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09KINSHASA976	GDRC EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE THE ARMED FORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 1, a draft Law to Organize the Armed Forces, a critical component of national institutional reform, was introduced in the National Assembly. Parliamentarians invited Defense Minister Charles Mwando Nsimba to explain the reform plan on October 6. While the Kabila adm [...]	2009-10-28 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MASS KPKO CG

09KINSHASA98	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a February 1 press conference, President Kabil [...]	2009-02-02 12:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA980	MEDIA MINISTER MEETS WITH RFI REPS TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the July 26 shutdown of Radio France International's (RFI) signal throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as a result of controversial reports by an RFI journalist (see refs a and b),French diplomats and representatives of RFI have met with GDRC officia [...]	2009-11-02 06:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA994	PARTERNING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY: DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Counselor and Head of USAID's Office of Economic Growth and Livelihoods delivered (Ref A) letter and proposal to Minister of Agriculture Norbert Basengezi Katitima on October 19, highlighting the USG commitment and approach to combating global hunger and promoting food s [...]	2009-11-04 14:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG
09KOLKATA101	MAOISTS ATTACK ORISSA MINE ON EVE OF INDIAN NATIONAL [...] (SBU) On April 12, several days before polling began in the eastern India state of Orissa for both the parliamentary and state assembly elections, approximately 200 left-wing extremists, known as Maoists or Naxalites, mounted an armed attack on the public sector enterprise National Aluminum Com [...]	2009-04-17 10:23:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV EMIN IN
09KOLKATA105	BHARAT BALLOT 2009: UPA DISCORD AND ANTI-INCUMBENCY FAVOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the mineral-rich tribal state of Jharkhand was carved out of the eastern Indian state of Bihar in 2000, it has been plagued by a string of poorly performing governments and political instability. Discord within the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and underlying anti-inc [...]	2009-04-22 07:14:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN IN
09KOLKATA106	VILLAGERS AND MAOISTS DETAIN TRAIN IN JHARKHAND ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) On April 22, on the eve of the second phase of India's parliamentary polls, approximately 200 villagers and Maoists took control of the 627 UP Barkakana-Dihari-Mughalsarai train for four hours in the Latehar district in Jharkhand. None of the 300 passengers were injured or killed during [...]	2009-04-24 12:29:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
09KOLKATA127	BHARAT BALLOT 09: SIKKIM DEMOCRATIC FRONT LIKELY TO RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) appears likely to continue its 15 year rule of the small mountainous Northeast Indian state strategically wedged in between Nepal, China (Tibet) and Bhutan. While it may not match the 2004 absolute sweep, it appears that it will retain its one L [...]	2009-05-15 11:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ELTN EFIN EAIR IN NP BT CH
09KOLKATA130	GORKHAS SUPPORT BJP TO FURTHER GORKHALAND STATEHOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in the West Bengal Darjeeling constituency elected the state's only Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful candidate to parliament as part of their ongoing movement for the creation of a new "Gorkhaland" state within the Indian Union. The political organization Gorkha [...]	2009-05-19 11:35:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC IN
09KOLKATA132	REGIONAL PARTIES, NOT CONGRESS, EMERGE AS WINNERS IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) Voters in Eastern India primarily supported regional parties that were outside the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that has returned to power. This trend has resulted in a divergence between the party and coalition in power at the national and state levels. Amongst the Ea [...]	2009-05-22 04:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON IN
09KOLKATA134	CYCLONE HITS WEST BENGAL - NO AMCIT CASUALTIES, NO REQUEST [...] (SBU) On May 25, a Category 2 tropical cyclone named "Aila" hit the Eastern India state of West Bengal. Damage was concentrated in South and North 24 Paraganas, especially the low lying delta region of the Sunderbans. West Bengal government officials told post that approximately 40 people die [...]	2009-05-26 12:16:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SENV IN
09KOLKATA144	WEST BENGAL'S "LEFT" - OUT IN THE COLD [...] (SBU) The Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) dominated Left Front in West Bengal is currently examining the reasons for the disastrous parliamentary election results, which saw its seat tally reduced from 35 to 15, the lowest since its came to power in 1977. Party members are divided, [...]	2009-05-29 11:44:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
09KOLKATA148	CANCELLATION OF TELEGRAM - GORKHAS SUPPORT BJP TO FURTHER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 05:04:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC IN
09KOLKATA153	FRESH AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) On May 27, the GOI's central Ministry of Agriculture confirmed a new outbreak of avian influenza among poultry at Hemtabad in the North Dinajpur district of West Bengal. Hemtabad is located about 490 KM north of Kolkata and 20 KM from the border with Bangladesh. Contacts in West Bengal' [...]	2009-06-08 04:44:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD
09KOLKATA162	MAOIST GROUPS STEP UP VIOLENCE IN EASTERN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two weeks, there have been daily attacks on police and political party leaders in the Western part of West Bengal, primarily in and around the town of Lalgarh. Leaders of these attacks appear to be members of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (hereinafter ref [...]	2009-06-18 12:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV IN
09KOLKATA164	THE BATTLE FOR BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: West Bengal's Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) dominated Left Front is still reeling from its poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls (see Reftels). The perfect storm of issues appears to have worked against the Left Front. Some CPI-M leaders believe the party lost sup [...]	2009-06-19 10:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER PSEC IN
09KOLKATA167	WEST BENGAL: POLICE WIN FIRST ROUND AGAINST MAOISTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 03:41:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV CASC IN
09KOLKATA18	FIRST CONFIRMED AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN SIKKIM [...] (U) On January 19, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in poultry in Ravongla Municipality in South Sikkim district in the northeastern state of Sikkim. The epicenter is located approximately 40 km north of the last reported AI outbreak in India in Darje [...]	2009-01-23 10:59:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN NP CH
09KOLKATA189	ORISSA'S BJD PARTY PROMOTES STATE INTERESTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: CG travelled to Orissa in June to congratulate Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Biju Janata Dal's (BJD)'s best electoral performance since the party was formed in 1997. The impressive performance of the regional party in the 2009 parliamentary and state elections validated the p [...]	2009-07-10 06:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IN
09KOLKATA19	A POLITICAL CRISIS IN JHARKHAND AS PRELUDE TO THE NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 19, the Government of India's (GoI) Cabinet recommended President's rule and the suspension of the state assembly in the eastern state of Jharkhand after state legislators could not agree on a consensus candidate for Chief Minister. A state-level political battle for [...]	2009-01-23 11:13:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
09KOLKATA194	POLICE IN WEST BENGAL ASSERT PRESENCE IN ALLEGED MAOIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Joint operations by state and central police have brought more areas under control in and around West Bengal's rural Lalgarh without any significant opposition from the armed groups of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (hereinafter referred to as Maoists, also known as Naxal [...]	2009-07-16 05:39:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA215	GORKHAS PURSUE POLITICAL STRATEGY TO FURTHER STATEHOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: For the past two years, the new political party Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) has increased its efforts to carve out a new Indian state - Gorkhaland - from the existing state of West Bengal. Like other political parties in West Bengal, GJMM uses force and intimidation but it i [...]	2009-08-03 11:20:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA22	ASSAM ELECTORAL PRIMER - ETHNICITY, ALLIANCES AND TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: Ethnicity and migration in the northeastern state of Assam will continue to be a key issue in the state during the upcoming national elections. The Congress Party is confident of maintaining its current number of parliamentary seats in the state contingent; however, the relative [...]	2009-01-28 09:47:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SOCI PREL PGOV IN BG
09KOLKATA237	WEST BENGAL: JASWANT SINGH'S EXPULSION WEAKENS GJMM'S [...] (SBU) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) recent expulsion of Darjeeling's parliamentary representative Jaswant Singh (Reftel A),who supports political party Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha's (GJMM) efforts to create a new Gorkhaland state, is a temporary setback for GJMM who is now reassessing its rel [...]	2009-08-21 12:41:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA256	ONE YEAR LATER, KANDHAMAL RESIDENTS REBUILD DIVIDED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 11:41:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IN
09KOLKATA257	LEFT'S ROUT IN NORTH BENGAL - ONE MORE NAIL IN ITS WEST [...] (SBU) The shaken Left Front in West Bengal was dealt another setback in the September 13 Siliguri municipal elections. The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and Congress Party alliance won 30 of the 47 wards (it previously represented 9) to break the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M [...]	2009-09-18 08:59:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
09KOLKATA261	WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING [...] Summary: Over the past three weeks there has been a decline in the rate of reported H1N1 infections in Kolkata. But thousands of people gathered in enclosed spaces during the ensuing Durga Puja festival could increase H1N1 transmission. The West Bengal government has launched a campaign to en [...]	2009-09-24 06:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU PGOV IN
09KOLKATA267	LAND POLITICS CONTINUE IN WEST BENGAL; BUSINESSES NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent statements from business leaders and politicians reinforced the idea that land acquisition will continue to be a political obstacle for businesses in West Bengal. Business leaders have recently begun acknowledging the importance of working with both the government and the [...]	2009-10-06 11:05:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IN
09KOLKATA276	TRINAMOOL'S MAMATA BANERJEE: FROM OPPOSITIONAL STREET [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the May 2009 parliamentary elections elevated West Bengal's regional party, All India Trinamool Congress, from obscurity to the second largest constituent party in the United Progressive Alliance, its leader, Mamata Banerjee, has conscientiously sought to re-brand herself a [...]	2009-10-20 06:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON IN
09KOLKATA279	DEVELOPING AND GOVERNING BIHAR: FORGING A WINNING COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has made visible strides in developing and governing India's third largest state, and also one of its poorest, since forming the Bihar government in 2005. The national parliamentary elections in May 2009 confirmed the inroads his regional par [...]	2009-10-22 04:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID EINV IN
09KOLKATA28	NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) On January 30, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in West Bengal's Coochbehar district. The two avian influenza (AI) epicenters are in the villages of Nagar Bhagni and Uttar Dangkoba, in two non-contiguous administrative blocks of the district. The [...]	2009-02-06 05:13:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD
09KOLKATA282	ELECTION AND SECURITY CONCERNS PROMPT INDIA TO POSTPONE [...] (SBU) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has postponed the National Games, India's premier amateur sporting event, that were to be held November 21 to December 5 in the eastern state of Jharkhand. According to the Jharkhand home secretary, the civil servant responsible for law and order, the [...]	2009-10-23 10:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC SCUL IN
09KOLKATA286	WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER: PARTY MUST "CHANGE OR PERISH", [...] (C) SUMMARY: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said that his Communist Party of India-Marxist must "either change or perish" and he lamented the lack of technocratic expertise within party leadership in a meeting with the Ambassador in Kolkata on October 13. Bhattacharjee rei [...]	2009-10-27 09:18:00	Consulate Kolkata	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV IN
09KOLKATA287	MAOISTS/NAXALS DETAIN AND RELEASE TRAIN IN WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) On October 27 a group of armed and unarmed Maoist/Naxal supporters (press has reported 300) halted an express Bhubaneswar - New Delhi train in Jhargram, West Bengal to protest the deployment of central security forces in anti-Maoist operations and call for the release of one of their lead [...]	2009-10-28 09:20:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC IN
09KOLKATA3	NEW CONFIRMED AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) On January 2 the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of H5N1 virus in poultry in two non-contiguous administrative blocks of Darjeeling, a district in northern West Bengal. Avian influenza (AI) was confirmed in Matigara in southern Darjeeling and Tukdah in the northern pa [...]	2009-01-07 09:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BG
09KOLKATA305	WEST BENGAL RE-ESTABLISHES GOVERNMENT PRESENCE IN MAOIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Since June 2009 state and central police have operated in West Bengal's three Maoist/Naxal insurgency-affected districts to re-assert government presence, eliminate anti-government armed resistance and win local tribal support. While police have re-established a limited governmen [...]	2009-11-17 04:39:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA307	MAOISTS TARGET AND DERAIL PASSENGER TRAIN BEFORE JHARKHAND [...] (SBU) On November 19 alleged Maoists (also known as Naxals) detonated an explosive device targeting the Tatanagar-Bilaspur passenger train between Manoharpur and Poseita in the Maoist-affected state of Jharkhand. The blast occurred at 9:45 pm approximately 120 km southwest of Jamshedpur, Jhark [...]	2009-11-20 11:00:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC PTER IN
09KOLKATA317	OPPOSITION CONTINUES WINNING STREAK IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) In West Bengal, the Opposition and independent parties won nine of the ten state assembly seats in the November 7 by-elections to the state assembly. They retained all seven previously held seats and snatched two from the ruling Left Front coalition. Trinamool, the leading opposition part [...]	2009-11-27 10:48:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
09KOLKATA328	JHARKHAND STATE ELECTIONS EXPECTED TO YIELD YET ANOTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Five-phase state assembly elections began in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on November 25 and will conclude on December 18. Results will be announced on December 23. Jharkhand has been without an elected government since January as no party had been able to form a gove [...]	2009-12-11 10:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA334	INDIA-BANGLADESH COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION HITS NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: India's recent arrests of United Liberation Front of Assam's (ULFA) chairman and senior leadership is a setback for the northeastern state's most prominent insurgent group. While Bangladesh has officially denied facilitating the arrests, its cooperation with India appears to b [...]	2009-12-22 11:03:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PGOV CASC IN BG
09KOLKATA336	JHARKHAND STATE ELECTIONS: NO OUTRIGHT WINNER, CONGRESS' UPA [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 23 the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand announced the results for its recent state assembly elections. No single party or pre-poll alliance won an outright majority, although the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is the largest caucus. A majority of vo [...]	2009-12-24 06:55:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA337	JHARKHAND: JMM'S SHIBU SOREN TO BE CHIEF MINISTER WITH BJP [...] (U) Summary: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo and parliamentarian Shibu Soren will become Chief Minister of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on December 30, heading a five-party National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition. Even though a Congress alliance garnered the highest number [...]	2009-12-29 14:44:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER IN
09KOLKATA35	BIHAR CHIEF MINISTER KUMAR: KOSI RELIEF, STATE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a wide range of contacts, Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is effectively mobilizing the state government machinery to respond to the August 2008 flooding of the river Kosi and improve development in the state. Since forming a government in November 2005, Kumar h [...]	2009-02-10 10:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID IN NP
09KOLKATA43	AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN WEST BENGAL'S SOUTH [...] (SBU) On February 17, the Principal Secretary of West Bengal's Animal Resources Development (ARD) Department confirmed the presence of avian influenza (AI) H5N1 virus in backyard poultry of Barmahar village in South Dinajpur district. The latest epicenter is located approximately 300 km north [...]	2009-02-20 04:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD
09KOLKATA55	NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL - A CROSS BORDER [...] (U) On February 24, the GOI reported a second outbreak of the avian influenza (AI) virus H5N1 in backyard poultry in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, this time in the forest village of Punding (See Reftel). The village is about 630 km north of Kolkata and the district physically borders the [...]	2009-03-05 09:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BG
09KOLKATA56	ASSAM: ULFA AND NDFB MAIN SUSPECTS IN OCTOBER 30 TERRORIST [...] (C) Summary: Assam's Chief Minister confirmed that the separatist groups United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) are the main suspects in the October 30, 2008 terrorist attacks in Guwahati (Reftel). Assam officials, who believe that the attacks w [...]	2009-03-05 09:47:00	Consulate Kolkata	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IN BG
09KOLKATA67	BHARAT BALLOT 2009: BJP IS DUMPED BY ORISSA ALLY [...] (U) Summary: On March 7, the 11-year-old National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),collapsed in Orissa when the regional party, Biju Janata Dal (BJD),withdrew from the coalition. On March 11, Orissa's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik (BJD) won a trus [...]	2009-03-13 08:51:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
09KOLKATA7	WEST BENGAL AFTER THE NANO: INVESTMENT CLIMATE IS BLEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Three months after Tata withdrew its Nano project from West Bengal in the face of violent opposition against land acquisition, the investment climate in West Bengal is bleak. The Government of West Bengal (GOWB) has not developed a strategy to repair the state's damaged image an [...]	2009-01-09 10:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND PGOV IN
09KOLKATA75	BHARAT BALLOT 09: A CRACK IN THE LEFT FRONT'S WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary. As the fourth most-populous state in the Indian Union, the seat of one of India's four great metropolises and the bastion of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),West Bengal politics has always had national significance. More important than the national electoral iss [...]	2009-03-19 12:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IN
09KOLKATA78	BHARAT BALLOT 09: A CRACK IN THE LEFT FRONT'S WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary. As the fourth most-populous state in the Indian Union, the seat of one of India's four great metropolises and the bastion of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),West Bengal politics has always had national significance. More important than the national electoral iss [...]	2009-03-20 13:06:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IN
09KOLKATA79	WOMEN IN INDIA: MAMATA BANERJEE - WEST BENGAL FIGHTER AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Firebrand communist-baiter Mamata Banerjee leads West Bengal's principal opposition party, the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) that has aligned with Congress to challenge the Left Front's 32-year rule in the state. An astute politician - six term parliamentarian - with an e [...]	2009-03-20 13:39:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN IN
09KOLKATA88	ULFA SUSPECTED IN MARCH 31 TERRORIST ATTACK KILLING ONE [...] (SBU) On March 31, an improvised explosive devise (IED) exploded in Jyotikuchi locality in Guwahati, the capital of the Northeastern Indian state of Assam. The IED killed one person and injured 13. There were no American casualties. According to police contacts, the motorcycle borne IED was [...]	2009-04-01 11:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV IN
09KOLKATA96	ULFA SUSPECTED IN ASSAM TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 6, nine people died and more than 30 were wounded in a series of six terrorist attacks in different parts of Assam, including the capital Guwahati. Police suspect that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA),which celebrates its foundation day on April 7, conducted [...]	2009-04-07 13:45:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV PK IN
09KOLKATA97	BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE, GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Politics in Bihar is dominated by regional parties pushing their caste interests. Bihar's Chief Minister (CM) Nitish Kumar heads the Janata Dal-United (JDU) party, presently a member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA),and is winning over Bihar's poorest and lowest caste [...]	2009-04-08 12:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
09KOLONIA106	RECENT HAZMAT TRAINING USED IN RESPONSE TO AMMONIA LEAK [...] On July 21 a purse seiner at anchor in Pohnpei sprung an ammonia leak in one of its chillers. The leak killed one Filipino seaman. 2. Pohnpei Port Authority Acting General Manager and Safety and Security Manager Ron Reyes informed Econ/Conoff on July 23 that the Port's HAZMAT Team respon [...]	2009-07-24 04:16:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EWWT EFIS FM
09KOLONIA108	US COAST GUARD COMMANDANT VISITS POHNPEI, STRESSES FISHERIES [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen visited the island of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),from July 19 to July 21. Admiral Allen met with FSM President Emanuel Mori and members of his cabinet, members of the FSM Congress, and Australian and Micronesian personn [...]	2009-07-25 01:27:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA109	CHINESE COMPANY LUEN THAI REPORTEDLY SEEKS TO OPERATE ALL [...] (C) The largest fishing operation in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),Luen Thai, has reportedly submitted a proposal to FSM President Mori permitting the company to operate all port and fish processing facilities within the FSM. FSM National Government and State agencies responsible [...]	2009-07-28 05:39:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS ECON PGOV PREL PINR FM
09KOLONIA113	ADDITIONAL EMBASSY KOLONIA REQUEST FOR FY09 JIATF WEST [...] (SBU) PURSUANT TO REF E-MAIL, THIS MESSAGE RESPONDS TO A REQUEST TO ASK FOR U.S. DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER SECTION 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 AS AMENDED, FOR FY 2009 JIATF WEST TRAINING SUPPORT TO THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (FSM) POLICE AND THE MICRONESIA TRANS [...]	2009-08-06 11:08:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SNAR MASS PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA114	EMBASSY KOLONIA REQUEST FOR FY09 JIATF WEST SUPPORT [...] (SBU) PURSUANT TO REF E-MAIL, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR U.S. DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER SECTION 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 AS AMENDED, FOR FY 2009 JIATF WEST SUPPORT TO THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (FSM) POLICE. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND IN APRIL 2009, JIATF WEST CONDUC [...]	2009-08-06 11:09:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MASS PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA116	EMBASSY CONTRACT GUARD MURDERED WHILE OFF-DUTY [...] (U) At about two in the morning on August 8, a member of Embassy Kolonia's local guard force was killed. Initial reports remain unconfirmed, but it appears that Embassy Guard Isel Phillip, from Chuuk, was departing a bar when he was attacked by a group of men, believed to be Pohnpeian. Secur [...]	2009-08-10 06:58:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC SOCI PGOV FM
09KOLONIA118	AUSTRALIA SEEKING COORDINATION IN THE FSM ON ITS PACIFIC [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On August 7, Australian Ambassador Susan Cox met with Ambassador Hughes to discuss a planned visit by senior Australian assistance officials to the FSM. Cox stated the visit's focus would be on Australia's Paci [...]	2009-08-19 00:50:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID FM AS
09KOLONIA12	COMPLAINTS OVER COMPACT ADMINISTRATION HEARD AT OPENING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Senators Halbert and Urusemal criticized the administration of the Compact during the recent opening of the FSM Congressional session. Post believes the remarks reflect frustration with the lack of progress on infrastructure projects and not increased anti-American sentiment. EN [...]	2009-01-27 06:16:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA128	BURIAL AND MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR SGT YOUVERT LONEY [...] (U) On September 5, FSM citizen and U.S. Army Sergeant (Sgt) Youvert Loney , a 28-year-old soldier assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, died of wounds suffered after an attack by enemy forces in Abad, Afghanistan. Sgt Loney's sp [...]	2009-09-22 06:30:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV FM
09KOLONIA130	FSM ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The FSM National Government, through the offices of Research and Development, submitted a national Draft Energy Policy to each state on July 21. By Mid-September a number of the agencies and personnel responsible for implementation still had not seen the draft plan. Although [...]	2009-10-06 04:44:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV FM
09KOLONIA137	YAP STATE ATTEMPTS AT IMPLEMENTING ENERGY PLAN AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Yap State Legislators are hoping that the FSM National Government can provide a unified front to obtain international funding to meet the FSM's energy needs. Current funding from donor nations is greatly appreciated, but the project implementation process remains difficult. E [...]	2009-10-30 01:06:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA138	ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION SUBMITS ITS REPORT ON MARCH [...] (U) Summary: DRL Senior Advisor Chris Camponovo and Gerard Finin from the East West Center recently traveled to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to present the Final Report of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership's (APDP) March election observation mission to a range of Chuuk state a [...]	2009-11-05 02:31:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID FM
09KOLONIA140	POHNPEI STATE CONCLUDES ITS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION [...] (U) Summary. Pohnpei State concluded its Second Constitutional Convention after ninety days of deliberations. Delegates considered fourteen proposed amendments to the state's twenty-five-year old constitution and approved ten. Voters must approve the proposals in a subsequent referendum in ord [...]	2009-11-06 05:43:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA142	IPR ISSUES IGNORED BY FSM GOVERNMENT; POPULATION DOESN'T [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The only movie theater in the FSM may close its doors because it cannot compete against readily available pirated DVDs. Pohnpei State and the National Attorney General Offices concede that pirated DVDs are easy to obtain, but neither plans to take any action to limit their dis [...]	2009-11-13 08:46:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV FM
09KOLONIA145	POST RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 03:21:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG FM
09KOLONIA157	WASTE MANAGEMENT A GROWING CONCERN IN POHNPEI; WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pohnpei's Environmental Protection Agency is focusing on litter, pollution and waste management and how to implement an April 2006 law on those issues. The two largest environmental NGOs in Pohnpei meanwhile are concerned that the state is not adequately addressing a growing w [...]	2009-12-22 04:57:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV FM
09KOLONIA17	FSM STATES/NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE URGES MOVEMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29 the FSM National Congress requested the President convene a leadership conference to consider the public infrastructure sector grant. Allocated funds were not moving to actual projects. During the February 4-6 conference, President Mori suspended debate on infr [...]	2009-02-09 01:01:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA18	GOVERNOR SEEKING TO SIPHON FUNDING AWAY FROM SELF FUNDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pohnpei Port Authority (PPA) General Manager Iehsi complained to Ambassador Hughes on January 23 that Pohnpei Governor Ehsa is seeking to divert needed funds away from the PPA. Iehsi alleges that proposed funding changes will undermine the Port Authority's ability to meet intern [...]	2009-02-10 05:47:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON FM
09KOLONIA22	PRESIDENT REITERATES IMPORTANCE OF COMPACT FIVE YEAR REVIEW, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Emanuel Mori used a February 23 meeting with Ambassador Hughes to reiterate the importance he places in the Compact of Free Association's upcoming five year review, saying all aspects of the Compact are on the table. Mori also sought assistance in passport processing [...]	2009-02-25 03:32:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV EAID CPAS FM
09KOLONIA28	US FUNDED ELECTION OBSERVERS GENERALLY POSITIVE ON NATIONAL [...] (U) The East-West Center (EWC),through the Department's Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP),provided an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to the March 3, 2009 national elections for some Congressional seats in the Federated States of Micronesia. Observers concentrated their efforts i [...]	2009-03-06 06:27:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM FM
09KOLONIA29	REPRESENTATIVE FALEOMAVAEGA'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS COMPACT [...] (U) Summary. Congressman Eni Faleomavaega came to Pohnpei March 3 to lead the election observation mission during national and state elections. Congressman Faleomavaega remained on the island an additional six days and met with a number of national, state and traditional leaders. During one [...]	2009-03-11 00:47:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL EAID FM
09KOLONIA30	BURIAL AND MEMORIAL SERVICE OF SOLDIER DEMONSTRATES FSM AND [...] (U) On February 19, FSM citizen and Specialist (SPC) Cwislyn K. Walter, a 19 year old member of the Hawaii U.S. Army National Guard, died in a vehicle accident in Kuwait City, Kuwait. SPC Walter's parents reside in Hawaii, but they asked the U.S. Army Casualty Office in Honolulu to bring thei [...]	2009-03-12 06:38:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PGOV FM
09KOLONIA31	COMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS START IN THE FSM [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 09:20:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID FM
09KOLONIA34	FSM REVISES METHOD TO SELECT JEMCO REPRESENTATIVES AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Although no official announcement has been made, Evelyn Adolph and Fabian Nimea are no longer the Micronesian representatives on the Joint Economic Management Committee (JECMO). All signs indicate that Foreign Affairs Secretary Lorin Robert and Pohnpei State Governor John Ehsa [...]	2009-03-17 03:28:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA35	POHNPEI STATE SEEKS TO OPEN TRADE OFFICE IN TAIWAN - CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY. People's Republic of China (PRC) Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Liu Fei recently complained to Amembassy officers that Pohnpei State Governor John Ehsa planned to establish a Pohnpei trade office in Taiwan. Liu said China had raised strong objections and [...]	2009-03-18 03:22:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW FM
09KOLONIA38	ELECTION DISPUTES IN CHUUK DELAY ANTICIPATED RUNOFF [...] (U) Summary: FSM national and Chuuk State elections took place on March 3, but state candidates still dispute the results. On March 26, the Chuuk State Supreme Court decided to hold a revote for voters in Honolulu on April 1 and hold the gubernatorial runoff election between the top two vote [...]	2009-03-27 07:25:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM FM
09KOLONIA39	CHINESE AMBASSADOR CRITICAL OF FSM GOVERNMENT CAPACITY AND [...] (C) In a wide ranging discussion with U.S. Embassy officers on March 21, People's Republic of China Ambassador Liu Fei was critical of the FSM's capacity at both the state and national levels. She then complained about the lack of an industrious attitude at the individual level. Although Chi [...]	2009-03-30 04:36:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINR FM CH
09KOLONIA47	RIFT OVER FSM SOCIAL SECURITY LAW HIGHLIGHTS POHNPEI'S [...] President Mori's proposed amendments to the Federated States of Micronesia's (FSM) Social Security law ignited criticism from politicians and the public alike, particularly in Pohnpei State. The proposal gave more ammunition to those calling for secession ahead of Pohnpei's upcoming constituti [...]	2009-04-09 08:11:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI FM
09KOLONIA53	FSM PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. HELP TO REFORM COMPACT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-19 23:30:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA65	BIO OF ASTERIO TAKESY, NEW FSM SENIOR ADVISER FOR THE [...] (U) On April 17, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Office of Statistics, Budget & Economic Management, Overseas Development Assistance and Compact Management (SBOC) informed post that the FSM Government hired Asterio Takesy (Ah-STAIR-ee-o TAK-eh-see) to be its Senior Adviser during the F [...]	2009-04-30 04:35:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA70	FSM TREASURY DRAFTS UNIFORM REVENUE AUTHORITY LEGISLATION, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Department of Finance and Administration of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) continues to draft a Uniform Revenue Authority (URA) plan for eventual submission before the national congress. Tax Reform Project Manager Evelyn Adolph states that her Department designed [...]	2009-05-04 06:06:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV FM
09KOLONIA73	FSM COMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE STARTS TO ROLL AND TO REQUIRE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 22:43:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV FM
09KOLONIA74	FORMER FSM AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES SENTENCED TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Ambassador to the United States Jesse Marehalau was convicted of theft and over-obligation of government funds, charges arising from his long stint as the FSM Ambassador in Washington. The FSM Supreme Court sentenced Marehalau to 36 m [...]	2009-05-09 03:48:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA84	REACTION TO PRESIDENT MORI'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary. In his second State of the Nation Address, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Emanuel Mori identified many of the challenges that face his government. However, FSM national and state leaders criticized the President for not providing direction or guidance to resolve [...]	2009-06-01 06:09:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID FM
09KOLONIA91	GOVERNOR EHSA'S PRESS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS POHNPEI STATE'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 06:12:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID FM
09KOLONIA99	TRADITIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM LIMITS EFFECTIVENESS OF CRIMINAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: From April to June American citizens in Pohnpei have reported multiple burglaries, assaults, and a murder. When asked about preventing such crimes, Pohnpei Police Chief Joe Roby comments that Pohnpei's traditional legal systems have limited his ability to enforce the law. Attor [...]	2009-07-07 05:03:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV FM
09KOROR11	INAUGURATION OF PALAU'S EIGHTH CONSITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: On January 15 Palau's eighth constitutional government was inaugurated into office. The ceremonies began with the installation of the Senate and the House of Delegates followed by the swearing-in of President Johnson Toribiong and Vice President Kerai Mariur. The ceremonies took pla [...]	2009-01-21 07:03:00	Embassy Koror	UNCLASSIFIED	PS PGOV PREL
09KOROR43	PALAUAN PRESIDENT JOHNSON TORIBIONG REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM [...] On March 23, post received a letter from President Johnson Toribiong to Attorney General Eric Holder. In his letter President Toribiong requests the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the investigation of the disappearance of a police weapon - a "mini M-14". The reque [...]	2009-03-25 02:02:00	Embassy Koror	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA PGOV PREL PS
09KUALALUMPUR1010	MALAYSIA AND FORWARD THINKING ON THE "DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: If approached as part of a joint, transparent outreach effort to Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) countries, the Government of Malaysia may modify its strong support for the UN "Defamation of Religions" resolution, or a new treaty along the same lines (ref A). In that [...]	2009-12-22 07:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC
09KUALALUMPUR1012	PERSPECTIVE FROM MALAYSIA ON PM NAJIB'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) In mid-December, Malaysian and Thai contacts in Kuala Lumpur briefed Poloffs on Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's visit to Thailand from December 7-9. All contacts emphasized that both Prime Ministers see the insurgency in Thailand's southern three provinces as an internal Thai problem t [...]	2009-12-23 08:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH MY
09KUALALUMPUR1013	MALAYSIAN F-5 ENGINES CASE AND ACTION REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 09:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PM PREL PGOV MARR MY
09KUALALUMPUR1015	MALASIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES HOLD FIRST FORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The three main Malaysian opposition parties held their first official joint convention on December 19, agreeing to a core platform of unified party positions and setting their sights on taking over the government during the next general elections. The opposition coalition know [...]	2009-12-24 06:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR1016	MALAYSIA: UPDATE ON F-5 ENGINE SCANDAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 07:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PM PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR102	MALAYSIA'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia made some progress in addressing the challenges associated with trafficking in persons during this reporting period, building incrementally on the advances it made last year. Malaysia began implementing and enforcing its comprehensive anti-trafficking law, which went [...]	2009-02-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD KTIP
09KUALALUMPUR1024	BABY TRAFFICKERS CHARGED UNDER MALAYSIA'S ANTI-TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, Malaysian police have investigated what has been described as a "baby-factory" in Selangor. The police arrested 22 people in connection with this large-scale, family-run, baby-trafficking syndicate and rescued 10 young children. The syndicate allegedly paid for [...]	2009-12-30 00:28:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY

09KUALALUMPUR1025	SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP TRAINING OF MALAYSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: From December 8-16, a four-member United States Department of Justice Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (USDOJ-OPDAT) team, funded by the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),conducted two succ [...]	2009-12-30 08:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR12	GAZA REACTION: MALAYSIAN PM TAKES CREDIT FOR [...] (SBU) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Foreign Minister Rais Yatim are touting Malaysia's role in persuading UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to call the UN General Assembly (UNGA) into an emergency session. Motivated by Malaysia's perception that United Nations Security Council ( [...]	2009-01-08 23:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR122	MALAYSIA DPM NAJIB SEEKS STRONGER BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Najib reiterated Malaysia's desire to strengthen ties with the U.S. during a review of key issues in our bilateral relationship with the Ambassador on February 19. Najib extended an invitation for President Obama to visit Malaysia and encouraged other inc [...]	2009-02-20 09:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR125	MALAYSIA ON NPT ISSUES [...] (U) Acting Political Counselor met with Mr. Shazryll Zahiran, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division, on February 20 to discuss the current Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review cycle. No Changes Foreseen, But A Co [...]	2009-02-20 10:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC UNGA
09KUALALUMPUR13	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S.-IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 03:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09KUALALUMPUR137	AMBASSADOR MARCIEL,S MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Trade and Industry Muhyiddin Yassin told Ambassadors Marciel and Keith February 23 that Malaysia "treasured its relationship with the U.S.", was ready to resume our bilateral FTA negotiations and hoped the Obama Administration would choose to continue the talks as wel [...]	2009-02-25 09:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN ETRD SOCI PGOV PTER MA
09KUALALUMPUR147	MALAYSIAN COAST GUARD SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has taken the first steps to establish a maritime criminal investigation division (MCID) and has requested access to USG expertise as it does so. Embassy Kuala Lumpur and its Law Enforcement Working Group support a coordinated, i [...]	2009-02-27 06:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MARR MY
09KUALALUMPUR151	MALAYSIA RELEASES MORE ALLEGED JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 10:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR159	GOM AND CATHOLIC CHURCH STILL AT ODDS OVER "ALLAH" [...] (SBU) The Malaysian government's attempted ban on the Catholic Church's use of the word "Allah" continues to generate politically-charged controversy with the courts yet to resolve the matter. Just prior to a February 27 court hearing, the Home Ministry issued an order allowing the Catholic C [...]	2009-03-04 10:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SCUL KIRF KISL MY
09KUALALUMPUR160	NAJIB ON TRACK TO BECOME PM AS POLITICAL [...] (C) Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak appears on track to take over as Prime Minister by early April against a backdrop of continued political turbulence. With ruling UMNO party elections less than four weeks away, both the King and outgoing PM Abdullah himself publicly reconfir [...]	2009-03-04 11:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR187	HINDRAF LEADERS REMAIN UNDER ISA DETENTION [...] (SBU) Malaysian courts denied a series of appeals by the five leaders of the government-banned Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF),held without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA) since December 2007. Some reports, still unconfirmed, allege that Uthayakumar is at risk of losing a foo [...]	2009-03-11 08:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR193	MALAYSIA TO HOST INTERNATIONAL PIRACY CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Malaysia has officially invited United States participation in a May 18-19 "International Conference on Piracy and Crimes at Sea" hosted by the Foreign Ministry. The conference aims to share experiences in the Straits of Malacca and Southeast Asia in support of th [...]	2009-03-16 07:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHSA MARR EWWT MY
09KUALALUMPUR194	ONE YEAR LATER, ANWAR IN DOLDRUMS, SODOMY TRIAL [...] (C) Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on March 8 presided over a very modest event marking the one-year anniversary of the March 2008 election that ushered in significant opposition gains. Anwar's national address failed to stir the crowd or attract senior leaders from other parties in his Peop [...]	2009-03-16 09:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR195	MALAYSIA UNVEILS USD 16 BILLION ECONOMIC STIMULUS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Facing rapidly slowing growth and a probable recession in 2009, Malaysia announced its second fiscal stimulus package on March 10. The larger than expected stimulus package includes additional spending, guarantees, equity investments and tax incentives amounting to a [...]	2009-03-16 23:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR199	GOM PROSECUTES VETERAN OPPOSITION LEADER AND OTHER [...] (SBU) A Sessions Court judge charged Karpal Singh, a veteran opposition leader in Parliament, with sedition on March 17 for comments he made critical of the Sultan of Perak's decision to support the ruling National Front coalition (BN) during its takeover of the Perak State Government last mo [...]	2009-03-18 09:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR203	PM'S ALLY BARRED FROM CONTESTING IN RULING PARTY [...] (SBU) In a highly controversial decision, the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party on March 17 found Ali Rustam, an ally of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, guilty of "money politics" and barred Rustam from contesting for Deputy President in the party's late March election. [...]	2009-03-19 10:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR229	NAJIB CLOSING MALAYSIA'S DEMOCRATIC SPACE? [...] (C) Malaysia's Home Ministry on March 23 banned two opposition party newspapers for a period of three months, a decision that came one day before the general assembly and elections for the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party. The GOM suspended the newspapers for violating [...]	2009-03-27 10:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR230	MALAYSIA'S WOMEN'S MINISTRY PROVIDES TIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General (DG) Noorul Ainur from the Women's Ministry briefed the Embassy on March 20 about recent Ministry efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The DG described progress in working with local NGOs and initiating a nascent TIP awareness program, and also prov [...]	2009-03-27 10:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR231	RULING PARTY CONFIRMS NAJIB, ELECTS NEW LEADERS [...] (C) Malaysia's Najib era has begun. The country's ruling party, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO),confirmed Najib Razak as party president on March 26 and elected new senior officials during its party elections and general assembly, which conclude March 28. Key Najib ally Muhy [...]	2009-03-27 12:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR245	MALAYSIAN POLICE INVESTIGATES BURMESE REFUGEE TIP [...] (U) Inspector General of Police (IGP) Musa Hassan announced a joint investigation by Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) and Malaysia's Immigration Department into allegations that Immigration officials are involved in the trafficking of Burmese refugees along the Malaysia-Thai border. The April 1 [...]	2009-04-02 12:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PINR PINS PHUM KTIP BM BX ID MY
09KUALALUMPUR253	NAJIB RAZAK SWORN IN AS MALAYSIA'S SIXTH PM [...] (U) Najib Razak was sworn in as Malaysia's sixth Prime Minister on April 3, the week after he took over leadership of the ruling party from outgoing PM Abdullah Badawi. During his short first address, Najib focused on unifying themes of reaching out to all Malaysians and moving the country fo [...]	2009-04-06 11:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR258	MALAYSIA: NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE YET TO NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) The Ambassador conveyed the President's statement and additional reftel points on North Korea's April 5 missile launch to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohd Isa on April 6. Rastam has yet to respond and in follow-up with MFA contacts in the East Asia, Americas and Mu [...]	2009-04-08 08:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL KNNP KN MY
09KUALALUMPUR259	BY-ELECTION RESULTS -- HONEYMOON DAMPENER FOR NAJIB [...] (C) The opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) won two out of three by-elections held on April 7, handing a set back to the new administration of Prime Minister Najib Razak and his ruling National Front (BN) coalition. The key contest saw recently ousted Perak Chief Minister Mohammad Nizar o [...]	2009-04-08 10:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR265	TWO POLICEMEN FOUND GUILTY OF ALTANTUYA MURDER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A Malaysian judge on April 9 found two police officers guilty in the politically-charged murder case of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu, a case that saw the acquittal of a former close political advisor to newly installed Prime Minister Najib Razak. The poli [...]	2009-04-09 10:23:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR MY
09KUALALUMPUR266	NAJIB UNVEILS CABINET, PLACES LOYALISTS IN KEY [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Najib Razak publicly announced his cabinet on April 9, placing his loyalists in key positions and giving the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party control of 15 out of 24 ministries. Najib appointed Muhyiddin Yassin as Deputy Prime Minister, reflecting h [...]	2009-04-09 12:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR268	NAJIB'S NETWORK - A PRELIMINARY LOOK [...] (C) This cable provides a preliminary review of Prime Minister Najib Razak's close aides and political associates, known associated companies, and business contacts, as well as summary information on Najib's four brothers. The review is based on information available prior to Najib's confirma [...]	2009-04-10 07:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR29	MALAYSIAN CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGED IN UPR PROCESS [...] (SBU) Malaysia's civil society and leading NGOs are proactively engaged in the Universal Periodic review (UPR) process, though with limited interaction with the Malaysian government. The Coalition of Malaysia NGOs in the UPR Process (COMANGO),an umbrella organization of over 35 NGOs, coordi [...]	2009-01-15 10:23:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL UNHRC MY
