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09COTONOU470	BENIN: MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL ASSOCIATION QUESTIONS THE [...] (U) The Association of Muslim Intellectuals petitioned the National Assembly on September 17 to express concern that the government uses state prerogatives for religious proselytizing. Citing Article 8 of the Constitution, which provides for equal access of citizens to health, culture, informat [...]	2009-10-01 10:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BN

09COTONOU480	BENIN: POLITICAL UPDATE [...] Content: -- Opposition leaders protest against the arrest of the Mayor of Dangbo -- Opposition parties boycott events of International Day of Peace. ---------------------------------- Opposition leaders protest against the arrest of the Mayor of Dangbo --------------------------- [...]	2009-10-15 10:22:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU523	BENIN: CLERK OF COURT STEALS MONEY PLACED UNDER SEAL [...] (U) During the official ceremony for the re-opening of the Abomey Court of Appeals (central Benin) on October 28, the Minister of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights, Victor Topanou, told the audience that Court Clerk, Nazaire Alia, allegedly stole 11 million CFA (approximately USD 22,000 ) p [...]	2009-11-02 05:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR BN
09COTONOU546	BENIN: TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS AT THE UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 13:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA BN
09COTONOU547	BENIN: GOB VERIFIES CIVIL SERVANTS' DIPLOMAS [...] (U) On November 3, the Minister of Labor and Civil Service, Charles Kint Aguiar, submitted to the Council of Ministers the latest findings as reported by the National Committee for the verification of Civil Servants and Military personnel's diplomas. The Committee handled a total of 646 cases o [...]	2009-11-17 13:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCOR BN
09COTONOU57	BENIN: LOCAL NGO ISSUES ALTERNATIVE REPORT ON THE STATE OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 15, Joseph Djogbenou, the President of Human Rights, Peace and Development NGO (DHPD-ONG) publicly presented an Alternative Report on the State of the Nation in response to President Yayi's December 30, 2008 State of the Nation Address (Reftel). Djogbenou said that Presi [...]	2009-02-20 08:29:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN PHUM BN
09COTONOU574	BENIN: PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF WAY FORWARD IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 14:05:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AF PK BN
09COTONOU579	BENIN: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 13:09:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM UNGA BN
09COTONOU580	BENIN: SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Deputy Director for International Institutions Thierry Alia and delivered points reftel on December 4, 2009. Alia, whose most recent prior assignment was in the human rights office at the Ministry of Justice, said that Benin has been a democracy since the end of the "rev [...]	2009-12-07 13:10:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM BN
09COTONOU581	BENIN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WORLD BANK RESREP [...] (U) Ambassador Knight met with the outgoing World Bank Resident Representative (ResRep) Joseph Baah-Dwomoh on November 10. Baah-Dwomoh shared his impressions as he prepares to leave Cotonou after three years. Baah-Dwomoh is currently responsible for Benin and Togo, but he said that there would [...]	2009-12-07 13:10:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID BN
09COTONOU582	BENIN: BELGIAN MILITARY COOPERATION REDUCED [...] (U) Poloff met Belgian military attache Georges Reinders on November 17 to discuss recent reports that Belgium is ending military cooperation with the Beninese Armed Forces. He explained that a new government came to power in Brussels in January 2009, and a new chief of defense was named on Ap [...]	2009-12-08 10:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PREL KPKO BN
09COTONOU586	BENIN: PRESIDENT KICKS OFF IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. On November 19, President Yayi inaugurated implementation of Benin's Permanent Computerized Voter Registry project (French: Liste Electorale Permanente Informatisee - LEPI) scheduled to start on November 23 with a National Extended Electoral Census (French: Recensement Electoral Na [...]	2009-12-10 12:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM BN
09COTONOU587	BENIN: GOB RELEASES CHILD LABOR SURVEY [...] On November 24, the Minister in Charge of Institutional Relations Zakari Baba Bodi, the Director of the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis Cosme Vodounou, and International Labor Organization representatives officially released a National Survey on Child Labor during a pub [...]	2009-12-10 15:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREL ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP BN
09COTONOU91	BENIN: INPUT TO CI/KR LIST [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 07:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP BN
09COTONOU92	BENIN: U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 07:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU95	IMF ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS ON BENIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Resident Representative (resrep)of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Koffi Yao presented the IMF report on the world financial crisis, its impact on Sub-Saharan Africa and the probable avenues of transmission of negative effects on Benin at the World Bank's Cotonou headqua [...]	2009-03-16 10:16:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
09DAKAR1027	SENEGAL: RELIGIOUS BROTHERHOODS' GROWING INFLUENCE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal's public universities have enjoyed a long history of religious tolerance and secularism. During the past decade, however, they have witnessed an unprecedented growth of religious identity and expression. The dominance and influence of Sufi Muslim brotherhoods and the l [...]	2009-08-07 12:07:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KDEM SOCI PHUM SG
09DAKAR1069	CONFLICTING MESSAGES ABOUT WADE'S MONUMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Details have continued to emerge regarding Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's project for a "Monument of the African Renaissance." To pay off the North Korean firm that is constructing the monument, a valuable tract of land is said to have been given to Mbackeou Faye, one of [...]	2009-08-19 13:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM XY PU
09DAKAR1362	GUINEA-BISSAU CABINET RESHUFFLE: PM CONSOLIDATES HIS POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, Prime Minister Carlos "Cadogo" Gomes, Jr. finally reshuffled his cabinet after announcing he would do so during the June-July presidential campaign. As he pledged last week in a Lisbon press conference, he promised a smaller government, ostensibly to rein in gove [...]	2009-11-02 07:51:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM HDP SG
09DAKAR1496	GUINEA-BISSAU: OPPOSITION PRS PARTY DISCRETE FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 16:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM HDP SG
09DAKAR1504	CORRECTED COPY: GUINEA-BISSAU: OPPOSITION PRS PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with PolOff, Ibrahim Sori Djalo, Interim President of the opposition Party for Social Renovation (PRS) and Augusto Poquena, PRS Secretary General, started off describing their party's cooperation with the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and C [...]	2009-12-10 11:13:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM HDP SG
09DAKAR290	SENEGAL'S KARIM WADE - THE HEIR APPARENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: With local elections less than three weeks away, the country has entered a period of intense campaigning. One of the key battles will be in Dakar, where President Abdoulaye Wade has finally made a move to slip his son Karim into the political arena by including him on his party's [...]	2009-03-09 09:42:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ECON PINR KDEM SOCI SG
09DAKAR412	SENEGAL MARITIME SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Following meetings with senior officials of the Senegalese Armed Forces, the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA),and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),Post concludes that Senegal's maritime security remains sparse. The Senegalese Navy is among the [...]	2009-03-31 13:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL SU KPKO SG
09DAKAR479	SENEGAL'S ISLAMIC BANK IS READY TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) Summary: As reported in Reftel, Senegal's banking sector will likely consolidate around a number of big, international banks in the coming years. However, the Banque Islamique du Senegal (BIS),is bucking that trend and has plans to gain market share throughout Senegal. During an Apri [...]	2009-04-15 13:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON SA SG
09DAKAR667	Senegal: Key figures in Wade's new cabinet [...] (SBU) On May 1, President Abdoulaye Wade revealed a new cabinet in response to his party's heavy losses following local elections. Aside from a new Prime Minister, the President appointed his son Karim as a "Super Minister" who will handle international cooperation, land use, infrastructure, an [...]	2009-05-29 15:37:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM ECON SG
09DAMASCUS10	GAZA: SARKOZY LOOKING FOR SARG SUPPORT OF [...] (C) Summary: French DCM Nicolas Suran (strictly protect) confirmed January 4 that President Sarkozy would visit Damascus January 6 for three hours (approximately 10 am to 1 pm). Sarkozy would arrive after spending the previous day in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Ramallah. Sarkozy would then dep [...]	2009-01-05 13:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL FR SY
09DAMASCUS106	RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: SYRIA AND HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Consensus is lacking on the extent of Syrian influence over Hamas; some believe the landlord-tenant relationship gives Syria decisive leverage. Others see a Syrian-Iranian rivalry and give Iran with its financial resources an advantage. SARG officials argue that they deal with [...]	2009-02-03 16:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IR SY
09DAMASCUS11	PROTESTERS HARASSING EGYPTIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS, [...] (C) Summary: Charge called on Egyptian Ambassador Shawky Ismail December 31 to compare notes and express solidarity. Ismail reviewed his Embassy's security problems, accused Syria of coordinating with Tehran and Hizballah to exploit the Gaza crisis, and explained Egypt's proposal for moving t [...]	2009-01-05 13:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS ASEC KPAL EG SY
09DAMASCUS114	IRAQI KURDS REBUFF SYRIAN KURDISH ACTIVIST'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: We met with a Damascus-based Kurdish activist on February 3 who had smuggled herself from Syria into Kurdistan, Iraq on November 22, 2008 to solicit support from a range of Kurdish parties, including the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),[...]	2009-02-08 15:48:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ SY
09DAMASCUS126	REFORMATTED COPY OF DAMASCUS 125 - RE-ENGAGING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Direct U.S. engagement with Syria is unlikely to yield near-term breakthroughs in Syrian-Lebanese relations, but a U.S.-Syrian dialogue provides an opportunity to cooperate with France and other European countries to ensure Syria hears a more consistent message on the importa [...]	2009-02-12 08:21:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV LE IS IR SY
09DAMASCUS132	SCENESETTER FOR CODELS CARDIN, BERMAN, AND KERRY [...] (C) Summary: Chairman Cardin, Chairman Berman, and Chairman Kerry, Embassy Damascus is looking forward to your mid-February visits. You should expect an enthusiastic reception by government officials of the Syrian Arab Republic (SARG) and from the media, who will interpret your presence as a [...]	2009-02-12 14:26:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETRD ECON PTER PREF PAUM PARM KWBG LE
09DAMASCUS14	UNWRA SAYS SARG RESTRAINING HAMAS EFFORTS TO [...] (C) UNWRA Country Director Panos Moumtzis (strictly protect) told us January 5 that tensions among Fatah and Gaza factions had increased dramatically in Syrian Palestinian refugee camps. Syrian security services had restrained Hamas leaders from organizing demonstrations and had beefed up se [...]	2009-01-05 14:24:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREF PHUM KPAL SY
09DAMASCUS142	RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: ENTERING THE SYRIAN SPIN MACHINE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 16:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO IZ IS SY
09DAMASCUS147	ASAD TELLS CODEL BERMAN SYRIA READY FOR PEACE, [...] (C) Summary: President Asad's February 21 meeting with CODEL Berman focused on the need for frank dialogue between the two countries, U.S. concerns about Syria's relations with Hamas, Iran, and Hizballah, and Syria's desire for an American umbrella in a comprehensive regional peace process. [...]	2009-02-24 13:51:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV PTER PHUM IR IS IZ SY
09DAMASCUS148	CONGRESSMAN BERMAN MEETS WITH DAMASCUS DECLARATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a pull-aside meeting at a February 21 reception hosted by CDA at the Ambassador's Residence, Representative Howard Berman, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) and HFAC Senior Professional Staff Member Alan Makovsky met with Jumana Seif (strictly protect),th [...]	2009-02-24 13:53:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS149	SYRIA - SAUDI ARABIA: MOVING TOWARD NORMALIZATION? [...] (C) Summary: The Algerian ambassador provided his understanding February 25 of the sequencing of a normalization in ties between Syria and Saudi Arabia. Initiated by joint concern over Saudi jihadists on the loose, renewed contacts between the two have been expanded from the counter-terroris [...]	2009-02-25 15:51:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA SY
09DAMASCUS150	PARADE OF CODELS TO DAMASCUS: WHAT WORKS AND WHAT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 17:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SY
09DAMASCUS151	CORRECTED COPY (CLASSIFICATION) - PARADE OF CODELS [...] (S/NF) Since late January, Damascus has hosted four CODELs who in their sum total had more official face time with Syrian leaders than the Embassy has had in the last four years. All met with President Asad, FM Muallim, and Presidential Advisor Bouthaina Shabaan. All raised, in varying deg [...]	2009-02-25 18:10:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SY
09DAMASCUS159	KERRY - ASAD: SAUDIS MAY BE SOWING THE SEEDS OF [...] (C/NF) Summary: Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry asked President Bashar al-Asad February 21 about Syria's activities in Lebanon in the lead-up to Lebanese elections in June. Asad, clearly primed, demanded, "Saudi Arabia has spent millions of dollars in Le [...]	2009-02-27 13:22:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SA LE SY
09DAMASCUS165	CORRECTED ARREST DATE: CYBER-DISSIDENT TRIAL WILL [...] (C) Web journalist Habib Saleh, arrested on October 16, faced the Second Criminal Court in Damascus on December 1 to answer for articles posted on the internet deemed threateningly critical of the state. The judge in the case prevented the public from attending what was supposed to be an open [...]	2009-03-02 13:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
09DAMASCUS168	SARG DIRECTOR OF THE POLITICAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT [...] (S/NF) A European diplomat reported to us on March 2 that Major General Mohammad Mansurah, Director of the Political Security Department (PSD) and close associate of President Asad, was summarily fired in mid-January. This action is reportedly linked to the discovery of a smuggling ring being [...]	2009-03-03 12:07:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL ASEC SY
09DAMASCUS171	CORRECTED COPY (CLASSIFICATION) RE-ENGAGING SYRIA: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Washington's answer on Syria related questions -- our policy remains under review -- has all but ceded public discussion of our policy to the Syrian government. As the Department proceeds with its review of U.S. policy toward Syria, the Syrian government's media manipulation of Co [...]	2009-03-04 08:01:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL KPAO IZ IS SY
09DAMASCUS185	MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT SEEKING TO [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to assess the current activities of MJD in Syria and XXXXXXXXXXXX, we met XXXXXXXXXXXX with XXXXXXXXXXXX has connections to the Movement for Justice and Development (MJD). XXXXXXXXXXXX reported on the MJD's effort to expand in Syria and the current coordination between the [...]	2009-03-11 08:34:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS189	SYRIAN STOCK EXCHANGE OPENS...WITH THREE TRADES [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 09:06:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SY
09DAMASCUS192	FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Acting NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Near and Near Africa Dan Shapiro met Syrian FM Muallim on March 7 and urged him to help normalize operations for the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and the Syrian Embassy in Washington. In particular, they pressed Muallim to fac [...]	2009-03-15 04:19:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ASEC CASC ETRD ETTC SY
09DAMASCUS193	FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro stressed the strong U.S. commitment to achieving a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians and a comprehensive regional peace between Israel and its other neighbors. The U.S. emphasis was no longer on [...]	2009-03-15 04:19:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IS SY
09DAMASCUS194	FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: FM Muallim pronounced the Syrian regime's support of Lebanese independence and sovereignty, expressed a commitment to UNSCR 1701 implementation (while explicitly deferring discussion of Hizballah disarmament until a comprehensive peace settlement),and affirmed the Syrian reg [...]	2009-03-15 04:19:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE IS SY
09DAMASCUS195	FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM MUALLIM ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-15 04:19:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IR IS SY
09DAMASCUS196	FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Syrian FM Muallim and Acting NEA A/S Feltman each expressed support for a united, independent, stable, and secure Iraq. Muallim welcomed the U.S. President,s plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in a responsible fashion. Feltman pressed Muallim to do more in the spir [...]	2009-03-15 04:19:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ SY
09DAMASCUS198	FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MARCH 7 DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIAN FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro emphasized the strong U.S. commitment to achieving a two-state Israeli-Palestinian solution and providing humanitarian relief for Gazans, as demonstrated by the appointment of Special Envoy Mitchell and the U.S. pledg [...]	2009-03-15 05:37:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KWBG KPAL IS SY
09DAMASCUS202	NEW LEBANESE EMBASSY PERCHED ABOVE OUR COMPOUND [...] (SBU) The March 15 placement of a sign embossed with a cedar tree and Arabic lettering denoting the "Embassy of the Republic of Lebanon" paved the way for the official opening of Lebanon's "temporary" embassy on Monday, March 16. RSO locally employed staff (LES) learned the Lebanese Charg d,A [...]	2009-03-16 09:20:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC LE SY
09DAMASCUS210	HABIB SALEH SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Internet-dissident Habib Saleh was sentenced to three years in prison on March 15 by the Second Criminal Court in Damascus on the charges of weakening national sentiment. French, Canadian, Swedish, Norwegian, Swiss and Danish Embassy representatives were also present. The highe [...]	2009-03-18 15:34:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS218	SYRIAN DELEGATION'S MISSION TO BAGHDAD [...] (S/NF) According to a reliable Embassy source, a Syrian delegation consisting of FM Walid al-Muallim and Deputy Vice President for Security Affairs Muhammad Nassif Khayr-Bayk will arrive in Baghdad on March 24. The delegation's mission is to prepare for a meeting between Syrian President Basha [...]	2009-03-23 16:11:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IZ SY UK
09DAMASCUS224	QAMISHLI KURDS CELEBRATE NOWRUZ WITHOUT SARG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Qamishli's Kurds celebrated evening and daytime Nowruz events with only minor SARG harassment, as observed by PolEconoffs. Police and military presence was significant, but unlike last year, when three Kurds were killed and many others detained, there have been no reports of arr [...]	2009-03-25 13:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SY
09DAMASCUS226	ASAD AT AL SUMMIT: ASSERTING RIGHT OF ARAB [...] (S) Summary: Syria's Bashar Asad heads this week to the Arab League Summit in Doha seeking to support Qatar's efforts for a productive meeting and to assure moderate Arab states of Iran's desire for better relations. Syria's position on Sudan remains aligned with that of Qatar in support of [...]	2009-03-26 13:06:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL KPAL KWBG AL IS SU IR SY
09DAMASCUS228	QAMISHLI KURDS CELEBRATE NOWRUZ WITHOUT SARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hundreds of thousands of Kurds gathered throughout Syria on March 21, especially in the al-Jazira region, to participate in Nowruz, the ancient Kurdish and Persian celebration of the new solar year. At 18 different sites in al-Jazira alone, Kurds erected temporary tent cities, [...]	2009-03-26 13:52:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER SCUL SY
09DAMASCUS251	SYRIAN SCORE CARD: NO GRAND BARGAINS, BUT POSITIVE FIRST [...] (S/NF) Summary: Four weeks after Acting NEA A/S Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro met with Syrian FM Muallim (refs A-F),Syria has taken some positive steps to facilitate more normal Embassy operations, named an ambassador to Lebanon, and sent Muallim to Baghdad to discuss enhanced secu [...]	2009-04-06 13:01:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPAL PTER IZ LE IS SY
09DAMASCUS252	CODEL LYNCH MEETS ASAD, MUALLIM [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 13:02:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS SY
09DAMASCUS254	BUSINESSMAN OFFERS HIS SERVICES AS POLITICAL [...] (S/NF) During a March 30 courtesy call, a prominent Syrian businessman offered his services as a political interlocutor to the Syrian Foreign Minister, Director of Syrian Military Intelligence and Deputy Vice President for National Security Affairs. To establish his bona fides, he claimed to h [...]	2009-04-06 13:50:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL PTER SY
09DAMASCUS269	SYRIAN/LEBANESE BORDER MANAGEMENT CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Danish border management expert Lasse Rosenkrands, directly involved in an initial and follow-up review of the Lebanese border as mandated by UN Security Council resolution 1701, reported that Lebanon had made some progress in making technical and tactical security upgrades to the [...]	2009-04-09 14:24:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL LE SY
09DAMASCUS27	FM MUALLIM TELLS CODEL SPECTER BETTER U.S.-SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: In addition to sharing Syrian views about the situation in Gaza (ref B),FM Walid Muallim told Senator Arlen Specter December 30 the best way to change Iranian behavior related to its nuclear program was to remove the issue from the UN Security Council and pursue a monitoring sol [...]	2009-01-07 14:46:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR IZ LE SY
09DAMASCUS272	FOR AILING RIAD SEIF, RIAD AL-TURK AND DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Three members of the Damascus Declaration Secretariat General met with PolEconoffs on April 6 to register their concern over Riad Seif's declining health (ref A). Seif, one of the most prominent leaders in the Damascus Declaration movement and a cancer patient, is currently serv [...]	2009-04-09 15:12:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL SY
09DAMASCUS273	UK SEES MUALLIM TRIP TO IRAN AS ANOTHER POSITIVE [...] (S/NF) British DCM Irfan Saddiq (strictly protect) told us April 8 that British Foreign Minister of State (and MP) Bill Rammell raised Iraq and continuing concerns about foreign fighters with Syrian FM Muallim during their April 2 meeting. Muallim, who had just returned from Baghdad and Doh [...]	2009-04-09 15:15:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR IZ IR SY
09DAMASCUS274	CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION RATTLES BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (S) The recent imprisonment of a prominent businessman thought to be close to President Asad has rattled the Syrian business community. Although the high-profile arrest was not reported by Syrian media, Prime Minister Utri made a veiled reference to it in a daily newspaper, saying, "we will cu [...]	2009-04-09 15:18:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	ETRD EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS279	BOEING READOUT ON SYRIAN AIR'S DILEMMA [...] (C) A Boeing sales representative described Syrian Air execs as disappointed that his April 7-8 visit to Damascus did not portend an imminent change in U.S. sanctions law that would allow Syrian Air to purchase new aircraft from Boeing. He said that Syrian Air was confused about the extent of [...]	2009-04-14 14:49:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS294	DAM BREAKING ON SYRIAN SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (C) The U.S. sanctions regime against Syria has recently taken two hits that, if left unanswered, could significantly decrease a source of our leverage over the Syrian regime. In what is likely the most blatant violation of U.S. trade sanctions Post has observed, a Jordanian company delivered [...]	2009-04-22 12:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL JO SP SY
09DAMASCUS295	DAM BREAKING ON SYRIAN SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (C) The U.S. sanctions regime against Syria has recently taken two hits that, if left unanswered, could significantly decrease a source of our leverage over the Syrian regime. In what is likely the most blatant violation of U.S. trade sanctions Post has observed, a Jordanian company delivered [...]	2009-04-22 13:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL JO SP SY
09DAMASCUS298	FRENCH AND GERMAN EMBASSIES PREPARED TO REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jumana Seif (strictly protect),the daughter of prominent Damascus Declaration leader Riad Seif (ref A) who is serving a two and a half year prison sentence, met with PolEconoffs on April 22 to discuss her father's increasingly precarious health situation. She reported that the [...]	2009-04-23 09:06:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS300	LUXEMBOURG/SYRIAN FM'S TUSSLE OVER IRAN [...] (U) Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn visited Damascus April 22 and met with President Asad, VP Shara, and FM Muallim. According to press reports, the discussions between the two countries primarily focused on the finalization of the European Union/Syrian Association Agreement and on [...]	2009-04-23 14:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LU IR
09DAMASCUS301	LUXEMBOURG/SYRIAN FM'S TUSSLE OVER IRAN [...] (U) Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn visited Damascus April 22 and met with President Asad, VP Shara, and FM Muallim. According to press reports, the discussions between the two countries primarily focused on the finalization of the European Union/Syrian Association Agreement and on [...]	2009-04-23 14:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LU IR
09DAMASCUS306	BEHAVIOR REFORM: NEXT STEPS FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable represents a follow-up to "Re-engaging Syria: Human Rights" (ref A) and outlines ongoing civil society programming in the country, primarily under the auspices of the Bureau of Human Rights and Labor (DRL) and the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). Both MEPI and DRL [...]	2009-04-28 13:24:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS307	CENTRAL BANK ISSUES LICENSE FOR SYRIAN-IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) The Syrian-Iranian Commercial Bank (SICB) recently moved one step closer to opening its doors in Damascus. According to media reports corroborated by Post sources, the Central Bank of Syria issued a license authorizing three Iranian and two Syrian entities to establish the bank. The pr [...]	2009-04-29 03:44:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL PTER IR SY
09DAMASCUS309	PRESIDENT ASAD'S CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of rumors that President Bashar al-Asad would reshuffle his cabinet, he finally did so on April 23, appointing six new officials to Prime Minister Utri's cabinet. Asad tapped Judge Ahmad Hamud Yunis to be Minister of Justice; Tamer Fu,ad al-Hija as Minister of Local [...]	2009-04-29 11:25:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS32	SIGNS THAT HAMAS IS LOOKING CONFIDENTLY AT GAZA [...] (C) Summary: An American-Palestinian academic with regular access to Syrian MFA officials and Hamas leaders in Damascus reports Khalid Mesha'al believes Israel will be unable to sustain its ground operations long enough to inflict a decisive military defeat. He says MFA and Hamas contacts c [...]	2009-01-08 15:41:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG PTER IS SY
09DAMASCUS324	MURAD CUSTODY CASE: CONSUL GENERAL PRESENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Consul General met with the Syrian Director of Consular Affairs Haitham Maashfej on May 5, in order to provide him with additional information about the Murad child custody case. Director Maashfej was given a copy of the diplomatic note and supporting background information. [...]	2009-05-07 11:34:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC KOCI KJUS PREL SY AND
09DAMASCUS327	PART 1: SYRIA'S CHANGING FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE - [...] (C) Nearly 40 years after Syria's banking industry was nationalized, Law No. 28 of 2001 authorized the re-introduction of private banking. Eight years on, Law No. 28 has had the most visible impact of President Bashar al-Asad's many economic "reforms," and has generated significant spinoff le [...]	2009-05-11 03:44:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL LE SY
09DAMASCUS335	MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro heard a litany of complaints from the Syrian side led by FM Muallim over Syria's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, renewal of U.S. sanctions, and the lack of serious eng [...]	2009-05-12 14:54:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL IZ LE IS SY
09DAMASCUS342	MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: FM [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a prolonged May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC NENA Senior Director Shapiro stressed the importance of stopping foreign fighters entering Iraq from Syria. They proposed a visit by a CE [...]	2009-05-14 10:58:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS IZ SY
09DAMASCUS343	KURDISH ACTIVIST MESHAAL TAMMO SENTENCED, DAMASCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The First Criminal Court of Damascus sentenced Meshaal Tammo, leader of the Kurdish Future Movement, to three and one half years in prison on May 11. The judge did not permit Tammo to speak in his defense, though Tammo had a prepared statement he had intended to read in court. I [...]	2009-05-14 11:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS344	MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: SYRIA [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a lengthy May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro explained the routine, technical nature of USG's renewal of Executive Order 13338 and agreed to look for possib [...]	2009-05-14 11:13:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR ECON ETRD GE SP SY
09DAMASCUS349	JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH DROPS INTO DAMASCUS [...] (C) The brief and short-notice May 11 visit of Jordan's King Abdullah II to Damascus concluded successfully according to Syrian press and the Jordanian Consul, Anas Oran. Though King Abdullah was only on the ground for three hours, the visit was constructive, with the King meeting privately wi [...]	2009-05-17 14:14:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO SY
09DAMASCUS355	ICRC REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN RESTARTING FAMILY [...] This cable is an action request, please see para nine. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mr. Jean-Jacques Frsard, the Head of Delegation in Syria for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),delivered a demarche to Charge d'Affaires on May 13, requesting USG assistance in persuading the Governme [...]	2009-05-18 13:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PGOV SMIG SOCI IS SY
09DAMASCUS357	JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH DROPS INTO DAMASCUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 07:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO SY
09DAMASCUS358	PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE MICHEL KILO RELEASED FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syrian State Security released prominent political dissident Michel Kilo on the evening of May 19 after he completed a three-year prison sentence for spreading false information, weakening the national sentiments, and inciting sectarianism. Kilo had been a signatory to the Damas [...]	2009-05-20 13:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SY
09DAMASCUS360	MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: HAMAS [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro argued that, while recent Hamas statements suggested the organization could recognize a two-state solution, Hamas needed to renounce violence, recognize Israel, and abide by previo [...]	2009-05-21 14:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS SY
09DAMASCUS363	MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion on differing U.S. and Syrian approaches to re-engagement, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro asked the Syrian side led by FM Muallim for a readout of Iranian President Ahmedinejad's May 5 visit to Dam [...]	2009-05-21 14:36:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IR IS LE SY
09DAMASCUS369	MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN DAMASCUS: HUMAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 meeting with a Syrian delegation led by FM Muallim, NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro argued that showing more leniency to Syrian prisoners of conscience would be the right thing to do and could help Syria's im [...]	2009-05-25 09:18:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM CASC SY
09DAMASCUS371	CORRECTED COPY - MAY 7 FELTMAN-SHAPIRO MEETING IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 7 discussion, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC/NENA Senior Director Shapiro argued that, while recent Hamas statements suggested the organization could recognize a two-state solution, Hamas needed to renounce violence, recognize Israel, and abide by previo [...]	2009-05-26 12:49:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS SY
09DAMASCUS375	OIC'S 36TH MINISTERIAL CONVENES IN DAMASCUS: [...] (U) Summary: Syria played host to the 36th meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) ministerial meeting May 23-25. As in past sessions, the ministers focused on issues related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, combating "Islamophobia" and terrorism, the potential for OIC peace [...]	2009-05-27 09:23:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SY
09DAMASCUS377	CODEL KAUFMAN-PRESIDENT ASAD MEETING MAY 28 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 16:07:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KWBG MOPS IS IZ LE SY
09DAMASCUS389	ASSYRIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH CRITICIZES U.S. AT [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the opening session of a two-day international conference entitled "The Message of Peace in Islam," the Assyrian Orthodox Patriarch Mar Zakka Ewas attacked the U.S. for using the fight against "Islamic terrorism" as a pretext for extending its hegemony in the region. The [...]	2009-06-04 15:38:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SCUL SY
09DAMASCUS402	TRILATERAL DELEGATION VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 12:59:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PBTS PINS PTER MARR IZ SY
09DAMASCUS403	SARG CONTINUES EFFORT TO MONITOR DIPLOMATIC TRAVEL [...] (C) Once a year the SARG Protocol Department sends diplomatic missions a circular requesting all missions provide the MFA with advance notification of any travel by official personnel outside of Damascus. In previous years, the MFA requested advance notification of travel by diplomats to spe [...]	2009-06-08 14:29:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OFDP OPRC SY
09DAMASCUS411	SYRIAN REACTIONS TO JUNE 2009 LEBANESE ELECTIONS [...] (S) Summary: Many of our contacts were surprised by the margin of March 14's impressive electoral victory over March 8. Press reporting prior to the election had fed expectations of a much closer race, and most Syrian observers were predicting a March 8 win. President Asad reportedly call [...]	2009-06-11 10:24:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM LE SY
09DAMASCUS42	HAMAS WARY OF, BUT PARTICIPATING IN, CAIRO TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled Mesha'al delivered a regionally televised harangue late January 10 criticizing the international community's response to Gaza, calling on Israel to cease hostilities, withdraw its forces, and lift the siege, and dismissing the possibility of a "perma [...]	2009-01-12 13:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG PTER IS SY
09DAMASCUS426	BORDER SECURITY: U.S. DELEGATION TAKES FIRST STEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-hour meeting between the U.S. and Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) delegations on June 12, both sides focused on border security and their respective efforts to stem the flow of foreign fighters crossing the Syrian-Iraqi border. Both sides concurred a secure and s [...]	2009-06-21 13:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR PTER MARR MCAP MOPS IZ SY
09DAMASCUS429	CIVIL AVIATION: SYRIAN PEARL, SARG RATCHET UP [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The demise of the Syrian Pearl-Orion Air deal, due primarily to USG enforcement of sanctions, has been elevated to the highest levels in the SARG, with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad briefly raising the issue directly with SE Mitchell during their June 13 meeting, as outlined [...]	2009-06-22 12:07:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR ECON PREL SY
09DAMASCUS431	SARG CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTS AHMEDINEJAD VICTORY IN [...] (S/NF) The Syrian government (SARG) appeared pleased by the initial tally of Iranian votes overwhelmingly in favor of incumbent President Ahmedinejad. President Asad sent a letter of congratulations to his Iranian counterpart and the official Syrian press lauded the high voter turnout as a wi [...]	2009-06-22 13:11:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IR LE IS SY
09DAMASCUS433	FREEDOMHOUSE SEEKING TO FUND HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (S/NF) The well-known Damascus-based human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hasani (strictly protect) reported to us on June 17 that Marwan Malouf, who identified himself as a representative of Freedomhouse, had visited Syria recently and offered al-H [...]	2009-06-22 14:02:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM SY

09DAMASCUS434	THE STRUGGLE OF DAILY LIFE FOR IRAQI-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: For the first time in over two years an Embassy officer visited the Iraqi-Palestinian refugees camp in Al-Tanf, established in the "no-man's-land" between the Syrian and Iraqi borders. Conditions remain hostile despite the UN's best efforts to provide basic food, non-food, medic [...]	2009-06-23 09:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IZ SY
09DAMASCUS445	POSSIBLE POLITICAL DETENTION OF 23 RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Syria reportedly released 23 Lebanese prisoners convicted of criminal offenses, some of whom had received special presidential amnesty and the rest after finishing their prison sentences. We have been unable to verify the reports, but if true, they could represent an important dev [...]	2009-06-29 12:24:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LE SY
09DAMASCUS447	MESHAAL WARMS TO OBAMA, SYRIA CONTAINS MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary: Hamas political bureau chief Khalid Meshaal spoke on June 25 from Damascus, welcoming President Obama's "change in rhetoric" toward the Arab world and Palestine. He encouraged the Obama administration to follow through, saying he was not "bewitched by speeches." He also criticized [...]	2009-06-29 12:47:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL SY
09DAMASCUS461	RENEWAL OF E.O. 13441: SEEKING GUIDANCE ON HOW TO [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see para 9. 2. (S) Summary: Washington's anticipated plans to notify Congress of the continuation of Executive Order 13441, which declares a national emergency with respect to the "acts of certain persons to undermine the sovereignty of Lebanon or [...]	2009-07-01 13:56:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL ETTC EFIN PTER LE SY
09DAMASCUS464	AT RALLY, SYRIA CALLS ON U.S. TO SUPPORT RETURN OF [...] (C) Summary: A SARG-founded Palestinian rights organization held a solidarity festival near the Golan Heights on June 27 to call for the return of Palestinian refugees and of the Golan Heights to Syria. There were significant differences between Israeli and Syrian media coverage. Israeli press [...]	2009-07-02 13:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SY
09DAMASCUS465	SYRIAN PEARL COMPLAINS ABOUT INCLUSION IN [...] (C) The CEO of Syrian Pearl Airways complained to Post that the Commerce Department's May 7 Temporary Denial Order (TDO) had unfairly targeted Syrian Pearl for Orion Air's failure to perform due diligence in obtaining all necessary licenses before sending a BAE 146-300 to Syria, as their wet-l [...]	2009-07-02 14:07:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SP SY
09DAMASCUS471	WOMEN STRUGGLE FOR REFUGE IN DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs joined lawyer and civil society activist Daad Mousa (strictly protect) in a visit to the Oasis Trust women's shelter on June 25 to discuss trafficking and abuse of women in Syria. Administered by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd (SGS),the shelter is a refuge for female vi [...]	2009-07-07 11:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PBTS PREL PGOV SCUL SOCI SMIG KWMN KTIP
