IMO - NINETY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from June 25 - 29, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization Council's Ninety-Eighth Session: Head of Delegation Laurence Tobey Transportation Affairs Office [...]	2007-05-31 12:05:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO
07LONDON2182	UK SHARES CONCERNS ON THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) HMG is "on the same page" regarding growing Iran-Venezula ties, FCO Venezuela Desk Officer Peter Kay told us May 17. Kay, who had visited Caracas the previous week, had discussed the Iran-Venezuela relationship with numerous interlocutors; he noted Venezula at that point had just announc [...]	2007-06-06 17:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK VE LG
07LONDON2318	UK CALLS ON EU TO INVESTIGATE U.S. BIODIESEL SUBSIDIES [...] Summary: The UK Government has associated itself with its biodiesel industry in asking the EU to investigate whether US subsidies on biodiesel are trade distorting and should give rise to countervailing duties. HMG has "no appetite for a fight" about this, and wants to continue importing bio [...]	2007-06-15 14:57:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ENRG EAGR UK
07LONDON2340	CUBA SOLIDARITY GROUP MAY FORCE SANCTIONS SHOWDOWN [...] Summary: Hilton Hotels in the UK believes its efforts to obey US sanctions on Cuba, while simultaneously respecting UK law banning discrimination based on nationality, will soon be tested by a pro-Cuban government NGO. The NGO will seek to check a Cuban delegation into a Hilton hotel in the U [...]	2007-06-19 07:34:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ELAB CU UK
07LONDON2396	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] (SBU) On June 20 Poloff delivered the nonpaper conveyed in reftel to Foreign Office Iran Multilateral Team Leader Will Gelling and to his colleague Christian Turner, who is slated to be the UK's DCM in Tehran later this year. 2. (SBU) Gelling noted with approval that USG is also notifying [...]	2007-06-21 13:12:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM IR EUN UK
07LONDON2420	(C) AMERICAN CITIZENS DETAINED IN IRAN: UK [...] (C) In response to poloff's June 12 demarche (ref A),FCO's Iran Team Leader Will Gelling and Iran human rights officer Marian Kalloor on June 20 said UK pressure and lobbying in Tehran was an important element behind the EU Presidency's demarche (reported ref B) on the Iranian Foreign Minist [...]	2007-06-22 17:07:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PHUM PREL IR UK
07LONDON2457	IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE: UK FEEDBACK ON SOLANA-LARIJANI [...] Summary (CO) EU's Solana saw no movement during June 23 talks with Larijani on suspension and rebuffed Larijani's suggestion to link next steps on the nuclear issue in any way to the upcoming visit to Iran by IAEA chief El Baradei, according to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The UK [...]	2007-06-26 17:59:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EU IR IZ UK
07LONDON2461	GORDON BROWN TAKES OVER AS PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Gordon Brown is the UK's new Prime Minister. Right on schedule, Tony Blair submitted his resignation to the Queen shortly after 1:00 p.m. today June 27. Within minutes, the Queen had summoned Brown to Buckingham Palace and invited him to form a Government, as Leader of the party that [...]	2007-06-27 14:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UK
07LONDON2488	(U) PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN NAMES HIS CABINET [...] (U) A day after taking over as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has named his Cabinet. As expected, this is the biggest reshuffle since the Labour Party came to power in 1997. It includes several realignments, and has the maximum number of paid Cabinet Ministers permitted by law (22). While p [...]	2007-06-28 16:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UK
07LONDON249	UK PREVIEW OF THE JANUARY GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) expects Kosovo and Iran to be major issues of discussion at the January GAERC. UK goals are to 1) keep "wobbly" EU Members on board with the need to resolve Kosovo's status as soon as possible after the Serbian elections and 2) keep the [...]	2007-01-22 17:40:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR YI SR BK IS SO IR
07LONDON2491	IRAN IN IRAQ: IRANIAN DEMARCHES UK ON IRAN'S GOOD [...] (CO/NF) Summary: The Iranian Ambassador conveyed a pro-forma summary of its own benign intentions in Iraq during a June 22 demarche at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The demarche was intended to provide an Iranian version of the May 28 U.S.-Iran talks in Baghdad, according to fe [...]	2007-06-28 17:44:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL IR IZ UK
07LONDON2510	ACCREDITATION - IMO - INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from July 9-13, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Intersessional Meeting of the Working Group on Long-Range Identification and Tracking of Ships: Curtis [...]	2007-07-02 09:59:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO
07LONDON2534	(U) BROWN'S GOVERNMENT IN PLACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Gordon Brown has moved fast to put his stamp on the UK Government and the results have been positive for his poll ratings and media coverage. The latest Guardian/ICM poll gives Labour the lead (39 percent to 35 percent) over the Conservatives, Labour's first le [...]	2007-07-02 16:01:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV UK
07LONDON2575	ACCREDITATION - IMO - 56TH SESSION OF THE MARINE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members for the International Maritime Organization's 56th Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee: Jeffrey Lantz, Head of Delegation Victoria Huyck, Alternativ [...]	2007-07-05 11:04:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO
07LONDON2587	DFID'S "COST" INITIATIVE: MORE QUESTIONS THAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants from government, industry and the private sector agreed that transparency is a concern in the construction sector but questioned the value added by DFID's Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST). Econoff raised reftel concerns widely at a June 20, DFID- h [...]	2007-07-06 09:06:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD EFIN PINS KCOR UK
07LONDON2588	UK WILL NOT BLOCK PARTERNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 09:15:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OECD UK
07LONDON2595	THE UK'S AGING POPULATION STRAINS THE SOCIAL [...] (U) Summary: The UK is grappling with the booming growth of its elderly population. There were 20 million Britons aged 50 and over in 2003, a 45 percent increase since 1951. This number is projected to increase by a further 36 percent by 2031, to 27.2 million, or 42 percent of the population. [...]	2007-07-06 14:13:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON TBIO UK
07LONDON2596	GROWING UK ISLAMIC FINANCE IS GOOD POLITICS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY The UK government has a high priority goal to make London a center of Islamic finance to both assimilate the indigenous Muslim UK community(ies) and capture a niche market of high net worth Muslims internationally. The world market for Islamic finance grew from about $150 billion in [...]	2007-07-06 15:45:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KISL UK
07LONDON263	HMG REQUESTS POLONIUM TESTING FEEDBACK FROM CDC; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK Health Protection Agency requests the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide laboratory test results on the U.S. residents potentially exposed to polonium in London. The UK Health Protection Agency de [...]	2007-01-23 13:15:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC PTER UK
07LONDON2785	UK SUPPORTS BARRING NORTH KOREAN AQUISITION OF [...] (S) On July 11, Poloff delivered reftel demarche apprising the British government of North Korean efforts to acquire the machinery and equipment to produce fraudulent U.S. currency. Foreign Office officials Kim Clarke, head of the Korea division, and Korea desk officer Kathy Heal were apprec [...]	2007-07-19 15:04:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC KH KS UK
07LONDON2834	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORG SEEKS UNSC SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) International Maritime Organization Secretary General Mitropoulos sent a letter on July 18 SIPDIS to Ambassador Tuttle expressing appreciation for the USG support at the last IMO Council meeting to address the worsening situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in the water [...]	2007-07-23 15:49:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS SO UK
07LONDON2883	HMG TO RESPOND DIRECTLY TO WASHINGTON ON SINGAPORE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 10:39:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AORC WHO PREL UK
07LONDON2907	UK SEEKS FLOOD RELIEF ASSISTANCE FROM US [...] This is an action request. 2. Andy Shields of the UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat within the Cabinet Office informed Embassy July 27 that the UK Government will shortly issue a formal request to the USG for portable toilet chemicals, known as WAG Bags, in response to this week's floods [...]	2007-07-27 18:40:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL UK
07LONDON2943	UK VIEWS ON US ICAO SAFETY PAPER [...] Post received the following comments in response to ref cable, from Adrian Sayce at the UK Mission in Montreal, via Glenn Cronin of the UK Dept for Transport: Agenda Item 13 Vision for the future of USOAP. This WP proposes the application of a system safety approach to the future USOAP. [...]	2007-08-01 08:02:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ICAO UK
07LONDON2965	(S) IRAN'S BANK MELLI INVOLVEMENT IN PROLIFERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Demarche and non-paper were delivered July 31, 2007 to Patrick Guthrie, Head of Financial Sanctions Unit, HM Treasury (HMT) by Econoff. Guthrie said HMT would promptly consider and respond to the material and our request for UK information on Bank Melli that could be shared with [...]	2007-08-02 06:25:00	Embassy London	SECRET	ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR UK
07LONDON2984	(S) TERRORIST FINANCE:UK SUPPORTS USG SUBMISSION [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper July 31, 2007 to Clive Hughes, Desk Officer Multilateral and Strategic Allies Section Counter Terrorism Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Hughes said the UK favors co-sponsoring U.S. submissions to the UN 1518 a [...]	2007-08-03 06:30:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN FI IZ JO KTFN PREL PTER SA UK UNSC
07LONDON2994	(S) BANK MELLI NON-PAPER CONVEYED TO FCO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 14:25:00	Embassy London	SECRET	ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR UK
07LONDON314	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 82nd session at the Polat Renaissance Istanbul Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 Nov ? 8 Dec 2006. The meeting was chaired by MSC vice chairman Mr. N. Ferrar (Philippines) as the Acting Ch [...]	2007-01-25 15:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC ORTA
07LONDON3141	HMG DOES NOT SEE EYE-TO-EYE WITH USG ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Action Request: Post received the comments at para 2 in response to ref A, from Danny Powers, Head of the International Branch, Aviation Environment Division, UK Department for Transport. HMG requests USG support and endorsement of its position as set out in para 2. 2. (SBU) Begin HM [...]	2007-08-14 16:14:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD SENV KGHG ECON UK
07LONDON317	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...]	2007-01-25 16:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA
07LONDON3175	IRAN: BROTHER OF IRGC'S SAFAVI SAYS A U.S. TERROR [...] (C) Summary. xxxxxxxxxxxx Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) xxxxxxxxxxxx told London Iran Watcher xxxxxxxxxxxx that Iran's cooperation on security in Iraq, though not yet evident, would be forthcoming, but in the same breath argued that a U.S. terrorist designation of the IRGC would prevent any [...]	2007-08-17 08:34:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL BA KU IR IS UK
07LONDON3228	BRITISH AGREE TO COSPONSOR TO 1518 COMMITTEE, BUT [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. 2. (S) The British are seeking Ministerial approval to co-sponsor to the 1518 Committee names 2-7 in State 104666, according to Sarah Bennett and James Smith of the Sanctions Team, International Organizations Department, Foreign and Commonwea [...]	2007-08-20 17:35:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN KTFN UK UNSC
07LONDON3283	(S) BRITISH QUESTION TWO NAMES ON PROPOSED 1518 [...] (S) Two of the names on Ref E's proposed listings to the UN's 1518 Committee "might be promising" participants in the Iraq Reconciliation process, according to the FCO's James Smith, Desk Officer Iraq Directorate, and Sarah Bennett, Sanctions Team, International Organizations Department. The [...]	2007-08-24 15:24:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN KTFN UK UNSC
07LONDON3285	PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: UK DECLINES [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 16:06:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM UK
07LONDON3338	SENATOR BOXER HEARS POSITIVE VIEWS ON CARBON [...] Summary: Senator Barbara Boxer heard strongly positive views from HMG, heavy industry and the investment community on the UK,s experience with carbon cap-and-trade systems as a tool for addressing climate change. Many of HMG officials who handle climate change are new to their portfolios, and [...]	2007-08-31 12:19:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG PREL UK IZ AF SU
07LONDON3356	HMG PARTICIPATION REMAINS UNDECIDED FOR THE MAJOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 12:53:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG UK
07LONDON3362	IRAN DEPFORMIN WILL VISIT LONDON TO PITCH [...] (S) Summary: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) today told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that Iran,s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Jalili will visit London Friday September 7 to push Iran,s recent agreement with the IAEA as Iran,s preferred means of addressing the nuclear issue, but th [...]	2007-09-04 16:07:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC IR UK
07LONDON3369	HMG TO OBSERVE GNEP MEETING IN VIENNA BELOW THE [...] (SBU) Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy, will not attend the September 16 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) meeting in Vienna, according to a letter from Wicks to Secretary of Energy Bodman (text at para 2). Dr. Mel Draper, Director of Nuclear Nonproliferation at the Depart [...]	2007-09-04 17:46:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PINR UK
07LONDON3370	HMG TO OBSERVE GNEP MEETING IN VIENNA BELOW THE [...] (SBU) Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy, will not attend the September 16 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) meeting in Vienna, according to a letter from Wicks to Secretary of Energy Bodman (text at para 2). Dr. Mel Draper, Director of Nuclear Nonproliferation at the Depart [...]	2007-09-05 08:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PINR UK
07LONDON3415	UK SELDOM INTERVENES IN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 16:39:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV UK
07LONDON3422	UK GOALS FOR SEPTEMBER INFORMAL EU FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. According to the Foreign Office, the key agenda items at the September Gymnich meeting are Kosovo, the Inter-Governmental Conference on EU Reform, the Middle East, and a review of EU strategic partnerships with a focus on Russia. As is practice at informal Gynmich meetings, the UK [...]	2007-09-07 11:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN RS YI IR UK
07LONDON3519	IRAN'S JALILI IN LONDON: REBUFFED AS EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: In a September 7 meetng, UK officials rebuffed Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Jalili's promotion of the IRI-IAEA Work Plan as a way to resolve the nuclear issue and reiterated the UK's firm commitment to the E3 3 and UNSCR process. End summary. 2. (C) Per ref (a),Iran Mul [...]	2007-09-13 13:02:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC IR UK
07LONDON3522	IRANIAN ARMS FLOWS TO AFGHANISTAN: HOW THE UK [...] (S) Summary: To most effectively pressure Iran, and discourage the flow of lethal aid from Iran to insurgents in Afghanistan, the UK plans to pass its newest evidence of such flows to the Karzai governments and to Tehran before such evidence becomes public, according to the FCO. There is HMG [...]	2007-09-13 16:39:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PINS AF IR UK
07LONDON3525	LONDON - LESSONS LEARNED FROM PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post held a Pandemic Influenza Tabletop Exercise (PI TTX) on September 7 with members of the Embassy's Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG) and officials from the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) 3rd Air Force in the UK, and U.S. Air Force Europe (USAFE),located at Ramste [...]	2007-09-14 08:33:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU CASC TBIO AMED AMGT UK
07LONDON3539	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Your visit is much welcomed. You come to London at a critical moment. The UK is adjusting to the change in leadership from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, who has displayed calm confidence in addressing key domestic challenges in the short period he has been Prime [...]	2007-09-14 16:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL UK
07LONDON3571	UK WORRIED ABOUT IRAN, THEY TELL TREASURY A/S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: British officials told Patrick O'Brien, A/S for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, Treasury, on September 6, that they are very worried about Iran. Both sides agreed we should continue to turn up the pressure on Iran within the context of the United Nations Security Cou [...]	2007-09-17 18:16:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PTER IR LY UK
07LONDON3608	UK QUIETLY SUPPORTS U.S. ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK will support the U.S. ICAO Council candidacy, but their internal regulations prohibit them from giving us an official response. They have not given their views on the ICAO Split-Currency Assessments. Transport officials emphasized that the UK must see progress on Stage [...]	2007-09-19 12:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ICAO AORC UK
07LONDON3657	UK HEALTH PROTECTION AGENCY PROPOSES FORMAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) Chief Advisor to the Chief Executive Dr. Nigel Lightfoot proposed to visiting U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials and EmbOffs that a formal liaison be established between HPA and CDC. During discussions of lessons l [...]	2007-09-21 15:51:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL UK
07LONDON3662	CROCKER/PETRAEUS MEETINGS WITH UK DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: With Prime Minister Gordon Brown set to deliver a widely-anticipated statement on HMG's policy in Iraq to Parliament on or about October 10, the UK needs the USG to define clearly its expectations for the British presence in Iraq as soon as possible, UK Defence Secretary Des Br [...]	2007-09-21 16:25:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS MCAP IZ UK
07LONDON3674	UK SHARES USG PRIORITIES FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office generally shares U.S. priorities for the upcoming Community of Democracies ministerial meeting (ref),but is still reviewing its position on a CD Secretariat, according to Nick Abbott, of the Foreign Office's Democracy and Human Rights Office. Abbo [...]	2007-09-24 18:23:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UK UNGA
07LONDON3675	UK Welcomes MEM Forum; Will Seek Targets, Cap and Trade; [...] (SBU) Summary: DEFRA's Henry Derwent, Director of the Climate Change Office, told ESTH Counselor on September 21 that the UK strongly welcomes the Major Economies Meeting (MEM),is "delighted" by the focus on technology and technology transfer, and is pleased with the engagement of private bus [...]	2007-09-25 07:46:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG UK
07LONDON3679	IRAN'S BANK MARKAZI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UK [...] (S) Embassy on September 24 delivered ref demarche on the opening of a Bank Markazi account at Bank Saderat UK to HM Treasury and to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 2. (S) According to FCO Iran Multilateral Team leader Will Gelling, HMG agrees that, even in the absence of a specific U [...]	2007-09-25 09:53:00	Embassy London	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR BO FR IT UK
07LONDON3712	Bio Information on UK Delegation to Major Economies [...] (U) Following is biographic information on the five members of the UK delegation to the September 27-28 Major Economies Meeting in Washington DC on climate change and energy security. The five people are Phil Woolas (Environment Minister at DEFRA),Michael Jacobs (Advisor to the Prime Ministe [...]	2007-09-26 16:51:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR SENV UK
07LONDON374	UK PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HEARS POSITIVE VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Defense Select Committee of the UK House of Commons met with five experts in nuclear arms and defense policy on January 23 to hear views on HMG's recent white paper endorsing a renewal of the UK's existing submarine-based nuclear deterrent. Although the MPs heard some voice [...]	2007-01-29 17:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM MOPS UK
07LONDON3760	EPA, DEFRA Seek Work-Sharing on Chemicals [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 18, EPA Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances Jim Gulliford discussed with DEFRA's Chemicals Director John Roberts ways that EPA can share work with the UK on assessments and characterizations of chemicals. Implementation of REA [...]	2007-10-02 12:38:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR TSPL UK
07LONDON3766	BRITISH AGREE TO CO-SPONSOR ALL 1518 COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 16:20:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN KTFN UK UNSC
07LONDON3824	HMG DEPT OF HEALTH CHIEF SCIENTIST TO ATTEND [...] (U) Dr. David Harper, Chief Scientist and Director General of Health Protection, International Health and Scientific Development, at the Department of Health (DH) will represent HMG at the October 22 Ministerial forum "All Against Tuberculosis" in Berlin. ESTOff delivered reftel demarche to [...]	2007-10-05 14:21:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO PINR GR UK
07LONDON3915	UK EXPECTATIONS FOR GAERC MEETING; AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) In response to ref a points, Tom Burn of the Foreign Office's EU Section provided Poloff with the following readout of UK expectations for next week's GAERC: 2. (C) Iran: Burn shared the agreed upon language to be included in the text of the GAERC conclusions: "The Council agreed t [...]	2007-10-12 14:49:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IZ IR
07LONDON3923	XXXXXXXXXXXX ARGUES TIME IS RIPE FOR [...] (C) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that Islamic republic of Iran decision-makers lack the confidence to initiate an offer to the West to soften Iran's nuclear or regional posture, but are now, due to internal political conditions, hoping for a Western-initiated proposal on [...]	2007-10-12 16:44:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC IR UK
07LONDON3924	IRAN DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES AHEAD OF OCTOBER [...] (C/NF) Summary: London Iran Watcher (Poloff) delivered reftel nonpaper to FCO Iran Multilateral team leader Will Gelling, who said that at the GAERC HMG will be focused on autonomous sanctions only, and is confident the EU will quickly endorse this aim. Gelling added that HMG opposes trying [...]	2007-10-12 16:59:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR XF EUN UK
07LONDON3938	GORDON BROWN TO ISSUE LETTER TO G7 AND IFIS ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is considering sending a letter to G-7 participants, China, India, the IMF and the World Bank on how to support democracy in Burma. The London-based newspaper the Independent erroneously reported October 15 that the Prime Minister had already sent suc [...]	2007-10-15 16:05:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID BM UK
07LONDON3940	ANTARCTIC FISHERIES/CCAMLR MEETING ) UK DRESSED TO [...] UK Foreign Office Polar Regions Unit Chief Jane Rumble met ESTH Counselor on October 11 to discuss October 22 ) November 2 meeting in Hobart of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) (reftel). Rumble said that the HMG supports the substance of USG p [...]	2007-10-16 08:04:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS KGHG UK
07LONDON3983	AMBASSADOR THANKS IRAN DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request for Chiefs of Mission worldwide to underscore U.S. support for democracy advocates, Ambassador met October 11 with two UK-based Iranian expatriate journalists to thank them for their years of advocacy for human rights and democracy in Iran and to lead their dis [...]	2007-10-19 12:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PHUM IR UK
07LONDON4045	EUR SENIOR ADVISOR PANDITH AND S/P ADVISOR COHENâ€™S [...] (C) Summary. EUR Senior Advisor for Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith and S/P Member Jared Cohen met with a wide range of UK government leaders, community activists, think tanks, artists, and Muslim youth during their October 9-14 visit to the UK. Government officials stressed that the UK's problem w [...]	2007-10-25 16:38:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER SCUL UK
07LONDON4082	FCC COMMISSIONER COPPS EXPLORES UK'S DIGITAL TV TRANSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UK's transition to digital TV is progressing smoothly thanks in large part to an impressive BPS 200 Million ($400 Million) public awareness campaign and a BPS 600 Million ($1.2 Billion) Help Scheme, according to HMG officials. The analog BBC TWO signal in the small town of Whit [...]	2007-10-30 13:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON UK
07LONDON4102	UK AGREES WITH US APPROACH TO UPCOMING WHO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UK delegates from HMG Department of Health (UK DH) and the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) agree broadly with the US on the upcoming World Health Organization (WHO) intergovernmental working group (IGWG) on public health, innovation, and intellectual property. Both UK DH [...]	2007-11-01 11:45:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD ECON UK
07LONDON4126	(C) UK INTERESTED IN CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. Chris Wood, Head of the Foreign Office's Americas Directorate, told the Charge that the UK shares the goal of promoting democratic change in Cuba and is interested in several of the U.S. proposals for cooperation in Cuba (ref B),but it will take more U.S. lobbying in EU capitals [...]	2007-11-02 12:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNGA ETRD UN CU EU AR UK
07LONDON414	AMERICAN-IRANIAN UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: A recent UK-based Iranian participant in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP),Ali Pedram, has developed a proposal for an "American-Iranian University Partnership." It calls for expanding U.S. university partnerships with Middle East institutions to include Iran. The [...]	2007-02-01 12:19:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL IR UK
07LONDON4189	FINSBURY PARK MOSQUE -- AFTER THE STORM [...] (C) Summary. A visit to the Finsbury Park Mosque -- once the home of the notorious extremist Imam Abu Hamza al-Masri and formerly exhibit A in the case for the threat from "homegrown" British radicalization -- found the Mosque apparently cleansed of its extremist past and working hard to counter ra [...]	2007-11-08 17:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SCUL KISL PGOV UK
07LONDON4297	PM Brown Announces "Marshall Plan" on Climate [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 19 speech, Prime Minister Gordon Brown reaffirmed the UK's commitment to 60% cuts in carbon emissions by 2050 and 20% of energy in the EU from renewable sources by 2020, and called for a "Marshall Plan" on climate to assist developing countries. He pledged $2.74 [...]	2007-11-20 12:21:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG UK
07LONDON4310	INCSR VOL II FOR UK [...] Following is post draft of Volume II of the UK INCSR for 2008. POC is Econ Couns John McNamara (mcnamarajf@state.gov) 2. (SBU) Begin Text: United Kingdom The United Kingdom (UK) plays a leading role in European and world finance and remains attractive to money launderers because of [...]	2007-11-20 18:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UK
07LONDON4311	POSSIBLE NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/OFFER OF [...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in and possible offer of nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to post's attention via call-in and email. Inform [...]	2007-11-21 08:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER UK
07LONDON4327	DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETING WITH HOME [...] (C/NF) Home Secretary Jacqui Smith told Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff about her concern about turbulence SIPDIS in Pakistan and explained the future use of biometrics at UK borders at their meeting November 14 in London. The two also conferred about ways to counter radicaliz [...]	2007-11-21 16:01:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PTER PK UK
07LONDON4328	(C/NF) UK SHARES U.S. GOALS ON IRAN; WE SHOULD RE-FOCUS UK DOMESTIC EFFORTS AND INCREASE COORDINATION REF: A. STATE 156409 B. STATE 157039 LONDON 00004328 001.2 OF 006 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 16:16:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MNUC EFIN PTER KTFN IR UK
07LONDON434	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 38th session of the IMO STW S/C met in London 22-26 January 2007, chaired by Rear Admiral Peter Brady (Jamaica). The session was attended by delegations from 79 member states, 2 associate members, and 22 observers from inter-governmental organizations and non-governmental organiz [...]	2007-02-02 14:43:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO AORC ASEC UK
07LONDON435	INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION SUMMARY OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-02 15:36:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD UK
07LONDON438	(C) DARFUR: UK MULLING TOUGHER MEASURES [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO is drafting a strategy for Darfur that will probably go to ministers next week. HMG continues to support the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements but "patience is running out" over their non-implementation, according to Paul Norris of th [...]	2007-02-02 16:38:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR UNSC SU UK

07LONDON4389	A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES UK DEVELOPMENT POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: UK development official Shriti Vadera expressed an interest in closer cooperation with MCC and PEPFAR in a meeting with EEB A/S Sullivan. She also said she has been reaching out to private sector companies such as Coca-Cola and Vodafone (and next Wal-Mart) to use their systems [...]	2007-11-28 16:22:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KHIV UK
07LONDON4442	UK'S KEY BALI OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) The following are points from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Climate Security Team regarding the United Kingdom's key objectives for the Bali Summit on Climate Change. HMG has targeted goals for aviation and maritime emissions and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) targe [...]	2007-12-03 16:39:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG KGHG UK
07LONDON4454	U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S [...] (S/NF) Summary: Per instructions reftel, DCM delivered reftel points December 3 to Permanent Under Secretary of State Peter Ricketts. Ricketts, who was accompanied by FCO's Iran Coordinator Antony Phillipson, appeared not to have been previously aware of the NIE or its contents. Nevertheles [...]	2007-12-04 13:10:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC IR PARM UK
07LONDON4465	IRAN: UK GOVERNMENT APPEALS MEK DE-LISTING ORDER [...] (C) Summary: The FCO told Embassy London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that the Mujaheddin-e-Khalk (MEK) will continue to be listed as a terrorist organization under UK law, and its UK accounts frozen, until the outcome of HMG,s appeal of the administrative order issued by the UK's Prohibited Organi [...]	2007-12-04 16:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IR UK
07LONDON4472	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERSâ€™ DECEMBER 7 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Your December 7-8 visit to London comes after Prime Minister Gordon Brown has finished putting his own stamp on the government, following this summer's transition from Tony Blair's tenure, and begins focusing on governing. It also comes at a time during which major infrastructure pro [...]	2007-12-05 11:58:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ICAO ECON SENV ELTN UK
07LONDON4512	UK OFFICIALS TELL U/S LEVEY THAT WILL ON IRAN IS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior UK officials told Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey November 30 that international action SIPDIS against Iran has increased pressure on the regime and made life "significantly uncomfortable" for Iranian leadership, but has not so far succeeded in changing Iran's nu [...]	2007-12-10 12:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK
07LONDON455	AVIAN INFLUENZA HITS THE UK; CURRENTLY NO PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: HMG officials confirmed on February 3 that the highly pathogenic Asian strain of H5N1 avian influenza killed turkeys on a factory farm. Restrictive zones have been put in place to limit poultry movement and to prevent the spread of the outbreak. No human illness has been report [...]	2007-02-05 16:00:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAGR CACS AMED UK
07LONDON4632	ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN AND UK ENERGY MINISTER WICKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretary Bodman met his UK counterpart Malcolm Wicks to discuss Caspian energy, climate change and nuclear energy issues on November 20. The two agreed on the need for coordinated engagement in the region - particularly with Turkmenistan. End Summary Caspian Energy [...]	2007-12-19 17:01:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ENRG UK
07LONDON4680	IRAN: ALLEGED EX-IRGC MEMBER LISTS QUDS FORCE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Mohammed Ali Khatami (please protect),claiming to have been in the past a long-term operative for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC),provided London Iran Watcher (Poloff) detailed written allegations concerning long-term IRGC-Quds Force involvement in de-stabilizing Ira [...]	2007-12-28 15:41:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK
07LONDON4688	(SBU) PAKISTAN: UK URGES ELECTIONS WITHOUT [...] (SBU) HMG "agrees completely" with the USG that Pakistan's elections should proceed on schedule if possible, and if not, the postponement should be to a specified new date, according to Laura Guy, Head of FCO's Pakistan Section. Responding to reftel, Guy said HMG is keen on "as much electio [...]	2007-12-31 11:26:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER PK UK
07LONDON473	FY-2007 TEACHING AREA STUDIES, 11/15-12/2/06: EVALUATION BY [...] SUMMARY/RESULTS-IMPACT ------------------------- A). Ali Pedram found this an interesting and informative program on all fronts, academically, professionally and personally. It destroyed the preconceived ideas he had of the United States and its culture as well as its foreign policy toward th [...]	2007-02-06 17:29:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL IR UK