09KUALALUMPUR323	PROMINENT BLOGGER FLEES SEDITION TRIAL [...] (C) Prominent blogger and government critic Raja Petra Kamarudin, who was jailed for two months in 2008 under the Internal Security Act (ISA),failed to appear for his sedition trail on April 23, and the court subsequently issued a warrant for his arrest. A member of his defense team informe [...]	2009-04-30 09:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS KDEM UK MY
09KUALALUMPUR337	ARRESTS PRECEDE MAY 7 PERAK ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Malaysian police arrested four opposition figures May 5-6, including two senior political party leaders, releasing two later on May 6. Two of the arrests are tied to potential protest actions surrounding the controversial May 7 state assembly meeting in Perak, which [...]	2009-05-06 11:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR342	PANDEMONIUM IN PERAK STATE ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Following a riotous state assembly session in the Perak state capital of Ipoh on May 7, which featured police physically removing the speaker from the Peoples Alliance (PR) coalition, the ruling National Front (BN) coalition of Prime Minister Najib Razak succeeded in electing a new assembl [...]	2009-05-07 11:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR352	REMAINING HINDRAF LEADERS AMONG 13 RELEASED FROM [...] (SBU) The Malaysian Government announced on May 8 the decision to release 13 detainees held without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA),including the remaining three leaders of the Hindu Action Front (HINDRAF) held since December 2007 and ten persons detained as suspected members or [...]	2009-05-11 12:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PTER KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR361	SCENESETTER FOR FM ANIFAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (S) Foreign Minister Anifah Aman's visit to Washington May 14 to meet with Secretary Clinton is a clear signal of the priority new Prime Minister Najib places on improving U.S.-Malaysia ties. Najib is a more pragmatic and action-oriented leader, and more inclined to move Malaysia away from M [...]	2009-05-13 08:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR365	URGING AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RELEASE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 08:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM MY
09KUALALUMPUR378	NEW DEFENSE MINISTER WANTS TO EXPAND U.S.-MALAYSIA [...] (S) Newly appointed Defense Minister Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi emphasized Malaysia's desire to strengthen our bilateral military relationship during the Ambassador's May 11 introductory call. The Ambassador congratulated Zahid on Malaysia's anti-piracy efforts, while the Minister highlighted the [...]	2009-05-15 09:57:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS MY
09KUALALUMPUR380	MALAYSIA: ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AND FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (U) Summary and comment: Central Bank Deputy Governor Ooi Sang Kuang reports that Malaysia is seeing signs of a U-shaped recovery with positive growth in the fourth quarter of 2009. Ooi credits GOM monetary and fiscal policy (Ref A) as well as financial sector liberalizations (Ref B) for the [...]	2009-05-18 00:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV MY EINV
09KUALALUMPUR392	NEXT STEPS FOR U.S. - MALAYSIA RELATIONS [...] (S) We have come a long way in the first months of the new Administration's relationship with Malaysia. Secretary Clinton's congratulatory call to Foreign Minister Anifah and her early meeting with him in Washington as well as Prime Minister Najib's well publicized receipt of a letter of con [...]	2009-05-20 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR4	UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION A LITMUS TEST [...] (SBU) In a local political contest that will be closely watched in the capital, the Malaysian constituency of Kuala Terengganu will hold a by-election on January 17 to determine the successor for the late Member of Parliament (MP) Razali Ismail. The ruling United Malays National Organization [...]	2009-01-06 05:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR404	MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Post conveyed reftel points on the Somali piracy Contact Group to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on May 20. The MFA official proposed no changes to the draft CGPCS agenda and offered that Malaysia will be represented at the CGPCS by its PermRep and staff from its Perm [...]	2009-05-26 09:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KCRM MARR ECON EWWT MY
09KUALALUMPUR413	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW MALAYIAN DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador highlighted the need for stronger IPR enforcement during his call on Malaysia,s newly appointed Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Minister Ismail told the Ambassador that strengthening IPR protection was high on his priority li [...]	2009-05-28 06:00:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR414	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO TERENGGANU AND KELANTAN [...] (C) The Ambassador traveled from May 18-21 to the northeastern Malaysian states of Terengganu and Kelantan, the poorest and most religiously conservative states in peninsular Malaysia. The Ambassador raised border security and human trafficking issues with senior state government officials an [...]	2009-05-28 07:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON SOCI KISL KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR417	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ISLAMIC PARTY LEADERS IN [...] (C) The Ambassador met with senior Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) politicians Mustafa Ali and Wan Abdul Rahim during a May 19-21 visit to the northeast states of Terengganu and Kelantan (see reftel). Both veteran PAS leaders stated candidly that PAS, the only religion-based party in Malaysia [...]	2009-05-28 09:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR418	MALAYSIAN PM ACKNOWLEDGES ECONOMY IN RECESSION IN [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Najib announced on May 28 a substantial downward revision in Malaysia's 2009 economic growth forecast to negative four to five percent. The new forecast comes a day after the central bank announced first quarter growth results of negative 6.2 percent. Both figures [...]	2009-05-29 06:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR42	BY-ELECTION SETBACK FOR UMNO, BOOST FOR OPPOSITION [...] (C) The ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party suffered its latest setback when it lost a January 17 parliamentary by-election in Terengganu state to the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),supported by its opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) partners, in a contest billed as [...]	2009-01-22 10:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR420	ENERGY AND GREEN TECHNOLOGY IN MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: LOO Took Gee, Deputy Secretary-General for Energy at the newly established Ministry of Energy, Green Technology, and Water (MEGTW),does not foresee any major shifts in Malaysia's energy sector even as electricity demand is expected to double by 2030. Malaysia will continue to [...]	2009-05-29 08:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR422	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MALAYSIA'S NEW MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's new Minister for Trade and Industry told the Ambassador during their initial meeting that the Najib government was completing an FTA stocktaking exercise and he hoped to have an opportunity to meet USTR Kirk on the margins of the Cairns Group to discuss how to move fo [...]	2009-05-29 10:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN ETRD SOCI PGOV PTER MA
09KUALALUMPUR459	DCM AND MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSS BURMA ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Foreign Ministry official responsible for mainland Southeast Asia told the DCM May 29 that Malaysia viewed implementation of the Burmese regime's "roadmap to democracy" as a way forward, and discussed the challenges of making headway on the Rohingya refugee/migrant [...]	2009-06-08 08:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BM MY
09KUALALUMPUR463	DAS KASOFF REVIEWS TRADE ISSUES WITH MALAYSIAN [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Kasoff June 4-5, senior officials at Malaysia,s Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Domestic Trade June signaled that Malaysia was ready to demonstrate more flexibility on key FTA negotiating issues. [...]	2009-06-09 09:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR471	ISLAMIST PARTY SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON ITS FUTURE [...] (SBU) The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),the Islamist opposition party, held its annual convention and biannual elections June 5- 7. Elections featured an unprecedented contest between two factions, those supporting leadership by Islamic scholars (ulamas) and those favoring more pragmatic p [...]	2009-06-11 10:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
09KUALALUMPUR48	MALAYSIA: ALL SIGNS POINT TOWARD RECESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Although the Government of Malaysia has not offered a public statement revising its official forecast of 3.5 percent GDP growth for 2009, its actions speak louder than its words. On January 21 the central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, slashed interest rates by 75 ba [...]	2009-01-23 09:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV MY IN
09KUALALUMPUR483	MALAYSIANS DOWNPLAY MARITIME TENSIONS WITH [...] (S) Malaysia continues to downplay tensions with Indonesia stemming from naval incidents in late May in the disputed Ambalat maritime area off of Borneo. After an initial period of silence from Malaysian officials and minimal coverage in the Malaysian press, Defense Minister Zahid went on the [...]	2009-06-15 09:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ID MY
09KUALALUMPUR486	IRANIANS IN MALAYSIA PROTEST ELECTION RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Some 500 Iranians gathered in front of the UN offices in Kuala Lumpur on June 15 and demonstrated against the election results in Iran. Police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators, who consisted primarily of students. We have no reports of further protest [...]	2009-06-16 09:12:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR49	MALAYSIA: ETHNIC INDIANS FORCE PROBE OF LATEST [...] (SBU) An ethnic Indian's January 20 death in police custody sparked outrage in Malaysia's Indian community after photos of the body circulated showing severe injuries allegedly resulting from abuse by the police. Indian politicians from across the political spectrum became involved and calle [...]	2009-01-23 11:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI MY
09KUALALUMPUR490	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL BIRD'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (C) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Malaysia. Your visit comes during a transitional period for U.S.-Malaysia relations offering both new opportunities and challenges. After almost three months in office, new Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is proving to be a more pragmatic and action-orien [...]	2009-06-17 11:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR515	MALAYSIA'S CONTACTS FOR PIRACY GROUP [...] (U) The Malaysian government points of contact for the Contact Group on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia are: (a) Datuk Hamidon Ali Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations Tel: 1 (212) 986-6310 Fax: 1 (212) 490-8576 email: malnyun@kln.gov.my (b) Ganeson Sivagurunatha [...]	2009-06-26 08:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MY
09KUALALUMPUR529	ANWAR IBRAHIM'S SODOMY TRIAL II - A PRIMER [...] (C) Malaysian Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will go on trial beginning July 8 on charges of sodomy -- a criminal offense in Malaysia -- with a former aide. Anwar was previously tried and convicted of sodomy in 2000 in a heavily manipulated trial that the U.S. concluded "was marred by deep [...]	2009-07-01 05:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR537	INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 POLITICAL MEETINGS WITH [...] (S) In July 6 meetings with senior officials at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office, UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Goldberg stressed Malaysia's developing partnership with the U.S., its prominent role in ASEAN, and the GOM's expertise on international financ [...]	2009-07-06 13:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	ECON KN KNNP MNUC MY PARM PGOV PREL
09KUALALUMPUR538	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG AND DELEGATION'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (S) In July 6 meetings with senior officials at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office, UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Goldberg stressed Malaysia's developing partnership with the U.S., its prominent role in ASEAN, and the GOM's expertise on international financ [...]	2009-07-06 14:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	ECON KN KNNP MNUC MY PARM PGOV PREL
09KUALALUMPUR549	GOLDBERG DELEGATION'S MEETINGS WITH MALAYSIAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 6, UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Goldberg and an inter-agency team including Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Glaser met with senior GOM officials from the central bank, Ministry of Finance, and other agencies to consult on implementation of UN Security Counci [...]	2009-07-08 23:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN MY KN KS
09KUALALUMPUR577	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESULTS OF U.S. - RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 23:39:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MY RU
09KUALALUMPUR583	ATTORNEY GENERAL STRESSES INCREASED GOM ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) In A July 13 meeting with the Ambassador undertake at our initiative, Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail affirmed the GOM was committed to achieving progress on TIP enforcement issues. He welcomed embassy assistance and involvement in the process, exemplified by an invitation for embo [...]	2009-07-15 10:28:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN MY PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09KUALALUMPUR588	SURPRISINGLY CLOSE BY-ELECTION AND POPULARITY POLL [...] (C) A near victory in a by-election in the heart of opposition territory along with an apparent surge in Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's popularity have provided a boost for the PM and his ruling Barisan National (BN) coalition. Speculation that Najib might seek an early snap election appears [...]	2009-07-16 09:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR59	FOREIGN MINISTRY RELEASES STRATEGIC PLAN, SEEKS [...] (U) Malaysia's Foreign Ministry summoned representatives from all foreign missions on January 29 in order to formally announce its Strategic Plan for 2009-2015, the first time the Ministry has made public such a document. The strategic plan, which was required of all ministries by the Prime M [...]	2009-01-30 09:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD MY
09KUALALUMPUR590	ANWAR TRIAL UPDATE: PROSECUTION ORDERED TO HAND [...] (SBU) Anwar Ibrahim scored an unexpected minor victory early into his sodomy trial on July 16, when High Court Judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah ordered the prosecution to turn over previously withheld evidence to Anwar's defense team. The evidence in question includes 9 of 10 items that the def [...]	2009-07-16 09:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR596	INCREASED GOM RESPONSIVENESS ON TIP [...] (C) In recent weeks the GOM has shown notably increased responsiveness on TIP issues. At a meeting with the Ambassador on July 13 (reftel) , Attorney General Gani reached out to us for assistance and active involvement, extending an invitation for emboffs to sit in at an unprecedented [...]	2009-07-17 10:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN MY PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09KUALALUMPUR598	MALAYSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION UNDER FIRE [...] (SBU) The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) ramped up their anti-corruption activities this week by focusing on opposition politicians in the opposition-held Selangor, Malaysia's wealthiest and most populous state. The opposition has cried foul over the investigations, claiming that [...]	2009-07-17 10:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR609	UPDATE ON GOM ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU ) A July 23 meeting of Attorney General,s Chambers officials, local NGO representatives and Emboffs provided further insights into GOM efforts to combat trafficking in persons. Police have remanded 10 immigration personnel for questioning, and expect to charge the most senior officia [...]	2009-07-24 08:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN MY PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09KUALALUMPUR617	LTG MIXON'S MEETINGS WITH ARMY CHIEF AND JOINT [...] (SBU) USARPAC Commanding General Benjamin Mixon conducted a courtesy calls with Deputy Chief of Army LTG Datuk Zulkifeli bin Mohd Zin and Joint Force Commander LTG Allatif bin Mohamed Noor on July 24, as part of closing activities of the Keris Strike combined exercise with the Malaysian mil [...]	2009-07-28 07:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER MY
09KUALALUMPUR618	TIP: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INSPECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) In a July 28 meeting, the Ambassador congratulated Malaysia's Inspector General of Police Musa on the recent arrests of immigration officers involved in trafficking of persons, and expressed appreciation for ongoing Malaysian-U.S. cooperation on a broad spectrum of law enforcement issues. [...]	2009-07-28 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR632	TIP: GOM INTENSIFIES PUBLIC EDUCATION ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, press coverage of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues in government-influenced print media has intensified in terms of quality and quantity, another indication of the GOM's determination to be seen as proactively confronting the issue. The shift in the GOM's ap [...]	2009-08-03 10:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR633	ANTI-ISA DEMONSTRATIONS IN KUALA LUMPUR MEET WITH [...] (SBU) On August 1, thousands of protestors assembled on the streets of downtown Kuala Lumpur calling for the repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA),this despite extensive government warnings in the days leading up to the demonstration and police efforts to lock down the center of town and [...]	2009-08-03 10:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR64	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) CONTACTS [...] Post is pleased to provide the following points of contact in Malaysia related to NPT issues (reftel). The Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, which is part of the MFA's Multilateral Department, has the leading role for NPT issues. The MFA's key points of [...]	2009-02-03 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PGOV AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC UNGA
09KUALALUMPUR651	DEMARCHE: SEEKING DONOR SUPPORT FOR THE SOMALIA TFG [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 08:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PREL PGOV PTER EAID MY
09KUALALUMPUR652	MALAYSIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UPDATE, AUGUST 7, [...] (C) Summary. In recent weeks, the GOM has continued to pay substantive attention to trafficking in persons (TIP) issues: the GOM invited local embassies to participate in a GOM training seminar designed to train prosecutors and court officials on how to handle TIP cases; GOM Immigration Dete [...]	2009-08-07 09:12:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR653	OVERVIEW FOR MALAYSIA-US STRATEGIC TALKS (MUSST), [...] (C) The current transitional period in U.S.-Malaysia relations offers both new opportunities and challenges for the relationship. After four months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is proving more pragmatic and action-oriented, and more inclined to move Malaysia away from Mahathir-er [...]	2009-08-07 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER MY
09KUALALUMPUR659	WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL LERNER-KAGUYUTAN [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes the August 12-16 visit to Malaysia by Ms. Robin Lerner and Ms. Janice Kaguyutan. The purpose of the trip is to gain insight into the refugee and trafficking in persons (TIP) situation in Malaysia. Post is concurrently generating a schedule for staffdel [...]	2009-08-10 09:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR675	STRONG MALAYSIAN REACTION TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel points, Malaysia's Foreign Ministry told the DCM on August 13 that officials were following up with ASEAN member countries on the possibility of a special meeting to discuss the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) verdict, in line with Foreign Minister Anifah Aman's s [...]	2009-08-13 11:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BU MA PGOV PREL
09KUALALUMPUR699	HAZE IN MALAYSIA CAME EARLY, STICKING AROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The annual haze came early to Malaysia this year, starting in late May. Forest and peat fires primarily in Indonesia are the main cause of the haze, although some burning in Malaysia, including in the Bakun Dam region of Sarawak, has contributed to the problem. The haze has dra [...]	2009-08-18 08:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV MY ECON
09KUALALUMPUR704	TIP: MALAYSIA TIER 3 REASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: During June-August 2009, the Government of Malaysia (GOM) made significant efforts toward implementing the June 26 Action Plan on human trafficking (ref A). Prime Minister Najib, who took office in April 2009, has established a National Council for Trafficking in Per [...]	2009-08-19 09:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR719	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes Chairman Reyes, visit to Malaysia. The visit comes in the midst of a transitional period in U.S.-Malaysia relations which offers both new opportunities and challenges for the relationship. After five months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is [...]	2009-08-27 09:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR720	MALAYSIA WOMEN'S SUMMIT STRIVES TO IMPROVE LIVES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: At Malaysia's August 18 "Women's Summit 2009," Women's Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil called for placing more women in decision-making positions, while Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin asserted that their was no difference between men and women under Islam. Th [...]	2009-08-27 23:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR733	MALAYSIA SET TO ANNOUNCE ANTI-TRAFFICKING PLAN [...] (SBU) On September 2, Prime Minister's Department Special Officer Mohammad Kamal Yan Yahaya told the Ambassador that the Government of Malaysia was planning to announce its anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) action plan within one week. Kamal recommended that the Ambassador follow up directly [...]	2009-09-02 08:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PGOV PHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR734	OPPOSITION WINS ANOTHER BY-ELECTION, NOW 7 OF 8 [...] (U) Voters handed the opposition People's Alliance (PR) coalition another victory on August 25 by electing an Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) candidate into a recently vacated State Assemblyman's seat in the state of Penang. Mohd Salleh Man defeated his United Malays National Organization (UMN [...]	2009-09-02 08:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR771	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 10:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MY PGOV ECON PREL PMIL
09KUALALUMPUR772	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER ANWAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the Embassy on September 14, opposition coalition Peoples Alliance (PR) leader Anwar Ibrahim told the Ambassador that, in line with reports in the blogosphere, he had met with Prime Minister Najib Razak alone for about two hours in early August. Najib had said tha [...]	2009-09-18 04:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	MY PGOV PREL
09KUALALUMPUR775	TIP AMBASSADOR CDEBACA'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA, AUGUST [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 05:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG MY PGOV
09KUALALUMPUR78	NAJIB LEADS TAKEOVER OF OPPOSITION-HELD STATE [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Najib and his ruling UMNO party have succeeded in retaking the state government of Perak, one of five under opposition People's Alliance (Pakatan) control after the March 2008 election. The Najib-led takeover followed the defection of three Pakatan state assembly me [...]	2009-02-06 09:04:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR80	MALAYSIA SCENESETTER FOR VISITS OF SENIOR U.S. [...] (C) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Malaysia at a juncture that offers new prospects in the bilateral relationship. Malaysia has cautiously welcomed the new U.S. Administration as it approaches its own leadership transition in late March. Malaysia is an economically successful, relatively [...]	2009-02-06 10:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PTER ECON OVIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR82	MALAYSIA: NO NEW PROTECTIONIST INVESTMENT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: To post's knowledge, the Government of Malaysia has not proposed or enacted any new protectionist investment measures, either to restrict sovereign wealth funds in particular or foreign investment more broadly. However, numerous existing preferences for ethnic Mala [...]	2009-02-09 00:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV ETRD MY
09KUALALUMPUR827	BN WINS BAGAN PINANG BY-ELECTION AS EXPECTED [...] (SBU) In a closely watched by-election, Malaysian voters in the Bagan Pinang constituency elected United Malays National Organization's (UMNO) Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad as their new State Assemblyman. Mohd Isa defeated his Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) opponent, Zulkefly Mohamad Omar, by a lan [...]	2009-10-15 07:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR828	REALIST ISLAMIC POLITICS IN KELANTAN [...] (C) Summary: Kelantan, Malaysia's least-developed and most conservative Muslim state, has been governed by the opposition Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) for the last 20 years. Its relative poverty has led to jibes such as that from Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin on October 6 that Kelantan [...]	2009-10-19 02:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON GTIP MY TH
09KUALALUMPUR830	EAP-MTS OFFICE DIRECTOR YUN'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In October 1 meetings with visiting EAP/MTS Director Yun, Malaysian Foreign and Home Affairs officials stressed their desires for improved U.S.-Malaysian relations on bilateral and regional issues. Malaysian MFA officials assessed that the highest levels of GOM wanted better ties [...]	2009-10-20 06:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR832	MALAYSIA: HEAD PROSECUTOR ON TIP CASELOAD AND [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff's October 15 meeting with Tun Abd Majid Tun Hamzah, Head of the Prosecution Division, Attorney General's Chambers led to a frank discussion of GOM's current anti-TIP efforts as well as the scheduling of several upcoming TIP training opportunities. Tun Majid explained th [...]	2009-10-21 09:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR835	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 28, 2009; 12:30 p.m.; The Ambassador's residence; Kuala Lumpur. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Keith Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Directorate of National Intelligence Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Ma [...]	2009-10-22 05:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV MY CH
09KUALALUMPUR836	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 28, 2009; 10:00 a.m.; The Ministry of Defense; Kuala Lumpur. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Keith Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Directorate of National Intelligence Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marci [...]	2009-10-22 05:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PGOV PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR837	PM NAJIB LEADS UMNO PARTY CONVENTION WITH FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) At the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) annual general convention, October 13-16, Prime Minister Najib was successful in pressing for several important reforms of the party's constitution. The number of delegates who will elect the next UMNO President (i.e., the Prime Minister [...]	2009-10-22 07:14:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR839	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER: [...] (C) Home Affairs Minister Hishamuddin Hussein told the Ambassador during a wide-ranging 90-minute meeting on October 21 that the GOM would publish its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) action plan soon and that it was a priority for him and Prime Minister Najib to make significant progress on the i [...]	2009-10-22 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	CT MY PGOV KTIP
09KUALALUMPUR840	MALAYSIA: URGING ASEAN TO PRESS BURMA ON NEXT [...] (C) DCM Rapson conveyed reftel demarche points to MFA Under Secretary for Southeast Asia Affairs (Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam),Mohammed Sadik Gany, on October 22. The DCM briefly outlined our new policy approach towards Burma and the constructive steps we have taken over the past month to [...]	2009-10-22 09:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM MY
09KUALALUMPUR846	NGO CAMPAIGN TO GET MALAYSIA TO SIGN U.N. REFUGEE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 15, PolOff attended the opening of a photography exhibition covering Burmese refugees in Malaysia organized by SUARAM, one of Malaysia,s leading human rights organizations. The keynote speaker, opposition Member of Parliament Charles Santiago, helped launch the NGO,s [...]	2009-10-23 07:59:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR859	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28,2009 [...] (SBU) September 28, 2009, 09:00 a.m.; Prime Minister's Office, Putrajaya, Malaysia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States ------------- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador James Keith DNI Ambassador Joseph DeTrani Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joseph Donovan Deputy Assistant Secre [...]	2009-10-27 06:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR863	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 28, 2009; 10:00 a.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Putrajaya. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Keith Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Directorate of National Intelligence Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot [...]	2009-10-27 08:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV PHUM MY

09KUALALUMPUR886	SARAWAK: NATIONAL FRONT'S "SAFE DEPOSIT" SECURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An October 12-14 visit by Pol counselor to Sarawak -- known as a ruling National Front's (BN) "safe deposit" because BN can count on retaining political control of its 31-member Parliamentary delegation -- reinforced the view that Sarawak remains firmly in the ruling coalition's [...]	2009-11-02 10:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR888	MEETING WITH HOME AFFAIRS SECGEN AND TEAM ON TIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26, Pol Counselor, poloff and ICE representatives met with Secretary General Mahmood Bin Adam, Senior Deputy Secretary General Raja Azahar, as well as several other senior officials within the Ministry of Home Affairs to discuss recent GOM efforts to combat trafficking [...]	2009-11-03 02:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR896	MALAYSIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS CONDUCTS TIP [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Between October 19 and November 3, the Malaysia Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) conducted five successive two-day trafficking in persons (TIP) training seminars for law enforcement officers. At the request of the AGC's Head of Prosecution, Tun Majid, Embassy KL pro [...]	2009-11-06 07:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR906	MALAYSIA: GTIP STAFF VISIT, AUGUST 15-21 [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: G/TIP officer Janet Zinn visited Malaysia from August 15 to 21 to review several programs currently receiving funding from G/TIP. She was joined by G/TIP officer Jane Sigmon for meetings on August 21. The visit included three days of NGO meetings with the Internat [...]	2009-11-10 07:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR908	DEATH OF INDONESIAN MAID HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On October 26, Muntik Hani, an Indonesian woman working as a maid in a Selangor, Malaysia suburb, died of injuries sustained allegedly at the hands of her Malaysian employers, an extreme case of the abusive treatment that Indonesian maids sometimes receive here. Her [...]	2009-11-10 08:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR909	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER: [...] (C) Home Affairs Minister Hishamuddin Hussein told the Ambassador during a wide-ranging 90-minute meeting on October 21 that the GOM would publish its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) action plan soon and that it was a priority for him and Prime Minister Najib to make significant progress on the i [...]	2009-11-12 05:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	CT MY PGOV KTIP
09KUALALUMPUR911	AFGHANISTAN: MALAYSIA WILL NOT SEND DELEGATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 06:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF MY
09KUALALUMPUR913	MALAYSIA: REFORMING THE INTERNAL SECURITY ACT? [...] (C) Summary: In September the Malaysian government conditionally released five suspected terrorists detained under the country's Internal Security Act (ISA),which permits law enforcement authorities to detain for up to two years (with extensions possible)persons deemed a threat to national se [...]	2009-11-13 05:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINS MY
09KUALALUMPUR917	MALAYSIA: SPECIAL ADVISOR ON NONPROLIFERATION AND [...] (C) Summary: In November 3-4 meetings with senior Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB),Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI),and Bank Negara officials, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Robert Einhorn discussed the importance of Malaysia adopting an export c [...]	2009-11-13 08:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PTER PREL EFIN ETRD ETTC PARM PGOV IR MY KNNP
09KUALALUMPUR928	MALAYSIA: AUSTRALIANS, UK AND JAPAN SHARE CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: At a private lunch hosted by the Australian High Commissioner in honor of visiting GoA Special Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism Bill Paterson November 11, there was consensus among the participants, to include Ambassador Keith, the UK High Commissioner (HC),and the Japanese that [...]	2009-11-18 02:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ETTC PARM PGOV PREL IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR934	MALAYSIA: TIP WORKSHOP FOR JOURNALISTS - A FIRST. [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: A November 10-11 U.S. Embassy sponsored "Workshop on Reporting on Trafficking in Persons" in Kuala Lumpur allowed an audience of 40 Malaysian journalists and editors to exchange views about trafficking in persons (TIP) issues in an off-the-record setting. It also fe [...]	2009-11-19 04:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KCRM KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR935	INDONESIAN PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made an official visit to Malaysia on November 11-12, his first abroad since winning his second consecutive election in July of this year. Although a number of issues between the two countries have flared in recent months, putting some strain [...]	2009-11-19 08:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID MY
09KUALALUMPUR937	NON-PRO/EXPORT CONTROL MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN MFA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 02:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC EXBS ECON PARM PTER PGOV PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR942	MALAYSIA: MFA SHARES VIEWS ON ITS UN POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Poloff met with Principal Assistant Secretary Jamal Sharifuddin Johan, Assistant Secretary Mohd Adlyn Mughni Shamsudin, and Assistant Secretary Nik Ady of the MFA's Multilateral Political Division on November 18 to discuss Malaysia's general voting practices in the UN, [...]	2009-11-20 08:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAL IR IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR956	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY ADMIRAL [...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. You will be participating in the Airpower and Maritime Conferences and meeting high ranking defense officials not only from Malaysia, but from other countries around the world who are participating in this year's Langkawi Intern [...]	2009-11-25 09:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR958	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Madam Ambassador, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. U.S.-Malaysia relations are changing across a wide range of bilateral and multilateral settings. In his first seven months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-o [...]	2009-11-30 09:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PREL PGOV GTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR962	MALAYSIA: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following text for the 2009-2010 INCSR, Part 1. BEGIN TEXT: Malaysia I. Summary Malaysia is not a significant source country or transit point for U.S.-bound illegal drugs; however, domestic drug abuse in Malaysia remains on the rise, and Mal [...]	2009-12-01 08:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR976	MALAYSIA LAUDS U.S. ENGAGEMENT OF BURMA BUT OFFERS [...] (SBU) Polcouns and Poloff met with recently appointed MFA Under Secretary Tan Yong Thai, who is responsible for covering Burma, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, for a courtesy call and to discuss reftel demarche points on December 7, 2009. U/S Tan praised U.S. efforts to engage Burma and was cri [...]	2009-12-07 08:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM BM MY
09KUALALUMPUR98	MALAYSIA MFA COMMENTS ON BURMA AT ASEAN SUMMIT [...] (C) Polcouns met with Malaysian Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for ASEAN Sudha Devi on February 12 and raised the issue of Burma at the upcoming ASEAN summit. Sudha told Polcouns that Burma was not a formal agenda item for the ASEAN summit, as ASEAN won't "shame" members this way. H [...]	2009-02-12 10:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR980	AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women,s Issues Verveer met with a wide range of public and private sector representatives during a December 3-4 visit to Kuala Lumpur. Accompanied by Ambassador Keith, Special Advisor Wenchi Yu, and Embassy officers, Ambassador Verveer discussed Mal [...]	2009-12-09 23:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO KTIP PGOV PHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR981	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY SPECIAL [...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. U.S.-Malaysia relations are changing across a wide range of bilateral and multilateral settings. In his first eight months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach [...]	2009-12-09 23:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR99	MALAYSIAN COAST GUARD RECEIVES ITS FIRST U.S. [...] (U) For the first time in its nearly four-year history, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) hosted the port visit of a U.S. Coast Guard vessel. The 378-foot High Endurance Cutter Boutwell arrived in the East Malaysia port of Kota Kinabalu on February 4, 2009. The crew of 178 US [...]	2009-02-13 00:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MCAP MARR MY
09KUWAIT10	FURTHER KUWAITI RESPONSE TO GAZA CRISIS [...] (LOU) Summary: Kuwait's Council of Ministers (COM) on January 4 called on the international community and the UNSC to take steps to halt Israeli "aggression" in Gaza; the COM also reiterated a GOK offer to open up hospitals to injured Palestinians. Several convoys of official and non-official [...]	2009-01-05 15:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KU
09KUWAIT101	KUWAITI BILL OFFERS HOPE TO PRIVATE SECTOR FOREIGN [...] (U) In a rare show of parliamentary progress and a possible first step to updating the 1964 labor law, on January 29, Kuwait's National Assembly voted 43-0 to approve the first draft of a labor bill for foreign workers in the private sector. On February 10-11, the National Assembly will take [...]	2009-02-04 09:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU
09KUWAIT1012	UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS: THE FUTURE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM KWMN PREL KISL KU
09KUWAIT1013	KUWAITI FEMALE MP FIGHTS FOR RETURN TO COEDUCATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 13:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KISL KU
09KUWAIT1014	COURT WEIGHS REMOVING FEMALE MPS FOR NOT WEARING [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 13:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1015	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: WOMEN CAN OBTAIN PASSPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1017	KUWAIT: MEASURED BUT REAL PROGRESS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary: Based upon concerns expressed during Washington consultations, upon arrival at post in April 2008, Ambassador used her introductory calls on the senior Kuwaiti leadership to assess ways to improve Kuwait's CT performance. In May 2008, Post laid out a strategy for promoting gr [...]	2009-10-22 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KTFN KU
09KUWAIT1018	KUWAITI PSYCHIATRIST: OUTLOOK POSITIVE FOR GTMO [...] (S/NF) Kuwaiti Psychiatrist and Al-Salam Rehabilitation Center board member Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghuloum related to poloff on October 21 his positive prognosis for the likelihood of the eventual settling into Kuwaiti life of (newly) former GTMO detainee Khaled Al-Mutayri -- repatriated to Kuwait o [...]	2009-10-22 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG KU
09KUWAIT1020	MINISTRY OF INTERIOR PLANS USD TEN MILLION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ELAB KU
09KUWAIT1030	GOK AGAIN OFFERS TREATMENT TO WOUNDED IRAQIS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT1032	AMIR RECONVENES KUWAITI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: NO [...] (C) Ending the summer hiatus, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah reconvened the Kuwaiti National Assembly on October 27, with Ambassador and other COMs and Kuwaiti dignitaries present. In an unremarkable address to Parliament, the Amir pressed for national unity and cooper [...]	2009-10-29 08:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1034	UNCLOGGING KUWAIT'S DRAINS [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, some 180,000 cubic meters of wastewater leaked into the streets and storm sewers of the affluent Kuwaiti neighborhood of Mishref before making its way into the Gulf, where it created an ongoing pollution problem that fouled miles of Kuwait's shoreline and persists t [...]	2009-10-29 08:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1035	COURT RULES FEMALE MPS DO NOT HAVE TO WEAR HIJAB [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 10:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1042	BIO DATA ON 2009 KUWAITI PARLIAMENT (UPDATED) [...] After tallying the results of a recount, the Kuwaiti Constitutional Court on October 28 replaced MP Dr. Badi Al-Dosari with former MP Khaled Al-Adwa. (Note: The Constitutional Court reviewed several cases against sitting MPs ranging from charges against two of the new female MPs for not co [...]	2009-11-02 07:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM PREL KU
09KUWAIT1053	KUWAITI NOTABLES PRESS AMIR ON RATIONAL USE OF [...] (U) Summary: Worried by a continued sense of drift in Kuwaiti political and economic life, a group of twenty-six prominent Kuwaiti "notables" -- known locally as the Group of 26, "G-26" -- took their concerns directly to the Amir on October 12 and, in a subsequent October 20 meeting, met with [...]	2009-11-04 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KU
09KUWAIT1054	AMIR URGES IRAN TO COOPERATE WITH INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Ambassador, during a November 5 meeting with Parliament Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, queried him about a brief, November 3 meeting between the Amir and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, that had not been previously announced and was the subject of only a brief mention by Kuwait's [...]	2009-11-05 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IR KU
09KUWAIT1055	ISLAMIST MP CHECKS PM IN ATTEMPT TO BRING DOWN THE [...] (C) Islamist MP Faisal Al-Mislim announced November 4 his intention to interpellate Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah over the PM's office expenditures, alleging payoffs by the latter to various MPs. Al-Mislim has long targeted the PM's office for financial irregularitie [...]	2009-11-05 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT1063	REACHING OUT TO THE JAHRA "FRONTIER": BRIDGING [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, as part of post's initiative to expand Embassy outreach beyond the traditional "walls" of Kuwait (ref a),Ambassador Jones visited Jahra, Kuwait's second largest city (after Kuwait City) and met with its Governor Shaykh Mubarak Al-Humoud Al Sabah. Jahra, around 50 [...]	2009-11-10 09:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT1070	FORMER GTMO DETAINEE MOVED TO REHAB CENTER [...] (C) Kuwaiti Psychiatrist and Al-Salam Rehabilitation Center board member Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghuloum confirmed to poloff November 10 that former GTMO detainee Khalid Al-Mutayri was recently transferred from a military hospital to the Salam rehabilitation center within the Central Prison and is [...]	2009-11-10 13:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG KU
09KUWAIT1078	PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER LABOR AND TIP BILLS AMID [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KMPI KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT1092	ANGRY WORDS AND CRITICISM OF RULING FAMILY MARK [...] (C) Summary: Partisan differences characterized parliament's November 17 session, which swirled around ongoing plans to interpellate the PM and several other Cabinet ministers. Important legislative items were deferred while MPs wrangled over attempts by public prosecutors to lift immunity o [...]	2009-11-18 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT1101	TRIPARTITE CELEBRATES IRAQI EFFORTS, REMAINS [...] This is an Action Request. See Para 6. 2. Summary. Ambassador led the U.S. delegation to the 32nd Tripartite Commission (TC) meeting on November 18, which though it closed only one official remains file, registered a spirit of optimism that was in stark contrast to last year's negative [...]	2009-11-19 13:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT1107	PM MAKES SURPRISE TRIP TO IRAN; AMIR MAY FOLLOW [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's Prime Minister led a high-level delegation to Tehran on November 21-22 for a short-notice visit that served multiple purposes. While the visit was hyped in glowing terms in the Iranian press, the Kuwaiti reaction has been more muted, and post,s interlocutors point to mi [...]	2009-11-23 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP IR KU
09KUWAIT1113	CASE DISMISSED, HOLIDAY FURLOUGH FOR GTMO RETURNEE [...] (U) MFA's Follow-Up and Coordination's desk officer Abdullah Al-Shirrah confirmed to poloff November 24 that Kuwait's Public Prosecutor had dismissed all charges the previous day against former GTMO detainee Khaled Al-Mutayri, who returned to Kuwait October 9. The story has also appeared in [...]	2009-11-24 14:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG KU
09KUWAIT1118	LETTER FROM SECRETARY CLINTON DELIVERED TO KUWAITI [...] (SBU) Post delivered a copy of Secretary Clinton's letter to the office of Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on November 25. Dr. Mohammed is out of the country, as is MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah. 2. (SBU) Econcouns h [...]	2009-11-25 12:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL EAID PGOV
09KUWAIT1119	KUWAITI MINDEF GREENLIGHTS KC130J SALES [...] (C) Kuwaiti MinDef Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al Sabah conveyed to Ambassador on November 23 his support for the long-delayed Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for the purchase of the KC130J aircraft. He attributed the delays in signing the LOA to bureaucratic and budgetary processe [...]	2009-11-25 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR KU
09KUWAIT1125	WHEN WILL KUWAIT HAVE ITS FIRST FEMALE JUDGE? [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 10:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN KMPI PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1130	KUWAITI SECURITY DIALOGUE PARTICIPATION [...] (U) The responses below are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) The United States and Kuwait participate bilaterally in two established dialogues: The Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) and the Joint Military Commission (JMC). Details on these dialogues are provided below. Gulf Security Dial [...]	2009-12-02 11:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KU
09KUWAIT1131	KUWAITI JOURNALIST ARRESTED FOR SLANDERING RULING [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMPI KU
09KUWAIT1134	CDEBACA TO GOK AND KUWAITI NGOS: NEW BILL IS KEY [...] (U) Summary: Highlights of the November 16 visit to Kuwait by Ambassador at Large for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Luis CdeBaca: --Meeting with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),Ambassador CdeBaca emphasi [...]	2009-12-03 09:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KMPI KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT114	KUWAIT ESTH UPDATE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 16. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's science and technology establishment is dominated by the government-funded Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and the non-governmental Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS). Wh [...]	2009-02-08 12:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV KU
09KUWAIT1144	ARRESTED KUWAITI JOURNALIST OUT ON BAIL PENDING [...] (U) On December 2, a local misdemeanor court released on a bail of 1,000 dinar (3,500 USD) Kuwaiti journalist and media mogul Mohammad Abdulqader Al-Jasim. Jasim, who was arrested November 22 on charges of slandering the Prime Minister (reftel),earlier refused to pay bail and continued critic [...]	2009-12-07 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KU
09KUWAIT1147	MP GRILLS PM IN CLOSED SESSION [...] (C) In a historical first that settles months of doubts about whether he would face his detractors, Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah submitted on December 8 to an interpellation posed by Dr. Faisal Al-Mislim, an opposition tribalist MP. Also included in the grilling by [...]	2009-12-08 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1153	EMBASSY ENDORSES ARCENT DU CONTAINERIZATION PLAN [...] (S/NF) Incoming Kuwaiti Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Ahmad Al-Khalid Al Sabah has made resolution of the long-running depleted uranium (DU) round reside issue a top priority. In several conversations with OMC-K, most recently on December 9, he has indicated his desire to see the USG [...]	2009-12-10 11:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MOPPS KU
09KUWAIT1154	INTERPELLATION RESPONSE: HISTORIC DAY FOR ARAB [...] (C) Updating ref A's interpellation account, though tribalist and Islamist MPs secured late on December 8 the requisite 10 votes to call for a December 16 vote of non-cooperation against the PM, the initial public reaction to the marathon grilling of PM Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al [...]	2009-12-10 11:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1159	BIDOON KEPT AWAY FROM CANCELED PARLIAMENT SESSION [...] (U) On December 10, the Kuwaiti parliament failed to hold a planned session on a bill to extend education and healthcare benefits to the country's 100,000 Bidoon (stateless residents who assert rights to Kuwaiti citizenship). Parliament Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi canceled the session at exactly [...]	2009-12-14 06:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL KU