09DAMASCUS474	DRAFT LAW THREATENS WOMEN'S RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: The SARG is considering a new "personal status" law that many in the human rights and legal communities view as a major step backward for women's rights. The bill allegedly was killed in the parliament and later resurrected by PM Muhammad al-Utri. The future of the bill is unclear [...]	2009-07-08 06:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN SCUL SY
09DAMASCUS477	MURKY ALLIANCES: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, THE MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Syria Website published a "letter" on June 11 accusing external Damascus Declaration committees of violating the Damascus Declaration National Council's bylaws on electing members to the General Secretariat. XXXXXXXXXXXX explained the Muslim Brotherhood's [...]	2009-07-08 13:03:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SY
09DAMASCUS479	WOMEN'S ISSUES: IOM HALTS FUNDS TO LOCAL WOMEN'S [...] (C) Maria Rumman, the Chief of Mission for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Damascus, reported that IOM ceased making grant payments to the Association for Arab Women's Role Development (AWRD) in the first week of July because of its failure to implement and operate a she [...]	2009-07-09 13:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KTIP KWMN SCUL SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS48	SYRIA SUCCEEDS IN CONVOKING EMERGENCY AL SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: Media sources in contact with Hamas representatives in Cairo and with the Syrian MFA told us late December 13 that "Hamas is done with talks in Cairo." Though Hamas leaders have not formally rejected further dialogue with EGIS director Omar Soleiman, today's headline of Syria's [...]	2009-01-14 10:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
09DAMASCUS492	CONTROVERSIAL LEGISLATION ROUNDUP: BABY STEPS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Three changes or proposed changes to Syrian law recently have sparked uncharacteristically vocal public debate and have created a rare space for dialogue on a few civil issues. Increased penalties for honor killings, the "personal status" draft law, and a workers' rights bill hav [...]	2009-07-14 10:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB SY
09DAMASCUS51	(CORRECTED COPY MONTH PARAGRAPH ONE): SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Media sources in contact with Hamas representatives in Cairo and with the Syrian MFA told us late January 13 that "Hamas is done with talks in Cairo." Though Hamas leaders have not formally rejected further dialogue with EGIS director Omar Soleiman, today's headline of Syria's o [...]	2009-01-15 09:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
09DAMASCUS534	SARG IMPRISONS PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER [...] (C) This cable contains an action request; please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: In what may be its highest profile arrest since the 2007 round-up of Damascus Declaration members, the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) invited human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hasani to its offices on July [...]	2009-07-31 11:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS536	UNHCR UPDATES DONOR NATIONS ON IRAQI REFUGEES IN [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR officials held an information sharing meeting on July 28 to discuss: (1) increasing problems for refugees in renewing their residence permits; (2) the closing of the Al-Tanf refugee camp; (3) food distribution programs; and (4) families returning to Iraq. Additionally, WFP r [...]	2009-08-03 12:25:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV KTIP IZ SY
09DAMASCUS550	AGGRESSIVE AND UNUSUAL SARG SURVEILLANCE OF EMBOFF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 08/04/09, an Embassy Political Officer and a visiting State Department officer from NEA/PI experienced aggressive static and mobile surveillance during and after their meeting with a new human rights contact at a cafe. Both officers returned to the Embassy to report the [...]	2009-08-06 07:10:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	ASEC
09DAMASCUS551	AGGRESSIVE AND UNUSUAL SARG SURVEILLANCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 08/04/09, an Embassy Political Officer and a visiting State Department officer from NEA/PI experienced aggressive static and mobile surveillance during and after their meeting with a new human rights contact at a cafe. Both officers returned to the Embassy to report the [...]	2009-08-06 08:36:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	ASEC
09DAMASCUS554	EMBASSY DAMASCUS OPENS DIALOGUE WITH MFA ON TIP [...] (C) Summary: MFA International Organizations Chief Mr. Milad Attiyeh hosted Emboffs on August 5 to discuss SARG progress on combating trafficking in persons (TIP). The Embassy had requested the meeting to explain the philosophy behind, and function of, the Department's annual TIP report. Embo [...]	2009-08-06 11:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF PREL KTIP KWMN SCUL SCOI ID
09DAMASCUS555	TIER 3 REASSESSMENT NEEDED FOR SYRIA [...] (U) This a response to State 081476 action cable. 2. (U) The SARG has demonstrated a commitment to tackling trafficking in persons (TIP) crimes at the highest levels. Per reftels, this commitment has resulted in (1) a draft TIP law; (2) ministerial-level cooperation with NGOs working on T [...]	2009-08-06 11:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KTIP SCOI SCUL SY
09DAMASCUS562	SYRIA VP SHARA FINGERED FOR LEAK OF POTUS LETTER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Well-connected media contacts suggest that Syrian VP Farouk Shara leaked word of the President's July letter to Asad during an August 5 meeting with Wiam Wahhab, Druze leader of the Lebanese Tawheed party. Wahhab, ostensibly in Damascus to discuss a renewal of relations betw [...]	2009-08-09 13:26:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL LE SY
09DAMASCUS563	SARG CONTINUES TO CENSOR AND INTIMIDATE SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite 2001 amendments to Syria's archaic press law that precipitated the creation of a private media industry, the SARG still relies on censorship and intimidation to ensure the expanded number of publications does not threaten its control over information inside the country. Re [...]	2009-08-09 13:40:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS574	SYRIA AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO (IDEALLY TRILATERAL) [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. and Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) delegations agreed in principle August 12 to cooperate on joint assessments of three Iraq-Syria border crossings in eastern Syria as part of their respective efforts to strengthen border security and stem the flow of foreign fight [...]	2009-08-13 09:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR PTER MARR MCAP MOPS SY IZ
09DAMASCUS577	MUALLIM SUPPORTS TRILATERAL BORDER INITIATIVE, [...] (C) Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Fred Hof met FM Muallim August 13 to follow up on the previous day's meetings between the Centcom-led and Syrian delegations on the trilateral border security assessment initiative (ref a). Hof stressed our desire to include the Iraqis in the ass [...]	2009-08-13 13:15:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR PTER MARR MCAP MOPS SY IZ
09DAMASCUS587	US INTERNATIONAL GROUP INVESTS $40M IN SYRIAN [...] (C) The "Syrian Investment Agency" (SIA) announced the signing of a $40M investment deal with the U.S. International Investment Group (USIIG) on August 13. The investment is for five projects in the eastern Syrian region of Dayr al Zawr in the food, engineering and chemical industries, among ot [...]	2009-08-17 11:47:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS6	SEIDNAYA PRISON TROUBLES BOIL OVER AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Muhanad al-Hasani (strictly protect),a human rights lawyer and president of the Syrian Organization for Human Rights (SWASIAH) told us of two new violent events at Seidnaya prison. On December 27 violence between inmates and Syrian soldiers resulted in approximately 50 deaths, an [...]	2009-01-05 11:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM SY
09DAMASCUS604	DISBARMENT HEARINGS BEGIN FOR JAILED HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Civil society activists, lawyers, journalists, and diplomats packed the narrow halls of the Damascus Lawyers' Syndicate offices on August 18 for the Syndicate's first administrative hearing to disbar human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hasani. The hearing, which was not opened to the [...]	2009-08-19 13:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS62	PROTECTING WOMEN: SARG COOPERATING WITH LOCAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the past two years, the Association for Women's Role Development (AWRD),a local NGO, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have collaborated with the Ministry of Social Affairs (MSA) to promote protective services for women who are victims of trafficking (VOT [...]	2009-01-21 15:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KTIP KWMN SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS620	SIX MONTH CHECK-UP: KURDS AILING BUT POLITICALLY [...] (C) Summary: Drought, unemployment, economic & cultural discrimination, political repression, arbitrary arrest, unexplainable deaths, and statelessness contributed to a miserable first six months of the Kurdish New Year (Nowruz) in Syria -- making this year, so far, very much like last year. [...]	2009-08-25 10:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SCUL SENV SOCI SMIG SY TU
09DAMASCUS627	SYRIAN MFA: WE HOPE LOGIC WILL PREVAIL IN DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: Husam Alaa, Chief of Staff for Vice Minister Faisal Miqdad, told Charge August 27 Syria had responded in kind to official statements and steps from Baghdad alleging Syria's harboring of Iraqi Baathist militants. But Damascus had hosted what it viewed as a positive August 18 P [...]	2009-08-27 12:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IZ SY
09DAMASCUS628	SYRIAN AIR TO LEASE RUSSIAN-MADE AIRCRAFT [...] (SBU) The semi-independent daily newspaper al-Watan reported August 25 that Syrian Air has completed the legal and technical negotiations for the lease, with the option to buy, of two TU 204 aircraft to be delivered in early May 2010. Due to Syrian Air,s inability to procure new Airbus or Boe [...]	2009-08-27 12:23:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV ETTC PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS641	IRAQI REFUGEES EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DETERIORATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi refugees serving as community outreach organizers for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed concerns about the recent deterioration in Syrian-Iraqi relations and the withdrawal of the countries' respective ambassadors from Baghdad and Damascus [...]	2009-09-02 13:12:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KHUM PREL PGOV SY IZ
09DAMASCUS647	DAMASCUS MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING IN SPAT [...] (C) Summary: Syria remains ready to take appropriate action once presented with "concrete evidence" from Baghdad that individuals resident in Syria were behind the recent bombings of the Iraqi Foreign and Finance Ministries, Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad told diplomats September 2. Repe [...]	2009-09-03 09:20:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNGA IZ SY
09DAMASCUS660	SYRIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES DESPERATE [...] (C) Both Syrian Air and the SARG continue to take drastic steps to overcome the problems presented by a dwindling fleet of air worthy aircraft. In addition to their recently announced negotiations for the lease (with option to buy) of two TU 204 aircraft (ref A),Syrian Air has reportedly cont [...]	2009-09-08 13:33:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV ETTC PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS682	"INTERNET PIONEERS" SEEK TO USE WEB TO EASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Three twenty-something Syrian entrepreneurs recently started an Arabic-language website called Masaader.com ("Sources") and a marketing and advertising research firm associated with the British Internet-based marketing firm YouGov in the hopes of developing Syria-specific Interne [...]	2009-09-15 13:49:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS686	NO U.S. COMPONENT TO U.S. INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT [...] (C) As previously reported, the American International Investment Group (AIIG) has targeted eastern Syria for $30-40 million in investments (ref A). AIIG (formally referred to as the U.S. International Investment Group (USIIG)) plans to launch five projects in the Industrial City of Dayr al-Za [...]	2009-09-16 13:44:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS692	SHOW US THE MONEY! SARG SUSEPCTS "ILLEGAL" USG [...] (S/NF) Summary: Over the past six months, SARG security agents have increasingly questioned civil society and human rights activists about U.S. programming in Syria and the region, including U.S. Speaker and MEPI initiatives (ref A). XXXXXXXXXXXX End Summary. -------- Overview -------- 2. (S/NF) O [...]	2009-09-23 13:36:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KMPI EG EZ SY
09DAMASCUS697	BASHAR'S SURPRISE TRIP TO SAUDI ARABIA: SETTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: President Bashar al-Asad's surprise September 23 trip to attend the opening of the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) resulted from heavy lobbying by Turkey and Qatar, according to Embassy contacts. Asad's Advisor or Media and Political Affairs Bouth [...]	2009-09-27 11:42:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL LE IZ SY
09DAMASCUS706	SYRIAN FIRST LADY JOINS IN INAUGURATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. CDA participated in the inauguration of the new Ein al-Tal Palestinian refugee camp near Aleppo on September 28 and the Salhiyeh/Balad El-Sheikh School in the Sbeineh Palestinian refugee camp outside Damascus on September 29. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)-sp [...]	2009-10-01 12:33:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS707	ALEPPO CONTACTS CRITICIZE SANCTIONS, SEEK CLOSER [...] (SBU) CDA, Consul General, and embassy staff visited Aleppo September 27-28 to meet with area wardens and local businessmen and attend a ceremony marking the inauguration of the Ein al-Tal Refugee Camp. The UNRWA-sponsored event marked the completion of Phase 1 of the Neirab Palestinian Refug [...]	2009-10-01 13:07:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON PGOV PREF PREL SY
09DAMASCUS709	REVENGING AFLAQ (I): FORMER IRAQI BAATHISTS IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: After the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 hundreds of former Iraqi officials left Baghdad and chose Syria as their destination, not necessarily out of political or ideological affinity, but because of previously established ties to Syrian regime insiders and because Syria remai [...]	2009-10-01 13:45:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ SY
09DAMASCUS716	QUARTERLY CONSULAR CORPS ANTI-FRAUD MEETING [...] SUMMMARY: On September 29, the CG, RSO and the FPM attended the Damascus quarterly anti-fraud meeting. Over 30 representatives from Damascus, Amman and Cairo-based embassies attended to discuss a diverse agenda, but fraud among Iraqi refugees was a recurring theme in all the discussions. End [...]	2009-10-07 09:54:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD PREF SY IZ
09DAMASCUS719	AVENGING AFLAQ (II): USING SYRIAN-IRAQ FLAP TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: The lack of convincing evidence to substantiate Iraqi claims of former regime element (FRE) involvement in the August 19 attacks in Baghdad should not obviate U.S. concerns regarding the Syrian Government's role in supporting actors responsible for past and current violence in [...]	2009-10-07 13:20:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ SY
09DAMASCUS726	SAUDI KING'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS: POSITIVE [...] (S) Summary: According to a range of Syrian and diplomatic contacts, the atmospherics of Saudi King Abdullah's October 7-8 visit to Damascus were positive and relaxed. The two leaders reportedly enjoyed a lot of time alone (with the King's son, Prince Abdul Aziz participating) for cordial b [...]	2009-10-13 09:34:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL LE SA EG SY
09DAMASCUS727	WHAT CARROT, WHAT STICK? PUSHING THE SARG ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Dr. Issa Maldoon met the Charge and U.S. Speaker Program participant Dr. Lourdes Green on October 12 to discuss Syria's ongoing efforts at combating trafficking in persons (TIP),expand services for victims of domestic violence, and ex [...]	2009-10-13 10:51:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF EINT KPAO KTIP KWMN OIIP
09DAMASCUS728	CBS AND BANK SADERAT OF IRAN INVEST IN NEW SYRIAN [...] (SBU) On September 30, the Syrian Government granted a formal license to the new commercial bank "Aman," a joint venture between the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) and Bank Saderat of Iran. Aman will provide CBS with a new outlet to invest excess capital, in particular the Syrian Government's [...]	2009-10-13 10:54:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS734	EU AGREEMENT INVITATION MEETS SYRIAN DEMAND TO [...] (C) Summary: Following the Swedish Ambassador's October 14 delivery of an invitation to attend the October 26 signing ceremony for the Syria-EU Association Agreement, FM Muallim brusquely asserted Syria needed more time to study the text. On the same day, Political Security agents arrested Hait [...]	2009-10-15 15:04:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EU KMPI SY
09DAMASCUS735	CORRECTED CLASSIFICATION FROM UNCLASS TO [...] (C) Summary: Following the Swedish Ambassador's October 14 delivery of an invitation to attend the October 26 signing ceremony for the Syria-EU Association Agreement, FM Muallim brusquely asserted Syria needed more time to study the text. On the same day, Political Security agents arrested Hait [...]	2009-10-16 08:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EU KMPI SY
09DAMASCUS747	MICHEL KILO: FREED DISSIDENT ANALYZES US-SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with the prominent dissident Michel Kilo at his home on October 21 for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of Syria's political opposition and its view of U.S.-Syrian rapproachment. Kilo, who was released from prison in May of this year, generally supported U.S. en [...]	2009-10-22 11:53:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SY TU
09DAMASCUS75	HAMAS DECLARES VICTORY FROM DAMASCUS, NOW FOCUSED [...] (C) Summary: Speaking from Damascus late January 21, Hamas Politburo chief Khaled Mesha'al declared victory over Israel and quoted Winston Churchill in praise of Gazan sacrifices in their fight for "liberty." Mesha'al promised to compensate families who suffered losses, argued donors shoul [...]	2009-01-22 16:21:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER PGOV IS SY
09DAMASCUS759	TURKISH SUPPORT EMBOLDENS ASAD BUT PROVIDES BEST HOPE FOR COAXING SYRIA FROM IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: President Bashar al-Asad's September 16-17 working visit to Istanbul produced agreement on the creation of a high-level strategic cooperation commission, visa-free travel between Syria and Turkey, and a Syrian offer to work to rehabilitate Syrian PKK members. The deliverables [...]	2009-10-28 05:25:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TU LE SA IZ SY
09DAMASCUS763	U.S. HEDGE FUND AND PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORS VISIT [...] (SBU) A group of about 20 hedge fund and private equity investors, predominately from the U.S., are in Damascus October 28-31 to meet with SARG officials to discuss investment opportunities in Syria. The group is on a one-week trip, visiting Beirut and Damascus. They are scheduled to meet wi [...]	2009-10-29 14:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS776	U.S.-BASED NGOS IN SYRIA COMPLAIN ABOUT DIFFICULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Country Directors of three of the four U.S.-based NGOs in Syria told us in a joint meeting on November 2 they continue to face significant challenges in operating in the country. Hussien Ibrahim of International Medical Corps (IMC),Gordana Ivkovic-Grujic of International Re [...]	2009-11-04 10:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL SY
09DAMASCUS780	THE CURIOUS CASE OF HAITHAM MALEH: HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: The first formal stage of human rights activist Haitham Maleh's trial before the Military Court in Damascus began on October 25. The court charged Maleh with publishing false information that might weaken the national sentiment, and defaming the judiciary. Though diplomatic obs [...]	2009-11-05 12:21:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECIN KDEM SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS781	SYRIAN RESPONSE ON INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister (V/M) Faisal Miqdad's Chief of Staff (COS) Husam Aala informed Charge November 5 that the Syrian Embassy in Washington would be conveying an invitation to U/S Burns to lead a U.S. inter-agency delegation to Syria during the second half of November. (Note: Miqdad's [...]	2009-11-05 12:49:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY
09DAMASCUS783	IS THE SARG INFLUENCING HAMAS'S INCREASINGLY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Hamas distributed a memorandum last week to some Arab ambassadors in Damascus blasting the Palestinian Authority (PA) and PA President Mahmoud Abbas for "obstructing reconciliation efforts." It also condemned Egypt's role in Palestinian reconciliation and expressed reservations H [...]	2009-11-08 13:27:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KPAL SY
09DAMASCUS786	DEBATE ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS REVEALS DEEP [...] (C) Providing a snapshot of a building internal debate on economic liberalization, the British Syrian Society held a conference in Damascus entitled "Public-Private Partnerships" from October 30 to November 1 at the request of Syrian Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah al-Dardar [...]	2009-11-10 07:40:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS787	DAMASCUS LAWYERS' SYNDICATE DISBARS MUHANAD [...] (C) Summary: Despite swirling rumors that the Damascus Lawyers' Syndicate would suspend disbarment procedures against imprisoned human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hasani, the Syndicate voted to cancel Hasani's license on November 10. The decision can be appealed, though it remains to be seen whet [...]	2009-11-10 13:33:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS788	SYRIAN DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT'S HAIRLINE FRACTURES [...] (C) Summary: The SARG's two-year crackdown on civil society activists, especially the Damascus Declaration's leadership (ref C),may be on the verge of producing the first serious structural fragmentation in the opposition movement. Hasan Abdul Azim told us on November 9 that he would convoke [...]	2009-11-12 12:12:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS791	HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURE PROMPTS NEW THREATS AND [...] (C) Summary: Citing the pressure that international condemnation over the arrests of human rights lawyers Muhanad al-Hasani and Haitham al-Maleh had produced, Catherine al-Tali (strictly protect) told us state security services had employed a mixture of legal action and direct threats of impr [...]	2009-11-16 14:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS797	PRE-RAMADAN "SHAKEDOWN" OF CARGILL SUGAR REFINERY [...] (C) Summary: Cargill's plant manager and his Syrian partner confirmed that the Syrian Ministry of Economy ordered the mid-August seizure of some 6,000 metric tons of warehoused sugar after charging Cargill with "hoarding" and "monopolistic practices." Under Syrian law, firms operating in S [...]	2009-11-17 13:41:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS804	IS NOW THE TIME TO RAISE HIZBALLAH WITH SYRIA? [...] (S/NF) Summary: Syria's determined support of Hizballah's military build-up, particularly the steady supply of longer-range rockets and the introduction of guided missiles, could change the military balance and produce a scenario significantly more destructive than the July-August 2006 war. If roc [...]	2009-11-19 09:00:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL LE IZ IS SY
09DAMASCUS806	A SUNNI GAMBIT? PM UTRI'S PROPOSED "NEW" PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary: After provoking another controversial debate on religious freedom and women's issues by attempting to amend the Personal Status Law (PSL) in April, Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Utri has again introduced a draft that closely mirrors the current PSL from 1953. Some contacts sugg [...]	2009-11-19 13:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL KMPI KWMN SCUL SOCI
09DAMASCUS807	FRENCH AMBASSADOR UPBEAT ON ASAD TRIP TO PARIS, [...] (C) Summary: The French ambassador to Syria characterized Syrian President Bashar al-Asad,s recent visit to Paris as a &PR success8 for Damascus that allowed Asad to make positive impressions on all his interlocutors. The main focus was Middle East peace and other regional issues. Contrary to [...]	2009-11-19 13:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS819	A/S SCHWARTZ DISCUSSES REFUGEES AND NGOS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 10:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SOCI PREL PHUM SY
09DAMASCUS820	IRAQI EMBASSY REPORTS WORSENING SYRIAN-IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the early phases of preparing to organize voting for an estimated million Iraqi refugees in Syria, the Iraqi Embassy in Damascus has received instructions to "stop talking to Syrians" as new allegations emerge regarding the involvement of Syria-based terrorists in the October 2 [...]	2009-11-24 13:05:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	KPAL PTER PREL PGOV
09DAMASCUS821	SARG OPTS FOR CASH PAYMENTS OVER SUBSIDIZING [...] (C) In response to the widespread public criticism of a 2008 decision to lift government subsidies for mazout (diesel/heating oil),the SARG recently authorized cash payments to lower-income Syrians. The new Diesel Subsidy Law provides for the distribution of two checks of 5,000 SYP ($110) ea [...]	2009-11-25 11:07:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SY
09DAMASCUS822	AND THEN THERE WAS ONE: SARG SETS SIGHTS ON [...] (C) Syrian Human Rights Organization - SWASIAH activist and lawyer Catherine al-Tali (strictly protect) told us on November 24 that the Syrian Lawyers' Syndicate had opened a case against the lawyer and political activist Hasan Abdul Azim. The charges for which the Syndicate was investigating [...]	2009-11-25 12:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS825	SEEKING A PROGRAMMING SURGE IN SYRIA [...] SUMMARY: After nearly five years of significantly constrained public outreach options, Embassy Damascus is focused on exploiting new opportunities to engage in more sustained public diplomacy programmatic activity. With a finite number of tools at our disposal, we hope to expand our ability [...]	2009-11-25 14:28:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SOCI PREL PGOV SCUL SY
09DAMASCUS826	NO DIVIDEND ON SARG-KURDISH BACKCHANNEL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish Democratic Front Secretary General Abdul Hakim Bashar (strictly protect) detailed backchannel discussions between the SARG and Kurdish political leaders that took place this summer. Issam Baghdy, a former MP and member of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP),co [...]	2009-11-25 15:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL SMIG SY TU
09DAMASCUS828	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT REPORTING - SYRIA [...] (SBU) In response to ref A concerning foreign government applications of the Arab League Boycott (ALB),Syria continues to be the strictest adherent of the primary and secondary boycotts. Although it allows goods to be imported with a positive, rather than negative, country of origin certific [...]	2009-12-01 12:17:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KBCT PREL SY IS
09DAMASCUS838	BUS EXPLOSION IN HEART OF SHI,A DISTRICT OF [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 1020 local, media and other Embassy contacts reported an explosion on or near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in the Sayida al-Zainab district of Damascus. Sources at the scene indicated there were roughly a dozen casualties. Press accounts suggested several [...]	2009-12-03 12:33:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL IR SY
09DAMASCUS846	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: CIVIL SOCIETY (STILL) [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks the Syrian security services have stepped up their already rapid pace of detentions, targeting members of the Damascus Declaration National Council and two writers, one of whom reportedly disappeared in Beirut and is now believed to be in Syrian custody. These arr [...]	2009-12-07 14:54:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI SCUL SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS850	SYRIAN SECURITY COURT HEARINGS: AL-QAEDA AND [...] Summary: A November Syrian Supreme State Security Court (SSSC) session heard two separate cases on individuals accused of belonging to al-Qaeda or al-Qaeda affiliated organizations, and participating in or supporting foreign fighter operations in Iraq. In a third case, one accused individual [...]	2009-12-08 14:10:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PBTS PINR PGOV PHUM PREL SY IZ
09DAMASCUS851	IRAQI EMBASSY REPORTS MORE SYRIA-IRAQ TENSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 14:32:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IZ SY
09DAMASCUS852	SABAEAN MANDAEAN REFUGEES TORN BETWEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Sabaean Mandaean ("Mandaeans," collectively) refugee community in Syria told us December 7 they are concerned that the recent departure of 200 Mandaean families from Iraq for Syria may be a tipping point in their community's fight to survive in Iraq, the birthplace [...]	2009-12-08 14:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY IZ
09DAMASCUS855	SYRIA SEEKING MARKET QUALITY SOLUTIONS AT FIXED [...] (SBU) Deputy Minister of Electricity Hisham Mashfej reviewed with us Syria's significant power generation problems and his ministry's continuing efforts to cobble together short-term solutions. Mashfej acknowledged electricity generated from renewable resources and energy conservation were th [...]	2009-12-10 13:23:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS863	SYRIA LOOKING FOR PRODUCTIVE HARIRI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Jamil as-Sayyed's early December lawsuit in a Syrian court against some 23 Lebanese citizens and three Syrians provided a chilling reminder of Syria's potential response to any future indictments by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) against Syrian officials or their Lebanese [...]	2009-12-16 07:17:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	KJUS PREL UNCRIME LE SY
09DAMASCUS867	UNHCR OFFICIALS PRAISE SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a meeting with NGO representatives and diplomats in Damascus on December 14, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Radhouane Nouicier bluntly criticized the Iraqi government for "failing to support" the [...]	2009-12-17 13:14:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PREL PREF PHUM
09DAMASCUS868	SPECIAL COORDINATOR HOF'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Syrian FM Muallim spent most of the one-hour conversation with Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Hof lamenting the lack of progress in U.S.-Syrian bilateral relations. Muallim welcomed the possibility of a January visit by Special Envoy (S/E) Mitchell to Damascus, but st [...]	2009-12-18 10:24:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL KPAL IR LE IZ SY
09DAMASCUS871	SYRIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Junaid Munir is the Embassy POC. Unclassified e-mail: MunirJM@state.gov. Tel: (963) 11-3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria in 2009 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist groups. It also provided political and material support [...]	2009-12-20 10:13:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC SY
09DAMASCUS88	SYRIAN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SEES [...] (C) Summary: Suleyman Hadad, Chairman of the Syrian People's Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee, told us January 26 that Syrians were eager to restore good relations with the U.S. Suleyman rolled out familiar Ba'ath Party talking points on Israel's "rejection of peace" and the need for armed [...]	2009-01-28 15:19:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL PTER SY IS LE
09DAMASCUS880	SYRIAN-IRANIAN SHOW OF SOLIDARITY MASKS TENSIONS [...] (S/NF) The successive visits of three high-level Iranian officials to Damascus in early December appear at first glance to reaffirm strong Iranian-Syrian security ties and other forms of bilateral cooperation, but they may, in fact, mask deepening rifts over Iraq, Yemen, and the possibility of war [...]	2009-12-22 03:40:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IR LE IZ TU SY
09DAMASCUS881	RIAD TURK UPDATES ON DAMASCUS DECLARATION [...] (C) Summary: Leading Damascus Declaration opposition figure Riad al-Turk outlined the movement's current status in a wide-ranging December 14 discussion. Main points were: -- Damascus Declaration General Secretariat members would like a face-to-face meeting with U.S. Embassy Charge d'Aff [...]	2009-12-22 13:00:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI SCUL SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS882	SYRIA FRAMES HARIRI VISIT AS NEW PAGE IN RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri completed on December 20 a two-day visit to Damascus, the first by a Lebanese prime minister to Damascus since the 2005 assassination of Hariri's father. Both sides described the visit as "fruitful and productive," while diplomats and Syrian con [...]	2009-12-22 14:28:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL SY LE
09DAMASCUS884	SYRIAN MFA HOPES REVOKING BANK AMAN LICENSE NOT [...] (C) Charge and Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche on December 23 to Husam Aala, Chief of Staff for Vice Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad. Aala recalled Miqdad had discussed the subject of Bank Aman during his late-September meetings with State, Commerce, and Treasury officials and underst [...]	2009-12-23 10:02:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER CASC IR SY
09DAMASCUS892	ROSE-COLORED GLASSES AT THE STATE PLANNING [...] (C) For the first time in more than four years, emboffs were granted a meeting in late December with the State Planning Commission (SPC). Although largely echoing the party line on subjects like U.S. economic sanctions, SPC head Dr. Taysir Raddawi shared his objectives for developing Syria's [...]	2009-12-29 08:20:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS94	CODEL SMITH: ASAD POSITIVE ON NEW BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In a January 31 meeting with CODEL Smith, President Bashar al-Asad expressed hope for better relations with the new U.S. administration, called for immediate and sustained U.S. engagement in the region, and defended Syria's relations with Iran, Hizballah and Hamas. On Iran, Asa [...]	2009-02-01 14:43:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA KPAL PGOV PTER IR IS IZ SY
09DARESSALAAM122	TANZANIA: ISPS CODE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Poloff delivered ref demarche to MFA Europe and Americas Director Radhia Msuya Feb. 10 and explained the 90 day deadline for Tanzanian ports to comply with the ISPS code. Msuya did not have a substantive response, but remarked that if the U.S. were to provide funding, the GOT w [...]	2009-02-26 11:22:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON ETRD KHLS PTER PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM175	IMF-AFRICA MEETING IN TANZANIA ADDRESSES GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] Summary. Tanzania and the IMF jointly hosted a March 10-11 conference focused on minimizing the effects of the global economic crisis in Africa to preserve recent hard-won economic and political gains. Panelists included President Kikwete, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and Kof [...]	2009-03-17 14:01:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EIND TZ
09DARESSALAAM338	MEDIA REACTION: "KIKWETE-OBAMA TALKS A CHANCE TO BOOST [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 03:28:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO TZ
09DARESSALAAM473	ISPS CODE: TANZANIA COMPLIANT BUT NEEDS FOLLOW-UP [...] Visiting Coast Guard (CG) International Port Security Program Inspectors will recommend that Tanzania be considered compliant with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. The GOT has responded to most of the recommendations (reftels) arising from previous inspections, although [...]	2009-07-21 06:22:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD KHLS PTER PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM649	TANZANIA POSITIVE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 12:18:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA TZ
09DHAHRAN299	MAJOR SAUDI OFFSHORE MANIFA FIELD COMPLETION DELAYED TWO [...] (U) Citing weak global demand, Saudi Aramco pushed back the tentative completion date of the last giant Saudi oilfield in its expansion plans by at least two years. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is expected to announce its final plans to build the Kingdom's largest gas plant ever whose purpose is to [...]	2009-12-28 12:25:00	Consulate Dhahran	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV SA
09DHAHRAN46	SHI'A PROTESTS LEAD TO ARRESTS, INCLUDING TWO AMERICANS [...] (C/NF) Key Points: --------------------- -- On Thursday, March 19 Shi'a from the Awamiyya village in the Qatif oasis conducted a sit-in to protest the SAG's intention of arresting the radical Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who has been in hiding since calling for possible secession from Saudi Arabia [...]	2009-03-25 11:51:00	Consulate Dhahran	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SA KU PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KISL KDEM
09DHAKA1023	PM HASINA ON THE WAY FORWARD ON BILATERAL TIES [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina November 5 to review his recent consultations in Washington and preview upcoming events. Topics of the wide-ranging discussion ranged from domestic (BNP-Awami League relations; civilian-military relations; corruption) to bilateral (TIFA [...]	2009-11-09 06:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SENV ECON MARR PHUM KDEM BG
09DHAKA1029	BANGLADESH NATIONALIST PARTY TO HOLD IT'S NATIONAL [...] (C) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will elect the party's leadership, vote on amendments to the BNP constitution, and select the Central Committee at its National Council, scheduled for December 8. BNP sources expect Khaleda Zia, Leader of the Opposition and head of the BNP, to appoi [...]	2009-11-10 09:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS BG
09DHAKA1031	BANGLADESH MOVES TO DEVELOP ENERGY RESOURCES [...] (C) The GOB is taking steps to encourage foreign investment in natural gas exploration and other energy projects. New Petrobangla Chairman Dr. Hossain Monsur told the Ambassador the company wanted to attract foreign investment to develop natural gas and power generation projects. Chevron, the [...]	2009-11-11 00:22:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV BG
09DHAKA1122	BNP CHAIRPERSON PROMOTES SON, LOYALISTS, AND [...] (C) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) held it National Council on December 8 as required under the political parties registration act. Newly re-elected Chairwomen Khaleda Zia recycled party themes and allegations against the ruling Awami League in her opening speech. Zia used the Natio [...]	2009-12-20 03:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM ECON BG
09DHAKA160	BOUCHER VISIT HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLOSER [...] (C) During his February 7 - 8 visit to Dhaka, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher stressed US desire to forge a close partnership with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's new government. In meetings with senior Bangladesh officials, Boucher discussed counterterrorism cooperation (including US supp [...]	2009-02-12 10:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM BG KV
09DHAKA205	BANGLADESH: SHEIKH HASINA'S INNER CIRCLE: LOYAL TO [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina relies on a small circle of trusted relatives, family friends, and time-tested devoted advisers while sidelining individuals she perceives as disloyal. Hasina's sister and son who reside abroad, are among her closest confidantes. Hasina also relies on longtime [...]	2009-02-26 14:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM PHUM PINS BG

09DHAKA322	BANGLADESH CONCERNS ON ITS EXCLUSION AT G20 SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 10:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD WTRO BG
09DHAKA350	BANGLADESH, A CLIMATE CHANGE FRONT LINE STATE [...] Already faced with numerous environmental challenges, Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. With an area the size of Wisconsin, Bangladesh supports a population of 150 million in a deltaic landscape at the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna River [...]	2009-04-07 08:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR SENV SMIG TPHY BG IN
09DHAKA406	JMB THREAT LETTER WARNS INTERNATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: Three international organizations operating in Barisal (southern Bangladesh) have received a copy of the same threat letter reportedly from the banned islamist group, Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The letter, which received widespread media attention, demanded the organiza [...]	2009-04-23 12:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	ASEC PTER BG
09DHAKA482	FINDING COMMON GROUND ON COUNTERRORISM WORKING [...] (C) The U.S. and the United Kingdom share common counterterrorism goals in Bangladesh and we have worked together on specific issues in the past. Embassy Dhaka and the British High Commission reviewed our efforts and agreed on several areas of cooperation at an inaugural counterterrorism quarterly [...]	2009-05-14 08:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL HYMPSK MARR KPAO UK BG
09DHAKA485	BANGLADESH OPPOSITION LEADER'S SON SAYS NO [...] (C) Tarique Rahman, the son and political heir-apparent to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairwoman Khaleda Zia, said he did not plan to return to Bangladesh from London anytime soon. Rahman, who faces multiple corruption charges in Bangladesh, told a visiting senior Foreign Service Nati [...]	2009-05-14 10:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM BG