07LONDON515	TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary. Embassy London believes that HMG would object to a UN listing of the Human Appeal International (HAI) in its entirety unless we were able to provide it with specific information linking the UK branch to al Qaida or demonstrating that HAI-UK operated under the direction of HAI [...]	2007-02-09 15:29:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ECON
07LONDON519	TERRORISM FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POSTS ASSISTANCE IN [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, Embassy contacted officials in the international organizations and counterterrorism policy departments at the Foreign Office to request feedback on the first tranche of terrorist facilitators and inciters designations. Both officials with whom we spoke commented that, [...]	2007-02-09 16:22:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UK
07LONDON52	UK CONSIDERING BANK SADERAT OPTIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: An HMG intra-agency group met with U.S. Treasury officials to review new "evidence" of illicit activities by Bank Saderat Iran and its London-based subsidiary, Bank Saderat PLC. HMG officials requested further information indicating the London subsidiary is controlled by the [...]	2007-01-05 18:04:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER ETTC IR UK
07LONDON6	TERRORIST FINANCE: DOCKRAT PRENOTIFICATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Embassy delivered reftel prenotification to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on December 22. On January 3, Rod Mackenna of the FCO's Counter Terrorism Policy Department notified us that the UK will support a UN 1267 designat [...]	2007-01-03 15:17:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZU UK
07LONDON640	(C) AFGHANISTAN: UK WILL URGE ICELAND TO KEEP [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-20 15:02:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IC AF UK NATO
07LONDON644	UK TAKES NO POSITION ON CND VOTE ON DRONABINOL [...] The UK intends to go into the Commission on Narcotic Drugs meetings in March with no set position on deferring the vote on dronabinol. Gabriel Denvir, in the Home Office's Drugs Legislation Section, the lead office in the UK for the CND, responded to LabCouns presentation of ref (A) points by [...]	2007-02-20 16:25:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SNAR UNCND UK
07LONDON660	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 51st session of the IMO FP S/C met at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London 5-9 January 2007, chaired by Mr. Juan Carlos Cubisino (Argentina). The session was attended by delegations from 43 member states, one associate member, one state not a member, one intergovernmental org [...]	2007-02-21 13:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO AORC ASEC UK
07LONDON667	UK WILL NOT EXTEND TRAINERS AT JIPTC [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-21 17:06:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR UK IZ JO
07LONDON679	ACCREDITATION REQUESTED - IMO - FIFTIETH SESSION [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from March 5 - 9, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Fiftieth Session of the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE): Captain Patrick E. Little, [...]	2007-02-22 14:25:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON704	UK TRADE UNIONS FEAR LOSS OF POLITICAL CLOUT FROM [...] Summary: UK trade unions are anxiously following the deliberations of a commission exploring reforms to political party funding. The trade unions darkly suspect that some in the Labour Party would like to use the commission to break the unions' financial hold on Labour. At present, a handful [...]	2007-02-23 16:23:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV UK
07LONDON71	TERRORIST FINANCE: REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Unless the U.S. has compelling information which either: a) demonstrates that the London branch of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) is under the operational control of Kuwait-based headquarters or b) shows a clear linkage between the London branch and al-Qaida, we [...]	2007-01-09 14:02:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EFIN UK
07LONDON764	HILTON HOTELS CAUGHT BETWEEN US CUBA SANCTIONS AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-27 17:16:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ELAB CU UK
07LONDON780	HILTON HOTELS CAUGHT BETWEEN US CUBA SANCTIONS AND [...] Summary and action request: Hilton Hotels International, faced with a conflict between US sanctions on Cuba and UK law banning discrimination, has instructed its employees not to violate local UK law, putting them on a potential collision course with US law. Post would welcome any guidance W [...]	2007-02-28 18:00:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ELAB CU UK
07LONDON788	SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Iran Team Human Rights Leader, Stephen Hickey, described to Poloff several overlapping project areas, centering on media outreach, judicial reform and human rights, in which UK Government is supporting democratic reform in Iran. Hickey provided this [...]	2007-03-01 14:15:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL EUN IR UK
07LONDON794	UK ANNOUNCES TERRORISM FINANCE STRATEGY [...] (S/NF) Summary and Comment: The UK's new strategy to tackle financial crime and terrorism does not represent a dramatic point of departure, but rather confirms an evolutionary trend towards a more aggressive approach to countering terrorism finance. The strategy, announced by Economic Secreta [...]	2007-03-01 16:21:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN UK
07LONDON798	IRAQ MND-SE UPDATE: UK TO BE OUT OF BASRA PALACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The entire UK presence at Basra Palace, both military and civilian, will be transferred to Basra Air Station by August, UK MOD officials told Embassy London March Â [...]	2007-03-01 17:50:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP IZ UK
07LONDON809	UK EXPECTATIONS FOR MARCH EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) The UK Government expects Iran and Bosnia to be issues of focus at the March General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Martin Sherman, FCO's EU External Affairs head, provided Poloff on March 1 with a readout of UK expectations for the GAERC in response to ref non-p [...]	2007-03-02 15:26:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL PGOV BK YI IS IR AF SU UZ UK
07LONDON892	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: COMSAR 11 was attended by 70 administrations and 1 Associate Member, 2 Specialized Agencies, and 19 non- governmental organizations. COMSAR considered the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS),Review of the ITU radio communications matters, Satellite Services (COSPAS-SARS [...]	2007-03-07 16:45:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO ITU IMSO AORC ASEC UK
07LONDON894	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The combined annual meeting for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took place in London, October 30 to November 3, [...]	2007-03-07 17:45:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO PHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK
07LUANDA204	ANGOLA BLUE LANTERN UPDATE ON LICENSES 05-928494 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 06:30:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AO
07LUANDA288	ANGOLA DENIES IT IS SENDING POLICE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Angolan government has officially denied it is sending 3000 police militia to Zimbabwe. The denials come in response to a report originating on TalkZimbabwe.com following a visit by Angolan Interior Minister Roberto Leal Monteiro, &Ngongo8 to Zimbabwe, which has since been [...]	2007-03-22 11:38:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI AO
07LUANDA693	EU BLACKLISTS TAAG ANGOLAN AIRLINES [...] (C) Summary: The EU has included TAAG (Angolan National Airlines) on its black list as of July 6. Angola flirted with banning all EU flights to Angola in retaliation, but strong words of advice from the Ambassador and other foreign diplomats convinced the GRA to act sensibly to confront the i [...]	2007-07-10 17:06:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON AO
07LUSAKA1253	ZAMBIA - POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. Summary -- Civil Society and GRZ Consult on NGO Bill -- National Constitutional Conference to Meet in December -- November 8 By-Elections -- Sata Slammed as Hired Gun for Taiwan -- Tourism-related bills make their wa [...]	2007-11-08 13:28:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
07LUSAKA1303	ZAMBIA - POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] Summary: -- Investigation into Sata Passport Issuance -- Patriotic Front Wins November 9 Parliamentary By-election -- Update on National Constitutional Conference -- Newcomer Makes Waves in MMD ----------------------------------------- Investigation into Sata Passport Issuance --------- [...]	2007-11-30 08:48:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ZA
07LUSAKA209	UK COURT RULES ON DONEGAL "VULTURE FUND" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 15 a UK judge ruled that the Government of Zambia is liable for a debt owed to Donegal, a British Virgin Islands-based investment fund that is partly owned by a U.S. company. Although the ruling received much negative publicity in the international media, some Zambi [...]	2007-02-21 15:01:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR ZA
07LUSAKA372	ZAMBIA MARCH 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 08:16:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAIR ZA
07LUSAKA434	ZAMBIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered: -- Minister of Information Sacked -- MMD Succession Speculation -- United Liberal Party Loses MPs to PF -- Government Continues to Demolish Illegal Structures -- State Wins Media Case -- FOIA Tied To Media Ethics Bill -- Parliamentary Election Petitions -- PF Suspends [...]	2007-04-12 09:56:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ZA
07MADRID1009	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DOE Jefrey Summers, Office of Fossil Energy, to travel to Santiago de Compostela, Spain on June 15 to June 23. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Scientific Working Group for the London Protocol at the 30th Scientific Group meeting. 2. Post und [...]	2007-05-25 10:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OTRA SP
07MADRID1275	BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...]	2007-06-28 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1281	BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...]	2007-06-28 16:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID136	SPAIN SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN [...] (C) During a private dinner with spouses, the Ambassador briefly discussed with FM Moratinos on January 19 ref A points regarding the US's objectives for the NATO foreign ministerial and the need for Allies to take the offensive in Afghanistan. Moratinos said he looked forward to greater det [...]	2007-01-25 17:25:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO SP
07MADRID1902	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The government proposes to spend Euros 289.8 billion and collect Euros 301.6 billion in taxes, which represents a projected budget surplus of 1.15% of GDP. The budget surplus assumes Spain will grow by 3.3% in 2008, which is still a reasonable, albeit somewhat optimistic, forecast given th [...]	2007-10-01 11:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID197	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF VISIT TO SPAIN [...] (C/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome to Spain. Your visit to Spain will be brief, and it will be focused on NATO issues rather than on the host. Nonetheless, the trip provides an important opportunity to discuss key initiatives with your Spanish counterpart, Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso, an [...]	2007-02-06 14:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP
07MADRID1982	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The President of the Bank of Spain, Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez, forecasts 2008 GDP growth of 3% or possibly somewhat less. The IMF currently forecasts 2.7% growth for Spain in 2008. (Comment: The lower central bank forecast is perhaps most interesting, as Fernandez was appointed to h [...]	2007-10-17 16:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP EINV
07MADRID2048	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] EconOff relayed reftel demarche on October 29 to Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, MFA's Deputy Director for Economic Multilateral Relations. EconOff asked that Spain support the U.S. candidacy for Category A membership to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) council. Munoz de Laborde exp [...]	2007-10-30 10:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK
07MADRID707	SPANISH POLDIR: MY TRIPS TO KABUL, TEHRAN, HAVANA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish MFA DG for Policy Rafael Dezcallar told DCM on April 17 that his recent trip to Afghanistan left him newly optimistic because NATO-ISAF is on the offensive and Afghan ministers and troops are starting to play a serious role. He said that the GOS will soon begin an initiat [...]	2007-04-18 15:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SP IR AF CU AG MO WI IZ KZ UZ
07MADRID859	ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN POLICY: FIVE IMMEDIATE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he wil [...]	2007-05-10 13:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID955	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USG: ELIZABETH KIM, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USG personnel; Elizabeth Kim, Craig Vogt, Anhar Karimjee, Roza Guillaume, Thomas Fredette, Joseph Wilson Todd Bridges, Jeff Summers, and Jennifer Winston to travel to La Coruna, Spain on or about June 18 to June 22. The purpose of this visit is to attend t [...]	2007-05-21 08:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP
07MANAGUA632	NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER SUPPORTING GLOBAL [...] (C) On March 8, Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Brennan and Russian counterpart Valeriy Bobrov delivered the joint reftel demarche to Nicaraguan Vice Foreign Minister Manuel Coronel Kautz, Acting Foreign Minister in Foreign Minister Samuel Santos' absence. Coronel, who recently returned from an [...]	2007-03-09 20:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NU
07MANAMA152	AMBASSADOR AND PM HAIL RECORD TRADE LEVEL IN 2006 [...] (U) The Ambassador told Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa February 14 that 2006 full-year statistics for bilateral trade between the United States and Bahrain had just been posted, and total trade volume reached over $1.1 billion, an increase of more than 45 percent over 2005 [...]	2007-02-15 15:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BA BILAT ECTRD
07MANAMA179	BAHRAIN: IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 10:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP BA IR ROW REGION
07MANAMA328	PROMINENT SHIAS PAINT GLOOMY PICTURE OF SHIA [...] (S) Summary. Prominent Shia cleric Shaikh Hussein Najati, in an April 4 discussion with the Ambassador, painted a gloomy picture of Shia prospects under King Hamad. At the top of his concerns was an allegedly expanding policy of "political naturalizations" of foreign Sunni aimed at redressing [...]	2007-04-09 05:59:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR BA POL HUMRIT
07MANAMA518	ALLEGED BEATING PROMPTS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REQUEST [...] (C) Two Shia Bahrainis were reportedly beaten by security personnel following their detention at a May 21 rally. The families of both men tried to locate them but were not informed of their whereabouts until May 29, when they were invited to visit the men at the Bahrain Defense Force hospita [...]	2007-06-07 13:09:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BA POL HUMRIT
07MANAMA674	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid, during the Ambassador's July 17 farewell call, had high praise for the bilateral relationship, urging that Bahrain and other GCC countries move from being "allies" to becoming true "partners." In that connection, he welcomed the July 31 meeting of [...]	2007-07-19 10:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA REGION
07MANAMA700	KING HAMAD REPORTEDLY TREATED FOR ILLNESS IN LONDON [...] (C) Bahrain's King Hamad is reportedly extending his current stay in London for treatment of a possible stroke or stroke-like symptoms that are apparently not life threatening but have nonetheless generated a spate of rumors throughout the Kingdom. The rumors first surfaced when a Bahraini we [...]	2007-07-24 09:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BA POL
07MANAMA706	KING HAMAD'S HEALTH [...] (S) Asked about rumors regarding King Hamad's health (reftel),the Crown Prince told the Ambassador July 25 that King Hamad had a "mass" removed (apparently from his face) but that he is "fine." He said that he talks to the King every day. Acknowledging that rumors were still circulating in [...]	2007-07-25 09:59:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR BA
07MANAMA724	KING HAMAD'S HEALTH: KING MEETS GCC AMBASSADORS IN [...] (C) Three days after the Crown Prince indicated that a photo opportunity might be arranged to put to rest rumors about the King's health (reftel),King Hamad on July 28 met with the GCC Ambassadors stationed in London to discuss regional developments. The meeting received front-page coverage [...]	2007-07-30 11:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BA POL
07MANAMA739	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (C) Summary: During his farewell call with Minister of Labor Dr. Abdelmajeed Al-Alawi on 30 July, the Ambassador raised the recent firing of two union leaders at Bahrain Telecommunications Company (BATELCO),the controversy surrounding implementation of a new unemployment insurance program, an [...]	2007-08-01 13:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA ELAB PHUM PGOV ECTRD HUMRIT OFFICIALS
07MANAMA79	KING AND DEPUTY DEFENSE SECRETARY ENGLAND CONFER [...] (C) King Hamad and Deputy Defense Secretary England discussed bilateral relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, U.S. policy in the region and Bahraini domestic affairs during a January 22 lunch meeting. The King declared that Bahrain is proud of its relationship with the United States and pledged that [...]	2007-01-26 11:48:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON PGOV KDEM BA REGION BILAT
07MANAMA93	SHIA COMMEMORATE ASHURA WITH LARGE, ORDERLY CROWDS [...] (C) An estimated 100-150,000 people crowded into downtown Manama the evening of January 29 to participate in or observe processions commemorating the Shia holiday of Ashura. By all accounts, events were peaceful and orderly. Sermons and speakers in the run-up to the holiday called for the un [...]	2007-02-01 16:17:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM KIRF BA POL
07MANAMA950	AL-HAQ CHALLENGES GOB ON LAND ACCESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 14:39:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC SOCI BA
07MANAMA96	ARREST OF PROMINENT ACTIVISTS SPARKS CLASHES [...] (C) Clashes between protesters and police broke out February 2 in Shia areas of Bahrain following the early morning arrest of three political activists, two of whom are well known oppositionists Hassan Mushaima and Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja. Demonstrators burned tires and threw stones at police, [...]	2007-02-04 15:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BA POL
07MANAMA964	KING OPENS PARLIAMENT; OUTLINES GOB AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 13:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI BA
07MANAMA987	BAHRAIN UNDECIDED ON IMO VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 14:50:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BA
07MANILA1839	FIGHTING TRAFFICKING FROM MANILA TO ABIDJAN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The collaborative efforts of international organizations, the Philippine NGO Visayan Forum Foundation (VFF),and the USG led to the rescue of four Filipino trafficking victims in Abidjan and their return to Manila earlier this year. This successful operation demonstrates the ab [...]	2007-06-04 06:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM RP
07MANILA1924	FIGHTING TRAFFICKING FROM MANILA TO ABIDJAN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The collaborative efforts of international organizations, the Philippine NGO Visayan Forum Foundation (VFF),and the USG led to the rescue of four Filipino trafficking victims in Abidjan and their return to Manila earlier this year. This successful operation demonstrates the ab [...]	2007-06-08 00:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM RP
07MANILA2945	Energy Privatization Catapults Forward [...] Chances have improved that the Philippine Government will soon reach its legally mandated goal of privatizing 70% of its electric power generation capacity. If the sales take place as scheduled, private ownership will reach 50% by the end of 2007 and the open access provisions of Philippine l [...]	2007-08-30 22:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL EFIN EAID EINV RP
07MANILA688	PHILIPPINES -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission's seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows below. The report covers the period from April 2006 to March 2007. Point of contact (POC) is Political Officer Barry Fullerton, FullertonTB@State.Gov, (632) 528-6300 x2350, fax (632) 523-1195. Rank of TIP action offic [...]	2007-03-01 11:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB RP
07MAPUTO1341	BIOFUELS POTENTIAL ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL [...] Summary: Interest in bioenergy development in Mozambique is increasing rapidly. The country has significant tracts of undeveloped land and a climate conducive to biofuel crops. Mozambique participates in trade regimes with the European Union and the United States that could provide preferenti [...]	2007-11-15 13:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR SENV EINV PGOV TBIO MZ
07MAPUTO30	December Economic Digest: Mozambique [...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during December 2006. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: -- National Assembly Approves the 2007 Budget -- 2006 Inflation was 9.4 percent -- British Assistance Figures [...]	2007-01-08 15:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
07MAPUTO334	MOZAMBICAN CONCERN OVER ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Charge and acting British High Commissioner met on March 20 with Foreign Ministry Director for International Organizations and Conferences Manuel Goncalves to deliver ref A-B demarches and seek GRM views on next steps in addressing developments in Zimbabwe. Goncalves was not sure how much [...]	2007-03-20 14:59:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	MZ PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
07MASERU223	EXTRAORDINARY SADC DELEGATION ARRIVES IN LESOTHO [...] A ministerial-level delegation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security arrived in Maseru on April 11 to focus on Lesotho's post-election political stalemate. The troika consists of Tanzania (chair),Namibia (in-coming chair) and Ang [...]	2007-04-12 15:44:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV LT
07MASERU367	LESOTHO CURFEW LIFTED; FM APPEALS FOR DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: To the relief of local residents, Lesotho Police lifted a week-long curfew on June 22. Security forces, however, maintained checkpoints throughout Maseru, leading to the shooting of a government employee. Foreign Minister Tsekoa, meeting with resident diplomats on June 23, dismi [...]	2007-06-25 14:00:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC LT
07MEXICO483	CALDERON, ON FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO EUROPE, STAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This week, President Felipe Calderon wrapped up a six day official visit to Europe, his first since taking office. The visit took him to Berlin, Madrid and London and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Calderon's team successfully used the tour to mount a major i [...]	2007-01-31 22:30:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO548	MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 25 - FEBRUARY 1 [...] (SBU) Commerce Secretary Gutierrez discussed criminalization of commercial disputes, the current tortilla crisis, conformity assessment, competitiveness, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP),and border cooperation with Secretary Sojo of Economy. Gutierriez learned of a GOM inter [...]	2007-02-06 16:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL
07MILAN273	SAVING MALPENSA - THE AIRPORT AFTER ALITALIA [...] (SBU) Alitalia's cost-cutting rescue plan includes deep cuts in service to and from Milan's Malpensa airport, primarily decreasing intercontinental flights. The Lombardy Region (home to Malpensa airport) fears these cuts will change Malpensa from a European hub to regional airport, dooming a [...]	2007-09-24 12:41:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ELAB ETRD IT KPRV
07MINSK1020	EBRD ON MICROFINANCE, POWER PROJECTS IN BELARUS [...] (C) The EBRD signed a charter to open a microfinance bank in Minsk Belarus December 12. The bank, with seven investors and start-up capital of USD 7 million, needs 19 permits to begin operation but could be ready for business by mid-2008. In a briefing for the Ambassador, EBRD representatives [...]	2007-12-13 14:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PINR BO
07MINSK1044	BELARUSIAN BANKING'S MIXED BALANCE SHEET [...] (C) The Belarusian banking sector continues to grow and generate considerable interest from potential foreign investors. Nonetheless, the ability of banks to drive the Belarusian economy remains limited due to the slowing pace of foreign investment into the sector and the reduced quality of i [...]	2007-12-21 10:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN BO
07MINSK656	PA AIDE: IT SECTOR SUCCESSES NOT TRANSFERABLE [...] (C) Former Belarusian Ambassador to the United States turned IT promoter Valeriy Tsepkalo provided Ambassador an overview of his High Tech Park. Tsepkalo discounted the possibility of Belarus recreating similar pro-business conditions in other sectors of the economy in the near future. He al [...]	2007-07-27 13:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BO
07MONROVIA1033	LIBERIA: REQUEST FOR AIRPORT SURVEY AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since signing an Open Skies agreement with the United States in February 2007, the Government of Liberia (GOL) is eager to initiate direct air service between the United States and Liberia. However, the security, safety, systems, and immigration shortfalls at the Robertsfiel [...]	2007-08-22 17:01:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV FAA LI
07MONROVIA1293	LIBERIA: REHABILITATING A TROUBLED BUT PROPITIOUS MARITIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian maritime sector has a unique and vibrant past, but years of war and neglect have taken a toll on the fishing industry (ref A),the port (ref B),and overall maritime control and security inside Liberia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Although Liberia's U.S.-based [...]	2007-10-29 10:58:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI
07MONROVIA960	LIBERIA ECONOMIC BRIEFS -- August 2007 [...] (U) Following is a summary of recent economic and commercial developments in Liberia. ---------------------- PRESIDENT SIGNS BUDGET ---------------------- 2. (U) President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed into law the FY2007-08 national budget on July 31. The US$199.3 million budget is ov [...]	2007-08-02 16:01:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ETRD EINV EFIN ASEC EAID LI
07MOSCOW1239	BILATERAL BIOTERRORISM LETTER DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On March 21 we delivered Ref A letter regarding the proposed bilateral bioterrorism working group meeting to Sergey Belousko, Attache, and Mikhail Shurgalin, the Director of the Information Section of the MFA's Department of New Challenges and Threats. Shurgalin said he would share the [...]	2007-03-22 15:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER TBIO RS
07MOSCOW1710	RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH UAC DG [...] (C) Summary. In a April 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Director General of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Aleksey Federov said that he had joined the industry effort to lobby GOR officials, particularly Presidential Aide Igor Shuvalov, for a "balanced" aviation policy to build good re [...]	2007-04-16 05:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV PGOV PARM PINR RS
07MOSCOW2383	OUTLOOK FOR RUSSIA'S NEW FINANCIAL MARKETS CHIEF [...] (SBU) On May 9, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov appointed one of his economic advisors, Vladimir Milovidov, as the new Director of the Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM). Milovidov's appointment came in the immediate aftermath of outgoing FSFM chief Oleg Vyugin's announcement that he [...]	2007-05-22 13:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW2429	RUSSIAN REACTION TO LITVINENKO MURDER CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOR is highly unlikely to extradite former FSB officer Andrey Lugovoy to Britain, citing constitutional and other legal prohibitions against the extradition of Russian citizens. Official and unofficial Russian reaction to the May 22 British announcement that Lugovoy would be charge [...]	2007-05-24 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW3074	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: A) D368267 [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, JSC Mikron, Zelenograd, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license [...]	2007-06-25 13:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW3255	VARIED EXPLANATIONS FOR STAVROPOL ETHNIC CLASHES [...] (SBU) Summary: During an embassy visit on June 19-20, leaders of the Stavropol city and regional government, political parties, NGOs, and ethnic groups gave conflicting explanations for last month's mob violence between Russians and Chechens in the city center. Many of the explanations sugges [...]	2007-07-03 13:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KSOC TBIO RS
07MOSCOW3379	RUSSIAN LAB MOVES AHEAD TO BECOME REGIONAL AND WHO FLU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia pledged to transform the Vector State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology near Novosibirsk into a regional influenza center and ultimately a WHO Collaborating Center for avian influenza as part of its 2006 G8 Presidential focus on infectious diseases. Although [...]	2007-07-11 02:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH KPAO SENV RS
07MOSCOW3445	FORMER EMBASSY EMPLOYEE REQUESTS REFUGEE STATUS; [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Freelance journalists Marina Kalashnikova, who was fired by the Embassy in 2000, and her husband Viktor Kalashnikov (a former Russian intelligence officer) have requested refugee status or other USG assistance in leaving R [...]	2007-07-16 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PINR APER RS
07MOSCOW3527	LUGOVOY DISPUTE: RUSSIAN RESTRAINT FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The British decision to expel four Russian diplomats and take other diplomatic measures in response to Moscow's refusal to extradite Lugovoy in the Litvinenko murder case has elicited sharp commentary by Russian legislators and pundits. The official Russian reaction, by contras [...]	2007-07-19 07:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KNUC UK RS
07MOSCOW381	AFGHANISTAN: TIME TO REENGAGE WITH RUSSIA? [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 2-3 Washington consultations provide an opportunity to seek support for the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan's security and reconstruction. While Moscow has been critical of U.S. and Western efforts in Afghanistan, it has also expressed inte [...]	2007-01-30 16:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD SNAR AF RS
07MOSCOW404	RUSSIA: DELTA AND SHEREMETYEVO AIRPORT OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Delta and Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) officials met January 29 to discuss delays in take off - and as a result, of its overall "block time" - of its Moscow-Atlanta flight. (Block time refers to push back from departure gate to arrival at gate at entry point.) Delta Flight 47's "block tim [...]	2007-01-31 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON RS
07MOSCOW4050	KADYROV ORDERS HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: In an effort in increase his control over international humanitarian organizations operating in Chechnya, Chechen President Kadyrov on August 4 demanded that they relocate their offices to Groznyy within two weeks (many currently operate from Ingushetia or South Ossetia). Kadyrov' [...]	2007-08-17 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF RS
07MOSCOW4244	RUSSIA ENERGY: YUKOS REDUX FOR RUSSNEFT? [...] (C) Russneft owner Mikhail Gutseriyev has apparently fled Russia as authorities seek his arrest on charges of illegal business activities and tax-evasion. Gutseriyev may be guilty, he has a dubious track record, but this may also be yet another case of selective prosecution against an oligarch [...]	2007-08-29 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW4599	ZHIRINOVSKIYâ€™S NEW SIDEMAN: LUGOVOY [...] (C) The mercurial Vladimir Zhirinovskiy staged yet another impressive act of political theater on September 17 with the surprise announcement that the number two position on his party's ticket would be filled by Andrey Lugovoy, the former FSB officer accused by Scotland Yard of orchestrating the mu [...]	2007-09-18 18:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
07MOSCOW4634	RUSSIA-FRANCE RELATIONS: AFTER KOUCHNER, BEFORE [...] (C) Summary. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's two-day Moscow visit did not bridge the gap in the two countries' position on issues such as Kosovo and Iran. Both GOR officials and the French Embassy hope that the early October Sarkozy visit will provide an opportunity to narrow di [...]	2007-09-20 09:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS
07MOSCOW493	MFA REVIVES UNSC MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE PROPOSAL [...] (C) MFA International Organizations Department Director Aleksandr Konuzin convoked the DCM February 2 to ask for confirmation of U.S. interest in revitalizing the UN Security Council's Military Staff Committee (MSC). If the U.S. remained interested, Konuzin suggested that Moscow and Washing [...]	2007-02-05 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC RS
07MOSCOW494	Russia: G8 BTEX Forensic Epidemiology Workshop Invitation [...] (SBU) In coordination with British and German diplomatic colleagues, on January 26 we shared Ref A invitation letter and logistics details for the March 2007 G8 BTEX Forensic Epidemiology Workshop in London with the MFA's Vladimir Andreyev, Deputy Director of the Department of New Challenges an [...]	2007-02-05 16:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PTER PINS RS

07MOSCOW5231	RUSSIA'S NORTH-SOUTH ENERGY STRATEGY: A KNIFE, A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian activism in recent years to strengthen the "north-south" energy corridor suggests an intention to slice through the conceptual "east-west" corridor, to reassert Central Asia's dependence on Russian energy routes, and to repair Russia's own fumbling gas balance. Russia ap [...]	2007-11-01 09:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5790	RUSSIA UNLIKELY TO BACK DOWN ON BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: UK diplomats do not expect the GOR to back down from its threat to close two British Council centers on January 1, with the latest salvo from the MFA making the "tactical mistake" of linking Russian actions to the July measures taken by the UK in response to the Russian failure [...]	2007-12-12 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL RU UK
07MUMBAI649	SECRETARY PAULSON SPEAKS AT INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: At an Infrastructure Conference in Mumbai on October 29, 2007, visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson encouraged continued economic reforms in India, especially transparent and independent regulatory frameworks. He underscored India's need to develop a domestic corporate bond [...]	2007-11-07 13:36:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG PREL IN