09KUWAIT1161	MAIDS R US: PLAN FOR GOK-RUN DOMESTIC WORKER [...] (C) Summary. On December 9, the General Director of Kuwait's Ministry of Interior's Immigration Department, Kamel Al-Awadhi, laid out his plans for a government-run domestic worker recruitment agency, telling a crowd of labor attaches, NGOs, and GOK officials gathered at an International Orga [...]	2009-12-14 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU
09KUWAIT1169	KUWAITI COURT CONVICTS/SENTENCES IMAM AND OTHERS [...] (S/NF) Kuwait State Security (KSS) officers confirmed to GRPO officers that a Kuwaiti Criminal Court convicted on December 6 Kuwaiti national and local imam, Nasser Al-Otaibi (AKA Nasir Ali Sunaytan Khadran Ajab Al-Utaybi, AKA Shaykh Nasir, AKA Abu Ali) of "facilitating a hostile act against [...]	2009-12-15 10:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KTFN KU
09KUWAIT1177	KUWAIT PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE FOR WOUNDED YEMENIS [...] (U) Kuwaiti news media widely reported on December 12 the arrival in Kuwait for medical treatment of 20 Yemeni civilians allegedly injured by rebel fighting in Yemen's Saada province. Press accounts noted that the victims were transported from Yemen on a Kuwaiti medical evacuation aircraft. A [...]	2009-12-16 12:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU YM
09KUWAIT1180	KUWAIT AIRPORT TURNS AWAY "APOSTATE" EGYPTIAN [...] (U) GOK authorities at Kuwait's International Airport refused entry to Egyptian literary scholar Dr. Nasir Hamid Abu Zayid on December 15, a decision that has angered local Kuwaiti liberal groups. Abu Zayid -- who was declared an apostate by an Egyptian court in 1995 for his analysis of the Qu [...]	2009-12-16 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMPI PREL KU
09KUWAIT1181	KUWAITI PM HANDILY SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) As widely predicted, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah -- in a closed door session -- survived on December 16 a 35-13 (one abstention) parliamentary vote of non-cooperation (reftel). The lopsided victory, which only required a simple majority vote, reinfo [...]	2009-12-16 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1192	STIFF JAIL PENALTY FOR MAID-ABUSING KUWAITI [...] (U) In a landmark December 10 ruling, a criminal court sentenced a Kuwaiti employer in absentia to 16 years in jail for sexually and physically abusing a Filipina maid in his employ and issued a warrant for his arrest; the employer absconded and as of December 12 had not been apprehended, acco [...]	2009-12-17 12:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KTIP ELAB SOCI KU
09KUWAIT1195	KUWAIT'S INTERIOR MINISTER: CONFIDENCE RENEWED, [...] (C) Coasting on PM Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah's December 16 triumph in a vote of non cooperation (ref A),Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al Sabah survived a December 17 vote of no confidence launched by tribalist and Islamist MPs, with 26 MPS supporting the [...]	2009-12-17 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1202	OPEN TERRORISM TRIAL FOR TERROR PLOTTERS BEGINS WITH CONSPIRACY DISMISSAL, BUT SUBSTANTIAL CHARGES REMAIN [...] (C) The Kuwaiti Court of First Instance began on December 21 open proceedings against six defendants believed to have plotted attacks against US military base Camp Arifjan and Kuwait State Security (KSS) headquarters, among other targets (ref A). All six defendants, who entered the courtroom [...]	2009-12-22 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT1204	SATELLITE TV ATTACK ON KUWAIT,S TRIBALS PROMPTS BACKLASH [...] (C) In an apparent attempt to exploit the GoK's recent spate of widely-perceived victories over parliamentary Islamists and tribalists (refs A, B),former parliamentary candidate and liberal urbanite Mohammed Al-Juwaihel launched on December 18 a scathing media attack against Kuwaitis of tri [...]	2009-12-22 14:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR PGOV KU
09KUWAIT1208	PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF AMENDED AML LAW IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. GoK officials formally announced at the December Anti-Money Laundering Conference (ref. b) that in accordance with decree No. 328, an amended version of law number 35/2002 has been passed to parliament for review and ratification. Embassy Kuwait received an Arabic copy of the d [...]	2009-12-23 08:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KU PGOV PINR PTER KTFN
09KUWAIT1214	KUWAITI PARLIAMENT PASSES PRIVATE SECTOR LABOR LAW [...] (U) Updating an antiquated 1964 law, the Kuwaiti National Assembly unanimously approved on December 23 the second -- and final reading -- of its Private Sector Labor Law. The law will come into effect by Amiri decree either by his signature or on the lapsing of a 30-day deadline for his sig [...]	2009-12-28 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KTIP KU
09KUWAIT1216	SATELLITE STATION OWNER DETAINED FOR SLANDERING [...] (U) A media brouhaha over remarks that former National Assembly candidate and owner of the Al-Sour statellite channel Mohammed Al-Juwaihel delivered on the air on December 18 (reported refs A and B) which were viewed as disparaging to Kuwaiti tribesmen -- and certain prominent tribalist MPs -- [...]	2009-12-29 09:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT1217	AMIR MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] (U) Local media briefly noted a December 23 visit to Kuwait by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the highlight of which was a meeting with Amir Shaykh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, and First Deputy PM and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah. Mubarak was ac [...]	2009-12-29 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KU EG
09KUWAIT1219	AMIR WARNS NATION ON THREATS TO NATIONAL UNITY [...] (U) In a rare televised address to the nation the evening of December 29, Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah reflected on the "charged and gloomy atmosphere" that has afflicted Kuwait in recent months and condemned those who engage in "threatens, skepticism, sensation and chaos," while unders [...]	2009-12-30 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KU
09KUWAIT143	SARKOZY'S VISIT TO KUWAIT: FRENCH REACH EXCEEDS [...] (S) Summary: French President Sarkozy capped a four and a half hour visit to Kuwait February 11 with wildly optimistic statements to the press that France would provide Kuwait with modern fighter aircraft (i.e. the thus-far poorly selling Rafales),marine frigates and unspecified defense sys [...]	2009-02-18 16:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS KU IR IZ
09KUWAIT148	KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's Ambassador to Baghdad has expressed strong frustration over his inability to get the Iraqis to treat him or the range of bilateral issues with the seriousness that a normal state-to-state relationship should warrant. Iraqi insistence on treating all issues as part of a [...]	2009-02-19 15:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KU
09KUWAIT155	UNCC VISITS KUWAIT; OIL LAKES LINGER 18 YEARS [...] (C) KEY POINTS: -- A UN Compensation Commission Governing Council (GC) delegation including USG representatives visited Kuwait February 16-20 undertook its first visit to Kuwait, focusing on environmental remediation projects relating to Iraq's destruction of oil infrastructure in 1991. - [...]	2009-02-23 11:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET PREL EINV PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT161	OPPOSITION MPS SUSTAIN CALLS TO "GRILL" PRIME [...] (C) Though the Kuwaiti Parliament is on recess for the February 24-25 national and liberation holidays, this respite only delays until its March 3 reconvening the targeting of PM Shaykh Nasser for opposition grilling. The beleaguered PM, who has been out of the country for the past two weeks, [...]	2009-02-24 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT180	DEPLETED URANIUM DETECTION AT RANGE PROMPTS [...] (C) Kuwaiti MinDef Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah convoked Ambassador on March 1 to express his concern over a February 21 radiological survey that detected uranium oxide at a firing range shared by USG and GOK military forces. While clearly uncomfortable raising the issue, the MinDef acknowledged hi [...]	2009-03-02 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KU
09KUWAIT195	GOK, FOREIGN LABOR ATTACHES EXCHANGE HARSH WORDS [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's domestic worker regulations director, Kamel Al-Awadhi, upbraided the Filipino Embassy's labor attache on February 18 for not supporting Kuwait's plan for a domestic worker orientation center. The exchange marked the climax of an International Organization for Migration [...]	2009-03-05 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU
09KUWAIT199	KUWAIT'S MINISTER OF COMMERCE ON IPR, DOW, FREE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 5, Ambassador (accompanied by EconCouns) called on Ahmad Baqir, Minister of Commerce and Industry. Ambassador commended the GoK's efforts to improve IPR enforcement, but stressed the need to improve legislation to international standards, while acknowledging the diffi [...]	2009-03-05 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV CVIS KU
09KUWAIT210	KUWAIT'S PARLIAMENTARY CRISIS MAY STALL LABOR BILL [...] (U) During the March 3-5 session, Kuwait's National Assembly discussed the new labor bill (Ref A) but was unable to vote it into law due to a lack of quorum. The Assembly postponed the vote until March 17, the next scheduled session. However, supporters of the bill are now concerned that the [...]	2009-03-10 09:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU
09KUWAIT214	KUWAITI MPS STILL PLUCKING THE DISSOLUTION TRIPWIRE [...] (C) With three motions now filed to grill the PM, the Amir finds himself increasingly pushed either to act in defense of his beleaguered nephew, PM Shaykh Nasser Mohammed, and the government he leads, or to yield to the will of the disruptive, agenda-driven MPs. A cloud of uncertainty looms [...]	2009-03-10 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT215	KUWAIT MFA DOWNBEAT ON P.A. CORRUPTION, UPBEAT ON [...] (C) Summary: During a March 3 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Undersecretary Khalid Al-Jarallah expressed satisfaction with the outcome of a Riyadh-hosted GCC donors meeting on Gaza and optimism about the progress of a separate donors meeting on Gaza in Sharm Al-Sheikh, while noting concern [...]	2009-03-10 15:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT230	MARCH 2 CONFERENCE IN SHARM AL-SHEIKH: READ OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior officials at the Kuwait Fund and the Foreign Ministry told EconCouns that the March 2 Sharm Al-Sheikh donors' conference for Gaza had been a great success financially and also politically as it strengthened the roles of the Palestinian Authority(PA) and moderate Arab stat [...]	2009-03-11 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL KBWG KU
09KUWAIT232	REQUEST FOR INPUT ON STRATEGY TO INTEGRATE IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 14:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON PGOV KPAL IZ KU
09KUWAIT244	TRIBALISM AS A MOBILIZING FACTOR IN KUWAITI [...] (C) While impossible to appreciate fully within the narrow boundaries of a single Gulf state, tribalism -- a phenomenon that links many contemporary Kuwaitis to an age-old tradition of honor and mutual support in the face of external challenge -- is a central factor in Kuwait's socio-political [...]	2009-03-15 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SCUL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT25	CODEL GRAHAM SHARES VIEWS WITH GOK ON IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a January 8 meeting, Senator Joe Biden, accompanied by Senator Lindsey Graham, briefed Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Jaber Al Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah on the U.S. political transition and cabinet formation process. In [...]	2009-01-12 09:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT255	MARCH MADNESS: KUWAITI CABINET RESIGNS AGAIN [...] (C) As widely expected (ref A),on March 16, just prior to the March 17 scheduled session of parliament, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah accepted the resignation of Kuwait's Cabinet, which had been tendered earlier in the day. PM Shaykh Nasser chose to lead his Cabinet in resigning rather than face [...]	2009-03-17 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT258	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GCC ASSISTANCE FOR THE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Marwan Al-Ghanim, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development on March 17. Ghanim confirmed the Kuwait Fund had been designated by Amiri decree as the lead agency for distribution of GoK aid to Gaza. He said t [...]	2009-03-18 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KU
09KUWAIT261	NOTE VERBALE FROM KUWAIT MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. [...] Embassy Kuwait received on March 11 a letter dated March 9 from H.E. Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Counselor Hussain Nasser Al-Huraiti addressed to the Honorable Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States. The text of the letter is contained in paragraph [...]	2009-03-19 06:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OPDC KU
09KUWAIT265	IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 25, [...] [S/NF] Qalibaf Planning to Deliver US Goods in Time for Election?: The Tehran Municipality's interest in US agricultural trade continues, but now appears driven by a more overtly political agenda. IRPO Officer and Dubai-based regional Ag Attache met for a second time with two UAE-based Irania [...]	2009-03-19 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT270	AMIR CONSTITUTIONALLY DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT; PM [...] (C) On the heels of a March 16 Cabinet resignation (reftel),Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah on March 18, citing the need to "safeguard the security and stability of the nation," ordered the dissolution of the National Assembly. The Amir also confirmed that the dissolution would be conducted in a [...]	2009-03-19 15:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT308	SYNERGY CONFERENCE LAUNCHES KUWAITI ELECTION SEASON [...] (C) A March 23-25 National Synergy Conference, hosted by Tanami, Kuwait's first women's political association, effectively launched Kuwait's two month electoral season, which will culminate with a May 16 vote for a new Parliament. The conference provided the venue for an open and free-rangi [...]	2009-03-26 16:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KWMN KU
09KUWAIT317	ENSURING THE CLASS ENTRY SYSTEM IS ACCURATE AND UP [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. Summary: -------- 2. The recent border crossing experience of a key Embassy contact who alleges excessive and invasive scrutiny during his recent trip to meet with RAND officials in California leads post to question what process or procedu [...]	2009-04-01 08:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV CONS PREL KU
09KUWAIT32	KUWAIT NSB RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO ENERGY [...] (C) Kuwait National Security Bureau(NSB) Vice President Shaykh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah told Econoffs on January 12 that Kuwait remained very interested in signing an MOU establishing a joint working group to improve protection of Kuwait's energy infrastructure. Thamer said the agree [...]	2009-01-13 11:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ENRG ASEC PGOV PINS PREL ECON KCIP KU
09KUWAIT323	COMMS/ELECTRICITY/WATER MINISTER ON POWER [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Communications, Electricity and Water, Nabil Khalaf Saeed Bin Salama, provided frank insight to Ambassador March 31 in a wide-ranging discussion. Topics covered include: --The Amir mandated the Minister with ensuring 24/7 power in Kuwait this summer, yet within day [...]	2009-04-02 14:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV SENV ECON PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT34	OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR NEW KUWAITI CABINET [...] (C) Kuwait's Amir swore in the latest iteration of his Cabinet on January 12 in a move that did little to reconcile the rift between his government and the obstreperous National Assembly. The new cabinet includes only two new names. FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah will serve as acting Oil M [...]	2009-01-14 03:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU
09KUWAIT349	DIFFERING ACCOUNTS OF AMIR'S MEETING WITH PM MALIKI [...] (C) Embassy read with interest reftel account of Iraqi FM Zebari's April 4 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah on the margins of the Doha Summit. As noted reftel, Zebari recounted a tense exchange in which Maliki refused to commit to current borders and the Amir responded that, u [...]	2009-04-09 13:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT367	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL VISIT TO [...] (C) Special Envoy Mitchell, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your visit represents the first official high-level engagement of Kuwait's leadership by the Obama Administration. We have requested meetings with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al Sabah and Fore [...]	2009-04-15 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KU JO
09KUWAIT372	AMIR LAYS DOWN THE LAW AS CAMPAIGN BEGINS [...] (C) Campaigning is officially underway for Kuwait's National Assembly election, scheduled for May 16. The country's relatively open democratic environment continues to allow for lively political events, but this campaign season the Amir and his interim government have signaled that they int [...]	2009-04-16 07:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KU
09KUWAIT377	SPEAKER AL-KHORAFI BLEAK ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (C) Former Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Jassem Al-Khorafi informed Ambassador privately (and later announced publicly) his intention to run in the May 16 parliamentary elections. He predicted that the ongoing strife between the legislative and executive branches would continue an [...]	2009-04-16 16:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR IZ KU

09KUWAIT385	KUWAITI WOMEN VIE FOR PARLIAMENTARY SEATS: MOST [...] (C) Summary. On May 16, some thirty Kuwaiti women will vie to become the first female elected to parliament (ref A). While Kuwait's female candidates come from varied professional, social and religious backgrounds, almost all of them are politically liberal and support close relations with t [...]	2009-04-20 08:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ELAB KWMN KU
09KUWAIT401	NON-PAPER DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO ALLEGATIONS OF [...] On April 22, Econoff delivered reftel nonpaper on financial accountability and transparency measures by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to Ahmed Baqer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arab World Department and stressed the PA's need for budget assistance. Baqer said that improvement on these [...]	2009-04-26 08:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS KW
09KUWAIT431	TERROR FINANCE: KUWAIT'S APPELLATE COURT SUSPENDS [...] (U) On April 28, Kuwait's Court of Appeals upheld the guilty verdict, but reduced the sentence handed down by a Kuwaiti criminal court in the case of UNSCR 1267 Designee and terrorist facilitator Mubarak Al-Bathali. The criminal court had found Bathali guilty of "inciting youth to jihad (com [...]	2009-04-30 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
09KUWAIT432	KUWAIT TELLS QUINT IT SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] (C) On April 28, the DCM joined the UK Ambassador, French Ambassador, Italian Ambassador and German CDA for a Quint joint demarche to MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah urging GOK participation in the May 5 WB/IMF membership meeting in support of senior representatives of the UK. UK Ambassador Michael A [...]	2009-04-30 13:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT434	TERROR FINANCE: GOK PROGRESS IN CHARITY OVERSIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of Kuwait's charity oversight committee from the Ministries of Awqaf, Foreign Affairs and Social Affairs met with Econcouns and Econoff to discuss GOK efforts to strengthen oversight of Kuwaiti charity organizations over the last four years. These included ending dire [...]	2009-04-30 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
09KUWAIT435	CANDIDATES' ARRESTS RECEIVE MIXED REVIEWS IN MEDIA [...] (U) Key Points: -- The GOK makes multiple arrests of parliamentary candidates evoking debates on freedom of expression. -- Arrested MPs exploit their arrests to garner public support. -- Media reports reflect split opinions: some chastise the perceived overbearing hand of the governmen [...]	2009-04-30 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KU
09KUWAIT436	KUWAIT'S H1N1 FLU PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Drawing on pre-existing avian influenza preparatory work, the GOK is proactively implementing measures to prepare Kuwait for a possible pandemic outbreak related to H1N1 influenza. Current measures include: passenger screening (for high temperature) at airports and seaports; pro [...]	2009-04-30 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA KU
09KUWAIT446	KUWAIT OIL LAKES LIKELY TO LINGER MUCH LONGER [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation confirmed that 2009 is likely to pass without any action to remediate the 18-year old oil lakes affecting large areas of Kuwait,s desert. A cancelled tender process and political paralysis are largely to blame. A [...]	2009-05-04 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET PREL EINV PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT463	ISLAMISTS SEEK TO UNDERMINE FEMALE PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES [...] (C) As the May 16 parliamentary elections loom, conservative elements in Kuwait have begun taking "potshots" against front running female candidates. These tactics include issuing fatwas against voting for women and using interpretations of Islam to demonize those candidates who choose not [...]	2009-05-07 15:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO PHUM PREL KU KWMN
09KUWAIT486	KUWAIT: KEEPING A WARY EYE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti government officials and foreign policy analysts remain deeply suspicious of Iran's hegemonic ambitions, which they view as a serious threat to the Gulf region and the wider Middle East, and regularly raise the issue at senior meetings with USG officials, most recently wi [...]	2009-05-14 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KU
09KUWAIT497	KUWAIT ANGLE ON REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) Embassy read with interest ref A discussion of a new diplomatic strategy aimed at securing Iraq's future political stability through an enhanced process of regional integration, including stronger bilateral ties between Iraq and key states. Kuwait's decision to send an Ambassador to Baghd [...]	2009-05-17 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT502	KUWAIT CLAIMS TO BUILD TERRORIST REHAB CENTER, [...] (C) Summary. GOK interlocutors have advised us a long promised rehabilitation center for Islamic extremists -- mentioned by Kuwait's Prime Minister during his September 2008 meeting with Secretary Rice -- has been completed and could soon begin operations. The GOK, under significant domestic [...]	2009-05-18 12:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR IR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT504	KUWAITI WOMEN SHATTER PARLIAMENTARY GLASS CEILING [...] (C) Frustrated by three years of political gridlock largely attributable to rancorous Sunni Islamists and perhaps hoping to avoid another parliamentary dissolution, Kuwait voters on May 16 elected a new National Assembly they hope will have better chances than the last two of working coopera [...]	2009-05-18 14:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT505	BIO DATA ON 2009 KUWAITI PARLIAMENT [...] The following is a list of MPs elected on May 16 to the Kuwaiti National Assembly. Information on each MP includes: sect, political leanings and/or associations, tribal affiliation, number of votes received, previous parliament participation, date of birth, and education as applicable. Fi [...]	2009-05-18 14:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM KWMN KU
09KUWAIT512	CORRECTED COPY: KUWAIT OIL LAKES LIKELY TO LINGER [...] (U) NOTE: This cable supercedes 09 KUWAIT 446, which was sent in error. Post apologizes for the confusion. END NOTE. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Officials from the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation confirmed that 2009 is likely to pass without any action to remediate the 18-year old oil [...]	2009-05-21 09:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET PREL EINV PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT514	KUWAIT SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO KEEP IRAQ UNDER [...] (C) Amiri Advisor Muhammad Abulhassan told Ambassador Hill, during a May 18 stopover in Kuwait, that the GOK is deeply worried about Iraq's campaign to disencumber itself from the UN Chapter VII mandate and is therefore seeking P-5 support. The GOK views continued UN leverage as essential in [...]	2009-05-21 15:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT516	SHAYKH NASSER REAPPOINTED PM, DIFFICULT ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) In a widely expected move, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah issued a May 20 decree reappointing his nephew, Shaykh Nasser al-Muhammed al-Ahmad Al Sabah, as PM and tasking him to form and introduce a new cabinet to the National Assembly when it convenes on May 31. The n [...]	2009-05-21 15:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT518	U.S. PROGRAMS PROPEL KUWAITI WOMEN TO GREEN CHAIRS [...] (C) Summary. In Kuwait's May 16 election, four U.S. educated women -- Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi, Dr. Rola Dashti, and Dr. Salwa Al-Jassar -- became the first women to win seats in Kuwait's fifty-member parliament. Embassy believes their electoral chances were significantly [...]	2009-05-21 15:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ELAB KWMN KMPI KPAO OEXC OIIP
09KUWAIT53	POLITICAL FOOTBALL: PM'S RIVAL EXPLOITS FIFA [...] (C) Kuwaiti international soccer participation, recently (and temporarily) reprieved from FIFA suspension, has become the arena for proxy struggle between rivals PM Shaykh Nasser Mohammed and would-be usurper Shaykh Ahmad Al-Fahd, both nephews of the Amir. These two ruling family heavyweights [...]	2009-01-21 15:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT541	KUWAIT DELIVERS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE MOU [...] (C) On May 28, Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered to Post Kuwait's response to the proposed Memorandum of Understanding regarding establishment of a joint working group to improve protection of Kuwait's energy infrastructure, which it had received from the USG in early January. The MOU con [...]	2009-05-28 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER ENRG ASEC PGOV PINS PREL ECON KCIP KU
09KUWAIT550	AMIR PLEADS FOR NATIONAL UNITY AS HE INTRODUCES [...] (C) Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah on May 30 swore in sixteen new and returning ministers, introducing them to recently elected parliamentarians at the National Assembly's convening on May 31. This latest iteration of the government represents the 27th cabinet since Kuwai [...]	2009-06-01 15:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU
09KUWAIT558	KUWAIT'S STATELESS BIDOON: BACKGROUND AND RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary. For the past twenty years, Kuwait's 100,000 stateless Bidoon residents have been denied access to the free healthcare, education, and other welfare-state benefits enjoyed by Kuwaiti citizens. Demonstrating a growing social awareness of the plight of the Bidoon and a sensitivity [...]	2009-06-03 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL KU
09KUWAIT562	GOK DOWNPLAYS MP POSTURING, REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Kuwait issued a calculated response on Wednesday to Kuwaiti and Iraqi parliamentarians' inflammatory press statements concerning settlement of disputes stemming from Iraq's 1990 invasion of its southern neighbor. The Amir called for MPs to be patient, and the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq, [...]	2009-06-04 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT566	RENEWED IRAQI EFFORT ON KUWAITI MISSING A POSITIVE [...] (U) In a tone more upbeat than in recent Tripartite Commission (TC) and Technical Subcommittee (TSC) meetings (Refs A, B),the ICRC on June 1 praised delegates from Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, France, UK and the US for their increased efforts -- since the March 31 TSC -- to locate the remains [...]	2009-06-04 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT57	K-DOW AFTERMATH: LITIGATION LOOMS; HINTS OF HOPE [...] (C) Summary: In the two weeks since the demise of the K-Dow joint venture between Dow Chemical and Kuwait's Petroleum Industries Company(PIC),the project remains a lead item in local news reports including those covering recent intense parliamentary debate on the issue. Although PIC official [...]	2009-01-22 11:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EIND EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT570	HARD-LINE POSITIONS FURTHER JEOPARDIZE UNCC [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi, Jordanian and Kuwaiti environmental officials spent five days in talks in Kuwait from May 31 to June 4. The meetings -- convened under the auspices of the UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) -- focused on regional efforts to bolster Iraq's capacity to identify and plan for e [...]	2009-06-07 11:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT571	WORDS VS. DEEDS: KUWAITIS REACT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an informal discussion held at the Ambassador's residence, a group of 13 Kuwaiti academics and political and media figures offered thoughtful commentary on President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. The overall theme was that this was a "good start" but the "proof was in the [...]	2009-06-08 03:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL SOCI KU ZR
09KUWAIT573	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JUNE 4 CAIRO [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Kuwaiti media reaction to the President's June 4 speech to the Muslim world from Cairo vacillated between gushing enthusiasm and calls for action, often within the same article. While some editorials described the speech as historical, balanced and very positive, others [...]	2009-06-08 10:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT575	SEEKING KUWAITI SUPPORT FOR MYERS IN UN CIVIL [...] PolOff on June 8 delivered reftel demarche and biographic materials encouraging Kuwait to support U.S. nominee Lucretia Myers for UN International Civil Service Commission to Abdulmohsen Al-Refai, diplomatic attach in the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...]	2009-06-08 11:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KU
09KUWAIT58	GAZA REMAINS RALLYING CALL FOR GOK [...] (SBU) In an attempt to deflect criticism of Arab leadership divisiveness as witnessed in the January 19-20 Arab Economic Summit (reported reftel),and to appear cohesive prior to next week's (scheduled) encounter with parliament, the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers united in a statement condemn [...]	2009-01-22 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PINR KU
09KUWAIT587	ICRC'S BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON MISSING PROVIDES [...] Capitalizing on the positive atmospherics of the June 1 Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee meeting (ref A),ICRC assembled a panel of forensics experts for a June 7 "brainstorming session" on ways to accelerate the search for the missing -- on both sides of the border -- from the [...]	2009-06-11 10:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT589	FAILURE TO LAUNCH: INFIGHTING BOGS DOWN THE [...] (C) Infighting and attacks on ministers dominated the newly elected National Assembly's first working session, suggesting that the gridlock that has characterized Kuwait since 2006 likely will continue. Major issues such as the Amiri-decreed economic stimulus bill were not substantively addres [...]	2009-06-11 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT6	KUWAITIS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST GAZA ATTACKS [...] (LOU) Summary: Some 2,000 to 5,000 Kuwaitis demonstrated in front of the National Assembly building on January 3 to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza. A Member of Parliament burned an Israeli flag, while some demonstrators chanted "death to Israel" and "death to America." Speakers called on E [...]	2009-01-05 03:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SEC KU
09KUWAIT602	GOK OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM AL [...] (C) A/DCM on June 18 raised reftel points concerning the need for moderate Arab states like Kuwait to exercise leadership during the upcoming June 24 Arab League ministerial with Ahmad Al-Baker, lead official on AL issues in MFA's Arab World Department. 2. (C) In response, Al-Baker assured A/ [...]	2009-06-18 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT604	ASSEMBLY AGAIN FOCUSES ON RULING FAMILY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-21 12:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT608	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP WITH NEW MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-21 15:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU
09KUWAIT613	KUWAIT'S NEW REHAB CENTER FOR FORMER GTMO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR IR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT614	KUWAIT'S MERCHANTS FRET ABOUT THE FUTURE, FAIL TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT623	INTERIOR MINISTER PRESENTS HIMSELF WELL IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT631	SCENESETTER FOR AA/S FELTMAN VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) Dear AA/S Feltman, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your arrival comes at an interesting moment, with a newly elected National Assembly already testing the government's resolve through the "grilling" of a senior Al Sabah minister. Your visit will provide an excellent [...]	2009-06-25 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV IZ IR KU
09KUWAIT644	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Madame Secretary: My staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. While we understand that your schedule has been centered around a U.S. Coast Guard event, we have also requested a meeting for you with the Amir, Shaykh Sabah Ahmed Al Sabah, or his designated representative. When [...]	2009-06-29 10:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KU
09KUWAIT659	INTERIOR MINISTER SURVIVES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE [...] (C) In what amounts to a stinging rebuke to tribalist opposition members of parliament, Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah survived a vote of no confidence July 1 by a convincing 30 to 16 votes, with two abstentions and one absence. The vote came in response to a motion filed b [...]	2009-07-01 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT673	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT DOESN'T KNOW WHO WILL [...] (U) PolOff on July 6 delivered reftel demarche inquiring about Kuwait's plans for its UNGA delegation. Dr. Rashid Al-Saleh, Second Secretary of MFA's International Organizations Department, responded that the GOK has not yet determined the composition of its delegation, but will inform Embassy [...]	2009-07-07 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UNGA KU
09KUWAIT675	AA/S FELTMAN MEETING WITH AMIRI ADVISOR REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary: AA/S Feltman reviewed with Amiri Advisor Ambassador Mohammed Abulhassan on June 30 the state of play on the Kuwait - Iraq bilateral relationship and GOK expectations for an August 3 Amir - POTUS meeting in Washington. Abulhassan made clear that the Amir's (and the GOK's) highest [...]	2009-07-08 05:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT676	AA/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: During a June 30 meeting between the Prime Minister and AA/S Feltman, the PM: -- urged ongoing dialogue with Iran, despite recent events, and the avoidance of any military option, notwithstanding his pessimistic outlook on Iran's nuclear program and the prospects for any opening [...]	2009-07-08 05:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNC IR IZ PK KU
09KUWAIT680	MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS LAUDS U.S.-KUWAIT TIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador discussed Kuwait Airways privatization, Kuwait-Iraq relations and Kuwait-U.S. ties during an introductory meeting with the new Minister of Communications, Dr. Mohammed Mohsen Al-Busairi, who also holds the title of Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs. The [...]	2009-07-09 10:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT686	AMBASSADOR PRESSES NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ON TIP [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial July 8 introductory meeting, Ambassador raised Kuwait's Tier III Trafficking in Persons (TIP) status with newly-appointed Minister of Justice Rashed Al-Hammad and outlined steps the GOK should take to address outstanding TIP concerns. Ambassador also queried the [...]	2009-07-09 11:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU
09KUWAIT689	IRAQI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER'S VISIT CALMS TENSIONS [...] (U) Summary: Iraq's Parliament Speaker, Iyad Al-Samaraie, visited Kuwait at the invitation of his Kuwaiti counterpart Speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi July 5-8 and met with Kuwait's Amir and other leading GOK officials, as well as with members of the Kuwaiti parliament's Foreign Affairs committee. [...]	2009-07-09 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT700	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FTA; IPR; KUWAIT'S INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met on July 9 with newly appointed Minister of Commerce & Industry Ahmad Rashed Al-Haroun. Ambassador applauded the GOK's efforts to implement IPR enforcement but stressed the need to implement legislation. The Minister was optimistic that with a more "approachable" [...]	2009-07-13 10:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU
09KUWAIT707	GOK COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING PROGRESS [...] (C) The GOK continues to demonstrate that it is taking meaningful steps to prevent charitable donations from becoming sources of financing for extremist groups. Despite deficient legislation, improved GOK interagency coordination and significant regulatory enhancements have produced appreciab [...]	2009-07-15 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER ECON PGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT71	TERRORISM FINANCE: KUWAITI JUDICIAL COURT RULES [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti press reported on January 26 that Kuwait's Court of First Instance had ruled in favor of releasing the assets of UN 1267 Designee Hamed Al-Ali. Al-Ali's assets were frozen by the Government of Kuwait (GOK) in July 2008, following the January 16, 2008 UN 1267 designation of Al-A [...]	2009-01-27 12:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
09KUWAIT714	INTERIOR MINISTER ON GTMO, RESHAPING HIS MINISTRY [...] S) SUMMARY A buoyant Minister of Interior, still basking in his recent victory over parliamentarian "grillers," told Ambassador July 7 that he had been given a mandate to reorganize, "discipline and focus" his ministry to deal with what "all now recognized" was a serious global terrorism thre [...]	2009-07-18 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PINR KU IZ
09KUWAIT723	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] Key Points: -- (C) Our bilateral mil-mil relationship with Kuwait is strong; active FMS cases amount to USD 8.1 billion and Kuwaiti AIK for OIF exceeds USD one billion annually; -- (C) While concerned about the security implications of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the GoK will likely need con [...]	2009-07-20 15:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT724	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] Key Points: -- (C) Our bilateral mil-mil relationship with Kuwait is strong; active FMS cases amount to USD 8.1 billion and Kuwaiti AIK for OIF exceeds USD one billion annually; -- (C) While concerned about the security implications of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the GoK will likely need con [...]	2009-07-21 05:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT73	GOK SEEKS RELEASE OF MNF-I DETAINEE ABDELRAHMAN [...] (C) The GOK requested via January 25 dipnote the release from MNF-I detention in Baghdad of Kuwaiti citizen Abdelrahman Al-Bathali. Al-Bathali (ISN: US9IZ-157245CI),captured in Iraq by MNF-I on January 30, 2004, is the son of UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Mishkhas Al-Bathali. On January 27, [...]	2009-01-27 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT736	KUWAITI FM REMAINS RELUCTANT ON KOSOVO [...] (C) In a follow-up to ref A, Ambassador used the opportunity of a July 20 airport meeting with FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah prior to his departure for London, en route to Washington for the Amir's August 3 visit, to engage him on the issue of GOK recognition of Kosovo. The FM pointedly as [...]	2009-07-22 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU KV
09KUWAIT738	SCENESETTER FOR THE AMIR OF KUWAIT'S AUGUST 3 [...] (C) The President's August 3 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah offers an opportunity to reaffirm the importance we attach to our bilateral relationship at a time when the U.S. drawdown from Iraq, efforts to move Iraq out from under Chapter VII sanctions, and concern abou [...]	2009-07-22 15:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CVIS ECON IR IZ KU
09KUWAIT753	S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN APPLAUDS RECENT KUWAITI [...] (C) Summary. S/CT Ambassador-at-large Daniel Benjamin was warmly received by Kuwaiti officials July 26. Key points: - (C) S/CT Benjamin applauded the GOK's intensified efforts on CT over the past six to nine months, as well as continued GOK focus on ensuring force protection for the lar [...]	2009-07-30 10:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KU PTER PGOV
09KUWAIT755	INTERAGENCY GTMO TEAM HAS SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) An interagency team representing DoD, State, DoJ, and GRPO visited Kuwait July 26-27 to discuss GOK preparations in the event that any or all of Kuwait's remaining four GTMO detainees should be transferred, and to tour the purpose-built "Al-Salam Center" rehabilitation facility and rev [...]	2009-07-30 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT756	A WALTZ WITH SHAYKH AHMED: OIL/INFO MINISTER LETS [...] (C) Summary: The dual-hatted Kuwaiti Oil/Information Minister Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah told the Ambassador July 27 that Kuwait wants to obtain international expertise in developing its oil projects, mentioning that ExxonMobil is likely to oversee production in the Burgan oil fie [...]	2009-07-30 15:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EINV KWIR EPET KU IZ
09KUWAIT760	GEN PETRAEUS AND KUWAITI DCOS ON IRAN, IRAQ, CT, [...] (S) CENTCOM Commander GEN David Petraeus, accompanied by Ambassador, engaged in a wide-ranging exchange on the evening of July 22 with Kuwaiti Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) LTG Ahmed Khalid Al Sabah. Key Points: -- (C) On Iraq, General Petraeus said the USG appreciates Kuwait's [...]	2009-08-02 06:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT761	GOK ON TIP ACTION PLAN: ANTI-TIP LAW LIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Key points: -- The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) expressed confidence that an anti-TIP draft law will be approved by the National Assembly in the Fall. -- The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) now expects lengthy delays before construction can begin on a 700-bed shelter for d [...]	2009-08-02 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN SMIG ELAB KCRM KU
09KUWAIT779	IRAQ STEPS UP EFFORTS TO LOCATE MISSING KUWAITIS [...] (U) Key points: -- The ICRC-brokered Technical Subcomittee meetings (TSC) continue to serve as a constructive venue for Iraq-Kuwait bilateral engagement. -- In recent months, the GOI has shown a "new determination" in following-up on leads in the search for those still missing from the [...]	2009-08-06 15:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ
09KUWAIT788	GOK ENACTS POSITIVE CHANGE TO FLAWED WORKER [...] (C) Summary. The GOK has made several recent moves towards reforming its flawed foreign worker sponsorship system: -- On August 9, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) issued a Ministerial resolution ) not subject to Parliamentary approval ) to immediately permit most foreign w [...]	2009-08-10 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KTIP SMIG KU
09KUWAIT790	GOK ADDS AL-BATHALY TO THE REHAB CENTER MIX [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Post received a diplomatic note August 10 from the Kuwaiti MFA reiterating the GOK's long-standing request for the return of the four Kuwaiti nationals held at Guantanamo Bay, and outlining the procedures to be followed by the GOK in the [...]	2009-08-11 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT793	KSS ARRESTS SIX FOR PLOTTING TERROR ATTACK [...] (S/NF) Acting on shared intelligence as well as on its own suspicions, Kuwait State Security (KSS) forces have arrested six Kuwaiti men -- in whose possession were home-made explosives and guns -- for planning attacks on Camp Arifjan -- a vital logistics hub that is home to thousands of U.S. [...]	2009-08-12 15:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT805	C-SA9-01527: MOST PAKISTANI AND AFGHAN WORKERS IN [...] (U) The below responses are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (C) "How much money do expatriates send back to their home country in annual remittances?" According to Pakistani Embassy Labor Attach Rabnawaz Khan, unskilled laborers (who make up the vast majority of Pakistani workers in Kuwait) [...]	2009-08-16 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
09KUWAIT811	KUWAIT'S TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. As requested (ref A),Post provides below additional information for the Department's reassessment of Kuwait's Tier 3 ranking in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Though significant efforts to counter widespread abuse are ongoing, the GOK has not progressed substantia [...]	2009-08-17 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV KTIP KU
09KUWAIT812	KUWAIT WEDDING FIRE KILLS 43; AMIR CONDOLES, [...] (U) At 9:20pm on August 15, a fire broke out at a Kuwaiti wedding tent which killed 43 women and children and injured 90 others. According to local press reports, the ex-wife of the groom confessed to setting the fire, which consumed the entire structure -- which had only one exit for just und [...]	2009-08-17 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT815	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COORDINATING AFGHAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 14:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KU PREL KPAO
09KUWAIT822	MFA U/S: TERRORIST THREAT HITS HOME; KUWAIT HOLDS [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah told CDA August 18 that Kuwait desired closer CT cooperation with the USG, "particularly now that it is clear Al-Qaeda has begun to target Kuwait." CDA expressed appreciation for Kuwaiti action in thwarting the terrorist plot against US military personn [...]	2009-08-19 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IZ KU
09KUWAIT827	FM CONVOKES P3 TO LAY OUT KUWAITI POSITION ON [...] (S) FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah convoked French Ambassador and US and UK CDA's August 20 to make the following points: -- Kuwait appreciates the strong affirmation of UNSCR 833 by P3 states. -- Kuwait is seeking to be flexible in its approach towards Iraq, as called for by UNSYG Ban K [...]	2009-08-20 16:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT832	GOK MOVES FORWARD ON NEW LABOR LAW & ON RELIEF FOR [...] (SBU) At an unprecedented 19 August emergency session of Kuwait's National Assembly, MPs gave the first of two approval votes needed to pass the new private sector labor bill. The bill would increase foreign workers' annual leave from fourteen days to thirty and increase the amount of time re [...]	2009-08-23 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT834	TSA REVIEWS KUWAITI AIRWAYS [...] (U) Summary and Key Issues. On August 17, Ian Ross, International Industry Representative, Transportation Security Agency (TSA),briefed Econcouns and RSO on his meetings with Kamil Al-Awadhi, Head of Safety, Security & Emergency Response, Kuwaiti Airways (KA) and Fareed Al-Qattan, Deputy He [...]	2009-08-24 05:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PTER PGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT839	QUERYING MFA ON RELEASE OF POSSIBLE TERRORISM [...] (S) Polcouns met August 23 with Ambassador Khaled Mugames, MFA's Director of Coordination and Follow-up, to discuss the recent arrests of terrorists plotting attacks on U.S. and Kuwaiti facilities (reftel). Polcouns specifically pressed Mugames for more timely sharing of information regarding [...]	2009-08-24 09:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT844	GOK TWEAKS GROUNDBREAKING SPONSORSHIP REFORM [...] (U) Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) Minister Mohammad Al-Afasi issued a groundbreaking resolution on August 9 allowing foreign workers in Kuwait's private sector for the first time to quit their jobs and change to a new employer provided they had remained with their current employ [...]	2009-08-25 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT849	AMIR OFFERS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR WOUNDED IRAQIS [...] (U) The Kuwaiti media reported August 27 that Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah has instructed his government to assist in transporting to Kuwait for medical assistance a number of Iraqis injured in August 19 truck bomb blasts in Baghdad. This message was conveyed in a statement by Minister [...]	2009-08-27 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT850	RAISING PSI EXERCISE LEADING EDGE WITH GOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 15:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC PARM PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT860	GOK TO FULFILL PALESTINE AID PLEDGES BUT HESITANT [...] (SBU) On August 27 Embassy forwarded to FM Mohammad Al-Sabah the Secretary's letter requesting PA aid (ref A). On August 31, DCM brought a copy of the letter to Arab World Department Director Ambassador Jassem Al-Mubaraki, who said the GOK will fulfill its Palestinian aid funding pledges but n [...]	2009-09-01 12:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAL EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EG IS KU
09KUWAIT87	KUWAITI MPS SIFT THROUGH GAZA RUBBLE [...] (U) Amid ongoing calls to grill the PM, wrangling over KDOW, and rumors of pending constitutional or unconstitutional dissolution by the Amir, the Kuwaiti parliament, keeping Gaza at the forefront, managed to limp through another session January 27-28. Per ref A, Gaza continues to be the sol [...]	2009-01-29 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR PREL KU
09KUWAIT877	INTERIOR MINISTER ON REHAB CENTER, RECENT TERROR [...] (S) Summary: A focused Interior Minister told the Ambassador September 2 that he supported further cooperation on CT. Accepting the Ambassador,s congratulations on rolling up a Kuwaiti group planning attacks against Camp Arifjan and Kuwaiti targets, Shaykh Jaber clearly heard the Ambassador, [...]	2009-09-02 15:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV SNAR PINR KU IR
09KUWAIT888	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK GOALS FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) POLCOUNS on September 07 raised reftel points concerning the upcoming (September 09-10) Arab League Ministerial with MFA Arab World Department Counselor Salah Al-Mutairi. Al-Mutairi, while noting that he had not received much information about the ministerial agenda from his chain of comm [...]	2009-09-07 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AL KU
