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05MANILA3901	PRO-ARROYO MAJORITY WINS INITIAL VOTE IN HOUSE ON [...] (C) Summary: The pro-Arroyo Majority in the House won the initial vote in the Justice Committee on the Opposition's impeachment charges against President Arroyo on August 23. The vote in the Committee was 54-24 against an Opposition motion to move directly into discussion of the substance of [...]	2005-08-23 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP

05MANILA3946	CATHOLIC CHURCH CHANGES TACK AND TAKES MORE [...] (C) Summary: The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines is changing tack in regard to its political role. Under the leadership of the now-deceased Cardinal Sin, the Church assumed an activist posture, pressing for the ouster of two presidents, and at times indicating preferences for or ag [...]	2005-08-25 07:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI RP
05MANILA3963	APPROXIMATELY 30 INJURED IN BASILAN FERRY BLAST [...] (C) Summary. An apparent improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on a ferry docked in Lamitan Town, Basilan Province, at approximately 7:00 a.m. August 28. The blast injured about 30 people, although no deaths were reported. The low-tech nature of the device and lack of shrapnel evidence [...]	2005-08-28 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PREL PGOV CASC ASEC RP
05MANILA3994	IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS CONTINUE WITH KEY VOTES [...] (C) Summary: Impeachment hearings in the House Justice Committee continued on August 30. The pro-Arroyo Majority made clear that it intends to vote against allowing the House to review the Opposition's amended impeachment complaint against President Arroyo. The Opposition argues that its c [...]	2005-08-29 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4019	MAJORITY SEEMS SET TO WRAP UP IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS [...] (C) Summary: The pro-Arroyo Majority in the House voted August 31 to disallow the Opposition's impeachment complaint against President Arroyo in favor of a weaker complaint filed earlier by a private citizen. There are also reports that the Majority is planning to throw out this remaining i [...]	2005-08-30 09:58:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4040	END GAME FOR IMPEACHMENT EFFORT DRAWS NEAR AS [...] (C) Summary: The pro-Arroyo Majority in the House Justice Committee voted down the final impeachment complaint left standing against President Arroyo late August 31. The Committee voted overwhelmingly to reject the complaint on the grounds that it lacked substance (the Committee had already [...]	2005-08-31 08:01:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
05MANILA410	THE EVOLVING ROLE OF LABOR UNIONS AND THEIR [...] (C) Summary: While the Philippines has a good record of promoting and protecting worker rights, the labor movement is no longer a potent political force. Union membership is in sharp decline, with labor market penetration falling from roughly 25 percent of salaried workers in 1986 to 9.7 per [...]	2005-01-26 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI PINS ECON RP
05MANILA4112	Supreme Court Upholds Expanded VAT Law [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 1, the Philippine Supreme Court upheld the legality of the Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) law but has yet to lift the temporary restraining order. The TRO that the Court issued on July 1 will remain in place for at least another fifteen days. During that interv [...]	2005-09-01 09:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA4140	HOUSE QUASHES IMPEACHMENT EFFORT [...] (C) Summary: The Philippine House of Representatives has quashed the Opposition's impeachment effort against President Arroyo. In a session concluding late September 6, the vote in the House to uphold the Justice Committee's findings dismissing the complaints against Arroyo was 158 for and 5 [...]	2005-09-05 09:10:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4199	NUMBER OF FILIPINO "ENTERTAINERS" GOING TO JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of Filipino "entertainers" traveling to Japan has fallen sharply as a result of tighter Japanese visa regulations. This trend is expected to accelerate as applications filed under the older, more lenient rules phase out and all applications become subject to the ne [...]	2005-09-06 09:17:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB RP JA
05MANILA4224	INCOMING ARMM GOVERNOR EAGER FOR CONTINUED US [...] (C) Summary. Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor-elect Zaldy Ampatuan has promised to embrace a transparent and consultative leadership platform that would focus on the Mindanao peace process, local education needs, health care, and agriculture. Mission will work to establis [...]	2005-09-07 10:05:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KISL ECON RP
05MANILA4271	ARCHBISHOP ROSALES ENCOURAGES CHURCH TO STAY OUT [...] (C) Summary: In a September 8 meeting with Charge, Archbishop of Manila Gaudencio Rosales identified economic and moral poverty as the greatest problems in the Philippines today and criticized the current political leadership as corrupt and ineffective in improving the lives of the people. [...]	2005-09-11 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RP
05MANILA4322	CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE URGES FILIPINOS TO [...] (C) On September 13 the Permanent Council of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued a sequel to its pastoral statement of July 2005, calling on Filipinos to move beyond the current political turmoil and to "address the more important and urgent problem of grinding po [...]	2005-09-13 08:55:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RP
05MANILA4395	IPR ROUNDTABLE 2: IMPROVED PROSECUTION OF IPR CASES [...] (U) Summary: On September 13, Embassy conducted its second IPR roundtable to review IPR issues with US company reps and GRP officials. Roundtable participants praised the government for recent initiatives, notably its crackdown on pirated optical media goods, but stressed the need to prosecu [...]	2005-09-19 00:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL BEXP RP
05MANILA4417	FILIPINO REACTION TO ESPIONAGE CASE AGAINST FBI [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The announcement of the arrest of a former Philippine police official and an FBI employee on espionage charges in the U.S. has generated mixed reaction in the Philippines. Several national poli [...]	2005-09-19 09:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS RP
05MANILA4421	Aviation Safety Raised with Transport Secretary [...] (SBU) During the Charge's call, Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Mendoza addressed concerns on aviation safety, pledged continued support for transportation security initiatives, and expressed commitment to infrastructure construction. Mendoza admitted that t [...]	2005-09-20 01:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV EINV RP
05MANILA4443	OPPOSITION MOTION IN HOUSE TO RECONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: The Opposition tried to file a motion in the House on September 19 asking for a reconsideration of its recent decision to quash the impeachment complaints against President Arroyo. The effort failed, however, due to the lack of a quorum. Opposition leaders have admitted that t [...]	2005-09-20 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4464	MALACANANG TAKES FLAK OVER HIRING OF U.S. LOBBYING [...] (C) Summary: Malacanang has recently taken a great deal of criticism for the hiring of Venable LLP, a U.S.-based law firm, to do lobbying. Opposition and even some pro-administration lawmakers have asserted that the contract was too expensive and complained that it was non-transparent. Mat [...]	2005-09-21 08:34:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ECON RP
05MANILA4488	INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE PHILIPPINES: A SNAPSHOT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The approximately six million plus indigenous persons in the Philippines are marginalized and lag far behind the general population in most social and economic indicators. They also suffer dis [...]	2005-09-22 07:49:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV ECON EAID PINR PINS PREF RP
05MANILA4491	MORE COVERAGE IN PHILIPPINE PRESS OF ALLEGED [...] Anti-government, pro-opposition daily "The Philippine Daily Inquirer" printed another in a series of daily articles summarizing and analyzing purported classified US Embassy reports on the front page in its edition of September 23. Following is the full text of the article. BEGIN TEXT " [...]	2005-09-22 08:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO RP
05MANILA4528	Proposed 2006 Budget: A Taxing Proposition [...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo's proposed 2006 budget call for a 30 percent increase in funds for infrastructure, health, and education while continuing to reduce the budget deficit for a fourth consecutive year. The 1.05-trillion peso ($18.8 billion) budget proposal represents 7.5% year-on [...]	2005-09-25 09:55:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA4545	MALACANANG REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING PARDON OF [...] (C) Summary: The Palace is reportedly considering pardoning former Congressman Romeo Jalosjos, who has been in jail since 1997 for raping an 11 year old girl. According to opponents of the possible move, the Palace is considering the matter as a reward to the Jalosjos clan, which is politica [...]	2005-09-26 07:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RP
05MANILA4637	PHILIPPINE MILITARY OFFICERS DISCIPLINED AFTER [...] (U) Summary. Two high-ranking Philippine military officers have been relieved of their posts after claiming at a Senate hearing to know of vote fraud committed on behalf of Philippine President Arroyo in the 2004 election. End Summary. 2. (U) On September 28, 2005, two high-ranking offic [...]	2005-09-28 07:41:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR PREL MCAP RP
05MANILA4639	Prospering from the Remittance Gusher [...] Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) remittances grew by 22% for the first seven months of 2005, and should approach $10 billion for the year, equal to 10% of GDP. Two-thirds of remitters from the U.S. use the banking system while others go through informal channels. Surveys show recipients apply m [...]	2005-09-28 08:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA464	ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE PICKS UP STEAM [...] (C) Summary: Mission is actively working with GRP counterparts to help them develop legal cases against Philippine officials who have allegedly been engaged in graft and other forms of corruption. GRP officials have recently advanced numerous new corruption-related cases against prominent m [...]	2005-01-28 07:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON PINR RP
05MANILA4662	DEBATE OVER POSSIBLE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES [...] (C) Summary: The perennial debate over possible changes to the Philippine Constitution of 1987 is steadily heating up. Jose De Venecia, the Speaker of the House, is pressing the matter forward in Congress, urging that the current bicameral, executive presidential system be changed into a pa [...]	2005-09-29 05:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
05MANILA4669	PHILIPPINES: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES LEAVE LIMBO AT [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The final group of refugees who fled Vietnam for the Philippines 15-30 years ago began resettling in the U.S. this week. A projected 1600 refugees will ultimately be resettled; the fate of 400 [...]	2005-09-29 07:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF VM RP IOM
05MANILA4693	KEY FIGURE IN GRP FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On September 30, GRP Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo announced that he would resign effective November 30 due to health reasons. Marcelo is widely respected as a highly effective anti-corruption crus [...]	2005-10-02 07:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR ECON RP
05MANILA4740	MALACANANG-SENATE RELATIONS DETERIORATE [...] (C) Summary: After several highly contentious Senate sessions, a group of Opposition senators led by Senate President Franklin Drilon continues to press for more hearings into issues potentially embarrassing to President Arroyo. Malacanang has reacted angrily and is strictly controlling acc [...]	2005-10-04 05:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ECON EINV PTER CH RP
05MANILA4750	PHILIPPINES TIGHTENS SECURITY AFTER BALI BOMBINGS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of the October 1 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed her condolences to the victims' families, tightened security measures, and [...]	2005-10-04 08:39:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MOPS PINS PGOV KISL ID RP
05MANILA4776	NEW GOVERNOR IN MUSLIM REGION IN MINDANAO SWORN IN [...] (C) Summary. Newly elected Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Zaldy Ampatuan was sworn into office on September 30 by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita. Conspicuously absent from the inaugural ceremony were outgoing ARMM Governor Dr. Parouk Hussin, and Cotabato City Mayor M [...]	2005-10-05 09:19:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINS KISL PINR ECON RP
05MANILA4785	PHILIPPINE REACTION TO LATEST REVELATIONS ABOUT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Philippine media is covering in an extensive fashion an October 5 report by ABC News that recently-arrested FBI analyst Leandro Aragoncillo may have stolen classified US documents from the office of th [...]	2005-10-06 07:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO RP
05MANILA4809	MORE PHILIPPINE REACTION TO UNFOLDING U.S. [...] (C) Summary. The indictment of Philippine national Michael Ray Aquino on charges of conspiracy and acting as an unregistered foreign agent has elicited a range of reactions in the Philippines, including comments from President Arroyo and the Secretary of Justice. Key Opposition politicians, [...]	2005-10-10 09:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO ASEC PREL RP
05MANILA4810	PHILIPPINES: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message is in response to the action request contained in "Democracy Promotion Strategies for EAP Focus Countries" (ref a). Responses are keyed to specific informational requests contained in ref a, p [...]	2005-10-10 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PINS ECON KDEM RP
05MANILA4814	Air Traffic Controller Staffing "Not Unsafe" [...] (SBU) Summary. Our most recent discussions and observations indicated no aviation safety threat at this time due to air traffic controller (ATC) staffing. In a meeting October 6 with DCM, econoffs, and a senior U.S. FAA rep, GRP officials acknowledged a staffing deficit but provided credibl [...]	2005-10-11 01:06:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV EINV RP
05MANILA4831	MISSION PRESSES GRP FOR EXPEDITIOUS PROGRESS ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Mission recently held several meetings with high-level GRP officials working to combat human trafficking to discuss problem areas identified in the 2004 TIP Report. We stressed the seriousness [...]	2005-10-11 08:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON SMIG RP
05MANILA4901	EMBASSY MANILA HOSTS SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL [...] (U) Embassy Manila hosted the 2005 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference, October 13-14. Thirty-eight participants from Missions in Southeast Asia and other posts in EAP, as well as from the Department and Pentagon, participated in the two-day event. A full list of participants is inc [...]	2005-10-16 09:16:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ECON PHUM SOCI XB XC RP
05MANILA4929	GRP TAKES STEP TO REDISTRIBUTE LARGE ESTATE OWNED [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Taking steps to resolve a long-standing labor dispute, the Philippine government has ordered that the large "Hacienda Luisita" estate owned in part by former president Corazon Aquino be redistri [...]	2005-10-17 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI PINS RP
05MANILA4934	DISPERSAL OF OPPOSITION RALLY SPARKS DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: The October 14 dispersal of a small Opposition rally has sparked a sharp debate over the GRP's tactics. The Opposition and many in the media have criticized the police, asserting that the use of water cannons was not appropriate, for example. Malacanang -- while not endorsing [...]	2005-10-18 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4935	Supreme Court Clears Expanded VAT Law [...] (SBU) The Philippine Supreme Court upheld the legality of the Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) law, the key element in President Arroyo's revenue-enhancement agenda, boosting the credibility of her economic reform efforts. This measure could reduce debt accumulation and fund increases in soc [...]	2005-10-18 10:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA4962	DIVISIONS IN PRESIDENT ARROYO'S COALITION IN HOUSE [...] (C) Summary: Tensions have spiked between Lakas, the major party in President Arroyo's coalition in the House, and KAMPI, a group of strong Arroyo loyalists. The flashpoint for the friction has been how many KAMPI members will serve on a key committee. A major source of continuing tension, [...]	2005-10-20 06:04:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS RP
05MANILA4971	ANTI-ARROYO RALLY SPONSORED BY LEFT DRAWS 10,000 [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: About 10,000 leftist anti-President Arroyo protesters convened at a site near Malacanang Palace on October 21. In scuffles with police, several people were injured. This latest rally is part o [...]	2005-10-20 07:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA4984	TIP: USG-FUNDED TRAINING AIMS TO ASSIST HUMAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: GRP prosecutors and NGO lawyers continue to make limited headway in prosecuting traffickers under anti-trafficking laws. The slow pace of progress is due in part to inadequate training of loca [...]	2005-10-23 07:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM ECON RP
05MANILA499	INTERNATIONAL TEAM INVESTIGATES SLAYINGS OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A fact-finding team organized by the Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) January 24-31 investigated recen [...]	2005-02-01 08:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI KPAO RP
05MANILA5012	SEARCH FOR NEXT OMBUDSMAN -- GRP'S KEY ANTI- [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP's Judicial and Bar Council is reviewing possible candidates to replace Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo, who is resigning on November 30. Favored candidates include Presidential Legal Counsel [...]	2005-10-25 03:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR ECON EAID PINR RP
05MANILA5097	MANILA BOMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PHILIPPINE [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Death sentences were handed down in a Philippine trial court on October 28 to three extremists for their role in the February 14, 2005, bombing of a passenger bus in Manila. Key to the prosecutors' [...]	2005-11-01 09:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS RP
05MANILA5130	THE INC AND EL SHADDAI: TWO PHILIPPINE RELIGIOUS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) and the charismatic El Shaddai Catholic group are politically active and their leaders retain significant influence on national politics. This influence was highli [...]	2005-11-02 09:13:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS SOCI KDEM RP
05MANILA5133	Clark Firms Mull Closure with Huge Tax Burden [...] (SBU) Businesses in the Clark Special Economic Zone face huge new financial liabilities after a recent Supreme Court decision nullified their tax incentives. U.S. company executives complain that the ruling replaces their 5% gross income tax with the standard 32% corporate income tax and ot [...]	2005-11-02 09:28:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PGOV EFIN RP