07MUNICH325	MUNICH G-8 JUSTICE AND INTERIOR MINISTERS MEETING [...] The below text is the concluding declaration from the G-8 Justice and Interior Ministers Meeting held in Munich May 23-25. The U.S. was represented at the meeting by Attorney General Gonzales and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jackson. 2. Begin text: During our meeting in Munich on [...]	2007-05-25 15:24:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KISL GM
07MUNICH412	NAVIGATING A MESS: EADS OFFICIALS ON GALILEO [...] (SBU) Senior EADS-Astrium officials told ConGen Munich the recent collapse of the Galileo consortium of private firms resulted as much from squabbling between EU states over apportionment of contracts as a failure to find a workable economic model. They described the current economic model as [...]	2007-07-13 13:56:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TSPA EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM
07MUSCAT1126	THE ROYAL GUESSING GAME: THE NEXT GENERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The question of the royal succession is an exquisitely sensitive one in Oman. When the topic arises as to who might follow Sultan Qaboos, a common reaction is a conversation-ending "may he live forever." The Sultanate has historically lacked a crown prince system like many of i [...]	2007-12-15 07:12:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PINR PREL MU
07MUSCAT2	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM HUSSEIN'S EXECUTION [...] SUMMARY: Oman's state-owned press has been conspicuously silent on Saddam's execution, with only a brief mention in Arabic-language "Oman." Private dailies carried wire service reports of the execution and Saddam's burial, but published no op-eds by Omani authors. Online discussion was heavy [...]	2007-01-03 09:16:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT25	MEDIA REACTION: SKEPTICISM ABOUT GREATER MIDDLE EAST [...] SUMMARY: Privately owned "Al-Watan" blames "illegitimate invasion" for crises in Iraq, Palestine, and Lebanon. "Al-Watan" and government-owned "Oman" regret Palestinian infighting, and call for unity and "patient resistance" against Israel. END SUMMARY. -------- COVERAGE -------- 2. [...]	2007-01-08 13:43:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT264	MEDIA REACTION: CONFERENCE OF IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS, [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" praised Omani diplomacy in the Mideast, including engagement with Iran, and expressed hope for positive effects of the Baghdad conference of Iraq's neighbors. Privately owned "Al-Watan" derided the idea of an international women's day "while millions of [women] [...]	2007-03-14 07:24:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT286	MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI REACTION TO PALESTINIAN NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" and privately owned "Al-Watan" express the importance of acknowledging the new Palestinian national unity government and taking it seriously in order to maintain peace in the region. The dailies suggest that while the Arab world hailed the new Palestinian gove [...]	2007-03-20 12:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT303	MEDIA REACTION: NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, U.S. ROLE IN [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" emphasizes the role of the international community in pushing the peace process forward and not accepting the "obstacles" Israel creates; "Oman" also condemns the latest escalation between Fatah and Hamas. Privately owned "Al-Watan" accuses the U.S. of trying [...]	2007-03-26 12:55:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT374	MEDIA REACTION: FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF BAGHDAD'S FALL, [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-17 12:47:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT378	OMAN AIR RAMPS UP FOR EXPANSION [...] (C) Officials in the government and the airline industry confirmed press reports that Oman would draw down its stake in Gulf Air to focus on developing its own carrier, Oman Air, with the primary purpose of bringing tourists to the Sultanate. Oman Air faces the near-term challenge of leasing [...]	2007-04-18 11:39:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV ETRD PREL MU
07MUSCAT38	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE [...] (U) Greetings and welcome to Oman. The Embassy staff and I look forward to your arrival on February 5 to promote the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement in the context of our overall bilateral relationship. In addition to your planned participation as the keynote speaker at an Oman Chamber of Com [...]	2007-01-14 14:25:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON ETRD EAIR EIND PGOV PREL OTRA MU
07MUSCAT400	MEDIA REACTION: VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTINGS, ARAB NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-24 12:35:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT426	MEDIA REACTION: OMANI VIEW OF SYRIA AND IRAN, MAJLIS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 07:51:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT43	MEDIA REACTION: NEW IRAQ STRATEGY, ARAB-ISRAELI CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: Privately owned "Al-Watan" accuses America of giving "false promises" to Arabs when it needs their support, and also posits that the crises facing America and Israel in the Middle East are increasing as time goes by. Government-owned "Oman" thinks Democrats' objections to a troop inc [...]	2007-01-16 06:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT452	MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH IRAQ SUMMIT, HAMAS [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" says that regional cooperation is "vital" to stop violence in Iraq, and said that lifting the "blockade against the Palestinians" can advance the Peace Process. Privately owned "Al-Watan" calls on the EU to be "more understanding" of Arab political concerns, mor [...]	2007-05-08 09:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT461	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER ON UPCOMING VISIT OF [...] (C) The principal reasons for the visit of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad to Muscat are to give the Sultan an opportunity to meet and talk to the president and to discuss "Iran's image in the international community," according to Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bi [...]	2007-05-11 10:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR MU
07MUSCAT474	MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN PREMIER VISITS MUSCAT, DEMOCRACY [...] SUMMARY: In the leadup to this week's visit by Iranian President Ahmadinejad, Iran's ambassador to Oman calls their bilateral relations "exemplary," adding that American "ships and war fleets" are the real danger to the environment and regional stability, and that he supports a GCC nuclear pro [...]	2007-05-14 12:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT512	MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN-OMANI RELATIONS, AMBASSADOR [...] SUMMARY: Iranian President's visit to Muscat garners heavy local media coverage; Ambassador Grappo's op-ed on trafficking published in two local dailies; Ambassador Grappo visit to Dhofar University; president of International Republican Institute visit to Muscat. State-run "Oman" newspaper sa [...]	2007-05-21 12:59:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT536	MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS IN PALESTINE, [...] SUMMARY: Government-run daily "Oman" says Israel is the sole beneficiary of inter-Arab strife, whether in Lebanon or Palestine; privately owned "Al-Watan" worries that Likud's "weakness" spawns Israeli military operations in Palestine; "Oman" says that there is a "mutual responsibility" to achi [...]	2007-05-30 07:43:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT570	MEDIA REACTION: REGIONAL CONFLICTS, LEBANON VIOLENCE, OMAN [...] SUMMARY: "Oman" government daily compares crises in Somalia and Sudan to violence in Palestine and Iraq; also says national reconciliation in Lebanon is more vital than ever; privately owned "al Watan" says that election Majlis al Shura candidates on a tribal basis is not a solution to challeng [...]	2007-06-05 11:27:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT64	MEDIA REACTION: THUMBS DOWN AND UP ON SECRETARY'S TRIP; [...] SUMMARY: Privately owned daily "Al-Watan" denigrates Secretary's Middle East trip while state-owned "Oman" lauds it as a "vital" diplomatic initiative. "Oman" criticizes President Bush's new Iraq strategy and says that the "only choice" is a gradual troop withdrawal. "Oman" also lauds Sultan [...]	2007-01-23 12:56:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT648	MEDIA REACTION: VIOLENCE IN PALESTINE AND IRAQ, CYCLONE [...] SUMMARY: Editorials in state-owned daily "Oman" highlighted the ongoing violence in Iraq and Palestine. Dailies also reported on the recovery from cyclone Gonu, and elicited local volunteers to clean up cities and beaches. END SUMMARY. -------- COVERAGE -------- 2. All dailies continu [...]	2007-06-25 12:02:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT666	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: POTUS ISLAMIC CENTER ADDRESS [...] On Thursday, June 28, government-owned, Arabic-language daily "Oman" (circulation 38,000) covered the President's Islamic Center address in tandem with news of former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair's appointment as a Middle East envoy. A box in the center of the front page featured the headlin [...]	2007-07-02 05:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT669	MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH INITIATIVES, IRAQ VIOLENCE, [...] SUMMARY: Editorials in state-owned daily "Oman" highlighted the efforts of Arab leaders to foster dialogue between Hamas and Fatah through the Sharm El-Sheikh summit, and also lamented the increasing violence in Iraq. There was limited coverage of POTUS Islamic Center address. Dailies reporte [...]	2007-07-03 06:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT716	MEDIA REACTION: PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE, [...] SUMMARY: All Omani dailies welcome President Bush's call for a Middle East peace conference; youth-oriented "Al-Shabiba" reports final closure of popular online forum "Al-Sablah;" editorial in government-owned "Oman" says proposed peace conference "will not be easy, especially not if Israel is [...]	2007-07-25 14:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT773	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE; MILITARY AID; [...] Government-owned daily "Oman", August 4 (circulation 38,000); editorial: "The Weather Changes": The invitation of American president George Bush came yesterday for the great powers to hold a meeting next September in Washington to discuss climate change, in an attempt to put in place long-te [...]	2007-08-08 12:51:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT774	MINISTER HOPEFUL OF OCTOBER IMPLEMENTATION OF FTA [...] (C) On August 8, Ambassador telephoned Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan in London (on vacation) to discuss the Omani government's progress on completing the outstanding items required for implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. Maqbool appreciated receiving [...]	2007-08-08 12:57:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT825	OMAN AIR TO BEGIN LONG-HAUL OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) On August 20, Econoff discussed Oman Air's long-haul service plans with Alan Arch, the airline's commercial director. Arch confirmed that Oman Air would begin nonstop service from Muscat to London beginning on November 15, though airport selection would depend on obtaining commercially- [...]	2007-08-29 10:58:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP MU
07MUSCAT860	MINISTER CONFIDENT OF OMAN'S FISCAL POSITION [...] (C) Omani Minister of National Economy Ahmed Macki is upbeat on the Sultanate's financial health, despite the significant damage and expense of recovery from Tropical Cyclone Gonu in June. Of greater concern to the Minister is the general rise in prices, which is leading to a lack of affordab [...]	2007-09-09 12:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL EAIR MU
07MUSCAT894	MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 COVERAGE, AMBASSADOR TIP INTERVIEW, [...] SUMMARY: All dailies carry Ambassador's 9/11 message; privately-owned "Al-Watan" and "Oman Tribune" interview Ambassador about Trafficking in Persons; in an editorial about 9/11, "Al-Watan" condemns the "beastly acts" of the American army that was unable to protect Americans despite consuming [...]	2007-09-18 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT916	MEDIA REACTION: TIP INTERVIEW, HUMAN RIGHTS AS "AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY: "Times of Oman" and "Al-Shabiba" highlight G/TIP Ambassador Mark Lagon's interview on trafficking; "Al-Watan" criticizes Ambassador Grappo's defense of the Trafficking in Persons report and calls the report part of "American Blackmail." Other "Al-Watan" editorials criticize human ri [...]	2007-09-29 06:42:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT97	OMAN 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy submits the following Investment Climate Statement for 2007. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which are expected to account for 79% of the government's revenue [...]	2007-01-30 13:25:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07MUSCAT996	MEDIA REACTION: OMAN'S MAJLIS ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: All Omani dailies carry prominent features and articles on elections for the sixth round of the Majlis Ash-Shura (84-member lower house of parliament). "Oman" regrets that no women were elected but anticipates their return in the near future. "Al-Watan" hails the "positive signs" in [...]	2007-10-30 06:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07NAIROBI103	SOMALIA: JANUARY 5 MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia centered on supporting Somalia at this crucial moment, in particular with respect to consolidating stability through an inclusive political process, security, and humanitarian and development assistance. Th [...]	2007-01-08 06:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI1069	KENYA ELECTIONS: MAIN PARTIES STRUGGLE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: While talk of early or snap elections has faded, the political debate has shifted to the main parties' internal leadership struggles. On the opposition side, leaders continue to put on a brave face regarding the viability of their coalition ODM-K party. In the President's NARC- [...]	2007-03-06 13:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR KE
07NAIROBI1087	KENYA'S PLANS FOR IGAD MEETINGS ON SOMALIA AND [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Political Affairs Thomas Amolo briefed PolCouns on Kenya's plans as IGAD Chair to host two IGAD meetings in the coming months. The first meeting will focus on Somalia and take place in late April. It is likely to be a ministerial level meet [...]	2007-03-07 13:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KE SO SU
07NAIROBI1093	POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE IN KALONZO COUNTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials and local leaders in Machakos, a medium-sized Kenyan city, are no less engaged in the current general elections debate than their counterparts in the capital, but have a cooler view of what the next 10 months hold. Overwhelmingly populated by members of the Kamba tri [...]	2007-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
07NAIROBI1128	KENYA ELECTIONS: NARC-K IN THE DARK, ODM ROADSHOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A day before it was scheduled to kickoff, NARC-Kenya postponed indefinitely its party elections and President Kibaki's expected announcement of his candidacy. The sudden change of plans was accompanied by further protest from one-time government supporter, Health Minister Charit [...]	2007-03-09 10:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR KE
07NAIROBI1439	OPPOSITION POLITICS: SUSPICION, ALLIES, AND A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two opposition insiders recently shared their views on the current state of play within ODM-Kenya party ranks. While there is plenty of suspicion and alliance-making, there is still no apparent movement towards consensus on a single ODM-K presidential candidate or even on how [...]	2007-03-30 10:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI1514	KENYA CONSTITUTION: MINIMUM REFORMS, MAXIMUM DEBATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A step back from complete overhaul, the current constitutional review debate in Kenya centers on a slate of "minimum reforms." Supporters of the proposed changes, many of which concern the electoral process, argue that these initial reforms must be made before the next general [...]	2007-04-04 09:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
07NAIROBI1981	KENYA'S VISION 2030: THINKING BIG, BUT IS IT REALISTIC? [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has unveiled Vision 2030, an audacious national development plan whose goal is middle-income status for the country by 2030. The Vision calls for 10% GDP growth annually over the next 25 years (up from the current 6%),allowing Kenya to multiply per capita income by six t [...]	2007-05-09 14:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV KE
07NAIROBI200	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR KENYA [...] The following is the updated text of the worst forms of child labor report for Kenya for 2006, as required under the Trade Act, for Department of Labor. Kenya Selected Child Labor Measures Adopted by Governments Ratified Convention 138 4/9/1979 U Ratified Convention 182 5/7/2001 U ILO-IP [...]	2007-01-10 14:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI2040	KENYA TO RETAIN IGAD CHAIR, PLANS SUMMIT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya will retain the chairmanship of IGAD at least through August and probably beyond. Kenya's immediate tasks as IGAD Chair are 1) to convince Eritrea to return to IGAD, 2) to promote Somali reconciliation and the success of AMISOM, and 3) to convene an IGAD Head of State su [...]	2007-05-14 12:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KE SO SU
07NAIROBI2144	KENYA: STILL IN THE HUNT FOR OIL AND GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite coming up dry in a $100 million test well drilled earlier this year, Kenya's national oil company is pursuing additional exploration for oil and gas in the country. China's national offshore oil company is currently a big player, but has to decide soon whether to move f [...]	2007-05-21 09:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENGR EPET EINV KE
07NAIROBI2151	Somalia - Meeting with Ethiopian State Minister [...] (C) Summary: As requested, the Ambassador met May 20 with Tekeda Alemu, Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs to discuss a joint U.S.-Ethiopian approach on Somalia. Tekeda pressed on a U.S.-Ethiopia meeting with Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf to be held i [...]	2007-05-21 14:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI216	PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION TO PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] As previously reported, on November 21 the Ambassador delivered a major speech on U.S.-Kenyan relations which noted the important democratic progress that Kenya is making, but also talked frankly about the persistent problems of corruption and tribalism. Delivery of the speech was part of a b [...]	2007-01-12 07:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KE
07NAIROBI220	PRESIDENT HAND PICKS ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In what opposition leaders are calling a "blow to multi-party democracy," President Kibaki on January 11 appointed nine Commissioners to the Electoral Commission of Kenya, without consulting opposition parties. Although completely within Kenyan law, the move sets a bad preceden [...]	2007-01-12 08:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI2292	KENYA: ECONOMIC GROWTH STRONG, POVERTY AND INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's 2006 Economic Survey reports that growth hit a 30-year high of 6.1% in 2006, and the GOK predicts 2007 growth will be between 5.8 and 6.5%. The new National Household Survey showed the national poverty rate fell from 52.3% in 1997 to 49.1% in 2006. After peaking in Dec [...]	2007-05-31 12:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAGR KE
07NAIROBI2326	Somalia - Meeting with President Yusuf [...] (C) Summary. During a June 5 meeting, President Yusuf welcomed as positive the joint A/S Frazer/Lord Triesman letter to him and agreed with its key points, including on the need for inclusive reconciliation on an urgent basis. Yusuf promised to send a written communication to the Contact Group [...]	2007-06-05 08:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SO
07NAIROBI2330	KENYA: PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER ON RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Enhanced Kenyan-Ethiopian security and administrative coordination at the regional/provincial level is lowering tensions between the feuding Gabra and Borana (Oromo) communities and improving relations at border crossing points. However, Kenya's Provincial Commissioner for Easter [...]	2007-06-05 12:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KE ET
07NAIROBI2349	SOMALIA: LETTER FROM TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF TO THE [...] Per reftel, we followed up with the Somalia Embassy in Nairobi and received the attached letter from TFG President Yusuf to the International Contact Group meeting in London. 2. Text of letter: Honorable Representatives of the Contact Group: I wish to express my appreciation for the s [...]	2007-06-06 10:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SCUL SO
07NAIROBI2385	EMBU BISHOP: MPS WANT TO KEEP 'EM POOR & IGNORANT [...] (C) Summary: The Bishop of Embu Diocese maintains that Mbere District's Members of Parliament purposely undermine efforts to raise educational standards and to develop the economy of the area so as to keep the population poor, dependent and easily manipulated. They also stymie projects with w [...]	2007-06-07 13:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI2566	KENYATTA KEEPING HIS OPTIONS WIDE OPEN [...] (SBU) When KANU Chairman and opposition presidential hopeful Uhuru Kenyatta failed to meet the June 15 deadline for formally declaring himself an Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) candidate, there was speculation that KANU was splitting from ODM-K. Kenyatta has not (yet) pulled KANU o [...]	2007-06-20 13:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI263	PRIME MINISTER GEDI PROMISES A "NEW SOMALIA," ACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 7 meeting in Nairobi with Assistant Secretary Frazer, Somali Prime Minister Ali Gedi was confident a "new Somalia" was on its way, and appealed for immediate donor support. The rosy picture Gedi painted did not mask the very serious problems which remain within the [...]	2007-01-17 05:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NAIROBI2764	KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...]	2007-07-06 05:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KE PGOV PREL
07NAIROBI2771	QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref I reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]	2007-07-06 06:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI2773	JULY 4 - HIGHLIGHTING BILATERAL PARTNERSHIP AND DEMOCRATIC [...] The Mission used the July 4 reception to highlight the U.S.-Kenyan partnership and to focus on shared democratic values. (See text of Ambassador's remarks in paragraph 6.) These themes have increasingly strong resonance with all sectors of Kenyan society and politics. As a result, the turnout [...]	2007-07-06 07:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KEDM KE
07NAIROBI2974	KENYA POLICE: REFORMS APLENTY, BUT PERFORMANCE LAGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kibaki administration has implemented significant reforms of the Kenya Police Service and greatly increased its resources. The worst police abuses of the Moi-era have been eradicated. However, reforms and increased resources have not yet yielded a dramatic rise in police [...]	2007-07-19 12:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASIG KCRM KE PREL PTER
07NAIROBI3513	A TALE OF TWO ORANGE CONVENTIONS: OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) nominated Kalonzo Musyoka for President at its convention held on 31 August. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) nominated Raila Odinga for President at its convention the following day. As in '92 and '97, the opposition will ente [...]	2007-09-04 08:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3581	KENYA ELECTIONS: PRESUMPTIVE ETHNIC ALIGNMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Analysis of raw voter registration data reveals the approximate ethnic composition of the electorate, which differs somewhat from that of the general population. Given current ethnic voting bloc political alignments and assuming no major disparities in voter turnout, this data [...]	2007-09-10 12:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3591	Kenya Requests Support for IMO Council Re-election [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For internal USG distribution only. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 3. (SBU) The GOK sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy requesting USG support for Kenya's re-election to the Council of the Internation [...]	2007-09-10 13:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KE
07NAIROBI3609	KENYA ELECTIONS: GENDER, RELIGION & THE ELECTORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Analysis of raw voter registration data reveals the gender and approximate religious composition of the electorate, which differs somewhat from that of the general population. Women account for 47 percent of registered voters. Nairobi has the lowest share of women voters at o [...]	2007-09-11 13:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3675	AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST [...] A week ago, Flora Tera, a woman who is competing in Meru in central Kenya to be the candidate for Parliament for a pro-government party, was severely beaten by a gang of thugs. The circumstances make clear that the gang deliberately sought to intimidate her from campaigning. Her leg was brok [...]	2007-09-17 13:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3676	AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON DIVERSITY, DEMOCRACY, AND [...] As part of continuing outreach on key issues, on September 10 in Mombasa Ambassador Ranneberger delivered a policy speech entitled "Diversity, Democracy, and Development." The speech was intended both to convey U.S. views on this important topic and to stimulate thought among Kenyans in the [...]	2007-09-17 13:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KE
07NAIROBI3761	KENYA ELECTIONS: ONE-THIRD OF CONSTITUENCIES [...] (SBU) Summary & Introduction: Kenya's first two multiparty elections, in '92 and '97, were marred by widespread violence, most of it organized by the government. The 2002 election was much less violent and the November 2005 referendum was even less violent. This year, we predict little organ [...]	2007-09-21 10:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3790	KENYA ELECTIONS: LIKELY TIMELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Our best information at this point indicates dissolution of parliament in early October and an election date of Monday, 17 December. End Summary. 2. (U) Reftel provides information on violence-prone constituencies and references for previous election-related messages. 3. [...]	2007-09-25 13:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3830	KENYA: PARLIAMENT MOVES TO PREVENT INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's Parliament has passed a bill containing an amendment to the country's primary anti-corruption law that would effectively bar the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission from investigating corruption cases prior to May 2003. This brazen attempt to secure immunity for some of the [...]	2007-09-27 04:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCOR PGOV KE
07NAIROBI3897	KENYA ELECTIONS: PROJECTED VOTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Using recent and historic voter registration, voter turnout and population data, we have projected likely voters by region and ethnic community. Kibaki's Kikuyu/Meru/Embu base accounts for at least 30 percent of projected voters. Raila Odinga's Luo base and Maasai/Samburu alli [...]	2007-10-01 13:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3969	KENYA ELECTIONS: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED [...] (SBU) Summary: The protagonists in Kenya's election drama have known one another for decades. At various times they were both allies and rivals. Incumbent President Mwai Kibaki will present himself as a stable, mature and dependable leader who reversed Kenya's downward spiral under Moi and i [...]	2007-10-05 03:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI3991	KENYA ELECTIONS: MAIN OPPOSITION CANDIDATE ODINGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During lunch on October 1, the Ambassador discussed the electoral process with Raila Odinga, the main presidential opposition candidate. A relaxed Odinga was looking and sounding presidential, though he professed not to be overly confident. Odinga described the political strategy [...]	2007-10-09 09:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI3993	KENYA ELECTIONS: INTERNAL SECURITY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On October 8, the Political Counselor met with Minister of State for Internal Security John Michuki over lunch at Michuki's swank hotel and country club on the outskirts of Nairobi. PolCouns had planned to have lunch with Michuki's son Francis when Michuki unexpec [...]	2007-10-09 11:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI3998	AD EXEC ON DISARRAY IN KIBAKI CAMP, EVOLVING [...] (C) Summary: An advertising executive currently working on the Kibaki campaign describes confusion in the President's camp. He posits that Kenya's newfound democratic freedoms have altered the political climate in ways that most of the country's politicians have failed to notice or adapt to. [...]	2007-10-10 11:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI407	KENYA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY PLAYS POLITICS, EXONERATES [...] (C) Summary: In a setback to political and judicial accountability in Kenya, the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) went public on January 19 with its recommendation, accepted by the Attorney General, to close investigations against two former cabinet ministers implicated on good evidence [...]	2007-01-24 04:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL ECON EFIN KE
07NAIROBI4120	NAIROBI TRANSPORT BOSS ON CRIME, CORRUPTION & [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of Nairobi's private transportation association describes how the city's criminal organizations and police feed off the cash-rich sector. He also expresses concerns about a possible Raila Odinga presidency and mild support for Kibaki remaining in office. End Summary [...]	2007-10-17 12:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASUP KCRM KE PGOV PHUM PINR
07NAIROBI4186	PRESIDENT KIBAKI DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) On October 22, President Mwai Kibaki delivered a televised address dissolving Parliament and officially triggering Kenya?s election clock. Kibaki also announced that he signed eleven bills into law immediately prior to the dissolution, including the important Political Parties Bill (ref [...]	2007-10-24 03:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KUM KE
07NAIROBI424	KENYA: ETHNIC MAKE UP OF THE GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyans often accuse the Kibaki administration of stacking the government with fellow Kikuyus. Our study of the top 198 government positions indicates that in fact Kikuyu representation is in line with their share of the general population. However, Kikuyu ministers run the k [...]	2007-01-24 11:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4269	KENYA ELECTIONS: ODM RALLY ON THE COAST: FANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns observed an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) rally in the coastal town of Khilifi during which some prominent ODM leaders used explicitly anti-Kikuyu language, receiving roars of approval from the crowd. Other prominent ODM leaders chose to appeal to reason rather than [...]	2007-10-31 12:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4402	KENYA ELECTIONS: COAST RUNNING 60/40 [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns' travels in Coast Province indicate that the coastal strip is strongly pro-Raila Odinga and his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). The interior of the province is much less committed, with the President's Party of National Unity (PNU) coalition better represented. The [...]	2007-11-07 13:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI4411	KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 1: 49 DAYS AWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission Nairobi will send out over 60 observers nationwide for the party nomination process (primaries) scheduled around 16 November. Kalonzo Musyoka has until 13 November to decide if he wants to stand down in Kibaki's favor, as the presidential ballot will be set after tha [...]	2007-11-09 03:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4423	'Majimbo' - Kenya Finds An Election Issue [...] (SBU) The issue of federalism - 'majimbo' - has recently emerged as a main plank in the opposition platform and a topic of intense public debate. Majimbo proponents - which include both major opposition parties - claim that devolving power to Kenya's provinces will allow citizens more contro [...]	2007-11-09 10:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4424	'Majimbo' - Kenya Finds An Election Issue [...] (SBU) The issue of federalism - 'majimbo' - has recently emerged as a main plank in the opposition platform and a topic of intense public debate. Majimbo proponents - which include both major opposition parties - claim that devolving power to Kenya's provinces will allow citizens more contro [...]	2007-11-12 08:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4429	KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIR: "THE [...] (C) Summary: ECK Chairman Kivuitu expressed to the Ambassador his determination to perform his function in a neutral, professional manner, resisting those who would have him favor one party over the others. He sees the press and "the people" as his allies in this effort. His initial impression o [...]	2007-11-13 14:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KE PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI4430	ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN RE-APPOINTED [...] (SBU) On 12 November, President Kibaki re-appointed Samuel Kivuitu as Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Kenya effective 3 December for a full five year term. The US Mission advocated in favor of Kivuitu's re-appointment over the last several months, including numerous discussions of the [...]	2007-11-14 04:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4443	AMERICAN VENTURE CAPITAL COMES CALLING IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: American venture capitalists are coming to Africa in a big way, if anecdotal evidence in Kenya is any indication. In a short span of time, the Embassy has had contact with three large venture capital funds, all heavyweights, looking at investing a combined $650 million in estab [...]	2007-11-14 07:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KE