09KUWAIT890	KUWAIT UNLIKELY CANDIDATE FOR HRC [...] (C) Political Counselor on September 7 raised reftel points with Jassem Al-Najem, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department, noting the importance to our common interests of having an effective Human Rights Council and the unfortunate signal that Iran's presence on the HRC woul [...]	2009-09-07 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT896	KUWAIT FOLLOWS THROUGH ON PROMISE TO HELP INJURED [...] (U) Kuwaiti news media widely reported on September 04 the arrival in Kuwait for medical treatment of some 25 Iraqis injured in August 19 truck bomb blasts in Baghdad. The gesture fulfills an instruction issued by Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah (reported reftel) to his goveQent to assist [...]	2009-09-09 09:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT898	MFA USEC ON IRAQ, IRAN, PEACE PROCESS AND SECURITY [...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Khalid Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador September 7 that Kuwait had heard via UN sources that Iraq is now willing to cooperate on the issue of maintenance of land border markers. Jarallah added that Kuwait would shortly welcome an Iraqi delegation here to work on the iss [...]	2009-09-09 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KU IZ IR
09KUWAIT912	(U) (C-NE9-01257) KUWAITI PERCEPTIONS ON IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) Post assesses that Ref A's questions on Iranian perceptions of Yemen and details regarding bilateral ties between Tehran and Sana'a are beyond the scope of the GOK to comment upon. Post notes that there is clear suspicion within Kuwaiti military circles, as highlighted in a July 22 me [...]	2009-09-15 07:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR PGOV KU IR
09KUWAIT918	DOG DAYS OF SUMMER? BRIEF TEMPEST OVER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A brief media tempest over misinterpreted remarks the Ambassador delivered August 27 to the Middle East Institute in Washington highlights the enduring divide here between the monied/cultured merchant elite and increasingly populous and powerful tribal conservatives. [...]	2009-09-16 11:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT921	SENTENCE ON CONVICTED TERRORIST SUPPORTER LTC [...] (C) Summary. Press reports, subsequently confirmed by Kuwaiti judicial officials, indicate that retired LTC Khalil Al-Ghaith, a Kuwaiti citizen, was convicted August 25 of supporting and funding terrorist activities and sentenced to three years imprisonment. As is not unusual here, the imm [...]	2009-09-17 05:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KU PREL PTER PGOV
09KUWAIT925	GROWING SOCIAL AND SECTARIAN DIVISIONS SPARK [...] (S) As Kuwait emerges from the Ramadan quiet season and prepares for the October re-convening of the National Assembly (Parliament),Kuwaitis are expressing widespread dissatisfaction over the quality of the country's leadership, malaise over social tensions and frustration with a perceived d [...]	2009-09-17 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PINR PGOV KU
09KUWAIT927	KUWAITI RESPONSE TO AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On September 16, Econcouns talked by phone with MFA Arab Affairs Counselor Saleh Al-Mutairi to discuss the September 22, Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting and U.S. goals. Econcouns explained that we believed the AHLC meeting would be best held at the "expert level" and stressed th [...]	2009-09-17 11:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER KU
09KUWAIT941	KUWAIT CONTINUES TO TREAT IRAQI VICTIMS OF AUGUST [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-28 11:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT943	GOK CONFIRMS ITS REHABILITATION CENTER READY TO [...] (S) Khaled Al-Mugames, MFA's Director of Coordination and Follow-Up, told Polcounselor on September 28 that the GOK's Al-Salam Rehabilitation Center (described reftel) is 100 percent completed and ready to begin receiving the four remaining Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees immediately. Mugames s [...]	2009-09-28 14:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER KJUS PGOV KU
09KUWAIT948	PROMINENT MP DRAFTS NATIONAL UNITY LAW, CALLS FOR [...] (U) This is an action message - see para. 9. Summary: --------- 2. (C) In a rare, but cogent unification strategy to counter the increasingly disruptive influence of tribalists in parliament, prominent moderate MP and Foreign Relations Chair Marzouq Al-Ghanem is re-forming the def [...]	2009-09-30 08:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT95	KUWAITI COURT ISSUES VERDICT IN AL-BATHALI CASE [...] (C) On January 27, after months of postponements, a Kuwaiti Criminal Court found UNSCR 1267 designee and terrorist facilitator Mubarak Al-Bathali guilty of "inciting youth to jihad (combat) activities against foreign forces in Iraq." The court sentenced him to three years in prison and offere [...]	2009-02-02 11:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER PINR
09KUWAIT951	MOSAL CONTINUES TO MONITOR RAMADAN CHARITABLE [...] (C) Summary. Econ Couns met with Nasser Al Ammar, Director of Charity and Donation Organizations, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MoSAL),on September 28, 2009 to discuss the outcome of this year's Ramadan collections audit as recent Kuwaiti news leaks cited violations in charitable col [...]	2009-09-30 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KU PREL PTER PGOV
09KUWAIT953	KUWAITI SOCCER CLUB BRAVES MATCH IN IRAQ [...] (U) In an overture aimed at warming the bilateral relationship, Kuwait's "Al Kuwait Kaifan" soccer club traveled to Erbil, Iraq, for a September 30 tournament game, the first time a Kuwaiti team has traveled to Iraq in two decades. Accompanying the team were prominent Kuwaiti MPs Marzouq Al-G [...]	2009-10-01 12:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI IZ KU
09KUWAIT958	TRIBAL/URBAN DIVIDE UNDERLIES DEBATE OVER RAMADAN [...] (C) Summary: Government attempts to censor programs parodying senior government figures and Kuwait's parliament during the recent Ramadan season (which traditionally functions as something of a "Sweeps Season" for Kuwait's public and private TV channels) aroused extensive criticism from media [...]	2009-10-04 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KU
09KUWAIT959	WRITING ON WALL FOR TARASOV MANDATE [...] (C) Ambassador Gennady Tarasov, UN High-Level Coordinator for the repatriation of Kuwait's missing persons and archives, expressed to Ambassador on October 5 his concern that an end to his mandate in June 2010 would be perceived by Kuwait as a mass surrender by UN officials to political exped [...]	2009-10-06 11:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV MARR KU IZ
09KUWAIT972	TSC APPLAUDS RECENT IRAQI EFFORTS TO RECOVER [...] (U) The ICRC opened the 62nd session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) October 6 with praise for recent efforts by Iraq's Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) to advance the search for missing Kuwaitis from the 1990 Iraqi invasion. Echoing these plaudits, the Kuwaiti del [...]	2009-10-09 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ
09KYIV1023	FAILURE OF COALITION TALKS HURTS TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) Opposition leader Yanukovych's June 7 withdrawal from talks on forming a "national unity" coalition with Prime Minister Tymoshenko's BYuT faction left Tymoshenko vulnerable as her supporters learn details of concessions that she made in the negotiations. Tymoshenko's denials that she had b [...]	2009-06-12 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP

09KYIV1027	UKRAINE'S 1ST YEAR AS A WTO MEMBER: NOT MUCH OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine recently marked the end of a tumultuous first year as a member of the WTO. Although the terms of Ukraine's accession were very favorable for WTO members, Ukraine made several missteps in implementing some its accession commitments. Of most concern was a partial rollbac [...]	2009-06-15 12:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV1033	SEA BREEZE LEGISLATION FAILS AGAIN [...] (C) The Rada made two failed attempts on June 12 to consider legislation authorizing foreign military exercises in Ukraine, affecting Sea Breeze and ten other foreign exercises. The votes fell short as the divided OU-PSD faction which favors Ukraine's integration into Euro-Atlantic institutio [...]	2009-06-16 06:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1040	UKRAINIAN MFA VIEWS ON CORFU -- AND CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) The Ukrainian MFA agrees with U.S. views on the benefits of a "constructive dialogue" on European Security at the OSCE Corfu informal Ministerial. However, the MFA Security Department Director took the opportunity of our discussion about Corfu to reiterate concerns about Ukraine being shu [...]	2009-06-18 16:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL NATO PGOV ECON ETTC UP
09KYIV107	UKRAINE: GAS SUPPLIES RESUME, BUT QUESTIONS ON GAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 14:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1071	RADA COMMITTEE WELCOMES ANTI-CORRUPTION LEGISLATION [...] (U) ON JUNE 3, DRAFT BILLS ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY PUBLIC SERVANTS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) THRESHOLD COUNTRY PROGRAM (TCP) FOR UKRAINE MET WITH AN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE RESPONSE IN A HEARING BEFORE THE RA [...]	2009-06-22 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UP
09KYIV1086	UKRAINE: COURT BRINGS BACK 13 PERCENT IMPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Constitutional Court issued a ruling on June 24 that could reinstate a 13 percent tariff surcharge on a wide range of imports. The Court struck down portions of a law that had given Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers authority to tinker with the 13 percent surcharge measu [...]	2009-06-25 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV1091	GERMAN, POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS' ROCKY VISIT [...] (C) The German and Polish Foreign Ministers visited Kyiv on June 17 to push political cooperation in dealing with the economic crisis and the need for stability in gas transit to Europe. President Yushchenko unexpectedly put off the meeting with the FMs, sending them (unwillingly) sightseeing [...]	2009-06-29 17:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP GM PL
09KYIV1093	AUSTR WILSON'S VISIT TO UKRAINE: PORK BAN LIFTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Rep (AUSTR) for Europe and the Middle East Chris Wilson visited Kyiv June 22-23. AUSTR Wilson delivered a positive message on our desire to expand bilateral trade and investment. The GOU gave us some good news, lifting a ban on U.S. pork put in place due t [...]	2009-06-30 12:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV1102	UKRAINE Q1 GDP FALLS 20.3 PERCENT [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian State Statistics Committee published official 2009 macroeconomic figures on June 30. The first quarter data, which had been withheld for weeks by the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, revealed a 20.3 percent contraction in GDP and a sharp fall in key sectors o [...]	2009-07-01 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV1131	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN REPORTS ON TORTURE, NEED [...] (SBU) Human Rights Ombudsman Nina Karpachova recently presented a report to the Rada highlighting problems with the judiciary, torture in pretrial detention, and poverty. Human rights experts we spoke with gave her some credit for raising these concerns but criticized her for being too involve [...]	2009-07-06 14:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM UP
09KYIV1153	UKRAINE MUM ON IRAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Iran Desk Officer Yuliya Yushchenko told Emboff on July 2 that while Ukraine is concerned about events surrounding the election in Iran, it has taken a position of non-interference. Ukraine has not issued any statements regarding the election or its aftermath [...]	2009-07-07 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP IR
09KYIV117	UKRAINE: DETAILS AND QUESTIONS ON GAS DEAL STILL [...] (C) Summary. As natural gas supplies reach normal levels in Ukraine and other countries in Europe, more details on the gas deal have been released by the Prime Minister, the President, the Minister of Energy, various members of the Presidential Secretariat and Naftohaz officials. At present, [...]	2009-01-21 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1171	REGIONS RADA BLOCKADE LEAVES ISSUES HANGING [...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions continued to physically block parliament, paralyzing the Rada and keeping it from adjourning on July 10 for the summer recess. Despite a budget crisis, Regions is demanding a significant increase in pensions and wages designed to bolster its standing with vote [...]	2009-07-10 14:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1172	PATRIARCH KIRILL'S VISIT AND UKRAINE'S ORTHODOX [...] (SBU) Church leaders in Ukraine are preparing for the visit of Kirill, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) later this month. The Ukrainian branch of the ROC hopes to avoid controversy by emphasizing the religious purpose of Kirill's visit. The second largest Orthodox community in [...]	2009-07-10 15:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV1204	FORMER FM TARASYUK ON RUSSIA, POLITICS [...] (C) Former Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk, like other Western oriented Ukrainians, is looking for further reassurance that the "re-set" of relations with Russia will not come at Ukraine's expense. Tarasyuk regards Medvedev's security proposal as an effort to divide Europe from the US. He see [...]	2009-07-17 16:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1259	SPECULATION SOARS WITH ARREST OF GONGADZE MURDER SUSPECT [...] (SBU) The recent arrest of former police general Oleksiy Pukach, a key suspect in the 2000 murder of investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze, has many hoping that he will reveal who ordered this high-profile murder. Gongadze's widow told the press that senior officials from the Kuchma admi [...]	2009-07-29 13:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV UP
09KYIV1264	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER'S VISIT TO UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Your August 6-8 visit to Kyiv follows by two weeks that of the Vice President, who reassured Ukrainians that the "reset" of U.S. relations with Russia would not come at Ukraine's expense. The Vice President also called on Ukraine's leaders to put their antagonisms aside and move forward [...]	2009-07-30 14:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL RS UP
09KYIV1302	GUAM'S UPS AND DOWNS [...] (SBU) Over the past year, GUAM has seen successes, including the opening of an impressive new headquarters in Kyiv. However, GUAM has also revealed shortcomings, most notably a lack of consensus among members about the orientation of the organization. Moldova continues to be sensitive to Russ [...]	2009-08-07 07:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1310	ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS STIR CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Election law amendments passed in late July at a special Rada session have drawn criticism from both the President's office and the NGO community. Changes to the law limit the scope and timing of court appeals, make it easier to exclude NGO election observers and increase the financial r [...]	2009-08-07 17:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV134	UKRAINE: MORE ANSWERS TO GAS DEAL UNKNOWNS [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian daily Ukrainska Pravda posted on January 22 what it claimed to be a copy of the gas supply contract signed by Ukraine and Russia on January 19. Because the gas supply contract was supposed to remain confidential neither our Ukrainian nor Russian governmental contacts co [...]	2009-01-23 14:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1345	UKRAINE MINFIN ON BANK RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Ministry of Finance confirmed to us that recently nationalized UkrHaz and Rodovid banks, the 17th and 20th largest in Ukraine respectively, would soon receive new management and supervisory boards. The period of temporary administration would be extended at a third G [...]	2009-08-13 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV140	FAULTLINES IN UKRAINE'S BANKING SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF representatives indicated to us that the first diagnostic audits of Ukraine's banking sector were completed on January 22. In the IMF's view, the audits show that none of Ukraine's seventeen largest banks has enough capital to meet an expected deterioration of loan portfol [...]	2009-01-23 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1434	IMF MAY EXPAND IN UKRAINE, DESPITE LACK OF REFORMS [...] (C) Summary. With Ukraine's sovereign debt reaching 30 percent of GDP, primarily in short- to medium-term instruments, and doubts increasing about Ukraine's intentions to implement macroeconomic reforms, many in Kyiv are predicting the need for continued IMF lending beyond the current program [...]	2009-08-21 15:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1438	UKRAINE: OVERTURN OF PRESIDENTIAL VETOS MARKED BY [...] (C) During the course of the August 21 extraordinary Rada session, characterized by initial squabbling, Party of Regions (PoR) and Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) factions were able to find compromises that suited each other's political needs. Both Ministry of Finance and IMF officials have priv [...]	2009-08-25 14:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1472	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ FOREIGN DEBT LIKELY TO BE [...] (C) Summary. Naftohaz's $500 million Eurobond, due September 30, will likely be restructured into a new $1.75 billion bond instrument backed by a sovereign guarantee. The new instrument would also incorporate $1.25 billion in bilateral debt that Naftohaz owes to four foreign banks that come [...]	2009-08-28 17:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL EREL EPET ECON ENRG UA
09KYIV1487	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PLEDGES NO GAS PRICE HIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. At a road opening event in Western Ukraine on August 25, Prime Minister Tymoshenko stated that gas prices would not increase for the population this year. Tymoshenko's statement appears to contradict her earlier commitments to international donors to raise gas prices for househ [...]	2009-08-31 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1495	UKRAINE TRADE DEFICIT SHRINKS IN H1 2009 [...] (U) Summary and comment: Recently released government of Ukraine (GOU) statistics show the trade deficit narrowing 93% in the first half of 2009, with exports falling by 46.8% and imports by 53.4%. The government reported that the hardest hit import sector continues to be automotive, declining [...]	2009-09-02 09:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV UP XH
09KYIV1511	WORLD BANK ON IFI ENGAGEMENT IN UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Kyiv-based country director urged the international community to engage Ukraine during its pre-presidential election period, suggesting that a high-level E.U. and U.S. delegation could push authorities to abide by their commitments. He said that the opposition [...]	2009-09-04 10:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1518	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PROMISES A "GAS CHRISTMAS" [...] (SBU) Following talks with Russian Prime Minister Putin in Poland on September 1 (Ref A),Prime Minister Tymoshenko stated that Ukraine would not experience a gas crisis this January. Tymoshenko also stated that the gas transit fee charged to Russia's Gazprom would increase in 2010, contradict [...]	2009-09-04 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1519	IMF SIGNALS UKRAINE PROGRAM OFF TRACK [...] (C) Summary. The IMF mission team concluded its visit in Kyiv on September 4 without a major public announcement, but close observers have acknowledged to us that the Fund's program may have gone off track. The visit was originally envisioned as a visit to provide technical assistance and o [...]	2009-09-04 15:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1531	IMF STOCKTAKING [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF's Resident Representative in Ukraine, briefing on mission director Ceyla Pazarbasioglu's "stocktaking" visit to Kyiv, commented that he has doubts about Ukraine's intention to live up to its commitments and expressed concern over Ukraine's ability meet its budget obligation [...]	2009-09-08 15:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1547	13% TARIFF SURCHARGE ON AUTOS AND REFRIGERATORS [...] (U) Summary. The tariff enacted by the GOU in February 2009, which applied a 13% surcharge on imports of cars and refrigerators, has expired as scheduled on September 7th. End Summary. 2. (U) Using Ukraine's trade deficit as a justification, the GOU had enacted a 13% tariff measure in Febr [...]	2009-09-11 13:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV155	IMPEACHMENT THREAT AGAINST YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) On January 15 the Ukrainian parliament (Rada) passed legislation that sets forth procedures necessary to impeach the president. President Yushchenko is expected to veto the legislation - a move the Rada will likely overturn. Rada contacts tell us that while the measure, once it becomes la [...]	2009-01-28 08:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1556	"OUR UKRAINE" LEADER GIVES INSIGHT INTO [...] (C) During a meeting with Charge, "Our Ukraine" leader Roman Bezsmertniy discussed the January 2010 presidential election and the amended law that will govern it, President Yushchenko's plans, and the future of the party. Most surprising was his assertion that Yushchenko would drop out of the [...]	2009-09-11 15:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1557	NATIONAL BANK CAUGHT IN UKRAINIAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary. The ongoing dispute between Ukrainian government authorities and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) escalated this week, when the Ministry of Interior interrogated NBU deputy governor Anatoliy Shapovalov over recent fluctuations of the hryvnia exchange rate. Controversial Inte [...]	2009-09-11 15:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1592	DFM YELISEYEV REVIEWS BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with Charge, Deputy Foreign Minister Yeliseyev: -- urged the U.S. to agree on a format and dates for the Commission on Strategic Partnership; -- expressed the hope that there would be an encounter between the two Presidents on the margins of UNGA; -- outli [...]	2009-09-15 16:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
09KYIV1602	TYMOSHENKO'S CONTROVERSIAL 2010 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's draft 2010 budget projects a deficit equivalent to 4% of GDP (exclusive of funds for bank recapitalization) and contains moderate increases in social spending, as well as provisions for transfers to economic sectors hit by the country' [...]	2009-09-17 13:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1604	BLOCKADE PARALYZES RADA [...] (C) The Rada has not held a regular session since its September 1 scheduled re-opening. Party of Regions MPs have physically blocked the rostrum. Seeking to appeal to voters in the run-up to the January presidential election, the Party of Regions demands passage of a bill that would raise so [...]	2009-09-17 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1611	CONCERNS ON UKRAINE'S 2009 BUDGET DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Extensive government manipulation of the budget and coerced advance payment of corporate taxes have kept Ukraine in the black so far this year, but revenue from these measures is exhausted and the Government of Ukraine (GOU) has numerous outlays in the balance of the year. Anal [...]	2009-09-18 15:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1656	UKRAINE: NO EXPECTATIONS FOR A GAS PRICE INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. Despite apparent renewed pledges from Prime Minister Tymoshenko to the IMF that a 20 percent gas price increase for households would take place on October 15, the message from our Ukrainian interlocutors is that a gas price increase will not happen. Vitaliy Hayduk, head of Tymos [...]	2009-09-29 08:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV166	UKRAINE: EBRD TO SEEK EUROPEAN RESPONSE TO BANKING CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. EBRD senior advisor Piroska Nagy told us on January 28 that her bank hopes to establish a common European response to the banking crisis in Ukraine and elsewhere in central and eastern Europe. The EBRD would take equity stakes in, or provide debt financing to, the Ukrainian sub [...]	2009-01-28 14:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV167	UKRAINE: NBU GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (SBU) Summary. National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh may be on his way out. In a legally meaningless yet politically important move, the Rada voted to oust Stelmakh on January 26. The Rada's actions have incited a fresh round of accusations between Prime Minister Yulia T [...]	2009-01-28 16:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV169	CORRECTED COPY: UKRAINE: NBU GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY [...] (SBU) Summary. National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh may be on his way out. In a legally meaningless yet politically important move, the Rada voted to oust Stelmakh on January 26. The Rada's actions have incited a fresh round of accusations between Prime Minister Yulia [...]	2009-01-29 07:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV1727	YATSENYUK: LOSING MOMENTUM IN PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Summary. Presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who saw a surge in popular support in the spring, now appears to be losing ground in the pre-election environment in Ukraine. Latest public opinion polls move him squarely to third place from the statistical tie he held for second place [...]	2009-10-05 15:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1728	ASD VERSHBOW IN KYIV: UKRAINIANS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, led the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) in Kyiv September 28-29. In a series of bilateral meetings and engagements with media and academic [...]	2009-10-05 16:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UP
09KYIV1740	UKRAINE-RUSSIA: IS MILITARY CONFLICT NO LONGER [...] (C) Recent Russian actions have spurred a public discussion within the Ukrainian elite about Russian intentions toward Ukraine. The most systematic contribution to the debate has been made by former National Security Advisor Volodymyr Horbulin, who believes that internal Russian considerati [...]	2009-10-08 12:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PNAT UP RS
09KYIV1753	POROSHENKO CONFIRMED AS NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The Rada approved President Yushchenko's nominee, Petro Poroshenko, as Ukraine's new Foreign Minister on October 9. The position has been vacant since March when the Rada ousted former FM Oryzhko over his vocal opposition to Prime Minister Tymoshenko's policies. Poroshenko, a wealthy bu [...]	2009-10-09 17:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1760	TYMOSHENKO'S NBU DISPUTES DEEPEN [...] (C) Summary. A dispute between the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government has escalated in recent days. At stake is the future of a major Ukrainian bank under temporary administration as well as the potential for additional capital infusions into two smalle [...]	2009-10-13 13:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1777	EXTORTION, BRIBES, AND THREATS: A KYIV BANKER'S [...] (C) Summary. Second-tier oligarchs and members of the Ukrainian parliament are extorting from the country's banks and threatening bankers, said a representative of Austrian-owned Raiffeisen Aval. The powerful borrowers act with impunity, having paid off the court system to evade their debt [...]	2009-10-15 17:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1780	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ REFORMS UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with Naftohaz Chairman Oleh Dubyna and PM Tymoshenko Energy Advisor Vitaliy Hayduk in late September both stated that the structural reform of the gas sector was unlikely, even unnecessary. Dubyna stated that he would not support the unbundling of Ukraine's gas tra [...]	2009-10-16 13:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1784	CHERKASY: WOULD-BE SWING OBLAST LEANS TOWARD [...] (C) Cherkasy, an oblast located in the center of Ukraine, has yet to be fully drawn into the presidential campaign. However, local experts speculate that Cherkasy voters will support Prime Minister Tymoshenko -- as they have in the past two Rada elections. Local observers express concerns that [...]	2009-10-16 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1818	UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF [...] (C) With the start of the Ukrainian Presidential campaign, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Tymoshenko are clearly in the lead to enter the second round. Arseniy Yatsenyuk remains the lone second-tier candidate in the race, although his slumping poll numbers, down more [...]	2009-10-19 17:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS UP
09KYIV1826	BRAINS BEHIND TYMOSHENKO'S BANKING DECISIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite his modest title at Ukraine's Ministry of Finance, Timur Bagirov has emerged as an intellectual force in the Tymoshenko government. By his own account, he serves as the Prime Minister's personal advisor on banking sector issues and is often asked to explain detailed fin [...]	2009-10-20 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1828	UKRAINE: MINISTRY OF FUEL AND ENERGY ON ENERGY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy Sergiy Pavlusha confirmed that Ukraine was planning to send an interagency delegation, including representatives from state-owned energy companies Naftohaz and Energoatom, to the schedule [...]	2009-10-20 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1835	KYIV POPULISM COULD TRIGGER "FISCAL DEVASTATION" [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's shaky IMF program took another direct hit, after the Rada (parliament) enacted legislation to significantly increase budget spending for pensions and public sector wages. The IMF said the measure would lead to "fiscal devastation," while the World Bank estimated an [...]	2009-10-21 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1837	UKRAINE: DIVERSIFYING THE NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's energy dependence on Russia is not limited to gas. Russia provides 100% of Ukraine's nuclear fuel and stores 60% of its spent fuel, while Ukraine's nuclear sector generates approximately half of the country's electricity. U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) assistance to [...]	2009-10-22 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1845	INDUSTRIAL DNIPROPETROVSK: TYMOSHENKO'S HOME [...] (C) Dnipropetrovsk, PM Tymoshenko's home region and a major contributor to the national economy, has traditionally favored Yanukoyvch and his Party of Regions (PoR). Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT) is actively working for votes in the region, but interlocutors assess she will fail to overcome PoR's d [...]	2009-10-23 16:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1873	YANUKOVYCH EMPHASIZES SOCIAL SPENDING, TIES WITH [...] (C) Opposition leader Yanukovych was nominated as the Party of Regions presidential candidate in Kyiv on October 22 at a made-for-television party congress. The congress, broadcast live in Eastern Ukraine, featured a key policy speech by Yanukovych, and three additional speakers--including o [...]	2009-10-26 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1874	TYMOSHENKO APPEALS TO EMOTIONS, PATRIOTISM IN HER [...] (C) Before an estimated 150,000 followers and spectators, Prime Minister Tymoshenko accepted on October 24 her party's nomination for president. The event was a four-hour, highly staged, nationally televised extravaganza on Independence Square (the site of the 2004 Orange Revolution) featuring [...]	2009-10-26 17:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1878	IMF AT ANOTHER UKRAINE IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations between the IMF and Ukrainian authorities appear to have stalled over a bloated budget and the uncertain fate of a new social spending law which, if signed by the President, would represent a "red line" for the Fund. According to the IMF's Kyiv-based resident repre [...]	2009-10-27 15:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1888	PRESIDENT UNWILLING TO VETO BUDGET-BUSTING BILL [...] (C) Summary and comment: Putting the next IMF tranche in greater jeopardy, President Yuschenko indicated October 28 that he would not veto a pensions and wages spending bill that would add another $337 million to the government deficit in 2009 and $4.7 billion (or about 4% of GDP) in 2010, by [...]	2009-10-29 15:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1894	UKRAINE-EU SUMMIT OUTLOOK: NOT WHAT YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) The December 4 Ukraine EU-Summit will not deliver what President Yushchenko had long hoped it would: an Association Agreement. This is a surprise to no one, except possibly Yushchenko himself. Significant issues between Ukraine and the EU remain unresolved including a membership perspecti [...]	2009-10-30 16:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP EU
09KYIV1916	NBU REFUSES TO CONCEDE ON NAFTOHAZ AND UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will continue to refuse to monetize government of Ukraine debt, despite a near empty GOU treasury and "psychological pressure" from Russia to make payments to Gazprom. In the NBU's view, the GOU will have enough resources via special IMF alloc [...]	2009-11-05 16:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1920	UKRAINE BUDGET MEASURE: A DARKER SHADE OF RED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Rada (Ukraine's parliament) adopted amendments to the 2009 budget that will allow implementation of the so-called social standards law. The move is likely to further destabilize Ukraine's partnership with the IMF, whose mission team had walked away from Kyiv in October, de [...]	2009-11-06 13:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV196	PARTY OF REGIONS REACTS TO GAS DEAL [...] (C) Party of Regions shadow Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko publicly called the recent gas deal between Ukraine and Russia "a betrayal of national interests." Regions MPs believe the economics of the deal favor Russia and will be a blow to Ukrainian industry. They dismissed the removal o [...]	2009-01-29 13:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1981	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ OPTIONS FOR GAS PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is expected to need about $1 billion to cover gas purchased from Russia in November and December. Prime Minister Tymoshenko has called on President Yushchenko to allow the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to make its foreign currency reserves available for the gas payments. [...]	2009-11-13 11:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA RU
09KYIV1982	TYMOSHENKO'S DESPERATE BUDGET SCRAMBLE [...] (C) Summary. Members of parliament (MPs),the Cabinet of Ministers, and the Ministry of Finance doubt there will be any movement on Ukraine's draft 2010 budget before the presidential election, despite cajoling statements from Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn. With the IMF's fourth loan tranche [...]	2009-11-13 13:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1984	WAKING UP TO UKRAINE'S FISCAL NIGHTMARE [...] (C) Summary. Payment delays have begun in Ukraine's regions and will get much worse in December 2009. January and February 2010 will be even darker, with no near-term causes for optimism in sight. Analysts from the IMF, World Bank, and EBRD ominously predict that, while social payments wil [...]	2009-11-13 13:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV199	DNIPROPETROVSK: HUNKERING DOWN FOR ECONOMIC SLIDE [...] (SBU) Poloff met with local government and political leaders and political analysts during a two-day visit to Dnipropetrovsk (DP). They reported that DP is calm for now, but an expected surge in layoffs and ineffectual government anti-crisis measures could result in large-scale unrest and po [...]	2009-01-29 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON UP
09KYIV2021	CONCLUDING THE SAGA OF UKRAINE'S MOST TROUBLED BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. Nadra Bank, the much troubled Ukrainian financial institution, may be close to finalizing a deal with at least 75% of its external creditors, who hold $570 million of Nadra's total debt. Nonetheless, the Ukrainian government is giving signals that it could be changing tack and [...]	2009-11-20 04:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV204	UKRAINE'S CASE THAT IT DID NOT IMPEDE GAS SUPPLIES [...] (C) Summary and comment. A week after gas supplies have resumed to Ukraine and countries westward, the question of whether Ukraine or Russia is responsible for stopping supplies is still being raised. A close look at developments in the first week of January, however, shows that Russia was t [...]	2009-01-30 08:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV2054	A YANUKOVYCH FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) If Regions Party leader, and Orange Revolution foil, Viktor Yanukovych wins the January/February 2010 Presidential election, main elements of his foreign policy would include: --A reset in relations with Russia, generally deferring to Russia's red lines; --Non-bloc status and an end to [...]	2009-11-25 09:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP RS
09KYIV2056	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO AND YANUKOVYCH FIND COMMON [...] (C) During an hour-long speech November 23 to kick off his re-election campaign, President Viktor Yushchenko outlined his vision of a Ukraine that would be "free, fair and strong" with him at the helm for another five years. He appealed to western-minded Ukrainians by promising EU membership, [...]	2009-11-25 12:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2057	MORE UKRAINE BUDGET DRAMA [...] (SBU) Summary. After weeks of dithering, Ukraine's parliamentary budget committee approved hundreds of proposed amendments, only to see the draft 2010 budget get voted down in the Rada (Ukraine's parliament) on a floor vote. This orchestrated maneuver, designed to further delay the review pr [...]	2009-11-25 13:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV2069	RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: The status of the Russian language in linguistically divided Ukraine has thus far featured less in the current Presidential election campaign than it did in 2004. The Regions party (PoR),which calls for Russian to become a second state language, has chosen instead to concentr [...]	2009-11-30 13:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RS UP
09KYIV208	UKRAINE-RUSSIA: POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE GAS CRISIS REF: KYIV 204 Classified By: Ambassador William Taylor. Reasons: 1.4 (b,d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR UP RU EU
09KYIV2102	TYMOSHENKO'S IMF SALVAGE OPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko dispatched Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria and Acting Finance Minister Umanskiy to Washington for meetings with IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and high-level USG officials. Bearing a Letter of Intent (LOI) with three signatures -- [...]	2009-12-07 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2114	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS; YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) Ambassador presented his credentials to President Yushchenko December 7. In the monologue that followed, Yushchenko asserted that Ukraine is facing the most serious challenge to its sovereignty since the fall of the USSR. The pro-Russian policies of PM Tymoshenko and Regions party leader [...]	2009-12-08 14:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UP RS
09KYIV2115	FALL OF YATSENYUK LETS TYMOSHENKO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Political observers, rival campaigns and internal advisers of Front of Change head Arseniy Yatsenyuk agree he has no hope of progressing to the second round of the January/February 2010 presidential election. Once considered by many disenchanted voters as the new western-leaning reform-mi [...]	2009-12-09 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP RS
09KYIV2116	EARLY RADA ELECTION TO FOLLOW PRESIDENTIAL VOTE? [...] (C) President Yushchenko and leading presidential candidates are calling for early parliamentary elections to quickly follow the January 17 Presidential contest. Opposition leader and presidential front-runner Yanukovych believes that early Rada elections could swing control of parliament to h [...]	2009-12-09 10:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2122	UKRAINE: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) Corruption, organized crime, prostitution, smuggling, tax evasion, and trafficking in persons, drugs and arms continue to be sources of laundered funds in Ukraine. As of November 1, 2009, Ukraine has 185 licensed banks, five of which are state-owned. There are no offshore financial centers [...]	2009-12-10 10:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR UP
09KYIV2124	YANUKOVYCH ACOLYTES PREACH ECONOMIC ORTHODOXY [...] (C) Summary. Viktor Yanukovych's top economic advisors are counseling liberal market reforms, despite the Party of Regions' pre-election populist appeals. Shadow Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov and shadow Minister of Economy Iryna Akimova separately told embassy officers that Yanukovych as [...]	2009-12-10 14:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2126	YUSHCHENKO ACCUSES PM, LAW ENFORCEMENT OF [...] (C) In a meeting with law enforcement heads to mark the December 9 "National Day of Fighting Corruption," President Yushchenko accused Prime Minister Tymoshenko of misappropriating billions of hryvnias in state funds and bribing local officials to manipulate the January 17 presidential electio [...]	2009-12-10 14:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2127	CHERNIVTSI AND THE 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: [...] (C) The presidential race in Chernivtsi Oblast, as in Ukraine as a whole, is boiling down to a contest between PM Yuliya Tymoshenko and front-runner Viktor Yanokovych of the Party of Regions (PoR). Despite the oblast's traditional "orange" orientation, the main concerns of voters -- the stat [...]	2009-12-10 14:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP RO
09KYIV2130	"URGENT" WORRIES FROM UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTRY [...] (C) Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Finance Andriy Kravets notified the embassy on December 11 that Foreign Minister Poroshenko was planning today to ask IMF first deputy managing director John Lipsky to consider including Ukraine on the agenda of the next IMF board meeting. Poroshenko had rece [...]	2009-12-11 10:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2133	UKRAINE'S "SCARE TACTICS" OVER IMF LOAN [...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told Econoff on December 11 that GOU representatives deliberately misled Ukrainian and international media outlets into believing that Ukraine had met the IMF's "primary demands" for releasing a fourth loan tranche. Alier reitera [...]	2009-12-14 12:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2135	UKRAINE FOREIGN MINISTER'S CASE FOR IMF LOAN [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko described meetings with IMF deputy managing director Lipsky as "not constructive" and relations more generally with the IMF as "very bad". Poroshenko told the Ambassador on December 13 that he had weighed in with the Constitutional Court to [...]	2009-12-15 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2138	TYMOSHENKO'S UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) PM Yuliya Tymoshenko continues to lag behind Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych in opinion polls for the January/February Presidential election -- and the gap, ten points or more, may be widening. President Yushchenko's daily attacks on Tymoshenko are hurting her with her base in [...]	2009-12-15 18:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2140	DPM NEMYRIA'S CASE FOR UKRAINE IMF TRANCHE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria made a strong pitch to the Ambassador for the disbursement of a fourth IMF loan tranche to Ukraine. He talked of unreasonable IMF demands for the passage of a 2010 budget, explained why the central bank could not monetize for budget and gas payments [...]	2009-12-16 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2146	UKRAINE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, this is Embassy Kyiv's submission on Ukraine for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. The point of contact on the report is Political Officer David Mellor, email address mellordb@state.gov and Embassy telephone number 380-44-490-4317. UKRAINE ------- 2. (SB [...]	2009-12-17 12:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER UP
09KYIV2147	UKRAINIAN FINANCE MINISTRY GRIM ON BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. In preparation for DPM Nemyria's talks with IMF officials on December 17 and 18 (ref A),the GOU's top budget experts met with Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier to reconcile revenue and expenditure figures for 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. Talking separatel [...]	2009-12-17 13:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2165	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO RUNS ON POPULIST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the presumed heir of the Orange Revolution's reform banner, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has not made a liberal economic platform a part of her current campaign for Ukraine's presidency. Instead, her platform promises a strong role for the state, both in the social secto [...]	2009-12-17 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2168	ALFA BANK CONFIRMS NAFTOHAZ SYNDICATED LOAN TALKS [...] (C) Kyiv-based Alfa Bank executive Ivan Yurik confirmed to Econoff on December 18 that Russian banks were in final-stage negotiations over a syndicated loan to Ukrainian state energy company Naftohaz. The loan would likely cover Ukraine's January 7 and February 7 payments to Gazprom, Yurik b [...]	2009-12-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2171	TALE OF TWO DEFAULTS: THE UKRZALIZNYTSA DEBT [...] (C) Summary. Following market angst over the possibility of a Ukrainian sovereign default, negotiations have resumed between creditors and Ukrzaliznytsa, the Ukrainian state-owned railway company, whose subsidiaries recently defaulted on a $110 million loan payment. An Ukrzaliznytsa advisor [...]	2009-12-18 16:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2175	YANUKOVYCH READY FOR RESET WITH RUSSIA, EU [...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions head and presidential front-runner Yanukovych told the Ambassador that he welcomed international observation of the January 17 election. International observers will help ensure presidential candidates adhere to the law and prevent falsification. Yanukovych warn [...]	2009-12-21 13:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2185	IMF TO "ALLOW" UKRAINE TO SPEND RESERVES [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Nemyrya is returning from Washington with QQf}4dg>Eey but the same reform requirements -- in 2010, after Ukraine's new President is elected. End Summary Government Seeking Cover for the NBU to Monetize ------------------------------------------ [...]	2009-12-23 10:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2189	YATSENYUK URGES AMBASSADOR TO FINALIZE [...] (C) During his introductory call with Ambassador Tefft, presidential candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk told us his campaign is broke and he has been pushed out of the media by the major candidates. He claimed that fraud in the form of vote-buying could account for 5-7% of the votes in the upcoming [...]	2009-12-24 08:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2219	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ SEES PAYMENT DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary. Naftohaz Chairman Oleh Dubyna told the Ambassador on December 24 that without IMF funds, Naftohaz will have difficulty making the January 11 payment for December gas purchases. Dubyna appealed for the Ambassador to ask the IMF to instruct Ukraine's National Bank to issue $2 bill [...]	2009-12-29 13:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UA RU
09KYIV226	NPT POINTS OF CONTACT [...] (U) In response to reftel action request number three, the Embassy's main point of contact for Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)-related issues is Political Officer Lauren Catipon (telephone: 011-38-044-490-4114). Back-up is Political Officer Mark Wood (telephone 011-38-044-490-4501). Th [...]	2009-02-02 15:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV227	UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER'S SECRET PREDICTIONS [...] (SBU) In a leaked letter to PM Tymoshenko, Ukraine's Minister of Finance Viktor Pynzenyk has predicted the "very real" possibility of Ukraine's total economic collapse. Internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda published the classified document, addressed to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the [...]	2009-02-02 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP

09KYIV228	TYMOSHENKO ASKS FOR USG ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary and action request: Prime Minister Tymoshenko during a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador asked for both economic and political support as she grapples with Ukraine,s current crisis. She asked specifically for: 1) a USG bilateral budget support loan to help Ukraine address [...]	2009-02-02 16:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EU PGOV PREL PU UP
09KYIV236	TENSIONS IN CRIMEA OVER DISPUTED LAND [...] (C) Tensions between Crimean Tatars and Crimean authorities over disputed land in Simferopol, which had the potential to erupt into violence, appear to be easing. Defense Minister Yekhanurov has gotten personally involved in seeking a peaceful solution. The Ministry of Defense is reported to [...]	2009-02-03 16:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI UP
09KYIV243	UKRAINE'S BANKS SQUEEZED PRIOR TO RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's banking sector troubles are among the IMF and World Bank's foremost concerns amidst a deepening financial crisis. Short of liquidity and with worsening loan performance by the day, banks are awaiting a decision by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and the GOU on a f [...]	2009-02-05 04:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV249	UKRAINE: CHANCES FOR OPIC'S RETURN FADE AS GOU ADDS NEW [...] (SBU) The chances of OPIC returning to Ukraine soon have faded after the GOU introduced new requirements into the proposed settlement. For over a year, OPIC has been negotiating with Tasko Corp., a private firm that the GOU designated to settle the outstanding OPIC claim on its behalf, and lat [...]	2009-02-05 15:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV250	UKRAINE'S TIGIPKO: ONCE AND FUTURE NBU CHIEF? [...] (SBU) Summary. In a statement that may presage his return to higher office, former National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor, Rada deputy, and influential commercial banker Sergey Tigipko declared on February 5 that the economic crisis in Ukraine is being consciously prolonged. He blamed inept [...]	2009-02-05 16:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV258	TYMOSHENKO SURVIVES NO CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko on February 5 survived a no-confidence vote in parliament organized by the opposition Party of Regions. Regions MPs said that they pushed for the vote despite knowing beforehand that it would not pass because the party had to demonstrate to its voters opposition [...]	2009-02-06 14:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV265	UKRAINE: A $5 BILLION LOAN FROM RUSSIA IN THE [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has confirmed that the GOU has held negotiations with Russia for a $5 billion loan to cover Ukraine's expected budget deficit in 2009. After details of the negotiations were leaked, Tymoshenko quickly asserted that discussions were only in very pr [...]	2009-02-09 15:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV295	UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk abruptly resigned on February 12. As announced on the Ministry of Finance website and confirmed by Pynzenyk's special assistant, Pynzenyk did not "see any sense" in staying on "without influence" in the government. His assistant sta [...]	2009-02-12 14:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV305	PARTY OF REGIONS' INTERNAL DIVISIONS [...] (C) Party of Regions -- Ukraine's main opposition party -- is internally divided among competing political and business groups controlled by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, former Finance Minister Azarov and oligarchs Rinat Akhmetov, Dmytro Firtash, and Andriy Kluyev. The Firtash gr [...]	2009-02-13 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV311	TIGIPKO TAPPED UKRAINE CRISIS COORDINATOR [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko told the Ambassador on February 11 that he has accepted a position as PM Yulia Tymoshenko's Deputy Prime Minister for economic affairs. Tigipko's daunting task will be to coordinate the GOU's anti-crisis efforts, reaching across political divides that have thus fa [...]	2009-02-13 14:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV337	KHARKIV'S LESSON FOR KYIV: STOP BICKERING, START [...] (SBU) In the face of the mounting economic crisis, Kharkiv Oblast political leaders have set aside long-running political rivalries and started to work together. The cooperation spans the political spectrum and has provided political cover for such unpopular measures as tranport fare increase [...]	2009-02-19 11:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV338	UKRAINE: TIGIPKO'S READY, BUT STILL NO DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko (a.k.a. Serhiy Tyhipko, see note on name transliteration in paragraph 6) told Econoff on February 19 that he is still being considered for a high-level position in Yulia Tymoshenko's government, though the situation remains fluid and no decisions on ministerial po [...]	2009-02-19 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV344	DEFENSE MINISTER ASSAILS "BUDGET OF RUIN" [...] (C) Defense Minister Yekhanurov has publicly called the 2009 defense budget "a budget of ruin" and demanded a revision. Yekhanurov had earlier told the Ambassador that he had held "very unpleasant conversations" with PM Tymoshenko about defense spending and warned the government "not to play [...]	2009-02-20 14:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV UP