09DHAKA693	BANGLADESH 527 REPORT [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of five (5) claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Bangladesh (GOB). One case has been added in 2009. I. a. Claimant A b. 1979 c. In 1977 Claimant A entered into an agreement with the GOB Mini [...]	2009-07-16 01:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CASC BG
09DHAKA696	BANGLADESH SEEKS RE-ELECTION TO COUNCIL OF THE IMO [...] Post received a diplomatic note from Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bangladesh seeks re-election to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in category "B" at the forthcoming election to be held during the 26th Regular Session of the Assembly, which will take pl [...]	2009-07-16 07:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV BG
09DHAKA770	CIVAIR CHIEF: BANGLADESH WANTS TO ENGAGE FAA [...] (U) In an August 2 meeting with Emboffs, Sakeb Majlis, the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) expressed hope that national carrier Biman Airlines would restart flights from Dhaka to New York, emphasizing the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) determination to obtain C [...]	2009-08-04 10:05:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD BEXP BG
09DILI271	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] Post delivered reftel demarche supporting the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization to Isilio Coelho, MFA Director of External Affairs, on September 30. Post also conveyed the demarche material via diplomatic note. 2. Coelho expressed his appreciation for the info [...]	2009-10-05 01:38:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHSA TT
09DJIBOUTI101	PRESIDENT GUELLEH PRAISES PARTNERSHIP WITH USG, AFRICOM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 5 meeting with AFRICOM Commander General Ward, President Guelleh accepted thanks for Djibouti's hosting of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA),reiterated the GODJ's interest in maintaining a strong partnership with the USG, and praised AFRICOM' [...]	2009-02-08 14:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MASS SO ER IR DJ
09DJIBOUTI1031	DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA: TFG FORCES BEGIN WEAPONS TRAINING; FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Military recruits for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG),undergoing training by Djibouti's armed forces (FAD),have nearly reached the midpoint of their anticipated three-month program of instruction, which includes a human rights component as well as collective trai [...]	2009-08-06 20:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MOPS KPKO PREL SO DJ UG FR
09DJIBOUTI1035	DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB CHANGING TACTICS, BUT CAN BE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abdillahi Mohamed Abdillahi, deputy director of Djibouti's National Security Service, assesses that the struggle against al-Shabaab is "a war we can win," if timely support is given immediately to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG). While Djibouti is actively trainin [...]	2009-08-07 14:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINS ASEC MASS MOPS SO DJ
09DJIBOUTI1057	DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA: TFG OFFICIALS REITERATE REQUEST TO THE USG FOR MILITARY EQUIPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Officials from Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) hail recent senior USG engagement with the TFG, but highlight the need for military assistance: whether future instruction by U.S. trainers, or material support for nearly 500 TFG troops being trained by Djibouti (refs [...]	2009-08-18 15:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS KPKO PREL SO DJ UG FR
09DJIBOUTI107	GODJ AND DP WORLD INAUGURATE NEW $400 MILLION CONTAINER PORT [...] SUMMARY. President Guelleh and top Dubai Ports World (DP World) dignitaries officially inaugurated Djibouti's new state-of-the-art container port at Doraleh, some 8km outside of Djibouti City, on February 7. This ambitious project, estimated at a total cost near $400 million, aims both to cem [...]	2009-02-11 09:30:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD EINV ECON PREL DJ XA
09DJIBOUTI1101	DJIBOUTI/SOMALIA: TFG PRESIDENT SHARIF REVIEWS SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President of Somalia's Transitional Federal government (TFG),expressed appreciation for U.S. support for Somalia, and made an explicit urgent appeal for additional security assistance to the TFG, including equipment and weapons. He outlined the goals [...]	2009-09-10 14:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PINS PREL DJ SO
09DJIBOUTI113	DJIBOUTI APPROVES BLACKWATER FOR COMMERCIAL COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. security firm, Blackwater Worldwide (BW),has received permission from the Government of Djibouti to operate an armed ship from the port of Djibouti, to protect commercial shipping from pirates off the coast of Somalia. Blackwater's U.S.-flagged ship is expected to arrive in ear [...]	2009-02-12 16:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MOPS BEXP DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI1141	DJIBOUTI WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 15:15:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT DJ
09DJIBOUTI117	DJIBOUTI DECRIES STALEMATE IN BORDER DISPUTE WITH ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the five-week deadline referenced by UNSCR 1862 of January 14 approaches, senior Djiboutian officials--including Foreign Minister Youssouf and Djibouti's Ambassador to the U.S. and UN PermRep Olhaye-underscore the need for increased international pressure on Eritrea. Facing a [...]	2009-02-13 15:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PBTS PREL MOPS DJ ER UNSC
09DJIBOUTI1199	SOMALIA/ERITREA: EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REPORTEDLY [...] (C) According to Egyptian Ambassador to Djibouti, Farghali Abdulhalim Taha, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Egyptian intelligence chief (presumably Omar Suleiman) visited Eritrea o/a October 7 to discuss Somalia. 2. (C) In an October 10 conversation with CDA a.i., Amb. Ta [...]	2009-10-11 06:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EG ER DJ SO
09DJIBOUTI1203	DJIBOUTIAN CANDIDACY FOR UNESCO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Djibouti requests USG support for its candidacy for the UNESCO Executive Board. According to UNESCO's website, the election of Members of the Executive Board will occur on October 14, with ballots distributed the evening of October 13. Post strongly recommend [...]	2009-10-13 16:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO DJ FR XA
09DJIBOUTI1205	DJIBOUTI REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR EASBRIG FTX [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti recommends provision of GPOI funds, or alternate sources of funding, in response to formal requests from Djibouti's Minister of Defense and chief of general staff, for assistance to support the East Africa Standby Brigade's Field Training Exercise (EASBRIG FTX),s [...]	2009-10-13 18:03:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS MOPS EAID DJ ET KE RW UG BY XA
09DJIBOUTI1219	DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Meeting with visiting U.S. Africa Command's Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Affairs (AFRICOM DCMA),Foreign Minister Youssouf hailed U.S. engagement in Djibouti and cited combating terrorism and piracy as "common interests" of the United States and Djibouti. He noted D [...]	2009-10-20 07:23:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL DJ SO UG AU UNSC
09DJIBOUTI1419	OPPOSITION FIGURES PREPARE FOR 2011 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two minor political figures have now declared their intention to run as candidates in 2011 presidential elections: Aden Robleh Awaleh of the National Democratic Party (PND),nominally an ally of the ruling party (ref A),and Mohamed Daoud Chehem of the unaffiliated Djiboutian Part [...]	2009-12-23 09:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR DJ
09DJIBOUTI1423	DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the same day that DAS Wycoff had separate meetings with Djibouti's Foreign Minister and Prime Minister (septels),President Guelleh engaged in a 90-minute exposition of the interlinking security challenges facing Djibouti. Chief security concerns for Djibouti are Eritrea's cont [...]	2009-12-27 12:41:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF DJ SO ER YM
09DJIBOUTI1425	DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND ERITREA WITH DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-27 12:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	MOPS MASS PREL PGOV PHSA PTER DJ SO ER AG
09DJIBOUTI149	DJIBOUTI FM CALLS FOR INCREASED SURVEILLANCE TO THWART [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a February 26 meeting with interim Charge, Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Youssouf requested USG assistance in strengthening surveillance of airspace between neighboring Eritrea and Somalia, to interdict or curb suspected arms shipments from Asmara to unspecified airfields near K [...]	2009-02-26 17:22:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL PTER PINS PINR MOPS DJ SO ER
09DJIBOUTI150	FRENCH FM KOUCHNER'S VISIT FOCUSES ON DJIBOUTI-ERITREA, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. FM Kouchner's surprise February 21-22 visit to Djibouti focused on Djibouti-Eritrea, Somalia, and countering Somali piracy, but did not address bilateral issues, according to the French Ambassador. Despite the expiration of the 5-week deadline imposed by UNSCR 1862 for Eritrea [...]	2009-03-01 08:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KPKO FR SO DJ RS
09DJIBOUTI156	JAPAN SEEKS TO DEPLOY P-3 AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS TO DJIBOUTI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mid-February discussions with visiting Japanese officials--from the Diet, MFA, MOD, and Japanese embassies in Addis Ababa and London--suggest that Japan is preparing to deploy two P-3C maritime patrol aircraft and possibly two JMSDF frigates to Djibouti, in order to support intern [...]	2009-03-01 16:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MARR MOPS JA DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI176	SOMALI PIRACY: DJIBOUTI FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS [...] (C) In a March 11 meeting with Ambassador and DCM, Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Youssouf and MFA Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan reaffirmed the Government of Djibouti's concurrence to allow the USG to transit suspected pirates by air, via Djibouti, en route to Kenya for prose [...]	2009-03-12 12:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MOPS KJUS DJ SO KE
09DJIBOUTI255	JAPANESE TROOPS EN ROUTE TO DJIBOUTI TO COMBAT SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In anticipation of signing a SOFA on April 3 with Djibouti's foreign minister, two Japanese destroyers, each with 200-man crews, are expected to arrive in Djibouti in the next ten days to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. They will be joined in May by t [...]	2009-03-29 15:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MARR MOPS EWWT JA DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI335	DJIBOUTI: MARCH ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] (U) This March 2009 Djibouti Economic-ESTH roundup includes: --Djiboutian President Guelleh visits U.S.-led salt mining project at Lac Assal --Progress underway on Djiboutis new Commercial Code --France and Djibouti sign investment risk convention --France approves USD 30 million in loans t [...]	2009-04-20 12:53:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN EAID ENRG ECPS PGOV BEXP SENV FR DJ
09DJIBOUTI337	DJIBOUTI: U.S. COMPANY TO INVEST IN WIND, SOLAR, AND [...] (U) This message contains business proprietary information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Maple Indian Ocean Resources (MIOR),the Djiboutian-registered affiliate of a U.S. company, signed agreements with the GODJ March 21 to begin development of two renewable energy project [...]	2009-04-20 13:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV BEXP SENV DJ
09DJIBOUTI37	DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ADVOCATES QUICK PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing views he said he had conveyed to Djiboutian President Guelleh in a recent "brainstorming session," Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) must be pushed to name new parliamentarians in time to elect a new President o [...]	2009-01-15 11:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SO DJ AU
09DJIBOUTI415	BELGIAN SPECIAL FORCES REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE FOR POSSIBLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 16:19:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL PHSA MOPS DJ SO BE
09DJIBOUTI42	DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ADVOCATES QUICK PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing views he said he had conveyed to Djiboutian President Guelleh in a recent "brainstorming session," Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) must be pushed to name new parliamentarians in time to elect a new President o [...]	2009-01-16 16:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SO DJ XTAG
09DJIBOUTI549	GODJ LOOKS BACK ON SEVEN YEARS OF ACTION; FIELDS CITIZEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a weeklong, televised "National Seminar of Reflection on Government Action," President Guelleh and the members of his cabinet summarized the GODJ's accomplishments of the past seven years, outlined remaining challenges, and fielded questions from a broad cross-section of [...]	2009-05-21 10:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PHUM DJ
09DJIBOUTI563	DJIBOUTIAN FM REPORTS IGAD SEEKS MORE AGGRESSIVE MANDATE FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY. According to Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, IGAD Foreign Ministers agree that the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) requires a more robust mandate, with Uganda urging the need to "review the rules of engagement ." Youssouf also highlighted AMISOM's need [...]	2009-05-28 08:31:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS MASS KPKO SO ER ET DJ XA
09DJIBOUTI6	SOMALI PIRACY - DJIBOUTI RECOMMENDS USG [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Djiboutian Foreign Minister Youssouf confirmed that the GODJ would participate in the Jan. 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to be held in New York, and strongly urged USG participation in a regional International Maritime Organization (IMO) conference [...]	2009-01-04 14:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI657	MEDIA REACTION TO JUNE 4 POTUS SPEECH [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned press in Djibouti devoted considerable media attention to the June 4 POTUS speech in Cairo before, during, and after the event. Prior to the speech, French-language newspapers carried a lengthy opinion piece reflecting the Government of Djibouti's expectations that t [...]	2009-06-09 16:22:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KISL KPAL DJ
09DJIBOUTI755	DJIBOUTI: APRIL-MAY ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] This April-May 2009 Djibouti Economic-ESTH roundup includes: --Chinese company to build rail spur to Djiboutis new port --Fund grants first loans to local entrepreneurs --New airline serving Djibouti and Yemen --Indian firm evaluating potential Djibouti gold deposits --New road links key no [...]	2009-06-22 12:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN EAIR EMIN ENRG ELTN EWWT SENV DJ
09DJIBOUTI8	SOMALIA: DJIBOUTI FM STRESSES URGENT NEED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a Jan. 4 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Youssouf hailed recent USG statements on Somalia and on the Dec. 29 resignation of TFG President Yusuf, noting that Yusuf had been an obstacle to the Djibouti Process. Citing the reluctance of potential troop contributing coun [...]	2009-01-05 15:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS EAID SO DJ
09DJIBOUTI837	SOMALIA: TFG CONFIRMS PLANS TO TRAIN TROOPS IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. A senior Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) military officer meeting with Djibouti's Chief of Defense reports that the TFG now has 1,000 fighters assembled in Mogadishu ready to undergo training immediately in Djibouti, as soon as transport is arranged. These 1,000 [...]	2009-06-25 18:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL PINS PTER SO DJ UG
09DJIBOUTI881	SOMALIA: TFG RECRUITS ARRIVE IN DJIBOUTI FOR MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Within the last week, a total of 340 Somali military recruits arrived at Djibouti's primary military training center, ready to begin two months of basic infantry training. Somali and Djiboutian military officers expect additional Somali trainees to arrive in Djibouti later this we [...]	2009-07-08 14:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PHUM PREL DJ SO
09DJIBOUTI893	SOMALIA: DJIBOUTI'S FM DISCUSSES REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. A July 10 IGAD ministerial in Addis Ababa will address revising the African Union Mission in Somalia's (AMISOM) rules of engagement to allow it to take more robust military action against al-Shabaab extremists, according to Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. IGAD m [...]	2009-07-09 15:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS KPKO DJ SO ER
09DJIBOUTI991	SCENESETTER FOR AFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his party to Djibouti. A stable, moderate Muslim ally, Djibouti not only hosts Camp Lemonier -- the only U.S. military base in Africa -- but also key USG broadcasting facilities used by Arabic-language Radio Saw [...]	2009-07-28 17:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS MOPS PREL KPKO DJ SO ER JA XA
09DOHA146	AL JAZEERA RENEWS OFFER OF FREE BROADCAST HOUR TO [...] (C) Sheikh Hamed bin Thamer Al Thani, Chairman of the Board of the Al Jazeera Network, told Ambassador on February 19 that official U.S. voices were essential to Al Jazeera's efforts to present viewers with both sides of issues dominating the daily news. To accurately capture the U.S. positi [...]	2009-02-26 14:19:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO QA
09DOHA225	ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: GOOD TURNOUT AS QATAR TILTS [...] (U) Following are highlights of the "Doha Declaration" issued at the close of the March 30-31 Arab League Summit: SUDAN: Arab leaders expressed their support of Sudan in face of "all threats targeting its security, stability, and territorial integrity" and rejected all actions that threaten [...]	2009-03-31 09:30:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAL KWBG SU QA
09DOHA355	DOHA DARFUR TALKS SITREP TWO (P3 Meeting) [...] (SBU) The President's Special Envoy for Sudan, Gen. Scott Gration, met on May 26 with the special envoys of France and the UK, over a working dinner hosted by the French Ambassador in Qatar. British Special Envoy Michael O'Neill emphasized the need to review all potential incentives and penalt [...]	2009-05-31 09:21:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU QA FR UK CH
09DOHA415	QATAR PARTNERS WITH NYSE EURONEXT TO REBRAND SECURITIES [...] (U) Announcing the agreement in soaring language, Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani (who is also the QIA CEO) said that the new bourse "paves the way for Qatar to take a prominent role in the world's capital markets for the benefit of both the people of Qatar and the Middle East m [...]	2009-06-24 12:14:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV QA
09DOHA458	EMBASSY DOHA'S FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] OVERVIEW: This cable is structured to provide Embassy Doha's assessment - based on consultations with key stakeholders - of the best ways to engage on the three priority areas listed in the President's speech and in Ref A. After describing how we sought feedback to the speech, we call for buil [...]	2009-07-22 04:45:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL
09DOHA489	INTERNET REPORTS RUMORS OF FOILED COUP ATTEMPT IN [...] (C) Various websites and blogs, relying largely on information from Ilaf.com, reported recently that the Qatari leadership had foiled a coup attempt on July 30. The reports said that 16 senior military commanders had been placed under house arrest. As many as 30 officers overall, among them 5 [...]	2009-08-03 14:54:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PGOV PINS QA
09DOHA639	QATAR MOVES FORWARD ON GAS TO LIQUID INNOVATION [...] (SBU) Simon Buerk, communications manager for Shell Service Company in Qatar, told P/E Chief Rice October 20 that the revenue from the Pearl project, once it is fully operational, will generate a profit in the early stages that Shell will split with Qatar Petroleum (QP). 2. (SBU) According [...]	2009-10-26 05:23:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY TNGD ENRG KMPI QA
09DUBLIN114	IRISH GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON BRITISH [...] (C) The government of Ireland has condemned the attacks in Northern Ireland on March 7 that killed two British soldiers. Irish government officials say that the Northern Ireland Assembly, the British government and the Irish government are coordinating their responses closely. Dublin also s [...]	2009-03-09 15:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EI
09DUBLIN130	IRELAND'S BANKING SECTOR - ENOUGH TO MAKE FIANNA [...] (C) The Irish banking industry continues to weather the fallout from the Anglo Irish Bank nationalization. While there are no new developments in the Anglo Irish criminal investigation, a fifth member of the "Golden Circle" has been revealed, as have additional inappropriate dealings by former [...]	2009-03-20 14:50:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EI
09DUBLIN167	IRELAND'S SOVEREIGN DEBT -- IN GOOD HANDS [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Emboffs met with Anthony Linehan, Deputy Director, Funding & Debt Management, National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) to talk about the Irish government's debt program and the soon-to-be-operational National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). He indicated that the Ir [...]	2009-04-17 10:24:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EI
09DUBLIN477	IRELAND: UPDATE ON EX-GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ex-Guantanamo detainees in Ireland are performing most daily tasks on their own, but will require "long-term" assistance before being able to integrate into Irish society. The Irish have requested the help of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in arranging for [...]	2009-11-12 16:38:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR EI
09DUBLIN535	IRELAND: DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ON FOOD SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8 Ambassador Rooney met with Peter Power, Ireland's Minister of State for Overseas Development. Power wants to work more closely with the U.S. on food security in Africa, Ireland's top development priority. He also agreed to explore the possibility of contributing mo [...]	2009-12-10 09:02:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG EI MI ET TZ UG MZ
09DUBLIN545	IRISH POLICY DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, NATO PFP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 15 Ciaran Murphy (STRICTLY PROTECT),Assistant Secretary General and Policy Director in the Irish Department of Defense, told Poloff there was a slight possibility Ireland would send two military trainers to Afghanistan to help train Afghan security forces. Ireland ho [...]	2009-12-16 14:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EI AF
09DUBLIN550	TOP IRISH DIPLOMATS ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 17 Ambassador Rooney hosted a lunch with the top career officials in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The conversation focused on priorities for U.S.-Ireland relations such as Afghanistan and the Northern Ireland peace process. On Afghanistan, the Irish [...]	2009-12-18 16:24:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF EI
09DURBAN33	VIGOROUS CAMPAIGNING AND CONTINUED INTIMIDATION: KWAZULU [...] (SBU) Summary. The African National Congress (ANC) campaign machine is in high gear, and the ANC is taking advantage of every opportunity to deliver its message. Despite official pronouncements against violence, members of the ANC are still reportedly intimidating Congress of the People (COPE) [...]	2009-03-31 14:38:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SF
09DURBAN6	ZUMA, STATE PONDER NEXT STEPS AFTER COURT RULING [...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court of Appeal on January 12 reinstated the corruption case against African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma, overturning an earlier verdict that had tossed out the charges related to the controversial 1998 arms deal on a technicality. (Note: The state [...]	2009-01-13 15:28:00	Consulate Durban	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
09DUSHANBE1443	GIVE ME YOUR LUNCH MONEY - TAJIK GOVERNMENT USES THE HARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajik government has launched an expansive campaign to browbeat the public into buying shares in the long-delayed Roghun hydro-electric project, which it considers to be a "life or death" initiative to achieve energy security. The President summoned the Tajik press corps to [...]	2009-12-21 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV EINV TI
09DUSHANBE241	TAJIKISTAN'S ECONOMY IN DIRE CONDITION, INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are predicting a very difficult year ahead for Tajikistan as a result of the global financial crisis. Economists at both institutions say the situation is far worse than they had [...]	2009-02-27 13:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV ELAB TI
09DUSHANBE345	TAJIKISTAN: MILITARY SUPPLY ROUTES AND BASE QUESTIONS SPARK [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The February negotiations with governments in Central Asia over supply routes for coalition military operations in Afghanistan put Western media on hair trigger alert, so much so that otherwise responsible, fa [...]	2009-03-19 11:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KDEM TI
09DUSHANBE45	TAJIKISTAN - SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 17 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes the upcoming visit of General Petraeus. Following are an overview of the situation and key issues we face in Tajikistan. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (C) The poorest former Soviet republic, Tajikistan borders Afghanistan (1200 kilometers),China, Uzbekistan and [...]	2009-01-09 09:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE670	AFTER Q1 FINANCIAL RESULTS, TAJIKS BEG DONORS FOR CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 29 the Tajik Ministry of Finance briefed donors on the country's economic performance over the first quarter of 2009. With declining exports, falling remittances, and a weakening currency, budget revenues are expected to fall 20-25% short of initial projections. Official [...]	2009-06-02 18:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL TI
09DUSSELDORF10	IJU/"SAUERLAND CELL" TERRORISM TRIAL OPENS IN DUESSELDORF [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the "Sauerland Cell" charged with membership in the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) and planning terrorist attacks in Germany against American and other targets began on April 22 amidst strict security and enormous media attention at the High Security Court in Duesseldorf [...]	2009-04-22 17:46:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KISL PGOV KCRM KZ PK UZ GM
09EFTOLONDON2187	DELIVERY OF AGENDA FOR P-3 MEETING ON NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 13:22:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA UK
09EFTOLONDON2211	UK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING U.S.INVITATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 15:12:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KTBT KNNP UK
09EFTOLONDON2239	"NEW" UK FUNDING FOR PAKISTAN BORDER AREAS: NOT [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: UK PM Gordon Brown,s announced GBP 50 million (USD 80 million) in additional assistance for Pakistan,s border areas will come from the current GBP 665 million (USD 1 billion) already designated for aid to Pakistan and is unlikely to be in place until spring 2010. End Summary. [...]	2009-09-29 17:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID UK
09EFTOLONDON2240	WALES ASPIRES TO BE A CHAMPION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (SBU/NF) Summary. Wales is an active player on climate change and has produced its own strategy calling for a three percent cut in carbon emissions as an annual target beginning in 2011. Welsh Assembly Government officials are coordinating with HMG's overall low carbon strategy. This cooper [...]	2009-09-30 07:14:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG ECON EINV UK
09EFTOLONDON2363	UK SUPPORTS PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU/NF) ESTHOff delivered reftel to relevant contacts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on October 15. Steve Walsgrove, Assistant Director of the Nuclear Unit at DECC, told ESTHOff on October 16 that HMG is "joined up" with the [...]	2009-10-19 12:53:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP IAEA UK
09EFTOLONDON2468	TAMIL EXPATRIATES CALL FOR RESETTLEMENT OF IDPS [...] (SBU/NF) Summary. In an October 21 meeting with four UK citizen Tamils from "Expatriate Tamils," a UK-based diaspora advocacy group, requested that the USG "prevail upon the Sri Lankan government" to allow for timely resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),including 250,000 plus [...]	2009-11-02 16:37:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM XD CE UK PREF
09EFTOLONDON2521	UK RESPONSE: REQUEST FOR UK PRESENCE AT JANUARY [...] (SBU/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Sharon McDonald, CBRN Terrorism Desk Officer in the Counter-Proliferation Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on November 3. McDonald said she had already discussed the GICNT EPG Meeting with her supervisors, but that no decisi [...]	2009-11-06 17:30:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC UK
09EFTOLONDON2618	UK RESPONSE: FMCT POSITIONS FOR P-3 DISCUSSION IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 17:08:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL TRGY MNUC UK
09EFTOLONDON2688	UK INITIAL RESPONSE: PROMOTING SUPPORT FOR UNSCR [...] (SBU/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Philip Richards, Nuclear and Radiological Security Desk Officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on December 2. Richards said he would closely review the Voluntary Fund explanation, objectives, and potential projects as left in non-pape [...]	2009-12-02 17:08:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER AORC UNSC KPAO UK
09EFTOLONDON2858	UK RESPONSE: APPROACH TO 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nick Low, Head of the Nuclear Issues Section in the Counter-Proliferation Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on December 14. In a follow-up meeting on December 17, Low told Poloff that he had passed the reftel talking points to c [...]	2009-12-18 11:00:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ENRG IAEA MNUC KNNP UK
09EFTOLONDON2884	P3 DISCUSS UNSCR 1540 WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 15, representatives of the P3 (France, the UK, and the U.S.) who handle UNSCR 1540 implementation met in London for an agreed update on the Comprehensive Review outcome, the USG proposal for a 1540 Voluntary Fund, and to identify objectives for the 2010 Program of Wo [...]	2009-12-23 13:39:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER AORC UNSC KPAO RS CH FR UK
09EFTOLONDON2905	UK RESPONSE: U.S. NON-PAPER ON DISSUADING ABUSE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 11:56:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA CDG
09FRANKFURT2648	FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - MARCH - AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 12:57:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM
09FRANKFURT3013	EU FINANCIAL REGULATORY REFORM: CHIEF REGULATOR HAS [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent conversation between Consulate Representatives and Joachim Sanio, the President of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin),revealed concerns over strong French influence in the new EU financial regulatory agencies currently being created. Sanio comm [...]	2009-11-20 12:55:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON GM
09FRANKFURT846	Blue Skies for Frankfurt Airport Expansion, Partly Cloudy [...] Summary: Construction of a fourth runway for Frankfurt Airport began at the start of 2009, following years of debate and political wrangling. The runway and a new terminal will take several years to complete, meeting Frankfurt's anticipated capacity needs through 2020 and ensuring its future [...]	2009-03-26 12:34:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EIND ENRG SENV EU GM
09FREETOWN129	MARCH POLITICAL ROUND-UP -- FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: March was a politically active and volatile month in Sierra Leone. Two violent clashes between the APC and SLPP resulted in the banning of political radio stations, and differences between the parties were negotiated with the international community acting as mediators. The SLPP he [...]	2009-04-03 13:51:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SL
09FREETOWN136	IMF REPS CONCERNED BUT PATIENT REGARDING SIERRA [...] (C) Summary: On April 6, Ambassador met with IMF representatives to discuss their private views on GoSL performance since December 2008. Resident Representative Alvin Hilaire, Chief of Mission Norbert Toe and incoming Chief of Mission Jan Mikkelsen, discussed their disappointment that promises [...]	2009-04-14 15:43:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN SL
09FREETOWN266	CORRUPT MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ARMS DEAL THREATENS SL [...] (S/NF) On July 7, CDA and PolOff met with a high-level, reliable source with access to intelligence across civilian and military agencies. Source informed emboffs of an attempted arms deal brokered by Minister of Defense Palo Conteh, in collaboration with Chief of Defense Staff Major-General A [...]	2009-07-08 17:45:00	Embassy Freetown	SECRET	PGOV PREL MASS PINS PINR SL
09FREETOWN288	SIERRA LEONE: BROKER FOR REGIONAL STABILITY? [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met July 20 with Foreign Minister Bangura following President Koroma's travel to Conakry for an aborted Mano River Union summit July 14. Minister Bangura was defensive about the need for Sierra Leone to stay engaged with coup leaders Dadis Camara despite ECOWAS, AU and [...]	2009-07-23 08:18:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SL
09FREETOWN321	FINANCE MINISTER UNPERTURBED BY ECONOMIC PRESSURES [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Finance Minister Samura Kamara on August 11 to discuss the state of the Sierra Leonean economy. Minister Kamara downplayed the ongoing currency devaluation (reftel),focusing instead on long-term financial and development strategies, such as the GoSL's approach [...]	2009-08-17 15:22:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PINR SL
09FREETOWN325	DIPLOMATIC CORPS VIEWS: CRY ME A RIVER [...] (C) Summary: Through mainly one-on-one meetings over the past two weeks with Western, African and Middle Eastern envoys, plus the United Nations, Ambassador has detected both a desire to support Sierra Leone's stated goals and a frustration that to do so is difficult. President Koroma's lauda [...]	2009-08-17 16:54:00	Embassy Freetown	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR SL
09FREETOWN404	PRESIDENT KOROMA WANTS HIGH LEVEL USG [...] (U) On October 12, President Ernest Bai Koroma passed through his personal assistant a request that the United States Government endorse Sierra Leone's Consultative Group (CG) meeting in London November 18-19 by sending a high level delegation. The meeting, which is broken down into a Trade an [...]	2009-10-15 12:43:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SL
09FREETOWN430	SIERRA LEONE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Please see the following draft of the Sierra Leone 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, keyed to reftel: 2) Summary Sierra Leone has taken steps to combat illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and has mounted efforts against drug abuse. I [...]	2009-11-02 15:49:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN449	SLPP PULLS NO PUNCHES TO DISCREDIT GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: On November 16, the SLPP released to the media a letter from party Chairman John Benjamin to President Koroma. The letter outlines four pages of alleged grievances, ranging from corruption and nepotism to inter-party squabbles. While the letter was dated November 12, its release w [...]	2009-11-18 08:29:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KCOR SL
09FREETOWN456	BOMB SCARE AT AIRPORT HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) On November 8, an "electronic cigar" was found on an inbound British Midlands (BMI) flight from London. The cigar, found by a cleaning crew once on the ground in Freetown, caused alarm because it was found hidden beneath a blanket under a seat, with wires protruding from either end. Breach [...]	2009-11-25 12:39:00	Embassy Freetown	SECRET	ASEC EAIR PINS PTER SL
09FREETOWN465	SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART I: POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first in a series of four that seeks to analyze Sierra Leone's current level of stability, and the threats and weaknesses challenging it. In the political realm, the country is already gearing up for the 2012 national, parliamentary, and local elections. Even tho [...]	2009-12-01 17:19:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN497	SIERRA LEONE MINISTER OF FINANCE PRESENTS 2010 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and Economic Development Samura Kamara presented the Sierra Leone Government Budget and Statement of Economic and Financial Policies for the financial year 2010, titled "Confronting the Future," to Parliament on December 4. The budget includes a comprehensive [...]	2009-12-17 19:36:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SL
09FREETOWN518	FOREIGN MINISTER UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura appears increasingly at risk of losing her job in the next cabinet reshuffle, with corruption charges, frequent absences from Freetown, and incompetence cited by the media as the leading reasons. Her favored position with the President (reftel A) [...]	2009-12-31 13:32:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SL
09FREETOWN82	OUR CLOSEST ALLIES? MEETING WITH INCOMING BRITISH [...] (C) Incoming British High Commissioner Ian Hughes paid an office call on the Ambassador February 25. Deputy High Commissioner Rachel Cooper and DCM Glenn Fedzer also attended. The Ambassador discussed President Obama and Secretary Clinton's foreign policy objectives and areas of mutual int [...]	2009-03-04 16:46:00	Embassy Freetown	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR PREL PGOV UK SL
09FREETOWN85	COCAINE CASE NEARLY IMPLODES: PRESIDENT INTERVENES [...] (S/NF) Summary: On March 5, emboffs learned from a well-placed source within the government that the Attorney General (AG) had secretly secured a deal with the foreign defendants in the cocaine case to grant their release in exchange for USD 2.5 million. According to our knowledge of the deal, the [...]	2009-03-06 15:31:00	Embassy Freetown	SECRET	SNAR PGOV PREL SL
09GABORONE25	BRITISH VIEWS ON BOTSWANA, ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires and A/DCM met with the British High Commissioner to Botswana Frank Martin January 7 at his office. The meeting was a continuation of long standing close cooperation and information sharing between the U.S. Embassy and UKHC in Gaborone. Martin recently returned [...]	2009-01-09 07:26:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ZI BC
09GABORONE665	A SMART POWER SUCCESS STORY IN AFRICA -- THE CASE [...] (C) The U.S.-Botswana partnership is a model for what smart power could achieve in Africa. Over four decades, Botswana has invested in its people, promoted independent institutions, and trained and deployed a civilian-controlled military for national development priorities. We have multipli [...]	2009-08-20 16:29:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV MASS ETRD KHIV EAID MARR EINV
09GABORONE82	BOTSWANA: READ-OUT FROM MFA ON SADC SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Samuel Otlule, the Permanent Secretary at Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Communique issued by SADC at the close of the January 26 Extraordinary Summit on Zimbabwe was a "consensus document" and was supported by Botswana. Otlule characterized [...]	2009-01-28 14:59:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI BC

09GABORONE832	BOTSWANA: PRESIDENT AND PARLIAMENT SWORN IN, [...] President Seretse Khama Ian Khama was sworn in as the fourth President of Botswana in a ceremony early on the morning of October 20. In his acceptance speech President Khama focused attention on the need to increase food production in Botswana, improve education and skills development, encour [...]	2009-10-22 14:37:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM BC
09GABORONE847	MFA'S THOUGHTS ON ZIMBABWE SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: From Botswana's point of view, Zimbabwe's Global Political Agreement (GPA) is deeply flawed and unlikely to lead to any meaningul power sharing in the foreseeable future, accoding to Ambassador Zibane Ntakhwana, Africa and Asia Department Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...]	2009-10-27 11:14:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BC ZI
09GABORONE850	ZIMBABWE'S COLLAPSE A MIXED ECONOMIC BAG FOR [...] Summary: Zimbabwean migration has had both negative and positive impact on neighboring Botswana. On the downside, Zimbabweans are widely blamed for increased crime; they are accused of taking jobs from Batswana; and the government has been forced to spend its limited resources on both the dep [...]	2009-10-27 15:05:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PGOV ZI BC
09GABORONE853	BOTSWANA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT IAN KHAMA'S [...] (C) Botswana's President Ian Khama visits Washington November 5-7 to chair the Conservation International annual meeting in a confident mood, fortified by a strong election victory on October 16 that allowed him to assume the presidency for a 5-year term. Khama has emerged as a principled, ou [...]	2009-10-30 09:34:00	Embassy Gaborone	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KHIV MASS SENV KPKO OVIP BC
09GABORONE88	BOTSWANA: READ-OUT FROM PRESIDENT KHAMA ON THE [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a 90 minute meeting January 29, President Khama shared his impressions of the January 26-27 SADC summit with a small group of Chiefs of Mission at his office in Gaborone. Khama described the overall dynamics of the summit and commented that he and Tanzanian President Kik [...]	2009-01-30 13:15:00	Embassy Gaborone	SECRET	PREL PHUM KDEM PINR ZI BC
09GABORONE963	SADC ANSWERS PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION [...] (C) Summary. In a written submission, the SADC Secretariat told us SADC would not exclude Zimbabwe or Zimbabwean nationals from access to or participation in SADC activities. Recently, we understand French police trained several SADC member state police services -- not Zimbabwe -- to UN stan [...]	2009-12-04 08:29:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL ETRD EAID SADC ZI BC