07NAIROBI4457	KENYA ELECTIONS: POLLING MATTERS [...] (C) Our election analysis (reftels) indicates a close race for the presidency. This analysis is based on voter registration data and traditional turnout rates as well as polling on presidential candidate preferences. We were concerned that widely published public opinion polls, which showed [...]	2007-11-14 13:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4510	SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER -- Yusuf Changes His Mind [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nur Hassan Hussein "Adde" will likely be announced as the new Prime Minister of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) November 20 rather than Sheikh Hassan Ali Nur who had been presented to us as the presumptive candidate just one week ago. We were told that Nur's ca [...]	2007-11-20 13:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI4511	SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER -- Yusuf Changes His Mind [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nur Hassan Hussein "Adde" will likely be announced as the new Prime Minister of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) November 20 rather than Sheikh Hassan Ali Nur who had been presented to us as the presumptive candidate just one week ago. We were told that Nur's ca [...]	2007-11-20 14:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET
07NAIROBI4512	KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 2: 37 DAYS AWAY [...] SUMMARY: Nine presidential candidates will contest the 27 December election. The ECK plans to release the final, approved list of parliamentary candidates on 23 November. The final voter register indicates that the top five ethnic voting blocs are Kikuyu/Meru/Embu (27 pct),Kalenjin (13 pct) [...]	2007-11-21 04:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4567	Kenya Election: Western Province Primaries [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission sent 20 observation teams across Kenya to cover the party nomination process on November 16. To a team, our observers reported that all three major parties (ODM, PNU and ODM-K) often failed or refused to supply proper ballots or, often, any ballots at all. Reports of vo [...]	2007-11-26 14:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4601	KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 3: 29 DAYS AWAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: An average of 12 candidates will compete in each of Kenya's 210 parliamentary constituencies (2,547 candidates in total). The Steadman poll, generally considered the most credible, now shows Raila at 43.6 percent, Kibaki at 43.3 percent and Kalonzo at 11.4 percent. So far, we [...]	2007-11-28 14:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4647	KENYA ELECTIONS: ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nearly ten percent of outgoing Members of Parliament (MPs) were eliminated in party nomination exercises while a further 25 percent lost major party nominations and took refuge with smaller parties where their prospects for reelection are exceedingly dim. President Kibaki's Pa [...]	2007-12-04 15:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4648	Somalia - Update on Health of President Yusuf [...] (C) As per refs Somalia Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf is quite ill and was flown to Nairobi from Baidoa early on the morning of December 4. Post's Regional Medical Officer (RMO) visited Yusuf in Nairobi hospital and reported that the President looked frail, but othe [...]	2007-12-04 15:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO
07NAIROBI4652	Kenya Election: Role of Religious Institutions [...] (SBU) Kenya's vibrant religious institutions play an active role in public life. They have figured prominently in the run up to the 2007 general elections. From sponsoring civic education efforts to backing certain candidates, religious leaders from the Christian and Muslim communities have u [...]	2007-12-05 10:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KE
07NAIROBI4656	Somalia - President Yusuf Health Update #2 [...] (C) As per Reftel Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf is quite ill and was flown to Nairobi from Baidoa early on the morning of December 4. Post's Regional Medical Officer (RMO) has consulted with Yusuf's attending physician at Nairobi hospital and was infor [...]	2007-12-05 13:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO
07NAIROBI4745	KENYA ELECTIONS: CREDIBLE VOTE LIKELY, BUT WE'RE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than three weeks from the election, we remain confident that the exercise will be generally free and fair. This confidence is based on six pillars: an independent and non-partisan electoral commission, free and vibrant civil society organizations and media, responsible be [...]	2007-12-14 04:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4756	U.S. Support for Kenya's Electoral Process [...] (SBU) SUMMARY & INTRODUCTION: In the run up to Kenya's 27 December presidential and parliamentary elections, the USG is heavily engaged to support a free and fair electoral process in order to preserve, broaden and deepen Kenya?s democratic gains (see also reftel). Given indications that th [...]	2007-12-14 10:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4759	KENYA ELECTIONS: COUNTDOWN 4: 13 DAYS AWAY: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Political Section compared notes with other well informed political observers on prominent government and opposition MPs likely to be defeated in the parliamentary contest. The results appear below. In total, we expect the defeat of 136 MPs out of a total of 210 (65 perc [...]	2007-12-17 03:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE

07NAIROBI4788	KENYA ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY ON ELECTION [...] Kenya will be awash in election observers by the time voters go to the polls on December 27. Roughly 17,500 international and domestic observers will cover about 27,500 polling stations in 210 parliamentary constituencies, in addition to party agents who will monitor the proceedings on behal [...]	2007-12-18 10:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL KE PGOV
07NAIROBI4803	KENYA ELECTIONS: COUNTDOWN 5: 9 DAYS AWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The latest opinion polls show Odinga in the lead. All three major candidates express public confidence, while some of their prominent supporters express private gloom. There exists a theoretical possibility that Odinga or Kibaki could win the national vote while still failin [...]	2007-12-18 12:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI4816	KENYA ELECTIONS: COUNTDOWN 6: 7 DAYS AWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Steadman Group released its final poll results: 45.5 percent Raila Odinga, 42.7 percent Mwai Kibaki and 9.6 percent Kalonzo Musyoka. Given the vagaries of turnout rates, this makes the election too close to call. Two pro-Kibaki parliamentary candidates in Odinga's Langata [...]	2007-12-20 14:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4825	KENYA ELECTIONS: THE BATTLE FOR LANGATA - HOW A [...] (C) Kenya,s Constitution requires that its President also be an elected Member of Parliament. Of the three major presidential candidates, only Raila Odinga lacks a safe seat. Odinga's choice to run for parliament in the ethnically mixed, Nairobi-based Langata constituency he has represented [...]	2007-12-21 12:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KE
07NAIROBI4827	KENYA ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY ON ELECTION [...] Kenya will be awash in election observers by the time voters go to the polls on December 27. Roughly 17,500 international and domestic observers will cover about 27,500 polling stations in 210 parliamentary constituencies, in addition to party agents who will monitor the proceedings on behal [...]	2007-12-21 13:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL KE PGOV
07NAIROBI4828	KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE - ECK AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The run up to the December 27 election is proving to be more violent than the last such contest in 2002, but still much less violent than Kenya's first two multiparty elections in 1992 and 1997. The majority of campaign activity falls within the bounds of the Electoral Code of [...]	2007-12-21 13:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL KE PGOV
07NAIROBI4829	KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE - ECK AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The run up to the December 27 election is proving to be more violent than the last such contest in 2002, but still much less violent than Kenya's first two multiparty elections in 1992 and 1997. The majority of campaign activity falls within the bounds of the Electoral Code of [...]	2007-12-21 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL KE PGOV
07NAIROBI67	SOMALIA: KENYAN PUSHBACK OF ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel points with Foreign Minister Tuju the morning of January 4. The Ambassador emphasized the need for Kenya to cease the involuntary return of refugees (400 from Liboi and another 291 from Lamu) and meet its international humanitarian obligations to open its bord [...]	2007-01-04 13:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM EIAD PTER KE SO
07NAIROBI733	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PARTNERSHIP WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the successful delivery of the presentation of the U.S.-Kenya partnership to President Kibaki in December, a Mission team led by the Ambassador on February 7 gave the Mission's "Partnership Presentation" to the leadership of Kenya's Parliament. During the well-attend [...]	2007-02-13 10:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL EAID PTER ASEC KE
07NAIROBI75	Kenya and China: Stronger Economic Ties Driven by Growing [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic ties between Kenya and China are growing stronger, a trend being driven primarily by greater bilateral trade and, more precisely, by a rapid increase in Chinese exports to Kenya. While trade with China is increasingly important to Kenya, it still accounts for only 3% o [...]	2007-01-05 07:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR KE CH
07NAIROBI871	GOVERNANCE REPORT HELPS CRYSTALIZE DONOR CONSENSUS ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A comprehensive World Bank assessment of governance in Kenya, still in draft, concludes that the control of corruption in Kenya improved in the early years of the Kibaki administration, but has since stagnated. Graft has not, however, returned to the levels seen under previous [...]	2007-02-23 09:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
07NAIROBI91	COMMUNIQUE OF JANUARY 5 INTERNATIONAL CONTACT [...] The International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia met on January 5 in Nairobi, Kenya, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer and Kenyan Minister for Foreign SIPDIS Affairs Raphael Tuju. Details of the meeting will follow septel. The text of the communique issued following the ICG [...]	2007-01-05 14:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE
07NASSAU579	BRENT SYMONETTE NAMED BAHAMIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham tapped Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Party Leader Brent Symonette as The Bahamas' new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs May 4. Symonette is a successful businessman and a former Attorney General and Minister of Tourism in [...]	2007-05-07 22:31:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD BF
07NASSAU608	NEW BAHAMIAN CABINET BUILT FOR ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham made his initial cabinet appointments May 7, with others following in subsequent days. With few exceptions, the new Ministers are experienced and well-suited to their portfolios, having served in Ingraham's previous government. Ingraham r [...]	2007-05-15 19:10:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAIR BF
07NDJAMENA104	CHAD: Inter-ethnic Fighting in Guereda [...] (SBU) While Humanitarian workers report that fighting in around Adre subsided last night after some 200 houses in different villages were burned and 120 civilian and combatant wounded hospitalized, the situation around Guereda remains tense. Some 30 rebels are reported dead in fighting betwe [...]	2007-02-02 14:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD
07NDJAMENA119	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH SLM/A REBEL LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM/A) Chairman Ahmed Abdelshafi met with the Ambassador for the first time since the meeting of Special Envoy (SE) Natsios with rebel leaders in Abeche on January 19 (Ref A). Abdelshafi continues to reject the Darfur Peace Agreement as a basis for f [...]	2007-02-07 12:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CD SU SCRS
07NDJAMENA121	PRESIDENT DEBY BACKTRACKING ON UN FORCE IN EASTERN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 18:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD KPKO PREF PREL SU SCRSERD
07NDJAMENA122	PRESIDENT DEBY BACKTRACKING ON UN FORCE IN EASTERN [...] (C) UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi told the Ambassador in meetings February 5 and 6 that President Deby seems to have backtracked on deployment of a UN military peacekeeping force to eastern Chad. Instead, Deby's preference remains a civilian police (ci [...]	2007-02-07 20:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPKO CD SU SCRS
07NDJAMENA129	ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH NRF/JEM [...] (C) Summary. The NRF has high ambitions for a commanders conference/political meeting scheduled for Abeche starting 12 February. However, there remain issues of who will attend and how much consensus they will reach. Meanwhile, the NRF's renunciation of regime change (as recommended by Speci [...]	2007-02-09 12:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF CD SU CRS
07NDJAMENA131	CHAD: Iranian Foreign Minister Meets President [...] (U) According to a Chadian presidential webpage article, Iranian Foreign Minister Mountasher Mountaki met with President Deby earlier this week (February 4). Webpage photos show the Iranian foreign minister with President Deby at the Zakouma Game Preserve in southeastern Chad. The Iranian fo [...]	2007-02-09 23:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET IR CD
07NDJAMENA142	CHAD'S OURE CASSONI REFUGEE CAMP POSES UNIQUE RISKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Oure Cassoni refugee Camp, close to the Sudan border, continues to be highly politicized. Both the camp and the host community of Bahai lack security (reftels). The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is active in trying to repatriate Sudanese soldiers hospitaliz [...]	2007-02-14 14:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL KCRS CD SU
07NDJAMENA145	CHAD: European Commisssion support for [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission (EC) seeks to develop a program to support the capacity of Chadian political parties to engage in a national political dialogue in the near term, and to be able to compete responsibly in an open democratic process over the longer term. Chad's current pol [...]	2007-02-15 10:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV KDEM CD
07NDJAMENA160	CHAD: PUBLIC SERVANTS WANT THEIR SHARE OF OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Public expectations have ballooned with the widespread anticipation of a huge oil tax "windfall" and the president of Chad's largest labor federation has warned that failure to increase public sector wages by at least 50 percent will lead to a general strike that could exceed t [...]	2007-02-22 16:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ELAB PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA167	EXPLAINING UN FORCE TO PRESIDENT DEBY:FRENCH ADVICE [...] (C) Summary. Chad's unqualified support for UN operation in eastern Chad should not be assumed, according to French Ambassador Foucher. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foucher emphasized that the UN peacekeeping operation needed to be carefully explained to President Deby as humanitarian i [...]	2007-02-26 09:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC SU CD
07NDJAMENA17	CHAD: CENSORSHIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly one month after declaring a state of emergency throughout the country, the Government of Chad continues to talk a tough line vis--vis the national press. The state of emergency, under which the GOC has implemented a hard line censorship policy, has been extended for s [...]	2007-01-09 06:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA171	EXPLAINING UN FORCE TO PRESIDENT DEBY:FRENCH ADVICE [...] (C) Summary. Chad's unqualified support for UN operation in eastern Chad should not be assumed, according to French Ambassador Foucher. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foucher emphasized that the UN peacekeeping operation needed to be carefully explained to President Deby as humanitarian i [...]	2007-02-26 14:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC SU CD
07NDJAMENA174	CHAD: Ministry for Morality Anti-fraud Unit [...] (U) Summary: Based on an investigation of malfeasance in the grading of entrance examinations and selection procedures for admission to Chad's teacher colleges, the anti-fraud unit of the Ministry for Morality identified 11 senior Ministry of Education and other officials for prosecution and/ [...]	2007-02-27 11:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PHUM PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA175	DARFUR/ABECHE CONFERENCES YET TO MATERIALIZE, BUT [...] (C). Summary. Although the proposed rebel conferences in Darfur and Abeche still have not occurred, a number of rebel leaders did attend the Tripoli conference last week. According to representatives of the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) in Ndjamena, a unified SLM must still be achieved [...]	2007-02-27 12:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LY CD SU SCRS
07NDJAMENA178	CHAD'S OIL REVENUE OVERSIGHT BODY OVERSHADOWED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad's oil revenue management body (College de Control Pour le Surveillance de Resources Petroliere - CCSRP) is expected to oversee some USD 204 million in oil royalties and fees in 2007. According to CCSRP President Abdoulaye Lamana, half of this amount will go for government [...]	2007-02-27 16:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET CD
07NDJAMENA195	CHAD: PRIME MINISTER YOADIMNADJI DIES; KASSIRE [...] (SBU) President Deby selected Dr. Nouradine Delwa Kassire Koumakoye to replace Prime Minister Yoadimnadji who died in Paris on February 24. Kassire previously served as Prime Minister from 1993-1995. Kassire is a southern Muslim with ties to some of Chad,s northern ethnic groups. --------- [...]	2007-03-01 15:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CD
07NDJAMENA196	CHAD: 2007 BUDGET IN DANGER OF SLIPPING [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Commission (EC) are concerned about the GOC's political will and capacity to meet agreed 2007 budget targets. Wage pressures, corruption and mounting military and off-budget spending -- combined with unrealistic assumptions of [...]	2007-03-02 11:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ELAB PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA198	CHAD OIL PROJECT: 6 YEARS AND 6 BILLION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 14:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET ELAB CD
07NDJAMENA199	ABECHE: EASTERN CHAD HUB FOR THE UN, NGOS AND ANY [...] (u) Summary. Abeche is the major city in eastern Chad, used as a hub by the UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in the region. Security remains an issue, with the UN still drawn down to essential personnel only (Phase IV)). UN and NGO staff favor a [...]	2007-03-02 15:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PREL KCRS KPKO CD SU
07NDJAMENA2	CHAD: 2006 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] Summary: To date, the Chadian GovernmentQs efforts to combat the worst forms of child labor have been centered on laying the legal foundation to meet its commitments to international labor conventions aimed at protecting children. While progress has been made at completing studies that identi [...]	2007-01-03 09:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CD
07NDJAMENA20	SUDANESE REBELS PASS THROUGH N'DJAMENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese rebel groups plan to make every effort to meet Special Envoy Natsios during his visit to Chad. Sudanese Liberation Movement's Ahmed Abdul Shafi and representatives from the National Redemption Front claimed that there was extensive military coordination on the ground, b [...]	2007-01-10 09:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
07NDJAMENA200	ABECHE: EASTERN CHAD HUB FOR THE UN, NGOS AND ANY [...] (u) Summary. Abeche is the major city in eastern Chad, used as a hub by the UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in the region. Security remains an issue, with the UN still drawn down to essential personnel only (Phase IV)). UN and NGO staff favor a [...]	2007-03-02 15:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PREL KCRS KPKO CD SU
07NDJAMENA222	CHAD: TALKING TO SUDANESE REBELS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese rebel leaders Adam Shogar, Gamal Addine Ibrahim, Tadjadine Bechin Niam and Sharif Harir told Ambassador on March 9 that the proposed SLM rebel conference should occur soon, but funding for transportation and logistics is needed. Shogar reiterated that a unified SLM/A p [...]	2007-03-13 14:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM SU
07NDJAMENA258	CHAD: MEETING WITH AHMED DIRAIJ [...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan Federal Democratic Alliance (SFDA) leader Ahmed Diraij shared his impressions of diplomatic moves and countermoves by Chad, Sudan and Eritrea relative to the Darfur conflict with the Ambassador March 21. He expected continuing jockeying for position in the week ahead amo [...]	2007-03-26 12:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU CD
07NDJAMENA261	NEW POLLUTION ADDS TO CHAD'S UXO AND MINE LEGACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from 2006 battles in eastern Chad is proving deadly to civilians (mostly children) and will be the focus of Chad's next demining appeal. The government's delay in providing long-promised counterpart funding is one of many problems hampering t [...]	2007-03-26 15:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MARR MASS MOPS CD
07NDJAMENA262	NEW CHAD CABINET: KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, YOUR [...] (SBU) President Deby's new cabinet, announced on March 4, features eight new ministers. The new cabinet has several notable characteristics. Some 13 percent have participated in the international visitors program and one is a former USAID employee. For the first time in recent memory, the c [...]	2007-03-26 15:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL CD
07NDJAMENA274	IMF WORRIED ABOUT CHAD FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting IMF team and World Bank mission leader said that maintaining fiscal sustainability in Chad will continue to be difficult, especially when substantial oil revenue is about to be received (oil taxes paid March 30 come to USD $420 million.) Major concerns include: incre [...]	2007-03-30 10:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA278	CHAD: DAS SWAN MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) James C. Swan April 2, Chad Foreign Minister SIPDIS Allam-mi explained that he had not yet briefed the Cabinet on his meetings in New York and therefore could not give an update on whether a green light would be given to the [...]	2007-04-03 09:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV UNSC CD SU
07NDJAMENA291	SUDANESE REBELS STILL A LONG WAY FROM UNIFYING [...] (C) Summary. NRF officials, including two ex-pat political representatives from the UK, indicated frustration at the slow progress of unifying the Sudanese rebels in a meeting with them April 4. They said they see the United States as an important friend and ally and urged diplomatic pressu [...]	2007-04-04 17:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF CD SU CRS
07NDJAMENA309	CHAD PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH CODEL MCGOVERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Massachusetts Congressman James P. McGovern, Ranking Minrity Member of the House Subcommittee on Rules mt on April 5 with Chad Prime Minister Nouradine elwa Kassire Koumakoye. Kassire spoke at length about his countr's relationship with the U.S. and fforts to resolve the Darf [...]	2007-04-10 11:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA331	DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING WITH DARFUR REBELS [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Sudanese rebel movements from JEM, NMRD and SLA met with Deputy Secretary Negroponte in Ndjamena, April 17. The movements explained that three months of meetings in Chad had failed to unify the movements, but that they were still trying. The effort by GNU V [...]	2007-04-18 08:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV SU CD
07NDJAMENA396	SUDAN REBEL LEADER SEEKS DARFUR PEACE TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) is ready to start Darfur peace talks tomorrow and wants to cooperate with the United States, JEM Chairman Khalil Ibrahim stressed in a meeting on May 5. Khalil expressed support for the United Nation's mediation effort, a Darfur ceasefire [...]	2007-05-08 16:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD
07NDJAMENA403	DONORS ASKED TO TELL CHAD TO REIN IN SPENDING [...] (C) Summary and action request: The IMF and the World Bank have asked the United States and France to join them in a new Multi-Donor Mission (MDM) to urge President Deby to rein in military and infrastructure spending in order to maintain Chad's solvency into 2008 and 2009. Chad's request to [...]	2007-05-10 09:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EAID CD
07NDJAMENA410	CHADIAN TROOP BUILD-UP UNDERWAY; ALL QUIET, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Chad (GOC) is ready to launch a major attack against Chadian rebels if the rebels cross over from Sudan for one last offensive before the rainy season -- or if they are expelled by Sudan. Embassy sources do not put much weight in the Saudi-brokered accord between [...]	2007-05-11 12:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CD SU
07NDJAMENA419	CHAD'S NEW PETROLEUM CODE [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the ExxonMobil-led oil consortium view Chad's new Petroleum Code as presenting a reasonable framework of incentives and obligations for foreign companies interested in oil exploitation. The Code is ambiguous on whether companies with existing agreements are [...]	2007-05-16 12:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EPET EFIN PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA446	CHAD ELECTION DIALOGUE: A POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY? [...] (U) SUMMARY: Discussions on electoral reform are moving forward between the Mouvement Patriotique de Salut (MPS),Chad's ruling party, and the opposition. Agreement could come in the next weeks. Even diehard critics of the regime see promise that the talks could lead toward a more inclusive [...]	2007-05-30 14:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
07NDJAMENA455	GRAND IMAM VOICES CONCERN OVER EXTREMISTS' "NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY Fundamentalist and extremist ideologies continue to gain influence in Chad, according to the Grand Imam, who reported on the "new strategy" of a number of Islamic organizations. The World Association of Muslim Youth (WAMY) and the Islamic Forum (IF) have been officially banned by [...]	2007-06-04 18:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CD PGOV PREL KISL
07NDJAMENA506	ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy NQDjamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...]	2007-06-19 16:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA507	CHAD: TOWARD FREER RADIO AND [...] (U) Summary: There are some potentially significant changes underway in ChadQs media environment, and, with the apparent end of the State of Emergency, censorship of the independent press has virtually ceased. First, ChadQs government-controlled national radio and television are moving tow [...]	2007-06-19 16:16:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA508	CORRECTED VERSION: ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy N'Djamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...]	2007-06-20 06:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA509	CORRECTED VERSION; CHAD: TOWARD FREER RADIO AND [...] (U) Summary: There are some potentially significant changes underway in Chad's media environment, and, with the apparent end of the State of Emergency, censorship of the independent press has virtually ceased. First, Chad's government-controlled national radio and television are moving tow [...]	2007-06-20 06:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA546	CHAD OIL: GOVERNMENT WAVES THE CARROTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Working relations between the Government of Chad and the Esso-led oil consortium continue to improve. It appears that the President has been persuaded that taking too aggressive an approach at a time when the Consortium is weighing future investment decisions could jeopardize [...]	2007-07-02 16:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA564	CHAD/SUDAN: ROUNDING UP DARFUR REBELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The funeral and associated traditional mourning customs for President Deby's son tied up key players in Ndjamena, with the result that the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD) still does not have Chadian approval for a flight to take Darfur rebels to Mombasa. CHD is focusing [...]	2007-07-06 09:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA62	VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS TO CHAD: MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno and Foreign Minister Allam-mi on January 18 in N'djamena, Chad, Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios expressed thanks to Chad for receiving Darfur refugees and for its support for a UN force on the border. He stressed that [...]	2007-01-23 16:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA649	CHAD SHOWS RENEWED INTEREST IN EXTRACTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chadian officials, including the Minister of Oil, briefed donors on plans to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in two World Bank-hosted meetings July 26 and July 31, 2007. Chad had already expressed interest in joining EITI in 2004, but there [...]	2007-08-08 05:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	CD ECON EPET PREL
07NDJAMENA657	GUINNESS TESTS THE WATERS IN CHAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 26, Chad's only brewery, Les Brasseries du Tchad (BDT),announced the addition of Guinness to its existing product line. Chad's neighbor, Cameroon, has produced Guinness for years and some Cameroonian Guinness was imported to Chad both legally and clandestinely. By pr [...]	2007-08-13 12:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD ETRD ECON PGOV PREL
07NDJAMENA665	GENERAL WARD,S MEETING WITH CHAD PRESIDENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Commander of the European Military Command General William Ward met President Deby August 8 in Chad in a meeting primarily focused on aircraft sales. While arguing the case for Chad's need for C-130's, President Deby also expressed interest in learning more about the C-2 [...]	2007-08-14 13:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD PGOV PREL
07NDJAMENA666	CHINA'S RETURN TO CHAD: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a nine-year hiatus, China (PRC) and Chad renewed diplomatic relations in 2006. According to the Chinese Embassy's Economic and Commercial Counselor, China is adhering to all Chinese and Chadian environmental and social laws as it enters the energy and agricultural sectors [...]	2007-08-15 08:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD CH ECON EINV SENV PHUM
07NDJAMENA675	POLITICAL ACCORD REACHED WITH CHADIAN OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: After eight months of negotiation under the aegis of the European Union (EU) and the UN, Chad's ruling party (MPS) signed an agreement August 13 with the opposition coalition (CPDC) on reform of Chad's electoral process. The signing took place in the presence of President Idri [...]	2007-08-17 07:19:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA676	CHINA IN CHAD: AN ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Huang Mingyuan, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese (PRC) Embassy in Chad, provided an overview of the current state of China's activities here. Since reopening its embassy in N'djamena in 2006, China has responded to a variety of needs expressed by the Chad [...]	2007-08-17 10:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD CH ECON ETRD PREL ENRG EPET
07NDJAMENA712	CHAD:EU TEAM ASKS HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT PROPOSED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the week-long visit of a European Commission Technical Assessment Team, many questions were still unanswered as to how a possible multidimensional UN/EU force would go about protecting refugees, IDPs and humanitarian workers in eastern Chad given the complex political an [...]	2007-09-07 15:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
07NDJAMENA752	UNDER-AGE RECRUITMENT IN DARFUR REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR protection officers in Darfur refugee camps in Farchana and Iriba report recent incidents of recruitment of under-age combatants for Sudanese rebel movements. Chadian officials assert that they are working to prevent recruitment and ensure the civilian character of the re [...]	2007-09-26 14:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA755	SUDAN REBEL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN/AU organized September 19-20 meeting in N'Djamena was billed as an opportunity to organize Sudan rebel movement delegations and positions before the October 27, 2007 negotiation in Tripoli, but from most accounts it was inconclusive on all fronts and lacked the presenc [...]	2007-09-27 15:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA784	SUDAN REBELS IN CHAD REPORT JEM SPLIT [...] (SBU) Summary: JEM representatives informed Emboffs that a split has taken place within the movement, pitting Chairman Khalil Ibrahim on one side against his former Vice-Chair Bahar and field Commander Banda on the other. JEM "Chief Negotiator" Ahmed Tugod Lissan accused JEM/Bahar of perpetrat [...]	2007-10-10 08:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA792	PEACE ACCORDS MULTIPLY WITH FRINGE CHAD REBEL [...] (SBU) Summary. Five minor Chadian rebel/exile groups have signed generic peace agreements with the Government of Chad (GOC) in the last two weeks. The agreements include amnesty for rebels and a commitment to integrate rebel forces into the Chadian army and civil service. Negotiations in Trip [...]	2007-10-12 10:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LY GB BN CD
07NDJAMENA798	CHAD: AMCIT DETAINED NEAR LIBYAN BORDER [...] (U) The Embassy was notified on Sunday, October 14, that American citizen Stephen Godbolt had been detained since October 12 in the town of Zoumri by ten members of the Chad rebel group MDJT. The rebels belong to a small MDJT faction that has not accepted the terms of recent peace agreements [...]	2007-10-15 13:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PGOV CD
07NDJAMENA807	CHAD: NO PROGRESS ON DETAINED AMCIT [...] (SBU) No progress has been made in the more than five days of contacts between members of the Chadian Tubu community and the MDJT rebel group currently holding Amcit Steve Godbolt in Zoumri, northern Chad. The local Radio France International (RFI) reporter had agreed to temporarily hold off [...]	2007-10-17 15:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PGOV PTER PREL CD LY
07NDJAMENA810	CHAD: DETAINED AMCIT CASE [...] (SBU) Radio France International (RFI) broadcast information on the detained Amcit during the 6:30 a.m. (Chad time) Africa news broadcast on October 18. RFI reported that Godbolt had been detained while accompanying members of a Chadian association on a trip from N'Djamena to Bardai. The br [...]	2007-10-18 15:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PGOV CD LY
07NDJAMENA822	CHAD REBEL GROUP ISSUES PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING SEIZED [...] The Paris-based Chad opposition web site "Al-Wihda" (alwihdainfo.com) has carried a number of postings concerning American Cash Steven Godbold, seized by the MDJT on October 12 in Zoumri, Chad, including one by the group which claims to have seized him. We cannot attest to the authenticity of [...]	2007-10-23 11:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL CASC CD LY