05MANILA5231	LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE INVOLVING [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Secretary Seguis delivered to Embassy on November 8 formal subpoenas for six US Marines allegedly involved in the rape of a Filipina in Olongapo City on November 1 (see text of Dip Note and DFA press release in [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS RP
05MANILA5300	UPDATE ON ALLEGED RAPE CASE INVOLVING US MARINES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Amid continued heightened press coverage of the alleged rape case involving six US Marines, Visiting Forces Agreement Commission (VFACOM) Executive Director Paredes visited the Embassy November 10 to verify that the individuals remained in US custody. In a private meeting with [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS KCRM RP
05MANILA5317	PRESIDENT ARROYO AND FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo expressed appreciation to visiting EAP DAS Eric John and Charge Jones for USG cooperation in the investigation of six US Marines allegedly involved in the November 1 alleged rape of a Filipina in the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA),but warned of a polit [...]	2005-11-13 12:03:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS KCRM RP
05MANILA5326	PHILIPPINES/TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this message provides information on the Philippines for the Interim Assessment on the Special Watch List countries due in Congress no later than February 1. The Philippine Department of Justice (DoJ) has trebled the number of prosecutors at the national [...]	2005-11-14 09:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN KCRM RP JA
05MANILA5328	GRP CONTINUES TO CONSIDER EMERGENCY RULE [...] (S) Summary/Comment: EAP DAS John underscored the USG's firm opposition to the imposition of emergency rule or any other similar measures during separate meetings with President Arroyo, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, and defense officials on November 11. Both Arroyo and Romulo indicated [...]	2005-11-14 09:56:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR RP
05MANILA5329	GRP OFFICIALS REVIEW PHILIPPINE DEFENSE REFORM [...] (C) Summary: In a November 11 meeting with EAP DAS John and Charge, Department of National Defense (DND) Undersecretary Carolina reviewed the Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) process. Carolina asserted that PDR was "embedded" in the system now and did not rely on current Defense Secretary Av [...]	2005-11-14 10:36:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PINS EAID RP
05MANILA5331	EAP DAS JOHN'S NOVEMBER 11 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS John and Charge met November 11 with President Arroyo. Arroyo underscored her government's support for Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) and continued counterterrorism cooperation. She expressed interest in the U.S. and the GRP agreeing to a Free Trade Agreement (FTA),sa [...]	2005-11-15 02:07:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR PTER PHUM ETRD RP BM UNSC
05MANILA5344	MINDANAO TUNA INDUSTRY AT RISK [...] The tuna industry, which generates $400 million in annual revenues in Mindanao, faces a potential reduction in access to the EU market and restrictions in traditional fishing grounds. Indonesia is reluctant to extend a crucial bilateral fishing agreement beyond December 3. Tuna producers ar [...]	2005-11-15 09:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL PGOV ECON RP WTRO
05MANILA5346	AMID CONTINUED NPA ATTACKS, KILLINGS OF LEFTIST [...] (C) Summary: About 40 leftist activists have been killed in the Philippines so far in 2005. These killings, a jump from the number recorded in 2004, come amid a flurry of attacks by the New People's Army (NPA),which have killed and injured many. "Legal" left politicians and activists have [...]	2005-11-15 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINS PREL PINR RP
05MANILA5364	A VIEW FROM MANILA'S STREETS: GENERAL PESSIMISM [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Poloff and Pol FSN visited a poor neighborhood in Manila on November 14 to canvass views about residents' lives, politics and the U.S. Filipinos on the streets were generally pessimistic abou [...]	2005-11-16 07:41:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM SOCI PREL KPAO RP
05MANILA5373	TRAINING PHILIPPINE POLICE ON TIP [...] (U) Summary. In a Mission-sponsored workshop on Trafficking in Persons (TIP),participants from the Philippine National Police's (PNP) Women and Children's Concern Division (WCCD) learned about the seriousness of the global issue as well as application of key Philippine TIP legislation. Loc [...]	2005-11-16 10:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC KCRM RP
05MANILA5459	UNEVENTFUL PRELIMINARY HEARING IN SUBIC RAPE CASE [...] (SBU) This is an action request by OOB November 25 -- see para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary. The preliminary hearing in the case of six Marines allegedly involved in the rape of a 22-year old Filipina at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) began November 23 at the Olongapo City Prosecuto [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5482	GARCI'S RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES: WILL IT BRING [...] (C) Summary: Former Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano's reappearance in the Philippines after almost four months overseas has sent ripples through political circles and led to speculation and rumors about the timing and purpose of his return. Both the pro-Ar [...]	2005-11-24 07:48:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR RP
05MANILA5507	FIVE OF SIX MARINES SUBMIT COUNTER-AFFIDAVITS [...] (SBU) Summary. Five of the six Marines accused of involvement in the alleged rape of a Filipina submitted counter-affidavits in the second preliminary hearing on November 29. The attorney for the sixth, LCPL Smith, said his client wanted to know the nature and consequences of the complaint [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5510	SCENE SETTER FOR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, former President Ramos, Executive Secretary Ermita, [...]	2005-11-28 11:38:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP
05MANILA5521	EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN DAVAO AND CEBU HIT NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Justice Secretary Gonzalez has issued the first public statement by a high-ranking Philippine administration official on the extra-judicial killings of suspected criminals in Davao and Cebu, which continue to increase. This year, at least 147 have been killed in Davao and 104 [...]	2005-11-30 07:51:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREL RP
05MANILA5604	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (U) This message is in response to reftel requesting descriptions of any planned Human Rights Day (December 10) activities by local individuals and groups or embassy personnel. 2. (U) Post is commemorating Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week (December 4-10) with a number of human righ [...]	2005-12-01 10:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ODIP PGOV APER KPAO
05MANILA5619	SCENE SETTER FOR SENATOR CHRISTOPHER BOND [...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, National Security Advisor Gonzales, National Intell [...]	2005-12-02 06:45:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP
05MANILA5633	GRP CONVICTS FIRST TRAFFICKERS UNDER ANTI-TIP LAW [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A court in Batangas City, Luzon recently convicted the first three individuals under a 2003 anti- trafficking law. The defendants, facing a serious charge with the potential for a long jail te [...]	2005-12-02 08:46:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM RP
05MANILA5647	COURT-MARTIAL FINDS GENERAL GARCIA GUILTY [...] (U) On the afternoon of December 2, a general court martial board sentenced retired Major General Carlos Garcia to dishonorable dismissal, forfeiture of military retirement benefits, and two years of hard labor at a military prison. The military court found Garcia, a former military comptroll [...]	2005-12-02 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP
05MANILA5688	PRESIDENT ARROYO APPOINTS NEW OMBUDSMAN TO LEAD [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo has named her Chief Legal Counsel, Maria Merceditas "Mercy" Gutierrez, as the new Ombudsman for the Philippines. Gutierrez, a 1995 participant in the State Department's Intern [...]	2005-12-06 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KWMN ECON EAID PINR RP
05MANILA5709	FURTHER GROUNDWORK ON PROPOSED TRILATERAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Japanese are now seeking to shift the dates of the proposed Trilateral Terrorism Cooperation Conference in Manila from mid-January to early February 2006. The primary focus of the meeting would be on maritime security, with help for Philippine National Police (PNP) refor [...]	2005-12-07 08:49:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC AS JA RP
05MANILA5710	TIP: TWO DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO LIFE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On December 5, a regional court in Zamboanga City, Mindanao, sentenced two members of a trafficking syndicate to life imprisonment for recruiting a victim and selling her to a brothel in Malaysia [...]	2005-12-07 09:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP MY
05MANILA5734	TESTIMONY OF FORMER ELECTORAL OFFICIAL BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: Former Commission on Elections (COMELEC) official Virgilio Garcillano's House testimony on December 7 did not bring closure to the "Hello Garci" audiotape controversy involving President Arroyo. Garcillano refused to comment directly on the audiotapes, but firmly denied rigging [...]	2005-12-08 07:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR PINS PINR EAID RP
05MANILA5749	CONVICTION IN MEDIA KILLING, BUT SLAYINGS CONTINUE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Philippine court has sentenced a former policeman to life imprisonment for murdering a journalist, the first such conviction since 2000. The Philippines, however, remains a very dangerous pl [...]	2005-12-09 07:27:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS KCOR KPAO RP
05MANILA5755	PROSECUTOR CONCLUDES PRELIMINARY HEARINGS IN SUBIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The prosecutor presiding over alleged rape case hearings involving six US Marines announced that the December 9 preliminary investigation hearing would be the last. He gave all parties a deadline of December 19 to submit all memoranda, after which he will determine whether th [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5781	G/TIP AMBASSADOR MILLER'S DECEMBER 3-6 VISIT: [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: G/TIP Director Ambassador John Miller visited the Philippines December 3-6 to evaluate GRP progress in addressing serious problems that resulted in its Tier Two Watch List rating in 2004 and 2005 [...]	2005-12-12 08:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP MY JP
05MANILA5794	EMBASSY MANILA MARKS HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK WITH ONLINE [...] (U) Summary: On December 12, Mission hosted an online discussion to mark Human Rights Week, with participation from the GRP's Commission on Human Rights and a local human rights NGO. Participants in the chat reviewed U.S. advocacy of human rights and democracy, and the human rights situation [...]	2005-12-13 06:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO RP
05MANILA5806	SEARCH FOR NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE NARROWS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP's Judicial and Bar Council has submitted to President Arroyo its "short list" -- consisting of the three most senior associate justices -- to succeed current Supreme Court Chief Justice [...]	2005-12-14 03:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EAID ETRD PINR RP
05MANILA5844	FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY DECLARES HIMSELF [...] (C) Summary: Inveterate plotter and former defense secretary Fortunado Abat declared himself "President" of a SIPDIS "Revolutionary Transition Government" at a December 13 press conference held in Manila. In reaction, the GRP reportedly detained him on December 15. Amid the on-and-off sw [...]	2005-12-15 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PINR RP
05MANILA5847	SENATOR BOND MEETS WITH GRP OFFICIALS, U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Senator Christopher S. Bond visited the Philippines December 7-10, meeting with Philippine government and military officials and local American business leaders. Senator Bond spoke with President Arroyo the possibility of developing regional structures along the lines of the Org [...]	2005-12-15 10:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ASEC EINV MOPS RP APEC
05MANILA5861	HUMAN RIGHTS/LABOR: USG-FUNDED ANTI-CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Summary: Focusing on key human rights and labor items, poloff and pol LES visited Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental Province in the Central Philippines, December 13-14. A USDOL-funded anti-child labor project in the area is proceeding well. Conditions at a local shelter run by the GRP [...]	2005-12-16 06:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KPAO RP
05MANILA587	POLICE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING STRING OF [...] (C) Summary: Cebu city remains abuzz about a recent string of extrajudicial killings that has taken upwards of 25 lives. Philippine National Police (PNP) officials confirmed that PNP is actively investigating the slayings, which have divided the city, with the Cardinal and some key local po [...]	2005-02-07 09:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SNAR RP
05MANILA5877	FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY RELEASED AFTER BEING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Former defense secretary Fortunado Abat and three members of his self-proclaimed "Revolutionary Transition Government" were released on December 16 -- a day after police detained them for quest [...]	2005-12-19 09:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL PINR RP
05MANILA5914	PRESIDENT ARROYO APPOINTS NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 20, President Arroyo appointed Associate Justice Artemio V. Panganiban, 69, as the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Panganiban is a well-respected, articulate jurist and is expected to continue the judicial reforms begun by his predecess [...]	2005-12-21 09:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EAID ETRD PINR RP
05MANILA5929	INDONESIA ALLOWS ONE-YEAR TRANSITION TO REFLAG [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 07:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL PGOV ECON RP WTRO
05MANILA5947	CONTRASTING VIEWS FROM OPPOSITION LEADERS IN [...] (C) Summary: Charge recently held separate meetings with key Opposition figures Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and House Minority Leader Francis "Chiz" Escudero. Lacson and Escudero were a contrast in perspectives and style. Lacson predicted that new impeachment charges would be filed agains [...]	2005-12-23 06:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR RP
05MANILA5950	PHILIPPINES: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Post's 2005 narrative update of the Philippine portion of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The information is keyed to specific reftel requests. 2. (U) Summary. The Philippines, one of the earliest supporters in the global coalition against terrorism, [...]	2005-12-23 07:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC MOPS RP
05MANILA5951	Banking System More Stable But Still Vulnerable [...] (SBU) The Philippine Government is working to overcome the reputation of the banking sector as weak and inefficient with insufficient oversight. Although it remains fragmented, the central bank has successfully encouraged consolidation and has introduced many reforms to strengthen banks and [...]	2005-12-23 08:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV RP
05MANILA5965	PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES DRAW CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary: A Malacanang-created "Consultative Commission" has submitted to President Arroyo its final report on proposed changes to the 1987 Constitution, which include a transformation from a presidential to a parliamentary system of government. The report, which is advisory in nature, r [...]	2005-12-27 09:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI ECON RP
05MANILA5966	PROSECUTOR FILES CHARGES AGAINST FOUR MARINES IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Olongapo City Prosecutor filed charges on December 27 against four of the six Marines under investigation for the alleged rape of a Filipina. In comments to the media, the prosecutor said he intended to seek custody of the four Marines once the court had issued arrest war [...]	2005-11-03 01:12:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5987	TWO MARINES EXIT THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) Corporal Corey Burris and Lance Corporal Albert Lara departed the Philippines via US military aircraft at 4:40 p.m. local time on December 28, following the dismissal by the Olongapo City prosecutor the previous day of the complaint against them in the case of the alleged November 1 rap [...]	2005-12-28 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC PHUM PGOV KCRM CASC RP
05MANILA5988	GRP ORDERS LARGE SUGAR PLANTATION TO DISTRIBUTE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP has upheld a recommendation by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to expropriate the "Hacienda Luisita" sugar plantation located in Tarlac, north of Manila, and distribute it to farm [...]	2005-12-28 09:58:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI PINS RP
05MANILA6039	TIP: TWO MORE TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO LIFE [...] (U) Summary: On December 27, a court in Metro Manila sentenced a husband and wife to life imprisonment for peddling victims -- including some minors -- into sexual servitude. A top GRP prosecutor (and former IVP grantee) spearheaded the government's legal team that netted the convictions. [...]	2005-12-29 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB KCRM RP
05MANILA724	GRP PREPARES FOR AUGUST ELECTIONS IN MINDANAO AND [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Executive branch and Commission on Elections (COMELEC) sources confirm that regional assembly (ARMM) elections in Mindanao are on track to take place in August 2005. Nationwide neighborhood (b [...]	2005-02-15 07:35:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR EAID SOCI RP
05MANILA84	LATEST PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's new anti-corruption czar has requested Embassy's cooperation, which Embassy officers will provide in addition to ongoing coordination with the Office of the Ombudsman. The GRP is making progress on some new high profile corruption cases, most recently charging an [...]	2005-01-06 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON PINR RP
05MANILA887	CATHOLIC CHURCH MEDIATING VOLATILE LABOR DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is actively attempting to mediate a complex labor dispute at Hacienda Luisita, a large sugar plantation located north of Manila owned by the Cory Aquino/Cojuangco family. The GRP's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) [...]	2005-02-28 08:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB PINS RP
05MAPUTO106	Mozambique: Request for FY 2005 ESF funding [...] Summary: Post requests USD 700,000 for FY2005 to fund efforts to combat official corruption by promoting integrity and transparency within the public sector and to improve the investment climate by making the regulatory framework for resolving labor disputes more investment-friendly. Anti- cor [...]	2005-01-21 10:49:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MZ KCOR ELAB ESF