09GENEVA1012	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-052. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 30, 2009 Time: 4:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. UKRAINE A/S Gottemoeller Mr. Nykonenko Amb Ries [...]	2009-11-11 08:26:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA233	UNCTAD: Investment for Development [...] SUMMARY: UNCTAD experts, numbering approximately 50 member country and 40 field experts, focused on the development dimension of international investment agreements (IIAs) at a recent meeting in Geneva. The experts covered many areas of current debate in the international investment community [...]	2009-03-18 13:26:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV UNCTAD
09GENEVA293	MARCH 2009 INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON THE [...] Summary and next steps: On March 27, the Chairman of the WTO Working Party (WP) on the Accession of the Russian Federation (Russia) to the WTO convened an informal consultative meeting to discuss status of work and next steps in the Russian WTO accession process. WTO members also held pluril [...]	2009-04-08 11:12:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON WTRO USTR RS
09GENEVA470	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) RUSSIAN CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-019. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Russian Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. [...]	2009-06-12 13:52:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA513	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-II): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-II-007. 2. (S) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of a Russian-proposed Joint Statement on Missile Defense Issues. The Russian-proposed Joint Statement was provided to A/S Gottemoeller in a meeting at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on June 24, 2009, by Am [...]	2009-06-24 18:27:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA521	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-II): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-II-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 23, 2009 Time: 3:45 - 4:45 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U.S. and Russian Delegations resumed work on the draft Joint Understanding. The meeting focused o [...]	2009-06-25 14:50:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA805	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 22, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the first Treaty Text and Definitions Working Group (TTDWG) meeting of the session, the Partie [...]	2009-09-29 18:34:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA819	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 22, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the September 22 plenary meeting chaired by U.S. Head of Delegation (HOD) A/S Gottemoel [...]	2009-10-01 10:43:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA884	STATE/VCI PDAS LOOK'S MEETINGS WITH CANADIAN, [...] (C) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Karin L. Look, used the opportunity of being in Geneva to meet bilaterally with the Canadian, French, British, and Pakistani Ambassadors to the Conference on Disarmament (CD) on September 30, 20 [...]	2009-10-16 10:54:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM
09GENEVA997	UNCTAD 47th Executive Session of the Trade and Development [...] SUMMARY. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Trade and Development Board (TDB) held its 47th Executive Session on June 30, 2009. The focus of the conference was food insecurity in Africa as an obstacle to development. The TDB approved several reports - the Report of [...]	2009-11-09 07:22:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ETRD EAGR UNCTAD
09GRENADA65	NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS: ONE YEAR IN POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Tillman Thomas told the nation on July 9 that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government completed its first year in office with great success. His speech skated over details and blamed the previous government and the current economic downturn for making i [...]	2009-07-13 20:11:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN SOCI GJ
09GUANGZHOU372	Climate Change: Xiamen in the Forefront of Mitigation and [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: In the battle against climate change, Xiamen in Fujian province is increasingly a focal point for efforts by government, NGOs and businesses in south China. The city government has created a new, unique institution to assess the impact of climate change; NGOs have fo [...]	2009-06-16 09:26:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY SENV ECON CH
09GUANGZHOU643	Container Shipping Industry Sees Slow Recovery Ahead [...] (U) SUMMARY: The global container shipping industry hit rock bottom in 2009 and is slowly climbing out of the trough, according to industry experts attending the 3rd Annual Trans-Pacific Maritime Asia Conference in Shenzhen in late October. Executives of shipping lines and major retailers poin [...]	2009-11-20 09:13:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV
09GUATEMALA434	VISIT OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY NANCY LEE TO [...] (SBU) Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Americas Nancy Lee visited Guatemala April 17 to attend the Central American Finance Ministers meeting and discuss the impact of the global economic crisis on Guatemala and Central America. In meetings with a variety of private and public secto [...]	2009-05-06 18:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL GT
09HAMILTON130	UNITED BERMUDA PARTY REELECTS KIM SWAN AS OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (U) After months of heightened internal dissension, the beleaguered opposition United Bermuda Party (UBP) came together on November 5 to reelect Kim Swan as Opposition Leader, just in time for the reconvening of Parliament on November 6. UBP members had criticized Swan for being too slow [...]	2009-11-06 19:41:00	Consulate Hamilton	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BD
09HAMILTON132	BERMUDA: GOVERNMENT PRESENTS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR COMING [...] (U) Governor Sir Richard Gozney reconvened Parliament on November 6 and delivered the Throne Speech setting out the Government of Bermuda's (GOB) legislative agenda for the coming year. Speaking on behalf of the government, the Governor put the spotlight on education and youth and the ne [...]	2009-11-10 20:01:00	Consulate Hamilton	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI CVIS BD
09HAMILTON134	BERMUDA ON OECD'S "WHITE LIST", WARDING OFF "TAX HAVEN [...] (SBU) In June 2009, the Government of Bermuda moved onto the OECD's "white list" with the signing of the minimum required 12 Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs). Bermuda Government officials and international businesses hope that Bermuda's placement on the white list will deter possibl [...]	2009-11-12 19:05:00	Consulate Hamilton	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BD
09HAMILTON136	BERMUDA'S FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS: PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Bermuda Customs describes Bermuda as a point of destination for drugs because of the high street value garnered as compared with street values in the U.S. The Bermuda Department of National Drug Control (DNDC) has documented an increasing use of illicit drugs in Bermuda, and a May [...]	2009-11-13 15:23:00	Consulate Hamilton	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SOCI PGOV BD
09HAMILTON147	BERMUDA: ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (U) Since the arrival of Hamilton's first female Consul General at post in August, women's groups in Bermuda have been reaching out to the U.S. Consulate. Previously the Consulate had not done much work on women's issues, but the Consulate is now exploring the particular areas of interes [...]	2009-12-18 20:13:00	Consulate Hamilton	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN XG PHUM SOCI BD
09HAMILTON149	BERMUDA: GANGS, GUNS, AND CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Crime, in particular gang-related and gun crime, is increasing on the island. The Consul General met with the Bermuda Governor on December 16th and Bermuda and its citizens are uniting together to combat the violent crime problem. The Government is even considering imposing [...]	2009-12-18 21:21:00	Consulate Hamilton	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC SOCI
09HANOI1024	Demarche Delivered: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 03:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO PREL EWWT PHSA VM
09HANOI180	2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - VIETNAM - PART 2 of [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM
09HANOI417	VIETNAM'S PLANS FOR BAUXITE EXPLOITATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has spent several years developing plans to exploit Vietnam's massive bauxite reserves, estimated as the world's fourth or fifth largest. Despite environmental and national security concerns, and popular anxiety over Chinese participation, the hi [...]	2009-04-29 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN SENV ECON PREL EINV VM
09HARARE228	AIR ZIMBABWE AT ROSSROAD TO SURVIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Air Zimbabwe, the wholly government-owned flagship air-carrier of Zimbabwe, is at a crossroads. After ten years of disastrous financial mismanagement, AirZim has become an enormous drain to the government's coffers, requiring continuous transfusions of working capital from the [...]	2009-03-17 08:52:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CASC ATRN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE360	TSVANGIRAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON GOZ PROGRESS [...] (C) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the Ambassador May 1 that he is reasonably satisfied with the progress of the new transitional government. Outstanding issues in the process of being resolved include: governorships, permanent secretaries and ambassadorships; political detainees; and [...]	2009-05-04 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE392	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ZIM MINING MINISTER [...] (SBU) On May 11, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Zimbabwe's new Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Obert Mpofu. The Ambassador pressed the ZANU-PF minister on the importance of boosting electrical supplies to support renewed economic activity and ongoing U.S. concern about viol [...]	2009-05-12 15:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
09HARARE430	AMCIT INVOLVED IN VIOLENT ZIMBABWEAN FARM INVASION [...] (SBU) The Zimbabwean President of the Senate, Edna Madzongwe, is carrying out a violent farm invasion of a commercial citrus farm with an annual estimated export crop worth US$4 million. The invasion and ejection of the title holder appear to violate local law, as the Zimbabwean High Court ha [...]	2009-05-21 15:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EAGR CASC ZI
09HARARE47	ZIM NOTES 01-16-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Tsvangirai to Return, Meet Mugabe... - Conviction Threatens to Expel MDC MP from Parliament... - Still no Resolution on Court Cases... - SADC Tribunal Wrong Says Zimbabwean Supreme Court Justice... - Schools Opening or Not? - New Report on Zim [...]	2009-01-20 07:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE499	GOLD'S POTENTIAL TO CONTRIBUTE TO ZIMBABWE'S [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe is in dire need of substantial foreign currency inflows. Looking ahead, the country's once significant gold mining industry is a potential source of foreign exchange earnings, provided the problems of access to capital, power shortages, and protection of property rights are add [...]	2009-06-18 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD ECON PGOV ZI
09HARARE510	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY GENERAL SLAMS ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Amnesty International (AI) Secretary General Irene Khan wrapped up a six-day visit to Zimbabwe on June 18 with a press conference where she expressed her dismay at "persistent" human rights violations in Zimbabwe. During a diplomatic briefing on June 16 that included numerous African dip [...]	2009-06-23 11:16:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE521	ZIM NOTES 06-26-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Next Stage in Constitutional Process Begins... - MP for Chiadzwa Convicted... - MDC Director General Still in Jail... - UK Ups Commitment Slightly... - State (Reluctantly) Admits Violating Mukoko's Rights... - South Africa Reconsiders Permit fo [...]	2009-06-29 08:46:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE54	ZIM NOTES 01-23-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Talks Remain Deadlocked... - Zimbabwe Courts Foreign Diamond Investors... - Zimbabweans Turn to Satellite TV to Watch U.S. Inauguration... - (Dis)Grace Punches Photographer... - Cholera Continues... - Budget to Consider Dollarization... - Lawy [...]	2009-01-26 08:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE577	ZIM NOTES 07-10-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Kimberley Team Urges Ban on Chiadzwa Diamonds... - Cabinet Presses Ministers on Outstanding Issues... - Constitutional All Stakeholders Conference to Kick-Off Monday... - Another MDC-T MP Convicted... - Swine Flu in Zimbabwe? - MIC Maintaining [...]	2009-07-13 09:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE613	ZIM NOTES 07-24-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Launch of Organ for National Healing, Reconciliation, and Integration... - Senate Passes Biti's Budget... - MDC Gets Ambassadors... - Zaka North MP Convicted... - Civil Servants Get 50% Raise... - Foul Play in Death of Manicaland MP? - AG Tom [...]	2009-07-27 07:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE618	ZIMBABWE H1N1 FLU: TWO CASES CONFIRMED [...] (U) To date, only two cases of the H1N1 flu virus have been documented in Zimbabwe. Both of these imported cases were contracted and confirmed by laboratories outside of Zimbabwe. 2. (U) In one confirmed case, an Indian man contracted the disease outside Zimbabwe, probably in London, before [...]	2009-07-29 10:14:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON EAGR PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL ZI
09HARARE714	ZIM NOTES 09-08-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Codel Meets with Mugabe, Tsvangirai and MPs... - Min. of Justice Withdraws Zimbabwe from SADC Tribunal... - Fires Destroy Two White Homesteads... - KP Chair Clarifies Zim Visit... - Teachers Ignore Call to Strike... - Mugabe Grants Amnesty to 1 [...]	2009-09-08 08:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE725	ZIM NOTES 09-11-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - SADC Summit... - New Strategy Against White Farmers? - Senior EU Delegation to Visit... - MP Jonathan Moyo Re-joins ZANU-PF... - Activist Killed for a Song... - MFA Apologizes, and The Herald Prints Embassy Letter... - University of Zimbabwe R [...]	2009-09-14 09:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE771	ZIM NOTES 9-25-09 [...] Political Parties Reconfigure Control of Constitutional Process... The three principals to the power-sharing agreement, President Mugabe, PM Tsvangirai, and DPM Mutambara, met last week and agreed to form three new entities to oversee the constitutional process - a Management Committee that ap [...]	2009-09-26 16:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ZI
09HARARE837	AIR ZIMBABWE ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the words of CEO Peter Chikumba, Air Zimbabwe is on life support in the Intensive Care Unit. Although the wholly government-owned flagship air-carrier of Zimbabwe has laid-off 30 percent of its workforce since February 2009 and has significantly reduced service, the airline [...]	2009-10-20 14:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CASC ATRN ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
09HARARE966	ZIM NOTES 12-14-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Ambassador Presents Credentials... ZANU-PF Congress Begins... Human Rights Day Marches... Report on ZANU-PF Perpetrated Rape Released... Kunonga Renews Attacks on Anglicans... WOZA Cases Continue to Drag On... Court Acquits Human Rights Lawyer... MDC-T Suspends Co [...]	2009-12-14 09:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HARARE996	ZIM NOTES 12-21-2009 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Potential Progress on Negotiations? No Surprises at ZANU-PF Congress... Moyo Rises from the Ashes... Journalists Seek Nullification of ZUJ Election... Mugabe Commandeers Plane to Deliver Climate Rant... Central Bank Law on Hold... Food Markets Still Balkanized... A [...]	2009-12-21 09:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
09HAVANA486	HOW THE UK SEES ITS RELATIONS WITH CUBA, AND EU-US [...] (C) Chief of Mission had lunch on August 5 with UK Ambassador Dianna Melrose to discuss her recent trip to Washington, D.C, the status of UK-Cuba relations, and her impressions of last week's Cuban National Assembly session. Some highlights: 2. (C) Washington, D.C: Ambassador Melrose was [...]	2009-08-07 16:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UK CU
09HONGKONG1318	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON CHIEF SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's Farewell call July 16, Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang thanked the United States for our cooperation on a variety of issues and noted that Hong Kong's close relationship with the United States is based on our shared respect f [...]	2009-07-17 10:30:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR HK
09HONGKONG1331	CONSUL GENERAL'S FAREWELL CALL ON FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. In the Consul General's farewell call on Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and Treasury K.C. Chan on July 17, Chan stated that China appears to be coming out of the financial crisis. "We have hit rock bottom and are now coming back;" however, U.S. consumer spending is s [...]	2009-07-20 08:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV HK
09HONGKONG1875	HSBC Returns CEO to Hong Kong, China's "Local" [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation's (HSBC) decision to shift its CEO from London to Hong Kong reflects the increasing importance of the Asia market in the bank's strategy. Hong Kong officials praised the move as a vote of confidence in the strength of Hong Kong's fin [...]	2009-10-05 09:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV HK CH
09HONGKONG202	MEDIA REACTION: US-CHINA RELATIONS; US ECONOMY; [...] U.S.-China relations 2. U.S. economy 3. U.S.-Russia relations 4. Climate change HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-02-02 09:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG421	FAITH IN CHINESE STIMULUS, DOUBTS ABOUT DEMAND [...] Summary: Hong Kong analysts, financial officials and bankers generally trust that China's fiscal and monetary stimuli will help prop up Chinese GDP growth in 2009 despite rapidly collapsing exports. Most senior Chinese officials understand that declining exports reflect evaporating foreign de [...]	2009-03-06 09:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
09HONGKONG438	HK OFFICIALS LOOK TO G-20, REGIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong officials will participate in upcoming G-20 meetings as part of the Chinese delegation, focusing on advising senior PRC officials on regulatory and financial sector reforms, U.S. Treasury officials heard during a February 20-24 visit to Hong Kong. Comments by Treasury [...]	2009-03-10 11:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL HK CH
09HONGKONG489	MEDIA REACTION: G20 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-17 08:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG530	HONG KONG TO LOSE FINANCIAL FORUM SEAT IN 2011? [...] (U) This is an Action Message. Action Request para 5. 2. (C) Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam told the Consul General March 20 that in the recent Financial Stability Forum (FSF) meeting in London, participants agreed to expand FSF membership to include all G [...]	2009-03-20 11:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG547	MEDIA REACTION: NEW USG PLAN TO DEAL WITH TOXIC ASSETS; [...] New USG plan to deal with toxic assets 2. U.S.-China relations 3. Iran HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-03-24 09:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG559	HONG KONG HAS HIGH HOPES FOR RMB SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority Chief Executive Joseph Yam will travel to Beijing this week to sign an agreement to launch Chinese currency trade settlement in Hong Kong. While the scheme will eventually include Macau and ASEAN countries, Yam believes the large majority of trans [...]	2009-03-25 10:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
09HONGKONG616	MEDIA REACTION: G20 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 09:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG635	CODEL MCCAIN COURTESY CALL ON CHIEF EXECUTIVE TSANG [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong's system, having restructured during the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997, is "resilient", Chief Executive Donald Tsang told CoDel McCain April 5, but the worst may be yet to come. He hoped the United States would not turn to protectionism. Regarding China's proposal fo [...]	2009-04-06 08:33:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD OREP HK
09HONGKONG638	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA; G-20; NATO [...] North Korea 2. G-20 3. NATO HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-04-06 09:28:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG660	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA TO TURKEY; G-20 SUMMIT [...] President Obama to Turkey 2. G-20 summit HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-04-08 09:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HONGKONG687	MEDIA REACTION: CUBA; US-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] Cuba 2. U.S.-Russia relations HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2009-04-15 09:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
09HYDERABAD40	BHARAT BALLOT 09: ANDHRA PRADESH CONGRESS UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andhra Pradesh, India's fourth largest state, is in the midst of concurrent state and national elections. The state was a bright spot for Congress in 2004; the party won an absolute majority in the state assembly and a substantial majority of Andhra Pradesh's seats in the Lok [...]	2009-04-23 09:32:00	American Consulate Hyderabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09ISLAMABAD1035	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 11:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1046	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 11:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1078	MILITARY OPERATIONS UPDATE: MAY 18 [...] (S) Summary: The Pakistani Army and Special Services Group (SSG-special forces) continue to prepare for an assault on Swat's main town of Mingora as militants reinforce and resupply their positions. The Army/SSG have lifted the curfew on Mingora several times in an attempt to empty the town [...]	2009-05-18 13:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD1210	ICRC TO LAUNCH PRELIMINARY APPEAL TO PROVIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is likely to issue at least a preliminary appeal by June 5 for not less than an additional USD 40 million to almost double its program in Pakistan. The expanded program, intended to be massive in scale but limited in time, wou [...]	2009-06-03 09:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID PTER PGOV PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD1371	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 11:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1374	IDP UPDATE: MINGORA ELECTRIFIED; UNHCR GAINS [...] (C) Summary: On June 21, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) celebrated Pakistan's historic World Cup cricket victory: Pakistan's cricket captain dedicated the victory in London to the plight of the IDPs, and camp residents danced to and cheered the win which was televised. Services, includin [...]	2009-06-22 14:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD139	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 11:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1437	PML-N WARNS NSA JONES THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor General James Jones joined Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and several other Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leaders for lunch on June 25. The PML-N leaders explained to NSA Jones that Pakistani public opinion currently supported the war agains [...]	2009-06-30 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD1521	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1652	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 14:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1782	SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO TAKE UP TREASON APPEAL [...] (C) Summary: Supreme Court Justice Iftikar Chaudhry said July 30 the Court would not take up an appeal to charge former President Musharraf with treason. The appeal had emerged during an ongoing case being heard by the Court which challenges the constitutionality of Musharraf's actions in [...]	2009-07-31 16:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD180	ANOTHER CABINET EXPANSION; MQM JOINS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Asif Zardari swore in four more federal ministers on January 26, two from the religious Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party (JUI-F, including Fazlur Rehman's brother) and two from the Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM). With this move, Zardari formally brings MQM and i [...]	2009-01-28 14:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID MARR PK
09ISLAMABAD1877	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 12:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD201	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2162	FORMER RULING PARTY PML SPLITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following weeks of wrangling within the former ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) about the intra-party electoral process, and on the heels of the July 20 national-level party elections in which Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was reelected unopposed as PML president, dissident part [...]	2009-09-08 13:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD2200	NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT INFORMATION DELIVERED TO [...] Ambassador passed reftel information on President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit to Pakistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi on September 11, 2009, and will raise it with President Zardari at the next opportunity. Embassy PolOff followed up with MFA Director General for Di [...]	2009-09-11 11:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL PTER PGOV MNUC PK
09ISLAMABAD2353	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 11:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2391	PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE - NAWAZ MOVING TOWARDS [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif stated that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is moving towards forcing mid-term legislative elections due to the poor performance and growing unpopularity of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government. Shahbaz viewed these moves towar [...]	2009-10-05 16:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
09ISLAMABAD2477	BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 23 SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 12:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2628	PAKISTAN-U.S. ENERGY DIALOGUE POINTS TO LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations to the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue of October 23-24 discussed plans for moving beyond the current difficulties and strategies for addressing longer-term planning. It was clear that Pakistan has made measurable progress in addressing the electricity sector's debt pr [...]	2009-10-28 14:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2665	PAKISTAN'S PETROLEUM MINISTRY ON POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to its chronic and worsening natural gas shortage, the GOP will "most likely" award contracts to two firms -- 4Gas and a Vitol-FOTCO consortium -- to build floating LNG re-gasification terminals, according to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Special Secret [...]	2009-11-03 14:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK
09ISLAMABAD2889	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 11:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2927	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 10:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD305	STATE BANK GOVERNOR: LACK OF CREDIT STIFLING PAKISTAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 31, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its Monetary Policy Statement which maintained the discount rate at 15 percent for the next six months, causing disappointment to many in the private sector who were hoping for an easing of rates. SBP Governor Salim Raza [...]	2009-02-12 07:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD364	UPDATE ON SOLECKI CASE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and UN Resrep Akcura met February 19 with Interior Minister Malik to follow up on the Solecki kidnapping case. Akcura expressed concern about Solecki's deteriorating health, as noted by the kidnappers' spokesman in a February 18 statement rejecting direct negotiatio [...]	2009-02-19 16:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PGOV PK CASC
09ISLAMABAD378	POLITICAL UPDATE: ZARDARI CONSOLIDATES POWER [...] (C) Summary: President Asif Zardari has taken simultaneous moves to further consolidate his authority over the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and to extend the PPP's control over both the National Assembly and Senate. Senate elections will not occur until March 4, but the PPP has already locked [...]	2009-02-20 13:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD491	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 10:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD516	LITTLE MOVEMENT ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. In a last-ditch effort to reduce tensions with the Sharif brothers ahead of the start of the lawyers' march on March 12, President Zardari offered Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain the post of Senate leader if PML would form a government with the Pakistan Peo [...]	2009-03-12 04:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD644	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 11:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD691	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 11:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD788	ZARDARI SIGNS SHARI'A REGULATIONS FOR SWAT [...] (C) Summary: On April 13, President Zardari signed the proposed Nizam-e-Adl regulations into law, officially extending Shari'a law in Swat and surrounding areas. The approval came after months of pressure from coalition partner Awami National Party (ANP) and also the Pakistani military. The A [...]	2009-04-14 14:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD918	MQM: PRINCIPLES AND CONSPIRACIES [...] (C) Summary: On April 23, Charge met with Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leaders Dr. Farooq Sattar and Haider Rizvi to discuss their party's stance against the recently signed Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, their ideas for a GOP response, and the potential for violence in the mega-city [...]	2009-04-30 10:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD935	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 09:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD946	RECONCILIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) publicly agreed to continue in a coalition with the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) government in Punjab, but PML-N again politely declined PM Gilani's offer to rejoin the PPP-led government in Islamabad. Awami National Party leader Wali Khan [...]	2009-05-03 10:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09ISTANBUL105	FACEBOOK IN IRAN: DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: In early February the Iranian regime reportedly unblocked internet access in Iran to social networking sites like Facebook. Since then tens of thousands of Iranians have signed up, according to Iranian contacts, and use the website not only for socializing but also for politica [...]	2009-03-13 07:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM ECPS IR
09ISTANBUL131	A LEADING IRANIAN ANALYST'S ADVICE ON ROXANA [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: A leading Iranian analyst shared views with us on March 26 on Iranian-American journalist Roxane Saberi's detention, US-Iran engagement, and Iran's presidential elections. Regarding Saberi's detention, he said if the USG follows the model used in 2007 in response to Hale [...]	2009-03-31 10:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM IR

09ISTANBUL137	IRAN/NARCOTICS: ENGAGING IRAN ON COUNTER-NARCOTIC ISSUES IN TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-10 11:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PINS PREL SNAR TU
09ISTANBUL138	US-IRAN RELATIONS: "BEWARE THE SPOILERS" [...] (S) Summary: Several contacts who closely watch Iranian politics have cautioned that in the wake of recent positive "atmospheric" developments in US-Iran relations, Washington should take extra care not to "over-extend" its efforts to reach out to the regime. The remaining two months before [...]	2009-04-10 13:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL14	US-IRAN RELATIONS: CONTACTS IN TURKEY AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian contacts and local experts have cautioned it would be a mistake if the USG, as it considers whether, when, and how to engage Iran, withheld such an approach in an effort to impact the outcome of Iran's elections, in this case against Ahmadinejad. One expert argued that [...]	2009-01-09 11:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL175	PROMOTING "CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN IRAN" [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish NGO that promotes "corporate social responsibility" (CSR) principles in Turkey has briefed us on its efforts to train an Iranian CSR NGO to survey 100 Iranian companies on the extent to which they implement CSR principles in Iran. Not surprisingly the initial results [...]	2009-05-20 15:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL183	IRANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS ENCOURAGE US HELP TO [...] (C) Summary: Several Iranian environmental experts recently decried to us the lack of attention and resources the GOI devotes to water-related issues in Iran. They urged the USG to reach out to Iran indirectly, through UNDP or academic channels, to offer a "cooperative partnership" (i.e., US [...]	2009-05-27 14:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PREL PGOV PINS UNDP IR TU
09ISTANBUL189	IRANIAN ELECTIONS AND MEDIA: "PRESS TV FOR [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary and Comment: The Istanbul correspondent for Iran's "Press TV" news channel (please strictly protect) told us that a sizable majority of Press TV reporters, editors, and producers openly support Iranian presidential candidate Mousavi and oppose Ahmadinejad. Despite Press TV [...]	2009-05-29 15:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IR TU
09ISTANBUL198	IRAN/ELECTIONS: A TURKISH PROFESSOR'S INFORMAL [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish political science professor plans to visit Iran with several colleagues June 9-13 on the pretense of holding academic exchanges with counterparts at Tehran and Esfahan universities, but for the primary purpose of visiting Iranian polling stations and observing the cond [...]	2009-06-04 15:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL20	AN IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT CRITIQUES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian expert with a regime-affiliated think-tank who participated in a "study tour" observing U.S. presidential elections has written a draft paper comparing and critiquing U.S. and Iranian election procedures. The paper will be published on a Turkish university website in [...]	2009-01-14 07:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM TU IR
09ISTANBUL206	IRAN/ELECTIONS: A LEADING IRANIAN ANALYST PREDICTS [...] (S) Summary: A leading Tehran-based economic and political consultant predicts that Mir-Hossein Mousavi will win the Iranian elections in a June 19 run-off against Ahmadinejad. His firm's most recent polling shows Mousavi receiving over 50 percent support from Iranians likely to vote, with [...]	2009-06-09 13:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL KDEM IR TU
09ISTANBUL207	IRAN/ELECTIONS: "THE MOST DYNAMIC WEEK IN IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee (please protect) told us June 10 that not since the 1979 revolution has he seen such a dynamic week in Iranian politics. He said the televised debates (especially the airing of corruption charges and personal attacks),the mass [...]	2009-06-10 13:46:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PINS PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL22	RAISING CONCERNS WITH TURKISH BANKS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] (C) Summary: We met with representative from the Turkish Bankers' Association and several Turkish banks to highlight our ongoing concerns about Iran's deceptive financial practices and urge them to undertake more rigorous scrutiny of their relationships with Iranian banks. We also shared inf [...]	2009-01-15 06:50:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP PREL PGOV TU IR
09ISTANBUL220	IRAN/ELECTIONS: "AN IRGC COUP" NOW FACES THREE [...] (S) Summary: A former IRGC captain maintains that the Iranian regime's claim of an Ahmadinejad presidential victory was "an IRGC coup." He claims to have been told by current IRGC contacts (hinting that they are colonels or brigadiers) that once the IRGC saw on election day that that Mousavi [...]	2009-06-17 14:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PINS PGOV KDEM PREL IT TU
09ISTANBUL244	POST-ELECTION IRAN: "THE SYSTEM IS NO LONGER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee, recently returned from Iran, described how he thinks Ahmadinejad's campaign "stole" the elections, including printing 20 million extra ballots for ballot-box stuffing. He predicted the regime will now work hard to secure in [...]	2009-07-02 14:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL287	IRANIAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY: NO SIGN YET OF A [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings with UNHCR and ICMC representatives in Turkey we learned that neither organization has seen a significant surge, yet, of Iranians coming to Turkey to request asylum or refugee status as a result of the post-election crackdown in Iran. However, UNHCR officials [...]	2009-07-28 11:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PINS IR TU AF
09ISTANBUL290	IRAN/ELECTIONS: A TURKISH ELECTION EXPERT SAYS [...] (S) Summary: A Turkish professor who informally observed Iran's June 12 elections told us he believes Ahmadinejad really won a majority of votes. He believed Ahmadinejad's campaign added an additional four million fraudulent votes to pad the margin of victory, but claims Ahmadinejad would ha [...]	2009-07-28 15:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IR TU
09ISTANBUL336	(C) IRAN: A XXXXX CONTACT SHARES VIEWS FROM A RAFSANJANI BUSINESS ALLY ON KHAMENEI'S CANCER AND RAFSANJANI'S NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: A XXXXXXXXXXXX businessman who represents the XXXXXXXXXXXX company XXXXXXXXXXXX shared with us a discussion he recently had with a XXXXXXXXXXXX he described as close to Rafsanjani. The XXXXXXXXXXXX claimed Rafsanjani told him Supreme Leader Khamenei has terminal leukemia and is expecte [...]	2009-08-28 14:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ECON ETRD IR TU
09ISTANBUL343	IRAN: MOUSAVI CAMPAIGN ACTIVISTS RECOUNT [...] (C) Summary: Two Mousavi campaign activists who recently came to Turkey to avoid re-arrest in Iran described their experiences in detention and told us that: the regime is obsessively afraid of former President Khatami, but less so of Mousavi and Rafsanjani; that the purpose of the "show trial [...]	2009-09-10 06:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL345	IRAN: TURKISH EXPERTS SEE KHAMENEI IN CHARGE, [...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed several leading Turkish think-tank experts for latest views on developments in Iran and the Iranian regime's view of engagement with the international community. The common themes we heard were: Supreme Leader Khamenei remains in firm control of the regime, su [...]	2009-09-11 13:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL352	IRAN: REGIME PRESSURE REACHING SOME ISTANBUL [...] (S) Several Istanbul-based contacts of ConGen Istanbul's NEA Iran Watcher have separately cautioned us in the past week that they been asked (or warned) by Iranian officials to cease contact with "American diplomats asking questions about Iran." In one case, a key contact -- XXXXXXXXXXXX-- i [...]	2009-09-15 09:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PINS PREL PGOV PINR IR TU
09ISTANBUL367	IRAN/ECONOMY: AN IRANIAN NGO REPORT CRITIQUES [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish NGO (CSR-Turkey) is helping a sister NGO in Iran (CSR-Iran) examine how Iranian businesses implement, and whether the Iranian regime supports, "corporate social responsibility" practices in the workplace. CSR-Turkey has shared CSR-Iran's draft "Iran country report", b [...]	2009-09-29 13:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM EFIN PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL370	IRAN/RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: ASSYRIAN PENTACOSTAL [...] (C) Summary: According to the pastor of the largest Protestant Evangelical Church in Turkey (who also oversees the global church's evangelical missions in the Middle East),the Iranian Majles's Assyrian community representative, Jonathan Betkolia, asked an Iranian court in March 2009 to clos [...]	2009-09-30 13:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINS PGOV TU IR
09ISTANBUL374	IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS: BAHAI'I TRIAL UPDATE AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Bahai'i community leaders told us the trial of Iranian Bahai'i activists remains scheduled for October 18. Given that the prosecutor and judge involved in the case are the same ones who convicted American-Iranian journalist Roxane Saberi of espionage, the Bahai'i are bra [...]	2009-10-02 07:08:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PINS PREL TU IR
09ISTANBUL394	IRAN-TURKEY COMMERCE: WARM FUZZIES AND COLD FACTS [...] (C) Summary: Despite a spate of recent Iran-Turkey trade conferences and visits, bilateral trade volume in 2009 is significantly down: USD 2.92 billion in the first seven months of 2009, down 38% compared to the same period in 2008. Many experts suggest the global financial downturn and low [...]	2009-10-15 05:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PINS PGOV IR TU