07NDJAMENA823	CHAD: 10/23 UPDATE ON GODBOLD SEIZURE [...] (SBU) According to colleagues of seized Amcit Cash Steven Godbold, Godbold has been moved some 12-15 kilometers away from the town of Zoumri. Chadian Tubus have reported to Godbold's N'Djamena colleagues that the MDJT guards with Godbold are standing watch in shifts, and are concerned that a [...]	2007-10-23 15:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC CD LY
07NDJAMENA825	CHAD AMCIT CASE: REPORTED MDJT REQUEST [...] (SBU) CDA and other Emboffs met with Mr. Hadir Adji, President of the Associations Friends of the Tibesti and two of his colleagues on October 19 to pass on the message that the case of seized American Cash Steven Godbold was being followed with a great deal of interest and concern in Washingt [...]	2007-10-24 11:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PTER CD LY
07NDJAMENA832	GOC OFFICIAL SAYS BE PATIENT ON GODBOLD CASE [...] (SBU) CDA met with the Secretary of State for the Interior Djasnabaille on October 25 to discuss the situation of seized Amcit Cash Steve Godbold. Djasnabaille said that the Government of Chad (GOC) strongly condemned the act. He said that they were in touch with Tubu "notables" from Bardai [...]	2007-10-25 13:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER CASC CD LY
07NDJAMENA849	CHAD: GODBOLD UPDATE 10/30 [...] (SBU) Summary: Seized Amcit Cash Steve Godbold has been moved to a location deeper in the heart of the Tibesti, but his colleagues in N'Djamena are still confident that he is in good health and being well treated. The Red Cross has been contacted and is ready to facilitate his release, but t [...]	2007-10-31 18:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PTER LY CD
07NDJAMENA856	GODBOLD CASE: RED CROSS REPORTS LIKELY RELEASE [...] (SBU) International Red Cross Deputy Director Nikolai Panke contacted Charge D'Affaires on November 5 to inform her that he had spoken with MDJT splinter group leader Choa Dazi by phone. Dazi told him that Amcit Cash Steven Godbold would be released in the next couple of days. Dazi called Godb [...]	2007-11-05 11:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PTER CD LY
07NDJAMENA870	CHAD: ZOE'S ARK AND THE ALLEGED CHILD SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) Nine Europeans and four Chadians remain in Government of Chad (GOC) custody in the widely-publicized and bizarre case in which a French NGO, Zoe's Ark, attempted to ferry 103 Chadian/Sudanese children to Europe in a chartered Spanish plane. Personal diplomacy by French President Sarkozy [...]	2007-11-07 16:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PHUM KTIP
07NDJAMENA876	CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTRY RESPONDS ON GUANTANAMO CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Deby has directed his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take steps to seek the liberation of Chadian Guantanamo detainee Mohamed Algharani (aka Yousef Abkir Salih Al Qarani). Department guidance requested (see para 5). End summary. 2. (SBU) On November 5, Post rece [...]	2007-11-09 10:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL PTER CD
07NDJAMENA877	PRESIDENT DEBY SIGNS "THE LAST PEACE AGREEMENT" [...] (C) Summary. President Deby signed what he called "the last peace agreement" with the remaining Chadian rebel groups at large in Libya on October 25. The formation of a new Government is still expected but other events (in particular, the Zoe's Ark Affair) have taken up government attention. [...]	2007-11-13 08:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CD
07NDJAMENA879	CHAD:INTERIM ASSESSMENT OF AF WATCH LIST COUNTRIES [...] Summary. Chad has made some progress in addressing two deficiencies highlighted in the June 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on Chad, recruitment of minors in the armed forces and prosecuting traffickers. End summary. 2. This message responds to questions in reftel A concerning p [...]	2007-11-13 08:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN KTIP CD
07NDJAMENA88	Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 1 [...] Summary: The Government of Chad cooperates with United Nations (UN) agencies, local communities and church-based and other domestic and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in combating trafficking, primarily in the area of prevention. Due to intense rebel activity throughout 20 [...]	2007-01-30 10:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD
07NDJAMENA89	Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 10:49:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD
07NDJAMENA890	MINURCAT AND EUFOR STIRRING IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: A new kind of international operation is slowing standing up in Chad as European (EUFOR) and UN (MINURCAT) forces embark on a joint exercise in providing security to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Chad's isolated eastern provinces bordering Sudan. Given the [...]	2007-11-16 11:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL UNSC PREF CD SU CT
07NDJAMENA9	PRESIDENT DEBY CELEBRATES 16 [...] (SBU) Summary: President Idriss Deby Itno celebrated the sixteenth anniversary of his successful coup detat (December 1, 1990) at the annual day of freedom and democracy, held this year in the southern town of Kyabe, in the Moyen Chari region of Chad, on December 29. Representatives from th [...]	2007-01-04 16:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA903	CHAD: JEM EXPLAINS ARAB ALLIANCE AND WARNS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Khalil Ibrahim-led wing of the Sudan Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) met with Emboffs November 19 to announce a new JEM/Arab alliance, explain the defects of the Sirte meeting and warn of future armed conflict in Darfur and Kordofan. End summary. JE [...]	2007-11-21 13:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA916	CHAD: FIGHTING BREAKS OUT ON BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. Chadian rebels have taken up arms again, almost one year to the day that they seized and held Chad's eastern town of Abeche for 24 hours. Rebel groups UFDD and RFC claim that the Libyan-brokered peace agreement is not being honored; the Government of Chad points the finger at [...]	2007-11-29 17:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA920	CHAD: FIGHTING CONTINUES, DEFENSE MINISTER FIRED [...] (SBU) Summary: Heaving fighting continues between the government and rebel factions in eastern Chad, with significant casualties among the President's clan. President Deby returned to N'Djamena on December 1 to commemorate 17 years in power and to fire the Defense Minister (former FUC rebel M [...]	2007-12-02 12:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL CD SU
07NDJAMENA921	CHAD: FIGHTING CONTINUES, DEFENSE MINISTER FIRED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-02 12:51:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL CD SU
07NDJAMENA933	CHAD: FIGHTING CONTINUES BETWEEN ANT AND RFC [...] (C) Summary. Fighting continues in the Biltine area between the Chadian army (ANT) and the RFC rebel group. Cut off from supply lines in the Sudan, the RFC may not be able to survive a siege. On the other hand, coordinated action between the RFC and the UFDD could pull the ANT away and prol [...]	2007-12-06 06:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF SD CD
07NDJAMENA942	UPDATE ON MINURCAT IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: MINURCAT is moving forward in preparing training activities for Chadian police, but the security and political situation could significantly delay or prevent the planned deployment to eastern Chad. Privately, MINURCAT members expressed concern about their narrow mandate, which [...]	2007-12-06 16:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF UNSC CD CT
07NDJAMENA944	CHAD: CONTINUED FIGHTING AND HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. Intermittent fighting between the Government and rebel groups has spread to the CAR/Sudan/Chad tri-border region. The UN and NGO's have drawn-down expatriate staff from the Farchana and Goz Beida areas, but road travel and humanitarian flights continue. Common banditry (rather [...]	2007-12-07 17:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV CD SU
07NDJAMENA951	CHAD: EUFOR PROSPECTS GLOOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Cancellation or postponement of EUFOR due to resource and logistics constraints is a possibility according to EUFOR's General Gannacia. Nonetheless, EUFOR and MINURCAT advance teams continue to lay the groundwork for eventual deployment. MINURCAT may request assistance from do [...]	2007-12-13 16:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PGOV PREL PREF CD CR
07NDJAMENA99	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH NRF REBEL LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has not yet been able to convince other members of the National Redemption Front (NRF) to issue a statement renouncing any intentions of seeking to overthrow the regime in Khartoum, JEM's political representatives told the Ambassador January [...]	2007-02-01 12:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CD SU SCRS
07NEWDELHI2072	G-8 SEEKING IMPROVED CT COOPERATION WITH INDIA [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns attended a meeting of the G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in New Delhi, which is now chaired by the German Political Counselor. The group attempts to coordinate G-8 efforts to partner with the Indian government against terrorism. The group discussed each coun [...]	2007-05-01 08:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NIAMEY137	NIGER TRIP REPORTS (2) TAHOUA & THE CHALLENGES OF [...] (SBU) This is the second cable in a series commenting on issues examined by Poloff during December travel to northern and central Niger. This edition examines some of the challenges facing Niger's process of political decentralization. Since 2004, the Government of Niger (GON) has tried to devo [...]	2007-02-14 09:17:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EAID ECON SOCI SMIG NG
07NIAMEY80	NIGER: TOLERANCE FOR EVANGELIST DR. RICHARD ROBERTS' [...] Summary. The Republic of Niger laid out the welcome mat for the January 24-27 visit of Oral Roberts University (ORU) President and Evangelist Dr. Richard Roberts and his delegation. Print and broadcast media, notably "Le Sahel" (government newspaper) and "Tele-Sahel" (the national news stati [...]	2007-01-26 11:17:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KIRF PHUM KISL KWMN NG
07NICOSIA120	CYPRUS OIL AND GAS LICENSING RIGHTS CHALLENGED BY [...] (C) Summary: The GoC intends to go forward with its first licensing round for the exploration and exploitation of potential offshore oil and natural gas deposits, despite strong criticism and thinly-veiled threats from the Government of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership. The GoC plans [...]	2007-02-08 15:40:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD PGOV PREL EINV ECON TU CY
07NICOSIA350	CYPRUS: U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD STAFFER NAMED NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: President Papadopoulos has appointed Athanasios Orphanides, an MIT-educated, U.S. Federal Reserve Senior Adviser, to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus. Orphanides will succeed aging incumbent Christodoulos Christodoulou, whose five-year term ends on May 3 [...]	2007-04-20 13:26:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CY

07NICOSIA489	FRINGE CANDIDATE SUPPORTS ANNAN PLAN REVIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costas Themistocleous, a former Minister of Agriculture in the Glafkos Clerides administration (1998-2003),will run in next year's presidential elections, "not to win, but to tell Cypriots my version of the 'truth' about the Cyprus problem." Themistocleous warns that Cyprus is [...]	2007-06-05 12:12:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA507	"TRNC" PROPERTY COMMISSION GATHERING STEAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Established in 2005 as a "local remedy" for Greek Cypriots seeking redress over confiscated property in northern Cyprus, the "TRNC Property Commission" is gaining visibility and, in certain circles, acceptance. Over 180 G/Cs have petitioned the Commission seeking restitution of [...]	2007-06-12 14:11:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
07NICOSIA525	FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KASOULIDES ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ioannis Kasoulides, the Cypriot foreign minister during the second Glafcos Clerides administration (1998-2003) and a leading member of the Democratic Rally party (DISY),announced June 13 that he would run as an independent in the February 2008 presidential elections. Before a [...]	2007-06-19 11:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CY
07NICOSIA596	CYPRUS'S FOUR NEW CABINET MINISTERS SWORN IN [...] (SBU) GOC President Tassos Papadopoulos announced July 13 the appointment of four new ministers (including the first woman Foreign Minister, career diplomat Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis) to serve for the remaining seven months of the current administration. The four replace the communist AKEL mini [...]	2007-07-17 12:37:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRN CY
07NICOSIA749	MFA PROVIDES CONFIRMATION OF UNGA TRAVEL DATES [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs September 13 provided additional details regarding the composition and travel plans of the Republic of Cyprus's UN General Assembly delegation. 2. President Tassos Papadopoulos and First Lady Fotini Papadopoulou will arrive in Newark on September 22, 2007, on [...]	2007-09-14 04:04:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP PREL OVIP UNGA CY
07NICOSIA863	CYPRIOTS FREAK OVER UK-TURKEY AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Relations with UK Hit New Low" screamed Nicosia's English-language daily October 25. The cause? Island-related elements of the recent "Strategic Partnership Agreement" between the United Kingdom and Turkey that codified the countries' desires to help end the isolation of Turki [...]	2007-10-29 15:46:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY UK TU
07NICOSIA877	CYPRUS: IMO MEMBERSHIP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 11:20:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT CY
07NICOSIA884	CYPRUS TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 14:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT CY
07NICOSIA952	CANDIDATES COURTING KEY OVERSEAS VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Over a half-million Cypriots reside abroad, with 300,000 in the London area alone. While eligible voters represent just a fraction of the total overseas population, Cyprus's presidential candidates will devote great time and effort to winning the diaspora vote, which many expe [...]	2007-12-05 12:41:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CY
07OSLO1099	PAKISTANI NORWEGIANS RIPE FOR RADICALIZATION? [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway is increasingly a land of immigrants, with over twenty three percent of the capital city,s population now designated as non-Norwegian,. The largest non-Western group is Pakistani, a population that has established deep [...]	2007-11-08 15:28:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KPAO PK NO
07OSLO195	NORWAY'S VIEWS ON SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. On February 28, DCM and Pol Officer met with Norwegian Special Envoy to Sri Lanka Jon Hanssen-Bauer and Sri Lanka Adviser Tomas Stangeland at the MFA. The Norwegians stressed the importance of USG involvement in the peace process, outlined views on the Indian and the U.K. pers [...]	2007-03-01 16:36:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER CE NO
07OSLO200	SPECIAL 301: PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT PROBLEM IN NORWAY [...] (SBU) Post agrees with the pharmaceutical industry's concerns about weak patent protections for many branded drugs in Norway (per the trade group "PhRMA's" Special 301 submission for 2007). Post has been working closely with local U.S. representatives of U.S. pharmaceutical firms and engagin [...]	2007-03-02 11:30:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON NO
07OSLO447	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GEORGE COAKLEY TO VISIT [...] Embassy Oslo welcomes and grants country clearance to George Coakley U.S. Geological Survey to travel to Oslo, Norway from May 9-15, 2007 to participate in the US-Norway Bilateral Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation. Security clearance information for Mr. Coakley was not provided. [...]	2007-04-30 13:01:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	THPY KSCA OTRA NO
07OSLO448	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR E. BRUCE HOWARD AND ANITA [...] Embassy Oslo welcomes and grants country clearance to E. Bruce Howard and Anita Eisenstadt to U.S. Department of State to travel to Oslo, Norway from May 9-14, 2007 to participate in the US-Norway Bilateral Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation. Security clearance information for M [...]	2007-04-30 13:06:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL OTRA NO
07OSLO454	NORWEGIAN UPDATE: SRI LANKA PEACE EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. On April 30 Sondre Bjotveit, MFA Adviser in the Peace and Reconciliation Section, updated us on Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka. He described MFA Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer's recent meetings with UK and South African government officials, in addition to sharing perso [...]	2007-05-02 12:28:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER CE NO
07OSLO723	SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEET IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (United States, European Union, Japan, and Norway) met in Oslo on June 29, to discuss the latest developments in Sri Lanka. All participants agreed that the situation is bleak with few small signs of opportunity. Assistant Secretary Ric [...]	2007-07-06 11:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER CE NO
07OSLO829	NORWAY'S VIEW ON PERMANENT OBSERVER STATUS IN THE [...] (C) On 16 August we delivered reftel points to Norwegian MFA Desk Officer for Somalia, Kjell Dalen. Norway fully supports granting permanent observer status in the International Contact Group on Somalia to Canada and Yemen. Dalen noted that State Secretary Raymond Johansen told A/S Frazer th [...]	2007-08-17 15:22:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NO
07OTTAWA1869	CANADA NAMES NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (U) Summary: Mark Carney, a 42-year-old rising star from Canada's Department of Finance, will replace David Dodge on February 1 as Governor of the Bank of Canada. Carney has been Canada's Finance Deputy at the G-7, G-20 and the Financial Stability Forum. End summary. 2. (U) GOC Finance Mi [...]	2007-10-05 18:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CA
07PANAMA1719	U.S. FIRM EXPECTS LABOR AND HOUSING CONSTRAINTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 16, 2007, EconOff met with Bechtel's Peter Pappas, Principal Vice President, and Paul Gibbs, Business Development Manager, to discuss Bechtel's design/build contract bid on the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion project. The contract winner is scheduled to be announc [...]	2007-10-30 16:44:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PM PREL
07PANAMA1782	PANAMA SUPPORTS U.S. IMO COUNCIL REELECTION [...] (U) On November 19, 2007, Post received a letter from the Panamanian Maritime Authority AMP) stating that it will support the re-election of the U.S. to the International Maritime Organization as a Category A member. The AMP letter stated that such voting instructions have been transmitted. [...]	2007-11-20 16:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO PHSA PM
07PANAMA1797	GOP REQUEST USG SUPPORT FOR REELECTION TO IMO [...] (U) On November 20, 2007, Post received a diplomatic note from the GOP's Ministry of Foreign Relations, dated November 16, 2007, requesting USG support and vote for Panama's re-election as a Category A member to the International Maritime Organization's Council. On November 19, 2007, the GO [...]	2007-11-21 17:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO PHSA PM
07PANAMA1899	BIDDERS ON PANAMA CANAL DESIGN/BUILD CONTRACT FACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 15, 2007, four consortia submitted Statements of Qualification in order to qualify to bid on the contract to design and build the Panama Canal's third set of locks and water recycling basins. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announced the qualified bi [...]	2007-12-21 12:23:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA307	PANAMA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The resolution of a number of investment dispute cases in recent years opened the way for the April 2004 start of bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama. The negotiations concluded successfully in December 2006. As of early 2007, the re-named [...]	2007-03-01 22:42:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR
07PANAMA787	NEGROPONTE AND TORRIJOS DISCUSS TPA, BIOFUELS, [...] (C) Summary. In a May 11 call on Panamanian President Martin Torrijos, Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte and President Torrijos discussed the commercial and strategic importance of pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Peru, and Panama. They also discussed the potential of [...]	2007-05-15 17:29:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV ENRG UNSC OAS PM
07PANAMA991	NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: APRIL AND [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during the months of April and May, 2007. Arrest of Former SMN Director ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) In May, Panama's Attorney General (AG) Office arres [...]	2007-06-13 13:57:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PARIS1111	GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...]	2007-03-22 08:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MNUC PARM FR
07PARIS1115	GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...]	2007-03-22 13:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MNUC PARM FR
07PARIS124	FRENCH AND G7/EU REACTIONS TO ADDITIONAL IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: France appreciated early notice of the US decision to designate domestically Bank Sepah delivered per ref A, but will probably defer to the EU for any possible further action against the bank, since it lacks independent national authority on proliferation matters. Separately, Fra [...]	2007-01-11 15:37:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	EFIN PARM PGOV ETTC UNSC FR
07PARIS1312	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE SUGGESTS NEED FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials told PM Acting DAS Ruggiero that the GoF also opposes an international ban on cluster munitions and fears that Norway's push to establish a legally binding instrument could provoke the same fruitless debates between states that followed the Ottowa Convention on la [...]	2007-04-03 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL PGOV NATO FR
07PARIS151	COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: A USG Delegation led by Ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, Hank Crumpton, held strategic counterterrorism consultations with senior French officials December 7. The two delegations exchanged views on the overall threat situation, improvements to both countries' counterterr [...]	2007-01-16 07:34:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS1718	ISSAM FARES: NO PLANS TO RETURN TO LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Former Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares told us April 27 that he has no plans to return to Lebanon, saying that he preferred to remain focused on his business interests. He categorically denied rumors that Lebanese President Lahoud would appoint him as a caretaker Prime [...]	2007-04-30 14:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PGOV PREL
07PARIS1844	ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...]	2007-05-10 09:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS
07PARIS1870	CWC CONSULTATIONS WITH FRANCE, UK AND GERMANY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French hosted consultations on the Chemical Weapons Convention with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 3, 2007 preceded on May 2 by biological weapons discussions (reported Septel). Due to new French and UK Heads of Delegation, this round of Close Allies discussions brou [...]	2007-05-11 13:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL FR GM UK
07PARIS1938	UK READOUT OF BLAIR-SARKOZY MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK PM Blair's May 11 meeting with French President-elect Sarkozy focused primarily on next steps on the EU constitutional treaty in advance of Sarkozy's May 16 meeting with German Chancellor Merkel, according to UK DCM Hitchens; the UK hope is that the Blair, Sarkozy and Merkel will re [...]	2007-05-15 09:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN PGOV ETRD UK GM TU PINR
07PARIS2002	FRANCE: UN OPERATION IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 12:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO UNSC IC FR
07PARIS2202	STAYING IN SYNCH WITH FRANCE ON SYRIA [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: FM Kouchner's May 24 comments in Beirut have fed speculation here that France is on the verge of revising its policy toward Syria. While the French position remains somewhat murky (Kouchner appeared to walk back his comments on May [...]	2007-05-29 09:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE SY PREL
07PARIS232	FRANCE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2007-01-22 12:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
07PARIS3077	IVLP ALUM MEET IN FRANCE [...] Summary: Alumni from the 2003 European biotech and food safety group of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) met June 10-12 in Toulouse, France to continue their review of agricultural biotech issues. Representatives from FAS/Paris and the American Presence Post in Toulouse co [...]	2007-07-17 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
07PARIS3181	OECD: REPORT OF MARCH 12-14, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its March 12-14 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) conducted Phase 2 peer-review evaluations of Portugal and Ireland's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ("Convention"). The WGB called on Portugal to raise awareness of foreign bribery in both th [...]	2007-07-25 14:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS3202	DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 PARIS QUAD MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Kramer met with his "Quad" (UK, France, Germany) counterparts on July 20 in Paris. (Their last meeting had been in London, April 2007.) Discussions included support for reform in Ukraine and key areas for further policy engagement there. Ukraine, all agreed, was generally m [...]	2007-07-27 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV EU XH ZL FR
07PARIS3342	AMISOM: FRENCH MFA SAYS NEW RESOURCES NOT LIKELY [...] (C) France is not likely to provide additional resources to assist Burundi and the AU to facilitate Burundi's participation in AMISOM, MFA Somalia Desk Officer Thierry Caboche explained on August 8 in response to reftel. Caboche noted the contributions France is already making bilaterally a [...]	2007-08-08 14:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO FR
07PARIS412	French Elections and the Politics of Globalization [...] (C) Summary: With French elections ahead in spring 2007, issues associated with globalization risk becoming increasingly politicized. On international trade and domestic reform issues, we will see both the left and the right try to out-protectionist the other in defense of French values and t [...]	2007-02-01 16:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV WTO FR
07PARIS4574	FRENCH, BRITISH SHARE CONCERNS ON CHINESE IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the annual OECD Executive Committee meetings on November 12, A/S Sullivan met with UK FCO Director for Global and Economic Issues Scott Wightman and subsequently with French MFA DG for Economic Affairs Christian Masset. The principal subject of their discussion [...]	2007-11-26 18:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PARM CM IR FR
07PARIS510	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador Stapleton met on February 6 with Michel Barnier, former foreign minister (2004 - 2005) and now Senior Foreign Affairs advisor to Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) presidential nominee Nicolas Sarkozy. Barnier addressed the state-of-play in the French presidential campaign and [...]	2007-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS701	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...]	2007-02-23 18:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS702	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...]	2007-02-23 18:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS711	SECURITY OFFICIALS VIGILANT IN ADVANCE OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: Christophe Chaboud, Director of the Ministry of Interior,s Coordination Unit for the Fight Against Terrorism (UCLAT),told us February 21 that the terrorism threat in France remains elevated, and that security officials are especially vigilant in the run up to the French president [...]	2007-02-26 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL FR
07PARIS807	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN -- AMERICAN INTERVENTION?; [...] (SBU) Iran and Iraq dominated French media coverage, with editorialists playing up stories about the possibilities of an eventual American intervention in Iran (although all coming to the conclusion that intervention was unlikely for the moment). Journalists also emphasized what they termed a " [...]	2007-03-02 12:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS829	OECD: U.K.'S BRIEFING ON TERMINATED BAE/SAUDI ARABIA [...] (SBU) The January 16-18, 2007 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) included a separate session on January 16th devoted to the U.K.'s termination of an investigation into BAE plc and a defense contract with Saudi Arabia. A condensed readout of that session was included in an over [...]	2007-03-05 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD
07PARIS849	PART III: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - AVOIDING A MUGABE [...] (C) Summary: For the 2007 Africa-France Summit at Cannes, President Chirac made a watershed policy choice to abide by the EU travel ban and exclude Zimbabwean pariah leader Robert Mugabe. Chirac had invited Mugabe four years earlier to the 2003 Paris Summit, amid concerns about the risk of a b [...]	2007-03-06 09:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA ZI FR
07PHNOMPENH456	RGC RESPONSE TO USG-PROPOSED ARF INITIATIVES [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Nuon Chivorn, MFA Deputy Director for ASEAN Affairs. Chivorn said that he would share the proposals with his colleagues but did not offer any initial response. He noted that the RGC did not plan to send anyone from Phnom Penh to the March 28-3 [...]	2007-03-22 09:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF MARR CB
07PHNOMPENH820	GLOBAL WITNESS REPORT: ACCUSATIONS, THREATS, [...] (C) Summary. On June 1, U.K.-based Global Witness made public a 95-page "Cambodia's Family Trees" report. The report's content is extremely confrontational by Cambodian standards as it accuses well-connected government and military officials of illegal logging activity, kidnapping, and attempted mu [...]	2007-06-15 05:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PHUM SENV CB
07PORTOFSPAIN1111	CORRUPTION IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is concern in Trinidad and Tobago over alleged corruption in the public and private sectors. This is a black mark for the ruling People's National Movement (PNM) and an impediment to Prime Minister Patrick Manning's goal of achieving developed country status by 2020. Tra [...]	2007-11-06 12:54:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV KCOR ECON EFIN EPET TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1151	BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning's new cabinet includes a number of new faces, some members of his former cabinet who have been given different portfolios, and two who have retained their old ministries. The cabinet is noteworthy for the number of women the PM has placed in posi [...]	2007-11-23 18:56:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TD
07PORTOFSPAIN236	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - FEBRUARY [...] PM announces "Full Employment" 2. Inflation Continues Downward Trend 3. Central Bank Bond Issue Oversubscribed 4. Smelter Saga Continues 5. Amended OSHA debuts U.S. affiliate charged 6. Music pirates keel-hauled 7. Opposition questions U.K. consulting firm ties to CAL CEO, role [...]	2007-03-16 17:50:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR ECPS EFIN EIND ELNT KIRP TD
07PORTOFSPAIN393	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH [...] Tobago Land License for Foreigners 2. Far East Co-operation in Trade & Investment 3. GOTT committed to FTAA 4. Fishy concerns 5. T&T gets Water Pollution Rules 6. U.S. company to build Caustic Soda plant 7. Essar Steel plant approved 8. T&T Bird Flu ready 9. VAT removed on [...]	2007-04-23 16:48:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR EFIN EIND EINV ETRD KFLU TD
07PORTOFSPAIN750	CAL on air transport liberalization, regional integration [...] Summary: Newly hired CAL executives professed enthusiasm for regional air transport liberalization, including an Open Skies agreement with the U.S., at a recent CAL event. CAL's position on regional air integration or cooperation is less clear; while the CAL executives supported the idea of c [...]	2007-07-31 19:27:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR TD
07PORTOFSPAIN838	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] The following stories are mainly from media reporting and represent issues of public interest in Trinidad and Tobago with potential political implications: A. POLICE KILLING THIS WEEKEND B. CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE-AN UPDATE C. CHIEF OF IMMIGRATION RETIRED AUGUST 8 -------------- [...]	2007-08-21 13:23:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD
07PORTOFSPAIN987	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 [...] (U) In this edition of the Roundup: A. CARICOM TEAM TO MONITOR ELECTION B. TRADE UNIONS SUCCESSFUL IN SOLIDARITY C. MP WINS FIGHT TO BE SCREENED FOR OFFICE D. CHIEF JUSTICE TRIBUNAL SNARES MORE -------------------------------- CARICOM TEAM TO MONITOR ELECTION -------------------- [...]	2007-09-27 12:16:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD
07PRAGUE1124	CZECHS SUPPORT KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Czech Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy, Gabriela Dlouha, informed us that the Czech government is supportive of the EU approach to keep the pressure on the Burmese government. She commented that the MFA has be [...]	2007-10-03 15:28:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ETRD WTRO BM EU EZ
07PRAGUE1189	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 06:57:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA EZ
07PRAGUE296	CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS UNHRC ACTION ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary. According to Czech MFA Human Rights Department official Jan Kaminek, the Czech government strongly condemns the Mugabe government's violent, anti-democratic actions. Accordingly, the Czech government has supported the EU's statements on the issue and will support an UNHRC proclama [...]	2007-03-20 15:27:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI EZ
07PRAGUE696	CZECH REPUBLIC DOES NOT SUPPORT IRANIAN PROPOSAL [...] The Czech MFA delivered the following diplomatic note (#116851/2007-OSN) to Embassy Prague on May 25, 2007. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic presents its compliments to the Embassies of the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and [...]	2007-06-14 09:14:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL EZ
07PRAGUE978	CZECH REPUBLIC REJECTS SURPRISE RUSSIAN NOMINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Russia's surprise nomination of former Czech central bank governor and former Prime Minister Josef Tosovsky as IMF Managing Director has received much attention in Czech media, mostly in the form of negative and cynical commentary about Tosovsky's checkered past and [...]	2007-08-27 05:40:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV RU EZ