05MAPUTO1062	MOZAMBIQUE - 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] Claimant A purchased a 50 percent share in a luxury beach lodge in Vilanculos, Mozambique, from a non-U.S. citizen in August 2004, using USD 2.5 million in OPIC funds.? A Zimbabwean claimant had for several years asserted a claim to the land on which the lodge was constructed in late 2003. Cou [...]	2005-08-22 14:49:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EFIN EINV KIDE PGOV MZ OPIC
05MAPUTO1099	BIO INFORMATION ON NEW SADC EXECUTIVE SECRETARY [...] (U) Under former President Chissano, Tomas Salomao served as Mozambique's Minister of Transport and Communication (2000-2005) and Minister of Planning and Finance (1994-1999). Salomao is a member of the powerful 15-person FRELIMO Political Commission. In the December 2004 general elections he [...]	2005-08-26 08:34:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL MZ SADC
05MAPUTO113	MOZAMBICAN ELECTIONS: CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary: Mozambique's Constitutional Council, the review body charged with validating election results, formally declared Armando Guebuza, the FRELIMO (ruling party) candidate, the winner of the race for president. Additionally, the Council validated FRELIMO's win of 160 seats in the Natio [...]	2005-01-24 14:45:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ

05MAPUTO1137	MOZAMBIQUE - RENAMO OFFICERS THREATEN TO "RETURN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, along with other heads of missions, was called to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign on August 30 to hear the government rebut claims made recently a RENAMO leader that former RENAMO officers are being forced to retire unfairly from the Mozambican armed forces. Former se [...]	2005-09-01 16:25:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MZ RENAMO
05MAPUTO1138	MOZAMBIQUE: MINISTER SACKS HEAD OF NATIONAL [...] (U) On August 3, Mozambican Labor Minister Helena Taipo dismissed Elina Mafuiane Gomes as Director General of the Social Security National Institute (INSS -- Mozambique's social security agency). Gomes had headed INSS since 2001. More than a dozen other senior INSS officials have either been d [...]	2005-09-01 16:26:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO1158	MOZAMBIQUE - ONE DOZEN KILLED IN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6 violence broke out in the small town of Mocimboa da Praia in northern Mozambique between the police and supporters of the main opposition party, RENAMO, resulting in 12 deaths and nearly 50 wounded. Order has since been restored, but several RENAMO figures from th [...]	2005-09-08 16:15:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI MZ RENAMO
05MAPUTO125	MOZAMBIQUE: INVITATION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-26 08:32:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO133	MOZAMBIQUE: ACCUSED CARDOSO ASSASSIN ANIBALZINHO [...] Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"),the man convicted of leading the hit squad responsible for the November 2000 assassination of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, arrived in Maputo on January 22 and was taken into custody, after having been deported from Canada. In January 2003, [...]	2005-01-27 14:42:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KJUS MZ KCOR KCRM
05MAPUTO1334	MOZAMBIQUE: NEW CHIEF FOR RESTRUCTURED [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9 the controversial head of Mozambique's Anti-Corruption Unit, Assistant Attorney General Isabel Rupia, was removed and replaced by her colleague, Assistant Attorney General Rafael Sebastiao. The GRM explained the move as part of a restructuring process of the Unit [...]	2005-10-13 11:52:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO1343	MOZAMBIQUE AND ZAMBIA SIGN AGREEMENT WAIVING [...] (U) On October 7 Mozambican Foreign Minister Abreu and Zambian Labor Minister Nalumango signed an agreement waiving the requirement of visitor visas for nationals traveling between the two countries. The agreement is expected to go into effect by the end of 2005. Speaking after the signing, FM [...]	2005-10-14 09:37:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PGOV PREL SMIG ZA MZ
05MAPUTO1408	MOZAMBIQUE: MURDER OF DIRECTOR OF MAPUTO CENTRAL [...] On October 21 the Director of Maputo Central Prison, Jorge Microsse, was fatally shot in the Pequenos Libombos area of Boane district, about 40 kilometers outside Maputo city. According to press reports, Microsse was approached in his car by four armed men at approximately 1730 hrs as he stoppe [...]	2005-10-28 07:57:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KCRM MZ PGOV PHUM
05MAPUTO146	MOZAMBIQUE: PARLIAMENT INAUGURATED; CABINET [...] (U) On January 31 the members of Mozambique's new parliament, the National Assembly (Assembly),were invested for a five-year term in a ceremony presided over by outgoing President Chissano. All 250 parliamentarians took their seats, including RENAMO-Electoral Union's 90 members, who only a mo [...]	2005-01-31 15:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ RENAMO
05MAPUTO150	MOZAMBIQUE: WHO IS INCOMING PRESIDENT GUEBUZA? [...] (U) The following is a brief sketch of incoming Mozambican president Armando Guebuza, who will be inaugurated on February 2 to succeed President Joaquim Chissano. This analysis was drawn by our political LES. We offer it as a preliminary glance at Guebuza, only part of a composite picture we w [...]	2005-02-01 15:17:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO1555	MOZAMBIQUE: FIVE ESCAPE FROM MAPUTO POLICE [...] (U) On November 26 five prisoners, including a suspect in the October 21 murder of then-Director of the Maputo Central Prison Jorge Microsse (ref A),escaped from high-security holding cells at the Maputo City Police Command, according to media sources. On November 30 independent daily fax ne [...]	2005-12-02 05:34:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM CKOR PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO158	MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA INAUGURATED AS PRESIDENT [...] (U) On February 2 FRELIMO secretary general Armando Guebuza was inaugurated as President of the Republic of Mozambique. Several southern African heads of state, numerous foreign dignitaries and a large local crowd were on hand to witness the accession to power of Mozambique second democraticall [...]	2005-02-02 16:17:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
05MAPUTO1599	MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON SEEKING PUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 13:11:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO MZ
05MAPUTO161	MOZAMBIQUE: PRESIDENT GUEBUZA NAMES NEARLY ALL OF [...] During the evening of February 3, one day after President Guebuza's inauguration (reftel),his office issued a press release giving the names of incoming ministers for nearly all of his cabinet (the individuals for three cabinet positions were not announced: Veterans Affairs, Justice, and Scie [...]	2005-02-04 10:19:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO1631	MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA LEADS FRELIMO CENTRAL [...] (U) On December 18, the Central Committee of Mozambique's ruling party, FRELIMO, concluded a four-day meeting that gathered its 175 members to debate a wide range of issues, including plans for the upcoming electoral cycle, achievements under the new FRELIMO government, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, [...]	2005-12-20 08:40:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
05MAPUTO165	2005 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND BUDGET REQUEST [...] Post appreciates receiving FY2004 DHRF funding in the amount of $76,000, an increase from $70,000 in FY2003. These funds have enabled the Embassy to engage a broader range of Mozambican civil society in our efforts to help consolidate democratization and improve human rights performance. For F [...]	2005-02-07 15:10:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL EAID DHRF
05MAPUTO1651	MOZAMBIQUE: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR DECEMBER 15 [...] On December 17, Deputy Econ/Pol Chief delivered reftel talking points to Faruque Faquira, Head of Department, Directorate for International Organizations and Conferences (DOIC),Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Faquira gave no substantive response. 2. The Mozambican media ran a few short "gene [...]	2005-12-23 06:46:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ MZ
05MAPUTO1653	MOZAMBIQUE: NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of State Administration presented a draft of Mozambique's National Anti-Corruption Strategy at a December 7 - 9 seminar held in Maputo. The event was designed to build consensus around the anti-corruption strategy and identify challenges in its implementation, and brought [...]	2005-12-27 05:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO1658	MOZAMBIQUE: ACOTA HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING COMPLETED [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-28 15:22:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO170	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] Summary: Mozambique has made progress in strengthening its democratic institutions, but the country remains vulnerable to corruption and human rights safeguards are weak. In December 2004 Mozambique held its third general (presidential and legislative) election, as President Joaquim Chissano, [...]	2005-02-07 15:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL MZ DHRF
05MAPUTO184	MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON NEW GUEBUZA CABINET (PART I) [...] (U) This message provides biographical data for key cabinet ministers sworn in on February 5 by President Guebuza. Biodata on additional cabinet members will be provided in septels. Sources include official ministerial biographies, local media reports, and information obtained from Embassy con [...]	2005-02-09 14:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO208	MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON NEW GUEBUZA CABINET (PART II) [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (U) This message reports biographical data for key ministers recently appointed by President Guebuza. The message follows biodata presented in reftel A. Biod [...]	2005-02-15 12:19:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO219	FORMER INTERNATIONAL VISITORS IN THE NEW MOZAMBICAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-17 10:22:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO230	NOMINATION FOR POLITICAL LES/FSNS TRAINING [...] Personal information for nominee: a) Name: Naimo Vasco ANTONIO b) Grade 9 c) Began service with DOS: March 1999 d) English language ability: fluent written/spoken e) Pervious Training in US: Political Training for FSNS, May 15-28, 2000 f) Supervisor at post: Cynthia Brown, Econ/Pol Officer, [...]	2005-02-18 09:10:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AFSN MZ PGOV
05MAPUTO232	MOZAMBIQUE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit to Mozambique will give you an opportunity to meet leading members of the new Guebuza government and convey to the government and the public our support for Mozambique's development and HIV/AIDS efforts. You also may wish to encourage continued movemen [...]	2005-02-18 10:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO248	GUEBUZA UPBEAT AT AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's courtesy call, a confident and relaxed President Guebuza expressed appreciation for USG assistance, particularly our support for democracy, fighting HIV/AIDS, promoting rural development, and defense. Guebuza highlighted the need to take action against rural po [...]	2005-02-24 15:01:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EINV MZ
05MAPUTO255	MOZAMBIQUE: PRESIDENT CHISSANO RETROSPECTIVE [...] (C) On February 2 President Joaquim Chissano stepped down as leader of the Republic of Mozambique after 18 years in power. He took over from Samora Machel in 1986, after Mozambique's first president was killed in a airplane crash. In 1994 Chissano was elected president in Mozambique's first mu [...]	2005-02-25 09:05:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO257	MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON NEW GUEBUZA CABINET (PART III) [...] (U) This is the third message in a series of biographical reports on cabinet ministers recently appointed by President Guebuza. Sources include official ministerial biographies, local media reports, and information obtained from Embassy contacts. ----------------- Table of Contents ------- [...]	2005-02-25 09:18:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO288	MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON PRESIDENT GUEBUZA [...] (SBU) Armando Emilio Guebuza was born January 20, 1943 in Murrupula, Nampula province. His father was a member of the Ronga ethnic group (from the Maputo area) and his mother (still living) is Makua (from Nampula). At a young age, his family moved to Maputo, where Guebuza grew up. While attend [...]	2005-03-02 13:45:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO310	MOZAMBIQUE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN [...] (C) Summary: In her March 2 meetings with President Guebuza, Prime Minister Diogo, Foreign Minister Abreu, and other officials visiting A/S Newman outlined USG priorities of fighting HIV/AIDS and promoting economic development. She emphasized the need for the GRM to show leadership in discussi [...]	2005-03-07 12:17:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON KPKO PGOV MARR MASS KTIA PREL MZ MCC
05MAPUTO313	MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA REPLACES CHISSANO AS FRELIMO [...] (U) On March 4, FRELIMO's Central Committee announced that former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano had voluntarily stepped down from his post as president of the ruling FRELIMO party. Shortly thereafter, Mozambique's newly-elected President Armando Guebuza was named his successor by the 1 [...]	2005-03-07 13:32:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINR MZ FRELIMO
05MAPUTO321	MOZAMBIQUE: A/S NEWMAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Constance Newman, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Mozambique's Minister in the Presidency for Diplomatic Affairs, Francisco Madeira, March 2. Minister Madeira received A/S Newman immediately after returning from a visit to Z [...]	2005-03-09 15:11:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KPKO MARR MASS EINV MZ ZI
05MAPUTO354	CHILD MARRIAGE IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] Mozambique's new Family Law, which entered into force in October 2004, sets the minimum age for civil marriage at 21 for those who marry without their parents' consent. Parental consent is compulsory for civil marriage for persons aged 18 through 20. With parental consent and under exceptional [...]	2005-03-17 09:53:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN MZ
05MAPUTO360	MZ - ACOTA - HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION COMPLETED [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-18 09:27:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PHUM PGOV MZ ACOTA
05MAPUTO388	MOZAMBIQUE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STAFFDEL [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit to Mozambique will provide you an opportunity to gain a better understanding of issues surrounding port and coastal security in Mozambique, as well as insight into Mozambique's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal. The trip will also give you i [...]	2005-03-23 15:53:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO421	MOZAMBIQUE: STAFFDEL FLYNN AND STAFFDEL CHAKA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) Senate Foreign Relations Committee Minority Staff Member Heather Flynn (March 23-28) and House International Relations Committee Majority and Minority Staff Members Malik Chaka [...]	2005-04-01 06:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MZ
05MAPUTO438	MOZAMBIQUE - ACOTA - HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-05 08:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PHUM PGOV MZ ACOTA
05MAPUTO455	ACOTA - HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - MZ [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 10:03:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PHUM PGOV MZ ACOTA
05MAPUTO51	RENAMO TO APPEAL LEGISLATIVE RESULTS TO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: After the CNE denied its challenge to the election results, RENAMO will appeal to the Constitutional Council. Party elections director Eduardo Namburete told Charge that Dhlakama would stop emphasizing his (comment: unrealistic) belief that he had won the presidential [...]	2005-01-07 11:24:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MZ PGOV PREL RENAMO
05MAPUTO510	MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA SIGN AGREEMENT TO [...] (U) On April 15, Mozambique and South Africa signed a bilateral agreement to eliminate visas for Mozambican and South African citizens traveling to either country for up to 30 days. The agreement was signed in Pretoria by the Ministers of Interior of each country and witnessed by Presidents Ar [...]	2005-04-21 04:53:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PGOV SMIG MZ
05MAPUTO559	MOZAMBIQUE - CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Mozambique has a serious corruption problem. The former Chissano government did little to confront the problem despite repeated promises. In the past three months newly-elected President Guebuza has vowed to take action. There are signs that his government is serious about grappli [...]	2005-05-05 12:00:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM EAID MZ
05MAPUTO681	MOZAMBIQUE: FRELIMO WINS MAYORAL BY-ELECTION; [...] (U) The ruling Frelimo party came out ahead of Renamo, the lead opposition party, in the May 21 by-election for mayor in the northern town of Mocimboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado province. According to official results released on May 26 the Frelimo candidate, Amadeu Pedro, won with 53 percent (5,2 [...]	2005-05-31 08:04:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL MZ RENAMO FRELIMO
05MAPUTO692	MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA'S 100-DAY VICTORY LAP [...] (SBU) President Guebuza has spent the first 100 days in office traveling the length of the country, bolstering support for himself and the ruling party, Frelimo. In public addresses he has held firm to the themes of his campaign promise to alleviate poverty, combat corruption and eliminate bur [...]	2005-06-03 10:02:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MZ KCOR HIV AIDS PEPFAR
05MAPUTO702	MOZAMBIQUE: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S [...] (SBU) Newly elected Mozambican President Armando Emilio Guebuza is one of five African heads of state to visit Washington on June 13 to participate in a joint meeting with President Bush. We understand the Department is considering a separate meeting for President Guebuza with Secretary Rice. [...]	2005-06-06 15:41:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL ETRD ECON MZ
05MAPUTO771	MOZAMBIQUE - PRESIDENT GUEBUZA GIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (U) President Guebuza called the Ambassador to the Presidency on June 17 to brief her on his June 13 meeting, along with four other African heads of state, with President Bush. Guebuza was attended by Minister for Diplomatic Affairs Francisco Madeira and the Ambassador by Econ/Pol chief as not [...]	2005-06-17 12:33:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV ETRD MZ MCC