09ISTANBUL399	IRAN-TURKEY COMMERCE: AN "INSIDER" SAYS ITS ALL [...] (S) Summary: A Turkish businessman who deals extensively in Iran told us that the only way to do business there safely is through an Iranian partner with high-level regime connections, in his case a partner he claims is connected to the son of Supreme Leader Khamenei. Our contact cautioned that two [...]	2009-10-19 06:28:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	ECON
09ISTANBUL421	AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Turkey and Iran have actively courted each other in recent months, including Foreign Ministerial bilats in August, September, and early November, Erdogan's October trip to Iran, and Ahmadinejad's November 8-9 Istanbul visit. Ahmadinejad came for the OIC Summit, but also to furthe [...]	2009-11-10 17:12:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KNNP OIC TU IR
09ISTANBUL425	A TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL EXECUTIVE URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL BOARD MEMBER TOLD US THAT TRYING TO DO BUSINESS WITH IRAN HAS BECOME INTOLERABLE. HE SAID THIS IS BECAUSE IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC) IS MUSCLING OUT OTHER PARTNERS; IRAN REFUSES TO LOWER CUSTOMS DUTIES; BANK MELLAT IS UNRELIABL [...]	2009-11-13 18:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL428	IRAN/FINANCE: TREASURY A/S COHEN URGES MORE [...] (C) Summary: Treasury A/S Cohen met October 19 in Istanbul with representatives from Turkey's two largest banking associations, including eight leading Turkish banks. A/S Cohen urged Turkish banks to adopt the most stringent compliance and enforcement standards to give the international finan [...]	2009-11-19 10:03:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL TU IR
09ISTANBUL429	SISLI MAYOR SARIGUL BROADENING ELECTORAL BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mustafa Sarigul, mayor of Istanbul's Sisli District, remains on track to launch his political party, the Turkey Change Movement (Turkiye Degisim Hareketi, or TDH),in January 2010 and will make a bid to oust Prime Minister Erdogan in the 2011 election. In separate, recent meetings [...]	2009-11-19 11:39:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL440	TURKEY-IRAN RELATIONS: MOTIVATIONS, LIMITATIONS, [...] (C) Recent discussions with Turkish and Iranian think-tank, business, and political activist contacts on the issue of Turkey-Iran relations reveal a broad consensus that: (1) Turkey pursues closer relations with Iran out of desires for regional stability and conflict avoidance, recognition of [...]	2009-12-04 12:36:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD KNNP TU IR
09ISTANBUL457	IRAN-TURKEY FINANCE: IS BANK CLOSES REMAINING BANK [...] (SBU) A representative from Turkiye Is Bank, one of Turkey's largest private banks, contacted ConGen Istanbul on December 14 to report that it closed Iranian Bank Mellat's USD account at Is Bank as of November 20, 2009. Our Is Bank interlocutor also told us that the bank closed Iranian Bank S [...]	2009-12-14 16:16:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV TU IR
09ISTANBUL461	IRAN/CULTURE: SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK AND ROLL [...] (SBU) Summary: An Iranian rock band described to us on December 8-9 Tehran's "small but crazy" underground club scene, where drugs are cheap and easy to find, creative expression is at its most free, and participants are among Iran's most tech-savvy citizens. They said the regime's fierce po [...]	2009-12-16 14:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS SOCI TU IR
09ISTANBUL47	IRAN/DIPLOMACY: FORMER IRANIAN MFA DG URGES [...] (C) Summary: Kia Tabatabaee, a former Iranian MFA Director General now working for the "Developing Eight" (D8) organization in Istanbul, told us that Iran awaits US steps towards engagement. He urged the US and EU3 to put aside the nuclear issue "for a few months" and cooperate on regional i [...]	2009-01-29 11:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IR TU
09ISTANBUL78	TURKISH THINK TANK EXPERTS EXPOUND ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: We recently pulsed private Turkish experts for latest views on Turkey-Iran and US-Iran relations. The most common themes we heard were: Turkey and Iran, as neighbors and rivals, both seek a stable "balance of power" with each other and usually pursue bilateral relations with t [...]	2009-02-26 10:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP IAEA TU IR
09ISTANBUL81	KOCAELI ELECTIONS SHAPING UP AS TWO PARTY RACE [...] Summary. A hard-fought and close race for the Mayorship of Kocaeli Greater Municipality, the largest city in Kocaeli Province, is shaping up between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). In the last municipal elections, Ibrahim [...]	2009-02-26 14:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL83	US-IRAN RELATIONS: WHY IRAN REFUSED THE US [...] (S) Summary: A trusted contact claims he was told by a close advisor to Iranian President Ahmadinejad that Iran denied visas for the planned February 4, 2009 visit of the US women's badminton because of the USG's "bad faith" in announcing the visit earlier than Iran had requested. According t [...]	2009-03-03 06:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IR
09ISTANBUL94	TURKEY-IRAN COMMERCE: "MOSTLY JUST NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Summary: Despite two recent trade-related Ministerial visits to Iran and accompanying press suggesting a rapidly expanding bilateral trade relationship, Turkish-Iranian Business Council contacts assured us that beyond Turkey's interest in Iranian natural gas, the trade relationship is "m [...]	2009-03-06 12:37:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV ETRD IR TU
09JAKARTA1169	INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR IMO CANDIDACY [...] This is an action request - Please see para 3. 2. Embassy received on July 1 a diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support towards the candidature of Indonesia to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Category "C". 3. Action Reques [...]	2009-07-10 10:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT IMO PREL PHSA KTIA ID
09JAKARTA1230	INDONESIA REACTS TO BOMB BLASTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's public speculation that the July 17 bombings of two luxury hotels could be an attempt to sabotage his new, second administration and destabilize the country met with sharp criticism. Opposition parties claimed he was trying to intimidate them due to their [...]	2009-07-23 05:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER ID
09JAKARTA1511	ENSURING COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP LONG-TERM SUCCESS: JAKARTA REACTION TO NIC REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesia offers an opportunity to guide Indonesia toward the "ASEAN Leader" scenario in the February 2009 NIC Report, "Indonesia: Scenarios for the Future and Implications for US Interests. Above all, Indonesia,s future depends on the quality of [...]	2009-09-11 00:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	KDEM KISL PINR PREL XB
09JAKARTA1615	ENGAGING INDONESIA ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission has urged Indonesia to support the United States' candidacy for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) (Category "A") during the November 23-December 4 IMO meetings in London. Our interlocutors promised to review the U.S. candidacy carefully, adding that Indonesi [...]	2009-09-28 07:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA ECON IMO ID
09JAKARTA1687	INDONESIAN RESPONSE T0 USG IMO CANDIDACY -- QUID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has responded formally to Ref B demarche seeking support for the United States' candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO),promising to consider the matter carefully. Informally, a Department of Foreign Affairs official told poloff that Indonesia was a [...]	2009-10-07 09:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA ECON IMO ID
09JAKARTA1766	SHAPE OF NEW INDONESIAN CABINET EMERGES DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After weeks of frenzied media speculation, Indonesians were expecting to learn today who President Yudhoyono had selected for his new cabinet. Although most of the positions are pencilled in, analysts speculate that the delay could be due to a last-minute attempt by Yudhoyono to [...]	2009-10-21 11:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID PREL
09JAKARTA1782	INDONESIA'S PROMISING NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) This message contains Action Requests, please see paragraphs 7 and 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has signaled a continuation of his pragmatic and moderate foreign policy with his choice for Indonesia's new Foreign Minister. Dr. Marty Natalegawa, known for his quick wit and [...]	2009-10-26 06:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA33	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2008 [...] On November 24, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Freddy Numberi inaugurated a new marine conservation area (MCA) in Kaimana, West Papua Province. Members of the local community, who contributed their indigenous land rights to the new 600,000-hectare MCA, are working collaboratively wi [...]	2009-01-09 04:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
09JAKARTA381	INDONESIAN SHERPA VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's key objectives for the upcoming G-20 meetings are: -- Agreement on the rapid recapitalization of the multilateral development banks, even if governance reforms are delayed. -- Broader focus of G-20 deliberations beyond financial market instability to include the [...]	2009-03-04 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ID
09JAKARTA415	INDONESIA'S GROWTH SLOWDOWN, BALANCE OF PAYMENT PRESSURES [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's economic growth is slowing as the global economic downturn has become more entrenched. Market consensus expects a growth slowdown (current IMF forecast is 3.5 percent),rather than recession, for 2009. The macroeconomic situation remains broadly stable, though pres [...]	2009-03-10 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EAID ID
09JAKARTA417	COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP -- NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Ambassador Retno Marsudi, Director General for European and American Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs, on March 10 discussed next steps following the Secretary's February 18-19 visit to Indonesia. Marsudi confirmed President Yudhoyono would attend [...]	2009-03-10 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID OVIP ID
09JAKARTA467	AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE -- INDONESIA CONSIDERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged Indonesia to attend the March 31 International Conference on Afghanistan in the Hague, per reftel instructions. The Indonesian government is reviewing the matter but has not yet finalized attendance. The Dutch Embassy here told us they expect that FM Wirajuda [...]	2009-03-17 05:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN ID AF
09JAKARTA488	BURMESE PRIME MINISTER VISITS JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein met with President Yudhoyono, VP Kalla and key ministers during a March 16-17 visit to Jakarta. Yudhoyono stressed the need for concrete progress toward political reform and for credible elections in 2010. Sein acknowledged concerns regarding [...]	2009-03-18 10:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM
09JAKARTA621	LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- CAMPAIGN CONCLUDES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign for the national legislative elections officially ended on April 5. A three day "cooling off" period begins today as Indonesia gears up for the elections on April 9. Polls indicate that President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) is still ahead. The President--jus [...]	2009-04-06 10:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA633	PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE -- URGING HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia supports the April 17 Japan/World Bank-sponsored Donors' Conference for Pakistan, but has not yet finalized its participation. Underscoring the importance of the conference, Mission has urged the GOI to attend at a senior level and to pledge support for Pakistan. The [...]	2009-04-07 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID PK AF JA
09JAKARTA736	SENIOR OFFICIAL PUBLICLY ENDORSES COMPREHENSIVE [...] A senior official in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs has publicly endorsed the idea of a new partnership between the United States and Indonesia. Retno L.P. Marsudi, Director General for America and Europe, made the endorsement in an opinion piece in the English-language Jakarta [...]	2009-04-27 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ID
09JEDDAH147	JEDDAH BUSINESS LEADERS TAKE STOCK OF SHIFTING [...] (C) Summary: In the second of a series of economic roundtables organized by Pol/EconOff, leading Jeddah businessmen, bankers and economists reflected on the current state of the economy with equanimity and cautious optimism. Hosted on the evening of April 15 by Mohamed Binzagr, a Saudi Arabian [...]	2009-04-22 14:36:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV SA
09JEDDAH445	MORE NETWORKING, MORE OUTREACH TO MUSLIM YOUTH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her October 31 - November 1 visit to Saudi Arabia, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC),Farah Pandith, reached out to a wide range of Saudi youth and civil-society activists over the course of two full days in Jeddah. SRMC Pandith discussed h [...]	2009-11-19 11:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR KPAO SA SCUL SOCI
09JERUSALEM1003	SPECIAL JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINIAN REACTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1006	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/16): PALESTINIAN UNEASE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 10:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1020	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/17): "AHMADINIJAD'S VICTORY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 09:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1026	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/18): REACTIONS TO NETANYAHU'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 10:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1041	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/19): "HAMAS MUST ACCEPT THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 10:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1042	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/22): "NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 11:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1062	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/23): POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 10:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1063	CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/23): POSITIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 10:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1067	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/24): PRISONER RELEASES LEAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 06:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1081	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/26): "PALESTINIAN UNITY WOULD [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 09:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM109	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/12): ISRAEL SEEN AS IGNORING [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 10:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1092	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/29): PALESTINIANS WONDER IF [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1101	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/30): PALESTINIANS WANT HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 09:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1120	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/01): PALESTINIANS: HAMAS HAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 10:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1128	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/02): Palestinians: We [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 07:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1137	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/06): Abbas Calls for Cessation [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 10:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1154	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/07): Hamas Must Not Be An [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 10:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1161	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/08): Israel Will Not Commit to [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 10:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1168	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/09): Palestinian Papers Report [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 12:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1171	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/10): Egyptian Efforts at [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 10:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM118	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/13): "IS A CEASEFIRE CLOSER? [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 10:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1190	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/13): "National Unity Should [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 10:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1199	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/14): Conflicting Press Reports [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 08:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1216	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/15): Palestinian Factions Must [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1221	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/16): "Qaddoumi: Why did you [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 09:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1226	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/17): "The dialogue must [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 09:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1231	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/20): No change in the US [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 10:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1249	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/21): Cessation of settlements [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1259	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/22): Growing International [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 10:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1268	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/23): PALESTINIAN COMMENTATOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 10:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1276	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/24): PALESTINIANS CALL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 10:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1280	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/27): Palestinians seek deeper [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1283	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/28): Palestinians looking for [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 09:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM129	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/14): U.S. RIGHTWING SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 11:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1294	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/29): A Freeze in Settlement [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 09:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1296	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/30): Palestinians look for [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 10:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1308	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/31): Palestinians on growing [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-31 09:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1330	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 10:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1333	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 12:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1336	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/04): Fatah Party Congress Seen [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 08:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1352	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/05): Palestinians Hope Fatah [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 09:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1357	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/06): Coverage Highlights [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM137	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/15): COMPLAINTS OF "NEVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 09:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1373	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/07): Palestinian Commentators [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 08:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1380	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/10): As Fatah Congress Draws [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 09:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1396	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/12): New Fatah Central [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS

09JERUSALEM1401	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/13): Commentators Discuss [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 09:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1403	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/14): Time Has Come For [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 07:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1443	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/17): Internal Fatah elections [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 07:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM146	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/16): EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL - [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1461	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/18): President Abbas Chairs [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 06:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1465	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/19): Palestinians continue to [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 07:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1480	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/20): Egypt continues to work [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 08:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1486	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/21): Palestinians await new US [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1494	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/24): Settlement activity [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 10:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1502	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/25): Prime Minister lays out a [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 09:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1524	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/26): Prime Minister outlines [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 09:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1527	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/27): Press speculates on [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 10:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1555	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/28): Conflicting reports about [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM156	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/20): OBAMA's "ERA OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 11:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1565	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/31): Indications of progress [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 10:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1573	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/01): Palestinians Continue [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-01 09:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1586	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/02): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1587	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/02): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1596	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/03): Palestinians continue to [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 14:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM160	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/21): OBAMA INAUGURATION USHERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 11:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1602	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/04): Negotiations Require a [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 09:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1614	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/08): Relations will not [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 10:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1618	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/09): The Obama peace [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 10:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1627	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/10): New settlement units in [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 10:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1647	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/11): Upcoming Special Envoy [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 08:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1654	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/14): Palestinian factions [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 06:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM166	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/22): HOPES FOR OBAMA; [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 11:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1688	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/15): Palestinians react to [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1695	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/16): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 12:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1700	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/17): Negative reporting about [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 07:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1703	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/18): Normalization will not [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 08:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM171	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/23): "INTERNAL DIVISION, A [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 13:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1713	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/23): Palestinian press report [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 06:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1717	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/24): Palestinian press focus [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 08:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM172	JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (01/23): MITCHELL AS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 13:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1721	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/25): Continued Skepticism [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 06:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1742	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/29): Palestinians hope for [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 05:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1748	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/30): American Role in Peace [...] Hamada Fara'neh commented in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Reaching a settlement without a third party" (9/30): "It is not the first time that the US failed to forge an agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis, especially in regards to the final status issues ... It was unsuc [...]	2009-09-30 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1751	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/01): Israeli plan for a new [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 08:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1758	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/02): Palestinians believe the [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-02 07:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1763	PA LEADERSHIP DISCUSSES SECURITY SECTOR REFORM [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Fayyad's highest priority in the area of security sector reform at present is to address allegations of, and prevent future, prisoner abuse. He convened NGOs on September 30 to encourage active monitoring of the situation, and threatened to dismiss any personnel [...]	2009-10-02 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PGOV PINS PHUM PINR KWBG
09JERUSALEM1767	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/05): Further Israeli actions [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 12:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1769	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/06): Palestinians question why [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 08:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1781	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/07): Israeli actions at [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 06:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1786	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/08): Hamas threatens to [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 07:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1793	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/09): Palestinians react to [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 11:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1803	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/13): Palestinians exert every [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 07:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1813	JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (10/13): Palestinian [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 14:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1815	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/14): Egypt continues to work [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-14 09:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1832	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): UN Security Council [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 07:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1834	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): UN Security Council [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 07:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1842	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/16): Hamas continues to stall [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 06:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM186	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/26): WEST BANK: "CLEAN, [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 10:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1897	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/19): Palestinians question [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 10:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM190	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): THE COSTS OF DIVISION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 10:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1908	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/20): Palestinians skeptical [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 07:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1915	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/21): President Mahmoud Abbas [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 06:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1928	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/22): Palestinians continue to [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 06:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1936	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/23): Palestinian press leads [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 05:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1943	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/26): More clashes between [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 06:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1950	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/27): President Obama's [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 07:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1953	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/28): More Palestinian homes [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 06:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1957	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/29): President Abbas speaks at [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 05:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1961	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/30): Secretary Clinton in the [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 06:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1969	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/2): Palestinians disappointed [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 07:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1974	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/3): Palestinians skeptical of [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 07:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1975	REVISED JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/3): Palestinians [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 12:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM198	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): MITCHELL AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 11:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1987	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/4): Palestinians not convinced [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 06:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1996	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/5): Palestinian press and [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 07:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2006	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/6): Palestinians disappointed [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 07:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2018	JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (11/6): President Mahmoud [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2023	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/9): Palestinians want [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-09 08:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2028	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/10): Questions about where the [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 08:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2033	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/12): The Palestinian Authority [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 06:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM204	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): HOPES FOR MITCHELL'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 09:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2041	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/13): Palestinian Central [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 06:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2047	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/16): The Palestinian Authority [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 07:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM205	CORRECTED DATE: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/29): HOPES [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 09:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2052	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/17): Palestinian Authority [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 06:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2065	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/18): Palestinian press [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 06:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2068	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/18): Palestinian press [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 10:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2078	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/19): Continued settlement [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 05:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2086	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/20): Popular Campaign Against [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 09:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM209	CORRECTED DATE: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/30): [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 15:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2099	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/23): Progress on Prisoner [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2113	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/24): Prisoner Exchange and [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 11:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2128	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/25): Contradicting Reports on [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2131	JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (11/26): PA Rejects [...] Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's announcement of a 10-month moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank and the Palestinian rejection of it as a deceitful and manipulative move dominate the local media. (No immediate response to the proposal in Hamas media.) The failure of Hamas [...]	2009-11-26 11:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2144	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/30): [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 13:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2146	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/01): PA Calls on [...] Hani Al-Masri writing in Al-Ayyam under the headline "The Impact JERUSALEM 00002146 002 OF 002 of the Prisoner Exchange Deal on the Palestinian Map," urges Hamas to become more flexible after the exchange is concluded to focus on national reconciliation and achieving unity. Al-Masri opi [...]	2009-12-01 10:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2161	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/02): EU Recognition of East [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 08:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2168	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/03): Settlement Moratorium [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 09:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM218	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/02): PALESTINIAN ALARM OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-02 10:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2180	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/04): Will the EU Break Under [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 10:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2201	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/07): Will a Prisoner-Exchange [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 10:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2208	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/08): Hopes Run High for EU [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 09:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2231	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/09): Ambiguous EU Statement: [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 10:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2240	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/10): Abbas in Egypt and [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 15:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2256	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/11): Additional Funds For [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-11 13:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS

09JERUSALEM2266	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/15): "Israel Has Replaced the [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 13:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2267	CORRECTED: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/14): "Israel Has [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 14:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2268	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/15): US financial support to [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 08:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2276	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/16): President Abbas [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 08:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM228	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/03): PLO: "NOT JUST AN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-03 12:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2284	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/17): President Abbas: Peace [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 05:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2291	GAZANS IN THE WEST BANK; REPRESENTATIVE INDIVIDUAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The case of Berlanty Azzam, a Bethelehem University student arrested by the GOI and deported to Gaza (reftels),has attracted significant media and NGO attention to the situation of roughly 25,000 Gaza residents living and studying in the West Bank. On December 13, EconOff met [...]	2009-12-17 14:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KWBG PREL KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2294	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/18): President Abbas: "There [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-18 08:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2298	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/21): Prisoner exchange deal [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 08:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2303	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/22): Prisoner exchange deal [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 06:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2311	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/23): President Abbas says he [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-24 05:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2315	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/24): Stories on "Christmas [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-24 07:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2319	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/28): The PA continues to [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 13:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2332	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29): [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-29 08:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2339	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/30): Hamas says it did not [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 07:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2342	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/31): PA Spokesman states that [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 08:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM236	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/04): FEAR THAT SEPARATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 10:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM242	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/05): "NO NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 09:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM254	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/06): NERVOUS ANTICIPATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 11:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM264	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/09): TURKEY'S "GROWING ROLE" [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 11:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM270	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/10): "ISRAELI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 11:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM271	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/11): "POLITICAL PROGRESS... [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 09:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM275	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/12): "A FIRST READING OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 09:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM281	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/13): PEACE PROCESS - "BIGGEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 10:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM292	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/17): NEWS OF SETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 11:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM295	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/18): "OBAMA - A TURNING POINT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 11:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM303	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/19): "NEW ISRAELI OBSTACLES [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 11:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM308	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/20): "EFFORTS TO JUDAIZE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM314	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/23): PALESTINIANS SEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 15:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM320	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/24): "FACING A MORE HOSTILE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM322	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/25): THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 06:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM33	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/05): "WHY ARE [PALESTINIANS] [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 11:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM331	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/26): WHAT WASHINGTON CAN DO [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 10:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM343	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/27): UNITY AS THE ANECTDOTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 11:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM371	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/02): "IS ISRAEL ABOVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 11:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM376	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/03): "GREAT RECONSTRUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-03 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM377	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/04): "JUDAIZING JERUSALEM IS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 06:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM381	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/05): PALESTINIANS: [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-05 07:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM389	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/06): PALESTINIANS QUESTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM399	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/09): PALESTINIANS ANALYZE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 09:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM41	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/06): GAZA -- ANOTHER EPISODE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 11:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM446	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/10): PALESTINIANS HOPE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 10:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM448	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/11): A CALL TO KEEP FAYYAD IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 10:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM454	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/12): HOPES FOR GREATER ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 09:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM461	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/13): PALESTINIANS CALL ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 07:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM475	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/16): "WAITING FOR AGREEMENT" [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 13:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM480	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/17): A CALL FOR A [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-17 11:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM481	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/18): THEORIES ON WHO IS TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 11:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM487	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/19): "DIMINISHING CHANCES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM498	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/20): "WHAT COMES AFTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 10:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM506	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/23): PALESTINIANS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 11:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM522	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/24): PALESTINIANS SEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 11:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM546	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/25): PONDERING THE IMPACT OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 08:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM561	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/26): PALESTINIANS ASSERT ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 11:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM563	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/27): PALESTINIANS SEE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 05:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM572	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/30): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 10:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM578	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/31): PALESTINIANS REMIND ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 10:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM587	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/31): PALESTINIANS: CULTURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 06:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM599	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/02): "NETANYAHU CHANGES THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 09:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM6	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/02): "The Peace Process is [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-02 11:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM611	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/03): PALESTINIANS SEE NEED [...] According to the report, the meeting comes within the framework of Consulate support for the Palestinian economy and private sector. In other coverage of Consulate activities, an Al- Quds' inside page reports that U.S. Consulate General staff donated more than 800 books to the RISOL Community [...]	2009-04-03 09:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM616	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/06): PALESTINIANS: PEACE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 10:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM62	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/07): GAZA - "A FASCIST WAR" [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM624	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/07): PALESTINIANS WELCOME [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 10:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM632	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/08): PALESTINIANS LAMENT LACK [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 10:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM644	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/10): PALESTINIANS SEE "SLOW [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-10 08:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM659	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/13): PALESTINIANS WONDER HOW [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-13 09:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM663	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/14): PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 08:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM672	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/16): PALESTINIANS SEE DOUBLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 08:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM675	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/17): PALESTINIANS: U.S. BEARS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 06:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM678	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/20): PALESTINIANS: NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 09:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM681	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/21): PALESTINIANS: POWERFUL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM685	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/22): PALESTINIANS EXPRESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 10:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM692	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/23): PALESTINIANS: TANGIBLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-23 16:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM696	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/24): PALESTINIANS SEEK [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 10:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM702	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/27): PALESTINIAN DIVISION [...] Talal Ukal of Al-Ayyam writes in "A decision Round, not [more] talks"(4/27): "Overshadowed by an atmosphere of pessimism, or, in the best case scenario, cautious optimism, the fourth round of talks- which could very well be the last in the series of inter-Palestinian dialogue - is scheduled t [...]	2009-04-27 09:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM711	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/28): DECISION TO CLOSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 10:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM719	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/30): UNITY TALKS "POSTPONED" [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 10:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM727	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/01): NEW U.S. POLICY OF OPEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 09:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM73	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/08): "SIGNS OF A TRUCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 10:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM734	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/04): CONCERNS MOUNT OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 11:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM742	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/05): LOW EXPECTATIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 10:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM751	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/07): PALESTINIANS: LET'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 09:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM756	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/08): WORRY THAT WEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 11:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM773	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/11): PALESTINIAN ANGER OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-11 11:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM781	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/12): PALESTINIAN FRUSTRATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 08:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM784	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/13): "A WEAK AND BIASED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 06:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM797	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/14): PALESTINIANS WONDER: [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM806	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/15): BLEAK PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 09:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM812	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/18): PALESTINIANS: U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 08:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM815	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/19): PALESTINIANS QUESTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM823	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/20): UNITY TALKS: "USELESS, [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM825	NEW FAYYAD GOVERNMENT FORMED [...] (C) Summary. A new Palestinian Authority (PA) cabinet under the leadership of PM Salam Fayyad was sworn in on May 19 by PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Coming after a difficult, prolonged negotiation over Ministerial positions, the new government includes representatives from four pol [...]	2009-05-20 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KWBG
09JERUSALEM852	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/26): PALESTINIANS: NO [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 11:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM853	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/27): PALESTINIANS: "MEEK U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 09:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM859	EAST JERUSALEM SETTLEMENT "NOF ZION" ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Residential units in the Nof Zion settlement in the Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem are not selling and the builder is in serious financial difficulty. According to the developer, prospective buyers of the high-end apartments were "uncomfortable" with Nof Zion's [...]	2009-05-28 13:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IS KWBG
09JERUSALEM861	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/28): "WHAT OBAMA'S PROMISES [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 13:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM870	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM871	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 14:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM874	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/02): PALESTINIANS: GIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-02 09:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS

09JERUSALEM878	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/03): PALESTINIAN ANTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 08:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM886	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/04): "THE STRATEGIC AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 11:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM888	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/05): DEEP PALESTINIAN CONCERN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 10:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM89	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/09): "SAVING GAZA TO SAVE THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM890	JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (06/05): OVERWHELMINGLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 11:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM900	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/08): PALESTINIANS: WAITING [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 07:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM945	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/09): PALESTINIANS: NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 08:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM970	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/10): "ISRAELI INTERESTS ARE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM975	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/11): PALESTINIANS: ISRAELI [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 09:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM994	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/12): PALESTINIANS: END [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 10:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JOHANNESBURG24	SOUTH AFRICA: JANUARY 2009 LABOR NOTES [...] This is the January, 2009 issue of the U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: - ANC Hopes to Ban Labor Brokers - Johannesburg Metro Police Strike - COSATU Condemns the Congress of the People Party (COPE) - COSATU to Refuse [...]	2009-02-06 15:04:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN
09KABUL1736	PLANNING FOR GOVERNANCE CHANGES IN HELMAND [...] (C) The U.K. has begun planning for governance changes in Helmand after August 20 elections, concerned that former governor and local powerbroker Sher Mohammad Akunzada (SMA) or his associates are working to return to Helmand. The UK, appropriately, is concerned that the improvements in gove [...]	2009-07-02 14:30:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL2416	POST-ELECTION COMPACT: UNAMA'S ENGAGEMENT SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: SRSG Kai Eide's presentation at the UNAMA meeting on post-election engagement by the International Community with the Government of Afghanistan showed considerable fidelity to the U.S.-launched Post Election Compact consultative process. Eide noted that the international communi [...]	2009-08-18 11:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2667	AN AFGHAN PRIVATE SECTOR AIRLINE WORKING TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Safi Airways, one of three private Afghan-owned carriers, reports it is close to profitability but faces burdensome governmental oversight and unfair competition, particularly from state-owned Ariana Airlines. Safi is banking its future growth on full International Air Transport [...]	2009-09-02 09:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL EAID EINV PGOV NATO AF
09KABUL2964	KamAir Moves Forward on Safety But Warns of Bankruptcy [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's third largest private air carrier, KamAir, has improved its safety procedures, but continues to lose money. The company's president has long complained of unfair Afghan Government support for state-owned Ariana Airlines, and believes another rival sets artificially [...]	2009-09-26 12:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EFIN PREL AF
09KABUL3103	THE CABINET SELECTION PROCESS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Afghan President has the right to select members of the Cabinet, with the endorsement of the Parliament Lower House, according to the Afghan Constitution. Ministry nominations have been rejected by the Lower House on a few occasions, and the Lower House has also issued "no c [...]	2009-10-05 18:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3346	ARIANA: SAFER, PROFITABLE BUT STILL FINANCIALLY CONFUSING [...] Action request for USEU and AmEmbassy London - please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's largest airline, state-owned Ariana Airlines, is a leader in market share and profitability despite an EU flight ban and an aging fleet. Its energetic president, M.K. Wardak, has improve [...]	2009-10-19 03:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV AF
09KABUL3414	ABDULLAH'S SECOND-ROUND BRINKMANSHIP [...] (S) Summary: Afghanistan's political brinkmanship has entered a new round. While Karzai rallies the Pashtun community to vote en masse for him on November 7 and displays no interest in coalescing with rival Dr. Abdullah, Abdullah is edging towards a new precipice in suggesting he may boyc [...]	2009-10-26 10:31:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3503	CONFLICTING VIEWS WITHIN AFGHAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Contacts within the Afghan National Security Committee (NSC) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) appear ambivalent regarding the overall value of de-listing individuals from UNSCR 1267. FM Spanta's senior advisor said that re-integrating individuals "won't change the Taliban" [...]	2009-11-03 12:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF
09KABUL3742	PROSPECTS FOR NEXT AFGHAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) In UNAMA's November 21 weekly ambassadorial-level meeting, UK Ambassador Sedwill announced that UK, U.S., French, and German capitals, and President Karzai had all concurred that the next conference on Afghanistan will take place on 28 January 2010 in London. According to the UK and Fren [...]	2009-11-22 07:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL UN AF
09KABUL3772	SETTING THE AGENDA FOR THE LONDON CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: With the date for the next Afghanistan conference set for January 28 in London, ambassadors gathered at UNAMA on November 23 discussed potential agenda items for the London meeting and a number of other Afghan-related conferences anticipated over the next few months. In addition t [...]	2009-11-25 03:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AF
09KABUL3789	SPANTA PLUGS KABUL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Convening a meeting of foreign ambassadors on November 25, Afghan Foreign Minster Rangeen Spanta highlighted the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's (GIRoA's) request that a high-level conference, hopefully at the ministerial level, be convened in Kabul in early 2 [...]	2009-11-25 17:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3801	AFGHAN NSA: KARZAI WILLING TO PUBLICLY ENDORSE [...] (C) Summary: Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) Zalmay Rassoul previewed President Karzai's next steps on key governance issues in our November 29 meeting. He predicted that Karzai would announce cabinet appointments on or around December 15, followed by appointments to his presidential [...]	2009-11-29 14:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL3819	UNAMA SEEKS CLEAR AGENDA FOR LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (C) In the weekly ambassadorial meeting held on November 30 at UNAMA, SRSG Kai Eide began by raising the importance of reaching agreement among the donor countries and UNAMA on the key agenda items for the London Conference, which UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon confirmed would take place on [...]	2009-11-30 16:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3820	SRSG EIDE CALLS FOR UNAMA RESTRUCTURING [...] (C) Summary: Speaking privately to a gathering of ambassadors in Kabul on November 30, SRSG Kai Eide confided that he had sent a cable to UN HQ suggesting an overhaul of UNAMA's structure. Eide described the "terrible" recruitment process that has hindered UNAMA's performance in Afghanistan, [...]	2009-11-30 17:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3821	UNAMA: BLEAK PROSPECTS FOR 2010 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Setting the scene for the ambassadors gathered at the weekly meeting at UNAMA on November 30, SRSG Kai Eide said that if Afghanistan's Parliamentary and District Council elections were to be held as scheduled on May 22, 2010, they must be announced by December 27. Therefore, the [...]	2009-11-30 18:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3865	KARZAI LOOKS FORWARD [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 2, Ambassador Eikenberry met twice with President Karzai. At the first meeting, the Ambassador and General McChrystal discussed President ObamaÂ´s December 2, speech with Karzai and his national security team. Ambassador Eikenberry advised that at the national level, the [...]	2009-12-03 11:27:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PROG AF
09KABUL3867	AUSTRALIANS EXPAND AUSAID, INCREASE CIVILIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his pre-departure outcall December 3, Australian Ambassador Martin Quinn made no indication of a possible troop increase but noted Australia plans to increase civilian contributions, including by increasing police advisors from three to twenty-five. The Australian Special Ops t [...]	2009-12-03 11:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO AF
09KABUL3870	CHARGE PRESENTS MOUs ON LIFE, SECURITY AND MOBILITY SUPPORT [...] This message contains an action request in para 5. 2. Summary: Over the past week, Charge Mussomeli presented a draft Memorandum of Understanding on Life, Security and Mobility Support to the ambassadors of all coalition countries that have Provincial Reconstruction Teams in which the USG [...]	2009-12-03 13:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL EAID AF
09KABUL3878	UNAMA: POSSIBLY POSTPONING ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Addressing ambassadors gathered at UNAMA on December 2, SRSG Kai Eide reported that he had held a "very productive" meeting with President Karzai on November 30, and that Karzai was clearly open to postponing district elections, but would need additional persuasion to postpone p [...]	2009-12-05 06:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3975	FINANCE MINISTER PUSHES ECONOMIC AGENDA FOR LONDON [...] (C) Summary: In a December 7 meeting with Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne, Finance Minister Zakhilwal discussed his goals for the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) to be held in mid-January and the 28 January London Conference, emphasiz [...]	2009-12-09 16:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR PTER AF
09KABUL3977	LONDON CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON KARZAI INAUGURATION [...] (C) Briefing ambassadors gathered at UNAMA on December 9, British Ambassador Mark Sedwill said that the agenda for the London conference has been broadened beyond security, as originally planned, and will instead focus on all of the most important items President Karzai outlined in his inaugura [...]	2009-12-10 07:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4027	KARZAI ON ANSF, CABINET, AND 2010 ELECTIONS [...] (S) Summary: President Karzai reiterated to Admiral Mullen and Ambassador Eikenberry on December 14 his commitment to Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) development, Interior Ministry (MOI) reform, and to obtaining sufficient security force recruits and training. Although Karzai's reported cabi [...]	2009-12-16 09:57:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4031	JCMB prep-meeting(s) for London Conference [...] (U) This cable reports the draft agenda, as of December 14, for the 13th session of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) scheduled for January 20, 2010. The 27 Heads of Mission for Afghanistan's major donors will gather at this session, co-chaired by Finance Minister Zakhilwal an [...]	2009-12-16 15:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV AF
09KABUL4041	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by December 21, 2009. 3 [...]	2009-12-17 06:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL4062	2010 ELECTIONS: SETTING THE DATE BY ESTABLISHING [...] (C) Summary: The United States cannot afford to expend additional vital resources and risk losing political and security space to support future Afghan elections unless fundamental reforms are enacted in advance of the Parliamentary and District Council elections, at present scheduled to be [...]	2009-12-17 18:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4070	THE NEW CABINET: BETTER BUT NOT BEST [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai sent most of the cabinet list to the Parliament on December 19 with the notable exception of National Directorate for Security (NDS) Chief Saleh. Although we judge many of the ministers are acceptable and qualified, this list represents only a modest upgrade in Karzai' [...]	2009-12-19 16:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4079	LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN - EMBASSY KABUL [...] (C) Summary: In view of the Washington and London planning meetings on the London conference, following are Embassy Kabul's thoughts on six key U.S. policy guidelines for the conference. End Summary. 2. (C) First, we recommend a return to the security focus as the most appopriate one for a [...]	2009-12-20 09:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF
09KABUL4137	AFGHAN CABINET CONFIRMATION PROCESS UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: The Lower House of the Afghan Parliament began the cabinet approval process on December 21, and announced they would not vote on ministers until after all of the confirmation hearings. Most MPs think this process will end before mid-January; meanwhile, acting ministers are limi [...]	2009-12-23 07:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4140	MINISTER OF FINANCE DISCUSSES HOLD-UP IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 16, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) E. Anthony Wayne met with Afghan Minister of Finance, Omar Zakhilwal, to discuss why GIRoA has been slow to release funds for a variety of important services, including prison guards' wages and fue [...]	2009-12-23 11:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4188	KARZAI INSISTS ON 2010 ELECTIONS: AFGHANS' [...] (S) Summary: In a contentious yet polite meeting with CDA Ricciardone, President Karzai insisted December 28, that he feels compelled to order the holding of elections "on schedule" (reftel) because the delays and deficiencies of the 2009 Presidential contest have left Afghan people suspicious [...]	2009-12-29 15:14:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4210	AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghan Minister of Finance Omar Zakhilwal explained his understanding of Afghan preparations for the January 28-29 London Conference to Coordinating Director of Development and Economic Assistance Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne and Embassy Staff December 29, and invited Embassy ass [...]	2009-12-30 13:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL AF
09KABUL466	UPPER HOUSE REPSONDS TO KARZAI'S ELECTION DATE [...] (C) Upper House MPs issued a statement on 3/1 supporting the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) earlier announcement of an 8/20 election date, and called on President Karzai to step aside in favor of a caretaker government after 5/22 or not stand for re-election. The Upper House statemen [...]	2009-03-02 13:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL907	URUZGAN,S SHIFTING SANDS [...] (C) Infighting between key leaders in Uruzgan Province has diminished the hope for improved security and increased development in Uruzgan that was generated in late 2007 by the appointment of "strong governance" (reftel) in the form of Governor Hamdam and Provincial Chief of Police Juma Gul He [...]	2009-04-12 13:10:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL973	Tensions Growing between Helmand Governor Mangal and [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Tensions are reportedly rising between Helmand's Governor Gulabuddin Mangal and his Deputy Governor Satar Marzakwal. Mangal reportedly told Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) Director Jelani Popal that Satar was responsible for the corrupt land deals in H [...]	2009-04-19 06:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KAMPALA1401	UGANDA: TULLOW SEES CORRUPTION IN OIL SALE [...] (C) Summary: Tullow Oil claims senior Ugandan government officials were "compensated" to support the sale of a partner/rival firm's exploration and production rights to Italian oil company ENI (ref. A). Tullow Vice President for Africa Tim O'Hanlon identified Security Minister and National Res [...]	2009-12-17 11:37:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET	PREL EPET ECON EIND PGOV KCOR UG
09KAMPALA325	UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information [...]	2009-03-30 11:41:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PREF MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KAMPALA363	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (MARCH 1-31, 2009) [...] Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social servi [...]	2009-04-08 04:59:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
09KAMPALA587	UGANDA: GAMES THE ACHOLI DIASPORA CONTINUE TO PLAY [...] (C) Summary: The Ugandan Government is investigating the latest attempt by Acholi diaspora to mobilize support for a new rebellion in northern Uganda. The arrest of low level participants continues while the Government decides its next steps, which may include a public outing of Acholi diaspo [...]	2009-06-11 13:36:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU
09KARACHI112	SINDH - PIA PLANS NEW AIRPLANE PURCHASES BUT CAA [...] (C) Summary: In a March 24 meeting, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Managing Director Aijaz Haroon told Islamabad Econ Counselor and Consular Officials that his airline hopes to purchase new Boeing aircraft and add new routes in the coming year. Haroon also said PIA, aided by lower fue [...]	2009-04-03 10:02:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PK
09KARACHI131	BALOCHISTAN - PROTESTS ROIL PROVINCE AFTER [...] (C) The mutilated bodies of Baloch National Movement (BNM) General Secretary Ghulam Mohammad and two other Baloch nationalists were found near the southern Balochistan city of Turbat on April 8. The discovery sparked violent unrest in many urban centers throughout Balochistan, including prote [...]	2009-04-14 04:38:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09KARACHI74	SINDH - MQM HOLDS RALLY TO SUPPORT PPP, OFFER [...] (C) Summary: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) held a large rally in Karachi on March 1, in an apparent show of solidarity with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) anger over damage to Benazir Bhutto's Rawalpindi shrine and burning of her photos by supporters of Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim Lea [...]	2009-03-06 12:31:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09KATHMANDU1023	NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) In a November 11 meeting with Foreign Secretary Madan Kumar Bhattarai (septel),Charge urged the Government of Nepal to support the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization Council. Post had previously delivered the diplomatic note and aide memoire as per Ref B request [...]	2009-11-12 12:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA AORC EWWT IMO UK NP
09KATHMANDU1169	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU1174	NEPAL: TERRORIST BENCHMARKS PASSED TO PRACHANDA [...] (C) Summary: In a December 29 meeting with Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda," Charge presented the Embassy's benchmarks for removing the Maoists from the two U.S. terrorist lists. Prachanda said the Maoists were considering moving from street protests to debate within Parliament. [...]	2009-12-29 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU535	NEPAL: A/S BLAKE URGES PROGRESS ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) In a June 12 lunch meeting with representatives from three of the four major parties and at an evening reception with a broad group of Nepali leaders, visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake encouraged parties and institutions to work together to complete the peace process, including dra [...]	2009-06-19 08:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM UN UK NP
09KATHMANDU625	NEPAL: EMBASSY ADVOCATES FOR BOEING [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Madhav Nepal and Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Sarad Bhandari vowed in meetings the week of July 6 that the Nepal Airlines Corporation's decision to purchase new aircraft would be fair and transparent. PM Nepal expressed this commitment to transparency during the [...]	2009-07-13 06:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU643	MEDIA REACTION: TOWARDS A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 08:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KHARTOUM1072	SOUTHERN SUDANESE FINANCE MINISTER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Finance and Economic Planning David Deng Athorbei on September 22 to discuss the return of USD seven million in cash from a Citibank courier flight. Deng committed to the return of the money "in a very short time" [...]	2009-09-23 12:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL UN
09KHARTOUM114	DARFUR MEDIATION: WE NEED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BEFORE AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, George Zechariah, the primary staff assistant to AU-UN Chief Darfur Mediator Djibril Bassole, told poloffs that the Mediation needs to secure a framework agreement between the rebels and Government of Sudan (GoS) before the issuance of an ICC indictment against Pr [...]	2009-01-29 15:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM14	DUP DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FEARS ICC CHAOS [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Deputy Chairman and vocal ICC supporter Ali Mahmoud Hassanein told CDA Fernandez on January 5 that he feared Sudan would plunge into chaos upon the issuance of an arrest warrant against President Bashir. Hassanein described his December 29 detention [...]	2009-01-06 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM209	COMMUNIST PARTY HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER: "I DON'T REPRESENT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 16 telephone call, renowned human rights lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman told poloff he is attending the Doha negotiations as a parliamentary observer from the Sudanese Communist Party, and stressed that he is not entitled by the Fur people to participate in negotiations [...]	2009-02-17 04:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM220	DARFUR UPDATE: REPORTS OF SAF BOMBING, GROUND ATTACKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The SAF has been bombing the SLA/Abdul Wahid-held area of Kutur in East Jebel Marra beginning at 07:00 on February 18, an SLA/AW commander told poloff. He stated that the bombing has resulted in six civilian deaths and the destruction of many homes and livestock. GOS paramilitar [...]	2009-02-19 06:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM256	TURABI STILL IN JAIL; PCP CONTINUES TO BE HARASSED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite a number of pleas to local and international audiences by the Popular Congress Party (PCP),the organization's leader, Hassan al-Turabi, remains imprisoned by the Sudanese regime. Formerly a leading member of the Sudanese regime that came to power in 1989, Turabi's arrest [...]	2009-02-24 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM343	SUDANESE JIHADIST RHETORIC HEATS UP, THEN COOLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There has been a significant rise in public anti-Western rhetoric from both regime figures and extremist groups since the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s March 4 announcement of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. Whether the remarks are a start of a re [...]	2009-03-12 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM358	EXPAT FUR INTELLECTUAL URGES ROOM FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Darfuris can solve the crisis in their homeland if the international community presses the GOS to allow Darfuri civil society to operate there, according to Dr. El Tigani Sesei, one of Darfur's preeminent expatriate intellectuals. El Tigani characterized Abdul Wahid as "catastro [...]	2009-03-16 12:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM422	WILY LAM AKOL CLAIMS SPLM WILL STAND WITH BASHIR [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Lam Akol, well-known Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) turncoat and former Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foreign Affairs, told CDA that he would pass a message to the National Congress Party (NCP) that if it wants to engage with the new U.S. administr [...]	2009-03-25 15:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI KDEM ASEC AU SU