07PRETORIA142	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT Q SOUTH [...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2007 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2007 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2007 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment [...]	2007-01-12 11:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD KTDB SF
07PRETORIA1495	(C) ZIMBABWE: SENIOR SAG OFFICIALS OUTLINE VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meeting with IDASA analyst Sydney Masamvu on April 24-25, senior South African officials questioned Masamvu in detail about the situation in Zimbabwe. DepForMin Pahad made clear he held MDC leader Tsvangirai in low regard, but had a much higher opinion of MDC Secr [...]	2007-04-30 14:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA2937	ANC SUCCESSION STILL UP IN AIR [...] (C) Exactly four months before the ANC elects its new President, the race remains largely undecided. ANC insider Dr. Fazel Randera told PolOff on 17 August that though everyone seems to have a theory, he is uncertain who will prevail in December. Randera argued that, "the days of backroom de [...]	2007-08-22 11:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
07PRETORIA323	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 26, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 04 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Blackouts Hit South Africa - Telkom Prices Hold SA Back - Mexico Looks to SA for Grain - New Law on Captive-Bred Animals - SA GM Crops S [...]	2007-01-29 08:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA3331	SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT WILLING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Counselor and Transportation Officer made a courtesy call on South African Department of Transport (SADOT) Chief Director of Aviation Anwar Gany on September 11. The conversation touched on the July Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) audit and DOT plans to address l [...]	2007-09-20 15:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL ICAO FAA AORC SF
07PRETORIA3721	MASIYIWA SKEPTICAL ON MBEKI ZIMBABWE MEDIATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe is not serious about the SADC/Mbeki facilitation, according to exiled Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa. Masiyiwa dismissed reports of a MDC-ZANU-PF agreement on a new constitution (refs A & B),noting that the two sides reached a similar deal in 2004 that went nowher [...]	2007-10-23 09:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ZI SF
07PRETORIA3783	POLL SHOWS ZUMA EMERGING AS TOP PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma came in first place when 2,000 adults were asked, "Who do you think will succeed President Mbeki in 2009?", according to a poll released by TNS Surveys on 25 October. Zuma came out heads above the others, receiving 27 percent of the vote. Deputy President [...]	2007-10-26 15:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
07PRETORIA3914	IMO - U.S. CANDIDACY - AND EASWIO MARITIME [...] Transportation Officer transmitted Ref A demarche in support of U.S. candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council to SAG Multilateral International Department of Transportation Deputy Director Dumisani Mthembu on October 30. He promised to provide a response "in due cou [...]	2007-11-08 14:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT MARR PREL PHSA SF UK
07PRETORIA3929	PIKOLI COMMISSION RESULTS NOT EXPECTED SOON [...] (U) The Ministry of Justice on 18 October submitted the government's official explanation as to why the National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli was suspended, but it is not expected to be made public. On 07 November, the former Speaker of Parliament Frene Ginwala, who is in charg [...]	2007-11-09 14:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF
07PRETORIA4188	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2007-12-13 10:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07PRETORIA4213	KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: NO POLICY GUIDANCE FOR NEW [...] (SBU) A/PolCouns presented reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: UN Security Council (Thematic Issues) Ilia du Buisson on 18 December. Joining the meeting was UK Second Secretary David McNaught, who presented nearly identical SIPDIS points from London and, in the absence of a British n [...]	2007-12-18 13:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS AORC UNSC SF YI EU
07PRETORIA554	SOUTH AFRICA/CHINA TRADE IS BOOMING [...] (U) Summary: China continues to expand its economic ties with South Africa. South Africa/China trade has more than doubled since 2003, and China is today South Africa's fourth largest trading partner. South Africa is one of the few mineral-rich African countries that runs a trade deficit wit [...]	2007-02-14 13:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL CH SF
07PRISTINA683	KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU ON TROIKA TALKS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 11 meeting with COM, President Sejdiu agreed that the Kosovar side had to "do better" in the ongoing Troika-led talks and would submit on paper a "Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Kosovo and Serbia" at the September 19 meeting in London, as well as an a [...]	2007-09-12 12:33:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA811	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS BRING IMPORTANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG Ruecker certified the results of the November 17 Kosovo Assembly election on December 5. Among the Albanian parties, seat distribution of the 120-seat Assembly comprises the following (previous number of seats in parentheses): Hashim Thaci's PDK 37 (30),President Sejdiu's L [...]	2007-12-07 18:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07QUITO2650	CANADIAN-US COMPANY PURSUING MAJOR PETROLEUM [...] (C) Summary: Ivanhoe Energy, a Canadian firm with substantial U.S. investment, is pursuing oilfield development in Ecuador that would use its proprietary technology to develop and upgrade super-heavy oil. President Correa is reportedly supportive and wants to move quickly to sign a contract [...]	2007-12-17 12:59:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC
07RABAT1180	Moroccan journalists detained for publishing confidential [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- Â [...]	2007-07-19 17:33:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI MO PGOV
07RABAT1229	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (S/NF) Summary: During her July 6-8 visit to Morocco, Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, met with the chiefs of Morocco's intelligence service, the internal security service, the chief of the national police, the Minister of Interior [...]	2007-07-31 15:36:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KISL MO IZ XF XA
07RABAT1249	MOROCCO MOVES FORWARD ON INTERNATIONAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to add Morocco's first-ever international elections observation to the existing domestic monitoring of the elections are gaining steam, but running against the clock. The Interior Minister publicly affirmed the mandate of the Human Rights Consultative Council (CCDH) to [...]	2007-08-02 14:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO EU EAID
07RABAT1265	MAGAZINES SEIZED AND EDITORS CONVOKED FOR DISRESPECTING THE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Moroccan authorities seized, on orders of PM Jettou, the most recent editions of TelQuel and Nichane, weekly current affairs magazines on August 4 for violating laws that forbid criticism of the mona [...]	2007-08-07 14:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL KDEM EAID PHUM KMPI MO
07RABAT1523	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION - COMMENTARY ON CHOICE OF PRIME [...] (U) The Moroccan print press has commented extensively on King Mohamed VI's September 19 decision to appoint Istiqlal Party Secretary General Abbas El Fassi as the new prime minister. Most of SIPDIS the press, including the partisan, pro-Palace, and more conservative independent press, off [...]	2007-09-25 09:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI MO
07RABAT1677	MOROCCAN RESPONSE - U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 13:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA MO
07RABAT1818	IRAN SCORES POINTS IN DEBATE: "NUCLEAR IRAN: WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Some Iranian arguments resonated with students at a debate, "Nuclear Iran: War and Peace," held on November 23 at a graduate school in Rabat. Iran,s Ambassador argued for Iran,s right to nuclear technologies, including uranium enrichment, citing sovereign right, peaceful inten [...]	2007-12-06 17:49:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PP MNUC IAEA AORC IR MO
07RABAT265	WESTERN SAHARA: PROMOTING AUTONOMY, BUT NOT YET A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moroccan Government (GOM) is in the throes of a campaign here and abroad to sell its notion to provide autonomy to Western Sahara. Domestic consultations have targeted parliament and political parties, the GOM has not yet, however, reached more than the broad outlines of thei [...]	2007-02-09 12:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT273	WESTERN SAHARA: PROMOTING AUTONOMY, BUT NOT YET A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moroccan Government (GOM) is in the throes of a campaign here and abroad to sell its notion to provide autonomy to Western Sahara. Domestic consultations have targeted parliament and political parties, the GOM has not yet, however, reached more than the broad outlines of thei [...]	2007-02-09 16:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT935	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT CONFRONTS EXTREMIST THEOLOGY [...] (C) Summary: In late May, Morocco's Ministry of Islamic Affairs convened more than 1200 Moroccan religious scholars and prayer leaders to rebut and condemn the use of religious pretexts for acts of terrorism. The event, which received high profile coverage in Moroccan media, came in the wake [...]	2007-05-30 17:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL MO
07RANGOON1102	BURMA'S DOMESTIC AVIATION INDUSTRY NOSEDIVES [...] (C) Summary. Burma, the aviation hub of Southeast Asia fifty years ago, now struggles to service its domestic market. With tourist levels down more than 60 percent, Burma's aviation industry is in a state of disarray. Four domestic airlines currently operate in Burma -- Air Bagan, Myanmar [...]	2007-11-13 03:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAIR BM
07RANGOON750	BURMA'S REPRESENTATIVES TO 62ND UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 03:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA BM
07REYKJAVIK1	Iceland: Defense Bilats with NATO Allies Reflect Maturing [...] (U) Summary: Following the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik in September 2006, the Government of Iceland has begun reaching out to other NATO allies to solicit interest in security cooperation - and demonstrate to the public, in an election year, that it will protect them. December [...]	2007-01-05 09:10:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PTER NATO DK IC NO
07RIGA486	LATVIA: ACCEPTS IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS AND [...] (C) Acting Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches to Reinis Kalnins, MFA Senior Desk Officer for the Middle East and Africa Division, on June 28. Kalnins stated that the MFA would review the reftel A additions to the list of designated Iranian entities and individuals subject to E.O. 13382. [...]	2007-06-28 15:32:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EFIN UNSC EUN IR LG
07RIGA533	LATVIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN CFE MOVES - PLANS, [...] (C) Summary: Putin's July 13 decree on CFE did not surprise Latvia, which expected a move like this after the escalating rhetoric of recent months. But Latvian officials are using it as a reminder that Latvia's border with Russia is a key reason Latvia wanted to join NATO. Public rhetoric ha [...]	2007-07-18 14:57:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE MARR RS LG
07RIGA871	VIKE-FREIBERGA'S CANDIDACY TO HEAD EU "WISEMEN" [...] (C/NF) Peteris Ustubs, foreign policy advisor to Latvian PM Kalvitis, called in pol/econ chief late November 21. Ustubs had just returned from Paris and a meeting with Sarkozy's diplomatic advisor AMB Levitte. Sarkozy wants to propose former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga (VVF) to head [...]	2007-11-23 13:36:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN FR LG
07RIYADH1006	DOW AND SAUDI ARAMCO SIGN MOU FOR $20 BILLION [...] (C) On May 12, US firm Dow Chemical's CEO Andrew Liveris and Saudi Aramco's President and CEO Abdullah Jum'ah signed a detailed Memorandum of Understanding for a major petrochemical facility, the "Ras Tanura Integrated Project" (RTIP),the cost of which will likely reach more than $20 billio [...]	2007-05-14 18:01:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EIND SA
07RIYADH1018	NO DECISION YET: HRC ELECTIONS REFTEL DEMARCHES [...] (C) Reftel demarches were delivered by Ambassador Fraker to Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on May 12 and on the working level by PolOff to First Secretary Abdulrahman al-Rassi on May 13. Additionally, a non-paper was delivered via dip note on May 7. Prince Saud told the Ambassador th [...]	2007-05-15 14:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC SA
07RIYADH1133	RELIGIOUS POLICE DETAINED FOR ALLEGED MURDER OF [...] (U) The Saudi press reported on May 27 that the religious police allegedly beat to death on May 23 a 28-year old Saudi, Sulaiman or Salman Al-Huraisi, who was detained for the possession/sale of alcohol. After various conflicting and incomplete media reports, the Riyadh Governorate subseque [...]	2007-05-29 14:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI CASC KJUS SA
07RIYADH1412	GROWING PAINS: IMPROVEMENTS IN SAUDI MEDIA [...] (C) In the past five years, there have been significant and positive changes in the Saudi media thanks to King Abudullah, gains by moderates in the SAG, and subsequent ministry restructuring. There are more moderate commentary in the press, more reporting done on previously taboo subjects, [...]	2007-07-02 13:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM ECPS SOCI SCUL SA
07RIYADH1414	MIRA LEADER CITES RELIGIOUS DUTY AS REASON FOR SAG [...] (S) SUMMARY: London-based Saudi extremist leader and head of the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA) Sa'ad al-Faqih in continuing his public appeal for Kingdom-wide support against the Saudi government (SAG). In recent months, al-Faqih has attempted to utilize tribal ties to rally [...]	2007-07-02 14:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA

07RIYADH1821	SAUDI SHI'A CELEBRATIONS A SUCCESS IN THE EP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Consulate staff members traveled to the Saudi Shi'a stronghold of Qateef to observe local celebrations of the birthday of Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth or so-called "hidden Imam." (NOTE: Virtually all Saudi Shi'a in the Eastern Province are so called "Twelvers." END NO [...]	2007-08-29 12:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PA PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH186	KING ABDULLAH TO HOST URGENT HAMAS AND FATAH TALKS [...] (SBU) On January 29, the media reported that on January 28 King Abdullah invited Hamas and Fatah leaders to an emergency meeting in Mecca in order to end the current conflict in Gaza and the West Bank. The King invited them to settle their differences through dialogue, saying their fighting [...]	2007-01-30 09:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KWBG KPAL KISL PREL IS XF
07RIYADH1886	SAUDI OFFICIALS DID NOT WANT NAWAZ SHARIF TO [...] (U) The Saudi press has run several front page news items in the past week clarifying its position regarding the return of exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan -- which took place on September 10, 2007. (NOTE: Developing news reports indicate that Sharif was arrested shortly [...]	2007-09-10 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PK SA
07RIYADH1950	TOO DARN HOT: SAUDI EP BOOM REACHING LIMITS? [...] SUMMARY (C) With temperatures reaching 115 degrees, the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia is both literally and metaphorically "too darn hot." With vast investments being made in oil and petrochemical projects, post hears constant complaints of shortages of materials, qualified workers, and i [...]	2007-09-19 15:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL SA
07RIYADH2320	SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE US ON PAKISTANI [...] (S) On November 20, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the US Adel al-Jubeir invited the Charge d'Affaires and Executive Office Staff Assistant (note taker) to his residence for lunch. During the meal, Ambassador al-Jubeir said that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf arrived in Saudi Arabia, today, Nove [...]	2007-11-20 16:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER SA
07RIYADH289	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] (S) On January 30, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) James C. Oberwetter, and the DCM met with Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs HRH Prince Mohammed bin Naif to discuss recent developments in, and SAG views on, Ir [...]	2007-02-12 09:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS SA IZ IR LE
07RIYADH36	RUMORED SAG CABINET CHANGES [...] (S) Abdul Wahab Al-Faiz, Editor-in-Chief of several Saudi newspapers and magazines, told PolOff on January 6 that within the next month or two (approximately before the end of March),the King will announce major changes in the SAG Cabinet. He said these changes will be in accordance with t [...]	2007-01-09 13:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM SA
07RIYADH479	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARCH 9-11 CLDP VISIT [...] (SBU) Although country clearance has not been formally requested, due to the importance of this program, the U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants provisional country clearance for a visit to Riyadh March 9-12 by Mr. Thomas Moritz, U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law Develo [...]	2007-03-07 15:19:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL
07RIYADH495	KING ABDULLAH LAUNCHES ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Council of Ministers approved the National Strategy to Protect Honesty and Combat Corruption during its weekly meeting on February 19. The strategy includes procedures for investigating officials suspected of corruption at most levels of the government and establishes the Na [...]	2007-03-11 15:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA
07RIYADH558	DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF [...] (U) On March 19, PolOff delivered a copy of a March 18 diplomatic note with reftel non-paper to Talal Berri in the MFA International Organizations Department. Berri said he had not yet received the official diplomatic note with the non-paper. PolOff urged Berri to forward the non-paper to [...]	2007-03-20 11:29:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER PREL UNGA SA
07RIYADH562	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HRC [...] (U) On March 19, PolOff delivered reftel non-paper to Talal Berri in the MFA International Organizations Department. (NOTE: On March 7, the reftel non-paper was originally sent to the MFA by diplomatic note. MFA had not responded to the original diplomatic note. END NOTE). Berri stated [...]	2007-03-20 15:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHRC SA
07RIYADH581	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETINGS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On December 5, 2006, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica J. Barks-Ruggles had separate meetings with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR). These meetings followed up on meetings on Septem [...]	2007-03-24 13:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM SA
07RIYADH628	SAUDI TEXTBOOKS DISPLAY REDUCED INTOLERANCE; [...] (C) Post conducted a review of six 2006-2007 textbooks used in Saudi schools for the second, fourth, and eighth grades. The six textbooks do not advocate any particular philosophy toward non-Muslims, and on the whole, appear to be more tolerant than previously reviewed textbooks. Two of the [...]	2007-03-27 16:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM SA
07RIYADH635	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH SAG JUSTICE [...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Justice Minister Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Shaikh on March 25. The Minister reflected on changes during the past three years and announced that in the next two months, the SAG will establish a separate court for terrorism and national sec [...]	2007-03-28 16:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SA
07RIYADH636	19TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: OPENING SESSION [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah used his speech to the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh on March 28 to criticize publicly U.S. policy in Iraq by referring to the "illegal foreign occupation" of that country, albeit without naming the U.S. or the Coalition Forces. The King issu [...]	2007-03-29 10:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH638	19TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: CLOSING SESSION [...] (C) The closing session of the 19th Arab League Summit in Riyadh on March 29 issued the "Riyadh Declaration," which calls for the implementation of the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, demands the removal of weapons of mass destruction from the region, and supports the development of nuclear progra [...]	2007-03-30 11:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH651	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz on March 25. The Prince emphasized personal ties to the U.S, as well as the strong bilateral relationship in the context of the SAG's reform agenda and efforts to resolve the Palestinian conflic [...]	2007-04-01 08:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL SA
07RIYADH67	PLANNED FEBRUARY VISIT OF PUTIN TO THE KINGDOM [...] (C) The Russian Embassy to the KSA confirmed January 8 media reports that Russian President Putin will visit the KSA in February, fulfilling a promise made over three years ago. Putin will be the first Russian President to visit the KSA. His visit follows up on the September 2003 visit to Rus [...]	2007-01-14 17:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV SA RS
07RIYADH711	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Makovsky (Senior Professional Staff Member Alan Makovsky, Professional Staff Member David Weinberg, and Professional Staff Member Yevgeny Gurevich) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee to visit Riyad [...]	2007-04-09 12:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AFIN SA
07RIYADH881	CODEL PELOSI APRIL 5 MEETING WITH MAJLIS AL-SHURA [...] (C) U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and delegation met on April 5 with Majlis Al-Shura Chairman Sheikh Dr. Salih bin Humaid, several other Shura Council members, and Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir. During a lively exchange of information and ideas, Humaid expl [...]	2007-04-28 13:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG PTER CVIS IS IR SA
07RIYADH932	SAUDI OPPOSITION GROUP REACTIVATED IN PUBLIC SPHERE [...] (S) SUMMARY: The London-based Saudi opposition group Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA) began another unsuccessful public call on March 22 for protests in local mosques in Riyadh and Jeddah. The last time that MIRA called for protests was in August 2006 during the Lebanon crisis. [...]	2007-05-05 04:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
07ROME1158	EGYPT-ITALY TRADE AND INVESTMENT INCREASE AS EGYPT [...] (U) Summary. Italy and Egypt are significant trade partners, with trade between the two countries dominated by Italy's export of machinery to Egypt and Egypt's export of crude oil to Italy. Italy is Egypt's largest EU trading partner, and is a leading source of foreign investment in Egypt. [...]	2007-05-25 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EG IT
07ROME163	ITALIAN FM: NO MORE ON MILITARY SIDE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) A/S Fried urged FM D'Alema to bring to the NATO ministerial on Afghanistan ideas for an enhanced commitment, including on caveats, to the multinational effort there. D'Alema responded flatly that Italy could not do more on the military side, although it would confirm its commitment. When [...]	2007-01-25 08:52:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO IT
07ROME1885	ITALIAN EXPORT CREDIT AGENCY WILL LITIGATE TO [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (U) Econoff and Econ Specialist delivered reftel information on recovery of debt owed the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) by the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) to Michal Ron, Head of Claims and International Agreement [...]	2007-09-06 11:33:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EXIM PREL IT ZI
07ROME1889	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JOHN YATES, SPECIAL [...] Embassy Rome grants country clearance to John Yates, Special Envoy to Somalia, to travel to Italy September 09-11, 2007 to attend the Somalia International Conflict Contact Group meeting. 2. Embassy control officer for this visit will be: Christopher Deutsch POLITICAL OFFICER CLASS E- [...]	2007-09-06 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC IT SO KE
07ROME1919	ITALY: IAEA/IRAN PLAN OF ACTION NO SUBSTITUTE FOR [...] (C) On September 6 the Ambassador spoke with FM D'Alema to convey reftel points highlighting continued USG concerns over the Iranian nuclear program. D'Alema, who was on his way to the Gymnich ministerial requested an immediate copy of the points to review on his way to Portugal, which we prov [...]	2007-09-10 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA IR IT KNNP MNUC
07ROME562	ITALY'S VIEWS ON THE U.S.- EU OPEN SKIES PLUS [...] (SBU) The GOI will vote in favor of Open Skies Plus, and is confident that all EU member states will also vote in favor. However, the GOI will not make a public statement on the agreement. The GOI noted that some EU officials suggested delaying the start date of the accord; Italy would favor t [...]	2007-03-21 15:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EAIR ECON PREL IT
07ROME625	ITALY ISSUES DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF AHTISAARI'S [...] (U) On March 26, the Italian MFA issued a statement in support of UNOSEK Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo and pledged to work toward finding a status solution for Kosovo in the UNSC. The statement also welcomed the role of NATO and EU in ensuring the stability of the region. Text of statement [...]	2007-03-27 15:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU IT
07ROME710	ITALY: FM D'ALEMA ON KOSOVO, AFGHAN NGO DETAINEE, [...] (C/NF) Amb. Spogli got FM D'Alema's agreement to make a clear statement in support of the Athisaari plan for Kosovo and was told that the FM did not think he could or should control an Italian NGO threatening to close its hospitals in Afghanistan unless one of its employees was released by the [...]	2007-04-06 10:09:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO UNSC EUN IT
07ROME912	LEBANON: ITALY OPEN-MINDED ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) A/S Welch urged his GOI interlocutors to support establishment of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon under UNSC chapter VII authority, asked for Italian engagement in pushing Maronite Leader Sfeir (who was scheduled to visit Rome at end of April) to unite Christians in Lebanon, and stressed [...]	2007-05-02 14:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV XF LE IT
07SANAA1133	SAADA: WAR IS OVER, BUT CAN ROYG NOW WIN THE PEACE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts have confirmed media reporting of a peace deal brokered by the Government of Qatar to bring an end to almost five months of intensive fighting in the northern governorate of Saada. The deal reportedly provides safe haven for the al-Houthi rebel leadership in Doha [...]	2007-06-18 13:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR QA YM
07SANAA2052	ROYG TRIES NEW PRESS CONTROL TECHNIQUE -- BEGGING [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 13:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM YM
07SANJOSE1934	COSTA RICA POSITIVE BUT NONCOMMITAL ON U.S. [...] On October 31, we delivered reftel request to support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to category "A" of the International Maritime Organization to Montserrat Vargas of the MFA. Vargas told us that although the GOCR could not commit to supporting the U.S. candidacy yet, she indicated that [...]	2007-10-31 22:55:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK CS
07SANSALVADOR140	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran sailor for participation in the Officer Indoctrination Course, to be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, scheduled for February 22, 2 [...]	2007-01-26 18:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANSALVADOR275	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran naval officer for participation in the Officer Indoctrination Course, to be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, scheduled for Februar [...]	2007-02-16 19:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
07SANTIAGO1421	MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ' REGIONAL INFLUENCE [...] On August 29, conservative, independent, "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) ran an op-ed by Bolivian analyst Sergio Molina entitled "To bed with Chavez or Bush?" Excerpts follow: 2. "Will Latin Americans accept a horse with teeth like those tins cans distributed in Pisco (Peru),bribes of the Bol [...]	2007-08-29 19:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
07SANTIAGO202	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO FORMER TORTURE CENTER WELL RECEIVED [...] Summary: An unpublicized visit by Ambassador Kelly to Villa Grimaldi -- a Pinochet-era torture center (now a memorial park) -- received favorable media attention and commentary. The certified guide of the site (a Villa Grimaldi survivor) praised the Ambassador for taking the initiative, and [...]	2007-02-06 13:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL CI
07SANTIAGO95	MEDIA REACTION -EAST ASIA: CHINA, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 16:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC CI CH
07SANTODOMINGO1998	BUILDING AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER IN THE [...] (U) Plans to build a privately operated international financial center in the Dominican Republic are moving forward with construction slated to begin as early as the end of this year. On August 6, Charge met with representatives from the Independent Financial Centre of the Americas (IFC) and t [...]	2007-08-24 17:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN DR
07SANTODOMINGO2245	DOMINICAN ORIENTATION VISIT OF WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6 and 7, WHA/CAR Office Director Velia De Pirro traveled to the Dominican Republic for a series of orientation meetings with both Embassy staff and leading Dominican figures, including the Chief of the National Police, the President of the DEA-equivalent National D [...]	2007-10-03 18:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR HA VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2466	LIQUID PROPANE GAS TANKER RUNS AGROUND: THREAT OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 20:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET SENV KPAO DR
07SAOPAULO157	MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] "How To Negotiate With Tehran's Astuteness" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent commented (2/27): "The UN Security Council members' meeting in London to discuss a new resolution against Tehran's tricks is affected by two uncertainties: the Europe [...]	2007-02-27 13:40:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO206	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ AND [...] "The Guyana Factor" Political columnist Eliane Cantanhede opined in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (3/16): "President Bush made rapprochement gestures towards US friends in Latin America while Chvez poured millions of dollars into Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia a [...]	2007-03-16 12:06:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO490	GLOBAL ECONOMY: VENEZUELA, CLOSING OF RCTV; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 13:20:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO5	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: SADDAM'S DEATH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE: [...] "Good For The US, Not For Justice" Liberal largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo's Washington correspondent Sergio Davila commented (12/30): "Saddam Hussein's execution served the USG's interests, the White House's will to be able to leave Iraq in the least shameful way possibl [...]	2007-01-03 15:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO641	MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: UK PRIME MINISTER BROWN'S VISIT TO [...] Iraqi Question May Break 'Privileged Relation'" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo's Paris correspondent Giles Lapouge commented (7/31): "In his first visit to Washington, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown adopted a tranquilizing posture. Yes, there is a privileged [...]	2007-07-31 12:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SAOPAULO915	DESPITE PROBLEMS, BRAZILIAN AIRLINES OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with the Presidents of the two leading Brazilian airlines TAM and Gol on October 22 to discuss developments in the aviation sector. Both firms noted that Brazil's underdeveloped infrastructure is buckling under increased air traffic in recent years. The T [...]	2007-11-14 09:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL MARR PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
07SARAJEVO1987	BOSNIA - LAJCAK DELIVERS POLICE REFORM STRATEGY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak presented to Quint Ambassadors on September 18 his strategy for securing a deal on police reform. OHR will continue with technical talks on police reform while maintaining political pressure on party leaders to compromise. After a two-hour mee [...]	2007-09-19 08:29:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PINR EUN UN RS BK
07SECTON03OF04DAKAR269	SENEGAL: SENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-02 11:18:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PHUM EAID MASS PREL SG ECON
07SEOUL1585	ROKG RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Officials of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) provided Poloff with an overview of the Republic of Korea (ROK)'s official assistance to Afghanistan since 2002. KOICA provided USD 45 million of assistance from 2002-2004 and has pledged an additional USD 10 milli [...]	2007-05-23 07:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID MARR PREL KS AF
07SEOUL934	UK EMBASSY PYONGYANG PERSPECTIVE: CHANCE MEETINGS [...] (C) Richard Vowles, DCM at the British Embassy in Pyongyang, told a group of diplomats at a March 28 dinner in Seoul that his Embassy operates largely in an information-free "bubble" in Pyongyang, gaining little from frequent meetings with MFA officials. The four UK officers have almost compl [...]	2007-03-30 06:26:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PREL
07SHANGHAI25	SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET: UP, UP, AND AWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Investor confidence in the Chinese economy, the near-conclusion of the China's non-tradable reforms and large amounts of capital sitting relatively idly in savings accounts combined to push the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) into record territory during 2006. The SSE closed 130 p [...]	2007-01-11 10:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV CH
07SHANGHAI279	INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION CONFERENCE HELD IN JIANGSU [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of an April 14-18 American Bar Association(ABA)-sponsored administrative law conference in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, Supreme People's Court (SPC) Administrative Court Chief Judge Zhao Daguang told FSN Rule of Law Coordinator (ROLC) that the SPC soon would issue a [...]	2007-05-10 08:06:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS PINR CH