05MAPUTO831	MOZAMBIQUE CELEBRATES THIRTY YEARS OF [...] On the weekend of June 25, Mozambique commemorated 30 years of independence from Portugal. In events attended by numerous foreign dignitaries and diplomats, President Guebuza reiterated his campaign promise to fight absolute poverty, crime and corruption. Recognizing the challenges that Mozamb [...]	2005-07-05 13:32:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO836	AMBASSADOR VISITS MATOLA MUSLIM SCHOOL [...] On June 16 the Matola Muslim School (Massjid Hamza) warmly welcomed its first visit by an American ambassador. Following up on his participation in last November's Iftar hosted by the Ambassador, the school's director and the most important Imam in Mozambique, Sheik Aminudine Muhammed, gave a [...]	2005-07-06 05:07:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO PINR PTER KISL MZ
05MAPUTO866	MOZAMBIQUE: PETROL PRICES HIKES FUEL GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Mozambican government has raised fuel prices over 60 percent since April in response to the devaluation of the metical and increasing world petroleum prices. Prior to the price increases, the GRM had held fuel prices near or below market levels, resulting in the depletion of [...]	2005-07-11 14:30:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO900	MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON DEFEATING G-4 [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed ref A points with acting Foreign Minister Henrique Banze on July 21, emphasizing our desire that Mozambique oppose the G-4 resolution and, should it come to a vote, either vote against it or at a minimum abstain on it. Banze clearly understood the importance we att [...]	2005-07-21 13:53:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OTRA MZ UNSC UNGA AU
05MAPUTO909	MOZAMBIQUE: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MOZAMBICAN ACOTA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Ambassador and Defense Attache met July 25 with Minister of Defense Dai, Chief of the Armed Forces General Lidimo, and Defense Foreign Liaison Officer Brigadier General De Castro for the formal a [...]	2005-07-25 14:34:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PGOV PREL MZ ACOTA
05MAPUTO911	MOZAMBIQUE: HONEYMOON OVER FOR GUEBUZA [...] (C) Public support for the Guebuza government appears to be waning as a result of transportation price increases and perceived lack of focus and real action by his government. President Guebuza called a special, three-day extended Council of Ministers meeting with leaders from his government t [...]	2005-07-26 06:27:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ ENRG
05MAPUTO932	MOZAMBIQUE RESPONSE ON UNSC REFORM SUPPLEMENTAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On July 28 Ambassador discussed Ref A demarche points with Mozambican Foreign Minister Alcinda Abreu. The Ambassador told Abreu that the USG supports expansion of the UNSC, but she emphasized t [...]	2005-07-29 09:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KUNR MZ UNSC UNGA
05MARSEILLE102	MARSEILLE SPARED URBAN UNREST DURING RECENT RIOTS: WHY? [...] Summary: Multiethnic and multiracial Marseille, home to about 200,000 Muslims, and one of the poorest cities in France, was largely spared the unrest that shook France in November. Why? Precisely because Marseille is a poor, multi-racial city, where the poor live in the center of town an [...]	2005-11-29 11:15:00	Consulate Marseille	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON FR
05MARSEILLE103	A NEW ERA FOR MONACO? [...] Prince Albert II of Monaco was officially enthroned on November 17 and the several days of festivities that followed coincided with Monaco's National day. Prince Albert assumed royal powers upon his father's death in April and was sworn in as Monaco's head of state on July 12. The solemn in [...]	2005-11-30 13:22:00	Consulate Marseille	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON MN
05MASERU176	MFA STRESSES POSITIVE U.S.-LESOTHO RELATIONS TO AF/S [...] (U) SUMMARY: During his familiarization visit to Lesotho, AF/S Director Dan Mozena met April 4 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Monyane Moleleki. Ambassador Perry and DCM (notetaker) accompanied. Topics covered included the upcoming local elections, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, HIV/AIDS, Article 98 [...]	2005-04-08 12:00:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD KDEM KHIV WZ ZI LT KICC HIV MCC
05MASERU182	BASOTHO PUBLIC ENTHUSIASM WANING FOR YET-UNSIGNED MCC [...] Summary: At an April 4 luncheon with GOL Ministers held in honor of AF/S Director Dan Mozena's visit, government discussion focused mainly on the status of Lesotho's proposal for Millennium Challenge Account funds. Ministers urged MCC Associate Country Director Deidra Fair for incremental re [...]	2005-04-12 10:50:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD PGOV PREL LT MCC
05MASERU209	PRE-ELECTORAL CONSULTATIONS: U.S., ALLIES MEET [...] Summary: Ambassador hosted Chiefs of Missions of the United Kingdom (Dean),South Africa, and the UN Resident Coordinator (UNDP Representative Hodan Haji-Mohamud) to discuss facilitation of a tri-partite meeting between Government of Lesotho (GOL),Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and o [...]	2005-04-22 11:25:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LT
05MASERU213	LCN STAKEHOLDER REVIEW CONFERENCE - 13 TO 15 APRIL 2005 [...] SUMMARY. This is one of a series of messages on Lesotho's upcoming elections. The Lesotho Council of Non-governmental Organizations (LCN) organized an April 13-15 stakeholder review conference on the forthcoming local government elections. This was yet another initiative by LCN to enhance [...]	2005-04-26 12:12:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM LT
05MASERU215	POSITIONS DON'T CHANGE [...] This is one of a series of messages on Lesotho's upcoming elections. The tripartite meeting between the Government of Lesotho, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and 24 political parties took place on April 26 at the Convention Center. The convocation was facilitated by the diplomati [...]	2005-04-26 15:26:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM LT
05MASERU220	OPPOSITION WILL NOT ENDORSE OR IMPEDE LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] The major opposition political parties have been holding a series of meetings regarding the imminent local government elections. On April 28, forty-eight hours before the polling, the leaders of eleven opposition parties held a final press conference to state that they would not "bless" these [...]	2005-04-28 15:23:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM LT
05MASERU222	48 HOURS AND COUNTING - GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS SECURITY, [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister/Home Affairs Minister Lehohla met April 28 with diplomatic corps and donor representatives 48 hours before local government elections. He accepted a list of recent security incidents from the diplomatic corps and cited GOL needs for resources to battle criminal gangs [...]	2005-04-28 15:42:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC LT
05MASERU244	FINAL RESULTS OF THE APRIL 30 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS [...] The final results of the local government elections held on April 30 have been released by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). The voter turnout was only 30%; participation by young voters seems to have been very limited. The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) is reported [...]	2005-05-11 15:15:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM LT
05MASERU311	LESOTHO DISCUSSES UN REFORM MATTERS [...] (SBU) Ambassador discussed UN reform and USG priorities with the GOL Minister of Foreign Affairs during June 20 meeting. Minister Moleleki concurred with the overall message that the U.S. strongly supports a developing focus for the high level events and he reiterated his government's agreem [...]	2005-06-24 12:28:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KUNR AORC PHUM LT UNSC
05MASERU327	LESOTHO'S POSITION ON THE AFRICAN UNION AND UN REFORM [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered Ref (A) points concerning UN Security Council Reform with Lesotho's Minister of Foreign Affairs June 29. MFA stated the GOL was very comfortable with the U.S. position and stated they particularly recognized the approach the U.S. was taking in regards to establishin [...]	2005-06-29 13:37:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LT UNSC UN
05MASERU365	DISCUSSION OF HIGH LEVEL ISSUES WITH MFA [...] (SBU) Ambassador briefed Minister of Foreign Affairs Moleleki on the brief private visit of Former President Clinton and announced that OGAC Coordinator Ambassador Randall Tobias was expected in country soon for an official visit. The Minister was pleased with the detailed coordination betwee [...]	2005-07-15 12:26:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LT OVIP HIV
05MASERU371	FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON VISITS LESOTHO TO PROMOTE PEDIATRIC [...] (U) Former U.S. President William J. Clinton visited Lesotho on Monday, 18 July 2005, his second stop on a week-long six-nation Africa tour to promote the work of the Clinton Foundation's HIV/AIDS Initiative. The former President's messages resonated with USG policy, PEPFAR concepts, and post [...]	2005-07-21 12:17:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KHIV EAID PGOV LT HIV
05MASERU373	NEXT STEPS ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Ambassador met July 19, 21 and 25 with Foreign Minister Moleleki concerning Article 98. We learned from a United Kingdom (UK) source that arguments against Article 98 had been developed by the European Union (EU) at an informal Cabinet meeting chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) du [...]	2005-07-25 15:10:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LT UN
05MASERU400	LESOTHO LACKS RESOURCES TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] SUMMARY. Human Trafficking in Lesotho is not as high profile as it is in other countries and the problem appears to be relatively small in comparison to the situation in some other countries in the region. There is a concern among some Basotho, however, particularly those who work with women [...]	2005-08-03 16:25:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM LT
05MASERU404	DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION RE: GITMO AND DETAINEES [...] Post notes that the conflict in Iraq and associated issues receive very little coverage in the media in Lesotho. The few media reports on these topics have not been critical of the USG. 2. Similarly, GOL representatives and other interlocutors rarely discuss such issues formally or informa [...]	2005-08-05 08:05:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL LT
05MASERU551	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO THE IRAQI [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered Secretary's statement on the constitutional referendum in Iraq. She took the opportunity to thank the Minister for Lesotho's support concerning the tribunal process in Iraq as discussed with Acting Foreign Minister Dr. Pontso Sekatle on October 18 (Ref B). It had b [...]	2005-10-28 11:58:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO LT
05MASERU552	ARTICLE 98 UPDATE [...] (C) Ambassador sought update on Lesotho's progress toward an Article 98 agreement in October 28 meeting with Foreign MinIster Moleleki. As noted in reftel, Trade Minister Malie predicted the matter would be resolved in early November building on the Prime Minister's discussion with Assistant [...]	2005-10-28 12:11:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LT KICC
05MASERU555	ARTICLE 98 UPDATE [...] (C) Ambassador sought update on Lesotho's progress toward an Article 98 agreement in October 28 meeting with Foreign MinIster Moleleki. As noted in reftel, Trade Minister Malie predicted the matter would be resolved in early November building on the Prime Minister's discussion with Assistant [...]	2005-10-28 12:14:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LT KICC
05MASERU563	MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MCC ISSUES. [...] (SBU) Ambassador took advantage of October 18 and 25th meetings with the Minister of Local Government (then Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs) to raise not only multilateral issues but to seek her thinking on the consultative process essential to the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) process [...]	2005-11-01 15:48:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EAID LT
05MASERU572	AU, MCC, ARTICLE 98 AND THE MFA [...] (C) Following attendance at an extraordinary meeting of the African Union, FOMIN Moleleki portrayed Africa's stance on the Security Council as unchanged during November 3 discussion. He characterized the AU's position as contrary to that of the U.S. in terms of size with the AU still arguing [...]	2005-11-04 12:09:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LT KICC UN MCC
05MEXICO6479	FELIPE CALDERON WINS PAN PRIMARY [...] Summary: Former Energy Secretary Felipe Calderon won PAN,s third regional primary election on Sunday, October 23 with 58 percent of the vote, and avoided a run-off election by winning just over 50 percent of the cumulative vote. Both former Interior Secretary Santiago Creel, once thought to b [...]	2005-10-24 21:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MX
05MEXICO7321	CALDERON'S CAMPAIGN TAKES SHAPE [...] (U) Summary: Coming off his victory in the PAN primary, Felipe Calderon has been enjoying good times. He officially became the PAN's candidate in a ceremony conducted December 4. Recent polls show his numbers rising as those the PRD's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and the PRI's Roberto [...]	2005-12-07 19:32:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MX
05MILAN519	Subject: Multiethnic Milan -- Caritas [...] (U) Summary: Caritas Ambrosiana recently held a conference to present Caritas' annual report on immigration. While the report included national statistics, the focus of the presentation in Milan was on the Lombardy Region in general and Milan specifically. Almost a quarter of Italy's immigrant [...]	2005-11-17 05:38:00	Consulate Milan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG SOCI ELAB PGOV ASEC IT EUN
05MILAN548	MILAN MAGISTRATE TO PUSHES FOR TRIAL FOR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) On December 1 Milan Magistrate Elio Ramondini submitted his request to bring Majid Zergout, former Imam of the Omar El Farouk mosque in Varese, and his close advisors Majid Zergout Mohamed Raouiane and Abellialah El Kaflaoui to trial on terrorism charges. Ramondini reported to Econoff t [...]	2005-12-06 14:02:00	Consulate Milan	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
05MINSK1006	POLICE DISRUPT U.S. DIPLOMAT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Gomel Police officers disrupted a meeting between NGOs and two Emboffs on August 24 and prevented the latter from leaving for 40 minutes. Poloff presented his dipcard to police officers and was held until two more police and an immigration officer arrived. The immigration officer [...]	2005-08-24 14:36:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1013	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 24, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ Authorities Annul Two Weekly Papers' Registration 2. On August 22, Minsk authorities deregistered Denpress (i.e. the company that produces the independent we [...]	2005-08-26 14:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1022	Resuscitating the Soviet Idelogical Machine [...] (U) Summary: Under Presiden Lukashenko, Belarus has adopted an "official Belrusian ideology," which in many respects is remiiscent of that promulgated under communism. The oficial ideology is to be taught in schools, univrsities and workplaces, through the media and th Orthodox Church. Belar [...]	2005-08-31 10:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHU ECON BO
05MINSK1023	Press Accuses Marines of Smuggling, Romance [...] (C) Summary: The independent, but pro-Lukashenko, weekly newspaper Obozrevatel ("Observer") ran a story August 26 accusing Embassy Minsk's Marine Security Guards and other Emboffs of smuggling campaign literature into Belarus for the opposition in 2001. The paper admits this article is in res [...]	2005-08-31 10:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1026	MFA RESPONDS TO DIP NOTE ON DETAINED U.S. DIPLOMAT [...] (U) On August 31 Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials called in CDA to discuss the results of the MFA's investigation into the August 23 detention of Poloff and LES political assistant in Gomel (reftel). Pavel Pustovoi and Alexander Strigelsky of the MFA Americas Desk reported police in Gome [...]	2005-09-01 05:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1040	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 31, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Parliamentarians Extremely Critical of USG Response to Hurricane Katrina On September 1, Chairman of the Commission for [...]	2005-09-02 14:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1041	Georgian Activists Released and Have Left [...] (C) Summary: On September 2, two detained Georgians won their court appeal, were released, and immediately left Belarus for Kiev. The Kmara activists were arrested in Minsk on August 24 for invalid documents and then sentenced to 15 days for insulting their cellmate. With help from a Belarus [...]	2005-09-02 14:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG BO
05MINSK1052	Lukashenko Continues His Slander Campaign [...] Summary: President Lukashenko continues to slander the U.S. and the Belarusian opposition via the state- controlled media on a daily basis. In recent speeches he has accused the U.S. and the West of trying to destabilize Belarus using the country's ethnic Poles as pawns and training revoluti [...]	2005-09-06 12:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1054	IISEPS in Trouble Again [...] (SBU) On September 2 Oleg Manaev, head of the deregistered polling agency IISEPS, discussed IISEPS' latest troubles with the authorities with Poloff. Belarus' Supreme Court revoked IISEPS' registration in April (reftel). Maneav subsequently registered IISEPS in Lithuania. In July, the Minist [...]	2005-09-06 14:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1055	Media Polling: Most Watch, Distrust State News [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 2 the head of the IISEPS polling service provided polling results for a June poll ISEPS conducted on media access in Belarus. The poll found that a minority of Belarusians have access to satellite TV or the internet, and that over 80% watch Belarusian state televis [...]	2005-09-06 14:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1062	Regional Opposition Malaise [...] (C) Summary: In the past month Poloffs visited three mid-sized Belarusian cities, each an hour or two from Minsk, to the west, northeast and southeast. In each we found a shrinking and demoralized opposition struggling to stay alive. Most were at a loss as to how to promote themselves to the [...]	2005-09-07 08:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1074	BELARUS WILL NOT FULFILL ILO RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The deadline for Belarus to fulfill ILO recommendations on labor rights is approaching, but Belarus has yet to make any improvements. The ILO representative in Minsk admitted that technically, the GOB has made some "progress", but in reality, these recommendations are not realiz [...]	2005-09-08 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1075	"Privatization Not For Slavs" [...] (C) Summary: On August 19, Lukashenko opined that Slavs are not mentally ready for privatization and, therefore, private farms have no future in Belarus. According to Lukashenko, the state collective is the best option and must be preserved. The president's statements drew sharp criticism fr [...]	2005-09-08 11:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV ECON BO