09KHARTOUM49	TURABI ARRESTED AFTER CALLING BASHIR "CULPABLE" FOR DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Hassan Abdalla al-Turabi, a founding father of the current Sudanese regime but now the leader of the opposition Peoples' Congress Party (PCP) and bitter opponent to the regime, was arrested at his home on the evening of January 14, following remarks calling on Sudanese Presid [...]	2009-01-15 12:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM564	JONGLEI VIOLENCE POLARIZES, PARALYZES JUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While renewed violence in Jonglei state has pushed Juba's diplomatic and donor community into hyper-drive, the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) continues to take a more measured approach to containing tensions within the South's largest state. This difference in approach has [...]	2009-04-27 12:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM597	DARFUR REBEL UPDATE, SPRING 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Although holding no territory in Darfur, JEM continues to pick up detritus from other Darfur rebel movements. Its incursion into the SLA/Minnawi stronghold of Dar Zaghawa on May 4-5 in far north Darfur indicates that it will continue to flex its muscles as it seeks to position it [...]	2009-05-06 14:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM820	IRISH AMBASSADOR BRIEFS CDA ON NGO KIDNAPPING [...] (C) Gerard Corr, Ireland's Ambassador to Cairo, met with CDA Whitehead on July 8 to discuss the kidnapping of two female staff of the Irish NGO GOAL that occurred on July 3 in Kutum. Corr is in Khartoum accompanied by a military officer, as well as a small police and military team currently in [...]	2009-07-08 15:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EAID KPKO UNSC AU SU EI
09KHARTOUM836	KHARTOUM BACKPEDALS ON TIMING OF PERMANENT COURT [...] (C ) Summary: CDA met with MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Saddiq on July 13, to review logistic details for the upcoming trilateral talks and to discuss President Obama,s speech in Ghana and his meetings in Moscow. Mutriff reiterated his &personal8 concerns about the security situation in [...]	2009-07-13 14:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KIGALI15	RWANDA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) This cable responds to queries in reftel 2. (U) OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ -- The Government of Rwanda recognizes the private sector is an essential engine of development and welcomes foreign investment in policy and in practice. -- In Se [...]	2009-01-13 12:17:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC KTDB USTR
09KIGALI150	ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN GATHERS FORCE [...] (C) Summary. In recent months, anti-corruption efforts by the Rwandan government (GOR) have gathered force, with several senior civil servants under arrest. The GOR leadership is issuing orchestrated messages on anti-corruption, and a new anti-corruption body has been established to coordin [...]	2009-03-06 12:52:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM ECON RW
09KIGALI279	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE: RWANDA UN ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: I am delighted you will participate in the UN Security Council's May 17-18 visit to Rwanda. The Mission staff and I look forward to assisting you during your visit. Your participation underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda and our support [...]	2009-05-08 06:15:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC MOPS PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI302	INFORMATION MINISTER ON BBC KINWYARWANDA SERVICE [...] (U) On May 11, Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo addressed the diplomatic corps on the April 25 suspension of BBC Kinyarwanda service FM transmissions in Rwanda (reftel). Flanked by Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali, Mushikiwabo spoke at length on the history of media in Rwanda and th [...]	2009-05-15 09:49:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI328	BBC TEAM MEETS WITH GOVERMENT FOLLOWING SUSPENSION [...] (C) On May 21, Jerry Timmins, the Head of BBC World Service for Africa and the Middle East, met with Rwandan officials to discuss the April 25 suspension of BBC Kinyarwanda Service broadcasts in Rwanda (ref B). According to BBC personnel who participated in the five-hour discussion, Informat [...]	2009-05-28 06:40:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI383	BBC RESUMES LOCAL KINYARWANDA BROADCASTS [...] (U) On June 24, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) rescinded its April ban on the BBC's local FM Kinyarwanda broadcasts (which use GOR transmission facilities). The Rwandan cabinet had formally agreed on June 19 to allow resumption of broadcasts, following Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo [...]	2009-06-25 10:53:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI56	TELEPHONE NUMBER CHANGES - U.S. EMBASSY KIGALI AND RWANDA [...] Changes to Rwandan telephone numbers will be implemented beginning February 1, 2009. Currently there are three types of phone numbers in Rwanda: ten-digit Rwandatel Cellular; eight-digit MTN Cellular; and six-digit Rwandatel land line numbers. 2. All phone numbers will be migrated to ten-di [...]	2009-01-30 09:20:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ACOA AMGT ADPM ASEC AMED KRIM RW
09KINGSTON1176	JAMAICA: FR RESULTS FORCE APPLICANTS TO FACE THEIR DUAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) continues its work in detecting and combatting fraud by using existing technologies, building partnerships, and documenting trends. In this regard, we are pleased to report that thus far in FY 2010, we have intercepted several applica [...]	2009-12-28 15:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS SMIG KFRD JM
09KINGSTON144	JAMAICA ANNOUNCES CANDIDATURE FOR RE-ELECTION TO [...] Post has received the following diplomatic note, dated 4 February 2009, from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of diplomatic note 50/140/19) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its compliments to the/ [...]	2009-02-24 17:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA PBTS EFIS AORC IMO JM XL
09KINGSTON248	JAMAICA: PROMINENT FIGURES ADVOCATE CARIBBEAN AGENDA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 15:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL IBRD IDB CDB TRSY
09KINGSTON255	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR 2009 [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the 2009 International Fugitive Investigators Conference, being held May 5-7, 2009 in Toronto, Canada, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. P [...]	2009-04-02 18:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON530	JAMAICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS [...] Post appreciates receipt of Reftel, and will provide comments on the proposal regarding country clearances, and on other questions vis-a-vis the Cayman Islands, in coming weeks. MOSS [...]	2009-07-08 18:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC APER CMGT KCOM PBTS EFIN PREL JM
09KINGSTON743	AIR JAMAICA SALE: DEAL OR NO DEAL? GOJ CAN'T STAY ON MESSAGE [...] (C) Air Jamaica (AJ),the beleaguered national airline, is days away from finding out whether Indigo Partners (operator of Sprit Airlines) will be its new owner. The airline, currently owned by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),is eight months behind the original deadline for privatization, bu [...]	2009-11-30 13:50:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON746	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff presented a diplomatic note and delivered demarche requesting the support of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) for the U.S. candidacy in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council election at the 26th IMO Assembly, to be held in London, November 23-December 4, [...]	2009-09-25 19:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL PREL
09KINGSTON798	JAMAICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 18:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC APER CMGT PBTS EFIN BEXP PREL KCOM JM CJ
09KINGSTON914	JAMAICA: CAUGHT IN A DEBT TRAP-- CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) The resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank, Derick Latibeaudiere, during the middle of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations may be a sign that the time has come for the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to face the severity of the situation and negotiate a solution with pr [...]	2009-11-03 12:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PINR IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
09KINSHASA1143	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.- [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidate selected to participate in the ACSS Next Generation of African Leaders Seminar to be held in Washington D.C. from January 25-February 26, 2010. 2. (U) Post h [...]	2009-12-24 11:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1153	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.- [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in the January 14, 2010 DIILS Training Course held in Kananga, DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on the following candi [...]	2009-12-28 16:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KUALALUMPUR138	AMBASSADOR MARCIEL'S MEETING AT CENTRAL BANK ON [...] (S) Summary: In a February 23 meeting with senior Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) officials and the DG of the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (LOFSA),visiting Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs and DAS for Southeast Asia Scot Marciel conveyed U.S. concerns about reports of the imminent ope [...]	2009-02-25 10:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR GM ECON XB XC XE XG 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
09KUALALUMPUR513	MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - June 25, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia is currently committed to containing local transmission of H1N1, although pressures to shift to a mitigation strategy appear to be mounting. The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Education (MOE) have jointly asked all students returning from the U.S., London, Me [...]	2009-06-25 09:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR752	BANK MELLAT/FEEB DEMARCH DELIVERED TO BANK NEGARA [...] (S) Econcouns delivered ref A demarche on FEEB xxxxxxxxxxxx emphasized that BN and LOFSA took their supervisory role seriously, and that Malaysia approved the FEEB license and would allow it to operate as long as there was no evidence that FEEB was in contravention of any relevant law and was not s [...]	2009-09-11 09:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PINR PTER MY
09KUALALUMPUR929	MALAYSIA ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche via dipnote to Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with info copy to Ministry of Transportation (MOT) on November 18. 2. (U) Ministry of Transportation Deputy Under Secretary Mohd Saiful Ridwan told EconOff that Malaysia would carefully consider t [...]	2009-11-18 07:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA ECON IMO AORC UK MY
09KUALALUMPUR949	MALAYSIA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed post via dipnote (Ref A) regarding Malaysia's intention to seek re-election to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) under category "C" for the 2010 to 2011 term. The election will be held during the 26th Regular Session [...]	2009-11-25 03:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA ECON IMO AORC UK MY
09KUWAIT109	GOK FINESSING OF KUWAIT AIRWAYS CASE SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary inquiries debate about the terms of a possible settlement between Kuwait Airways Corporation(KAC) and Iraq have highlighted a major disconnect between the GOK and KAC. GOK MFA Undersecretary Jarallah affirmed that the Amir had intended to resolve the issue during si [...]	2009-02-05 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ECON IZ KU
09KUWAIT11	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- UPDATE ON KUWAITI MEDIA COVERAGE [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Monday, January 5, all Kuwaiti Arabic and English language print dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures related to the ongoing situation in Gaza. In addition to the continued front page news updates, a number of Editors-in-Chief offered editorials [...]	2009-01-06 07:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
09KUWAIT202	KUWAIT POLITICAL CRISIS STYMIES BAILOUT LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Latest political crisis could prevent passage of "rescue package" for months. -- Major investment companies could collapse, including London-traded Global Investment House. -- Leading Kuwait banks in relatively sound shape. -- No GOK proposals for stimulus spendi [...]	2009-03-08 05:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV KU
09KUWAIT24	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - JANUARY 11 UPDATE ON KUWAITI MEDIA [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Sunday, January 11, all Kuwaiti Arabic and English language print dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures related to the ongoing situation in Gaza. In addition to the continued front page news updates, a number of columnists criticized the Bush Admi [...]	2009-01-12 08:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION

09KUWAIT266	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- AMIR CONSITUTIONALLY DISSOLVES [...] (U) Summary and Comment. On Thursday, March 19, 2009 all Kuwaiti English and Arabic newspapers ran the news about the dissolution of the National Assembly as their lead story on the front page. Since the Amir Decree came at approximately 2100 hours on March 18, only one English newspaper, Th [...]	2009-03-19 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EINO EPET OPRC KMDR XF KU MEDIA REACTION
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
09KUWAIT59	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- JANUARY 20 INAUGURATION [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Thursday, January 22, all the Arabic and English dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures about the January 20 Inauguration Day ceremony. In addition to the front-page coverage, many columnists commented positively on the event from different perspec [...]	2009-01-22 13:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
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
09KUWAIT633	KUWAIT H1N1 LESSONS LEARNED -- WALKING THE LINE [...] (C) Summary: Reports of multiple H1N1 influenza cases among U.S. military personnel in Kuwait in mid-May strained U.S.-Kuwait relations and threatened the seamless monthly flow of 50,000 OIF troops. Emboffs and senior Army officers worked diligently to maintain GOK trust in the USG's ability [...]	2009-06-28 03:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU MARR MOPS AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO
09KUWAIT702	U.S. MILITARY O/CONUS AND PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTING [...] (SBU) Embassy understands that discussions are ongoing among DOD, HHS and DOS regarding primary responsibility for reporting PHEIC (public health emergencies of international concern, e.g., H1N1 influenza outbreaks) among U.S. military personnel serving outside CONUS. Embassy Kuwait -- where t [...]	2009-07-14 09:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU MOPS MARR PREL AMED 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
09KUWAIT79	KUWAIT'S WITHERING BOURSE, POPULIST POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Investor confidence in Kuwait has gone from bad to worse in recent weeks. Many Kuwaiti investors had expected a new year rally in stock prices -- instead, the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) is down almost 20% since January Â [...]	2009-01-29 10:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KU
09KUWAIT8	GLOBAL INVESTMENT HOUSE SEEKS TO RESTRUCTURE DEBT [...] (U) This contains business proprietary information. 2. (C) Summary: Global Investment House defaulted on a $200 million payment for a syndicated loan on December 15 and sought a 90 day standstill on payments to approximately 30 international and Kuwaiti banks to develop a restructuring plan [...]	2009-01-05 08:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT89	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S JANUARY 26 Al-ARABIYA [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Thursday, January 29, no Kuwaiti dailies offered commentaries on President Obama's January 26 television interview with Al-Arabiya. The interview was covered in an extremely positive light by the State-run Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) on January 27, and picked up [...]	2009-02-01 06:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EINO OPRC KMDR XF KU MEDIA REACTION
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
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
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
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
09KYIV1890	UKRAINE: "UNKNOWN FLU" OUTBREAK IN TERNOPIL REGION [...] (U) Summary: In the past two weeks, thousands of people in the Ternopil region of western Ukraine have fallen ill with an "unknown" type of flu, according to local media sources. Reports suggest at least seven people have died as a result of complications caused by this outbreak. While Ukrain [...]	2009-10-30 04:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
09LAGOS373	NIGERIA: CHINA AND INDIA VIE FOR IOC LEASES [...] (U) China has made a bid for 23 offshore oil leases in the Niger Delta, according to a September 29 press report. The blocks "bid" on by the Chinese are currently held by the International Oil Companies (IOCs) and some of the blocks are producing oil. China has reportedly bid up to USD 50 bil [...]	2009-10-03 13:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG NI PREL
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
09LIBREVILLE267	GABON'S RESPONSE TO RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 09:19:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREL SU AF GB
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
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
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
09LIBREVILLE34	GABON: ECCAS/CEEAC PITCHES FOR U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) The head of the military joint staff of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS/CEEAC) made a pitch for U.S. assistance, outlined regional security initiatives and introduced his multinational staff in a lively meeting January 12 meeting with Emboffs and the visiting AF/C [...]	2009-01-23 10:02:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KPKO CT CD CG SU GB
09LIBREVILLE48	ECHOES OF WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS SOUND IN GABON [...] SUMMARY: With an economy almost entirely dependent on the export of raw materials -- mainly petroleum, manganese, and timber -- Gabon has experienced significant recessionary effects linked to the current international economic crisis. Private sector decision-makers are taking a cautious appro [...]	2009-02-06 09:35:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET EMIN EAGR GB
09LIBREVILLE539	GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO SAYS HE WILL FOCUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 05:02:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPL SENV GB
09LIBREVILLE56	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: COUP PLOT FOILED? [...] (U) According to information trickling out of Sao Tome and Principe (STP),security forces thwarted a suspected coup plot by arresting several suspects on the evening of February 11. Information is sketchy, but initial reports indicate that the former paramilitary group known as the Buffalos [...]	2009-02-12 16:03:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CASC GB TP
09LIBREVILLE87	GABONESE GOVERNMENT LASHES OUT AT FRANCE [...] (U) Gabon's foreign minister convoked the diplomatic corps March 6 to deliver a scathing indictment of the French "media campaign" against President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, which the foreign minister says threatens to seriously damage relations with France. He noted bitterly that the cam [...]	2009-03-06 10:40:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GB FR
09LILONGWE108	MALAWI URANIUM: ALMOST READY FOR PRIME TIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paladin (Africa) Managing Director Neville Huxham told Ambassador that he expects the company's uranium mine to be fully operational by April. Initial processing of the ore has already begun, and Huxham said the first yellow-cake outputs should be available by the April opening. [...]	2009-02-27 15:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON ELTN MI
09LILONGWE113	CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST MALAWI'S FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Former President and current United Democratic Front (UDF) Presidential candidate Bakili Muluzi was arrested Feb. 25 on corruption charges. Immediately released on bail, Muluzi awaits a date for a High Court hearing on the case. Investigations began into Muluzi's alleged cor [...]	2009-03-04 15:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	SECRET	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE122	AMBASSADOR TALKS ELECTIONS, U.S. COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador had a lengthy one-on-one meeting with President Mutharika on Monday, March 2nd. The cordial and wide-ranging discussion covered expanded U.S. assistance for economic development, particularly agriculture; Malawi,s Millennium Challenge Corporation compact status; USG [...]	2009-03-06 08:14:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MI
09LILONGWE152	MALAWI: AN ACRIMONIOUS START TO TOBACCO SEASON [...] SUMMARY: Malawi's tobacco auction season began on March 16 in conflict and confusion. By far the country's most important export, tobacco plays a critical role in the country's economy. President Mutharika's attempt to fix minimum floor prices in this election year has further increased farm [...]	2009-03-20 07:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN ETRD ECON MI
09LILONGWE181	MALAWI: IMF FORGIVES OVERSPENDING, HIGHLIGHTS STRONG [...] SUMMARY: A just-concluded IMF mission to Malawi found that the GOM had sufficiently met Fund benchmarks to justify continuation of the one-year ESF agreement extended in late 2008. The IMF team and the GOM compromised on how to account for overspending on the 2008 fertilizer subsidy program. [...]	2009-04-03 10:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD MI
09LILONGWE241	MALAWI ELECTIONS: WHAT'S AT STAKE? [...] (C) Summary: A presidential victory by either President Mutharika or MCP leader John Tembo in Malawi's May 19 presidential race would pose its own challenges and opportunities. A Mutharika victory would favor the continuity of key U.S. development initiatives including an MCC Compact, the new [...]	2009-05-08 09:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE267	MULUZI LOSES APPEAL TO RUN AS PRESIDENT [...] (U) Malawi's Constitutional Court ruled on May 16 that former president Bakili Muluzi, who served from 1994-2004, is ineligible to ever run again as president. The court stated that breaks between terms are immaterial because the Constitution limits presidents to serving two five-year terms in [...]	2009-05-18 13:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KDEM MI
09LILONGWE268	MALAWI MCC CONCEPT PAPERS GENERATE PRIVATE SECTOR [...] Summary: Malawi's recently submitted proposals for a potential Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact generated considerable private sector interest at a May 7 forum. The forum included a presentation on the concept papers recently submitted by the MCA-Malawi Core Team (MCA-M). Malawi i [...]	2009-05-19 09:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG ELTN MCC MI
09LILONGWE269	MALAWI ELECTORATE TURNS IN HIGH NUMBERS FOR WELL [...] Record numbers of voters turned out for presidential and parliamentary elections today. Voting was well organized, with no reports of intimidation or violence. Counting is just underway and appears initially to be proceeding without major problems, though there are sporadic reports of inadeq [...]	2009-05-19 18:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE273	STILL TOO EARLY TO CALL MALAWI'S ELECTION [...] It is still too early to declare the winner of Malawi's 19 May presidential election. As of 5pm on 20 May, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) had officially endorsed results from only 58 of 3,897 polling stations or 1.5 percent, with President Mutharika in the lead. UNDP colleagues told [...]	2009-05-20 15:53:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE274	MUTHARIKA HEADED FOR BIG WIN [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 5pm on May 21, incumbent President Bingu wa Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) had a comfortable lead in the presidential election. The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has certified 41 percent of the polling stations' results, with Mutharika surpassing [...]	2009-05-21 16:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE277	MALAWI ELECTIONS: MUTHARIKA DECLARED WINNER AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) formally declared President Bingu wa Mutharika the victor in the country's presidential election in the early morning of May 22. Mutharika was inaugurated for a second term later the same day in the presence of regional dignitaries including [...]	2009-05-22 14:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE283	MALAWI'S TRANSFORMATIONAL ELECTION SHIFTS [...] (C) Summary: Malawi's May 19th election transformed the country's political landscape. President Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) became the first candidate and party to capture the majority of the votes in all three regions of Malawi (ref A). The decisiveness of the victo [...]	2009-05-28 13:04:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE285	MALAWI - DPP DOMINATES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),riding the coattails of President Mutharika, won an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly in May 19 elections. The DPP won 113 out of 192 seats and will likely reach a two-thirds majority as independents join the government. The [...]	2009-05-29 06:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE315	IRISH FM TO PROPOSE USAID-IRISH AID COLLABORATION ON FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Vincent O'Neil, Director of IrishAid in Malawi, told the USAID Director that Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin will soon meet with Secretary of State Clinton regarding joint efforts to increase the level of attention to agriculture and food security issues. O'Neil said F [...]	2009-06-05 10:52:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID EI MI
09LILONGWE316	MALAWI SWINE FLU RESPONSE: GOOD PLANNING BUT STILL [...] Summary: While experience with SARS and preparations for Avian Influenza (AI) have benefited Malawi by raising awareness and facilitating relatively advanced planning, the GOM would face serious challenges in managing an actual H1N1 swine flu outbreak. Limited human capacity and scarce finan [...]	2009-06-05 12:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO AEMR CASC KSAF KPAO MI
09LILONGWE320	MALAWI: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH OPENS DOORS FOR INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions with student groups and Muslim leaders following President Obama's recent speech in Cairo have highlighted several opportunities for increased outreach to the Muslim community in Malawi. Commenting on President Obama's balance and inclusiveness in the speech, observe [...]	2009-06-09 14:18:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL KPAO KISL MI
09LILONGWE358	ELECTION DEFEATS FRACTURE THE MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The poor performance of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the recent general elections led Ishmael Chafukira, the party's spokesman, to call for the immediate resignation of the party's leader and presidential candidate, John Tembo. In return, Tembo fired Chafukira and has branded [...]	2009-06-24 12:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV MI
09LILONGWE368	MALAWI - MUTHARIKA SURPRISES WITH NEW CABINET [...] (U) President Mutharika unveiled a new cabinet that included some surprising changes. Most notable was the move of widely-praised, former Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe to Minister of Local Government and Rural Development. Including Gondwe, Mutharika retained 6 former cabinet ministers, but [...]	2009-06-25 15:49:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE386	MALAWI - OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERSHIP BATTLE TURNS [...] (C) Summary: Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesman Ishmael Chafukira continued his campaign to oust party president John Tembo during the opening session of the new Parliament. Chafukira, with ruling party support, won approval for a procedural change that would bar Tembo from becoming [...]	2009-07-09 13:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MI
09LILONGWE387	MALAWI'S 2009-10 BUDGET: NO SURPRISES TO START MUTHARIKA'S [...] Summary: Minister of Finance Ken Kandodo presented the first budget of President Mutharika's second term to Malawi's National Assembly on July 3. Largely a continuation of previous GOM economic policies, the budget contained no significant surprises. Spending is projected to increase to USD [...]	2009-07-09 16:10:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EAID ETRD PGOV MI
09LILONGWE406	MALAWI INVESTIGATES TRANSBORDER DISEASE OUTBREAK [...] Summary: An unusual disease with neurological complications has affected 115 persons in Malawi and Mozambique since May of this year, with 15 deaths. The cause is still unknown. On July 16th CDC Malawi participated in an emergency meeting with Ministry of Health officials and other developm [...]	2009-07-16 15:18:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO AMED MI
09LILONGWE424	MALAWI AT THE AGOA FORUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi will send a senior delegation led by its new Finance Minister to the AGOA Forum in Nairobi. The forum offers the GOM a rare opportunity to engage with senior USG officials. Malawi's widely praised presidential elections in May, in which President Mutharika and his party [...]	2009-07-31 11:30:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON MI
09LILONGWE454	MALAWI: PROGRESSING TOWARD FOOD SECURITY [...] Summary: Increasing food security in Malawi has been the Government of Malawi's (GOM) highest strategic priority since President Bingu wa Mutharika took office in 2004. The GOM has demonstrated a strong commitment to reducing poverty through agriculturally-led economic growth. The GOM is inv [...]	2009-08-14 11:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID KHIV MI
09LILONGWE484	MALAWI: GOM PUTS THE BRAKES ON PREPARATIONS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 14:27:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV MI
09LILONGWE489	MALAWI: CURRENCY PEG PROMPTS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's foreign exchange reserves have dipped below the level of one month's import coverage, prompting central bank officials to request urgent donor assistance. The IMF has plans to send a new mission to Malawi in October, but the Fund wants to see a coherent GOM exchange r [...]	2009-09-01 09:32:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PGOV MI
09LILONGWE506	MALAWI CONFIRMS FIRST H1N1 SWINE FLU CASE [...] On Friday, September 4, positive laboratory results from an individual in Malawi indicated the country's first confirmed case of Influenza A H1N1 (swine flu). Samples from seven individuals suspected of being infected were collected and sent to the South African National Institute for Communi [...]	2009-09-09 12:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO AMED MI
09LILONGWE507	MALAWI DEPORTS "IMPERIALIST" TOBACCO EXECUTIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, the GOM deported four senior executives from the three largest tobacco buying companies in Malawi, with less than 24-hour notice. Two of the companies have U.S. ownership. In a public statement, President Mutharika labeled the executives "imperialists" and "enemie [...]	2009-09-09 15:19:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAGR MI
09LILONGWE522	MALAWI: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES [...] Post welcomes this opportunity to provide input on the Malawian diaspora community. The initiative is particularly timely given recent remarks by President Mutharika regarding his interest in tapping the Malawian diaspora community as a resource for in-country development activities. We will [...]	2009-09-18 13:28:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL MI
09LILONGWE526	MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY REFORMER CHAFUKIRA DIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ex-Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesman Ishmael Chafukira died suddenly Sunday while on a trip to South Africa. The cause of death is still unknown, but most Malawians believe MCP leader John Tembo somehow arranged to have Chafukira, a declared rival, eliminated. Chafukira's m [...]	2009-09-23 14:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE537	MALAWI: PRESS REPORTS VP BANDA ATTENDANCE AT SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice President Joyce Banda led the GOM delegation to the South America-Africa Summit in Venezuela. Local Malawi press reports that Banda made a statement at the gathering, urging delegates to prioritize investment in infrastructure. This is not a significant departure from the [...]	2009-09-30 08:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID MI
09LILONGWE540	MALAWI: PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA SLATED FOR AU CHAIRMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the communique from its September 7-8 summit, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) endorsed Malawi's candidacy for chairman of the African Union (AU) (reftel). Barring unforeseen events, Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika is set be elected chairman of the AU As [...]	2009-09-30 15:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU MI
09LILONGWE552	MALAWI URANIUM EXPORTS BEGIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian mining firm Paladin Africa made its first shipment of yellowcake from the firm's northern Malawi mine in September. Paladin ships its uranium overland through Malawi, Zambia and Namibia to the Atlantic Port of Walvis Bay. Paladin sells on one-year contracts, with [...]	2009-10-08 07:04:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON ELTN ENRG KNNP MI
09LILONGWE568	MALAWI SWINE FLU UPDATE: FOUR CASES CONFIRMED [...] Summary: Malawi's Ministry of Health has issued a press release confirming the presence of H1N1 (Swine Flu) in the country. The release provided public information for detecting and responding to H1N1 and noted that national health system was adequately prepared to respond to new cases. The [...]	2009-10-23 10:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO AMED MI
09LILONGWE576	MALAWI: PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD [...] Post delivered Ref A demarche by diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 19, with copies to the Office of President and Cabinet Chief Secretary, the Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Agriculture. Post also disc [...]	2009-10-29 12:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD MI
09LILONGWE594	MALAWI: ECONOMY WEAKENS AS IMF BEGINS NEW MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi escaped relatively unscathed from the global economic downturn, but strains on the economy are becoming increasingly apparent, with a shortage of foreign exchange particularly problematic. An IMF team is in the country discussing with the GOM a possible financial program [...]	2009-11-04 12:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID MI
09LILONGWE610	MALAWI BLINKS, AGREES TO POLICY PACKAGE ACCEPTABLE [...] (U) Summary: A recent IMF mission to Malawi has reached an agreement with the GOM that will allow Malawi to obtain a new support package. The GOM has made macro-economic and structural policy commitments on fiscal and monetary discipline and a liberalization of the exchange rate regime. The [...]	2009-11-13 10:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID MI
09LILONGWE622	MALAWI TO SUPPORT U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Malawi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on Sept. 24, delivering both the diplomatic note and the aide memoire. Mr. Chiunguzeni did not offer any substantive response other than to indicate that IMO issues are handled [...]	2009-11-18 15:14:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA MI
09LILONGWE626	MALAWI: OPPOSITION LEADER VOTE HIGHLIGHTS SPLIT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unorthodox move, Malawi's DPP dominated parliament amended its standing orders to allow the entire membership of the house, including both opposition and government members, to vote in the election of the leader of the opposition. This change set-up an election between MCP [...]	2009-11-20 12:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE629	MALAWI: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES USG ASSISTANCE WITH MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: In a tour d'horizon of USG assistance with new Minister of Development Planning and Cooperation Abbie Shaba, the Ambassador noted that the U.S. has become the largest donor to Malawi. Minister Shaba noted the mutually supportive elements of the GOM's "Greenbelt Initiative" and th [...]	2009-11-20 12:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID MI
09LILONGWE635	MALAWI: PRESIDENT SAYS NO TO EUROPE'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Malawian President Mutharika said Malawi will not sign an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union during his presidency. Lambasting the agreements as a plot to undermine regional integration in Africa, he said the EPAs offered no benefits to Malawi. A senior GOM tr [...]	2009-11-24 13:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECIN PREL MI
09LILONGWE642	MALAWI TO EASE FOREX PEG, OTHER RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Perks Ligoya told the Ambassador the RBM will allow the exchange rate to move, and will relax its rules regarding forex deposits with the bank in an effort to address the country's ongoing foreign exchange shortage. The Government will further [...]	2009-11-25 14:18:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON MI
09LILONGWE645	MALAWI: UPDATE ON NENO TRANSBORDER DISEASE OUTBREAK [...] Since July 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided ongoing assistance to the Malawi Ministry of Health (MOH) in the investigation of an outbreak of unexplained illness along the Malawi-Mozambique border. The outbreak has now been determined to be due to typhoid [...]	2009-12-01 14:22:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO AMED MI
09LILONGWE647	MALAWI: CONTINUING FUEL CRISIS BITES DEEPER INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: A month-long fuel shortage continues to plague Malawi. Efforts to resolve the crisis continue to fall short of demand, with shortages now affecting petrol and parafin as well as diesel. While the transportation industry was the first to feel the effects of the shortage, the cr [...]	2009-12-01 14:53:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN MI
09LILONGWE650	MALAWI: FUEL CRISIS HIGHLIGHTS BINGU'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although President Bingu wa Mutharika continues to enjoy acclaim in development circles for Malawi's strong economic growth in recent years, a series of bad decisions and policies is increasingly undermining the progress of the President's first term. This trend is evident in Ma [...]	2009-12-03 15:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV MI
09LILONGWE654	DISASTER ALERT: EARTHQUAKE IN NORTHERN MALAWI [...] December 6, 2009 a 5.8 magnitude (Richter Scale) earthquake struck the Northern Region of Malawi, with aftershocks continuing through December 8. No fatalities were reported. Injured people were transported to Mzuzu Hospital, 150 km from the epicenter. No damage has been reported at the nea [...]	2009-12-08 15:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EMIN AF MI
09LILONGWE658	MALAWI: PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION TO DELAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Led by the ruling majority Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),Malawi's National Assembly amended the section of the constitution that outlines local elections. Previously, the constitution stipulated that local elections must be held twelve months after national elections. The [...]	2009-12-10 10:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE676	MALAWI: CARGILL CLOSES LOCAL OPERATIONS DUE TO [...] (U) Summary: U.S.-based international conglomerate Cargill announced it is pulling out of Malawi's cotton sector. According to company executives, GOM's intervention in commodity markets prompted Cargill's withdrawal. Unable to operate profitably buying cotton at the GOM's mandated minimum [...]	2009-12-15 13:17:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAGR ECON MI
09LILONGWE688	MALAWI RE-EXAMINES ELECTRICITY CONNECTION WITH [...] (SBU) Malawi's Parliament deferred approval of a proposed connection of the national electrical grid to the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). An already approved World Bank loan to finance the infrastructure is due to expire on December 31, 2009. Lack of reliable electrical power has been [...]	2009-12-21 13:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG PREL MI
09LILONGWE690	MALAWI CONFIDENT ON BEING ELECTED TO LEAD AFRICAN [...] (C) GOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Anthony Livuzu told Post December 18 that Malawi is "confident it will come out on top" in the leadership election at the January 2010 African Union summit (reftels). Livuza said he is aware that Libya is still working hard to elic [...]	2009-12-22 07:31:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU MI
09LILONGWE696	MALAWI: DEMOCRATIC NORMS UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Six months into President Bingu wa Mutharika's second term, Malawi's continued development as a multi-party democracy is slowing. Once lauded as a leader dedicated to the development of Malawi's democracy, Mutharika's commitment to democratic norms is now coming into question. Malawi's p [...]	2009-12-22 13:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MI
09LILONGWE704	MALAWI: AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) The Ambassador joined his German and UK counterparts to represent the Donor Group countries in a December 23 call on GOM Minister of Foreign Affairs Etta Banda to set the stage for a meeting with President Mutharika requested by the group. The Donor Group is a collaborative mechanism to c [...]	2009-12-24 07:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU MI
09LILONGWE707	MALAWI HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) The following is a compilation of recent highlights in Malawi. MULUZI RETIRES - JUMBE TO LEAD UDF ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Former Malawian President and United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Bakili Muluzu has announced his retirement from politics. Famous for defea [...]	2009-12-24 09:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV AU MI

09LILONGWE77	CHINESE AID TO MALAWI: BIG BARK, SMALL BITE [...] (C) Summary. Since December 2007, when Malawi established diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China, there has been a lot of rumor and speculation about the amount of aid China would provide to Malawi. The GOM has fostered the impression that China represents a new, virtually limitl [...]	2009-02-13 11:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MI