07SHANGHAI315	MORE EAST CHINA LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES [...] (C) Summary. In our latest round of discussions, East China contacts reported that the Politburo Standing Committee would be shrinking from nine members to seven with several members retiring while the Politburo itself would also undergo a major shake up. Unclear, however, was the fate of Vi [...]	2007-05-25 09:56:00	Consulate Shanghai	SECRET	PGOV PNR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI332	A FUND MANAGER'S VIEW ON THE CHINA MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Lombarda China Fund Manager Ian Midgely told visiting Embassy Finatt, on May 16, that the Chinese government was attempting to rein in an overvalued stock market without an overly heavy-handed approach that would undermine the market reforms put in place to promote capital marke [...]	2007-06-01 02:36:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL CH
07SHANGHAI333	GOLDMAN SACH'S GAOHUA SECURITIES: AN ONLY CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary: Goldman Sachs' venture in China, Gaohua Securities, has both benefited and suffered from being the only foreign-controlled, full service securities firm in China. Goldman's method of obtaining control of a Chinese licensed securities firm by giving unsecured loans to trusted Chin [...]	2007-06-01 02:37:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL CH
07SHANGHAI45	WENZHOU'S CHINT - A MODEL ENTERPRISE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Wenzhou on December 14-15, Congenoffs' toured the CHINT company, one of Wenzhou's leading enterprises. According to CHINT executives, the company's success was due to its President's leadership and its close relations with the local government. CHINT is the t [...]	2007-01-23 08:14:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV PINR KIPR ELAB CH
07SHANGHAI557	SHANGHAI FINANCIAL LEADERS DISCUSS SED [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Chinese financial service company executives, the Strategic EcoQic Dialogue (SED) plays an important and positive role in advancing U.S.-Chinese relations and understanding. While foreign investments in the financial services sector, and the technology, products, a [...]	2007-08-31 11:17:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON PINR KPAO CH
07SHANGHAI679	SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE UP 300 PERCENT IN TWO YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index topped 6,000 points on October 15 bringing gains over the past two years up to 300 percent. This growth is "good" according to a Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) official and the government should not attempt to set limits on where the in [...]	2007-10-22 12:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI70	NYSE/NASDAQ: NO OFFICES, BUT STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Seeing China as the next great frontier for emerging markets, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ have been engaging in a "Great Game" to persuade Chinese companies to list on their respective exchanges. Chinese entrepreneurs view being listed on U.S. markets as the si [...]	2007-01-31 08:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PREL CH
07SINGAPORE1732	REJECTING EXTREMISM: SINGAPORE MUSLIM "CREDIBLE [...] (S/NF) A number of prominent Malay/Muslim Singaporeans speak out against extremism with "credible voices" and are identified below, per Ref A request. The Government of Singapore (GOS) strongly emphasizes the importance of preserving racial and religious harmony and has implemented various me [...]	2007-09-18 09:02:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET//NOFORN	KISL SN
07SINGAPORE1960	GOS RE-ELECTION TO IMO COUNCIL: SECOND REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the following diplomatic note concerning its candidacy for re-election to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Note: This is the second diplomatic note w [...]	2007-10-25 01:47:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IMO PREL EWWT AORC UK SN
07SINGAPORE2135	PM PASSES FINANCE MINISTER ROLE TO THARMAN [...] (U) After 19 months as second Minister of Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam takes over the top position at the Finance Ministry from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, effective December Â [...]	2007-12-02 04:52:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN
07SINGAPORE2247	AL JAZEERA ENGLISH TO START BROADCASTING IN [...] (U) Summary. Al Jazeera English will likely begin broadcasting in Singapore twenty-four hours a day in the first quarter of 2008, according to Nigel Parsons, Managing Director of Al Jazeera English. On December 4, the Media Development Authority of Singapore granted SingTel a landing licens [...]	2007-12-27 06:02:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOIC SN MY SCUL KMDR
07SINGAPORE680	SINGAPORE QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - Q2 FY2007 [...] SUMMARY: H-1b fraud continued to be our most serious form of fraud, but the number of H-1b applications from unqualified and/or short-term residents of Singapore originating from India continued to drop this quarter. Post devoted significant resources to addressing potential adoption fraud. EN [...]	2007-04-04 05:36:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SN
07SINGAPORE745	SCENESETTER FOR DPM WONG KAN SENG'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs WONG Kan Seng is Singapore's key figure for domestic security, law enforcement, and intelligence cooperation. His April 19-22 visit to Washington and New York offers an excellent opportunity to expand the programmatic [...]	2007-04-13 06:08:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	KCRM PTER SNAR KTFN ETTC EFIN KWMN SN
07SOFIA1155	BULGARIA NAMES DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER ENVOY TO EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Parvanov has appointed Deputy Minister of Interior Boyko Kotzev as Bulgaria's new permanent representative to the EU, a position viewed as one of the country's most important diplomatic post abroad. Kotzev, 51, is a career diplomat with twenty years of experience who ha [...]	2007-09-24 14:31:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	BU EUN PGOV PREL
07SOFIA1183	BULGARIANS NERVOUS OVER KOSOVO UDI [...] (C) Summary: Our recent high-level contacts with Bulgarian leaders on Kosovo reveal increased nervousness over a likely UDI in December, some softening of opposition to partition, and a clear reluctance to be in the early group of European states that would recognize Kosovo post-UDI. Bulgar [...]	2007-10-02 15:23:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV SR BG
07SOFIA1223	BULGARIA REQUESTS US SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY FOR [...] Post received on October 10, 2007 a Diplomatic Note Dated October, 8, 2007 from the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting the U. S. Government's support for Bulgaria's candidacy for the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO),in Category C, at the elections to be h [...]	2007-10-12 13:16:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PHSA PREL TSPL BU
07SOFIA1259	RULING SOCIALISTS FACE POPULIST GERB CHALLENGE IN OCT 28 LOCAL VOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Sergei Stanishev's ruling socialists square off against GERB, the new populist party of Sofia Mayor Boiko Borissov, in the election for mayors and municipal counselors on October 28. Running on populist, anti-government rhetoric, GERB is set to win mayoral races in Sofia and Plovd [...]	2007-10-24 12:54:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BU
07SOFIA1295	BULGARIA SUPPORTS US CANDIDACY TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 10:12:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BU
07SOFIA1312	SOFIA REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING - ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (U) This message provides administrative and logistical information for the Regional Energy Officers Training Session to be held at Embassy Sofia December 6-7, 2007. Attendees will receive a notional schedule via email in coming days. 2. (SBU) Based on email exchanges, the following is o [...]	2007-11-16 13:29:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OTRA BU
07SOFIA187	BULGARIA SEEKS US VOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] Post received a Diplomatic Note from the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, notifying the U.S. government, that Bulgaria will seek a seat in the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The IMO Council will be holding elections at their assembly scheduled to take place in [...]	2007-02-13 13:48:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PHSA PREL TSPL BU
07SOFIA259	BULGARIA: 2007 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the seventh annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen the appointment of the new [...]	2007-02-28 07:10:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
07SOFIA324	BULGARIAN NURSES IN LIBYA: GOB UNSURE WHO IS IN [...] (C) MFA MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR PETKO DOYKOV TOLD US MARCH 7 THAT THE GOB BELIEVES LIBYAN MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS ABDELATI OBIDI HAS BEEN AT LEAST TEMPORARILY SIDELINED IN DISCUSSIONS OVER THE FATE OF THE FIVE BULGARIAN NURSES IMPRISONED SINCE 1999. THIS, COMBINED WITH THE PERCE [...]	2007-03-09 15:03:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN LY BU
07SOFIA72	BULGARIAN NURSES IN LIBYA: GOB REASSURED, AGREES [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S., UK, EU, AND BULGARIAN REPRESENTATIVES AGREED IN SOFIA JANUARY 16 THAT CONTINUED PRIVATE TALKS WITH LIBYAN MFA DIRECTOR OBEIDI OFFERED THE BEST HOPE FOR GAINING THE RELEASE OF THE FIVE BULGARIAN NURSES AND ONE PALESTINIAN DOCTOR JAILED IN LIBYA SINCE 1999 FOR ALLEGEDLY SPREAD [...]	2007-01-17 15:14:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN LY BU
07SOFIA801	THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO) GIPA [...] (U) Post nominates Mr. Georgi Damyanov and Mr. Bisser Yankov, of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, Copyright Directorate, for USPTO GIPA training scheduled for August 6-9, 2007(per reftel). Mr. Damyanov has been Head of the Copyright Directorate at the Ministry of Culture since 2002. Before [...]	2007-06-29 12:32:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR AORC BU
07SOFIA949	OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S.-BULGARIAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. New Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov recently told the Ambassador that he welcomes a partnership with the U.S. government on energy and will also work to eliminate obstacles to U.S. investments in Bulgaria. A newcomer facing a steep learning curve on energy, Dimitrov is [...]	2007-08-07 12:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV RU BU
07STATE104801	(S) IRAN,S BANK MELLI INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (S) The UK and France have indicated a desire to designate Bank Melli under the next UNSC sanctions resolution on Iran. Toward this end, Washington wishes to: -- Provide officials in the UK, France and Ge [...]	2007-09-20 19:00:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR
07STATE111993	SECURING PERMANENT OBSERVER STATUS FOR CANADA AND [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Posts are asked to approach host governments and regional organizations to pursue the following objective: -- Seek agreement for Canada and Yemen to be granted Permanent Observer status in the Interna [...]	2007-08-09 23:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SO
07STATE1166	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL SYRIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 for action. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: The Treasury Department on January 4, 2007, designated three additional Syrian entities pursuant to Executive Order 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and their Supporters" [...]	2007-01-05 14:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL KNNP PARM SY ETTC
07STATE124440	(SBU) COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DRL OFFICER [...] (SBU) Country clearance is requested for Kathryn Lurie, DRL/NESCA Foreign Affairs Officer to visit Azerbaijan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and the United Kingdom during the period September 25-October 2. The purpose of the trip is to meet with the Iran Watchers, NGOs, members of the [...]	2007-09-05 17:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AJ IR OTRA PHUM TU UK
07STATE130600	BLACKWATER PERSONNEL SECURITY DETAIL INVOLVED IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-17 20:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC IZ PREL PTER
07STATE132904	IRAN,S BANK MARKAZI OPENS NEW ACCOUNTS IN EUROPE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Washington wants to alert authorities in Belarus, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom that Iran's Central Bank, Bank Markazi, has opened new accounts in Europe. Washington requests posts urge ap [...]	2007-09-20 19:22:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR BO FR IT UK
07STATE141771	AVIAN INFLUENZA: APPROACH TO NEW INDONESIAN [...] (C) Ambassador Hume met September 28 with an interagency group in Washington comprised of representatives from State, NSC, HSC, USDA, DOD, HHS and USAID to discuss the avian influenza sample sharing and benefits issues. There was general agreement that we should not close the door to infor [...]	2007-10-09 17:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KFLU AMED CASC EAGR EAID ID
07STATE145621	NON-COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1267 OBLIGATIONS: [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was listed in November 2001 pursuant to UNSCR 1267 (Al-Qa'ida/Taliban sanctions) and subsequent resolutions. The 1267 sanctions r [...]	2007-10-17 23:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XA ER
07STATE146242	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENCOURAGING SERBS TO VOTE IN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR EMBASSIES ROME, LONDON, PARIS, MOSCOW, BERLIN, BELGRADE AND USOFFICE PRISTINA. SEE PARAGRAPHS 5 AND 6 FOR DETAILS. 2. (C) BELGRADE LEADERSHIP HAS INDICATED THAT IT MIGHT SUPPORT THE IDEA OF SERBS IN KOSOVO HOLDING SEPARATE AND PARALLEL ELECTIONS (WITHOU [...]	2007-10-18 21:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR YI KO
07STATE146463	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-989063 for the export of crystal oscillators and manufacturers data pack to Japan. [...]	2007-10-19 14:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC JA KOMC UK
07STATE148605	DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) This is an action request please see paragraphs 2- 5. For Moscow, Beijing, G7, and all NEA Posts, Washington requests delivery of the talking points at the Ministerial level. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Secretary Rice and Secretary Paulson will go on camera at 0900 EST on Thu [...]	2007-10-25 11:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN
07STATE149187	IRAQ: GUIDANCE FOR OCT 2007 UK PARTNERS MTG [...] (U) Department instructs an interagency delegation led by Deputy S/I Barbara Stephenson to participate in the Oct 26 UK Partners Meeting, a quarterly event the UK hosts to bring together the UK's partners in its sector in Iraq, Multi-National Division South East (MND-SE). The U.S., along with [...]	2007-10-26 01:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL IZ UK
07STATE149579	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050068647 for the export of night vision equipment to Pakistan. Post is requested to [...]	2007-10-26 19:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC PK
07STATE151024	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-18. The CD Ministerial in Bamako, November 14-17, will have five thematic and five regional roundtables. We ask that Posts inquire as to the priorities of host government for the ministerial and each roundtable, and share the U.S. prio [...]	2007-10-31 17:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA
07STATE152175	UK DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SEEKS SUPPORT FOR PM'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Shriti Vadera, U.K. Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department for International Development SIPDIS (DFID) met with IO Bureau Assistant Secretary Kristen Silverberg on October 22. Vadera said she wants to put more emphasis on private flows and less on government social [...]	2007-11-02 19:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN SOCI UK
07STATE152799	STEERING GROUP NON-PAPER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Background: The Partnership for Democratic Governance was successfully rolled out at a well-attended high level event co-hosted by OECD and UNDP in New York on October 1, 2007. The Department appreciates Posts' support and effort [...]	2007-11-05 22:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AU BR CA CI EAID ET JA KDEM KS MX NL NZ PL PO
07STATE153576	PSI: CHILE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PSI OPERATIONAL [...] This is an action request please see paragraphs 2-11. SUMMARY ------- 2. Department requests embassy approach the GOC to determine its interest in becoming a participant in the PSI Operational Experts Group (OEG). If the GOC decides it is willing and able to accept the long-term commitm [...]	2007-11-07 17:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CI KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
07STATE153725	BANK MELLI ATTEMPTS TO PURCHASE A TURKISH BANK TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The U.S. has information that Iran's Bank Melli has reached an agreement in principle to purchase a bank in Turkey, which could be used as a cover for activities prohibited by UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 [...]	2007-11-07 20:32:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR GM UK FR TU
07STATE156111	PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN RHODES, [...] The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Rhodes, Greece on October 2-4, 2007. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be passed to non-OEG participant governments. A follow-on cable will pro [...]	2007-11-14 16:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC GR PARM PREL
07STATE156113	PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN RHODES, [...] The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Rhodes, Greece on October 2-4, 2007. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be passed to non-OEG participant governments. A follow-on cable will pro [...]	2007-11-14 16:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC GR PARM PREL
07STATE156157	PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR OCTOBER 2007 RHODES, [...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of Greece on October 2-4, 2007 in Rhodes, Greece. Although participation in these meetings is limited (currently 20 countr [...]	2007-11-14 17:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
07STATE156160	PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR OCTOBER 2007 RHODES, [...] REFTELS A or B (different address groups) reported on the latest Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting hosted by the Government of Greece on October 2-4, 2007 in Rhodes, Greece. Although participation in these meetings is limited (currently 20 countr [...]	2007-11-14 17:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL

07STATE156409	DOOSTAN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY EMPLOYEES USE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The U.S. has information that Doostan International Corporation is conducting proliferation-related transactions in your jurisdiction. Washington urges host countries to freeze the assets of the re [...]	2007-11-14 21:27:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KNNP IR PREL PARM
07STATE156473	VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESOLUTION ON THE [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favour of the following resolution to be considered by the Security Council on November 15. USUN is also instructed to draw on points in para 3 for use during the Council's discussion. 2. Begin resolution text: The Security Coun [...]	2007-11-15 03:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL MARR NATO BK
07STATE157671	U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 3 - 6. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On October 9, the Portuguese MFA's Security and Disarmament Division, in its role as chair of the EU Working Group on Global Arms Control, provided Embassy Lisbon with a non-paper on a proposed EU "Code of Conduct for [...]	2007-11-17 01:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDG EC ESA EUN FR KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PO PREL TSPA
07STATE166405	DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...]	2007-12-13 02:52:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	BA CASC IR IZ JO KDEM KISL KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV
07STATE166406	DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...]	2007-12-13 03:27:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AS CA CASC CH EU EZ FR GM IN IR IT JA JO KDEM
07STATE166577	CORRECTED COPY - DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. This cable included corrected action request/objectives. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired F [...]	2007-12-13 15:13:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	BA CASC IR IZ KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07STATE170928	BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND US POLICY FOR PAKISTAN'S [...] The tragic December 27 assassination of Benazir Bhutto has reinforced urgent goals vis-a-vis Pakistan , U.S. believes that Pakistan must continue on a path leading to a civilian-led democratic government. We continue to support Pakistan,s moderate majority in its struggle against a violent e [...]	2007-12-28 23:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK
07STATE2284	ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees provide courtesy pre-notification OOB, Tuesday, January 9 (local time) to host government officials that the United States will designate two additional entities a [...]	2007-01-09 00:29:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL KNNP KN PARM FR GE IT UK
07STATE2945	ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph two. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials that the United States designated two additional entities and one individual under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons [...]	2007-01-10 01:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC IR KN KNNP PARM PREL
07STATE36625	UNSCR 1267: UPDATING TALIBAN NAMES ON THE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Per reftel, updating the Taliban entries on UN 1267 Consolidated List is an important measure to implement UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as [...]	2007-03-22 18:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EFIN ETTC FR KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UK UNSC
07STATE38563	GUIDANCE FOR LONDON AND WARSAW IRAQ CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Department instructs an interagency delegation led by NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Amb. Lawrence Butler to participate in the March 29 UK Partners meeting and in bilateral talks with Poland on March 30. For Poland, reftel guidance from bilateral talks in August remain valid to ensure Pol [...]	2007-03-27 01:52:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ RO LH
07STATE57781	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR C: ELIOT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-30 18:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	BE OTRA
07STATE63517	SUPREME LEADER'S SON: THE POWER BEHIND THE ROBES? [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 14:30:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR PINR
07STATE70478	URGENT DEMARCHE: URGE SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Department instructs Ambassadors (or Chiefs of Mission) to seek urgent meetings with host governments at the highest level possible to press for support for immediate UN Security Council action to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The P-3 shared [...]	2007-05-23 00:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC LE PREL PTER
07STATE73693	SUDAN: Additional Sanctions Over Lack of Progress [...] (U) This is an action request. Posts are requested to draw from the following and demarche host governments at the highest level appropriate. --------------------------------------------- ------- OBJECTIVES: Notification of Additional Sanctions and Request to Follow Suit ----------------- [...]	2007-05-30 02:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC UN SU EUN
07STATE91929	CORRECTED COPY OF STATE 091539: [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2-6. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Action requested: Posts, except for Ottawa, Prague, Warsaw, Berlin, and London are requested to approach host governments at the highest appropriate level to convey deep USG unhappiness with the resu [...]	2007-07-02 14:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EUN UNHRC
07STATE99391	A COORDINATED APPROACH ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Promoting democratic reform and respect for human rights in Azerbaijan, a geo-strategically important, secular Muslim country, is a high USG priority. In December 2006, DRL A/S Lowenkron met with President Ilham Aliyev to launch a formal senior-lev [...]	2007-07-17 21:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
07STOCKHOLM1019	SWEDISH VIEW ON SECURING PERMANENT OBSERVER STATUS [...] (C) Polcouns discussed 8/17 reftel proposal to secure Permanent Observer status in the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) with MFA Special Adviser for the Horn of Africa Ambassador Marika Fahlen. Fahlen, who is Sweden's representative to the ICG, had no objection to the participati [...]	2007-08-22 11:53:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW SO
07STOCKHOLM77	EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN SWEDEN AND DOC [...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a Swedish interagency group to discuss a variety of export control and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China licensing policy rule [...]	2007-01-23 09:36:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC EINV KSTC SW
07SUVA18	FIJI UPDATE 1/8/07: INTERIM GOVERNMENT MINISTERS; [...] (C) Eight ministers in Commodore Bainimarama's interim government were sworn in on Jan. 8. Several have connections to Ratu Epeli Ganilau's National Alliance Party (NAP) that failed miserably in last May's elections; but on the whole the group seems reasonably well qualified. Fiji Labor Party [...]	2007-01-07 22:50:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC CASC FJ
07SUVA442	SCENE-SETTER FOR COMMANDER PACOM VISIT TO TONGA [...] (C) A first visit to the Kingdom of Tonga is always fascinating, as is a meeting with eccentric King George V. The U.S. and Tonga have friendly relations, especially mil/mil, as evidenced by the new Tonga Defense Service (TDS) deployment to Iraq. Within Tonga, pro-democracy sentiments have be [...]	2007-09-09 13:16:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM TN
07SUVA536	FIJI UPDATE: BAINIMARAMA PLANS CABINET RESHUFFLE; [...] (C) Fiji interim Prime Minister Bainimarama plans to re-shuffle his cabinet with the aim to increase efficiency. He will name names on December 1. The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) spokesman has publicly acknowledged military use of "strong-arm" tactics to maintain law and order in [...]	2007-11-19 18:39:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07TAIPEI181	Taiwan's New Central Bank Deputy Governor [...] SUMMARY. Taiwan's Central Bank of China (CBC) will promote Foreign Exchange Department (FED) Director General George Chou (Chou A-ding) to be Deputy Governor (DG) in mid-February. CBC Governor Perng Fai-nan's two deputies will now be career central bankers. END SUMMARY. 2. An informed [...]	2007-01-24 05:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
07TAIPEI2551	BIOTECH IN TAIWAN: THE ECONOMY'S NEXT GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the 1970s and 80s, official funding and support fostered a Taiwan high technology IT sector that now ranks among the world's most competitive. With the mainland and other low-cost producers offering increased competition, Taiwan authorities have identified biotechnology as a [...]	2007-12-03 09:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ETRD ECON EINV TW
07TALLINN163	ESTONIA'S STOCK MARKET CORRECTS; OUTLOOK STILL STRONG [...] (U) During the month of February, the Tallinn Stock market hit an all time peak and then fell just over 20%. According to Embassy contacts and local analysts, the slide was driven by the profit-taking of local investors. It is not a harbinger of underlying weakness in the local or regional [...]	2007-03-12 15:28:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EN
07TALLINN573	FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: THIRD QTR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 12:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
07TALLINN621	USDOC DAS FOR EUROPE VISITS ESTONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: GOE officials told Department of Commerce DAS for Europe Paul Dyck that Estonia is very open to more U.S. investment and noted that Estonia's business climate has not suffered from the cyber attacks of early May. They also expressed interest in the goals of the new Trans- Atlan [...]	2007-09-20 10:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON PGOV EN
07TALLINN66	ESTONIA: IPR WORKSHOP REVEALS SHORTCOMINGS AND [...] (U) Summary: On January 17-18, Embassy Tallinn and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) held a workshop focusing on copyright infringement in the digital environment. The event was a rare coming together of 60 Estonian police, prosecutors, judges, government officials, law professor [...]	2007-01-31 15:19:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KIPR EN
07TALLINN712	IMO: ESTONIA SUPPORTING U.S. CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 10:56:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO EWWT PHSA UK AORC EN
07TASHKENT1699	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON ALISHER ANVAROVICH [...] (U) Summary: On August 25, 2007, the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan appointed Alisher Anvarovich Kurmanov as the country's first Ambassador to Singapore. Post has obtained biographical information on Kurmanov. 2. (C) Alisher Anvarovich Kurmanov, an ethnic Tatar (officially Uzbek),w [...]	2007-09-27 10:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV UZ SN
07TASHKENT2049	FOREIGN LABELS BOYCOTTING UZBEK COTTON [...] (SBU) Summary: International concern over Uzbekistan's use of child labor to pick cotton is not new. However, the October airing of BBC's "Newsnight" investigative program on the issue re-ignited interest that is quickly gaining international momentum. Fueled by the program and internet site [...]	2007-11-30 08:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ICAC ECON ETRD PREL PHUM UK XZ EN LG UZ
07TBILISI1039	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update May 4 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 21-May 4. Opposition Supports South Ossetia Initiative -------------------------------------------- 2. Georgian opposition parties have embraced President Saakashvili' [...]	2007-05-04 14:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1140	GEORGIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: Roman Gotsiridze, the president of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG),Georgia's central bank, came under withering criticism in Parliament after he presented the Bank's annual report on May 10. Parliamentary criticism reflected a less than exact understanding of the interplay b [...]	2007-05-15 14:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN GG
07TBILISI1933	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 3 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of July 14-August 3. Commission on Ossetian Status Starts Work ----------------------------------------- 2. The state commission defining the status of the temporary autonomous [...]	2007-08-03 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG GG
07TBILISI2076	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 17 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of August 4-17. Saakashvili Visits Upper Abkhazia --------------------------------- 2. On August 11, President Saakashvili visited the Upper Kodori Gorge (or Upper Abkhazia) fo [...]	2007-08-17 13:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG GG
07TBILISI2308	PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS MINISTERS, ALEKSISHVILI WAITS [...] (U) Summary: On September 7, the Georgian Parliament approved the new Cabinet of Ministers (ref A) at its first fall session after the summer holidays. The nomination of the former Minister of Finance, Aleksi Aleksishvili, to be President of the National Bank of Georgia was not considered (ref [...]	2007-09-13 03:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV SOCI GG
07TBILISI2542	OKRUASHVILI PLEADS GUILTY AND RECANTS ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: A video-taped testimony by Irakli Okruashvili, confessing to charges of extortion and criminal negligence and recanting his accusations against President Saakashvili, was broadcast on Georgian television October 8. Presidential Advisor Giga Bokeria said Okruashvili may have realiz [...]	2007-10-09 11:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2574	OKRUASHVILI FADES FOR NOW, PATARKATSISHVILI [...] (U) Summary: Irakli Okruashvili has secluded himself in his Tbilisi apartment following two weeks of ups and downs in his political fortunes. In an October 11 press conference, Okruashvili's Movement for a United Georgia party secretary, MP Koka Guntsadze, announced that the former Defense Min [...]	2007-10-12 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2610	OPPOSITION RESPONDS TO SAAKASHVILI, OTHER RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Saakashvili's October 16 proposal (ref A) for lowering the party list threshold for next year's Parliamentary election was pocketed by the opposition and met with additional demands. The United National Council of opposition parties (ref B) on October 17 released a man [...]	2007-10-19 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2709	UNITED COUNCIL OF OPPOSITION MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, representatives of the ten-party United National Council of opposition (ref A) met the Ambassador and presented to him a copy of the four core demands they submitted earlier to President Saakashvili's and Parliamentary Speaker Nino Burjanadze's offices. The Council [...]	2007-11-02 07:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI2752	LIVE FROM MUNICH, OKRUASHVILI ENCOURAGES PROTESTERS [...] (U) Summary: Former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili appeared via live telecast on Imedi TV from Munich on November 5. Okruashvili claimed he "was forced to leave Georgia." He apologized for disappointing Georgians with the recantation of the charges he had leveled against the government [...]	2007-11-06 12:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2964	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/26/07 [...] (U) As expected, on November 25 President Saakashvili resigned to launch his re-election campaign. The resignation is required for early presidential elections. The Parliament approved Saakashvili's proposal of January 5 elections by 148 to 1. Parliamentary Speaker Nino Burjanadze has become [...]	2007-11-26 12:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2999	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/30/07 [...] (U) Opposition parties accused Mikheil Saakashvili of misusing administrative resources for political campaign purposes after he met with Abkhaz Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on November 28 at a Tbilisi Municipality building. Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava and Minister for Refugees and Acco [...]	2007-11-30 12:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI3050	GEORGIA: TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE: 12/07/2007 [...] (U) Thirteen presidential candidates each submitted more than the 50,000 required voter signatures to the Central Election Commission (CEC) by the December 6 deadline. Mikheil Saakashvili's National Movement Party submitted 205,000 signatures, Oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili's representatives [...]	2007-12-07 12:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI3064	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/10/07 [...] (C) On 7 December, members of the OSCE Ambassadorial Working Group were provided a copy of the letter sent by Ambassador Terhi Hakala, Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, to Acting President Nino Burjanadze. In the letter, Hakala outlined the main issues which need to be addressed to ensure [...]	2007-12-10 13:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3080	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE, 12/12/07 [...] (U) Imedi is due to begin broadcasting December 12 with the Kronika program, beginning at 8 p.m. Tbilisi time. The Imedi staff report that one entire control room at Imedi is out of commission and phone and internet access was severely damaged, with only 15 of their former 150 telephone lines [...]	2007-12-12 11:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3092	IMEDI BACK ON THE AIR, MICHNIK AND MONITORS IN PLACE [...] (SBU) Summary. After 34 days off the air due to a governmental shutdown, Imedi, Georgia's most popular television network, resumed full broadcasting on the evening of December 12, 2007. While some technical difficulties remain, Imedi is broadcasting nationally and by satellite to London and [...]	2007-12-13 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO GG PHUM