05MINSK1079	Would You Go on Holiday in Belarus? [...] (U) Summary: President Lukashenko decided this year that tourism in Belarus must increase, and the GOB issued a number of new laws to ensure that it does. Lukashenko also wants stricter enforcement of hunting legislation. Agro and eco tourism are slowly taking off in rural regions, but thos [...]	2005-09-08 13:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1086	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SET TO BE IN EARLY SUMMER [...] Summary: The chair of the Central Election Committee (CEC) announced on August 30 that the 2006 presidential election would be held no later than July 20. The chair of the CEC explained the basic rules for an election campaign while not trying to hide her pro-Lukashenko attitude. She predic [...]	2005-09-12 05:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1090	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 7, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Belarusian Trafficker Extradited from Spain On September 2, Spanish police arrested and extradited a Belarusian woman suspected of involvement in an inte [...]	2005-09-12 10:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1099	Lukashenko to Help Opposition [...] (C) Summary: Lukashenko recently announced he would assist the opposition in finding a venue for their convention inside Belarus. This statement came after all venues in the country already rejected the opposition's application. The 10+'s organizer, Aleksandr Bukhvostov, has been in contact [...]	2005-09-13 14:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BO
05MINSK1107	Tourism Part II: An Examination of Agrotourism [...] Summary: (U) The GOB has a two-part program for tourism: to increase tourism within Belarus by Belarusians and to increase the number of foreign tourists to Belarus. On September 3 and 4, Emboffs set off to test the tourism waters, starting with an overnight at an agrotourism farm. They also [...]	2005-09-15 07:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1126	Unexpectedly Active Opposition in Southwest [...] (C) Summary: September 12 was the tenth anniversary of the Belarusian military shooting down a hot air balloon and killing the two American pilots. Emboffs and local residents visited the crash site. While in the region, Emboffs also visited local civil society leaders in three nearby small [...]	2005-09-16 10:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC BO
05MINSK1129	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 14, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Opposition Congress Secures Location, But Wants More Following Lukashenko's instruction to Minsk city officials to assist the opposition 10+ coalition [...]	2005-09-16 12:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1146	Who's Taking over Djem Bank? [...] Summary: Since late July the GOB has been exerting heavy pressure on foreign owned Djem Bank. The National Bank of Belarus admitted it misused the law to take control of the bank. It then revoked a number of Djem's licenses, demanding the bank return USD 16.5 million it loaned abroad to Belar [...]	2005-09-20 12:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV BO
05MINSK1148	Beaten Zubr Hospitalized [...] (SBU) Summary: Nikita Sasim, one of the Zubr youth group's coordinators, was punched several times by OMON riot police as they dispersed a protest September 16. He went to the hospital that evening and was diagnosed with a concussion. He will remain in hospital until September 22. Zubr claim [...]	2005-09-20 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BO PGOV

05MINSK1155	Chernobyl Report Met with Criticism by Some [...] (C) Summary: The Chernobyl Forum, comprised of several UN organizations, recently released its report on the consequences of the Chernobyl accident 20 years later. The report predicts much lower deaths and health effects than previously predicted and calls earlier assessments "exaggerated an [...]	2005-09-22 10:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV MNUC SENV TBIO TRGY BO
05MINSK1163	Bombing in Vitebsk [...] At 2217 hours on September 22 a small bomb detonated inside a discotheque at 35A Lenin Street in Vitebsk, north-eastern Belarus. Approximately 40 people were injured, three or four of them are considered to be in serious but not life-threatening condition. There were no fatalities and no Americ [...]	2005-09-23 12:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PTER PGOV CASC BO
05MINSK1164	MOJ: Any Political Organization Must Register [...] (U) On September 19 Minister of Justice Viktor Golovanov signed a "postanovlenie" (ruling, or ordinance) regulating the political activities of Belarusians. Specifically, the ruling demands that, "Before conducting any events of a political character or forming any blocs of political parties, [...]	2005-09-23 13:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1165	Flaws in Single Candidate Process [...] (C) Summary: The independent election observation NGO Partnership recently released a report on the conduct of the opposition 10+ coalition's single candidate process. Partnership documented numerous instances of harassment by the regime, but also pointed out failings by the oppositiQ, such as [...]	2005-09-23 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1167	Protestant Churches Pressured [...] (SBU) Summary: The New Life Church has employed numerous techniques to protest the GOB's denial of its re- registration, but thus far without success. The latest meeting between the church and the GOB has proven unfruitful and neither side will yield its position; thus a cooperative resolutio [...]	2005-09-26 08:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
05MINSK1169	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 23, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. GOB Customs Service "Stays Outside Politics" On September 16, the State Customs Committee announced that the GOB has not ordered the Belarusian customs [...]	2005-09-27 05:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1177	Largest Private Bank Offers Foreign Policy Advice [...] (SBU) Summary: The chairman of the Austrian holding company that owns Priorbank, the largest and most internationally recognized private bank in Belarus, recently stated his company has been seeking a change in EU policy vis-Q-vis Belarus. Dr. Herbert Stepic, the Chairman of Raiffeisen Inter [...]	2005-09-28 10:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV BO
05MINSK1192	New Poll - Lukashenko Already Winning [...] (U) Summary: NOVAK released the results of its August - September survey and presented an analysis to Pol Chief on September 27. Lukashenko's rating jumped 5 percentage points while the leading opposition contenders' ratings remained below one percent. However, the percentage of those who di [...]	2005-09-29 13:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1193	Narodnaya Volya Hits Rock Bottom [...] (SBU) Summary: A district court froze independent newspaper Narodnaya Volya's bank account and assets on September 27. The court also demanded it pay BYR 100 million damages awarded to a government official in a June lawsuit. With its account frozen and little time to collect the needed sum, [...]	2005-09-30 05:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1194	Single Opposition Candidate Convention Almost A [...] (C) Summary: The 10+ coalition leaders are frantically making the final preparations for the single candidate convention, which will take place in Minsk October 1-2. The approximately 900 delegates will select one of the four candidates to be the single candidate on the second day of the con [...]	2005-09-30 10:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1199	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 30, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Hail to Luka Youth! President Lukashenko signed a presidential edict on September 24 restoring the Soviet era name, Lenin Komsomol of Belarus, to the [...]	2005-09-30 13:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1205	Opposition Chooses Single Candidate [...] (C) Summary: The 10+ coalition, by far Belarus' largest opposition group, held its Congress of Democratic Forces in Minsk October 1 and 2 and narrowly chose Aleksandr Milinkevich to be its single candidate to challenge President Lukashenko in the July 2006 elections. This congress was the cul [...]	2005-10-03 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1227	"BELARUS' ELECTION MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN THOSE IN [...] (C) Summary: In an October 5 meeting, Head of the Central Election Committee (CEC) Ludmilla Yermoshina and her deputy explained to Pol Chief the processes of choosing an election date and registering presidential candidates. The election will be no later than July 20 and campaigning will begin [...]	2005-10-07 10:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1231	New IISEPS Poll: Lukashenko Will Win, [...] Summary: Head of the IISEPS polling service delivered his recent survey results to Ambassador on September 30. Similar to other polls, IISEPS confirmed that Lukashenko enjoys a large lead over his opposition and is trusted by the majority. However, many of the respondents indicated it was ti [...]	2005-10-07 10:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1232	BELARUS: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES [...] (C) The Lukashenko regime is engaged in a clear and comprehensive effort to continue and deepen Lukashenko's dictatorial rule over Belarus. The regime has created a climate of fear in the country and is attempting to eliminate any possibility for democratic change through an aggressive anti- [...]	2005-10-07 10:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR EAID PREL BO
05MINSK1235	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 6, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Fines, Fines and More Fines On September 30, a Belarusian court ordered the nation wide independent weekly newspaper BDG Delovaya Gazeta to pay BYR 50 m [...]	2005-10-11 08:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1236	Who is Alexander Milinkevich? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress of Democratic Forces of Belarus nominated physics professor, former deputy mayor of Grodno and NGO activist Alexander Milinkevich to run in the 2006 presidential elections against current president Aleksandr Lukashenko. A cultured, quiet man with Western exposure, [...]	2005-10-11 11:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1262	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 13, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. New Life Church Fined Again On October 7, a Minsk court fined New Life Church administrator Vasily Yurevich BYR 4,350,000 [USD 2,000] for organizing ill [...]	2005-10-14 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1271	INTERVIEW WITH LUKASHENKO'S WIFE [...] (U) Summary: An independent newspaper interviewed President Lukashenko's separated wife, Galina, on September 29. His wife spoke of how the two met and their short time living together as husband and wife. Galina claimed she and Lukashenko are still legally married and that it was her deci [...]	2005-10-17 14:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1284	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS DISCUSS IMPACT OF [...] (C) Summary: Since the October 2 nomination of Aleksandr Milinkevich by the democratic congress, Emboffs have conducted a series of meetings with civil society leaders and political analysts to assess the significance of the democratic congress and of Milinkevich's presidential bid. Most obs [...]	2005-10-21 11:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1291	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Approximately 100,000 Belarusians Unite in Solidarity Campaign On October 16, the "Free Belarus" Coalition, including Nikita Sasim, journalist Irina Kha [...]	2005-10-24 08:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1292	Mystery Surrounds Death of Independent Journalist [...] (C) Summary: On October 18, Vasily Grodnikov, contributor to the independent daily Narodnaya Volya (NV),was found dead in his apartment with an injury caused by a blow to the head with a blunt object. It remains unclear whether or not he was murdered, even though the forensic results have be [...]	2005-10-24 08:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1305	Importing Barley A "Treasonous" Act [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB has been trying to promote domestic beer production since 2003. Though Belarusian beer is cheap and sold in half-liter or larger bottles, the low quality of the barley used in brewing has resulted in even worse tasting beer and the industry's loss in competitiveness on [...]	2005-10-26 11:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV ECON BO
05MINSK1312	Belarus Unlikely to Help Pakistan with Mi-17 Parts [...] On October 27, Emboffs delivered reftel information to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS). Deputy MChS Minister Boris Baringolts said it was doubtful Belarus could supply the needed parts as his ministry had difficulty keeping its own h [...]	2005-10-27 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PK PREF NATO MASS BO
05MINSK1316	MILINKEVICH APPEALS TO US AMBASSADOR FOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Aleksandr Milinkevich discussed with Ambassador his campaign activities following the October 1-2 democratic congress (ref A). He was relatively pleased with his efforts to pull together a unified campaign team, and was cautiously optimistic he and his team could [...]	2005-10-28 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1317	NO PROTECTION FROM TRIPLE JEOPARDY IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, the Supreme Economic Court (SEC) announced it would retry for the third time the tax authority's case against the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) for failure to pay back taxes on a European Union (EU) grant. Despite two court decisions in the past eighteen mont [...]	2005-10-28 11:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1323	Minsk Expects Big Profit from Kyoto Protocol [...] (U) Summary: On September 23, Econoff met with Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Aleksandr Apatskiy to discuss Belarus' plans after acceding to the Kyoto Protocol, and its plans in general to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. President Lukashenko signed the Kyoto Protocol into law in August, [...]	2005-10-31 06:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ETRD ECON PGOV BO
05MINSK1327	Embassy Officers Encounter Problems In Slutsk [...] (C) Summary: On October 19, poloffs visited the southern town of Slutsk to view the GOB's large-scale, harvest- related renovation of the city and to meet with various government, opposition, and social leaders. State media reporters and regional authorities harassed poloffs and interfered in [...]	2005-10-31 12:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1328	MFA Arms Control Raises Old Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, Ambassador Krol met with MFA Arms Control and International Security Director Alexander Baichorov before Baichorov's trip to the U.S. to participate in the UN First Committee. Baichorov provided the Ambassador with information on a proposed First Committee Resol [...]	2005-10-31 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC BO
05MINSK1330	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 28, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Authorities Cancel Youth Forum, Youth Leaders Detained On October 22, authorities prevented a meeting of 85 leaders of youth organization from all the r [...]	2005-10-31 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1342	MILINKEVICH TEAM OUTLINES CAMPAIGN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief recently met with 10+ presidential nominee Aleksandr Milinkevich and several leaders of his team to discuss their plans to bring about democratic change around the time of the 2006 presidential elections. The strategy, though still in its elementary [...]	2005-11-01 13:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1343	Election Observers Arrested, Convicted [...] (SBU) Summary: Minsk police on October 29 raided a conference held by Belarus' largest election observation group Partnership and detained 60 participants. Most were released after documentation checks but four senior members were charged and convicted of organizing an illegal gathering. Th [...]	2005-11-01 13:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1347	Belarus and Russia to Unite? Not this Year [...] (C) Summary: Reportedly on November 15, Presidents Putin and Lukashenko are scheduled to review the latest draft of the Constitutional Act on the Belarus-Russia union (although rumors now circulate that this could be postponed to December). The draft has not been made public, and is reportedl [...]	2005-11-02 12:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1348	FREEDMON TO TRAVEL FREELY IN THEORY ONLY [...] Summary: In the past month, the GOB has taken a series of steps - including detentions at airports and borders, seizures at customs, travel bans, and refusals to issue exit travel permits - to prevent opposition leaders and activists from traveling abroad freely. The GOB's actions indicate a [...]	2005-11-03 07:54:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1352	Grodno Trip A Success, Attracts Attention [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs visited 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's hometown of Grodno on October 25. Due to the usual government harassment, the independent press has become largely internet based and hopes Western countries will continue with plans to broadcast radio news to Belar [...]	2005-11-02 07:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1355	Minsk Fails to Defend Confiscation Record [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, State Customs Committee (SCC) officials attempted to defend their government's confiscation practices to Econoff. Their main arguments were that the SCC used to confiscate much more, even though current levels remain high, and that confiscations `were not their id [...]	2005-11-08 11:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV WTRO BO
05MINSK1359	Belarus Reneges on SA/LW Destruction; De-mining on Track [...] (SBU) Summary: Minsk previously asked the OSCE for help securing stockpiles of excess Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW),and in their destruction. Several OSCE missions, following the UK's lead, were ready to contribute. Now, however, Minsk has withdrawn its offer to destroy excess SA/LW, [...]	2005-11-08 13:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV MASS OSCE NATO BO
05MINSK1363	Extreme Extremist Law Passes First Reading [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26 Belarus' parliament passed the first reading of a bill to combat extremism. The bill specifically mentions political parties, NGOs, mass media, and religious organizations as potential sources of extremism. A senior BKGB officer introduced the law to parliament, a [...]	2005-11-09 12:09:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1365	Ambassador's Trip to Mozyr [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Emboffs visited the southeastern Belarusian city of Mozyr November 3 and 4. Ambassador met with the head of Mozyr refinery and toured the facility (septel),opened the Embassy's tenth American corner in a local library, gave interviews to local print and broadcast media, [...]	2005-11-09 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1381	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 10, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Den Newspaper Sees Its Final Day On November 4, the Minsk City Economic Court upheld the decision to annul Denpress' registration for failure to operate [...]	2005-11-15 07:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1383	Re-Nationalization of Industry Continues [...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel describes how the GOB has been using the Golden Share to nationalize a number of companies. Over the summer the GOB invoked the Golden Share to take temporary control of several firms. The GOB then ordered these companies to issue large numbers of severely undervalued sh [...]	2005-11-15 11:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV WTRO BO