09KYIV349	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT SIGNS LAW TO RAISE IMPORT [...] (U) Summary: President Yushchenko on February 20 signed into law a bill that will impose a temporary, 13 percent increase in customs duties for a large number of imported goods. The law will come into effect in less than two weeks, and is scheduled to last six months. Supporters of the law h [...]	2009-02-23 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV360	IMF COMPROMISE WOULD LEAVE SEVERE UKRAINE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine faces a glaring budget gap this year, even if it meets all IMF conditionalities and introduces severe budget discipline. The GOU has thus far failed to complete "prior actions" articulated by the IMF, necessary before the Fund can pay out the next tranche of its $16.4 bi [...]	2009-02-24 12:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV39	UKRAINE'S MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE EMPHASIZES [...] (SBU) The head of external relations for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) emphasized its apolitical stance in a meeting with Emboff. He acknowledged that the church's pro-Yanukovych position in the 2004 presidential elections was a mistake and emphasized its indep [...]	2009-01-09 16:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UP
09KYIV404	UKRAINE'S DYSFUNCTIONAL CONSTITUTION: REFORM [...] (C) There is at least one thing, despite their many differences, that most Ukrainian politicians can agree on: the current Ukrainian constitution is in need of reform. There is also general agreement that the unclear delineation of powers between the presidency and prime minister/parliament is [...]	2009-03-02 15:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
09KYIV406	RADA OUSTS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On March 3, PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction delivered the decisive votes to oust Foreign Minister Ohryzko, a President Yushchenko ally. Opposition Party of Regions and the Communists initiated the measure. BYuT's coalition partners Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) and Speaker Lytv [...]	2009-03-03 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV419	UKRAINE: RAID ON NAFTOHAZ LATEST TWIST IN [...] (C) Summary. On March 4, forces from the Ukrainian National Security Service (SBU),which falls under the authority of President Victor Yushchenko, raided Naftohaz headquarters to seize documents related to the transfer of 11 billion cubic meters (bcm) of stored RosUkrEnergo (RUE) gas to Naft [...]	2009-03-05 16:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP RS
09KYIV421	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS GAZPROM AND AVOIDS A NEW CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) On March 5 Naftohaz paid Gazprom in full for gas delivered in February. The payment of $360 million averted a possible repeat of the recent gas crisis after Russia had threatened to cut off deliveries if Naftohaz failed to pay by the March 7 deadline. Naftohaz paid despite its worsening [...]	2009-03-06 11:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS UP
09KYIV425	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Taylor has delivered a demarche protesting Ukraine's plans for a 13 percent surcharge on import duties to a range of high-level government officials, including the President. The GOU claims it opposed the law and appears to be looking for a way to remedy the situatio [...]	2009-03-06 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV428	POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN UKRAINE'S MURKY JUDICIAL [...] (C) Ukrainians continue to view their judicial system as corrupt and open to political influence. The courts remain chronically underfunded, while judicial immunity and lifetime appointments for judges insulate their decisions. PM Tymoshenko is widely seen as controlling the Supreme Court, whi [...]	2009-03-06 16:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
09KYIV429	NEW NATO/EU COORDINATION BUREAU FINDING ITS ROLE [...] (C) Vadym Triukhan, Director of the newly formed Coordination Bureau for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration within the Cabinet of Ministers, recently outlined for Embassy his vision of the group's role in the existing network of often overlapping NATO/EU-focused inter-governmental coordin [...]	2009-03-06 16:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV430	IMF UKRAINE PROGRAM IN JEOPARDY [...] (C) Summary. In the presence of G7 ambassadors and the World Bank, the Kyiv-based IMF resident representative told PM Yulia Tymoshenko on March 5 that there would be "little benefit" in the mission team returning to Ukraine without greater progress on the Fund's conditionalities. Despite a [...]	2009-03-06 18:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV437	YATSENYUK EYES THE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting, Former Rada Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed confidence in his chances in the upcoming presidential election, which he predicted would "get ugly." He claimed his nascent political project, "Front for Change," had attracted significant support and would serve as the [...]	2009-03-10 15:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UP
09KYIV465	UKRAINIAN-GERMAN RELATIONS ON THE ROCKS [...] (C) Contacts within the Presidential Secretariat, MFA and Cabinet of Ministers continue to view Germany as an obstacle in their drive towards EU and NATO membership, while underlining the importance of maintaining a constructive bilateral relationship with Berlin. The Secretariat claims Berli [...]	2009-03-16 12:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM UP
09KYIV471	UKRAINE: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP MAKES RENEWED EFFORT [...] (SBU) On March 11 President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko and NBU Governor Stelmakh met and announced concrete steps aimed at securing the overdue $1.8 billion second tranche of the IMF loan program. Most importantly, they pledged to reduce the planned budget deficit to 3 percent of GDP, a level [...]	2009-03-16 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV483	UKRAINE: STELMAKH RETURNS, LASHES TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Stelmakh has returned to the political scene, and appears to have again taken clear control of the central bank. A reputable newspaper has claimed that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko have agreed to keep Stelmakh at the NBU until the presiden [...]	2009-03-17 15:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV484	UKRAINE'S DRAFT CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE SUBMITTED TO [...] Summary: On March 10, 2009, Ukraine's National Commission for Strengthening Democracy and the Rule of Law (NCSDRL) submitted to the President of Ukraine a revised draft of the proposed new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC). The President must now introduce the draft into Parliament, but if the C [...]	2009-03-18 13:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM UP
09KYIV497	UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DECREE TO ELIMINATE [...] (SBU) Senior GOU officials announced to the press on March 18 that the Cabinet of Ministers eliminated the 13 percent import tariff surcharge recently introduced by Law No. 923-VI (ref C),except for imported refrigerators and cars. (Note: We assume the exceptions are HS codes 8418 and 8702-8 [...]	2009-03-19 15:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV503	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Embassy Reviewed the S/CT request regarding critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR). Embassy's assessment is that CI/KR in Ukraine, if destroyed, disrupted or exploited, would not likely have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States, and therefore does not meet [...]	2009-03-20 16:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL PTER UP
09KYIV515	PRESIDENT AND PM BURY THE HATCHET...FOR NOW [...] (C) A series of meetings between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko focused on the economic crisis and IMF requirements for a second funding tranche have raised some hope of enhanced cooperation between the President and PM. Cabinet of Ministers contacts noted the joint March 23 appearanc [...]	2009-03-24 15:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV518	IMF ENCOURAGED BY UKRAINE PM'S PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Tymoshenko has told the IMF that the GOU plans to put an anti-crisis package to a Rada vote on March 31, consisting of measures the IMF may consider satisfactory for the mission team's return. According to IMF resident representative Max Alier, "things have changed" betwee [...]	2009-03-25 13:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV524	LVIV BANKS ON ECONOMIC DIVERSITY, POLITICAL UNITY, [...] (SBU) While Lviv Oblast has felt some negative effects from the economic crisis, its diversified economy has protected it against large-scale layoffs and related social problems. Lviv leaders say they feel the effects of the ongoing political battle in Kyiv, but that they have put aside polit [...]	2009-03-25 14:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON UP
09KYIV54	RADA COALITION: AS STABLE AS IT WANTS TO BE [...] (C) As the Rada winds down its session with a final plenary week that started on January 13, the coalition appears to be stable, with PM Tymoshenko in control. Rada Speaker Lytvyn may harbor presidential ambitions, but he is unlikely to scuttle the coalition in pursuit of the presidency. Pro [...]	2009-01-13 17:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV545	OPPOSITION PROTESTS FALL SHORT OF PREDICTIONS [...] (SBU) The opposition Party of Regions on March 26 kicked off a self-described wave of nationwide protests and actions against the government with a rally in the Crimean capital of Simferopol. The turnout at the Simferopol rally was well below party expectations. The "nationwide" protests are [...]	2009-03-27 12:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV573	UKRAINE-ROMANIA RELATIONS: CANCELLED SUMMITS AND [...] (C) Despite public assertions by Ukrainian leaders to the contrary, Ukraine's relations with Romania remain strained following the International Court of Justice's February 3 decision on the disputed Snake Island and surrounding territory. The bilateral relationship lacks the concrete cooper [...]	2009-03-31 04:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO UP
09KYIV576	RADA/YUSHCHENKO FALTER ON LEGISLATION REQUIRED BY [...] (C) On March 31, the Rada failed to include on its agenda three anti-crisis measures deemed essential by the IMF. Although PM Tymoshenko delivered unanimous support for the bills from her bloc, President Yushchenko's allies in the Rada did not support inclusion of the measures on the agenda. [...]	2009-03-31 15:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EREL PREL ETRD UP
09KYIV578	POLAND AS UKRAINE'S ADVOCATE [...] (C) Ukrainian officials regard Poland as a strong bilateral partner, Ukraine's primary advocate in the European Union, and as a key supporter of Ukraine's NATO aspirations. Poland and Ukraine maintain close contacts at all levels: Presidential, Prime Ministerial and via their Foreign Ministri [...]	2009-04-01 09:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP PL
09KYIV581	RADA VOTES TO MOVE UP PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) The Rada on April 1 voted overwhelmingly to set October 25, 2009 as the date for presidential elections. Previously, a late December 2009 or mid January 2010 election date had been expected. Amendments to the constitution adopted after President Yushchenko took office in January 2005 lef [...]	2009-04-01 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV590	TERNOPIL OBLAST ELECTION A BLOW TO TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) In a March 15 election in the western Ukrainian region of Ternopil, Oleg Tyahnybok's nationalist "Svoboda" party soundly defeated PM Tymoshenko's BYuT and a fractured Our Ukraine (OU) party. BYuT and OU had together controlled 102 of 120 council seats -- following the election they contro [...]	2009-04-02 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
09KYIV591	IMF HINTS AT RETURN TO UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF is preparing to return to Ukraine in spite of Rada failures to pass needed spending cuts on March 31, according to its resident representative in Kyiv, Max Alier. Alier told us on April 1 that the IMF mission team would likely come back to Kyiv to engage in tough negoti [...]	2009-04-02 16:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV596	UKRAINE'S VIEW OF THE TRANSNISTRIA CONFLICT [...] (C) A series of calls on Ukrainian officials to discuss Ukrainian views of Transnistria issues and the "5 2" process, particularly in light of the March 18 joint statement signed by the parties of the Russia-sponsored "2 1" process (Moldova, Russia, Transnistria),revealed Ukrainian concerns [...]	2009-04-03 12:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UP MD RU EU
09KYIV599	EC OPTIMISTIC ON UKRAINIAN GAS PIPELINE COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) On March 31 European Commission External Relations (RELEX) Energy Counselor Faouzin Bensarsa told us that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko remain on message following the March 23 investment conference on Ukraine's gas transit system (reftel). Bensara, who was in Kyiv to discuss th [...]	2009-04-06 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS UP EUN
09KYIV605	STRAINS WITH ROMANIA "SURPRISE" UKRAINE [...] (C) Ukrainian officials express surprise at recent strains in Ukrainian-Romanian relations. They blame Romania for making "unacceptable" last-minute demands on a trans-border travel agreement that resulted in the abrupt cancellation of a visit by President Basescu in February. They also voic [...]	2009-04-07 13:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RO
09KYIV620	ABSENT BILATERAL FINANCING, UKRAINE NEEDS BROADER [...] (C) Summary. As the IMF mission team looks set to return to Kyiv on April 9, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko have assured the IMF of their intention to see through more budget cutbacks when the Rada votes on key laws on April 14. Nonetheless, it appears that Ukraine's ensui [...]	2009-04-08 18:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV634	WATCHING MOLDOVA CLOSELY; LITTLE FEAR OF SPILLOVER [...] (C) Kyiv continues to closely monitor events in Chisinau, but MFA contacts believe the Communists have weathered the storm and will now be able to consolidate power. The MFA view is that the Communists did win the election, while acknowledging media bias and manipulation of state resources [...]	2009-04-10 16:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MD PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV676	UKRAINE: IMF LIKELY TO SUPPORT RISKY GOU MOVE TO [...] (C) On April 14 Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko moved quickly after the Rada again failed to include key IMF-related anti-crisis legislation on the agenda. Within hours of the failed vote, the CabMin passed 19 resolutions that aim to provide the fiscal discipline that the IMF expects in return [...]	2009-04-16 09:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV691	THIRD KLYCHKO-CHERNOVETSKYI BOUT? [...] (C) World champion boxer Vitaliy Klychko, who lost two bids for mayor of Kyiv in 2006 and 2008, hit current mayor Chernovetskyi hard for alleged corruption in a recent meeting with us. Although Klychko was vague about another run for mayor, he said that his political bloc would continue to c [...]	2009-04-21 18:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV692	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Your April 26-28 visit to Kyiv comes in the midst of Ukraine's unfolding economic and financial crisis. The IMF has recently concluded its mission review, recommending disbursement of a second loan tranche that had been delayed for two months. The agreement with the IMF is a major acc [...]	2009-04-22 13:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV ECON PREL UP
09KYIV694	TYMOSHENKO MULLS COALITION WITH REGIONS, [...] (C) In recent meetings, PM Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that her BYuT faction is in negotiations with Party of Regions over the possible creation of a broad new Rada coalition. Such a coalition, if it were to take shape, would work to change the constitution ahead of presidential elections [...]	2009-04-22 17:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV747	COURT GIVES "NEUTRAL" ANSWER ON PRESIDENT'S APPEAL [...] (SBU) In a decision announced April 30, the Constitutional Court denied President Yushchenko clear legal cause to dissolve the Rada and call early parliamentary elections. Coalition supporters claimed that the court's "neutral" answer and refusal to rule on the specifics of Yushchenko's appe [...]	2009-04-30 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV751	UKRAINE: RINAT AKHMETHOV BUYS U.S. COAL COMPANY [...] (SBU) Metinvest, Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov's metallurgical company, confirmed local media reports that it has purchased West Virginia based United Coal. Metinvest will announce the purchase later on April 30 in the U.S., Jock Mendoza-Wilson, investor relations chief of Akhmetov's SCM [...]	2009-04-30 21:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL PINR PGOV PREL ECON EMIN XH UP
09KYIV758	DEPUTY SECRETARY REAFFIRMS U.S. COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Steinberg conveyed the message that the Obama Administration strongly supports Ukraine's independence and sovereignty in meetings April 26-27 with Rada Speaker Lytvyn, former Speaker and presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, opposition Party of Regions representatives, [...]	2009-05-06 14:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EPET UP RS
09KYIV793	NEC'S LIPTON WARNS OF UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC HAZARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs David Lipton and Treasury DAS for Europe Eric Meyer met with a wide range of high-level Ukrainian policy makers, businessmen, and bankers on April 26-28. Lipton warned of possible dangers to Ukraine's econom [...]	2009-05-12 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV814	INTERIOR MINISTER TENDERS RESIGNATION OVER AIRPORT [...] (C) Minister oQInterior Yuriy Lutsenko submitted his resignation to the Rada on May 12 in response to German and Ukrainian media reports that he was detained by airport police in Frankfurt on May 4. According to the reports Lutsenko was intoxicated and assaulted four German police officers wh [...]	2009-05-13 16:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV816	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES OCTOBER 25 [...] (C) On May 13 the Constitutional Court (CC) declared that the October 25 presidential election date set by the Rada was unconstitutional. The court ruling did not set a specific alternative date for the election -- the Presidential Secretariat continues to argue for a January 17, 2010 contest. [...]	2009-05-13 18:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV858	CHERNOMYRDIN TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) The Ambassador met on May 19 with Russian Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin. Discussion focused on domestic Ukrainian politics, with Chernomyrdin regretting the "lost years" brought about by the conflict between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko. He expressed irritation at the EU and Y [...]	2009-05-21 09:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV864	PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT CHIEF QUITS, DENOUNCES [...] (C) Presidential Secretariat head Viktor Baloha, famous for vitriolic condemnations of PM Tymoshenko which included charges of treason, announced his resignation on May 16. On May 19 Baloha turned his attacks on President Yushchenko, saying he had betrayed the promises of the Orange Revolutio [...]	2009-05-21 15:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV865	WESTERN UKRAINE VIEWS ON ECONOMY, EUROPE, AND [...] (C) Summary. Remittances from abroad are falling and banks are still shaky, but the economy in western Ukraine has stabilized in recent weeks, the Ambassador heard in Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi on May 13-15. On his final trip outside Kyiv before departing post, the Ambassador met with g [...]	2009-05-21 16:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV91	GAS CRISIS: RADA WEIGHS IN [...] (C) On January 13 the Rada created an investigative commission to examine the causes of Ukraine's gas dispute with Russia. The commission, led by Party of Regions, is likely to investigate allegations linking President Yushchenko to corruption in the energy sphere. Rada contacts accused the [...]	2009-01-15 17:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP RS
09KYIV924	RADA OUTLOOK: POSITIONING FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) After a week's recess, the Rada will start its next plenary on June 2 amidst continued rumors that PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction and opposition Party of Regions (Regions) are close to forming a coalition. A BYuT-Regions coalition would have more than the 300 MPs necessary to enact constitu [...]	2009-05-28 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
09KYIV936	UKRAINE CARBON SALES BOOST FINANCES, ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Needing to stave off Ukraine's budget crisis and simultaneously enhance the country's energy efficiency, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has supported selling 180 million metric tons of surplus carbon emissions rights to Japan, Switzerland, and New Zealand. Back-of-the-envelope [...]	2009-06-02 10:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV941	ODESA: CITY WITH A RUSSIAN PAST SEARCHING FOR A [...] (C) Odesa, with a population of over a million, is an important commercial and cultural center for Ukraine. The city, known for its sea port and ethnically diverse population, is still strongly influenced by historic and cultural ties to Russia. In recent meetings, interlocutors described a [...]	2009-06-02 12:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV948	UKRAINE AMENABLE TO OUR WTO PROPOSAL ON EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: We delivered ref A demarche concerning our WTO export licensing proposal to the GOU on June 2. The Ministry of Economy, the key GOU agency on trade- related issues, supports our initiative and is now seeking interagency clearance on an official GOU position. The Ukrainians appe [...]	2009-06-03 10:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV949	UKRAINIAN LAB CONFIRMS FIRST "SWINE FLU" CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Deputy Health Minister Oleksander Bilovol confirmed yesterday that a local lab had positively diagnosed A/H1N1 with "99 percent certainty" in a 24 year-old Ukrainian man, who had arrived in Kyiv on May 29 from New York via Paris. His is the first known case of "swine [...]	2009-06-03 13:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL AMED CASC PGOV XH UP
09KYIV950	BYUT-REGIONS CLOSE TO FORMING BROAD COALITION [...] (C) While PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction and opposition Party of Regions (Regions) have yet to announce their possible broad Rada coalition, Rada contacts from both factions confirmed that negotiations are ongoing and that the two sides are close to inking a deal (Reftel). Rank and file Deputie [...]	2009-06-03 14:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV953	SEA BREEZE MILITARY EXERCISE AT RISK [...] (C) The Rada on June 3 again failed to include on its agenda legislation authorizing foreign military personnel to participate in joint training exercises on Ukrainian territory. Although the legislation is necessary for Ukraine to conduct eleven training exercises planned for 2009 with vario [...]	2009-06-03 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV954	IMF ON UKRAINE'S BUDGET AND BANKING BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told us on June 2 that Ukraine remained far from completing structural benchmarks on bank reform, necessary for the disbursement of the IMF's third loan tranche. Ukraine was still saddled with an unfinanced budget deficit, the size [...]	2009-06-03 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV964	IMF AND WORLD BANK: UKRAINE STALLED ON BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF and World Bank have told us that they do not foresee any net revenues or fiscal savings in the pipeline for Ukraine's strapped budget. Additionally, Ukraine has stalled on necessary reforms to qualify for a World Bank DPL loan. Ukraine's parliament increased excise ta [...]	2009-06-04 14:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV988	PRESIDENT AND PM CALL IN DIP CORPS; DEFENSE [...] (SBU) President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko on June 5 called in selected HOMs to argue their respective positions on a potential broad coalition between BYuT and opposition Party of Regions (Regions). Yushchenko characterized the potential BYuT-Regions marriage and their planned [...]	2009-06-05 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV99	GAS CRISIS: WHO'S IN CHARGE? [...] (C) Given the lack of clarity regarding executive authority (and the personal animus) which characterizes the relationship between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko, they have, on occasion, exhibited rare comity during the gas crisis, including signing off on two joint letters reflecting [...]	2009-01-16 17:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD UP RS
09LAGOS100	NIGERIA: DESPITE HEALTH RISKS, NIGER DELTANS LIVE, [...] (SBU) Summary: During his February 1-19 visit to Lagos, U.S. Science Fellow (USFF) and Environmental Protection Agency Federal On-Scene Coordinator Michael Solecki taught over 30 working level officers of the Nigerian Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) advanced techniques for dea [...]	2009-03-05 06:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET ECON SENV NI
09LAGOS103	NIGERIA TO DEREGULATE DOWNSTREAM, END GASOLINE [...] (C) Summary: On February 26 Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Odein Ajumogobia announced at a conference on Nigeria's oil and gas sector that the GON plans to fully deregulate its downstream petroleum sector and end retail prices caps on gasoline and household kerosene. The Minister [...]	2009-03-05 07:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV EINV ELAB NI
09LAGOS106	NIGERIA: WARRI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLAMES FEDERAL [...] (U) Summary: The President of the Warri Chamber of Commerce, Edema Abrakata, told Pol-Econ Chief, PolOff and Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) representatives in Warri, Delta State, on February 5 that the current crisis in the Niger Delta was the result of neglect by the Federal Government [...]	2009-03-05 13:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EIND ENRG NI
09LAGOS107	NIGERIA: DESOPADEC'S QUICK START PROJECTS REAP [...] (U) Summary: At a meeting on February 5 in the main offices of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) in Warri, Delta State, officials of the organization told Pol-Econ Chief, PolOff and Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) representatives that over six hundred [...]	2009-03-05 13:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EIND NI
09LAGOS109	ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS SEEKS WAYS TO INCREASE NIGERIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: At a round table discussion in Lagos on February 18, Nigerian Environmental NGOs and visiting Science Fellow and Environmental Protection Agency Federal On-Scene Coordinator, Michael Solecki, identified weaknesses in the Nigerian oil spill response mechanisms and discussed ways [...]	2009-03-05 13:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV ECON EPET NI
09LAGOS112	NIGERIA: AFENIFERE LEADER CLAIMS INCREASED [...] (C) Summary: In a February 27 meeting with Chief Supo Shonibare, Lagos State Chairman of the Yoruba socio-political organization Afenifere, Shonibare explained that Afenifere is playing an increased role as the principal socio-political vehicle to promote social democratic values in the South- [...]	2009-03-11 12:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
09LAGOS120	NIGERIA: DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR PILOT ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) Summary: Three sites which had been identified as potential projects suitable for the Ambassador's Pilot Engagement with Bayelsa State were visited by Pol-Econ Chief, PolOff, and Office of Security Cooperation (OSC) Representatives on February 4 and 5. OSC representatives conducted surveys [...]	2009-03-13 12:23:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID NI
09LAGOS129	NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE WARNS FAILURE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Niger Delta Technical Committee Report, submitted to President Yar 'Adua on December 1, 2008, reviewed 14 previous reports on the Niger Delta, and made recommendations to solve the long-standing crisis there. (Note: the report has not yet been made public and Post's analysis [...]	2009-03-17 10:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KCOR KCRM SENV EPET NI
09LAGOS138	NIGERIA: DELTA STATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: Gary Akpobire, Director of the Delta State Integrated Development Agency (DIDA) told Pol-Econ Chief on February 17 that Delta State's development plans are proceeding apace. The state plans four new gas-fired power plants to drive industry, but Akpobire seemed unaware of problems [...]	2009-03-18 08:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS14	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBER [...] (U) Summary: Acting Consul General met on December 23 with Tony Uranta (protect throughout),a member of the Niger Delta Technical Committee and campaign manager for the 2007 presidential campaign of Patrick Utomi, Dean of the Lagos Business School. According to Uranta, the Technical Committe [...]	2009-01-12 06:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS142	NIGERIA: DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS RISING SEA LEVELS, [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian film director Desmond Majekodunmi, with funding from the Heinrich Boll Foundation, produced "Global Warming: Nigeria Under Attack", a documentary screened in Lagos on November 19. The 40 minute-long film documents the threat of rising seas levels on recent developments o [...]	2009-03-19 05:52:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI PGOV ECON NI
09LAGOS144	NIGERIA: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS GOVERNOR ALAO-AKALA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Federal Appeals Court has upheld the April 14, 2007 election of Oyo State Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala (People's Democratic Party),and dismissed an appeal filed by All Nigerian Peoples Party Governorship (ANPP) candidate Abiola Ajimobi. The ruling has put an end to weeks of [...]	2009-03-20 12:22:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS155	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES OIL COMPANIES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and Lagos Consul General attended a dinner hosted by the Regional Vice President for Shell Africa, Ann Pickard on February 26. The dinner brought together the managing directors and senior executives from Chevron, Total, Schlumberger, Halliburton and ExxonMobil. The [...]	2009-03-27 08:23:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS163	NIGERIA: Ekiti Gubernatorial Election Rerun Set for April [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ekiti State gubernatorial election, ordered rerun by the Appeals Court on February 17, will be held on April 25. Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to organize a transparent election, and issued election guidelines it claims will eliminate [...]	2009-04-01 08:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS171	NIGERIA: APPEALS COURT REJECTS ELECTION TRIBUNAL VERDICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Federal Appeals Court has ordered a new hearing into allegations by Action Congress (AC) candidate Rauf Aregbesola that vote rigging and ballot tampering led to the April 14, 2007 election of Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The c [...]	2009-04-03 08:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS178	NIGERIA: OIL EXEC SAYS POOR HEALTH HAS SIDELINED [...] (C) Summary: On 06 April, Akin Odumakinde, Managing Director of the large Nigerian petroleum engineering service firm DeltaAfrik said he has seen some recent improvement in getting large contracts approved by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),a process that had stalled over [...]	2009-04-08 12:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS179	NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE ECONOMIC REPORT CARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Post looked at five criteria, infrastructure, economic activities and growth, public services delivery, government leadership and capacity issues in order to give Lagos State Governor Fashola a "report card" on his performance. Governor Fashola has undertaken massive infrastructu [...]	2009-04-08 15:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS182	NIGERIA: CONSUL GENERAL MEETS WITH UNITED NIGER [...] (U) Summary: On March 17, Consul General met with Tony Uranta (protect),Executive Director for the new United Niger Delta Energy, Development and Security Strategy (UNDEDSS) organization. Uranta, who coordinated the 2007 African Democratic Congress (ADC) party presidential campaign of Patrick [...]	2009-04-09 14:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS183	NIGERIA: LPG EXEC DESCRIBES KEROSENE SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: During an April 6 conversation about the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market in Nigeria, the managing director of a large Nigerian LPG company said downstream petroleum distributors are exploiting Nigeria's kerosene subsidy by arbitraging the price difference between household ke [...]	2009-04-09 15:25:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EAIR PGOV NI
09LAGOS184	NIGERIA: BAYELSA STATE FACING FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The Director General of the E-Government and Due Process Bureau of Bayelsa State, Dimieari Von Kemedi, told PolOff on March 19 that Bayelsa State passed a completely unrealistic budget and was on the brink of insolvency unless oil prices increased. Bayelsa is addressing this finan [...]	2009-04-14 06:25:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS188	NIGERIA: LAGOS FINANCIAL ELITES CRITICIZE CBN MONETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: As the financial crisis and economic downturn deepen in Nigeria, EconOff met Bismarck Rewane, CEO of Financial Derivatives Company and member of the President Economic Steering Committee, on April 1 and Doyin Salami, Professor at the Lagos Business School and member of the Presid [...]	2009-04-17 07:17:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS189	NIGERIA: LAGOS ECONOMISTS SEE MARKET DOWNTURN AS CYCLICAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: Ayo Teriba, Managing Director of Economic Associates, a premier economic research firm in Lagos, argues that Nigeria's economic down turn is cyclical and not structural. He also believes that the President's announcement of a deficit in the 2009 budget had set off panic among th [...]	2009-04-17 08:04:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS190	NIGERIA: VANDALISM NOT MILITANCY PLAGUES THE NIGER [...] (C) Summary: Former militant Sheriff Mulade told PolOff on March 27 that the vast majority of the kidnappings in the Niger Deltat are committed by criminals while most oil-theft is conducted by non-violent means. As a result, closing the militant camps and offering amnesty and skills training t [...]	2009-04-17 12:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET SENV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS191	NIGERIA: LEADING NIGER DELTA ACTIVIST BRIEFS [...] (C) Summary: Patrick Utomi, Director of the Center for Applied Economics at the Lagos Business School (LBS) and 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADP),and originally from Delta State, told Ambassador, while she was in Lagos on March 23, that he is working, as Chair o [...]	2009-04-17 12:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS192	NIGERIA: TRAWLER OWNERS' ASSOCIATION QUESTIONS [...] (C) During the Africa Partnership Station (APS) visit of the USS Nashville to Lagos March 17 to 27, APS staff and Pol-EconOff met with representatives of the Nigerian Trawler Owners' Association (NITOA) to discuss piracy and sea robbery in Nigerian waters. The President of NITOA, Margaret Orak [...]	2009-04-17 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM MCAP EFIS NI
09LAGOS193	NIGERIA: EKITI STATE ELECTION RERUN: POTENTIAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: In March 2 meetings in Ekiti State, political party representatives, journalists and civil society leaders told Poloff that the upcoming rerun election for governor has little to do with real issues, but displays the typical power politics of the People,s Democratic Party (PDP) i [...]	2009-04-17 12:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
09LAGOS197	NIGERIA: NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN GOVERNOR AMAECHI AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite several attempts to reconcile their differences, Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and his erstwhile political godfather, former Governor Peter Odili still harbor mutual animosity. Odili believes that recent recommendations by a truth and reconciliation commission esta [...]	2009-04-21 07:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS198	NIGERIA: GAS EXEC SAYS GASOLINE, KEROSENE SHORTAGE IMMINENT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Adewale Tinubu, CEO of Oando Plc., Nigeria's largest indigenous energy group, the Government of Nigeria (GON) owes importers of refined petroleum products, namely gasoline and kerosene, USD 1 billion for products imported in 2008. Gasoline and kerosene are two primar [...]	2009-04-21 11:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI

09LAGOS2	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATE FOR DECEMBER [...] (u) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of December 15-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in other reporting, covering: -- Delta Security Incidents -- Political News -- Oil and Gas -- Other Economic News Delta Security Incidents; No Ameri [...]	2009-01-06 09:26:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI
09LAGOS201	NIGERIA: IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL TELLS CONSUL GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Consul General met March 23 with Ijaw Youth Council spokespersons Dr. Felix Tuodolo, Chairman of the IYC Committee on Security and Economic Development (CSED),currently a lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility at Liverpool University, and first President of the IYC; Enginee [...]	2009-04-22 06:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS206	NIGERIA: COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a roughly 300-page report released February 10, the UK based Coventry Cathedral Centre for Reconciliation, one of the world's oldest religious-based centers for reconciliation and conflict resolution founded after WWII as a way to move beyond a desire for revenge against former [...]	2009-04-22 12:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS207	NIGERIA: AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION FINDS 'MODEL' [...] (SBU) Summary: As a component part of the Africa Partnership Station (APS) visit of the USS Nashville to Lagos, a training workshop was conducted by scientists from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at the Nigerian Institute for Oceanographic and Marine Research [...]	2009-04-23 17:23:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR SENV NI
09LAGOS208	NIGERIA: NONVIOLENCE TRAINING FOR ENTIRE COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: The National Chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigerian (FEHN),Allen Onyema, told Pol-EconOff on April 6, that Shell oil company has engaged FEHN to improve community relations in 22 communities and FEHN has also been approached by ExxonMobil about similar projects [...]	2009-04-23 17:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM EPET NI
09LAGOS210	NIGERIA: SHIPOWNERS BLAME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, representatives of the Indigenous Shipowners' Association of Nigeria (ISAN) told members of the Africa Partnership Station (APS) team and Pol-EconOff that maritime security is not taken seriously by the GON. The chairman of ISAN, Isaac Jolapamo, called the failure to [...]	2009-04-27 10:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EWWT MASS NI
09LAGOS211	NIGERIA: EKITI STATE RERUNS: VOTERS WILLING TO [...] (C) Summary: Throughout the South West area, civil society organizations, political parties and political leaders of every stripe are focused on Ekiti State as it prepares for the April 25 gubernatorial rerun elections in 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The potential for violence (see reft [...]	2009-04-27 10:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
09LAGOS213	NIGERIA: EKITI ELECTION UPDATE: POLITICS AND [...] (C) Summary: The April 25 Ekiti gubernatorial by-election in 64 wards of 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs) between Dr. Kayode Fayemi (AC - Action Congress) and the incumbent Segun Oni (PDP - Peoples' Democratic Party),was marred by violence, voter intimidation by party members, general confus [...]	2009-04-29 07:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
09LAGOS215	NIGERIA: EKITI RETURNS TO NORMALCY AS AC PREPARES [...] (C) Summary: On May 6, following the May 5 announcement of the victory of Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Segun Oni in the contested Ekiti State gubernatorial rerun election, Ado-Ekiti broke out into violent demonstrations, as protesters clashed with police. The Action Congress (AC) [...]	2009-05-11 07:20:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS216	NIGERIA: BUDGET CONSTRAINTS DRIVING ANTI-FRAUD AND [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, the Director General of the E-Government and Due Process Bureau of Bayelsa State, Dimieari Von Kemedi told PolOff and Lagos Consular Section Fraud Prevention Manager that a small clique of senior officials of the State Finance Ministry allocated ghost and duplicate wo [...]	2009-05-13 06:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS227	NIGERIA: EDO STATE EMPOWERING THE ELECTORATE WITH [...] (C) Summary. On April 28, officials of the new Action Congress (AC) administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole in Edo State outlined to PolOff and PolSpec the initiatives of the new government to reduce costs and fraud while increasing revenue and efficiency. Officials welcomed the dramatic [...]	2009-05-14 15:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON NI
09LAGOS23	NIGERIA: EXXON CONTRACTED SUPPLY BOATS ATTACKED [...] (SBU) Summary: In two separate incidents on January 12 armed men boarded oil rig supply vessels contracted to support ExxonMobil's operations near offshore Akwa Ibom State. In one incident crew members were roughed up and personal effects stolen. The attackers were unable to gain access to [...]	2009-01-15 10:51:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PINS PGOV NI
09LAGOS230	NIGERIA: JTF, MILITANTS CLASH IN DELTA STATE [...] (C) On May 15 units from Nigeria's Joint Task Force attacked militants associated with militant leader Tompolo near his main base, Camp Five, in Delta State. Press and Post contacts report that the military occupied Camp Five after a sustained assault. Press stories put the total JTF and mil [...]	2009-05-19 14:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS EPET NI
09LAGOS231	NIGERIA: UNIONS COMMENCE PROTEST RALLIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 13 in Lagos, the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) held a protest demanding a higher national minimum wage, reform of the electoral process, and suspension of the planned deregulation of the downstream oil sector. Approximately 1,000 people gathered for the protest, then mar [...]	2009-05-20 08:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS239	NIGERIA: JTF, MILITANTS BELIEVED PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: Industry and security contacts operating in the Niger Delta report that the JTF may be preparing to expand its campaign against militants, while militants are leaving their camps and taking refuge in more populated villages and cities to avoid being targeted. A oil company secur [...]	2009-06-01 07:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS EPET NI
09LAGOS24	NIGERIA: ELECTRICITY REGULATOR DEVELOPING POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17, the head on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC),Dr. Ransome Owan said that NERC is developing a memorandum of understanding for use by state governments and the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to permit states to keep some of the power [...]	2009-01-16 08:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV NI
09LAGOS240	NIGERIAN MARITIME SECURITY INADEQUATE ACCORDING TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 12 the Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) hosted a conference on "Maritime Security in Nigerian Waters" to highlight the severe maritime security challenges confronting Nigeria. The President of NAMM, Captain Adejimi Adu, said that, according the International [...]	2009-06-02 06:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EWWT ECON KCRM SENV NI
09LAGOS25	NIGERIA: GASOLINE SMUGGLING MAY BE MORE LUCRATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Captain Thomas Kemewerigha (strictly protect),the head of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association told Econoffs on January 13 that a Lebanese citizen had been a kingpin in a cartel that smuggled stolen crude oil out of Nigeria for years, b [...]	2009-01-16 12:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EWWT PINS NI
09LAGOS252	NIGERIA: BOOMING SATELLITE TV MARKET SHOWS GROWING [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's direct-to-home satellite television industry has grown many fold over the past several years as providers tapped the country's expanding middle class and feed consumers' demand for homegrown entertainment. Executives from both the South Africa-based Multichoice and Nige [...]	2009-06-09 15:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPC EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS253	Nigeria's Developers Return to Basics After High-End [...] (U) Summary: The precipitous fall in high-end housing prices in Lagos over the past several months has prompted real estate developers to shift focus to medium and lower-end accommodations where demand is strong and, while margins tend to be less, prices have exhibited a steady climb. Executi [...]	2009-06-09 15:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS262	NIGERIA: POSSIBLE ATTACK ON CHEVRON FLOWSTATION [...] (C) Chevron Nigeria's Government and Community Affairs Manager, Femi Odumabo, confirmed that Chevron's Utonana flowstation in Delta State was closed because of a fire caused by an explosion near the facility on June 9. The company has publicly acknowledged a fire at the flowstation, but not t [...]	2009-06-11 16:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS264	NIGERIA: PDP BEGINS PUSH FOR SOUTH EAST IN 2011 [...] Summary: (C) Political maneuvering in advance of the 2011 national elections has begun in the South East political zone. A Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) official told Poloff on June 8 that the party is focusing on recapturing the governorships of Imo and Anambra States. The Imo State govern [...]	2009-06-15 07:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS275	NIGERIA: EBONYI STATE BENEFITS FROM USG RICE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18, the Ambassador traveled to Ebonyi state to meet the governor and visit a USAID funded vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) clinic. The Ambassador and Governor Martin Elechi spoke about developing the rice industry and the importance of private sector investment in agricultu [...]	2009-07-02 15:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID EAGR EMIN NI
09LAGOS279	NIGERIA: ONDO STATE GOV CONFRONTS OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Olusegun Mimiko's (Labour Party - LP) four months in office have been a mixed bag of accomplishments and political intrigues. His supporters claimed he has in four months accomplished more than his predecessor achieved in two years. Opponents argue that his government [...]	2009-07-06 15:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS281	NIGERIA: KEY CHEVRON FLOWSTATION ATTACKED; OIL [...] (C) Chevron's Okan flowstation located 7 miles offshore of Delta State was attacked on the evening of July 5. Okan is a key node in Chevron's near offshore oilfields, connecting those fields to the Escravos export terminal onshore as well as connecting the Escravos terminal to the offshore exp [...]	2009-07-07 12:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS285	NIGERIA: EDO STATE REFORMS ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18 PolOff met with senior officials of Edo State Government in Benin City to discuss progress on the reforms initiated by the Governor Adams Oshiomhole (Action Congress - AC) since he took office following an Appeals Court decision in his favor in November 2008. The sta [...]	2009-07-08 07:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KCOR NI
09LAGOS287	NIGERIAN OIL PRODUCTION: HOW BAD IS BAD? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Press reports and rumors abound that due to recent militant attacks in Delta State, Nigeria's oil production has fallen to 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) and maybe lower, down from recent production levels that hovered between 1.8 million and 2 million bpd. After reviewin [...]	2009-07-09 13:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS288	NIGERIA: NONVIOLENCE ACTIVISTS ADVOCATE ELECTORAL [...] (U) Summary: On June 25, Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, University of Rhode Island met in Lagos for with leaders of Muslim organizations dedicated to religious tolerance for a round-table discussion. Dr. LaFayette described briefly his experien [...]	2009-07-09 13:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KCOR KDEM NI
09LAGOS297	NIGERIA: POSSIBLE ATTACK ON LAGOS FUEL JETTY [...] (C) At approximately 2245 on July 12 a large explosion at the Atlas Cove fuel jetty located at the entrance to Lagos port rocked the city of Lagos. Atlas Cove is located on Snake Island along the channel that leads from the Atlantic Ocean to the port of Lagos; it is not directly connected by [...]	2009-07-13 15:20:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PGOV NI
09LAGOS300	NIGERIA: DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT ATLAS COVE ATTACK [...] (C) Details are beginning to emerge about the 12 July militant attack on the Atlas Cove fuel jetty in Lagos (Reftel). During a 14 July OSAC meeting, a security contact working for oil company BG provided RSO Lagos with details on the attack he says he received from a Nigerian State Security S [...]	2009-07-15 18:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ASEC MOPS PGOV NI
09LAGOS301	NIGERIA: ACTIVISTS SAY ENGAGING COMMUNITIES KEY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, PolCouns and PolOff met with two social activists from the Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State to discuss prospects for peace in the Niger Delta. Sheriff Mulade and Shedrack Agediga admitted that vandalization of oil facilities by desperately poor residents in local com [...]	2009-07-15 19:17:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR EPET NI