09LILONGWE78	MALAWI'S ECONOMY: DARK CLOUDS GATHERING [...] (C) Summary. According to the World Bank and IMF, massive overruns in the Malawian government's agricultural input subsidy program are creating in a budget shortfall, which the local World Bank Country Manager estimates may reach as high as USD 70 million, with no clear prospects for closing t [...]	2009-02-13 12:31:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAGR MI
09LIMA1131	PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER TALK PERU'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador McKinley met in late July with President Alan Garcia and spoke separately on several recent occasions with Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde. Garcia and Belaunde discussed a range of Peruvian foreign policy issues, including the situation in Honduras, Colombian pol [...]	2009-08-05 22:12:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA1569	PERU RESPONSE: U.S. CANDIDACY TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 21:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA PREL UK PE
09LISBON546	PORTUGAL ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 12:33:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA PGOV PO
09LISBON88	PORTUGUESE PM FACES CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates should be enjoying life: his Socialist Party holds an eleven-point lead over the opposition heading into the election season. But a scandal is sweeping Portugal with allegations that Socrates, while serving as Environment Minister in 2002, [...]	2009-02-09 12:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KFRD KCRM PO
09LJUBLJANA30	SLOVENIA WELCOMES EU COMMISSION PROPOSAL AS WAY TO [...] (SBU) During a February 5 briefing for heads of diplomatic missions on Slovenia's positions on Slovenia-Croatia relations, MFA State Secretary Dragoljuba Bencina emphasized that Slovenia welcomed the Ollie Rehn proposal as the appropriate solution. She told the diplomatic corps that PM Pahor [...]	2009-02-06 16:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV HR SI
09LJUBLJANA365	SLOVENIA WILL SUPPORT US IMO CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 12:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO PHSA SIUK AADP SI
09LONDON100	IRAN: HMG FEELS LEGALLY COMPELLED TO OPPOSE MEK RE-LISTING IN FUTURE EU VOTES, BUT ARGUES ITS ANTI-MEK POLICY IS UNCHANGED [...] (C) UK Government representatives in Brussels are likely to begin voting to oppose re-listing the Mujaheddin-e-Khalq (MEK) under EU anti-terror regulations as the issue arises, FCO Iran Coordination Group Bilateral Team Leader Margaret Tongue told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) January 12. The rev [...]	2009-01-14 17:07:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPRP PGOV PHUM PTER IR EU UK
09LONDON1037	UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO STAFFDEL FRANTZ [...] Embassy London is pleased to grant country clearance to Douglas Frantz to visit London May 7 - May 10, 2009,for consultations. ------------- 2. Visit Officer ------------- Chris Palmer, Political Officer Embassy phone is (44) 20-7894-0123 or IVG 492-0123 Fax (44) 20-7894-0117 [...]	2009-05-01 11:07:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OSCE AMGT ASEC AFIN UK
09LONDON1039	A GUIDE TO THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES [...] (C) The British Overseas Territories (BOT) are fourteen far-flung possessions under British sovereignty that hearken to the era when Britannia truly ruled the waves. One Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) official accurately characterized the BOTs as "remnants of empire" -- acquired by G [...]	2009-05-01 15:02:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MOPS MARR AY CJ FK GI
09LONDON1040	FAINT SIGNS OF SPRING, BUT ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN U.K. AT [...] (SBU) Summary: UK Government officials have been increasingly optimistic in their outlooks for economic recovery. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, said he sees "green seedlings" in the British economy, while Chancellor Alistair Darling forecast positive growth figures by the end of the year [...]	2009-05-01 15:20:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON1044	UK BANKS CONCERNED EU REGULATIONS RUSHED THROUGH WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: At a roundtable discussion, representatives from seven global banks expressed concern that, while the European Commission is pressing forward with financial regulatory reform at top speed, many reforms did not appear coordinated with the UK government or with other G20 countries [...]	2009-05-05 08:40:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON1049	HOUSING MARKET GREEN SHOOTS COULD SUFFER "RENEWED [...] (SBU) Summary: The UK is beginning to see positive signs in the housing market, but recovery is fragile and in its early stages. Adrian Coles, director-general of the Building Societies Association (BSA),told us a microscope is necessary to see the green shoots, but house prices may be botto [...]	2009-05-05 14:57:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON1064	UK POLITICAL SNAPSHOT: A â€œRESILIENTâ€ GORDON BROWN [...] (C/NF) Key points: -- Westminster seethed with rumors over the May 2-4 holiday weekend that one or more members of Gordon Brown's cabinet were preparing to unseat him as Prime Minister/Labour Party leader following a disastrous two-week period (Ref A). By the evening of May 4, however, all of the p [...]	2009-05-06 10:34:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UK
09LONDON1067	SOMALIA: FORMER PM NUR ADDE ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. "There is momentum behind the reconciliation process," former Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein ("Nur Adde") and TFG Member of Parliament Mustafa Duhulow (Hawiye/Murosade and ex TFG Minister under Nur Adde) told Poloff May 6 in London. The best way forward for the reconci [...]	2009-05-06 12:44:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SO UK
09LONDON1069	RBS EXECUTIVES SAY â€œMEA CULPAâ€ - AND SHARE PLANS [...] (C) Summary. Apologizing for the bank's past excesses, senior Royal Bank of Scotland executives acknowledged that ambition drove the company to overreach and pursue investments with quick returns, which landed the bank in the deep trouble it is now. Bailed out by the UK government, which now has a [...]	2009-05-06 14:57:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV UK
09LONDON1077	ZIMBABWE: BITI'S APRIL 30 MEETINGS IN LONDON [...] (C) Summary. Zimbabwean Minister of Finance Tendai Biti met with UK Foreign Secretary Miliband and Foreign Office Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown separately on April 30. Biti described the Spring IFI meetings in Washington as "helpful," gave an overview of the economy and the Governme [...]	2009-05-07 11:48:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ZI UK
09LONDON1082	SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON UK ACTION AND THINKING [...] (C/NF) Summary. After giving a brief overview of UK Foreign Secretary Miliband's and a British Parliamentary Group's separate visits to Sri Lanka, Foreign Office Sri Lanka team leader Tim Waite and Desk Officer Sharon Diaz said May 7 that the UK plans to continue its "concerted drive to achieve a f [...]	2009-05-07 14:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID CE UK
09LONDON109	2009 UK INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2009. 2. Much of the data supplied in this report is from 2007, since end-of-year 2008 figures are not yet available. Given the economic down [...]	2009-01-15 13:20:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB UK
09LONDON1104	HMG HAS NOT DECIDED WHOM TO SUPPORT FOR IAEA [...] (S/NF) Summary. HMG has not decided whom to support for Director General (DG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),Simon Manley, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Director, Defense and Strategic Threats, told the Political Minister Counselor May 11. The issue of whom [...]	2009-05-11 13:24:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP AORC IAEA PREL UK AR IR
09LONDON1156	HMG FLOATS PROPOSAL FOR MARINE RESERVE COVERING [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG would like to establish a "marine park" or "reserve" providing comprehensive environmental protection to the reefs and waters of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT),a senior Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) official informed Polcouns on May 12. The official insisted [...]	2009-05-15 07:00:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS SENV UK IO MP EFIS EWWT PGOV PREL
09LONDON1160	UK FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS COMPANY OFF TO A [...] (SBU) Summary: UK Financial Investments Limited (UKFI) oversees HMG's share in nationalized banks. It aims to dispose of the government investments in the banks while representing the interests of taxpayers as shareholders. UKFI is owned by the Treasury but is not technically a part of its [...]	2009-05-15 10:15:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON118	UK IRAN SANCTIONS ROUNDUP [...] (S/NF) Summary. British officials are eager to apply additional pressure on Iran's nuclear program. They are pursuing domestic and multilateral options, including possibly broadening the category of products requiring export licenses, imposing EU sanctions on additional Iranian banks, and testing [...]	2009-01-16 10:33:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM ECON ETTC IR UK
09LONDON1185	AIRCRAFT IN EXETER NOT EN ROUTE TO SYRIA (CHAM [...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points and the Temporary Denial Order (TDO) to the British Foreign Office's (FCO) Americas Desk and Flybe, the company carrying out repair of the Orion aircraft, on May 15, and to the UK Department for Transport (DfT) on May 19. HMG officials were vaguely aware [...]	2009-05-19 16:20:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL UK
09LONDON1203	UK WINDOW ON IRAN: NGO ARGUES MORE SABERI-LIKE [...] (SBU) This cable responds to Department (NEA/IR) request that Iran Watcher posts, echoing IRPO Dubai's widely read "Window on Iran" round-ups, provide as feasible occasional front channel summaries of day-to-day Iran-related interactions appropriate for reporting in summary form to a wide Wash [...]	2009-05-21 12:47:00	Embassy London	SECRET	IR JA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON UK
09LONDON1226	LIBERTAD ACT: INPUT FOR UK [...] (C) Summary. Further to reftel, Poloff met with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officers May 21 to seek updated information about HMG actions and policies concerning Cuba. HMG remains committed to promoting the development of democratic institutions and human rights in Cuba and is disa [...]	2009-05-22 11:37:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ETTC PHUM CU UK
09LONDON1229	WEST AFRICA/NIGERIA: UK PLANS TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. To stem drug trafficking, money laundering, and immigration fraud in West Africa that directly affects the UK, the UK's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) plans to increase its presence and support to the region, including through opening a new office in Senegal in October 2009 [...]	2009-05-22 14:29:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR SMIG KCOR KCRM KFRD NI XY UK
09LONDON1230	SOUTH AFRICA: IAEA CANDIDATE MINTY OFFERS VIEWS ON [...] (C) Discussing what South Africa had learned from its rotation on the United States Security Council (UNSC),South Africa Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRC) Special Representative on Disarmament and NEPAD Ambassador Abdul Minty -- also Africa's candidate for the IAEA [...]	2009-05-22 15:48:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UNSC PARM TRGY SF ZU UK
09LONDON1231	CREDIT OUTLOOK TURNS NEGATIVE OVER HIGH DEBT CONCERNS [...] (U) Summary: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) revised its outlook on the UK from stable to negative on May 21 based on its concern that government debt could approach 100 percent of GDP by 2013 and remain near that level in the medium term. If the UK does lose its Triple-A status, the [...]	2009-05-22 16:59:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON1233	NIGERIA: AN ON-GOING UK PRIORITY [...] (C) Summary. Migration and prisoner transfers; corruption; trade; and, the Niger Delta and oil all form important components of the UK-Nigeria bilateral relationship, Foreign Office Nigeria team leader Catherine Inglehearn told Poloff and visiting Nigeria Desk Officer May 20. Nigeria is an "o [...]	2009-05-26 14:59:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS NI UK
09LONDON124	DRC/SANCTIONS: UK PREFERS PREVIOUS APPROACH AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 15:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC ZF UK
09LONDON1256	KOSOVO CHARGE EXPECTS TO BE NAMED AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Kosovo Charge Muhamet Hamiti informed Political Minister Counselor that he will travel to Pristina the week of May 31 to complete the "bureaucratic" procedures for his appointment as Ambassador to the Court of St. James, with accreditation to New Zealand (per reftel, the GONZ has agreed [...]	2009-05-27 15:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREF KVPR NZ KV UK
09LONDON127	IRAN: BBC PERSIAN TV BEGINS OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. BBC Persian TV launched its well-resourced broadcast operations January 14. Both anti-regime exiles and the Tehran regime continue to attack BBC's objectivity. The BBC's effort is a long-term one aimed at attracting Farsi-speaking audiences in Iran, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan; broa [...]	2009-01-16 16:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF IR KPAO PHUM PREL PROP TI UK
09LONDON1300	SUDAN: TROIKA RE-INVIGORATED AT MAY 28 LONDON [...] (C) Summary. Troika partners welcomed Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration's robust efforts to support implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),noted the important role the Troika had and could play in encouraging CPA implementation through support and political pressure, and [...]	2009-06-02 10:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM SU UK
09LONDON1301	SUDAN/UK: SE GRATION'S MAY 28 BILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. In May 28 U.S.-UK meetings on Sudan, the UK Government welcomed Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration's approach to Sudan and offered its support for the USG's emerging strategy. Foreign Office Political Director Mark Lyall Grant welcomed SE Gration's engagement with China, while [...]	2009-06-02 10:09:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PINR CH SU UK
09LONDON1303	SOMALILAND: LACK OF FINANCIAL SECTOR REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) Somaliland's economic growth and development are hindered by having no legislative framework to regulate the financial services sector, Saad Ali Shire of Dahabshiil, the UK's largest Somalia remittances transfer firm (reftel),told Poloff June 2. He offered the following thoughts: -- [...]	2009-06-02 14:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EFIN PINR SO UK
09LONDON1304	UK: CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUNDING [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Department for International Development (DFID) officials Kate Binns and Vicky Seymour reported the following break-down of UK Government funding related to adaptation to ESTHOff on May 29, 2009: -- Bilateral Adaptation-Related Development Aid: The UK Government c [...]	2009-06-02 16:06:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID KGHG UN UK
09LONDON1306	CHANCELLOR DARLING IN PERILOUS POSITION AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Chancellor Alistair Darling's position in the UK Cabinet has been threatened by expense allegations. The Daily Telegraph, the newspaper at the heart of the recent expenses scandal, accused Darling of claiming expenses on two properties at the same time, not allowed under curre [...]	2009-06-02 16:16:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON1310	UK ON IRISL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-02 17:10:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KNNP ETTC PREL PARM IR UK
09LONDON1318	SUDAN: CONTACT GROUP WELCOMES SE GRATION'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan Contact Group delegations welcomed Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration's approach to supporting the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the Darfur peace process at a May 29 meeting in London. Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Chair Sir Derek Plumbly told Co [...]	2009-06-03 15:32:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KDEM NO FR NL CA EU CD UK
09LONDON1321	UK ANALYST SEES LATVIAN DEVALUATION AS UNAVOIDABLE [...] (U) Summary: The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) foresees the devaluation of the Latvian currency as inevitable. RBS' Head of Central and Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa Research, Timothy Ash, told us on June 3 there is no way back for Latvia on the currency front. Ash maintained a move to [...]	2009-06-03 17:13:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON XH UK
09LONDON1338	UK SHARES U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR PALESTINIAN AHLC [...] (SBU) The UK "very much" supports the U.S. objectives for the June 8 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) of Palestinian donors, according to Alice Mann, Deputy Head of the Palestinian Program at the UK Department for International Development (DFID). Responding to reftel points, she said the thr [...]	2009-06-04 17:01:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS UK
09LONDON1344	UPDATE ON STATUS OF HMG PROPOSAL FOR MARINE [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG remains committed at the most senior levels to establishing a marine reserve in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT),which includes the island of Diego Garcia, a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officer told Poloff June 3. UK officials have made little progress [...]	2009-06-05 11:18:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS SENV UK IO MP EFIS EWWT PGOV PREL
09LONDON1369	UK ANALYSTS ASSERT CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Compared to the acutely fragile economic climate in Central and Eastern Europe from November 2008 to February 2009, UK-based market watchers now feel the worst is behind them. Their views are spurred in part by positive news on U.S. and UK banks in recent weeks and assumptions th [...]	2009-06-10 09:50:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV XG UK
09LONDON1370	AFRICA'S EMERGING ECONOMIC LIONS: MALLOCH-BROWN [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Office Minister for Africa Lord Mark Malloch-Brown argued in a major June 9 speech that Africa should concentrate on "Africa first" in order to "use the opportunity of the (economic) crisis to speed up the process of regional integration" and give Africa's emerging econo [...]	2009-06-10 10:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PINR ECIN XA UK
09LONDON1371	UK SUPPORTIVE OF INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR FUEL BANK [...] (C/NF) In response to reftel demarche, Jon Knight (strictly protect) at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told Emboffs on June 9 the UK Government supports discussing the nuclear fuel bank concept at the June 15-18, 2009 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors m [...]	2009-06-10 16:18:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA UK
09LONDON1373	WEST AFRICA: UK RESOURCE CRUNCH MEANS PROGRAM CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Budget cuts in the UK's Conflict Prevention Program (CCP) have hurt the UK's programming in West Africa "more than most" regions (reftel A),new Foreign Office West Africa team leader Paul Welsh told Poloff June 9. On Sierra Leone, Welsh and Sierra Leone Desk Officer Simon Day [...]	2009-06-10 16:26:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PINR KPKO EFIN SL LI XY UK
09LONDON1374	NATO COUNTER-PIRACY OPERATIONS: UK SUPPORTIVE BUT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 16:27:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL NATO UK
09LONDON1383	LABOUR LOSES ELECTION IN WALES FOR FIRST TIME IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Welsh Labour Party was drubbed in June 4 European Parliamentary elections, dropping 12 percent from its 2004 result and losing a seat to the right-wing anti-EU UK Independence Party. The Conservative Party nudged ahead of the Labour Party by just under one perce [...]	2009-06-11 14:44:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UK
09LONDON1385	COMMMONWEALTH ON FIJI, SRI LANKA, NIGERIA, QUEEN'S [...] (C) Summary. During a June 11 discussion with Poloff, Commonwealth Political Director Amitav Banerji offered electoral commission capacity-building as an area where the USG and Commonwealth could be strategic partners; said a Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) would soon discuss and [...]	2009-06-11 15:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PINR NI CE FJ NZ CA MY UK
09LONDON139	USG AND MEXICAN DELEGATIONS DISCUSS AREAS FOR [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffrey Kupfer and Mexican Deputy Secretary of Energy Mario Gabriel and their accompanying delegations discussed reforms in Mexico's oil sector, areas of potential collaboration, and progress on renewable energy strategies on December 19 on the mar [...]	2009-01-20 16:25:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV UK
09LONDON1394	UK EXPECTATIONS FOR JUNE GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 12:59:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EU LE CU BM UK
09LONDON1396	EU-PAKISTAN SUMMIT: DELIVERABLES ON TRADE, IDPS, [...] (C/NF) Acknowledging that internal EU discussions on deliverables for the EU-Pakistan had been "tough going," UK Foreign Office Pakistan Team leader Matthew Lawson and Desk Officer Bikash Dawahoo said the UK had secured deliverables on trade, General Schedule Preferences Plus (GSP Plus),IDPs, [...]	2009-06-12 15:03:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID PHUM ETRD PK UK
09LONDON1397	MOD RELEASES SPECTRUM; HOW AND WHY DISCUSSED WITH [...] Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) officials discussed UK Broadband deployment challenges and successes with U.S. Congressional staffers from the Commerce committee on June 8. After a brief synopsis of where the UK government is on Digital Britain (Ref A),the conversation f [...]	2009-06-12 15:23:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON UK
09LONDON1423	IRAN ELECTION: XXXXXXXXXXXX CLAIMS MOJTABA IS [...] (S/NF) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX and former XXXXXXXXXXXX claims that Mojtaba Khamenei, acting in concert with IRGC Jafari and other officials in the Supreme Leader's office, has been a major force behind vote manipulation, and current measures to repress pro-Moussavi demonstrations in the street, accor [...]	2009-06-16 15:55:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	IR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON UK
09LONDON1429	UK PLANS TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (C/NF) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Officials Terry Carrington and John Hoskyns told ESTHOff on June 12 the UK plans to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),but has not yet announced this intention publicly. Carrington elab [...]	2009-06-17 13:51:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG KGHG SENV UK
09LONDON1442	IRAN: XXXXXXXXXXXX SAYS ELECTION PRECLUDED BY "POLITICAL COUP," URGES USG FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR PROTESTORS [...] (S) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX on June 16 told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) and a small group of diplomats that "a majority" of leaders within the government of Iran and the IRGC want the United States, while continuing to avoid interference in Iran, to continue and even strengthen its public messages [...]	2009-06-18 17:50:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PINS IR UK
09LONDON1451	LONDON-BASED EXPERTS AGREE THE U.S. DOLLAR WILL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite the decline in the dollar share of global FX reserves over the past decade and recent debates on the creation of a new global reserve currency, the U.S. dollar's reserve status remains in-tact. Gains made by its nearest rivals--the euro, pound sterling, and yen--over th [...]	2009-06-19 14:09:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON UK
09LONDON1455	"TEMPERATURE LOWERING" UNDER UK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS [...] (C/NF) Russia seeks to "work around" its intractable problems with the UK, and not allow them to hold hostage progress on areas such as the robust commercial and financial relationship between the countries. According to new Russian DCM Alexander Sternik, the fact that the UK is the second [...]	2009-06-19 15:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL RU UK
09LONDON1472	VIEWS ON EMERGING EUROPEAN ECONOMIES FROM UK [...] (U) Summary: Economists at major UK-based global banks are keeping a close watch on Eastern European economies. Though generally less pessimistic than several months ago, following significant IMF and European Commission support packages to the region and the beginning of recovery in Western [...]	2009-06-22 11:12:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN UK
09LONDON1497	LONDON-BASED EXPERTS ASSESS SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis eroded the market value of sovereign wealth funds' holdings, leading many to refocus on liquidity in the short term with moves towards cash balances and fixed income government securities, especially U.S. Treasuries. However, experts with whom ECONOF [...]	2009-06-25 14:53:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV UK
09LONDON1514	UK RAMPING UP ON NUCLEAR POWER, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG is making steady progress in launching its ambitious plan to build eleven new nuclear power plants between 2018-2025. The UK will need to address several challenges, including workforce issues, nuclear waste, planning procedures, reactor design, and site assessment proced [...]	2009-06-30 11:42:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG TRGY SENV KNNP UK
09LONDON1516	ZIMBABWE: TSVANGIRAI'S VISIT - FURTHER SUPPORT [...] (C/NF) Summary. During Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's June 19-24 visit to London, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Foreign Office Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown, and Development Secretary Douglas Alexander communicated the message that f [...]	2009-06-30 15:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID PHUM ZI UK
09LONDON1542	UK EFFORTS TO MANAGE MIGRATION AS RISING [...] (SBU) Summary: Even prior to the worsening of the economy, the UK government was reviewing its immigration policy, with a special eye to fine-tuning and further defining immigration categories. With rising unemployment, reaching 7.2 percent this spring, the UK Home Office is further evaluating [...]	2009-07-01 15:56:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON EINV PINR PREL PGOV SMIG ELAB UK
09LONDON155	ZIMBABWE: UK SEEKS TO CURB DIAMOND EXPORTS [...] (C) FCO Minister for Africa Mark Malloch-Brown has instructed the Foreign Office to push the Kimberley Process (KP) to investigate Zimbabwe's KP eligibility and issue a statement about Zimbabwe's trafficking of conflict diamonds (reftels). In the interim because KP "is so slow," Malloch-Brown [...]	2009-01-21 14:58:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EMIN UNSC ZU ZI UK
09LONDON157	SUDAN: P-3 DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON ICC INDICTMENT [...] (C) Summary. In a January 13 round of UK-France-U.S. (P-3) talks in London, Senior P-3 representatives held a shared assessment of the Darfur peace process: Darfur was at a stalemate and the situation on the ground deteriorated in 2008. The Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) as well as the Qata [...]	2009-01-21 16:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC PHUM SU FR UK
09LONDON1605	EMBASSY LONDON AND THE "NEXT BIG THING" ON CLEAN [...] (U) Summary: Embassy London will propose septel a major U.S./UK initiative to accelerate technical progress on climate change and clean energy technologies. We will outline a strategy to quickly build on U.S./UK cooperation to achieve economically viable technical solutions in the near to m [...]	2009-07-10 12:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ENRG KGHG KPAO SENV UK
09LONDON1606	HMT UNVEILS PROPOSALS TO REFORM FINANCIAL MARKETS - NO BIG [...] (SBU) Summary: HM Treasury (HMT) published its White Paper on reforming financial markets July 8. The much anticipated proposals contained no big surprises. HMT supported the proposals outlined in the Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) Turner review, including strengthening capital and l [...]	2009-07-10 13:33:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON1628	HMG DEFENDS AFGHANISTAN MISSION AS BRITAIN'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary. In the past week, Prime Minister Brown, Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth have unequivocally and publicly reaffirmed Britain's commitment to its mission in Afghanistan. "This is a very hard summer, it's not over, but it's vital that the inte [...]	2009-07-13 17:06:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS MASS UK AF
09LONDON1635	SOMALIA/HOA: UK MINISTERS REVIEWING POLICY [...] (C/NF) Summary. Newly arrived Foreign Office East Africa and Great Lakes Director Jonathan Allen previewed July 14 for Poloff the discussions UK officials have teed up for ministers to have on Somalia at their July 21 Cabinet sub-committee on Africa meeting. Disrupting the al-Shabaab network [...]	2009-07-14 15:19:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID PHUM MCAP MASS PINR XW SO KE ER
09LONDON1642	FOOD SECURITY: INCREASED SPENDING OVER NEXT THREE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Special Advisor on Development, Brendan Cox, informed Emboff July 7 that food security is a G8 priority for the Prime Minister and that the UK Government will be increasing its food security and agriculture assistance to USD 1.8 billion over the next three y [...]	2009-07-16 10:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO UG UK
09LONDON1644	HMG RECEPTIVE TO USG APPROACH ON URANIUM SALES TO IRAN REF: STATE 72119 [...] (S/NF) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to Will Gelling, Head of the FCO's Iran Multilateral team, and Simon Mustard and Duncan Johnson, both of the FCO's Counterproliferation Department. They reiterated HMG's support for U.S. efforts to prevent Iran from accessing new sources of uranium for its d [...]	2009-07-16 12:46:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	MNUC PARM IR KNNP UK
09LONDON1652	BRITAIN'S COMMITMENT IN AFGHANISTAN REMAINS FIRM [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG remains firmly committed to its mission in Afghanistan despite a spate of intense media coverage of British casualties there and political debate about whether Prime Minister Brown's government has provided a sufficient number of troops on the ground and helicopters in [...]	2009-07-16 18:09:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KDEM AF UK IZ
09LONDON1668	DARFUR/SUDAN: UPDATE ON JEM THINKING BY GIBRIL [...] (C) Summary. Senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Representative Gibril Ibrahim said July 20 that JEM is "not venue shopping" for peace talks and continues to support the Doha talks, and that the international community needs to put pressure on the Government of Sudan (GoS) to implement [...]	2009-07-20 15:34:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID MOPS KPKO SU CD UK
09LONDON1669	DRC/LRA: UK SEES ARMY REFORM AS KEY TO SEXUAL AND [...] (C) Summary. The UK sees security sector reform (SSR) and army reform as keys to improveing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Foreign Office Great Lakes team leader Nne-Nne Iwuji-Eme and DRC Desk Officer Oliver Craven told Poloff July 20. The U [...]	2009-07-20 15:34:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS ZF CG RW UG SO UK
09LONDON1674	DARFUR/SUDAN: ABDUL WAHID COMMANDERS READY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Following SE Gration's June meetings with Abdul Wahid al Nour's Sudan Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/AW) commanders in Chad (ref A),SLA/AW field commanders and political officers plan to force Abdul Wahid into engagement in the Darfur peace process, London-based SLA/AW represen [...]	2009-07-21 10:52:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PHUM MOPS SU CD UK
09LONDON1675	TORIES UNVEIL PROPOSALS FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL OF UK FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Shadow Chancellor George Osborne on July 20 announced the Conservative party proposals for changes to the UK's financial regulatory system. A Conservative government would abolish the UK's tripartite framework and replace it with a significantly more powerful Bank of England (B [...]	2009-07-21 17:14:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV UK
09LONDON1692	(SBU) HMG CONSIDERS ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG considers the outcome of the U.S. assessment of operations in Afghanistan as a prerequisite for determining key aspects of British strategy in Afghanistan -- including deciding whether the UK will maintain in the fall the additional 700 troops originally sent to Afghanista [...]	2009-07-23 17:01:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO ECON EAID AF UK
09LONDON1701	SOMALIA/HOA: PDAS CARTER INFORMED THAT UK TO INCREASE SOMALIA ENGAGEMENT REF: LONDON 1635 Classified By: Acting Political Counselor Daniel McNicholas, reasons [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 13:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS PHUM PINR XW SO KE ER ET UK
09LONDON1702	WEST AFRICA: PDAS CARTER HEARS UK CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Office West and Southern Africa DAS-equivalent Janet Douglas told PDAS Carter July 22 that relative stability in West Africa and a UK budget crunch had meant a reduced UK presence and programming in West Africa, but agreed that Briton Edwin Dyer's June murder in Mali by AQIM ha [...]	2009-07-24 13:13:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS PHUM XY NI UK
09LONDON1707	(SBU) DOUBTS -- AND REASSURANCES -- ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. The Prime Minister's office released a statement July 17 affirming that "there has been no change in the Government's position on Trident. The policy remains as set out in the 2006 White Paper, and there has been no change to the timetable." This statement was a reaction to media repor [...]	2009-07-24 16:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP PGOV PREL MARR MOPS UK PARM MNUC MCAP
09LONDON1708	HMG ACCELERATES MEASURES TO COMBAT H1N1 VIRUS; [...] (SBU) Summary. HMG is preparing for the worst case scenario that one third of the UK population could become infected by the H1N1 virus, with potential deaths ranging from 19,000 to 65,000. HMG's National Pandemic Flu Service website became operational on July 23 and within minutes of its l [...]	2009-07-24 16:55:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU ECON AMGT AMED SOCI CASC EAGR UK
09LONDON1722	(U) MEETING WITH THE AFGHAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UK [...] (C/NF) Summary. During a July 23 introductory meeting with the Charge, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Homayoun Tandar, expressed concern that British public opinion is not favorable to Britain's engagement in Afghanistan and the international stabilization effort there. Tand [...]	2009-07-28 12:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KPAO SCUL MOPS UK AF SOCI
09LONDON1725	HMG RESPONSE TO CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT (CD) DEMARCHE ON DELAY OF START OF WORK IN THE CD [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 16:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS CH FR MNUC PARM PK PREL RS UK
09LONDON1744	HMG SEES NO PROBLEM WITH PROVIDING ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Robin Shackell at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told ESTHOff on July 29 he sees "no problem" with providing HMG assurances regarding the transfer of uranium to a UK Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) facility in support of a nuclear forensics exe [...]	2009-07-30 10:02:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM AORC PTER UK
09LONDON1745	IRAN: XXXXXXXXXXXX MEETS ARAB AMBASSADORS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: London Iran Watcher (poloff) attended a luncheon XXXXXXXXXXXX hosted by the XXXXXXXXXXXX in honor of XXXXXXXXXXXX. Also in attendance were the ambassadors of XXXXXXXXXXXX, as well as XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXX, and XXXXXXXXXXXX businessman XXXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXXX pro [...]	2009-07-30 10:30:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL KNNP IR
09LONDON1750	(S) TREASURY A/S COHEN URGES UK TO TAKE IRAN SANCTIONS; PRESS INTERPAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 13:50:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PTER ECON IR UK
09LONDON1760	UK HOUSING MARKET SHOWS SIGNS OF RECOVERY BUT LONG-TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: UK housing prices showed a slight increase in June and July, and mortgage lending was also up. Despite these signs of recovery, the market outlook remains uncertain. Market prices are still down, year-on-year, 6.2 percent over the past 12 months as reported by Nationwide Build [...]	2009-07-31 14:37:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV UK
09LONDON1761	THE ROAD TO 2010: HMG'S STRATEGY FOR THE NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. On July 16, the Cabinet Office released a 52-page document entitled "The Road to 2010 - Addressing the Nuclear Question in the Twenty First Century," which charts the UK's road map to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in April-May 2010. The document (f [...]	2009-07-31 14:46:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC ENRG IR KNNP MNUC MOPS PARM PGOV PREL
09LONDON1767	SOMALIA: LONDON-BASED ARS CHAIR SAYS ARS READY TO [...] (C) Summary. Acting Chair of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) Zakaria Abdi told Poloff July 31 that ARS is ready to mediate between the Transition Federal Government (TFG) and Hisbul Islam and al-Shabaab. Abdi claimed the TFG's Sheikh Sharif left the ARS because ARS was "to [...]	2009-07-31 16:15:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM PTER SO UK
09LONDON1777	HMG'S VIEWS ON INDIA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH PAKISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG is "cautiously optimistic" about the progress of India's relationship, with Pakistan and the U.S. and HMG should "compare notes" this fall to determine "how serious the Indians actually are in relaxing their rhetoric toward Pakistan," Neil Kernohan, Head of the India, Nepal [...]	2009-08-03 15:35:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR AF IN NP PK UK PTER
09LONDON1779	WELSH DEVOLUTION REPORT LIKELY TO RECOMMEND [...] (C/NF) Summary: In June the All Wales Convention, which will report on whether the Welsh should hold a referendum to transfer significant powers from London to the Welsh legislature, concluded six months of town-hall meetings and is preparing its recommendations. Indications are that it se [...]	2009-08-03 16:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV UK
09LONDON1788	UK CALLING FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: The UK is not planning to increase its development funding for Afghanistan beyond the GBP 510 million it has committed through 2013, but will channel an increasing amount of resources through the Afghan Government and redirect its efforts to focus more clearly on discrete areas [...]	2009-08-05 10:28:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	AF EAID ECON PGOV PK UK
09LONDON1797	EMBASSY LONDON WELCOMES CODEL COCHRAN/LEAHY [...] Embassy London is pleased to welcome CODEL Cochran/Leahy to London September 1 - September 6, 2009, to participate in the British-American Parliamentary Group (BAPG) Conference. 2. ---------------- Visit Officer ---------------- Daniel McNicholas, Political Officer Emba [...]	2009-08-05 15:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OVIP OREP ASEC AFIN UK
09LONDON1806	UK TO DECIDE ON ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR PALESTINE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the letter from Secretary Clinton on budget support for the Palestinian Authority to Alice Mann, Deputy Head (London),Palestinian Program at the Department for International Development on 5 August. She told Econoff that they were "delighted by the U.S. contribution," [...]	2009-08-06 15:34:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER UK
09LONDON1817	(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): HMG [...] (C/NF) HMG agrees on the importance of encouraging Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) partners to make presentations at the MTCR Information Exchange (IE) session during the November plenary, Edward Evans, Missile Policy Desk Officer in the WMD Controls Policy Section of the Counterprol [...]	2009-08-07 14:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA UK RS
09LONDON1818	SOMALILAND: KULMIYE OPPOSITION PARTY SUPPORTS MORE USG PRESSURE FOR ELECTIONS REF: NAIROBI 1685 [...] (C) Summary. Mohamed Omar, Foreign Affairs Secretary of Somaliland's Kulmiye opposition party, said August 7 the USG should put more pressure on Somaliland President Dahir Riyale to reinstate the voter registration list and to allow the return of Interpeace, the NGO supporting the technical conduc [...]	2009-08-07 14:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EAID PHUM SO DJ ET XW UK
09LONDON1828	U.S. NEEDS TO TALK MORE WITH EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON FINANCIAL SERVICES REFORM; PROPOSED CHANGES IN UK UNDER SCRUTINY [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. needs to ramp up its engagement with the European Commission on financial services reform measures, HMT and City of London officials urged in recent meetings with EMIN and ECONCOUNS. Brussels is moving ahead faster on reform than Washington and London, and more worrying, witho [...]	2009-08-10 09:46:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV UK
09LONDON1851	IRAN: FCO SHARES LESSONS LEARNED ON DETAINEES [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Iran Watcher (poloff) August 11, Will Gelling, Tom Burn and Rachel Martinek of the FCO's Iran office shared lessons learned from the detention of British sailors by Iran in 2007 and more recently the arrest of nine local staff members from the British Embassy in Teh [...]	2009-08-11 14:36:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL PGOV UK IR

09LONDON187	GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THIRD STRAND OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (U) HMG announced new measures to reinforce financial stability and ensure the resumption of lending on January 19. To improve banks' access to wholesale funding markets, HMG will provide full or partial guarantees to eligible AAA-rated asset backed securities from April. Additionally, HMG w [...]	2009-01-22 16:51:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK

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