05MINSK1384	Belarusian TV Accuses U.S. Diplomats of Revolutionary [...] (U) Summary: Belarus' national television channel aired exposes on November 4 and 13 accusing U.S. intelligence agencies of using NGOs and the human rights/democracy campaign as covers for spreading revolutions around the world. The hosts of the two programs proposed that Emboffs were partic [...]	2005-11-15 11:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1387	Free Press Cut from State Distribution Network [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 4 and 11, Belarusian state postal service provider RUP Belpochta announced it would remove four independent newspapers from the list of periodicals available for subscription in 2006. On November 9, the Ministry of Information issued a warning to the editor of "Zhod [...]	2005-11-16 08:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1393	Minsk Obstinate on WTO [...] At a November 11 press conference, Belarus' MFA lashed out at the European Union, United States and Australia for "politicizing" Belarus' WTO membership. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhnevich, who led the Belarusian delegation at the October 24 informal consultations in Geneva (ref B),told the p [...]	2005-11-16 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO PGOV USTR BO
05MINSK1404	GOB: "We're Peaceful, Friendly" [...] Summary and comment: In recent weeks Belarusian state owned television has aired several hostile and tendentious "news" programs accusing U.S. diplomats of espionage, orchestrating the political opposition, and trying to destabilize Belarus. State owned newspapers have carried similar stories [...]	2005-11-21 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI BO
05MINSK1405	Lukashenko Forming an Obedient Electorate Ahead of the [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the beginning of September, Lukashenko has stepped up populist efforts to buy the people's support for his election. At the same time, he has intensified his campaign to liquidate opposition forces within the media, youth, and workforce in order to prevent what he portray [...]	2005-11-22 06:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1406	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 18, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. State Distribution Lists Cuts Eleven Independent Newspapers On November 15, Belarusian state postal service provider RUP Belpochta removed six more inde [...]	2005-11-22 07:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1409	INDEPENDENT POLLS FALL UNDER GOB CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 12, the GOB announced that all independent polling institutions must receive accreditation by a special panel of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences. The resolution enumerates several requirements the pollsters must meet in order to receive accreditation, wh [...]	2005-11-22 11:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1410	Empty Victory for Narodnaya Volya [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 17, the Minsk City Economic Court ordered the state-run publishing house, Krasnaya Zvezda (KZ),to begin publishing the independent newspaper Narodnaya Volya (NV) again after KZ broke its contract with the paper. However, it is unlikely KZ will actually print any is [...]	2005-11-22 11:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1419	Day of Solidarity Numbers Don't Add Up [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, opposition activists hosted the second "Day of Solidarity" with those who have been persecuted by the GOB. While the organizers reported extremely high levels of participation, embassy observations suggest their numbers were inflated. End summary. 2. (U) On [...]	2005-11-23 07:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1422	MFA Begs for WTO Help [...] (SBU) Summary: One week after publicly lambasting the U.S. for "blocking" Belarus' WTO application for political reasons, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhnevich summoned Ambassador to complain about the USG position and ask for assistance in moving forward. Ambassador replied it was the GOB, not US [...]	2005-11-23 10:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV USTR BO
05MINSK1433	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 25, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. New Life Church's Building is NOT a Cow Barn On November 17, the New Life Church filed its third application for registration at the address of the forme [...]	2005-11-25 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1436	Security Advisory Opinion (FEDULOV, YURIY) [...] (S) Summary: Post requests guidance regarding the visa application of Yuri Nikolaevich Fedulov. Mr. Fedulov is applying for a visa in order to attend NATO working group conferences and to visit family. The previous Defense Attache and the previous Consular Officer at Embassy Minsk had seriou [...]	2005-11-29 08:44:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	CVIS FEDULOV YURIY PINR PGOV BO
05MINSK1437	Three Years In Jail for Discrediting Belarus [...] (U) Summary: Belarus' lower house of Parliament on November 25 approved in first reading amendments to the criminal code that would make it a criminal offense to participate in demonstrations or give "false" information to foreign entities and international organizations. Though still requiri [...]	2005-11-30 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1444	Human Rights Day 2005 Plans [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 10:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1452	MOTOVELO WORKERS GO ON STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: Workers at a Minsk motorcycle plant went on strike on November 25 demanding the factory pay their October wages. After blocking a large highway for one and a half hours, the factory administration finally agreed to pay the wages by November 30. While on a regional trip, an angry [...]	2005-12-02 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1462	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 02, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Stricter Laws on Discrediting Belarus On December 25, the lower house of PQliament overwhelmingly approved the first reading of amendments to Belarus' cr [...]	2005-12-05 11:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1464	LUKASHENKO STANDS ON HIS SOAPBOX FOR RUSSIAN [...] Summary: President Lukashenko spoke at a November 23 press conference with approximately 100 visiting Russian reporters from provincial media outlets. With his characteristically bizarre statements, Lukashenko criticized the Russians for stalling the creation of the union state, not helping B [...]	2005-12-05 15:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1487	INCSR Part I from Belarus [...] I. Summary. Belarus continues to grow in importance as a transit country for drugs. Local drug use and drug-related crime rates continue to increase. Belarus does not produce drugs for export, though it may be a source of precursor chemicals. With the help of other nations and organizations, B [...]	2005-12-09 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1488	DAS Kramer Meets with Civil Society Leaders [...] (C) Summary: On December 6, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer met with civil society leaders who SIPDIS called for increased support to independent media, including radio broadcasts and, above all, print media. The amendments to the criminal code (approvedbyboth hmbers of Prliamen [...]	2005-12-09 14:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1494	Future of Minsk Forum in Doubt [...] (C) The German Embassy in Minsk hosted the eighth annual Minsk Forum November 24-26. This forum is meant to bring together Belarusian and German policy leaders and NGOs to discuss politics, economics and social issues. This year seven Bundestag members attended, as well as several German and [...]	2005-12-13 13:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1495	EUR DAS Kramer Discusses Campaign Strategy with [...] (C) Summary: On December 6, EUR DAS David Kramer met with single opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's campaign team. Milinkevich was out in the regions on his campaign trips. Campaign manager Sergey Kalyakin and his deputies described the negative effects the government- supported i [...]	2005-12-13 13:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1499	Lukashenko to Rule Economy [...] (U) Summary: In recent months President Lukashenko has issued several presidential decrees that put vast powers over the economy into his hands. Most egregiously, Decree 520 specifically gives Lukashenko expansive authorities, and baldly states that any legislation that contradicts the decree [...]	2005-12-14 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV WTRO PGOV USTR BO
05MINSK1507	Presidential Elections To Take Place In March 2006 [...] (C) Summary: On December 16, the Belarusian Parliament in a suddenly announced extraordinary session unanimously approved March 19, 2006, as the date for holding presidential elections. Rumors about holding the elections in March started to circulate in November, although Belarusian election o [...]	2005-12-16 15:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1524	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. --------- Elections --------- 2. "Ambassador's Residence is Opposition's Meetinghouse" - State TV On December 17, Post held its annual children's holiday party for U.S. Embassy staff at Ambassad [...]	2005-12-21 10:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1527	Partnership Prepared to Observe Elections [...] (C) Summary: On December 20, 2005, Poloffs met with civil initiative Partnership deputy director Enira Bronitskaya to inquire about the possibility of Partnership monitoring the March 2006 presidential elections. Partnership plans to observe the electoral process, including the signature verif [...]	2005-12-22 12:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1528	World Bank Rep Skeptical of Belarus' Continued [...] (C) Summary: World Bank Permanent Representative Vladimir Voronin discussed with DCM and Pol/Econ Chief the general state of the Belarusian economy, stressing the opportunity for Belarus to make badly needed economic reforms is now. Referring to the World Bank's recently published economic a [...]	2005-12-22 12:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
05MINSK1547	Women's Issues Working Group Launches Networking [...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. On November 30, DCM hosted a reception for twenty Belarusian women leaders from all spheres in society Q political, civil, and business - to provide prominent and active women from all regions in Belarus with an opportunity to network and share i [...]	2005-12-29 07:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL BO
05MINSK1549	Russia Gives the Gift of Cheap Gas [...] Summary: At a time when Gazprom is abrogating its supply contracts with other countries and raising gas prices for the recently democratic (Ukraine, Georgia),Belarus remains on the Gazprom gravy train for another year. On December 27, Gazprom and Beltransgaz (Belarus' domestic gas monopoly) s [...]	2005-12-29 07:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON ETRD PGOV BO
05MINSK1555	Presidential Hopefuls Begin Signature Collection [...] (C) Summary: The Central Electoral Committee (CEC) on December 27 registered all eight candidates for the March presidential elections and their "groups of support." The potential candidates include President Lukashenko, pro- Lukashenko MP Sergey Gaidukevich, 10+ coalition candidate Aleksand [...]	2005-12-29 13:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1556	Even Bureaucrats Want Change: Elite Poll Shows [...] (C) Summary: Head of the IISEPS polling service Oleg Manaev (protect) delivered his recent survey results to Ambassador on December 21. The two groups surveyed - thirty business leaders and thirty senior government officials Q responded similarly on most questions about the upcoming presiden [...]	2005-12-29 13:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1558	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 28, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ No Protection from Triple Jeopardy in Belarus 2. On December 20, the Supreme Economic Court (SEC) overturned its own previous ruling and decided that the Belarusian Helsinki [...]	2005-12-30 09:29:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1561	Minsk Election Weekly II (December 24-30) [...] This is the second in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. -------------- The Candidates -------------- All Eight Potential Candidates Registered, Now it Gets Hard 2. The Central Election [...]	2005-12-30 10:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK757	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 6, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Restricted Political Parties On June 29, the Belarusian Parliament amended a law further restricting political parties by [...]	2005-07-13 05:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK759	RIOT POLICE PUNCHES WIDOW OF MISSING REPORTER [...] (U) Summary: On July 7, Svetlana Zavadskaya, widow of missing Russian cameraman Dmitry Zavadsky, and other supporters demonstrated on October Square to mark the fifth anniversary of Zavadsky's disappearance. Soon after the demonstration began, OMON riot police attempted to push the crowd off [...]	2005-07-13 07:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK760	New SD Leader Meets Ambassador, Tries to Sell [...] (C) Summary: On July 7, new social democrat leader Aleksandr Kozulin called on Ambassador Krol to give his view of the political opposition in Belarus. Kozulin spent most of the meeting slamming the rest of the opposition for their waste of foreign monies and inability to build their parties. [...]	2005-07-13 07:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BO
05MINSK790	Lukashenko Tightens Control over Donations [...] Summary: On July 1 President Lukashenko issued edict 300, "On the Provision and Use of Donations." The document puts legal bounds on who can provide and receive donations in Belarus and for what purposes. It further restricts the provision of material support to any opposition political and pu [...]	2005-07-19 13:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
05MINSK792	Roma Update: Belarus [...] Summary: On July 5, the DCM met with Belarusian Roma leader Oleg Kozlovskiy. Kozlovskiy requested a meeting with the Embassy in order to share recent developments within the Roma community, while also reiterating continued concerns and problems. Belarusian authorities generally ignore the Ro [...]	2005-07-19 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK793	Lukashenko Has No Friends Or Money [...] Summary: Famous Russian journalist Oleg Poptsov recently interviewed President Lukashenko on the Russian TV channel "Tsentr". Poptsov, previously known for his pro-democratic stance, surprisingly agreed with Lukashenko on most topics and portrayed Lukashenko as an honorable president. Lukas [...]	2005-07-20 08:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK794	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 13, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- Â [...]	2005-07-20 08:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK810	Polling Shows Street Name Fury [...] Summary: According to the NOVAK opinion polling for June, 42.3 percent of Belarusians would vote for President Aleksandr Lukashenko, down 0.1 percent since April. The opposition candidate posing the greatest threat to Lukashenko, UCP leader Anatoli Lebedko, would receive 1.0 percent of the v [...]	2005-07-22 10:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK825	NGO SAFETY NET SEVERED [...] Summary: On July 1, President Lukashenko signed edict 302, which significantly tightens the creation and limits the activities of funds, i.e. non-profit organizations without membership established for the advancement of social, cultural, educational and other purposes. Before the edict was sig [...]	2005-07-26 08:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
05MINSK826	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Students to Serve State On July 19, the Gomel Regional Soviet adopted a 2005- 2007 program to engage youths in ideology, [...]	2005-07-26 08:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK838	QELECTION FRAUD, OPPRESSION, AND JOB LOSS IN MOLODECHNO [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-26 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK851	THE BANKING SECTOR, BELARUSIAN STYLE [...] Summary: The banking system in Belarus is characterized by its underdevelopment, lack of foreign competition, and constant government interference. The Belarusian economy still relies primarily on cash as a settlement instrument. Cash outside the banking sector is the preferred method of paym [...]	2005-07-28 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR BTIU PGOV AFIN BO
05MINSK859	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 27, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. No Election Observation On July 21, Secretary of the Central Elections Commission Nikolai Lozovik stated the Belarus does [...]	2005-07-29 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK870	Farming In Belarus Still A Risky Business [...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited a "privatized" collective farm on July 7 to assess the progress made since the previous visit in July 2004. Financial loss, alcoholism, theft, laziness, and government interference remain big problems. The infrastructure has improved little while more money needs [...]	2005-08-01 10:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK904	Russia's Missing Ambassador and the Sorry State of [...] (C) Summary: Russia's newly appointed Ambassador to Belarus, and former Saratov governor, Dmitriy Ayatskov's arrival to assume his post has been delayed "indefinitely." Minsk has linked this delay to indelicate remarks Ayatskov made critical of Lukashenko, although the Russian MFA claims he re [...]	2005-08-04 13:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK923	The "Best" Harvest Ever [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2005 harvest campaign is in full swing in Belarus and, like in years past, Lukashenko expects an unattainable yield. During his annual conference on the "battle for the harvest", Lukashenko rattled off his demands and listened to exceptional progress reports from nervous a [...]	2005-08-05 13:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV ECON BO
05MINSK939	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 03, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Statkevich Begins Sentence On July 29, opposition politician Nikolai Statkevich arrived in Baranovichi to serve his two-year restricted freedom sentence [...]	2005-08-12 05:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK941	BANDAZHEVSKY RELEASED [...] Summary: Chernobyl researcher and doctor of radiology Yuri Bandazhevsky was released on August 5 after serving six years of chimia (supervised labor in a rural area),but he will remain on probation for another five months. Many viewed Bandazhevsky's trial and eight- year sentence for briber [...]	2005-08-12 06:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK951	President Signs TIP Edict [...] Summary: On August 8 President Lukashenko signed the edict `On Preventing the Effects of TIP', which defines the status of trafficking victims and mandates measures to provide protection and medical care and to guarantee social security to these victims. The edict is another important step by [...]	2005-08-16 07:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK984	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 17, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Kyoto Protocol On August 15, Belarus joined the Kyoto Protocol. At the upcoming November meeting of participating countrie [...]	2005-08-22 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK992	Few Protest German Radio Plans [...] (SBU) Summary: Deutsche Welle recently won a bid to broadcast 30 minutes of radio news to Belarus daily. However, their announcement proved controversial because DW plans to broadcast in the Russian language. Belarus' nationalist opposition protested loudly in local and international press, b [...]	2005-08-23 12:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI BO