07TBILISI3152	PATARKATSISVILI COUP PLOT UNCOVERED [...] (SBU) On December 24, the Prime Minister called in the U.S., UK, French, German and Baltic Ambassadors to provide a briefing on a plot to undermine Georgia's presidential election on January 5 and thereby to overthrow the Georgian government. The Prime Minister showed videos of Patarkatsisvi [...]	2007-12-24 10:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3174	ALEX RONDELI: THE UNM SHIP MIGHT STILL FLOAT [...] (C) Alex Rondeli, Director of the Georgian Foundation for Security and International Studies (GFSIS) and widely respected political analyst, shared his views on recent political developments and media professionalism with the DCM on December 26. Rondeli wasn,t surprised by reports of Patarka [...]	2007-12-28 11:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI652	THE GEORGIAN ECONOMY LOOKS FORWARD TO A YEAR OF [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Georgia's economy overcame Russian sanctions and grew 9.3 percent in 2006. Growth is expected to continue at a 7-8 percent rate in 2007. Prospects for increased foreign direct investment ar [...]	2007-03-28 10:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV GG
07TBILISI894	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update April 20 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 7-20. Controversy over Border Monastery --------------------------------- 2. A longstanding controversy over the border with Azerbaijan -- and specifically over the Dav [...]	2007-04-20 11:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TELAVIV1019	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran-Britain Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that his government would release the 15 detained British sailors and marines as a gift t [...]	2007-04-05 08:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1029	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Detention and Release of UK Sailors ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Israel Radio reported that around two weeks ago IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit's captors passed on to him a pair of glasses sent by his father. The r [...]	2007-04-06 10:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1048	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend the media reported on slight progress in negotiations toward the release of IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit. On Sunday leading media reported that Hamas demands the liberation of 1, [...]	2007-04-10 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1062	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 09:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1075	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 09:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1088	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that, during their meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will discuss the "diplomatic horizon." Yediot reported that Olme [...]	2007-04-13 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1094	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1104	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Visit of US Secretary of Defense in Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the U.S. administration will present in the following weeks to the Israelis and the Palestinians a list with benchmarks aimed to p [...]	2007-04-17 09:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1119	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 09:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1143	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Gates to Israel, April 18-19, 2007 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post prominently covered the visit of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to Israel. Yediot and Maariv did not report on th [...]	2007-04-19 08:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1163	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Defense Secretary Robert Gates ended his short visit to Israel on Thursday with a meeting with PM Olmert and FM Tzipi Livni. Ha'aretz said that the [...]	2007-04-20 09:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1201	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel's 59th Independence Day 2. Mideast 3. Sudan: Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media prominently and extensively covered, and commented on, events related to Israel's Memorial Day and Independence Da [...]	2007-04-23 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1218	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Similar to other media, Ha'aretz quoted senior IDF officers as saying that on Tuesday the IDF foiled a Hamas attempt to kidnap a soldier on the Gaza border. Apparently as pa [...]	2007-04-26 05:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1223	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that, in a high-level defense consultation on Wednesday, PM Ehud Olmert decided that Israel will avoid a broad military response to the Hamas rocket bar [...]	2007-04-26 08:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1246	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the US administration has presented Israel and the PA with benchmarks by which the sides will be required to abide, in accordance with [...]	2007-04-27 09:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1263	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Winograd Probe Into 2nd Lebanon War 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend Channel 10-TV unofficially disclosed the basic points of the interim report of the Winograd Commission probing the Second Lebano [...]	2007-04-30 09:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1283	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 10:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1293	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 09:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1299	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1324	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 10:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1335	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast 3. France: Presidential Election ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported on a Qassam rocket attack on Sunday afternoon that wounded two people at a gas station near Sderot. The media c [...]	2007-05-07 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1348	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot, Israel Radio, and other leading media quoted State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack as saying in his daily briefing on Monday that he would not ex [...]	2007-05-08 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1358	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1365	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 09:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1384	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 12:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1401	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported on Sunday that Minister Amir Peretz has instructed the officialin charge of security for the ministry, Yehiel Horev, to begin an official investigation on whether an official [...]	2007-05-14 11:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1425	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1438	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the shelling of Sderot with Qassam rockets and the internecine fighting in the Gaza Strip. The media reported that more than 20 Qassam rockets fell on Sderot on Tuesda [...]	2007-05-16 11:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1476	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 12:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1492	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Muslims in US Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to highlight Qassam rocket attacks on the western Negev and related developments, mainly a limited Israeli military response to the rocket [...]	2007-05-18 10:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1514	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that last night the Israel Air Force bombed the house of Hamas parliamentarian Khalil al-Haya in Gaza. He was slightly injured in the attack, but eight others including [...]	2007-05-21 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1524	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Jonathan Pollard Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night the attacks on Sderot claimed the life of one woman, whose vehicle was struck by a rocket. Two other Sderot residents were wounded in [...]	2007-05-22 10:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1540	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1549	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian Option ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited both Israeli and American officials as saying that neither Jerusalem nor Washington has changed its views on talks with Syria. This reaction came in response to recent [...]	2007-05-25 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1569	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. US and Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that former prime minister Ehud Barak won Monday's first round of the Labor Party primaries. Barak finished with 35.6 percent of the votes to Ayalon's 3 [...]	2007-05-29 12:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1572	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Nothing to Worry About" Senior diplomatic correspondent Shimon Shiffer wrote in the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot (05/30): "The combative sounds being made by the Labor Party candidates should not cause undue excitement.... Whether Barak is elected or Ayalon -- either of them [...]	2007-05-30 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1579	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "The Great Fiasco" Eytan Haber, veteran op-ed writer and assistant to the late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, opined in an editorial of the mass-circulation, pluralist Yediot Aharonot (05/31): "Policy makers and decision takers in Washington are frightened ... They have no answer to what is h [...]	2007-05-31 10:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1587	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel is waiting for Hamas to forward it another list of Palestinian prisoners whom it proposes to exchange for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. The paper noted tha [...]	2007-06-01 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1604	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ----------- Summary: -------- Senior commentator Nahum Barnea wrote in the popular, pluralist Yediot: "The current government has three negotiation tracks that require discussion.... Each track involves great risks, but refraining from making a choice is no less dangerous. Whoe [...]	2007-06-04 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1624	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] 40th Anniversary of the Six-Day War 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Palestinian sources as saying that PM Ehud Olmert will meet on Thursday in Jericho with PA Chairman (President) Mahmoud Abbas. Israel Rad [...]	2007-06-05 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1644	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. G-8 Summit, June 6-8 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the possibility that a military confrontation with Syria might break out this summer. The media reported that this morning the security cabinet will hold [...]	2007-06-06 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1661	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Israeli officials are concerned about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice possibly influencing the speech SIPDIS President Bush is slated to deliver on the Mid [...]	2007-06-07 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1679	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Yediot headlined that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert talked to US President George Bush six weeks ago and received from him the ok to go ahead and open negotiations with Syria. According to the [...]	2007-06-08 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1688	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 10:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1699	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel Labor Party Primaries 2. Mideast 2. Democracy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the belief of unnamed officials that President Bush will make new suggestions for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement in a speech slate [...]	2007-06-12 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1727	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1741	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-14 09:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1757	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Hamas Takeover of Gaza Strip 2. Election of Shimon Peres as President of Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday Hamas completed its takeover of the Gaza Strip. Maariv bannered: "Three States for Two Na [...]	2007-06-15 10:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1783	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Among the main stories over the weekend were the formation by PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas of an emergency cabinet headed by Salam Fayyad, in defiance of Hamas; the [...]	2007-06-18 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS

07TELAVIV1842	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Monday the US and EU lifted the embargo on the PA. The media quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying: "We intend to lift [...]	2007-06-19 12:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1857	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Visit to US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Tuesday's meeting at the White House between PM Ehud Olmert and President Bush. The media quoted the two leaders as saying publicly that they would [...]	2007-06-20 09:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1901	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 10:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1912	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Yediot) quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying at a fundraising event in Haifa on Thursday that his meeting with PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday will create a "new be [...]	2007-06-22 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1918	ISRAEL WEIGHING ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES TO HAMAS [...] (S) Summary. PM Olmert on June 24 will chair the first cabinet discussion of how to respond to the new situation in the Palestinian territories since Olmert's visit to Washington. Senior policy advisers in the MFA, NSC, and MOD have described for us the sub-cabinet discussion of options thi [...]	2007-06-22 14:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1919	BARAK IS BACK: WHAT MIGHT IT MEAN FOR U.S. POLICY? [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Ehud Barak swiftly assumed the Minister of Defense portfolio on June 19. PM Olmert facilitated Barak's rather dramatic reentry into public life by securing the cabinet's approval by telephone on the 15th and a Knesset vote of confidence on the [...]	2007-06-22 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPAL KWBG PINR IS IR SY
07TELAVIV1930	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1957	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a conciliatory address to the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh PM Ehud Olmert declared in a surprise gesture that he intends to ask the cabinet to approve the release of [...]	2007-06-26 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1972	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that on Tuesday two Qassam rockets were launched at Sderot. This morning leading electronic media reported on IDF operations in the southern Gaza StripQIs [...]	2007-06-27 10:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1996	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except the ultra-Orthodox newspapers, led with news on the plea bargain agreement for President Moshe Katsav. As a result Katsav resigned this morning. The media reported that [...]	2007-06-29 09:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2022	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror: UK Terror Attempts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that difficulty in finding 250 Fatah prisoners, who have been in jail for a long time but do not have "blood on their hands," [...]	2007-07-02 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2050	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2063	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-05 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2081	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2090	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 10:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2109	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-10 10:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2124	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Pakistan 3. Iraq 4. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post reported that the Arab League delegation composed of Egyptian FM Ahmed Ali Abu al-Gheit and Jordanian FM Abdelel [...]	2007-07-11 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2135	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 09:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2144	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that the visit of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, which was scheduled for next week, has been canceled. Media quoted President Bush as saying during a press co [...]	2007-07-13 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2163	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Swearing-In of Shimon Peres as President of Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that today President Bush will give a special address on the Middle East, which is expected to focus on the Israeli-Palestin [...]	2007-07-16 10:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2173	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 10:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2183	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed President Bush's announcement of a Middle East conference in the fall. Saying that the White House lowered expectations [...]	2007-07-18 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2210	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2221	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to report on the release of 255 Palestinian prisoners this morning. The released prisoners signed a pledge not to return to terrorism and they will be welc [...]	2007-07-20 10:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2233	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Turkish Elections: AKP Victory ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that former British PM Tony Blair, the Quartet's special envoy to the Middle East peace process, is scheduled to arrive in the country today for [...]	2007-07-23 12:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2250	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Tony Blairs' Mission 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted the Quartet's Special Envoy, Tony Blair, as saying after his meeting with President Shimon Peres that: "I think there is a sense of possibility, but whethe [...]	2007-07-24 13:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2258	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Tony Blairs' Mission 2. Syria ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made a new offer to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: both parties would negotiate an "agreement of principles" fo [...]	2007-07-25 10:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2272	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 10:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2289	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 07:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2338	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US-Saudi Arms Deal 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- The media reported on Sunday that the U.S. is prepared to increase military aid to Israel to ease concerns over a proposed American weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. The media cite [...]	2007-07-30 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2345	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2357	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 08:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2367	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 05:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2391	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 10:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2398	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2409	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2417	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US Defense Aid ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- The Bush administration will not be able to increase military aid to Israel next year by USD 0.5 billion due to expenditures on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Israel had already p [...]	2007-08-09 04:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2422	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 12:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2435	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 11:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2454	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited official Israeli assessments according to which Syria does not believe PM Ehud Olmert's public statements of reassurance that Israel has no intention of attacking S [...]	2007-08-13 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV246	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported and all major media, except Maariv and The Jerusalem Post, bannered last night's joint statement by PM Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister announcing their decision to appoi [...]	2007-01-23 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2465	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and The Jerusalem Post reported that on Monday in Washington Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Yediot reported that Itzik thanked the Secreta [...]	2007-08-14 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2483	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Pakistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that Binyamin Netanyahu won the Likud primary with 73.2 percent of the vote. Far-Right activist Moshe Feiglin garnered 23.4 percent, and World Likud Chairman D [...]	2007-08-15 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2491	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Israeli electronic media reported that a memorandum of understanding was signed this morning in Jerusalem between Israel and the US on the new American defense package for Israel. Unde [...]	2007-08-16 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2504	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Aid to Israel 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns as saying on Thursday that the new USD 30-billion defense package for Israel is not conditioned on [...]	2007-08-17 09:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2513	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Columnist and former IDF Intelligence chief Shlomo Gazit wrote in the popular, pluralist Maariv: "Israel's steps [vis-a-vis Syria] are determined more than anything by domestic politics, and in particular by the Prime Minister's attempt to portray [...]	2007-08-20 10:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2539	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that a week ago President Shimon Peres met in his office with Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad and that he is willing to meet with PA Chairman [Presi [...]	2007-08-21 09:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2543	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 10:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2558	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2579	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2592	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 09:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2601	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 10:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2620	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the meeting between PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas. The Jerusalem Post reported that on Tuesday officials from both sides ad [...]	2007-08-29 11:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2642	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that three Palestinian children from one family were killed in a strike against rocket launchers in the northern Gaza Strip. The media quoted the IDF [...]	2007-08-31 03:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2650	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2662	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 10:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV267	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel: Governance 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major electronic media cited the State of the Union Address that President Bush delivered on Tuesday. The media reported that the President dedicated roughly half of his speech [...]	2007-01-24 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2678	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the belief of GOI sources that most Security Cabinet members will support increasing financial pressure on the Gaza Strip during the cabinet's meeting in Jerus [...]	2007-09-05 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2692	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2702	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal as saying on Thursday afternoon that Syria is weighing its response to an alleged violation of its airspace early on Thursday. Maa [...]	2007-09-07 10:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2722	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Military correspondent Amos Harel wrote on page one of the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "It is safe to assume that Assad will make some sort of move to keep Israel on the edge of its seat over the [upcoming Jewish] holidays." Senior colu [...]	2007-09-10 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2737	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2756	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media cited a report by Christiane Amanpour of CNN based on American and Middle Eastern sources that Israel's action in Syria last week was directed at an Iranian shipment [...]	2007-09-12 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2779	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. France-US Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying on Monday, in a briefing for Russian-language media outlets in Israel: "I have a lot of respect for the Syrian leader and for Sy [...]	2007-09-18 09:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2806	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 06:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2815	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that on Thursday PM Ehud Olmert told a gathering of Kadima that "there is a partner for dialogue in the PA." Media quoted Olmert as saying that he wil [...]	2007-09-21 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2829	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying on Sunday that Syria, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia will be invited to the Washington meeting on the Middle East, which will ad [...]	2007-09-24 14:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV283	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] State of the Union Address 2. Mideast 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post highlighted a part of President Bush's State of the Union Address: "We could expect an epic battle between Shi'a extremis [...]	2007-01-25 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2842	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President Ahmadinejad at Columbia University 2. Mideast 3. Libya ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media quoted President Bush as saying on Monday at a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in N [...]	2007-09-25 10:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2853	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2870	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Tzipi Livni may meet PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas in New York. The radio reported that in her speech to the UN General Assembly, Livni is expected to [...]	2007-09-28 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2880	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2890	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 10:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2896	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Myanmar ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit the region in mid-October to work on the agenda for the Annapolis meeting. Maariv reported that during a meet [...]	2007-10-03 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2908	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized: "The changes in the region and the Palestinian leadership's weakness make it even more difficult to reach a viable agreement. It is clear that the Annapolis meeting will require much more crea [...]	2007-10-05 12:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2918	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 13:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2933	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 10:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2947	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-12 13:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2948	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will come to the region early next week. Israel Radio reported that a three-way meeting will be held between her, PM Ehud [...]	2007-10-12 13:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV297	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Israel: Governance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that during a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, FM Tzipi Livni warned PA Chairman [President] Mahmou [...]	2007-01-26 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2973	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-15 09:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2986	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 06:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2994	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 06:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3014	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 07:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3030	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that President Bush is sending National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley to the Middle East next week and that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will return soo [...]	2007-10-19 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3051	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The top story over the weekend was the alleged assassination plot against PM Olmert in June. Reportedly, the plot which was broken up by Shin Bet and PA security services, involved five [...]	2007-10-22 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3067	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on PM Ehud Olmert's meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace on Monday. The Jerusalem Post banners: "PM Feels Fres [...]	2007-10-23 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3077	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Rabin Assassination Anniversary 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that on Tuesday a Palestinian was killed in an air force attack on a vehicle in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The newspa [...]	2007-10-24 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3087	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted a State Department spokesperson as saying on Wednesday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will come to Israel and the PA in early November. Major media quoted Sec [...]	2007-10-25 10:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV309	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-29 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3109	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip in response to continued Qassam rocket attacks. Thi [...]	2007-10-26 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3120	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 10:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3145	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3164	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3181	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted senior diplomatic officials as saying on Wednesday that it now seems unlikely that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will bring invitations to the Annapolis me [...]	2007-11-01 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3187	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3207	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 06:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3222	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3227	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying on Tuesday that the Annapolis meeting will take place during the last week of November. (Ha'aretz quoted chief PA negotiator Qurei as saying that [...]	2007-11-07 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV324	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the suicide bombing that took place in a neighborhood bakery in Eilat on Monday morning -- the first such incident in the city. Media reported that one of the victims, [...]	2007-01-30 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS

07TELAVIV3244	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Global Democracy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Wednesday Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, who is in charge of the strategic dialogue with the US, met with Secretary of State Con [...]	2007-11-08 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS

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