09LAGOS302	NIGER DELTA: ELEMENTS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR THE EMANCIPATION [...] (C) Summary: Elements of the so-called Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta" (MEND),a loose coalition of armed groups partly responsible for disrupting oil-production and kidnappings in the Niger Delta over the last several years, declared a cease-fire effective July 15. MEND's [...]	2009-07-16 06:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS306	NIGERIA: ASKING THE ROBBER TO INVESTIGATE HIS CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6 PolCouns and PolOff met with Lagos based civic activists to discuss progress towards democratization and electoral reform. The activists likened expecting electoral reform from the present government of Nigeria to asking the robber to investigate his crime. They adde [...]	2009-07-17 14:34:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KDEM NI
09LAGOS307	NIGERIA: CALL ON ONDO GOVERNOR AND VISIT TO USG FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, Ambassador made a call on Governor Olusegun Mimiko and his cabinet at the Governor's House, following a tour of the Matna Foods Cassava Processing Facility in Akure, Ondo State. Ambassador made introductory comments to the Governor's cabinet, highlighting the U.S. Mis [...]	2009-07-20 07:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS309	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS AT EKITI [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, the Ambassador participated in a roundtable on Democracy and Electoral Reform in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, hosted by the New Initiative for Social Development (NISD) and attended by three other civil society organization (CSO) partners. The roundtable was in part held i [...]	2009-07-20 15:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS310	NIGERIA: INCREASED VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH EAST - [...] (C) Summary: Recent cases of kidnappings, hijackings and armed robberies in the South East have been increasingly attributed to "militants" or other criminal elements coming in from the South South or Delta region blaming it on the military putting pressure on them in that area. Roadways bet [...]	2009-07-21 06:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
09LAGOS311	NIGERIA: CHEVRON EXEC SAYS GON WARNED OF ATTACK IN [...] (C) Summary: Chevron Nigeria's government and corporate affairs manager Femi Odumabo told Energyoff on July 16 that traditional rulers and local residents from kingdoms in Delta State had warned Chevron, the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS),and military's Joint Task Force (JTF),that Tom [...]	2009-07-21 13:01:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC NI
09LAGOS315	NIGERIA: IMO STATE GOVERNOR TO SWITCH TO PDP ON JULY 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of speculation and denial, Imo State Governor Ikedi Ohakim of the Progressive Peoples' Alliance (PPA) has now finalized his plan to switch to the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP). PPA leaders have threatened to drag him to the Supreme Court if he leaves the party. H [...]	2009-07-24 06:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS316	NIGERIA: LAGOS BUILDS FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Summary: Officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Transport and related agencies, met June 29-July 3, with U.S. Department of Transportation's Rita Daguillard and National Transit Institute Director Paul Larousse, to outline the state's efforts at creating an integrated transportation syst [...]	2009-07-24 07:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ECPC EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS317	NIGERIA; MEND REPEATS THREATS TO LAGOS FACILITIES [...] (SBU) On July 22, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta spokesman "Jomo Gbomo" stated in an on-line interview that MEND would resume its campaign against oil facilities if the GON tried to repair damaged pipelines or failed to meet the groups demands. In the interview, the Nigeria [...]	2009-07-24 14:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS ENRG NI
09LAGOS318	NIGERIA: LAGOS ESTABLISHED OWN ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has received the report of an Electoral Reform Committee he had set up to recommend an improved and revised electoral process for the state and the Federal Government of Nigeria (GON). The Governor said that the report will be submitted [...]	2009-07-26 21:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS320	NIGERIA: LAGOS BUS RAPID TRANSIT TWO YEARS AFTER [...] (U) Summary: Two years after the introduction of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) program in Lagos, more Lagos car owners are leaving their cars for faster bus rides into Lagos's business districts. Lagos Bus Asset Management Company (LAGBUS),one of two companies running the service, has covered ab [...]	2009-07-29 11:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS323	NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA VISITS THE NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: On July 20, President Yar'Adua paid a one-day visit to Bayelsa state, his first visit to the Niger Delta since taking office in 2007. In a speech at the state capital, Yar'Adua proclaimed that the "days of militancy are over and gone for good," and predicted fancifully that Nige [...]	2009-07-29 16:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS325	NIGER DELTA: IS AMNESTY A SCAM? [...] (C) On July 28, Allen Onyema, the national chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN),which provided nonviolence training to militant youth from the Niger Delta for the last three years, told PolOff that the Executive Assistant to First Lady Tuai Yar'Adua had approached [...]	2009-08-03 15:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS326	NIGERIA: CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS ASK TO NULLIFY CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: NGO and political leaders have filed two court cases arguing that the 1999 Nigeria constitution is illegal because it was dictated and imposed by a departing military government. While judicial concurrence is unlikely, the cases reflect growing frustration with the constitutiona [...]	2009-08-04 07:23:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS33	NIGERIA: NEW STATE OIL CHIEF APPOINTED IN SURPRISE [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise announcement on January 13, Mohammed Barkindo replaced Abubakar Yar'Adua as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Barkindo is a close associate and protg of recently appointed Minister of Petroleum Resources Rilwanu Lukma [...]	2009-01-26 09:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS330	NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE AND YAR'ADUA SPAR OVER LOCAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yar'Adua has demanded that Lagos dissolve the 37 local councils it created in 2003 or face sanctions if it refuses to revert to the 20 local government areas listed in the constitution. Lagos Governor Fashola's refusal to comply could significantly heighten tensions b [...]	2009-08-06 09:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS333	NIGERIA: AMNESTY BEGINS FOR NIGER DELTA MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: The GON's two-month amnesty offer to Niger Delta militants started August 6 with poor prospects for success. Most in MEND, the loose umbrella militant group, have spurned the offer to date, and the GON's failure to give the program meaningful political context has fueled doubts ab [...]	2009-08-06 19:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS334	NIGERIA: AMNESTY BEGINS FOR NIGER DELTA MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: The GON's two-month amnesty offer to Niger Delta militants started August 6 with poor prospects for success. Most in MEND, the loose umbrella militant group, have spurned the offer to date, and the GON's failure to give the program meaningful political context has fueled doubts ab [...]	2009-08-06 19:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS345	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA AMNESTY FAILS TO IMPRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Government (GON) amnesty program to end militancy in the Niger Delta is faltering. While as many as 400 militants have reportedly surrendered their weapons, high-profile leaders like Tom Polo have mostly kept away, deterred either by skepticism over GON intentions or, [...]	2009-08-25 17:38:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM NI
09LAGOS346	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA AMNESTY FAILS TO IMPRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Government (GON) amnesty program to end militancy in the Niger Delta is faltering. While as many as 400 militants have reportedly surrendered their weapons, high-profile leaders like Tom Polo have mostly kept away, deterred either by skepticism over GON intentions or, [...]	2009-08-25 17:38:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM NI
09LAGOS348	NIGER DELTA: LURING TOM POLO TO ACCEPT AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary: Individuals close to militant leader "Tom Polo" confirmed to CG Lagos on August 25 that Presidential Special Advisor Timi Alaibe had traveled into the Niger Delta to conduct negotiations with Tom Polo about amnesty. Governor Uduaghan of Delta State noted conditions that Tom Polo [...]	2009-08-27 14:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS353	NIGERIA: STATES REPORTEDLY USING AMNESTY TO [...] (C) Femi Falana, the personal attorney for Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) leader Henry Okah, told Poloff on August 26 that the core Niger Delta states (Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers) are pursuing their own amnesty agenda instead of cooperating with the federal government. He [...]	2009-09-01 15:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM KDEM NI
09LAGOS356	NIGER DELTA: AMNESTY, TOM POLO'S DILEMMA AND THE [...] (C) Summary: Militant leader Government Ekpompolo ("Tom Polo") may be on the verge of accepting amnesty under face-saving conditions, which, according to a source who claims recent contact with him, could prompt many other militant leaders to follow suit. The lengthening list of paid-off "re [...]	2009-09-08 13:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS357	NIGERIAN FLIGHTS TO THE USA: TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF? [...] (C) Summary: Visiting FAA representatives report that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Agency (NCAA) is close to meeting all eight requirements for Category 1 status for Nigerian carriers to fly to the United States and that it could gain that status as soon as mid-2010. End Summary. Status of [...]	2009-09-08 17:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS358	NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Sanusi of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) has been defending himself in National Assembly Committees. At issue is the legality of his sacking of five bank Managing Directors (MD). Sanusi contends that his actions were legal, while members of the National Assembly want to [...]	2009-09-09 07:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN NI PGOV
09LAGOS359	NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Sanusi of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) has been defending himself in the National Assembly over his sacking of five Managing Directors. National Assembly members questioned Sanusi's use of CBN funds to prop up the five banks, and expressed a desire to be more involved i [...]	2009-09-10 16:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV NI
09LAGOS361	WHERE DOES ALL THAT MONEY GO? THE MOVE TOWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27-28, the Senate Appropriations Committee held a zonal consultative meeting on inclusive budgeting in Osun state, inviting state governments, civil society organizations, and media from the southwest to provide input into the 2010 federal budget. The federal governm [...]	2009-09-15 15:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN KDEM SOCI NI
09LAGOS362	NIGERIA: MILITANCY POST AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary: A confidant of former militant leader Dokubo Asari, Rex Anighoro, claims that a new generation of militant leaders will become active if the currently prominent commanders accept the government's amnesty. The large monetary rewards offered to leaders such as "Boyloaf" and "Tom P [...]	2009-09-15 16:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS369	OBASANJO ON AMNESTY: QUALIFIED SUCCESS BUT NOW [...] (C) Summary. Former President Obasanjo deems the GON's amnesty for Niger Delta militants a "qualified success," but he is uncertain of what comes next. Per Obasanjo, all interested parties (governmental, community, NGO, and business) need to forge a comprehensive development program to addr [...]	2009-09-30 06:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM ECON SOCI NI
09LAGOS370	NIGERIA: CAN A COAST GUARD HELP? [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency's new Director General admits that Nigeria has severe shortfalls in maritime security and no institutional capacity to monitor, patrol or control Nigerian territorial waters. He believes his agency has a mandate to convert the mor [...]	2009-09-30 15:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHSA EWWT MCAP NI
09LAGOS371	NIGER DELTA: NO EXTENSION OF AMNESTY DEADLINE; [...] (C) Contacts linked to key militant leader "Tom Polo" have reported to us independently that Tom Polo is not ready to surrender until he receives credible assurances from the GON on economic development in the Gbaramatu Kingdom, his home base and scene of a military offensive in May. To this [...]	2009-09-30 21:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS372	NIGERIA: MILITANT LEADER "ATEKE TOM" ACCEPTS [...] (U) Militant leader "Ateke Tom" accepted amnesty on October 1 during a televised ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, three days before the amnesty is scheduled to expire. President Yar'Adua, noting the surrender came on Nigerian National Day, called the militant's surrender "the best [...]	2009-10-02 15:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS375	NIGERIA: AMNESTY ENDS ON A HIGH NOTE BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: With the last-minute surrender of a tearful Tom Polo, all major militant leaders accepted amnesty. What comes next, from the GON or the militants, remains unclear. The GON's modest but largely unexpected success should give the Delta at least a temporary respite, but under-devel [...]	2009-10-05 19:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM ECON SOCI NI
09LAGOS377	NIGERIAN GREEN GOVERNORS SIGN CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Governors Babtunde Fashola and Emmanuel Uduaghan of Lagos and Delta states, respectively, have agreed with global counterparts to work together to promote clean transportation, support national climate change legislation, include forests in climate policy development, and recognize the ro [...]	2009-10-06 18:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV ENRG PREL PGOV NI
09LAGOS386	NIGERIA'S ICT NETWORK: BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in Nigeria is set for exponential growth in the next twelve months. Bandwidth will triple, potentially lighting up the empty fiber optic network and populating the country's various cell towers with multiple antennae [...]	2009-10-15 07:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS PGOV NI
09LAGOS387	PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA OUTLINES INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) Summary: President Yar'Adua outlined major development projects and ownership-sharing of joint ventures for the Niger Delta in a meeting with South-South governors and former militants on October 9. Positive reactions to the plans were tempered by skepticism on delivery, but activists f [...]	2009-10-15 07:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS388	NIGERIA AFTER THE CENTRAL BANK AUDITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At September 29 Bank Directors Association (BDAN) of Nigeria forum bank directors received advice from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi and former Chairman of Diamond Bank Pascal Dozie on how to form and run a proper board of directors. Sanusi's remarks were deliver [...]	2009-10-16 07:11:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOC NI
09LAGOS39	NIGERIA: AES, GON IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: International arbitration over a tax exemption dispute between U.S.-based AES Corporation and the Government of Nigeria is ongoing with hearings scheduled for the end of 2009 and settlement expected in early 2010. AES has drawn USD 40 million under the GON's USD 60 million lette [...]	2009-01-28 11:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV NI
09LAGOS393	EXPERTS ASSESS NIGERIAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL [...] (SBU) Industry experts continue to review the pros and cons of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Increased GON revenue, and excluded credits for security, contracting, and finance costs remain key concern for oil companies. The GON has retained the consulting services of an oil and [...]	2009-10-19 15:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
09LAGOS397	NIGERIAN POWER PROJECTS SHOW PROMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Various types of electrical power projects that derive power from coal, gas and even waste sludge are appearing in Nigeria. However, regulations make it difficult to finance such projects, and the diesel generator cartel presents a formidable obstacle to true change. END SUMMAR [...]	2009-10-23 07:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS4	NIGERIA: CITIZENS ADVOCACY GROUP FOR [...] (C) Summary: On December 18 Pol-Econ Chief and PolOffs met in Lagos with Olawale Okunniyi spokesman of PRONACO (Pro National Conference),a coalition of Nigerian organizations seeking to ensure that Constitutional Reform takes into account the wishes of the Nigerian people. Okunniyi pointed ou [...]	2009-01-07 06:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
09LAGOS408	(C) CHEVRON MD DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF THE [...] (C) Chevron MD in Nigeria told Lagos officers that the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill represents "democracy" for more players but doubts it will lead to "good governance." He sees the bill becoming law this year. Key concerns for Chevron are ensuring "contract sanctity" and managing the se [...]	2009-11-02 14:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS434	H1N1 CASE CONFIRMED IN NIGERIA [...] (C) A case of H1N1 flu was confirmed in Lagos on November 2. A child of a U.S. citizen Mission employee contracted the virus over a month ago. The minor has fully recovered and no other case of H1N1 has been reported since. This is the first confirmed case of H1N1 in Nigeria, although most [...]	2009-11-18 05:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL APER NI
09LAGOS435	H1N1 CASE CONFIRMED IN NIGERIA [...] (C) A case of H1N1 flu was confirmed in Lagos on November 2. A child of a U.S. citizen Mission employee contracted the virus over a month ago. The minor has fully recovered and no other case of H1N1 has been reported since. This is the first confirmed case of H1N1 in Nigeria, although most [...]	2009-11-18 05:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL APER NI
09LAGOS438	FUNDAMENTALS OF ILLEGAL OIL BUNKERING IN NIGERIA [...] (C) Oil theft, widely referred to as "illegal bunkering" in Nigeria, represents a significant economic activity with serious ramifications for Nigeria's economy, security, democracy and environment. The widespread association of illegal bunkering with militant activity obscures some of the m [...]	2009-11-18 08:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON KCRM PGOV SOCI NI
09LAGOS444	(C) EXXONMOBIL MD MORE HOPEFUL ON PETROLEUM BILL [...] (C) ExxonMobil Nigeria Managing Director (MD) met with the Ambassador on November 9 to discuss the status of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and touch on other sectoral developments. The MD is "cautiously optimistic" for a better bill, given that Nigeria's President and Vice Presi [...]	2009-11-20 14:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS445	NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR ADMITS LIMITATIONS [...] (C) Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Director General Temisanren Omatseye asked to see the Ambassador on November 9 (Pol/Econ Officer Notetaker). Omatseye admitted severe limitations in current capacity but outlined an ambitious program for addressing maritime domain [...]	2009-11-23 09:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EWWT MASS SENV NI
09LAGOS446	IOCS ASSUME PASSAGE OF NIGERIAN PETROLEUM BILL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 14:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
09LAGOS447	NIGERIAN MEDIATORS INCLUDED IN PIB PROCESS [...] (C) Vice President Goodluck Jonathan met with GON and private sector representatives to bridge their Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) gap. "Ten wisemen" are to be involved in PIB negotiations moving forward in a three-stage process. Progress was made with gas and shallow water fields while mid-s [...]	2009-11-24 14:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
09LAGOS449	UBA OUT BUT PDP PROBLEMS PLAGUE ANAMBRA RUN-UP [...] (C) A November 13 court dismissal of a suit by self-styled "governor-in-waiting" Andy Uba has seemingly cleared the path for the February 6, 2010, election to occur as planned. Incumbent Governor Peter Obi of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) faces challenges from the 26 other partie [...]	2009-11-25 15:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NI
09LAGOS450	U.S.-UK PRE-ELECTION ASSESSMENT IN ANAMBRA [...] (C) The electoral campaign is on in earnest in Anambra State in advance of the key February 6, 2010, gubernatorial election. Serious structural and electoral process problems exist in Anambra, notably the ability (or inability) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduc [...]	2009-11-25 16:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC ECON SOCI NI
09LAGOS453	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH STANDARD CHARTERED BANK [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with top management of Standard Chartered Bank, which is growing in Nigeria by focusing on profitability, not size. Standard Chartered offered their approval of Central Bank Governor Sanusi,s reforms with some criticism of previous Central Bank Governor Soludo's ac [...]	2009-11-30 08:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS455	ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES IN LAGOS [...] (SBU) Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Ministry of Environment Dr. Titi Anibaba told Embassy Accra-based REO and PolOff on November 16 that despite significant success with respect to "greening" Lagos and reducing traffic congestion caused by illegal activities, Lagos faces significant envi [...]	2009-12-01 12:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV SOCI PGOV ECON NI
09LAGOS462	SOUTHERN REACTIONS TO YAR'ADUA'S AILING HEALTH [...] (S) Lagos has remained outwardly calm over the recent Eid-el-Kabir holiday weekend, and during the week of November 30 over reports of President Yar'Adua's ailing health. The main southern Nigerian preoccupation, if there is one apparent now, is speculation and concern over the staying power [...]	2009-12-04 07:00:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PGOV PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS465	NEW WAVE OF NIGERIANS RETURN FROM BAKASSI [...] (C) ConGen Lagos contacts confirmed press reports that increasing numbers of fishermen and their families are seeking refuge near Calabar in Cross River State, after alleged violent clashes with Cameroonian gendarmes in Bakassi. These individuals claim to have been harassed, illegally detain [...]	2009-12-04 18:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREF PREL PHUM NI
09LAGOS466	MORE LAGOS VIEWS AND NEWS ON YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Some observers point to the risk of renewed unrest in the Niger Delta and behind-the-scenes political machinations from possible challengers if VP Jonathan becomes head of state. Others pray for Yar'Adua to survive. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------- STATE OF PLAY AND [...]	2009-12-04 18:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS470	MORE LAGOS VIEWS AND NEWS ON YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Some Lagos observers point to the risk of renewed unrest in the Niger Delta and behind-the-scenes political machinations from possible challengers if VP Jonathan becomes head of state. Others pray for Yar'Adua to survive. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------- STATE OF PLAY [...]	2009-12-08 09:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS471	MORE LAGOS VIEWS AND NEWS ON YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Some Lagos observers point to the risk of renewed unrest in the Niger Delta and behind-the-scenes political machinations from possible challengers if VP Jonathan becomes head of state. Others pray for Yar'Adua to survive. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------- STATE OF PLAY [...]	2009-12-08 09:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS472	SOLUDO'S ANAMBRA BRAVADO CONTINUES [...] (C) A Federal Appeals Court ruled December 1 that People's Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Charles Soludo should suspend his campaign in Anambra State and "stop parading" himself as a candidate pending a final judicial outcome. The court also ordered the Independent Nigerian El [...]	2009-12-08 10:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS473	THE TRUE SCALE OF THE NIGERIAN BANKING CRISIS [...] (SBU) Former and current employees of Citibank participated in a November 13 discussion on the banking sector and ongoing reforms. They see green shoots of recovery on the horizon, but banking leaders in Nigeria took part in outright stealing. The end result could be 1.8 trillion naira (USD [...]	2009-12-08 15:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS474	NIGER DELTA YOUTH TRAINED IN FISH FARMING [...] Over 579 Niger Delta youth have been trained in catfish and shrimp farming since the beginning of this year by the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR). NIOMR has the capacity to train more youth and make a major contribution to post-amnesty skill acquisition traini [...]	2009-12-09 14:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAID EFIS PGOV NI
09LAGOS482	CHANGING CHARACTER OF KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA [...] (C) Kidnapping in Nigeria is increasing in frequency, expanding in scope and changing in character. This seriously under-reported crime may be occurring as frequently as 40 times a week, and targets are increasingly ordinary Nigerians. Incidents are no longer geographically concentrated in [...]	2009-12-18 13:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC NI
09LAGOS483	FEDERAL COURT DISMISSES CHARGES AGAINST IBORI [...] (SBU) A Federal High Court in Asaba absolved former Delta State Governor James Ibori of any wrong-doing on December 17 in the 170-count, money-laundering case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC vowed to challenge the ruling at the Federal Cour [...]	2009-12-18 14:39:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KDEM NI
09LAGOS484	SUPREME COURT REINSTATES SOLUDO [...] (SBU) After several legal setbacks, People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Charles Soludo received Supreme Court approval December 17 to participate in the February 6, 2010, gubernatorial election in Anambra State. The PDP is therefore very much back in the fray, and the potential for el [...]	2009-12-18 15:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI
09LAGOS490	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FIRSTBANK IN LAGOS [...] (C) FirstBank new CEO Onasanya briefed U.S. Mission on December 21 on the outcomes of the recent Central Bank retreat on banking and economic growth issues. With the audits completed, the banks are now focusing on consolidations and mergers with an emphasis on encouraging foreign banks to i [...]	2009-12-30 06:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS491	FY2009 AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL [...] Mission Nigeria received $90,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help (SSH) Program for FY 2009 (reftel). The beneficiaries were community groups and civil society organizations striving to improve basic economic and social conditions of the people in their communities. Fourteen community-b [...]	2009-12-31 13:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS493	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) Ambassador met with former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Hill top residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Dec. 23. The discussion focused on several topics including recent developments in the Congo, U.S. support for Nigeria and upcoming elections in Nigeria. The unexpect [...]	2009-12-31 15:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI
09LAGOS58	NIGERIA: POLITICS FUELS INCREASING VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: John Akpan, a Akwa Ibom resident, business man and civil activist who was formerly an International Visitor Leadership Program participant, told PolOff in Calabar on January 12 that the increasing incidence of kidnappings in Akwa Ibom state had political roots. Akpan claimed that [...]	2009-02-06 11:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KCOR ECON NI
09LAGOS59	NIGERIA: CROSS RIVER STATE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. Executive Director of the NGO Global Peace Development, Ebruke Esike, told PolOff on January 13 that the current development strategy of Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke (PDP) fails to deliver development to the poorest of the poor. Imoke seeks to develop tourism as the engin [...]	2009-02-06 11:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR NI

09LAGOS61	NIGERIA: DRUG ABUSE ON THE INCREASE AMONG YOUTH IN [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Theo Onyuku, a medical doctor at the Federal Psychiatric Hospital in Calabar, told PolOff on January 13 that drug abuse among young people in Cross River State is on the rise and claimed that there is a strong correlation between drug use and "cultism," violent crime and milit [...]	2009-02-09 11:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR NI
09LAGOS63	NIGERIA: SURGEON, ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST TAKES [...] (C) Summary: Edet Ikpi, Commissioner of Health in Cross River State, who is a practicing surgeon and former head of the Zero Corruption Coalition, told PolOff on January 13 that he has embarked on a campaign to introduce transparency, accountability and service delivery in his department. As a [...]	2009-02-09 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR NI
09LAGOS65	NIGERIA: QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT OF SOUTHERN POWER [...] (U) To better understand the myriad of rumored, proposed, planned, and current power projects in southern Nigeria, Post has compiled a list of known independent power projects (IPPs) in the South-South, South-East, and South-West and their status of as 1 February 2009. A list of GON-financed [...]	2009-02-11 12:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV NI
09LAGOS66	NIGERIA: DESOPADEC'S "QUICK START" PROJECTS BRING [...] (C) Summary: Chief Wellington Okirika, Chairman of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Council (DESOPADEC) told Pol-Econ Chief January 12 that in less than a year, he has put in place a series of "quick start" programs that provide potable water, free medical care for 200-300 perso [...]	2009-02-11 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ECON SENV KDEM NI
09LAGOS68	NIGERIA: U.S. COMPANY ABRO INDUSTRIES DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 2 meeting with the Consul General and Commercial Attache, Tim Demarais of Abro Industries expressed concern over the production and importation of counterfeit Abro products in Nigeria. Accompanied by Abro,s distributor he explained how counterfeit car parts and ho [...]	2009-02-11 14:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD EIND EINV PGOV NI
09LAGOS71	NIGERIA: CANADIAN TO HELP IGALI FOUNDATION OPEN [...] (C) Canadian expatriate Mary Ellen Havlik (protect throughout),former Security officer for the Canadian Embassy in Nigeria on leave from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and currently Executive Director of the Daniel Igali Foundation,) told Pol-Econ Chief on January 31 that her principal ta [...]	2009-02-13 06:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS74	NIGERIA: IJAW YOUTHS "TAKE BACK THE STRUGGLE" AT [...] (U) Summary: Over 3,000 Ijaw youths, led by Dimieri von Kemedi and other drafters of the Kaiama Declaration, met in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State on February 6 to "take back the struggle" for solutions to the problems of the Niger Delta. According to Kemedi, the youths issued a strong [...]	2009-02-19 06:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS76	NIGERIA: ISRAELI MILITARY TRAINS, EQUIPS JTF IN [...] (C) Summary: Magnus Abe (protect throughout),Secretary to the State Government of Rivers State, told Pol-Econ Chief January 17 that Governor Amaechi had succeeded in pushing the military into buying helicopters, gunboats and other equipment for the Joint Task Force (JTF); as a result of milit [...]	2009-02-23 06:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS77	NIGERIA: ELECTION TRIBUNALS UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The Appeals Court in Kwara State, on February 17 overturned the decision of the electoral tribunal affirming the election of Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni (PDP) and ordered new elections in 10 of the state's 16 local government areas. (Comment: After 21 months in power, it is lik [...]	2009-02-24 14:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS82	NIGERIA: EXXONMOBIL HOUSING COMPOUND IN AKWA IBOM [...] (C) Summary: On February 17, twenty four gunmen attacked a jetty near an ExxonMobil housing complex in Eket, Akwa Ibom state. A Nigerian army unit stationed nearby to guard the complex drove them off after a 30 minute battle. Local security officials believe the gunmen are still in the area [...]	2009-02-25 06:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ASEC PGOV PINS NI
09LAGOS83	AMBASSADOR AND FONMIN DISCUSS PROPOSED NIGERIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 19, the Ambassador again discussed with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe the question of Nigeria's commitment to deploy a battalion of peacekeepers to AMISOM. Drawing on ref A talking points, the Ambassador reiterated the importance of Nigeria standing by its previous c [...]	2009-02-25 14:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR NI SO
09LAGOS84	NIGERIA: PROFESSOR ASKS USG SUPPORT ON AMNESTY, [...] (C) Summary: Pol-Econ Chief met with President of the Lagos Business School and 2007 Presidential candidate Patrick Utomi at his request on February 6. The militant "boys in the creeks" want to come in, Utomi said, and but do not trust the politicians who they believe will profit from any plan [...]	2009-02-25 14:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS88	NIGERIA: LAWYER: OKAH'S SECRET TRIAL INTENDED TO [...] (C) Summary: In January 15 and February 9 meetings in Lagos with Festus Keyamo (strictly protect throughout),human rights lawyer and activist, Keyamo claimed that the trial of Henry Okah, alleged head of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) who is currently charged with [...]	2009-02-26 06:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EPET KDEM PGOV NI
09LAGOS92	NIGERIA: FINANCIAL SECTOR SLOWDOWN POSES A SECURITY RISK [...] (SBU) Summary: During discussions on February 4, Professor Doyin Salami, Dean of the Lagos Business School told Econoffs he sees the downturn in the Nigerian stock market as a national security risk, especially as the government is preoccupied with dwindling revenues resulting from low oil pric [...]	2009-03-02 08:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS95	NIGERIA: AFRICA'S LARGEST PRODUCER OF CATFISH HOPES TO [...] (U) Summary: Mr. Rahman O. Oguntade, the Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) principal catfish researcher told Pol-Econ Associate on February 17 that African catfish constitutes over 70 per cent of fish farmed in Nigeria. NIOMR is providing training on fish farming to [...]	2009-03-02 14:40:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA EAID TPHY PGOV GH NI
09LAGOS96	NIGERIA: NIGERIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INVOLVES [...] (U) Summary: Mr. Alade Adeleke, Technical Director of Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) told Pol-Econ Associate on February 17 that the organization is seeking partnerships with U.S. universities specializing in climate change and the consequences it has on resource conservation and enviro [...]	2009-03-02 14:42:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV EAID PGOV GH NI
09LAGOS97	NIGERIA: EARTHCARE TRANSFORMS WASTE INTO ORGANIC [...] (U) Summary: In December 2008, Regional Environmental Officer (REO) visited EarthCare, a company engaged in the collection and processing of municipal waste into organic fertilizer in the city of Lagos. EarthCare, was launched with assistance from the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) and [...]	2009-03-02 14:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV EAGR EINV PGOV GH NI
09LAGOS98	NIGERIA: SOUTH-EAST GOVERNORS BRING LIMITED CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings through January, contacts in Anambra, Ebonyi, and Abia states told Poloff that after being marginalized by the federal government for years, the states are now using their own resources to improve infrastructure and industry. On Poloff's road trips through [...]	2009-03-03 16:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS99	NIGERIA: NEW BAKASSI LOCAL GOVERNMENT: WHERE ARE [...] (C) Summary: During a January 12-14 trip to Cross River State, Poloffs, visit to the New Bakassi Local Government Area indicated that most, if not all, of the Nigerian citizen Bakassi residents who returned to Nigeria were temporarily housed for one to two months, and then sent away to other [...]	2009-03-04 14:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF NI
09LAHORE11	PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER THREATENS "OPEN WAR" IF NAWAZ IS DISQUALIFIED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 15:45:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
09LAHORE110	JUD CHIEF ORDERED RELEASED [...] (SBU) After more than five months of house arrest, the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the release of Jammat-ud-Dawa (JUD) Chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who had been placed in preventive detention since the Mumbai attacks. After a series of delays, a full bench of the LHC heard a habeaus corpus [...]	2009-06-02 13:23:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PK
09LAHORE116	PUNJAB SUPPORTS IDP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Human Rights Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has registered 54,396 individuals in Punjab as of June 6, the majority of whom have taken refuge in private residences, but UNHCR expects many more have arrived in the province. The Punjab Government, Governor and other politi [...]	2009-06-16 02:28:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PK
09LAHORE118	PUNJAB LAWYERS FIGHT FOR AND AMONG THEMSELVES AFTER LONG [...] (SBU) Summary. Lawyers from Punjab have continued the fight for lawyers' rights, but have focused their efforts on improving their own status and ensuring job security. Punjab attorneys have demanded pay raises, housing from the provincial government and a resolution that requires companies t [...]	2009-06-16 11:43:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK
09LAHORE119	SARFRAZ NAEEMI LAID TO REST AMIDST PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Funeral services for Dr. Sarfraz Naeemi brought Lahore to a standstill June 13 as mourners flocked from all over the city to pay their respects to the Brelvi leader killed in June 12 suicide attack. Shopkeepers observed a day-long strike while political leaders unanimously condemn [...]	2009-06-19 10:51:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE122	TRAFFICKING STILL PREVELANT IN RAHIM YAR KHAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The southern district of Rahim Yar Khan has served as Pakistan's hub for children trafficked to the Gulf States to work as camel jockeys. Since 2005, the Federal government has repatriated over 800 trafficked children from the United Arab Emirates. According to UNICEF, the Gov [...]	2009-06-23 02:01:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PK
09LAHORE129	NAWAZ SHARIF ACQUITTED IN HELICOPTER CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: A two-member Rawalpindi branch of the Lahore High Court (LHC) acquitted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif of the alleged illegal purchase of a helicopter on June 26. The original sentence was handed down in 2000, immediately before Sharif was sent into ex [...]	2009-07-06 06:57:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK
09LAHORE131	MINORITY RIGHTS ADVOCATE ARRESTED IN LAHORE [...] (SBU) Summary. Joseph Francis, National Director of the Center for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) and prominent human rights advocate, was arrested and denied bail by the Lahore High Court on July 9 after traveling to London while on bail in a forced conversion case. Francis is [...]	2009-07-11 11:40:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LAHORE132	PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE ELECTIONS SHOW PARTY IS ADRIFT [...] (C) Summary: Although the July 8 provincial party elections of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML; also known as the "Q League") strengthened the Chaudhry family control over the PML, a prominent faction of dissidents who boycott the PML polls could could damage the national standing of the PML in [...]	2009-07-13 04:33:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE133	CHRISTIANS ATTACKED IN KASUR [...] (SBU) Summary: A drunken fistfight erupted into an alleged incident of blasphemy, which sparked a mob attack on a Christian community in rural Punjab, prompting 700 people to flee their homes June 30. Federal Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti offered compensation to the affected [...]	2009-07-13 06:07:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LAHORE154	ICE MAY HAVE CRACKED, BUT SHARIFS STILL DISTRUST IN ZARDARI [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 12:45:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM PK
09LAHORE155	RAPE VICTIM PORTRAYED BY NY TIMES FACES CORRUPT POLICE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Police in Khanewal district in south Punjab have refused to arrest the rapists and police whom New York Times subject Assiya Rafiq has accused of rape, women's rights activist Mukhtar Mai told Acting Principal Officer July 28. According to the July 26 article by Nicholas Kristof, [...]	2009-07-28 13:36:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR PK
09LAHORE156	FEMALE MADRASSAHS IN PUNJAB PREPARE WOMEN FOR THE HOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff visits to three female Ahl-e-Hadith madrassahs in Punjab has shown that they provide Islamic studies, Quran memorization and basic life skills training, but little else to prepare women for an independent life. Aside from the Quran, girls learn to cook, clean and sew; th [...]	2009-07-30 02:41:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV KISL PK
09LAHORE164	POWER IN PUNJAB: LIMITED OPTIONS FOR ADDING SUPPLY, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Punjab provincial government is increasingly concerned about persistent rolling blackouts, but has few options to respond to the electricity crisis. In a July 28 meeting with A/PO, son of the Chief Minister and Member of the Provincial Assembly, Hamza Sharif, acknowledged t [...]	2009-08-08 10:24:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ECIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE165	PROSECUTIONS AND PEACE PROMISED IN STRIFE-TORN VILLAGE [...] (C) Summary: While politicians and religious leaders have sought to establish inter-religious peace in Gojra village after the August 1 burning of eight Christians, human rights activists have urged the government to reconsider the blasphemy law, which sparked the killing of a Muslim businessma [...]	2009-08-10 10:59:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE167	PUNJAB ATTORNEYS CONSIDER SUPREME COURT RULINGS PIECEMEAL [...] (C) Summary: Punjab attorneys from across the political spectrum criticized Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry's July 31 rulings against judges appointed during former President Musharraf's last 18 months in office as political and piecemeal, they said in a series of meetings with Acting Principal [...]	2009-08-17 06:25:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
09LAHORE175	SHAHBAZ SHARIF CLAIMS ZARDARI GOVERNMENT LACKS CREDIBILITY [...] (C) This is an action request for S/SRAP. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told PO August 31 that the federal government as lacked credibility, hampering improvement in economic and social development. He pledged to prosecute the perpetrators of the A [...]	2009-09-01 08:10:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU PK
09LAHORE177	U.S. DAIRY IN PUNJAB: A $34 MILLION SUCCESS STORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Sweetwater International's Punjab dairy operation demonstrates how private business can lead economic development in Pakistan without government assistance. The firm's methods might provide a replicable model for modern milk production in the region. Acting Principal Office [...]	2009-09-02 07:18:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ECIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE178	PROSPECTS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Non-farm employment is vital to help alleviate poverty in southern Punjab, according to local policy makers and academic experts. Population growth has vastly outpaced increases in both agricultural productivity and non-farm jobs, which resulted in higher poverty rates in sout [...]	2009-09-03 02:35:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ECIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE179	AGRICULTURE IN PUNJAB: MODERN AGRI-BUSINESS CAN LEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: A key strategy for enhancing agricultural production in Punjab is to leverage private sector connections to export markets, and to use supply chain development to drive broader improvements in agricultural practices, according to many researchers in the field. Ten years of smal [...]	2009-09-03 03:02:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ECIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE183	NON-STOP FLIGHTS FROM LAHORE TO NEW YORK LOOK LIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Lahore International Airport (LHE) may meet security standards required for direct flights to the United States, according to a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) observation team that conducted a survey at LHE August 24-28. The TSA team noted that LHE officials had ac [...]	2009-09-09 06:41:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAIR ECIN PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE190	MUKHTAR MAI: STRUGGLING AGAINST THE PUNJABI FEUDAL SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. The Mukhtar Mai Women's Welfare Organization (MMWO),named for the survivor of a gang rape ordered by community leaders as vengeance for a family honor violation, is at a crossroads. As it fights the feudal system and its oppression of women, it struggles with sustainability, [...]	2009-10-02 07:16:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KWMN PK
09LAHORE195	UNICEF SUSPENDS SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN TRAFFICKED BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Summary. UNICEF temporarily suspended programs aimed at rehabilitating children trafficked to the United Arab Emirates as camel jockeys, pending the resolution of a partisan squabble that has essentially closed a district office of the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau, UNICEF's gover [...]	2009-10-14 05:34:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PK
09LAHORE196	BLASPHEMY ACCUSED DIES IN POLICE CUSTODY IN NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: A young Pakistani Christian man died in police custody, three days after he was arrested and charged with blasphemy. On September 11, 20-year-old Fanish Masih, an illiterate sweeper, allegedly grabbed a copy of the Quran from a teenage Muslim girl and threw it in the drain. [...]	2009-10-14 05:55:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LAHORE198	SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON THREE SECURITY INSTALLATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: At least 30 terrorists, armed with grenades, guns, and suicide bomb vests simultaneously attacked three police facilities in Lahore on October 15 - Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Regional Headquarters, the Punjab Elite Police Force Training Academy, and the Manawan Police [...]	2009-10-15 13:26:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE204	CHRISTIANS DEMAND JUSTICE FROM PUNJAB PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 5, Christian villagers from Gojra made a show of rejecting USAID winterization kits and demanded justice after Muslim mobs burned houses in two Christian villages in August, killing eight people. Frustrated by the release on bail of a man arrested in connection wit [...]	2009-10-21 09:57:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LAHORE205	ATTACK ON ISLAMABAD ISLAMIC SCHOOL SHOCKS PUNJABIS, CLOSES [...] (C) Summary. On October 21, the Punjab provincial government called for all educational facilities in the province to close until further notice. Immediately after the October 15 attacks on three security installations in Lahore, some public and private schools closed for a few days while th [...]	2009-10-21 13:37:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09LAHORE207	PAKISTAN'S TEXTILES INDUSTRY IS FRAYING AT THE EDGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Garments and textiles constitute the single largest industrial sector in Pakistan, accounting for 40 percent of all industrial employment and 8.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While the industry has several globally competitive firms, the bulk of the business is mired [...]	2009-11-01 09:14:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP BTIO EAGR EAID ECIN EIND ELAB ETRD
09LAHORE209	NEW TEXTILE POLICY WON'T CURE WHAT AILS PAKISTAN'S INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's 2009-2014 federal textile policy correctly identifies and seeks to rectify many of the sector's weaknesses, but experts predict it will not deliver the desired transformation of the industry. Despite accounting for 40 percent of all industrial employment and 8.5 per [...]	2009-11-05 10:44:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP BTIO EAGR EAID ECIN EIND ELAB ETRD
09LAHORE210	NAWAZ SHARIF ON ZARDARI: SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY, NOT THE [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister/Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mian Nawaz Sharif said he resisted attacking President Zardari, despite pressure from his own party to do so. Zardari had called to thank Sharif for his responsible reproach, and Sharif responded that he was not tr [...]	2009-11-12 12:38:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PK
09LAHORE215	NOVEMBER 10 VISIT TO MUKHTAR MAI AND SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST IN PARAGRAPH 8. After the leadership of a local non-governmental organization (NGO) contacted Department of State personnel regarding terrorist threats, ConGen Lahore spoke with NGO staff and relevant security organizations. Police told us they recently contacted staff of Mu [...]	2009-11-19 08:23:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PK
09LAHORE223	LAHORE PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL SUSPENDED DUE TO FINANCIAL, [...] (U) Summary: Organizers of the Lahore International Performing Arts Festival recently announced they were cancelling the festival for 2009, citing security concerns and financial constraints. The 2008 Festival, the 25th anniversary event, drew performers from 23 countries, thousands of festiv [...]	2009-11-24 11:02:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS SCUL PK
09LAHORE230	UPDATE ON OCTOBER 15 ATTACKS ON LAHORE SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. On October 15, 2009, extremists killed eighteen police personnel and injured over 100 in three simultaneous attacks on security installations in Lahore. The extremists had learned from previous attacks, enhancing their weapons and disguising themselves as police. Attackers app [...]	2009-12-10 06:08:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE236	PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER ON SARGODHA DETAINEES, NRO, AND OTHER [...] (C) Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif asked for more time as Pakistani authorities need to thoroughly investigate the Sargodha detainees. As the Supreme Court decides on the NRO, Shahbaz believes the next five weeks are critical and reiterated the PML-N's position that it wants to see the d [...]	2009-12-21 10:36:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER PK
09LAHORE27	BLAST IN DERA GHAZI KHAN LINKED TO SECTARIAN CONFLICT [...] (SBU) An alleged suicide attacker killed 33 people in the southwestern Punjab district of Dera Ghazi Khan February 5. According to press and consulate contacts, the blast targeted a Shia procession converging on the imambargah, or house of worship, in the middle of Dera Ghazi Khan city. "It is [...]	2009-02-06 14:48:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV PK