05MONTREAL776	Welcome to the Montreal International Conference on Haiti [...] Post welcomes Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Ambassador Roger Noriega and delegation to the Montreal International Conference on Haiti. 2. Control Officer Neill Krost will meet and assist Ambassador Noriega at the airport. His contact numbers in Montreal are: (514) 90 [...]	2005-06-15 21:02:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PGOV PINR CA
05MOSCOW11807	MORE RUSSIAN RESISTANCE TO DEMARCHE ON MILITARY [...] (S) Following up our earlier demarche (refs),Political Minister Counselor reiterated U.S. concerns regarding arms sales to Venezuela in a September 13 meeting with Anatoliy Antonov, MFA Director for Disarmament and Security Affairs. Focusing on MANPADS, Antonov replied that the Venezuelan governme [...]	2005-09-14 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL MASS VE RS
05MOSCOW15735	KREMLIN AGGRESSIVELY SEEKS TO DISRUPT KASYANOV'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, the only declared candidate for the 2008 presidential election, has faced a tough and thus far frustrating slog in his bid to unite the democratic opposition behind him. During several recent visits to the country's regions, Kasyanov has b [...]	2005-12-30 09:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
05MOSCOW8915	RUSSIA UNCONCERNED ABOUT DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOR shares none of the concerns outlined in reftel regarding current political trends in Venezuela. Unless events in Caracas take a major turn for the worse, the GOR is unlikely to do anything that might jeopardize this incipient -- if still marginal -- relationship. END S [...]	2005-07-21 06:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE RS
05MUMBAI124	INDIA TO EXTEND DUAL CITIZENSHIP TO MOST FORMER CITIZENS [...] (U) In a January 7 speech in Mumbai, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the GOI would extend Indian citizenship to all Indians who left the country after 1950 and had been naturalized in another country. Until recently, Indians lost their citizenship if they were naturalized elsewhere. Singh [...]	2005-01-11 13:24:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IN GOI
05MUMBAI1682	TERRORIST DAWOOD IBRAHIM HAUNTS INDIA FROM AFAR AS DAUGHTER WEDS IN AN AMERICAN-BRANDED HOTEL [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 13. 2. (C) Like a bad dream, terrorist and underworld figure Dawood Ibrahim returned to the headlines of India's media in July when his daughter married the son of a famous Pakistani cricket player. An upscale wedding reception brazenly took place a [...]	2005-08-08 09:38:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN PGOV PREL KCRM SA PK AE IN

05MUMBAI1708	GUJARAT: WILY MODI WEAKENS HIS OPPONENTS AND POSITIONS [...] (C) On August 1, controversial Gujarat BJP Chief Minister Narendra Modi (whose visa we revoked for his role in the 2002 Gujarat Hindu-Muslim riots) expanded his cabinet by inducting 11 new ministers. In doing so, Modi met a long-standing demand of the rebels within his own party who had openly cr [...]	2005-08-10 11:16:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR CVIS IN
05MUMBAI188	BANERJEE STATES GODHRA FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN ACCIDENT - BJP [...] (U) Justice U.C. Banerjee released an interim report in New Delhi on January 17, 2005, which claimed that the February 27, 2002 fire in car S-6 of the Sabarmati Express just outside Godhra might have erupted "in the coach itself without any external input." Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Y [...]	2005-01-18 10:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL IN
05MUMBAI1931	GUJARAT: PEACEFUL ON THE SURFACE, YET STATE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The riots of 2002 belong to history, and communal harmony now reigns in Gujarat, business leaders and the state's Chief Secretary told the Consul General during his September 8-9 visit to Ahmedabad. The Chief Secretary criticized the USG for continuing to probe into the judicial aftermat [...]	2005-09-22 08:09:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PINR CVIS PREL PGOV KISL IN
05MUMBAI200	RESPONSE TO ULEMA COUNCIL - ACTION REQUEST [...] (SBU) On January 15, 2005, ConGen Mumbai received a letter from Maulana Mehmood Daryabadi, General Secretary for the All India Ulema Council. The letter requested that the USG allow members of the All India Ulema Council to lead and organize a delegation in coordination with other Islamic Orga [...]	2005-01-19 07:12:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IN
05MUMBAI2076	BJP TROUBLES CONTINUE AS IN-FIGHTING ERUPTS OVER LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Firebrand politician Uma Bharati, the deposed former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh (MP),has launched a public fight to return to power, embarrassing her Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the process and dividing its MP members into two camps. Bharati succeeded in getting the support o [...]	2005-10-20 12:15:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR PREL IN
05MUMBAI2199	SHIV SENA FACES STIFF CHALLENGE IN NOVEMBER 19 BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Maharashtra state parliament by-elections scheduled for November 19 may represent a defining moment for Bal Thackeray's Marathi-based Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena movement. In the Malvan district of southwestern Maharashtra, erstwhile Shiv Sena leader Narayan Rane is standing for re-elect [...]	2005-11-16 12:54:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
05MUMBAI2251	SHIV SENA ROCKED BY RAJ THACKERAY'S RESIGNATION AS PARTY [...] (SBU) Raj Thackeray, nephew of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, rocked the Mumbai political establishment on November 27 by announcing his resignation from all Shiv Sena party leadership posts over differences with his cousin and party executive president Uddhav Thackeray. Raj's announcement [...]	2005-11-28 08:59:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
05MUMBAI2252	MADHYA PRADESH: FIREBRAND BHARTI SIDELINED AS BJP NAMES NEW [...] (SBU) On November 26, the BJP national leadership replaced Madhya Pradesh (MP)Chief Minister Babulal Gaur with state party President Shivraj Singh Chauhan. The action was a blow to former MP chief minister Uma Bharti, a controversial and boisterous politician who had lobbied heavily behind the [...]	2005-11-28 09:00:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL IN
05MUMBAI370	CONGRESS REAINS POWER IN GOA AFTER CONSTITUTIONALLY [...] (SBU) A Congressled coalition assumed power in the small Indian sate of Goa on February 2 after some constitutionally questionable maneuvering by politicians from both Congress and the BJP. Goa Governor S.C. Jamir asked Goa's Congress leader Pratapsinh Rane to form a new state government after [...]	2005-02-03 16:20:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
05MUMBAI756	GUJARAT BJP PARLIAMENTARIANS OPENLY CHALLENGE CM MODI [...] (SBU) Some of our contacts in Gujarat tell us that BJP Chief Minister (CM) Narendra Modi is facing the most serious challenge to his power yet, as a growing number of BJP Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) are openly speaking out against him. The MLAs are criticizing what they consider [...]	2005-03-15 11:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON PHUM IN GOI
05MUMBAI816	GUJARAT: REACTIONS TO VISA REVOCATION MIXED AS PROTESTS [...] (C) The BJP continued its criticism of the USG decision to revoke the visa of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in a series of actions in Gujarat over the weekend. The Chief Minister himself said the USG had ulterior motives at a public rally and in a discussion with a U.S. journalist. Pro [...]	2005-03-21 13:39:00	Consulate Mumbai	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF ASEC IN
05MUMBAI876	GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER MODI SURVIVES, FOR NOW [...] (U) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has successfully fended off another attempt by dissidents within his own party to dislodge him. The leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),headed by party president LK Advani, met with a delegation of Modi's opponents in the Gujarat BJP on Marc [...]	2005-03-31 14:19:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON PHUM IN
05MUSCAT1132	ORDER, DISSENT, AND THE INTERNET [...] (SBU) The Omani authorities have incarcerated an outspoken former parliamentarian and questioned a banned writer/activist for making critical remarks about senior government officials. On the heels of pardoning 31 Ibadhis who were convicted of belonging to an illegal organization, the authori [...]	2005-07-19 01:05:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI PINR PGOV MU
05MUSCAT1141	INSIGHTS INTO OMAN'S GENERAL RESERVE FUND [...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary information; please protect. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A royal official working for the State General Reserve Fund recently revealed to a private sector investment broker rare insights into the investment habits of the SGRF. A quart [...]	2005-07-20 03:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EPET PGOV MU
05MUSCAT1153	OMANI OPINION MAKERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST RELIGIOUS [...] Following the recent wave of violence in Iraq, including Omani denunciations of the terror attack in London and murder of the Egyptian ambassador-designate in Baghdad (ref B),there have been further statements by the government and press aimed at turning people away from extremist, violent re [...]	2005-07-20 12:31:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KPAO PTER PGOV PREL MU
05MUSCAT1159	QABOOS PARDONS HUNDREDS [...] (SBU) Sultan Qaboos issued a royal decree that pardoned hundreds of prisoners, allegedly including military officers, who were recently sentenced for their involvement in a secret and illegal Ibadhi organization. The announcement of the royal pardons neither specifically referred to the milita [...]	2005-07-21 06:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS KISL PINS MU
05MUSCAT1185	BIO: RAJIHA BINT ABDUL AMER BIN ALI, MINISTER OF [...] (C) Per ref A, the requested information on Oman's female Minister of Tourism is provided below, keyed to ref A para 3 format. Much of this information was provided previously in ref B. 2. (U) Rajiha bint Abdul Amer bin Ali, Minister of Tourism (since 2004) A. (U) Born: April 12, 1953; [...]	2005-07-27 12:08:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV MU
05MUSCAT1190	OMAN OPPOSES G-4 RESOLUTION, STUDIES OTHER REFORMS [...] (C) The MFA's International Organizations Department Chief confirmed on July 27 that Oman will either oppose or abstain in any vote on the G-4 Resolution for UN Security Council expansion. Ambassador Talib al-Raisi added that Oman has actively urged the resident G-4 ambassadors not to put the [...]	2005-07-27 12:30:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
05MUSCAT1191	OPPENHEIMER OPTIMISM ON OMANI TOURISM [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with representatives of Oppenheimer and Fitch Ratings on July 27 to discuss the "Blue City" tourism project and other economic developments in Oman. Potential linkages with Boston University and Oppenheimer of North America also surfaced during the meeting. E [...]	2005-07-27 19:08:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EIND PGOV KMPI KPAO SCUL MU
05MUSCAT1250	BIO: SHARIFA BINT KHALFAN AL-YAHYAI, MINISTER OF [...] (C) The requested information on Oman's female Minister of Social Development is provided below, keyed to ref A para 3 format. Much of this information was provided previously in ref B. 2. (U) Dr. Sharifa bint Khalfan bin Nasser al-Yahyai, Minister of Social Development (since October 20, [...]	2005-08-10 07:56:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV SCUL MU
05MUSCAT1473	SULTAN'S ANNUAL ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Sultan Qaboos' October 1 annual address to the Majlis Oman, lasting under 15 minutes, focused almost entirely on the human resource development, making only a brief reference to foreign affairs and offering little in the way of new initiatives or reforms. Popular hopes that long-unchang [...]	2005-10-03 14:23:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB MU
05MUSCAT1475	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN OMAN [...] (S) The Embassy's outreach and public diplomacy efforts, filtering down into every social strata and region of the Sultanate, have promoted a consistently positive image of U.S. society and culture that have complemented the Omani government's own effective actions to counter or prevent extrem [...]	2005-10-04 04:46:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	KDEM KPAO KMPI PREL EAID PHUM PGOV ASEC MU
05MUSCAT148	ARRESTS SPARK CONTROVERSY, SEND SIGNAL [...] (SBU) Omani chat-rooms and dinner conversations have been dominated in recent weeks by widely held rumors that the security services have arrested a dozen Omani citizens in late-night raids spread across three separate regions. While the government has not publicly acknowledged the arrests d [...]	2005-01-26 13:13:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS SCUL ASEC MU
05MUSCAT1493	DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR OMAN - QUARTERLY [...] (SBU) The following quarterly update on mission implementation of the Oman Democratic Reform Strategy is keyed to the three goals established in ref A, namely: legislative strengthening, media reform and NGO empowerment. ------------------------- Legislative Strengthening ------------------ [...]	2005-10-05 09:12:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI ECON PHUM MU
05MUSCAT1513	OMAN AFFIRMS NO BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL [...] (SBU) On September 28, 2005, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, transmitted a letter, via facsimile, to the Embassy for transmission to Robert Portman, United States Trade Representative. (Begin letter text) Please accept my congratulations on your recent appoin [...]	2005-10-11 03:38:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KBCT ETRD ECON PGOV IS MU
05MUSCAT1534	MGIZ02: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke on October 13 with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi to deliver reftel demarche encouraging Oman's public support for the October 15 Iraqi constitutional referendum and the compromises reached October 12. 2. (C) Bin Alawi hailed the compromis [...]	2005-10-13 10:30:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ MU
05MUSCAT1564	MAKING WAVES IN OMAN [...] (U) Summary: In a move that surprised many observers, the Ministry of Information has granted television and radio broadcasting licenses to two private Omani companies. While this will effectively end the government's broadcasting monopoly, the licensees anticipate having to work closely wit [...]	2005-10-18 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT PHUM PGOV MU
05MUSCAT1582	WINDFALL FOR SOME, INFLATION FOR ALL [...] (U) Summary: Increasing oil prices have provided a windfall for the Omani government, even as its production declines. Consumer prices have risen accordingly, however, and some question whether the benefit of higher oil revenues is reaching the general public. End summary. --------------- [...]	2005-10-23 12:19:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV SOCI MU
05MUSCAT164	A DAY AT THE (CAMEL) RACES [...] (SBU/NF) In contrast to the high-stakes commercial camel racing popular elsewhere in the Gulf, camel racing in Oman is a decidedly more humble, traditional event primarily practiced by rural Bedouin tribes. PolOff recently attended a typical race in Oman's dusty Sharqiyah region, observing h [...]	2005-01-31 02:50:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SCUL PGOV ELAB MU
05MUSCAT17	USG CALL FOR DONOR SUPPORT TO TSUNAMI VICTIMS: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-04 12:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR EAID PGOV PREL MU
05MUSCAT1874	UNION-RELATED STRIKE SHUTS SALALAH PORT [...] (SBU) Port Salalah, Oman's leading container transshipment facility, was shut down December 11-12 following an impromptu employees walk-out spurred, apparently, by management's decision to fire the popular head of the workers' committee. Though strikes are not unprecedented in Oman, this walk-o [...]	2005-12-17 03:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EWWT PGOV ETRD ECON PREL MU
05MUSCAT1934	GEN ABIZAID'S DECEMBER 26 MEETING WITH SULTAN [...] (C) In a convivial 80-minute exchange on December 26, Sultan Qaboos shared with USCENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid his thoughts on Iraq, Iran, the war on terror and the state of bilateral relations. Agreeing with Gen Abizaid on many points, the Sultan argued for a less intrusive Arab role in Iraq's tr [...]	2005-12-31 05:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER PGOV XF IR IZ MU
05MUSCAT209	CAMEL RACING, FROM TOP DOWN TO BOTTOM UP [...] (SBU/NF) During a February 3 camel race organized by prominent Omanis and Emiratis, the Ambassador heard directly from the senior royal family member heading Oman's Camel Federation on why abuses of camel jockeys that reportedly take place in the UAE are absent in Oman. The official cited tha [...]	2005-02-08 04:32:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SCUL PGOV ELAB MU
05MUSCAT231	FOREIGN MINISTRY CHIMES IN ON RECENT ARRESTS [...] (SBU/NF) As a string of security detentions continues to roil the political waters in Oman, the Foreign Ministry sent a note on February 5 to select foreign embassies offering clarification of the government's action. The MFA letter was adamant in denying any violent or terroristic intentions [...]	2005-02-09 13:30:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PINS SCUL ASEC KVPR MU
05MUSCAT244	IRI FINALLY BREAKS DOWN THE DOOR TO OMANI [...] (SBU) The International Republican Institute finally succeeded this month in carrying out a training program for elected Omani parliamentarians that the Majlis' President had vowed for five years would never be permitted. Twelve deputies and a senior staffer participated in a 3-day workshop o [...]	2005-02-13 13:14:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMPI PREL EAID MU
05MUSCAT25	OMAN DELIVERS TSUNAMI AID TO SRI LANKA [...] As reported in reftel B, the government of Oman has offered to facilitate the delivery of private contributions to tsunami victims in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. On January 4, the first Omani flights carrying relief supplies left the Sultanate for Colombo. The flights, with more to follow in t [...]	2005-01-05 09:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PGOV PREL CE MU
05MUSCAT252	SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO OMAN [...] (U) Greetings and welcome from Team Muscat. We are confident you will gain a great deal from your participation in the upcoming MEAS IV Conference, and are proud that the Sultanate of Oman is hosting this year's event with excellent assistance and cooperation from CENTAF. In addition to the [...]	2005-02-14 08:00:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL PGOV OTRA MU
05MUSCAT27	PDO SIGNS DEAL, BUT CAN IT DELIVER? [...] (C) Summary: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) signed a 40-year extension to its concession agreement with the Omani government on December 19. The agreement was touted in the local press as symbolic of Oman's commitment to PDO as well as indicative of the Sultanate's capability to continue oil [...]	2005-01-05 09:46:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV MU ESTH
05MUSCAT365	INVITING WOMEN LEADERS TO FORUM ON POLITICAL [...] (SBU) The Sultan's Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Omar al-Zawawi and Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi both assured the Ambassador of the delivery and acceptance of the invitations to Higher Education Minister Dr. Rawya al-Busaidi and oil company executive Ms. Asillah al-Har [...]	2005-03-02 09:56:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN PHUM PGOV KMPI PINR MU
05MUSCAT413	CHILD MARRIAGE: OMAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 10:17:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI MU