09LAHORE35	PUNJAB GOVERNOR TAKES OVER WHILE PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 04:20:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PK PTER
09LAHORE38	THE NUMBERS GAME IN THE PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: The key to power in the Punjab lies with the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and its leaders the Chaudhrys of Gujrat. The Chaudhry cousins told the Principal Officer on February 28 that they were being assiduously courted by both the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Mus [...]	2009-03-03 13:13:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
09LAHORE41	(S) SHAHBAZ SHARIF OPEN TO NEGOTIATIONS WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI [...] (S) Summary: In a March 6 meeting with Principal Officer, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif laid out a number of preconditions for a quick negotiated settlement to the current political impasse with President Asif Zardari including that (1) the agreement included [...]	2009-03-06 19:08:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET	PGOV PTER KDEM PK
09LAHORE49	SHARIFS REMAIN OPEN TO NEGOTIATION [...] (S) Summary: In a March 14 meeting, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer that he and his brother -- former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif -- welcomed efforts by the United States, United Kingdom, and the Pakistan Army to negotiate a political sett [...]	2009-03-14 11:25:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PTER PK
09LAHORE50	GOVERNOR RESISTS COMPROMISE IN PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told Principal Officer (PO) March 14 that the best solution to stabilize the provincial government continues to rely on a tie-up between the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) with a PPP Chief Minister at the helm. He d [...]	2009-03-14 12:06:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09LAHORE54	SIPAH-E-SAHABA STEPS UP ACTIVITIES IN FAISALABAD [...] (S) Summary: A well-placed Deobandi religious leader told Principal Officer in a meeting on March 18 that extremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP) was increasing its activities in the central Punjab city of Faisalabad, the province's second largest, in collaboration with elements of the Tehrik-e-T [...]	2009-03-20 10:51:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET	PTER PGOV PK
09LAHORE64	ATTACK ON POLICE TRAINING CENTER IN LAHORE -- SITREP 1 [...] (SBU) Between 20 and 25 unidentified terrorists attacked a police training center in the village of Manawan situated on the main road from Lahore to the Wagah border with India at approximately 7:30 am on March 30. Preliminary reports have placed the number of casualties at 20 with over 100 i [...]	2009-03-30 10:38:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PK
09LAHORE66	ATTACK ON POLICE TRAINING CENTER -- SITREP 2 [...] (SBU) Punjab Elite Police with the support of Punjab Rangers and the Pakistan Army took back the Police Training Center facility in Manawaan at 15:40 on March 30, according to police contacts on the scene. Press reports claim that the police took three terrorists into custody and lethally shot [...]	2009-03-30 16:06:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PK
09LAHORE67	POLICE FOCUS ON DOMESTIC EXTREMISTS AS MARWAN INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: Senior police contacts have told post that the current investigation into the March 30 attack on the Manawan Police Training School is focusing on domestic extremist groups with ties to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Police are under pressure to concentrate on Baitullah [...]	2009-03-31 12:19:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
09LAHORE68	SUPREME COURT RESTORES SHAHBAZ SHARIF AS PUNJAB CHIEF [...] (C) Summary:The Supreme Court March 31 issued a stay order against its February 25 decision to disqualify Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif from holding public office. The immediate impact of this decision was to restore the status quo and temporarily restore Shahbaz Sharif as Chief Minister. It did n [...]	2009-04-01 11:14:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE69	CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF READY TO CORRECT GOVERNOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Newly restored Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer (PO) April 3 that he will focus on the terrorism issues that afflicted Punjab while Governor Salman Taseer had taken over. He noted that the March 31 court ruling only stayed his disqualification from office, whil [...]	2009-04-06 11:08:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE72	PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER TELLS CODEL KYL THAT EXTREMISM IS [...] Summary (C) Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told a congressional delegation led by Senator Jon Kyl that only a small minority in Pakistan supports extremism. He highlighted assistance to Pakistan's education system as the best way to counter terrorist recruitment. Taseer also envisioned Pakist [...]	2009-04-10 14:08:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PK
09LAHORE76	NAWAZ SHARIF TELLS CODEL KYL TO TALK TO ALL PARTIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 10:58:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PK
09LAHORE77	PUNJAB AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS CRITICIZE PAKISTAN WHEAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior bureaucrats in the Punjab Ministry of Agriculture realize that government wheat policy endangers Pakistan's food security and perpetuates rural poverty and isolation, creating fertile ground for extremists. Despite the cost and corruption fueled by price supports and subsi [...]	2009-04-20 10:27:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE87	PUNJAB WHEAT HARVEST JEOPARDIZED BY CORRUPTION AND LACK OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption and inadequate storage facilities have hindered the Punjab government's ability to take full advantage of a bumper crop of wheat. Many farmers, faced with transportation and bureaucratic hurdles, have chosen to sell their wheat to middlemen, who have pocketed the diff [...]	2009-05-07 06:30:00	Consulate Lahore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE9	THE BATTLE TO CONTROL THE PUNJAB [...] (S) Summary: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) coalition in the country's most-populous Punjab province is looking increasingly weak. Both parties are openly courting the opposition Pakistan Muslim League (PML) in an effort to solidify control over the [...]	2009-01-22 07:16:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PK
09LAHORE95	MODERATE ISLAMIC LEADERS IN PUNJAB LOOK TO U.S. FOR GUIDANCE [...] (C) Summary: Although historically divided by sometimes violent sectarian differences, Punjab's Islamic religious leaders have found common cause in recent years in pressing for a moderate alternative to the Taliban-style Islam increasing in Pakistan's Pashtun areas. While infiltration by wel [...]	2009-05-18 10:46:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE99	PUNJAB HOME SECRETARY FEARS HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Home Secretary Nazim Hassan Asif warned that a full bench of the Lahore High Court could free Jamaatud Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed on May 21. He lamented that he lacked sufficient evidence to support the detention orders under which the Home Department has extended their detention. [...]	2009-05-22 05:41:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
09LAPAZ1027	GOB "SUSPENDS" USAID DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: Citing "orders from above," GOB Planning and Development Minister Noel Aguirre on July 9 delivered a letter to CDA Creagan suspending all USAID democracy programs as of July 15. Aguirre acknowledged such a decision could neg [...]	2009-07-10 21:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR SOCI BL
09LAPAZ1028	BOLIVIA: 2008-09 COUNTERNARCOTICS PERFORMANCE MIXED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morales Government,s 2008-2009 counternarcotics performance continues to be mixed, with slowly rising eradication levels and increased seizures in interdiction, but with legislative reform on hold until after the December 2009 presidential elections. UNODC,s recent coca sur [...]	2009-07-13 11:55:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID BL
09LAPAZ103	BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM OBSERVERS UNDER OBSERVATION [...] (C) Summary: President of the National Electoral Court Jose Luis Exeni has confirmed that 11 international observer missions are expected to observe the January 25 constitutional referendum, including most prominently the European Union, OAS, Carter Center, the CAN, and Unasur. OAS Mission Re [...]	2009-01-23 22:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ104	BOLIVIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SITREP 1, 1130 [...] (U) Voting in the constitutional referendum has begun with no reports of violence thus far. Reports of minor procedural irregularities include the fact that a major polling station had closed with no notice: the president of the National Electoral Court himself expected to vote at the closed [...]	2009-01-25 16:33:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1043	CHOQUEHUANCA UNAWARE OF USAID SUSPENSION [...] (C) Summary: Government of Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca expressed to CDA James Creagan in a meeting on July 14 some surprise that he was unaware Planning Minister Noel Aguirre had given Creagan a letter July 9 directing USAID to freeze all democracy and governance programming by [...]	2009-07-14 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON BL
09LAPAZ1046	SPECIAL ADVISOR ECHAVESTE VISITS BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Maria Echaveste, Special Advisor to the Secretary, traveled to Bolivia June 27-28 to meet with GOB officials including President Evo Morales, Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana, and Government Minister Alfredo Rada to convey the Secretary,s commitment to improving bilateral [...]	2009-07-17 18:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ECON SNAR EAID EINV
09LAPAZ105	BOLIVIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SITREP #2 1400 [...] (U) Radio Erbol is reporting that as of noon over 40 percent of urban registered voters and over 60 percent of rural registered voters have voted. (Note: Voting is mandatory in Bolivia. Registered voters who do not vote are removed from the voter rolls and must re-apply. The National Electo [...]	2009-01-25 18:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ106	BOLIVIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SITREP #3 1730 [...] (U) Although initial official result estimates will not be available until after 8 pm local (7 pm Eastern),exit polls suggest that the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution has been approved by a majority of voters. 2. (U) Leading pollsters Ipsos-Apoyo and Mori Group announced natio [...]	2009-01-25 23:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1062	USAID SUSPENSION: DIPLOMATIC NOTE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) As per reftel A, Embassy has prepared a draft diplomatic note to be delivered to the GOB Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Planning Minister Noel Aguirre's request to Charge Creagan on July 9 to suspend all USAID Democracy and Go [...]	2009-07-22 15:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID OPDC BL
09LAPAZ11	CRY FRAUD: PRE-DENOUNCING REFERENDUM RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Podemos Party launched its first wave of voter fraud accusations January 5, focusing on sudden large increases in the electorate and increased support for the government in key regions. Former National Electoral Court (CNE) President Salvador Romero told us the attacks [...]	2009-01-06 13:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM VN BL
09LAPAZ1111	CHOQUEHUANCA SAYS USAID SUSPENSION "LIMITED" [...] (C) Summary: Government of Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca told CDA James Creagan July 29 that a GOB directive to suspend USAID democracy and governance programs (reftels) applied only to a limited number of democracy programs and agreed with Charge that it would be better to disc [...]	2009-07-30 16:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1142	MORALES SEEKS OBAMA MEETING AT UNGA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca told CDA James Creagan August 4 that President Evo Morales seeks a "significant meeting" with President Obama on September 23 as part of the UN General Assembly gathering. Choquehuanca accepted the USG counterproposal on a bilateral framework a [...]	2009-08-05 13:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ115	BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM PASSES, WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: In a generally peaceful day of voting marked by scattered accusations of fraud, Bolivians voted in a national referendum January 25 to approve a new constitution. Although official vote tallies will not be available until February, initial surveys place the national referendum r [...]	2009-01-27 15:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PINR BL
09LAPAZ117	BOLIVIA: MUTED REACTION TO USG STATEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: President Evo Morales used a substantial portion of his January 22 state of the union address (marking the beginning of his fourth year in power) to repeat baseless attacks on the USG, forcing Charge to leave the speech early (reftel). After leaving the event, Charge spoke with t [...]	2009-01-27 18:03:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1183	MANY ACCUSATIONS, LITTLE PROOF OF BOMB MOTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Although the Bolivian National Police have not yet established a motive in the August 12 letter-bomb explosions in La Paz (Refs A and B),President Evo Morales has nevertheless cast a wide net in accusing the political opposition, former military officials, and unnamed Peruvians [...]	2009-08-14 18:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ1184	RESPONSE ON DRAFT E.O. 13126 LIST [...] Following review of the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft revised EO 13126 list of products for Bolivia (reftel),post has concluded that child labor in Bolivia in the sugar cane and Brazil nut sectors does not constitute forced or indentured labor as defined in E.O. 13126. 2. Post understa [...]	2009-08-14 21:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1196	BOLIVIA: SPECULATION, LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: After initially blaming a range of potential actors for two letter bombs that exploded August 12 in La Paz (reftels A - C),the GOB now seems to be downplaying the attacks. Some embassy sources suggest the bombings could be the result of differences within President Morales' rulin [...]	2009-08-19 21:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ1220	BOLIVIANS PRESS FOR END TO ADDITIONAL USAID [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent assurances from Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca that the GOB directive to suspend USAID democracy programs should not apply to our public administration and conflict resolution programs (reftels),Bolivian Planning Minister Noel Aguirre wrote our acting [...]	2009-08-21 20:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1233	BOLIVIA: BRAZIL'S LULA BACKS MORALES FOR [...] (C) Summary: At an open-air event August 22 in one of Bolivia's principal coca-growing regions, Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivered a public endorsement of Bolivian President Evo Morales, reflecting Brazil's conclusion that Morales' re-election is all but inevitable. Lula and Morales [...]	2009-08-26 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD ENRG PINR BR BL
09LAPAZ1239	"CLOSED" MEANS "CLOSED": USAID DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charg d'Affaires Creamer met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Deputy Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez on August 24 to discuss their previous agreement to "suspend" rather than "close" USAID democracy programs (REFTEL A). The meeting was prompted by an August 18 GOB l [...]	2009-08-27 18:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1256	BOLIVIAN JUDICIARY CRUMPLES UNDER MAS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Through a series of judicial maneuvers and pressure tactics reminiscent of their 2007 dismantling of the country's Constitutional Tribunal, Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party appear to be set on shutting down the Supreme Court until [...]	2009-08-31 20:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ127	BOLIVIAN GAS: LOWER SALES MAY HURT MORALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Evo Morales called in favors the first weeks of January, after Brazil announced it would cut its demand for natural gas by one-third (a potential loss of $600 million for Bolivia in the first four months of 2009). Morales sent delegations to both Brazil and Argentina in a [...]	2009-01-28 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ1285	BATTLE LINES DRAWN FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the passage of the September 7 filing deadline, eight parties have registered to contest the December 6 elections for Bolivia's presidency and Plurinational Assembly (Congress). Three parties are set to split the bulk of the opposition vote, greatly strengthening Presiden [...]	2009-09-09 21:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM INR PHUM BL
09LAPAZ131	EU ISSUES MIXED REPORT ON BOLIVIAN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: The European Union Electoral Observation Mission (EU EOM) published on January 27 its Preliminary Statement regarding the January 25 constitutional referendum. Although the report says the referendum was credibly completed and the "electorate could in general freely exercise their ri [...]	2009-01-29 11:11:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ1320	BOLIVIAN ELECTION PLANNING (C-AL9-01770) [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel A request, Embassy reports that Bolivian election planning is advancing on all fronts. The registration process for the new biometric electoral roll, managed by the Bolivian National Electoral Court (CNE) is proceeding on schedule and without major obstacles. The CNE [...]	2009-09-17 14:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1321	PANDO SETTLEMENTS UPDATE: C-AL9-01687 [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Poloff traveled to Bolivia's Pando department on September 11-12 to discuss GOB resettlement programs with local sources. The GOB maintains the settlements are necessary to reinforce its border with Brazil and "re-establish sovereignty" in the region, while cr [...]	2009-09-17 15:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1327	NEW VIDEO CASTS DOUBT ON PANDO "MASSACRE" [...] (C) Summary: On the one-year anniversary of the September 11, 2008 clash in Pando department that left 11 dead, local opposition groups released new video evidence that casts doubt on the GOB's version of events. Poloff traveled to the site of the conflict on September 11 and 12 to interview a [...]	2009-09-18 16:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1333	BOLIVIAN PRESS REVIEWS CLOSURE OF USAID PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the weekend of September 19-20, the Bolivian press featured extensive coverage of the recent closure of USAID democracy and public administration programs (reftels),highlighting the concerns of Bolivians affected by the cuts and prompting the GOB to articulate its interest [...]	2009-09-21 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV BO

09LAPAZ1359	BOLIVIAN OPPOSITION MOSTLY RESIGNED TO MORALES [...] (C) Summary: Meetings September 23-24 with leading Bolivian opposition figures in Santa Cruz underscored their subdued mood two months ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections. Almost all believe that President Morales will be easily re-elected to a second term and that his MAS party [...]	2009-09-30 13:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1412	FM CHOQUEHUANCA ON BILAT TALKS, USAID, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In two conversations on September 30 and October 2 with Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) discussed the second round of bilateral talks, Iranian presence in Bolivia, continuation of USAID's municipal strengthening program, USG approval of Brazilian helicopter [...]	2009-10-05 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SNAR EAID PARM BL IR
09LAPAZ1417	BOLIVIAN ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS ADDRESS REAL NEEDS [...] (SBU) With an overall poverty rate of 60% and with 37% of the population in extreme poverty, the government of Bolivia has made the fight against poverty a priority. Although programs may be concentrated in areas where the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party hopes to win during the upcoming [...]	2009-10-06 17:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAID BL
09LAPAZ1425	POLLS: MAS TO SWEEP, MAY WIN TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: Three recently-published polls -- including an unreleased, privately-commissioned poll by Stanley Greenberg's firm -- confirm President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are well positioned to sweep the December 6 elections. Morales is favored to wi [...]	2009-10-07 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1468	GOB DIVIDED ON APPROACH TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Our recent experiences with the Bolivian government show its internal divisions, between those officials who distrust the USG but recognize the value of repairing relations and those who view us as a threat and want to reduce us to a minimal in-country presence. The upcoming sec [...]	2009-10-20 11:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID BL
09LAPAZ1476	BOLIVIA HOSTS ANTI-IMPERIALIST ALBA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales played host to the Seventh Summit Meeting of ALBA (the "Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America," in its latest iteration) October 16-17 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Leaders from ALBA's nine member states (Bolivia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, [...]	2009-10-20 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD BL
09LAPAZ1477	SUSPENSION OF MINING ACTIVITY ON CERRO RICO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pressure from the local community in Potosi has led to a directive from the government of Bolivia (GOB) for Manquiri, a subsidiary of U.S. mining company Coeur d'Alene, to suspend mining activity at their San Bartolome silver mine at altitudes above 4,400 meters. Although this [...]	2009-10-21 12:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PREL PGOV EINV BL
09LAPAZ1520	INDIGENOUS LAND USE RIGHTS EMERGING ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: With President Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party projected to take control of both houses of Congress in upcoming elections, attention has begun to turn to a package of 100 laws Morales has pledged to pass to implement the new Constitution, including several t [...]	2009-11-04 19:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ECON BL
09LAPAZ1537	BOLIVIAN LEADERS FORECAST EARLY AGREEMENT WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Recent statements by Bolivian President Evo Morales and Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca have underscored their commitment to a quick conclusion to ongoing bilateral framework agreement talks with us, raising public expectations of a signed accord before the end of November. In an Oct [...]	2009-11-09 12:17:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID BO
09LAPAZ1538	MORALES MAINTAINS COMMANDING LEAD [...] (C) Summary: With one month left before the December 6 national elections, President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) remain poised to retain the presidency and take control over both houses of the Plurinational Assembly (Congress). Public and private polling indic [...]	2009-11-09 12:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1541	EU WEIGHS ITS COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Our exchanges with European Union representatives and an EU working group paper underscore growing European recognition of the need for intensified cooperation on counter-narcotics in Bolivia. The Europeans note increases in coca production, fear the introduction of third country [...]	2009-11-10 15:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EU BO
09LAPAZ155	BOLIVIAN FM'S CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO SEC. CLINTON [...] On January 27, 2009, the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship transmitted a letter (Note GM No. 037/09) from Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca to Secretary of State Clinton. The official Embassy translation follows: - - - - - - BEGIN TEXT - - - - - - Republic of Bolivia M [...]	2009-01-29 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1551	SANTA CRUZ GOVERNOR REMAINS IN OPPOSITION, WILL RUN AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Santa Cruz Prefect (Governor) and leading opposition figure Ruben Costas told us November 6 that he will run again for prefect in April under the banner of his recently-established "Verde" party. Costas described public security in Santa Cruz as worsening, prompting the national [...]	2009-11-18 14:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1553	CAMPAIGN UPDATE: MAS GAINS MOMENTUM IN COCHABAMBA [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party of President Evo Morales is likely to do well in the December 6 elections in Cochabamba Department, a highland area southeast of La Paz that includes the coca-growing Chapare region. This reflects its strength in rural areas, an al [...]	2009-11-18 14:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1557	BOLIVIAN FM ON BILATERAL AGREEMENT, UNGA, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian FM Choquehuanca reported that the GOB now hopes to be able to give final approval to the bilateral framework agreement after the December 6 general elections here, with the aim of hosting a signing ceremony in La Paz before Christmas. Choquehuanca heard our message on the [...]	2009-11-19 16:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA BL
09LAPAZ1559	Response Regarding Title III of the Libertad Act [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in reftel. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. Bolivian government officials are strongly supportive of the existing Cuban government and crit [...]	2009-11-19 22:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD KDEM BL CU
09LAPAZ156	BOLIVIA: MURDER AND SCANDAL [...] Summary: Bolivian headlines announced "murder", "torture", and "conspiracy" in the days following a brutal murder and robbery which may have ties to powerful politicians. An investigation into the January 27 murder and theft of $450,000 has raised suspicions of corruption within the state hy [...]	2009-01-29 21:33:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ1567	CAMPAIGN UPDATE: POTOSI AND CHUQUISACA GO TO THE MAS [...] (C) Summary: The southern highland department of Potosi will vote heavily in favor of President Evo Morales and his Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party in December's elections. His support is solid in rural areas, as well as in the periphery of Potosi city, populated by newcomers from the co [...]	2009-11-25 13:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1577	BOLIVIA: ELECTION MONITORS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on November 24 and 25 with representatives from the OAS, European Union, and Carter Center electoral observation missions, all told us they were prepared for the December 6 elections and identified potential pitfalls, including the practice of "public voting," inapprop [...]	2009-12-01 17:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1585	BOLIVIA: FINAL PRE-ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: With days remaining before the December 6 presidential and legislative elections, polls report President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have widened their lead, with an outside chance at reaching an overall two-thirds majority in the Plurinational Ass [...]	2009-12-02 20:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1587	BOLIVIA: WHAT LIES AHEAD IN A SECOND MORALES TERM [...] (C) Summary: With a sweeping victory increasingly likely for Bolivian President Evo Morales and his MAS party in December 6 elections, the political focus in Bolivia has already shifted to how Morales will approach his next five years in office. Morales's outreach to opposition voters and (re [...]	2009-12-03 20:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BL
09LAPAZ1589	MORALES, MAS WIN RESOUNDING ELECTION VICTORY [...] Summary: President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) won a resounding victory in national elections on December 6. Parallel vote counts show Morales won re-election with approximately 63 percent of the vote and that the MAS won at least 24 of 36 Senate seats. L [...]	2009-12-07 19:29:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1591	GOB DEMARCHED ON UNGA DEFAMATION RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 19:43:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA UN BL
09LAPAZ1593	BOLIVIA MINING -- UPDATE ON CERRO RICO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a visit to the San Bartolome silver mine in the southern Bolivian city of Potosi, EconOff learned that the financial impact of the suspension of mining above 4400 meters is significant and is already impacting operations for Manquiri, a subsidiary of U.S. mining company Co [...]	2009-12-09 16:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAID BL EMIN EINV
09LAPAZ1595	BOLIVIAN FM: URGENT ACTION NEEDED ON BILAT ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: Charge met December 5 with Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, who said President Morales wants to finalize a bilateral framework agreement but that "certain cabinet members" do not want the accord to succeed and would prefer to maintain minimal relations with the USG. H [...]	2009-12-09 20:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SNAR EAID ECON BL
09LAPAZ1599	BOLIVIA - MOVING FORWARD WITH LITHIUM PRODUCTION ON ITS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian government is moving forward with its ambitious plans to produce 100,000 tons a year of lithium carbonate by 2013, starting with President Morales' inauguration of a pilot lithium processing plant on October 30. The GOB has made it clear it is not interested in inter [...]	2009-12-14 18:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV BL EMIN EINV
09LAPAZ1601	BOLIVIANS REACT SHARPLY TO SECRETARY'S IRAN REMARKS [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government responded forcefully to the Secretary's December 11 caution about closer ties with Iran, seizing upon her remarks to attack the United States for "imperialist" and "colonial" interference in Bolivia's sovereign affairs. The Bolivian MFA initially sought to [...]	2009-12-14 19:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR BL
09LAPAZ1605	GOB TO JAIL OPPOSITION LEADER REYES VILLA? [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Manfred Reyes Villa confirmed to local press December 16 that he is in hiding from GOB authorities but said he had not fled the country. Reyes Villa labeled himself a victim of political persecution and said President Morales sou [...]	2009-12-18 17:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1609	DECEMBER ELECTIONS SHOW MAS GAINING IN OPPOSITION DEPARTMENT [...] (C) Summary: The opposition remains strong in Beni, but the ruling Movemiento al Socialismo (MAS) party made considerable inroads in the December elections. The increase reflected the MAS' substantial investment in its Beni campaign, its increased appeal to poorer voters, and a weak oppositi [...]	2009-12-23 13:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1611	BOLIVIA: NEGATING "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Bolivia regularly votes for the Organization of the Islamic Conference's UN resolutions against "defamation of religions," most recently on December 18 in the UNGA plenary session. Given our thorny bilateral relationship, the GOB's ALBA membership, and its growing ties with Iran, [...]	2009-12-23 14:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KISL OPDC BL
09LAPAZ163	MORALES: "DEA PLANNED MY ASSASSINATION" [...] Summary: President Evo Morales and his ministers are calling for improved bilateral relations even as he continues to state publicly that the USG has tried, is trying, and will try to kill him. In the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil, Morales called for a "world revolution to end the north [...]	2009-01-30 21:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ175	BOLIVIA: PANDO REPORT CONCERNS; OHCHR RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with Denis Racicot, representative in Bolivia for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) January 26, to assess OHCHR activities as per request (Reftel E). Relations between the OHCHR and both the government and civil society actors appear to be generally qu [...]	2009-02-02 20:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ176	BOLIVIAN GAS CHIEF FIRED IN MURDER/KICKBACK SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales fired the president of state hydrocarbons company YPFB on February 1, just two days after publicly defending Santos Ramirez, a close confidant and member of his inner circle of advisors. Santos Ramirez has been implicated in the kickback case that involved t [...]	2009-02-02 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
09LAPAZ178	LATEST PODEMOS MAGIC BULLET: NAVA TO TURN ON EVO [...] (S) Opposition strategist Javier Flores (strictly protect) told PolOff February 1 that Bolivian Army Lt. Jorge Nava is working with Flores and opposition Senator Roger Pinto (Podemos, Pando) to discredit the government's denial of involvement in the June 21 bombing of an opposition television [...]	2009-02-03 17:47:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL VE
09LAPAZ194	LOWER HOUSE PRESIDENT ENLISTS SELF AS BILAT ALLY [...] (C) Summary: Lower House President Edmundo Novillo told Charge' February 3 that, in order for bilateral relations to move forward, both sides would need to identify common ground and establish some "essential points" for engagement. He added the United States would need to acknowledge the his [...]	2009-02-06 14:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SNAR BL
09LAPAZ211	MAS AIMS CONSTITUTION AT SENATE, MFA, "TRAITORS" [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the January 25 constitutional referendum, we are seeing signs that the Morales Administration plans to move its agenda forward aggressively after promulgating the new constitution. The MFA's Director of Bilateral Affairs told diplomats February 5 that the governme [...]	2009-02-09 22:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ETRD KDEM KTIA BL
09LAPAZ220	BOLIVIA: NEW CONSTITUTION, NEW CABINET [...] (C) Summary: Leveraging his now certified victory in the January 25 constitutional referendum, President Evo Morales held a massive "party" February 7 to promulgate the constitution and herald the arrival of the new "community socialist" revolution. The next day, Morales announced the result [...]	2009-02-10 16:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ225	BOLIVIA: ENGAGING MAS-CONTROLLED ORURO [...] (U) Charge's February 6 trip to Oruro to visit USAID-supported organic sweet onion and quinoa projects was well-received in the Oruro press and by the indigenous communities which benefit from USAID's projects. In Amachuma Catuyo, organic sweet onion farmers thanked the Charge and USAID for t [...]	2009-02-11 13:28:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID BL
09LAPAZ232	ALLEGED GOVERNMENT LAND GRAB AFFECTS U.S. RANCHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently, the Bolivian Government and landowners in the Cordillera province of Santa Cruz have clashed violently concerning land rights. The government acuses the landowners, including a high-profile AmCit rancher, of labor abuses and serfdom against the resident Guarani popula [...]	2009-02-11 16:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV PHUM EINV CACS BL
09LAPAZ247	VICE MINISTER FIRED FOR U.S. IV VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister for Basic Services Gustavo Morales was fired last month for participating in a USG-sponsored International Visitor program. VM Morales said his former boss Minister of Water Rene Orellana and Minister of Government Juan Ramon Quintana approached President Evo Morale [...]	2009-02-12 21:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OEXC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ248	BOLIVIA: NO INFORMATION ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON [...] (SBU) Emboff spoke with multiple representatives at the Bolivian foreign ministry and the phytosanitary agency SENASAG. Officials informed us that Bolivia is not a signatory to the Cartagena Protocol. They did not know if they had received invitations to participate in the upcoming Mexico Ci [...]	2009-02-13 13:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR BL
09LAPAZ270	PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIAN CONGRESS'S FOREIGN RELATIONS [...] (C) In a February 18 call on the Charge d'Affaires, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (lower house of congress) Michiatki Nagatani portrayed himself as a personal messenger from Minister of Foreign Affairs David Choquehuanca. He said Choquehuanca had asked [...]	2009-02-19 14:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BL
09LAPAZ271	A/DCM VISIT TO SANTA CRUZ [...] (U) During a February 12-13 visit to Santa Cruz, Acting DCM: --escorted two youth from the Yungas region of La Paz, who won scholarships from the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),to the Tahuichi soccer academy; --announced English scholarships for 50 disadvantaged high school students to study [...]	2009-02-19 14:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KPAO EAID SNAR BL
09LAPAZ272	EVO RETURNS FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales returns from his Moscow/Paris trip February 18 basking in Russian and French goodwill, but with only promises of deals to come on counternarcotics, gas exploration, and lithium industrialization. Although the gas deal is potentially huge (up to $4.5 [...]	2009-02-19 15:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAIR ECON EINV EMIN EPET SNAR
09LAPAZ290	SEVEN TAKEN IN NEW ROUND OF PANDO DETENTIONS [...] (C) Summary: As predicted in conversations with EcoPol contact (reftel A),Bolivian security forces on February 18 detained up to 21 people in Pando department (state) before releasing 14 and bringing the rest to La Paz for further questioning. According to the prosecutor's office, the detai [...]	2009-02-20 21:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ294	EVO BLAMES CIA FOR YPFB SCANDAL; POLICE'S MILGP BAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite overtures to the Obama Administration in general, President Morales and Government Minister Rada continued the GOB's now familiar barrage of U.S.-blaming and blasting February 20-21. This time the target was the CIA, blamed for the corruption and murder scandal involving [...]	2009-02-26 14:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PROP EAID EPET MARR OFDP
09LAPAZ303	FOREIGN MINISTER ON CIA, ERADICATION, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Kris Urs met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca February 26 to refute President Evo Morales' accusations of CIA presence in state oil company YPFB, discuss joint counternarcotics eradication efforts, and review the newly-released human rights report. Choqu [...]	2009-02-26 22:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ305	EVO NAMES EMBOFF AS CIA; TARGETS "TRAITORS" [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Bolivian President Evo Morales named EmbOff Francisco "Frank" Martinez as a "Mexican infiltrator" while sharing his vision of a vast CIA network that permeates all sectors of Bolivian government and social groups February 26. Morales' message was clear: Martinez is a CIA [...]	2009-02-26 23:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR PROP EMIN EPET EINV
09LAPAZ31	USAID AND GOB AGREEMENT ON CHAPARE PHASE OUT [...] (C) USAID-Bolivia and the Vice Ministers of Social Defense Felipe Caceres and Coca/Integrated Development Geronimo Meneces Mollo have signed an agreement for the orderly phase-out of USAID's work in the Chapare. In the agreement the Government of Bolivia agrees to provide the necessary securi [...]	2009-01-08 14:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL EAGR ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SENV
09LAPAZ373	BOLIVIA: MORALES EXPELS EMBASSY OFFICER [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C//NF) Summary: President Evo Morales declared Embassy officer Francisco (Frank) Martinez persona non grata on national television March 9. Morales accused Martinez of "meeting with opposition prefects (governors)" and said he wa [...]	2009-03-09 20:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER ODIP
09LAPAZ374	MAS MOB TAKE HOUSE, BEAT FAMILY OF FORMER VP [...] (C) Summary: Apparently induced by agitators, protesters from one Lake Titicaca region ransacked the house and attacked the family of former Vice-President and current presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas on March 7. Although the government has launched an investigation, officials inclu [...]	2009-03-09 21:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ38	UN DROPS PANDO "BOMB" ON MFA [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources indicate the UN is preparing a report on the violent events in Pando in September, which will be much less to the government's liking than the Unasur's report released December 3. According to MFA Legal Advisor Paola Melendres (strictl [...]	2009-01-09 20:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIA PINR CI BL
09LAPAZ381	MFA PLUGS HIGH-LEVEL MEETING, APPLAUDS IRAQ PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Post delivered demarche on Iraq (reftel A) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and received a generally positive response. Conversation turned quickly to recent House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearings on bilateral relations, which MFA representatives used to ask again for a m [...]	2009-03-11 18:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ MOPS PREL KDEM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ386	"COMMUNITARIAN JUSTICE" SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL? [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 7 ransacking of former Vice President Victor Hugo Cardenas' home and attack on his wife and family (reftel),provincial community leaders declared March 10 they would formally expropriate the property and claimed the new constitution explicitly justified their [...]	2009-03-12 20:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ389	BOLIVIA: SENATE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR INT'L HELP [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate President and opposition leader Oscar Ortiz on March 12 publicly called on the diplomatic community to "remain engaged" and encourage the Morales administration to negotiate in good faith regarding the new constitution's implementation, Congress' role during the transitio [...]	2009-03-12 22:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ4	MORALES OFFERS OBAMA DIALOGUE, OR SETS TRAP? [...] (C) Summary: In a relatively restrained New Year's Day address, Bolivian President Evo Morales offered to dialogue with President-elect Barack Obama regarding suspension of Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act benefits instead of pursuing a complaint with the World Trade Organizati [...]	2009-01-02 17:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL ECON EFIN
09LAPAZ407	BOLIVIA: CIA ACCUSATIONS SPREADING [...] (C) Summary: Accusations of CIA involvement in Bolivian "internal affairs" have proliferated since the announcement of Embassy officer Francisco "Frank" Martinez's expulsion March 9. President Morales' top advisors, Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana and Government Minister Alfredo Rada, [...]	2009-03-13 21:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ409	GOB RHETORIC MAY SET STAGE FOR FURTHER EXPULSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 9 expulsion of Embassy officer Frank Martinez (Reftels B, C) and subsequent government accusations March 12 of more CIA activity in the country (Reftel A),President Evo Morales charged March 13 and 14 that "foreign agents" were "buying the loyalty" of Bolivia [...]	2009-03-16 15:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ412	BOLIVIAN CORRUPTION: MORE SCANDALS LIKELY [...] (C) As the Bolivian state extends its participation in the economy well beyond its capacity, corruption scandals are likely to surface across any number of the poorly managed and highly politicized state enterprises. The state hydrocarbon company (YPFB) is far and away the largest of these c [...]	2009-03-17 18:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ416	BOLIVIA: MOD ANNOUNCES USG BLOCKED JET SALE [...] (C) Summary: After meeting with CDA and MILGP Commander March 16, the spokesman for the Bolivian Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel announced the United States had "vetoed" the sale of Czech L-159 military jets to Bolivia. Post suspects San Miguel was expecting to be told that the sale was [...]	2009-03-17 21:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS MCAP SNAR KTIA BL
09LAPAZ418	BOLIVIAN VFM: THINGS MAY GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Fernandez, the GOB had no reaction to the Charge's protest regarding the expulsion of Francisco Martinez, President Morales' latest claims of CIA conspiracies, and Minister Rada's accusations that Bolivian Police working for the Embassy a [...]	2009-03-17 22:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PREL
09LAPAZ434	BOLIVIA: CONTINUED MIXED MESSAGES [...] (C) Summary: While official media give extensive coverage of Foreign Secretary David Choquehuanca's March 19 announcement that Bolivia seeks to "rebuild mutual trust" with the USG, President Evo Morales' March 20 statement that he will "personally investigate the presence of external agents" [...]	2009-03-20 19:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ436	BOLIVIA: WHO CAN CHALLENGE MORALES? (PT 1) [...] (C) Summary: Although presidential elections will not occur until December 6, at least ten members of the opposition are being mentioned as potential candidates. This is the first in a series of cables that will review the possibilities for each. Part One will focus on the three leading can [...]	2009-03-20 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL ECON
09LAPAZ469	MAS TRAMPLES CONSTITUTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales, his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, and affiliated social groups continue to use authoritarian measures to implement a so-called "democratic revolution," including the initiation of legal proceedings against Supreme Court President Eddy Ferna [...]	2009-03-26 16:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ470	CHARGE MEETING WITH FM CHOQUEHUANCA [...] (C) Summary: Per Reftel Charge met with Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca on March 25 to deliver correspondence from Secretary Clinton. The FM again confirmed assurances provided by UN Charge Solon in New York that the GOB would first seek to resolve bilateral issues through dip [...]	2009-03-26 18:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL OPDC PGOV PREL
09LAPAZ472	GAS SCANDAL TOUCHES TARIJA AND SQUEEZES OPPOSITION [...] (C) As corruption scandals swirl around President Morales and his administration, corruption may also provide a mechanism for a power-grab in the southern, gas-producing state of Tarija. Ironically, the same company, Catler-Uniservice, that was presumably making the payoff to Santos Ramirez [...]	2009-03-27 12:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ474	MORALES ALLEGES USG INTERFERENCE, AGAIN [...] (C) One day after Foreign Minister Choquehuanca assured us the GOB would not take actions to embarrass the U.S. administration and would resolve bilateral issues through diplomatic channels, President Evo Morales on March 26 publicly and without proof accused the USG of "mobilizing" CIA and DE [...]	2009-03-27 16:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL PTER
09LAPAZ478	BOLIVIA: A VIEW FROM THE BANKS [...] (C) Bolivian bank executives report that the sector is currently solid, but bracing for more difficult economic times ahead. While weaker commodity prices and reduced remittances will take their toll on the real economy in 2009, the banker's greatest fear is that pressure on the Bolivian cu [...]	2009-03-30 18:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN PINR ASEC
09LAPAZ496	MAS TRIES TO STACK THE DECK FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The new Bolivian constitution requires Congressional passage by April 7 of a "transitional regime" to establish the rules for the December 6 election of the president, vice president, and members of the new "Plurinational Assembly." Under threat of a 10,000-person siege by socia [...]	2009-03-31 17:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ501	SANTA CRUZ LEADERS ALARMED BY EROSION OF [...] (C) Summary: During several recent trips by embassy officials to Santa Cruz, leaders and common citizens alike have expressed concern over the growing anti-democratic tendencies of the Morales government. Issues such as the continued imprisonment of Pando Prefect Leopoldo Fernandez, the self [...]	2009-03-31 21:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PHUM SNAR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ508	GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA FOLDS REGULATORY BODIES BACK [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) economic model firmly places the state at the center of all economic activity. One more step will be taken toward this goal with the dismantling of the regulatory system that won accolades upon its creation in the early 1990s. The system featured sup [...]	2009-04-01 20:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN ASEC SENV
09LAPAZ519	MORALES PARROTS CHAVEZ ON G20, CRITICIZES OBAMA [...] (C) Summary: During a press conference at the Presidential Palace, Bolivian President Evo Morales on April 3 repeated almost verbatim Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's criticisms of the G20 summit agreement from a day before. Morales added his own doubts regarding President Obama, saying he [...]	2009-04-03 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON
09LAPAZ522	BOLIVIAN GAS: ACTIVITY RETURNS TO THE GAS FIELDS [...] (C) Despite the controversy surrounding Santos Ramirez's tenure as head of Bolivia's state hydrocarbon company (YPFB),he was able to clarify partially the operating environment for the major players in the Bolivian gas sector. As a result, activity has returned to many fields. That said, [...]	2009-04-06 15:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ555	MR. OBAMA, TEAR DOWN THIS EMBARGO: BOLIVIA'S BIG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a press conference at the presidential palace April 8, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) will meet prior to the Summit of the Americas to discuss a Bolivian proposal to lift the United States' embargo on Cuba. The group [...]	2009-04-09 19:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL CU
09LAPAZ557	STARVING DEMOCRACY: ELECTORAL LAW IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: As of 2:00pm April 9, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has been unable to break a legislative deadlock with the opposition over passage of the constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which will govern all aspects of upco [...]	2009-04-09 20:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ559	MEETING WITH MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT REGARDING [...] (SBU) On 04/07/09, Charge d,Affaires (CDA) Krishna Urs, RSO Patrick Moore and Local Guard Program (LGP) Coordinator Fernando Gonzalez met with the Minister of Government (MOG) Alfredo ((RADA)); Vice-Minister of Interior Regime and Police, Marcos ((FARFAN)); and Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs [...]	2009-04-09 21:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV SNAR BL
09LAPAZ572	NO ELECTION DEAL; MORALES: USG DEATH THREAT [...] (C) Summary: After five days of often heated debate, as of 4:00pm April 13, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have been unable to reach a satisfactory compromise with the opposition to pass a constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL). The [...]	2009-04-13 21:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON
09LAPAZ578	OPPOSITION GAINS WITH ELECTORAL LAW PASSAGE [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 4:00am on April 14, the Morales administration reached formal agreement with the opposition and passed the Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which establishes the rules for the December 6 national elections. The ETL directs the National Electoral Court to construc [...]	2009-04-14 22:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ584	MORALES TO ATTEND SOA, UNASUR MULTILAT [...] PolOffs demarched on April 9 and April 15 Bolivian MFA Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza and MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Cecilia Chacon, respectively, to request information on the Bolivian delegation to the Summit of the Americas, or SOA (Reftel B). Between the two dates, th [...]	2009-04-15 21:19:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC BL KDEM KSUM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ENVR
09LAPAZ593	GOVERNMENT CLAIMS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS ARE IN [...] (C) Summary: Early April 16, a Bolivian National Police (BNP) SWAT team raided the ExpoCruz fairgrounds in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, reportedly discovering arms and ammunition. Police also raided a downtown hotel, engaging in a firefight and ultimately killing three individuals (reportedly includin [...]	2009-04-16 22:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER PREL BL
09LAPAZ594	BOLIVIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) As per reftel B, PolOff on April 9 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza regarding USG candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. On April 15, Post delivered via diplomatic note the points listed in Reftel A. 2. (C) During the April 9 meeting, Mendoza lame [...]	2009-04-17 13:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ596	BOLIVIAN FM: "STOP SUPPORTING THE OPPOSITION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: April 20, one day after leaving the Summit of the Americas (SOA),both Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Charge to the United Nations Pablo Salon are claiming victory after making their "demands" known to the U.S. delegation. Salon spoke to press in Geneva about "laying down [...]	2009-04-21 21:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ENVR
09LAPAZ6	FEARS OF CLOSING CONGRESS FOR EARLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Alternate Senator Rafael Loayza (Podemos, La Paz) told PolOff he anticipated Bolivian President Evo Morales would shut down Congress sometime before mid-summer. Loayza argued that Morales will use the "inevitable" approval of a constitutional referendum January 25 to j [...]	2009-01-05 19:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ600	GOB BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON "TERRORIST CELL" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and other senior administration members, during an address to the diplomatic corps on April 21, underscored the seriousness of what they labeled a series of three terrorist attacks and the presence of a terrorist cell with at least ten [...]	2009-04-23 11:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL PTER
09LAPAZ601	MORALES PRAISES OBAMA, BLASTS DEA [...] (SBU) Bolivian President Evo Morales gave a press conference with foreign press April 21 to express his views on the Summit of the Americas (SOA) in terms of the U.S.-Bolivian bilateral relationship. He highlighted his brief encounters with President Obama at the SOA, saying that Bolivia "saw [...]	2009-04-23 11:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ604	Bolivia 2009 Fiscal Transparency Report [...] (U) The Government of Bolivia has maintained its commitment to fiscal transparency and accountability as reported in Post's submissions for the Department's preparation of the report submitted under a similar provision in the FY 2008 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriatio [...]	2009-04-23 13:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PGOV BL
09LAPAZ611	MIXED SIGNS ON TERROR INVESTIGATION, USG [...] (SBU) During April 22 interviews to BBC Mundo and CNN Espanol, Bolivian President Evo Morales seemingly sent mixed messages regarding any international role in the investigation of the April 16 operation against an alleged terror cell in Santa Cruz in which three alleged terrorists were killed [...]	2009-04-24 14:33:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ODIP OFDP OPRC PGOV PREL PTER HU EI HR RO BL
09LAPAZ62	BOLIVIA: EVO WARNS HE WILL RULE BY DECREE [...] (U) At the January 11 conference of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, President Evo Morales called on his followers to perpetuate MAS power "forever." Morales assured his listeners that he was confident the new constitution would pass in the January 25 referendum, allowing for [...]	2009-01-13 21:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ631	BOLIVIA SCENESETTER FOR FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER [...] Embassy La Paz offers a warm welcome to Former President Carter and accompanying team to Bolivia April 30-May 3. The information in this cable on U.S. government engagement in Bolivia is designed to complement the background paper provided by the Department of State, which summarized political [...]	2009-04-29 19:42:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ635	BOLIVIA: "TERRORISM" EXCUSE FOR MASS ARRESTS? [...] (C) Summary: The Morales administration may use an April 16 police team raid in opposition-dominated Santa Cruz, in which police shot and killed three alleged terrorists, arrested two more, and reportedly found a separate weapons cache (Reftels A, B),to initiate arrests of the political opposition [...]	2009-04-29 21:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ640	CN DEMARCHE: OBAMA OPTIMISM AMIDST CN NEGATIVITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered the annual certification counternarcotics (CN) demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez on April 28, 2009. Post highlighted that the legal cultivation of coca needs to be regulated, no concessions should be made to coca producers in the Chapare [...]	2009-04-30 18:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID KJUS KCRM BL
09LAPAZ65	BOLIVIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT THREATENS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera announced January 13 the Congress would end its session without designating new members of the Constitutional Tribunal or the Supreme Court. Assuming voters approve the new constitution on January 25, new appointments would not occur [...]	2009-01-14 22:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ655	BOLIVIA: MORALES' MAY DAY WEEKEND [...] (C) Summary: Continuing a three-year tradition of May Day nationalization announcements, Bolivian President Evo Morales on May 1 nationalized AirBP, a jet fuel provider and subsidiary of British Petroleum. Morales announced the nationalization in conjunction with several supreme decrees regar [...]	2009-05-05 17:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ658	FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER VISITS BOLIVIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Former President Jimmy Carter, his wife, and members of the Carter Center in Atlanta visited Bolivia April 30-May 3. The former President met (in chronological order) with the Embassy Country Team, Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas, Presiden [...]	2009-05-05 22:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL VE EC
09LAPAZ659	GOB IMPLICATES SANTA CRUZ LEADERS IN "TERRORISM" [...] (S) Summary: The government prosecutor has implicated a dozen top Santa Cruz leaders in supporting a "terrorist cell" aiming to divide the country. A former public defender for one of the Hungarian defendants told us the government had informants within the group and a great deal of evidence t [...]	2009-05-06 15:17:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC BL
09LAPAZ66	EVO BREAKS RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL; ATTACKS VATICAN [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales announced January 13 that Bolivia would break relations with Israeli, although the Israeli Honorary Consul told us he is still waiting for a formal notification from the Foreign Ministry. Morales also claimed he would charge Israel with war crimes at the Int [...]	2009-01-14 22:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OFDP VN IS VT BN
09LAPAZ674	EL ALTO MAS ASKS FOR USAID EXPULSION [...] SUMMARY. El Alto members of President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party verbally attacked the United States May 4, following a presentation by Venezuelan-American Eva Golinger entitled "The Interference and Subversive Strategies of the United States in Latin America during the Twe [...]	2009-05-07 18:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ69	BOLIVIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Bolivia remains a difficult place to do business. Economic activity is often disrupted by social unrest resulting from centuries of economic, political, and social inequality, and indigenous, labor, and anti-globalization organizations have recently targeted private investment )- particula [...]	2009-01-15 17:10:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	BL EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB PGOV ELAB
09LAPAZ695	POSITIVE TARIJA EVENTS: BOOKS, OREGANO, BASEBALL [...] Building on the positive relationship enjoyed between the Embassy and the southern, gas-producing Department (state) of Tarija, the A/DCM traveled to the region May 7-8 to host a variety of events. A PAS book donation was attended by the mayor of Tarija, Oscar Montes and well over 100 red, wh [...]	2009-05-12 19:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV BL EAID OEXC OPRC EAGR
09LAPAZ698	BOLIVIA: POLITICAL VIEWS FROM TARIJA STATE [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM and PolOffs met with Tarija Department (state) leaders during a May 7-8 outreach trip (reftel a). Prefect (governor) Mario Cossio told us the GOB's investigation into an alleged terror cell was a "show." He said he would be the next prefect to be arrested largely because th [...]	2009-05-13 20:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL

09LAPAZ708	USAID BOLIVIA: IN THE CLEAR OR IN THE CROSSHAIRS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ten days after several El Alto leaders called for the expulsion of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from their city (ref),other leaders, including the mayor, are coming to the organization's defense. Oscar Chirinos, an El Alto Movement Towards Social [...]	2009-05-14 21:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ710	DEFENSE ATTORNEY LAMENTS POLITICIZED TERROR CASE [...] (S) Ministry of Foreign Relations Legal Advisor Paola Melendres (strictly protect) told PolOff May 11 that her close friend and the former defense attorney for Santa Cruz terror cell suspect Elot (alternative spelling Elod) Toasa told her there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Toasa for "st [...]	2009-05-15 16:13:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ715	SUPREME COURT HALTED, JUDICIARY DISMANTLED [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian Congress' lower house narrowly voted on May 14 to impeach Supreme Court President Eddy Fernandez, and the opposition-controlled Senate will begin a "trial of responsibilities" within two weeks. The ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party's main charge against F [...]	2009-05-15 20:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ72	WE'RE RUDE, WE'RE NUDE, WE WANT OUR '99 NISSANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian government is facing massive protests - some in the nude - relating to a December Presidential decree relating to used car imports. The decree limits the importation of used cars older than five years into Bolivia. Importers have been protesting for weeks, including o [...]	2009-01-15 20:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SENV BL
09LAPAZ722	SCENE SETTER FOR A/S SHANNON VISIT [...] (C) Welcome to La Paz! Your visit comes at a critical moment in U.S./Bolivian relations. In the past year, bilateral relations sank to their lowest point in decades, largely as a result of unprovoked Government of Bolivia rhetoric and action. Events over the past twelve months include a mar [...]	2009-05-19 11:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL EAID ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ743	CHARGE MEETING WITH FORMER VP CARDENAS [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation on May 15, Charge d'Affaires met with former Vice President and leading opposition presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas and discussed Cardenas' campaign prospects, recent attacks against political opponents by ruling Movement Toward Socialism [...]	2009-05-22 15:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ744	BOLIVIA-CUBA RELATIONS: RESPONSE TO TITLE III OF [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in reftel A and reflect new developments since reftel B. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? --No. The Bolivian government continues to see Cuba as a via [...]	2009-05-22 21:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD KDEM BL CU
09LAPAZ750	LAWYER: GOB INVOLVED IN TERROR, PANDO, YPFB CASES [...] (S) Summary: A Bolivian government lawyer who worked closely on the Santa Cruz terrorism case, the investigation into the September 2008 Pando conflict, and the YPFB (state oil company) murder and corruption case provided new information on GOB involvement in all three incidents. In the alleg [...]	2009-05-26 19:45:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ758	GOB TO SEIZE "TERRORIST" ASSETS WITHOUT TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: President Morales issued a supreme decree on May 20 authorizing government prosecutors to seize, without trial, assets related to alleged terrorist acts, including personal goods, business assets, bank accounts, and communications media. The decree is to be applied retroactively [...]	2009-05-27 22:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ766	BOLIVIA'S BILATERAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Paragraph two contains the Embassy La Paz translation of the proposed Framework Agreement presented by the Bolivian Government for consideration at the May 20-21 bilateral dialogue. A point of clarification in Article III, Section 1: the Bolivian Government intends "State to State" to ex [...]	2009-05-29 12:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ODIP OPDC OEXC SNAR BL
09LAPAZ799	BOLIVIA: USG-BACKED CONFERENCE SPURS TIP [...] Summary: On April 21 and 22 the Embassy's Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),in a joint initiative with the United Nations, Office of International Migration (OIM) and the Attorney General's Office, organized Bolivia's first International Conference on Trafficking in Persons in the city of Cochab [...]	2009-06-02 18:12:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KDEM ASEC KJUS BL
09LAPAZ806	IS BOLIVIA EXPORTING URANIUM? [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 16:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IAEA ECON EMIN ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PREL
09LAPAZ828	MFA ON UPCOMING DC ROUND OF BILATERAL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez told Charge June 4 that he would confirm the timing of D.C.-based bilateral talks with UN Charge Pablo Solon. Fernandez urged that President Obama reverse suspension of ATPDEA trade preferences for Bolivia by June 30. Fernandez said it would [...]	2009-06-05 16:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PINR OFDP OPDC OVIP SNAR EAID
09LAPAZ844	HOW GOB COULD BLAME US FOR ALLEGED TERROR CELL [...] (S) Summary: The USG has not yet been directly accused of involvement with an alleged terrorist cell in Santa Cruz. However, there are several factors that could induce the GOB to connect us to suspected extremist groups in Santa Cruz: the petition of political asylum from alleged terrorist Hug [...]	2009-06-08 20:52:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ867	BOLIVIA: NEIGHBOR RELATIONS NOT SO NEIGHBORLY [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are enmeshed in diplomatic flaps with neighbors, including: a growing feud with Peru over asylum approvals for four former GOB ministers and allegations of GOB support for a June 5 Peruvian indige [...]	2009-06-10 22:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ871	PL-480: TWO YEARS OF FRUSTRATION [...] (C) As the Bolivian State presses forward with its desire to more fully control U.S. donations, the attempt to program and use PL-480 Title I funds provides an insightful case study. Following the monetization of agricultural commodities in 2004-05, about $6.7 million was planned to be joint [...]	2009-06-15 13:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ89	U.S./BOLIVIA RELATIONS: HOW WE GOT HERE [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales has repeatedly stated that he will "never break relations with the United States," and he has recently expressed hopes that bilateral relations will improve under the Obama administration. Privately, however, high-level officials told us as early as 2007 tha [...]	2009-01-21 19:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ECON EFIN EAID BL
09LAPAZ898	EVO BLAMES U.S. FTA FOR PERU "GENOCIDE" [...] (C) Summary: Tensions between Bolivia and Peru continue to simmer following Peru's allegations that the June 5 indigenous uprising, in which an estimated 24 police and nine indigenous were left dead, was incited by a pro-rebellion letter from President Morales (reftel). Morales' claims that t [...]	2009-06-19 21:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PINR ETRD EPET EMIN ECIN OFDP
09LAPAZ90	SANTA CRUZ "NO" CAMPAIGN WORKING FOR EVERY VOTE [...] (C) With less than a week before the January 25 constitutional referendum, both the pro-government "Yes" and the anti-government "No" campaigns have stepped up efforts in Santa Cruz Department (state). Pro-government Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) forces have a higher campaign budget in Sant [...]	2009-01-22 11:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ASEC CONS BL
09LAPAZ93	BOLIVIA: MORALES TARGETS USG BEFORE REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In his January 22 State of the Union Address marking the beginning of his fourth year in office, President Evo Morales made repeated rhetorical attacks against the United States, to the point that Charge was obliged to leave the meeting. In an encounter with the press afterwards, [...]	2009-01-22 22:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ETRD EAID OFDP OPRC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ94	SENATE MURDER PLOT TURNS INTO PANDO "TELL ALL" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian television networks aired testimony January 19 from the supposed organizer of the pro-government, September 11, 2008 campesino (peasant farmer) march in Pando Department that accuses Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana of arming the group with the purpose of violently [...]	2009-01-22 22:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR VN BL
09LAPAZ957	BOLIVIA: CDA, FM DISCUSS BILAT RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca welcomed new Charge d'Affaires James Creagan June 26 at what he called a "historic moment" in the country's history. Although he emphasized his desire to return the bilateral relationship to a state of normalcy, Choquehuanca admitted no [...]	2009-06-26 23:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ96	BOLIVIA'S REFERENDUM: MARGIN OF VICTORY MATTERS [...] (C) Summary: With the January 25 constitutional referendum rapidly approaching, all signs point to victory for President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Although the opposition has made inroads into the MAS lead, most national polls point to between 54 and 60 p [...]	2009-01-23 13:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ968	BOLIVIAN GAS: PURGATORY [...] (C) Over the past three years investments in the Bolivian gas fields have been minimal; this is changing, as companies have begun to make significant investments to guarantee enough gas for both domestic demand and exports to Brazil (with any excess going to Argentina). Moments of optimism [...]	2009-06-30 14:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ977	BOLIVIA: DPRK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) As per reftel, PolOff on June 29 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Desk Officer Yuri Arce regarding threats posed by North Korea's nuclear weapon, ballistic missile, WMD, and conventional weapons programs. PolOff informed Arce of the resolution and that purchase of all weapons system [...]	2009-06-30 20:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC MTCRE KN BL
09LAPAZ981	GOB DELAYS, DENIES ISSUANCE OF OFFICIAL VISAS [...] (C) Summary: Since September 2008, the Bolivian government has increasingly delayed, and in some cases denied, issuance of official visas to incoming USG personnel. While the majority of visa requests are still granted without significant delay, a higher percentage of applications than normal [...]	2009-07-01 14:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR OFDP OTRABL
09LEIPZIG15	RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS WIN MINOR GAINS IN EASTERN GERMANY'S [...] (U) The right-wing extremist "National Democratic Party of Germany" (NPD) achieved minor gains in the June 7 communal elections in the eastern states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia, had an increase in support in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V) from .08 to 3.2 percent of the vote statewid [...]	2009-07-02 08:32:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV GM
09LEIPZIG26	SPD POSITIONED AS KINGMAKER IN THURINGIA COALITION DILEMMA [...] (SBU) The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered a severe blow in the Thuringia state elections August 30, losing its absolute majority. This has been interpreted as a setback on the national level as well, since the CDU came up short of being able to form a coalition with its preferred par [...]	2009-08-31 16:04:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GM
09LEIPZIG27	CDU-FDP TO FORM COALITION IN SAXONY [...] (U) The Free Democratic Party (FDP) having won 10 percent of the vote in Saxony state elections August 30, is primed to replace the Social Democratic Party (SPD) here as preferred coalition partner for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),which won 40.2 percent. The SDP's poor results at 10 p [...]	2009-08-31 16:33:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GM
09LEIPZIG28	THURINGIA ELECTION AFTERMATH: CALLS FOR A GRAND COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Having lost its absolute majority in the August 30 state elections, Thuringia's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) may resort to pushing Minister-President Dieter Althaus aside to increase its chances of forming a coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD). A CDU-SPD coali [...]	2009-09-02 14:11:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GM
09LIBREVILLE104	GABON: DEATH OF FIRST LADY EDITH BONGO [...] (U) Gabon has announced an indefinite mourning period for Edith Bongo Ondimba, the wife of Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba and the daughter of Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Edith Bongo died March 14 in Rabat, Morocco, after a protracted but undi [...]	2009-03-16 15:03:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE113	GABON: FIRST LADY COMMEMORATED AFTER DEATH [...] (C) Ten African heads of state attended the funeral of 45-year old Edith Lucie Bongo Ondimba, wife of Gabonese president El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba and daughter of President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo, in Libreville on March 18. In addition to Bongo and Sassou Nguesso, the [...]	2009-03-23 14:30:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZF XY GB
09LIBREVILLE134	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: TWO SOLDIERS DEAD AFTER [...] An apparent personal altercation ended in a fatal shootout between two soldiers on guard duty at Prime Minister Rapheal Branco's government compound in the early morning hours of April 2. In the midst of an argument between the two soldiers, one soldier shot the other in the chest and was kil [...]	2009-04-03 10:54:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC TP
09LIBREVILLE138	Gabon's Health Sector in Crisis [...] (SBU) The crisis affecting Gabon's health care system since the beginning of a sector-wide strike in early January appears to have subsided somewhat, with workers resuming essential services. Government and the striking workers remain at odds over fundamental issues, however, as declining reven [...]	2009-04-03 11:54:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI GB
09LIBREVILLE139	SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - UPDATE ON MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Senior political leadership in Sao Tome and Principe (STP),including the president and prime minister, remain committed to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) threshold program but frustrated over what they perceive as a lack of progress. MCC Threshold Programs Director Malik Ch [...]	2009-04-06 09:50:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD ECON KMCA TP
09LIBREVILLE14	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - GABON [...] Per reftel, following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Gabon. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Gabon is generally open to foreign investment, with foreign firms controlling the country's three main sources of inco [...]	2009-01-13 10:56:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC USTR KTDB EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE15	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE [...] Per reftel, following is the Investment Climate Statement for Sao Tome and Principe. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. While the Government of Sao Tome and Principe (GoSTP) has a positive attitude toward foreign investment, cu [...]	2009-01-13 11:00:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC USTR KTDB EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV TP
09LIBREVILLE152	GABON: OIL REFINERY STRIKE LEADS TO FUEL SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) A threatened labor action in Gabon's critical oil sector came to fruition March 13 when employees of SOGARA, the country's only oil refinery, went on strike. According to Sylvain Pamlou, spokesperson for the Organization Nationale des Employees du Petrole (ONEP),the union representing th [...]	2009-04-14 07:03:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB ECON EPET GB
09LIBREVILLE16	GABON: DETAINED NGO LEADERS OUT ON BAIL [...] (C) Five NGO leaders and others arrested by Gabonese authorities in a December 31, 2008, crackdown (reftels) were released on bail January 12. The two most prominent detainees appeared initially to be in good physical condition. In a wide-ranging press conference days before the release, th [...]	2009-01-13 13:16:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE195	GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO, SERIOUSLY ILL, "SUSPENDS" [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, who we believe was hospitalized on May 4, was discharged on the night of May 6-7 but remains gravely ill, according to well-informed medical sources. Informed speculation is that the president may be suffering from some form of cancer, compl [...]	2009-05-07 13:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB ASEC
09LIBREVILLE210	GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO SAID TO BE RECEIVING [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, who is seriously ill, is said to be receiving medical treatment in Europe. His precise location is unknown, although he appears to have traveled first to Spain, and may be receiving treatment there. His prognosis is uncertain. Unease is gr [...]	2009-05-14 15:31:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GB SP
09LIBREVILLE22	GABON: WORRIES PERSIST OVER BONGO,S HEALTH [...] (C) Embassy visitors calling on a mid-ranking official at Gabon's presidential palace January 14 caught a rare glimpse of an extremely frail President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba being lifted into his presidential Rolls Royce en route to a ceremonial opening of the latest session of the Gabones [...]	2009-01-15 15:19:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE220	GABON AFTER PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Africa's longest-serving head of state, is gravely ill. Following is Embassy Libreville's analysis of the prospects for succession and stability in Gabon, and the likely impact on U.S. interests. End Summary. ------------------------------ [...]	2009-05-20 10:42:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR GB FR
09LIBREVILLE23	GABON: BONGO'S NEW GOVERNMENT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE [...] (SBU) Following weeks of public hints that a government shakeup was imminent, Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba announced a modest cabinet reshuffle January 14. The already-bloated cabinet grew from 43 to 48 positions (including deputy ministers). The new government, while it doe [...]	2009-01-15 15:28:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE230	GABON'S CHINESE-BACKED 3.6 BILLION IRON MINE PROJECT AT A [...] (SBU) Since Gabon's May 2008 agreement with Chinese authorities for the development of Gabon's rich Belinga iron ore deposit (Ref. B),preliminary infrastructure work has stalled and no further activities are underway. Unofficial reports from government, diplomatic, and NGO sources cite the c [...]	2009-05-22 07:08:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EMIN PGOV GB CH
09LIBREVILLE232	Gabon: Discontent May Close Schools Early [...] (U) Since tense negotiations ended a primary and secondary teachers' strike in December 2008, the problems facing Gabon's education sector have multiplied and spread to higher education. University professors are now on strike, demanding better pay and working conditions, and their colleagues a [...]	2009-05-22 07:08:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB SOCI PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE235	GABON RESPONSE TO KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 14:13:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GB KV
09LIBREVILLE238	GABONESE TEACHERS POSTPONE STRIKE AS GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Acting to avoid a debilitating teacher's strike (Ref. A),the Gabonese Government finally delivered a long-promised salary supplement on May 28. However, the main teachers' union warned that a strike is still possible if the government fails to pay 2000-5000 teachers who still have not ye [...]	2009-05-28 15:47:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI GB
09LIBREVILLE239	GABON: ANTI-CORRUPTION NGO MEETS WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) An international delegation from the NGO Publish What You Pay (PWYP) met with senior Gabonese government officials recently to discuss transparency in the oil, mining and timber industries and alleged mistreatment of local PWYP officials. The delegation reported that their meetings were [...]	2009-05-28 16:02:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE245	GABON: REGIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Gabon is concerned about the future of the MICOPAX peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, maritime security, potential Hezbollah activity in West and Central Africa, and other issues, Defense Minister Ali Bongo Ondimba told the Ambassador in a wide-ranging conversation. End [...]	2009-06-02 16:22:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR GB FR
09LIBREVILLE246	GABON: POLITICAL SCENE IN FLUX WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Gabon's political scene remains in flux with President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba hospitalized with a serious illness in Spain and his son the Defense Minister (and possible heir-apparent) Ali Bongo visibly weakened after recent hospitalization for an intestinal problem. Ali's half-siste [...]	2009-06-02 16:22:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM FR GB
09LIBREVILLE256	GABON CLAIMS NIGER DELTA MILITANTS IN SAO TOME [...] (C) Gabon's defense minister claims that a senior official in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) recently told him that militants from Nigeria's Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) have infiltrated the Portuguese-speaking island nation off Nigeria's coast. Meanwhile, in Gabon, of [...]	2009-06-04 12:15:00	Embassy Libreville	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL MARR SNAR GB TP NI
09LIBREVILLE262	GABONESE FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS IRAN [...] (C) According to the French Ambassador to Gabon, Gabonese Foreign Minister Paul Toungui recently visited Tehran where he and Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki talked about visas, improving economic relations, and establishing regular talks between Gabon and Iran. The French Ambassador said tha [...]	2009-06-05 09:46:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB IR
09LIBREVILLE269	EMBASSY GABON'S OUTREACH FOR THE PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) In response to REFTEL, post hosted twelve local religious leaders at the Ambassador,s residence to watch the speech delivered at Cairo University on June 4. Reactions to the speech were uniformly positive. Post specifically targeted religious leaders, with the majority being influential [...]	2009-06-08 17:37:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL
09LIBREVILLE270	PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO DEAD AT 1430 LOCAL [...] (U) Gabonese officials have confirmed that President Omar Bongo Ondimba passed away on June 8 at 1430 Gabonese time. The Government of Gabon has announced a 30-day period of mourning. There are no details on the funeral yet. The Gabonese military is on alert, the international airport is clo [...]	2009-06-08 17:37:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB SP FR
09LIBREVILLE276	GABON THE DAY AFTER: LIBREVILLE QUIET, SUCCESSION [...] (U) The post-Omar Bongo era has begun. Prime Minister Eyeghe Ndong returned to Libreville from Barcelona to push along the constitutionally-mandated succession process. Following the articles of succession in the constitution, the Council of Ministers unanimously voted to refer the question o [...]	2009-06-09 16:49:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PREL GB FR SP TP
09LIBREVILLE281	GABON: U.S. INTERESTS IN THE POST-BONGO ERA [...] (C) About a dozen African heads of state, French President Sarkozy, AU Chair Jean Ping and other luminaries are expected in Libreville for Gabonese President Omar Bongo's June 16 state funeral. Drawing on our excellent condolence message, any U.S. delegation should honor Bongo's memory and f [...]	2009-06-12 11:53:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE288	GABON: DYNAMICS OF OMAR BONGO'S FUNERAL [...] (C) President Omar Bongo's funeral was a solemn event marked by the presence of fourteen African heads of state and French President Sarkozy. In separate meetings with Interim President Rose Rogombe and Defense Minister Ali Bongo, the U.S. Presidential delegation emphasized the importance of [...]	2009-06-17 18:25:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB FR
09LIBREVILLE295	GABON: GOVERNMENT DISMISSED, REAPPOINTED, AND [...] (C) On June 19 Interim President Rose Francine Rogombe accepted the constitutionally-mandated resignation of Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong and the demission of the Cabinet of Ministers. Ndong was appointed hours later to head a transitional government that looks much like its predecessor. [...]	2009-06-22 16:29:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF GB
09LIBREVILLE3	GABON: NGO ACTIVISTS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED [...] (C) Marc Ona, other NGO activists and journalists arrested New Years' Eve are supposed to be released today according to Gabonese law (LIBREVILLE 002). In a status called "garde a vue", individuals can be held in police custody lawfully without formal charges against them for a total 72 hou [...]	2009-01-06 13:56:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE302	GABON: INTERIM PRESIDENT OPENS DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (U) Interim President Rose Rogombe announced June 20 that she would launch a dialogue and consultations with Gabon,s political and civic actors to reach consensus concerning the election of Gabon,s next President. Her consultations began three days later with the leadership of the ruling Democ [...]	2009-06-25 16:30:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE307	JOINT GABONESE-CHINESE MEDICAL-MILITARY EXERCISE [...] (C) SUMMARY. From June 21-28, "Angel of Peace 2009," a joint Gabonese-Chinese medical-military exercise took place in Ogooue Ivindo province, the location of the proposed $3 billion Chinese-funded Belinga iron mining project (Reftel). Notably, the formal ceremony included a simulation of an ex [...]	2009-06-29 15:49:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PMIL PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE310	GABON: ANNULLED SCHOOL YEAR AVERTED... FOR NOW [...] (C) The possibile annulment of the 2008-2009 school year was resolved between the teachers and Gabonese Government on June 27. President Omar Bongo had been the arbiter of union demands and ended most lingering strikes. Without his intervention, the teachers' stike continued until the Prime [...]	2009-06-30 14:03:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE318	GABON: NO DATE YET FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT [...] (C) Preparations for Gabon's presidential election are underway, including the revision of electoral lists and determining the number of local electoral commissions. However, an election date has not yet been determined and there is broad agreement across the political spectrum that more time [...]	2009-07-06 12:58:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE321	GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STEP FORWARD [...] (U) Gabon,s election is shaping up to be the country,s first truly comprehensive election since independence. The ruling Democratic Party of Gabon (PDG) announced last week a July 4 deadline for submission of names of presidential candidates from the party's membership. In total, there are t [...]	2009-07-07 16:10:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE323	GABON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BY SEPTEMBER 6 [...] (C) The Constitutional Court ruled on July 8 after declaring the existence of a "force majeure," that the upcoming presidential election must occur no later than September 6 The ruling Democratic Party of Gabon has missed its self-imposed July 8 date to announce its candidate from among ten [...]	2009-07-09 13:45:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE344	GABON: VOTER REGISTRATION CLOSED, MINISTER OF [...] (C) Voter registration for Gabon's upcoming presidential election ended on July 22 after being extended an extra day due to higher-than-expected demand. Long lines and early closings of registration offices have fueled complaints by citizens and political opponents to the ruling party. Casami [...]	2009-07-23 16:14:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE349	GABON: WHO'S WHO OF THE FRONT-RUNNING [...] (C) With the race for the Gabonese presidency underway, there are a number of presidential hopefuls who will remain important throughout the election cycle. The full roster of candidates, 23 in all, contains only a handful of legitimate contenders to succeed Omar Bongo. This cable identifies [...]	2009-07-29 12:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE36	GABON: PRISON UPRISING EXPOSES DEPLORABLE [...] (C) An uprising at Libreville's Central Prison January 19 left three prisoners dead and several wounded before authorities restored order. Trouble started when prisoners took four guards hostage in a protest over filthy living conditions and lengthy pretrial detention. The government's inter [...]	2009-01-26 05:21:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE365	SAO TOME: ELECTION TIMING UNRESOLVED, ECONOMIC [...] (C) Dates for country-wide National Assembly and Presidential elections in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) are unresolved due to the severe lack of funds of the Sao Tomean Government. Originally scheduled for summer 2009, the Government announced in June that it did not have the required 2 millio [...]	2009-08-05 13:16:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PGOV PREL TP
09LIBREVILLE368	GABON: ELECTION MISCELLANY [...] (C) As Gabon enters into an unprecedented period in its history, Gabonese politics also struggles to define the norms for the first truly unpredictable political landscape in 41 years. New election tactics like the use of short messaging services (SMS) and billboards are prompting local debate [...]	2009-08-06 15:31:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE38	GABON: ACTIVISTS SAY GOVERNMENT TRUMPED UP [...] (C) The Ambassador met January 16 with two Gabonese NGO leaders under investigation for an alleged plot to undermine state security. Marc Ona and Georges Mpaga, arrested on New Year's Eve, were released January 12 but are still subject to a lengthy investigation and trial. Neither is free to [...]	2009-01-26 11:00:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SOCI GB
09LIBREVILLE386	GABON: ELECTION OBSERVATION UPDATE [...] (C) The African Union (AU) pre-election evaluation delegation led by Dr. Albert Tevoedjre, Mediator of Benin, visited Libreville the week of August 10. The delegation included former ministerial-level and election commission officials from Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritius. Sent by AU Peace [...]	2009-08-14 13:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE387	GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN FULL SWING: ALI [...] (C) Gabon,s two week presidential campaign period officially started August 15 with launch rallies held by most, if not all, 23 candidates in Libreville. Also on the eve of the campaign Bongo stepped down as Defense Minister. Quickly establishing himself as the spending forerunner, ruling PDG [...]	2009-08-19 15:57:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE388	GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN FULL SWING; ALI [...] (C) Gabon's two week presidential campaign period officially started August 15 with launch rallies held by most, if not all, 23 candidates in Libreville. Also on the eve of the campaign Bongo stepped down as Defense Minister. Quickly establishing himself as the spending forerunner, ruling PDG [...]	2009-08-19 16:07:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE389	GABON: ELECTION MISCELLANY II [...] (C) The jockeying for position and desire for votes by the candidates of the Gabonese presidency has steadily risen in intensity. Bruno Ben Moubamba, an independent candidate, is in the sixth day of a hunger strike to protest irregularities regarding the Constitutional Court and electoral list [...]	2009-08-21 13:55:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE39	GABON: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] In Gabon, the problem of child labor in Gabon is closely linked to trafficking in persons, and efforts to combat the worst forms of child labor are merged with efforts to combat child trafficking. This identification is supported by the limited data available. This includes a 1998/99 ILO/IPEC [...]	2009-01-30 12:01:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM PGOV SOCI GB
09LIBREVILLE395	GABON: IS THE VOTERS LIST INFLATED? [...] (C) Independent candidate Bruno Ben Moubamba was hospitalized briefly on August 22 in the 7th day of his hunger strike (reftel). He returned to his spot at the entrance of the National Assembly after being treated and is now drinking juices. Prior to the start of the hunger strike Moubamba [...]	2009-08-25 13:14:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE397	GABON: JEAN PING SENDS AN AU WISEMAN TO [...] (C) In addition to sending an election observer team to Gabon, African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commission President Jean Ping also dispatched a high-level envoy to facilitate a smooth transition to the new President. Former Senegalese Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse called on the Ambas [...]	2009-08-28 12:47:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE398	GABON: SECURITY ISSUES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Libreville is calm and will likely remain so in the leadup to the August 30 presidential election. For the first time in 41 years the Gabonese will not have Omar Bongo as the shoo-in candidate. Since the rules that applied under Omar Bongo's presidency are now in flux, security and peacef [...]	2009-08-28 15:02:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE399	GABON: A PARTING SHOT BEFORE THE ELECTION [...] (C) Two days before Gabonese go to the polls, twenty-three candidates are still officially in the race for the presidency. Despite press reports of discussions between eleven opposition and independent candidates to support Andre Mba Obame, no alliances have formed to strengthen support for o [...]	2009-08-28 20:08:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE40	GABON: GLIMPSES OF RULING PARTY TENSION IN SENATE [...] (U) The ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) won an unsurprising and overwhelming victory in the January 18 senatorial election, despite ongoing internal party strife. Winning 75 of the 102 senate seats, many of the PDG candidates ran uncontested. Gabonese senators are chosen by a college o [...]	2009-01-30 14:09:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE405	GABON: ALI DECLARED WINNER, LIBREVILLE LOCKED [...] (C) The Gabonese Electoral Commission declared Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba, the ruling party candidate, the winner of the presidential election on September 3. Gabonese security forces dispersed a crowd of an estimated 2000 supporters of various opposition leaders who had gathered in a downtown ar [...]	2009-09-03 15:09:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE412	GABON: THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: DOUBTS ABOUT [...] (C) Gabon,s presidential election process continues to move forward. On September 4, Ali Bongo Ondimba was announced as the winner of the August 30 presidential election (Reftel). Opposition requests for an independent vote count were rejected. Losing candidates have 15 days (until Septembe [...]	2009-09-11 10:08:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE416	GABON: PRESIDENT-ELECT BONGO'S WHISTLE STOP REGIONAL TOUR [...] (U) Gabon's President-elect Ali Bongo Ondimba has spent the last several days visiting heads of state in the Central Africa region. On September 11, Bongo met with Cameroonian President Paul Biya in Yaounde and President Denis Sassou Nguessou in Congo-Brazzaville. On September 12, he was receiv [...]	2009-09-15 11:32:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AO CD CF CG CM EK GB
09LIBREVILLE421	GABON: OPPOSITION IN DISSARAY FOLLOWING THE [...] (C) The Gabonese opposition has been unable to present a meaningful challenge to the results of the August 30 election despite lingering questions about the legitimacy of the vote count. With 18 candidates on election day, the opposition's failure to coordinate split the vote, giving Ali Bongo [...]	2009-09-18 10:31:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
09LIBREVILLE430	GABON: OPPOSITION ORGANIZES TO PRESENT THEIR CASE [...] (C) A 19-member delegation representing Gabon's political opposition presented their case against the election of Ali Bongo Ondimba to the Ambassador on September 25. The opposition is using its newly-found united front with foreign embassies and international missions to underscore their arg [...]	2009-09-25 15:18:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE431	GABON: PROBLEMS ARISING OVER PRESIDENTIAL RECOUNT [...] (U) Summary: Gabon's Constitutional Court announced its plans to review the government's vote tallies and other challenges to President-elect Ali Bongo Ondimba's victory, but opposition concerns with the court's methodology could delay the process. The opposition wants the court to compare th [...]	2009-09-29 15:09:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GB
09LIBREVILLE460	GABON: ALI BONGO INSTALLATION, IMPLICATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ali Bongo Ondimba, the son of former President Omar Bongo who ruled Gabon for 41 years, will be formally inaugurated as the country's fourth president on October 16. The Constitutional Court's validation of the August 30 election results on October 11 and Bongo's installation end [...]	2009-10-15 15:18:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB EK
09LIBREVILLE466	GABON: NEW FACES IN LEANER ALI BONGO CABINET, PART [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ali Bongo Ondimba era has begun in Gabon with the naming of a new cabinet. President Bongo lived up to a campaign promise, cutting more than 15 senior positions in the government and consolidating a number of ministries. New and younger faces now head the remaining ministries [...]	2009-10-19 16:47:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE467	GABON: ALI BONGO ARRESTS KEY PLAYERS IN REGIONAL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly installed Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba recalled Philibert Andzembe, the Governor of the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC),who is Gabonese, in the wake of revelations about the $82 million financial scandal. Press sources are reporting that two other [...]	2009-10-20 14:47:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCOR GB
09LIBREVILLE471	GABON: ALI BONGO TRAVELS REGIONALLY, DEALS WITH LOCAL [...] SUMMARY. President Ali Bongo Ondimba wasted no time after his inauguration to travel regionally in an effort to establish his credentials outside of Gabon. President Bongo travelled to the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo where he met with s [...]	2009-10-26 13:28:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE481	GABON: PPRESIDENT ALI BONGO CHANGES WAY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Ali Bongo's changes to the government are shaking up the way Gabon does business. His efforts look to streamline the government and focused its agenda. He continues to eliminate "dead-weight" positions throughout the government. He has capped the maximum public secto [...]	2009-11-02 14:33:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE485	GABON AND SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] Summary: The U.S. has a strong bilateral military cooperation relationship with both Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe. There are no established bilateral security dialogues between the U.S. and either country. Military and security cooperation is conducted through daily interactions with our [...]	2009-11-05 05:28:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS GB STP
09LIBREVILLE495	GABON: NATIONAL PARKS FACING SIGNIFICANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Gabon's newly-appointed director of the National Parks Agency (ANPN),biologist and environmentalist Dr. Lee White, reviewed the current status of the parks authority, anticipated next steps to develop eco-tourism and the parks, and provided a general background on the status of [...]	2009-11-12 07:18:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE498	GABON: SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. FOOD SECURITY OBJECTIVES [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 07:03:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE499	GABON: GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE [...] SUMMARY. Ali Bongo's new cabinet spent the weekend of November 7-9 at an off-site seminar in Lope National Park, located several hours by train from Libreville. The Prime Minister and members of government were tasked by President Bongo to develop a road map for "Emerging Gabon: Building a Sh [...]	2009-11-16 11:27:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE501	SAO TOME: LETTER FROM MENEZES CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] On November 12 the Embassy received a letter dated October 10 from Sao Tome and Principe President Fradique Menezes for President Obama conveying congratulations for the award of the Nobel Peace Prize. 2. The translated letter reads as follows: Dear Mr. President, It is with great plea [...]	2009-11-16 13:25:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TP
09LIBREVILLE508	GABON: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: Post provides the following response keyed to questions in ref A. Gabon's new government has demonstrated an energized commitment to combating trafficking in persons. During the reporting period (February-November),the deaths of Gabon's First Lady Edith Bongo in March and President [...]	2009-11-17 14:07:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN KCRM SMIG GB
09LIBREVILLE510	GABON: SEVERAL INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS ARE SUSPENDED FOR [...] (U). Summary: After several months of a more open press environment during Gabon's political transition, the National Council for Communication (CNC) suspended six independent newspapers from one to three months for "violations of the principles of professional ethics." Several of the suspend [...]	2009-11-18 14:12:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR KPAO PINS SOCI GB TP

09LIBREVILLE538	GABON: RULING PARTY LOSING GROUND IN OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gabon's ruling Democratic Party is on the verge of losing its only toehold in Port Gentil, the country's second largest commercial center and opposition stronghold. Port Gentil's current mayor, Andre Jules Ndjambe, is likely to be ousted in the next week after losing the confide [...]	2009-12-09 05:00:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB

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