05MUSCAT547	GEN ABIZAID'S 3/29 MEETING WITH SULTAN QABOOS [...] (C) In a March 29 visit by USCENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid, Sultan Qaboos credited Saudi Arabia for tactical successes against terrorism but worried whether the Al Saud yet have a longer term strategy. He sees Iraq still at a crossroads, expressing concern over the country's territorial integrity, [...]	2005-04-04 08:08:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PINR PGOV KDEM ETRD MARR XF IR IZ MU
05MUSCAT552	SULTAN'S SECURITY CHIEF ON ARRESTS OF IBADHI [...] (C) The Minister of the Royal Office and one of the most powerful men in the country, General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari told the Ambassador that forty people have been arrested for conspiring to overthrow the government in order to resurrect an Ibadhi religious state in the interior. The Mini [...]	2005-04-04 13:20:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV SOCI KISL PHUM KJUS PINR MU
05MUSCAT581	QABOOS PUBLICLY HAILS NEW IRAQI PRESIDENT [...] (U) Sultan Qaboos sent a congratulatory cable of greetings on April 8 to Jalal Talabani on the occasion of his election as president of Iraq, "wishing him good health and success in fulfilling the aspirations of the people of Iraq for stability, progress and prosperity," according to the Oman [...]	2005-04-09 14:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID IZ MU
05MUSCAT582	BIO: SAYYID BADR AL-BUSAIDI, MFA UNDER SECRETARY [...] (U) Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Humud al-Busaidi Under Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (since 2000) Rank: Ambassador ------------- Personal Data ------------- 2. (U) Born: May 30, 1960; Muscat, Oman. Married, two daughters. Education: Master of Letters (MLitt) (Political Philosoph [...]	2005-04-09 14:55:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MU
05MUSCAT59	ADDITIONAL TSUNAMI AID [...] As reported in ref B, the government of Oman has offered to facilitate the delivery of private contributions to tsunami victims in the Indian Ocean region. Since an initial SIPDIS shipment of 41 tons of aid, the government of Oman has committed to shipping over 300 tons of relief supplies. [...]	2005-01-11 08:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL AEMR CE ID MU
05MUSCAT599	GEN ABIZAID'S MEETINGS WITH OMANI FOREIGN, DEFENSE [...] (C) Senior Omani foreign affairs and defense officials shared views with CENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid on the brewing tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with the Omanis consistently advocating direct dialogue as a means to ease pressures and forestall an Iranian nuclear program. The Omanis shared [...]	2005-04-12 02:52:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PTER SMIG MNUC XF XD MU
05MUSCAT642	BIOGRAPHY: HUNAINA BINT SULTAN BIN AHMED [...] (U) Hunaina bint Sultan bin Ahmed al-Mughairy, OCIPED Representative in New York Born: October 13, 1948, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ------------------------ Current Responsibilities ------------------------ 2. (SBU) While she considers herself "retired" per a recent visa application, Hunai [...]	2005-04-18 13:51:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV MU
05MUSCAT67	OMAN ONLINE: KUWAITI PARLIAMENT VS. OMANI MAJLIS AL- [...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat room "Sablat al-Arab" -- or simply "Al-Sablah" -- is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totall [...]	2005-01-13 07:06:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV SOCI MU
05MUSCAT682	WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION PLEADS FOR MEPI PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) The provincial head of an Omani Women's Association chapter in Salalah is hungry for greater MEPI engagement that might better train the women of that region for jobs in a modern, diverse environment. Highlighting the cultural differences between Dhofari women and those in Muscat, she i [...]	2005-04-25 13:31:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KMPI KWMN SCUL PGOV ELAB MU MEPI
05MUSCAT684	UNPRECEDENTED TRANSPARENCY IN NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Recent arrests of 30-40 Omanis charged with seeking to overthrow the Sultan and impose Ibadhi religious rule under an Imam have been the focus of public and press attention in Oman since January. But the trial itself, underway since April 18, has surprised the public by its unprecedented [...]	2005-04-26 02:45:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS KJUS PHUM PGOV MU
05MUSCAT715	OMANI IPR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS: LURCHING FORWARD [...] (U) Summary: The Omani government stepped up its IPR enforcement efforts in April with the confiscation of tens of thousands of pirated DVDs and CDs in one of Muscat's commercial districts. This crackdown comes as part of an ongoing effort to curb piracy in the Sultanate, according to Ministr [...]	2005-05-02 10:21:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR PGOV MU
05MUSCAT716	PLOTTERS SENTENCED, SMALL PROTEST HELD [...] (C) The State Security Court handed down sentences ranging from 10-20 years for most of the 31 defendants tried on charges of participating in an illegal organization and plotting to overthrow the government. Although no judicial appeal process is available to the defendants, they can appeal [...]	2005-05-02 11:42:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM KISL PINS ASEC MU
05MUSCAT741	SECOND DEMONSTRATION LEADS TO ARRESTS [...] (SBU) A May 3 protest march that turned into a sit-in at a mosque was allegedly forcibly dispersed by police, reportedly leading to numerous arrests. First-hand accounts cite the number of protesters between 200-500, while other unconfirmed sources claim the numbers were closer to a thousand o [...]	2005-05-04 13:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM PINS ASEC MU
05MUSCAT743	OMAN ONLINE: VERDICTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS [...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat rooms "al-Sablah" and "al- Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wh [...]	2005-05-04 15:23:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI PGOV MU
05MUSCAT766	OMAN APPOINTS -- NOT ELECTS -- ILO DELEGATION [...] In an unexpected turn of events on May 4, the Minister of Manpower retreated from promised committee-wide elections and instead personally appointed a National Committee to represent Omani labor interests at the International Labor Organization (ILO) Conference in June. Disappointed, workers [...]	2005-05-11 13:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KMPI PREL ECON PHUM PGOV MU
05MUSCAT792	COUNTRY DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR OMAN [...] (C) Oman stands ahead of many Arab states on broad issues of democratic reform. Its constitution was promulgated in 1996 and enshrines human rights protections and judicial independence. The lower house of its bicameral parliament (the Majlis al-Shura, or Shura Council) has been an elective [...]	2005-05-16 13:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO KMPI AMGT ECON PREL PGOV MU
05MUSCAT888	OMAN ONLINE: FIERY WORDS FOR THE GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: The Omani Internet message boards "al-Sablah" and "al-Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic- language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, no [...]	2005-06-01 13:10:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI EIND PGOV IZ MU
05MUSCAT904	US-EU IRAQ CONFERENCE: DELIVERABLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Oman's attendance at the US-EU International Conference on Iraq will be determined upon the return of the Foreign Minister, perhaps during the week of June 11. The MFA's Arab Affairs chief indicated to the Dutch (EU representative) that Oman would like to see the draft communiq [...]	2005-06-06 03:19:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ MU
05MUSCAT930	TAKING SHARIA OUT OF LAW SCHOOL? [...] (SBU) The Dean of the College of Sharia and Law has confirmed rumors that the government will split up his institution, folding the law college into Sultan Qaboos University while the Sharia students will be sent to a religious institute. While the Dean expects the organizational shift to be [...]	2005-06-11 02:29:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KMPI KISL PGOV ECON MU
05MUSCAT931	SULTAN PARDONS CONVICTED IBADHIS [...] (C) Sultan Qaboos issued a decree June 9 pardoning the thirty-one Ibadhis sentenced May 2 for belonging to a secret organization and seeking to overthrow the state. It is unknown if the thirty-one, who include several high-ranking officials, will be permitted to return to their jobs. We beli [...]	2005-06-11 02:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL MU
05MUSCAT950	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRAISE FOR THE PARDONS [...] Summary: All of Oman's major daily newspapers carried front- page coverage of the June 9 decree by Sultan Qaboos pardoning the thirty-one Ibadhi Muslims convicted last month of belonging to a secret organization and seeking to overthrow the state. The SIPDIS newspapers universally lauded th [...]	2005-06-13 01:46:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP KISL PGOV PINS MU
05MUSCAT986	OMAN TO ATTEND IRAQ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Per refs A and B, on June 19, the Embassy delivered copies of the draft conference statement for the upcoming Iraq International Conference in Brussels to the Foreign Ministry, as well as the list of small-scale project suggestions that states may wish to fund to aid Iraq's reconstruction [...]	2005-06-19 11:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID IZ MU
05NAIROBI1756	BUDGET REFORM: A KEY TO BETTER GOVERNANCE IN KENYA [...] (U) This is a joint State-USAID cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's system for allocating its scarce national resources though the national budget process is broken and has long been a factor in the country's slow economic decline. Recognizing this, the government, spearheaded by the Minist [...]	2005-04-26 13:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI2167	TERRORISM TRIALS: MAGISTRATE ORDERS DEFENSE TO [...] (U) In a minor victory for the Global War on Terrorism, the presiding magistrate for the conspiracy trial against suspected al Qaida terrorists responsible for the November 2002 twin terrorist attacks in Mombasa and Kikambala ruled May 25th that the prosecution had presented enough evidence [...]	2005-05-25 15:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PHUM PGOV KISL KE
05NAIROBI2409	TERRORISM TRIALS: MURDER SUSPECTS RELEASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Kenyan judge ordered June 9 the immediate release of four al Qaida suspects who had been on trial for murder. He ruled the prosecution failed to provide any evidence connecting the accused to the November 2002 suicide-bombing against the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel in Kikam [...]	2005-06-09 15:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV KISL KE IS
05NAIROBI2424	TERRORISM TRIALS: GOK - "WE AGONIZE, BUT ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Acting Foreign Minister has expressed surprise and disappointment at the June 9 court decision to release four major terrorism suspects, but admits there is little that can be done publicly to mitigate the damage. The Kenyan Government is hesitant to file an appeal and remains [...]	2005-06-10 14:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL KDEM PINS ASEC
05NAIROBI2519	TERRORISM TRIALS: SUGGESTED LETTER FROM SECRETARY [...] (C) In the wake of the June 9 ruling in the Kikambala murder trials reftels Post believes a display of high-level interest from Washington would be useful for advancing our counter-terrorism objectives in Kenya. Post proposes that the Secretary send a letter to her counterpart, Foreign Minist [...]	2005-06-20 06:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KISL ASEC CASC KE
05NAIROBI2571	KENYA ARTICLE 98: ANTI-U.S. CENSURE MOTION MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kenyan newspapers reported during the week of June 13 that MP Paul Muite had filed a motion in Parliament to censure the U.S. for attempting to arm-twist Kenya into signing an Article 98 agreement. A reliable source in Parliament reported, however, that, as of June 21, no such m [...]	2005-06-22 12:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SOCI SENV PGOV EAGR PINS MASS KE
05NAIROBI2583	SOMALIA -- PUBLIC STATEMENT IN RECOGNITION OF CIVIL [...] (SBU) Reftels outline recent events in the attempts of the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) to relocate from Kenya to Somalia. Notable among these has been a surge to the fore of civil society players in Mogadishu, including members of the business community, NGOs, women's orga [...]	2005-06-23 05:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS SO KE UNSC
05NAIROBI2617	LAMU: BUDDING NEGATIVE SENTIMENTS TOWARD THE U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled with the CJTF-HOA Civil Affairs (CA) team to Lamu to gauge local sentiments toward the U.S. and to visit Siyu, the village from which three of the recently-released Kikambala terror suspects hail. Frustrations with the U.S. are mounting in Lamu due to several re [...]	2005-06-24 12:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC EAID PGOV PINS KISL KPAO KE
05NAIROBI2618	SOMALIA -- CENTER OF GRAVITY NOW IN SOMALIA FOR [...] (C) Despite Yemeni efforts to mediate between the Transitional Federal President and the Speaker of the Assembly, talks in Sanaa on key issues separating two main camps in the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) appear to have ended in acrimony. Prime Minister Ghedi has declared his gov [...]	2005-06-24 12:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO KE
05NAIROBI2619	MALINDI: MIXING SUN, DRUGS, CORRUPTION AND A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kenyan coastal resort town of Malindi is schizophrenic: hundreds of Italians - and upcountry Kenyans - dominate the town,s economic lifeline, a tourism industry that caters to tens of thousands of European sun-seekers annually. Some are involved in feeding the town,s sk [...]	2005-06-24 13:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV KISL KPAO KE
05NAIROBI2651	KENYA'S IMF PROGRAM: PROGRESS HINGES ON [...] This is a Joint Embassy-USAID message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya performed reasonably well in meeting the quantitative and structural targets of its IMF program during the current, second review period, and the government and the IMF have reached broad agreement for targets in the next revi [...]	2005-06-28 15:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI2695	KENYAN DEPUTY PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ON ARTICLE 98: [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Speaker of Parliament, David Musila, explained June 29 that the underlying reason for Kenyan opposition to an Article 98 agreement is that Kenya feels "unappreciated." In recognition for all the security assistance Kenya has provided to the U.S., Kenya should not be requir [...]	2005-07-01 03:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PINS ECON SOCI SENV PGOV EAGR KE
05NAIROBI2738	SOMALIA -- NEED TO RALLY BEHIND THE SRSG [...] This is an action request -- see para 19. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Divisions among members of the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions are now being mirrored by schisms in the international community. Moves to finance projects in district-level reconciliation, pushed by specific EU member sta [...]	2005-07-06 04:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO KE
05NAIROBI2747	SOMALIA -- RECONCILIATION AND MEDIATION PLANNING [...] (SBU) The Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) issued a statement July 5 (reported reftel) indicating renewed international community (IC) support for reconciliation among members of the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs). The SRSG proposed to the IC members of the Coo [...]	2005-07-06 14:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SO KE UNSC
05NAIROBI3052	KENYAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS, BUT PUBLIC APPLAUDS, UK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A just-announced UK travel ban on Minister of Transport Murungaru has dominated the media, and provoked a flurry of GOK criticisms of the UK, despite a quiet warning to President Kibaki six weeks ago. Most Kenyans, however, are cheering at this diplomatic slap against the governm [...]	2005-08-01 03:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS CLOK OFDP SNAR KPAO KCOR KE UK GM
05NAIROBI3129	IMF BRIEFS KENYA'S "LIKE MINDED" POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya IMF Resident Representative Jurgen Reitmeier briefed a small gathering of "Like-Minded Donors/Political" (LiMiD/P) on July 12. In addition to outlining Kenya's progress on its PRGF, as reported in reftel, Reitmeier offered a guardedly optimistic assessment of Kenya's cu [...]	2005-08-04 04:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR KE
05NAIROBI3169	A/S NEWMAN AND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MEET SPLM [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 3, A/S Newman and Special Representative Winter traveled to New Site, South Sudan, to offer their condolences over the death of John Garang and to meet with new SPLM Chairman Salva Kiir. Kiir briefed Newman and Winter on the sequence of events surrounding Garang's death [...]	2005-08-04 13:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS EAIR SU KE
05NAIROBI3173	SUDAN: A/S NEWMAN AND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. AF A/S Newman and Special Representative Winter met Gen. Sumbeiywo on August 4 in Nairobi to discuss the way forward in Sudan following the death of John Garang. Newman, Winter and Sumbeiywo compared views on the challenges facing new SPLM Chairman Salva Kiir and his capacity to me [...]	2005-08-04 14:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KE SU
05NAIROBI3180	ENGAGING KENYA ON ITS MCA THRESHOLD PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is joint Embassy-USAID Message. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi welcomes the proposed August 15-19 visit by MCC personnel to evaluate Kenya's application for MCC Threshold funding and encourages an early country clearance request. We see the purpose of this visit as assessing Kenya's eff [...]	2005-08-05 07:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KMCA EAID PGOV ECON EFIN PREL KCOR KE MCA
05NAIROBI3189	KENYA WILL SEEK PERMANENT SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-05 12:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KE UNSC
05NAIROBI3287	KENYA PASSES TWO MAJOR ECONOMIC REFORM BILLS [...] (U) This is a Joint Embassy-USAID message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's Parliament has passed two pieces of economic reform legislation, the Public Procurement Bill and the Privatization Bill. Both are important in the long march towards a stronger, faster growing economy and improved gover [...]	2005-08-12 08:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI3289	NGILU: NARC DISAPPOINTING; MY MINISTRY CORRUPT AND [...] SUMMARY. Health Minister Charity Ngilu confided to the Ambassador August 10 that she has lost faith in the Kibaki government's commitment to fighting high-level corruption. She pointed to the resurgence of unsavory figures like Nicolas Biwott as evidence that NARC, once in power, had abandon [...]	2005-08-12 08:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KHIV KCOR PREL PGOV EAID KE
05NAIROBI3300	REGIONAL ISSUES AND KENYA TRAVEL WARNING: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Donald Payne expressed appreciation to Kenya for its leadership role in the Sudan peace accord and the Somalia reconciliation process in a meeting with President Kibaki August 10. The Congressman said he was trying to encourage the State Department to take a more acti [...]	2005-08-15 03:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECIN PINS KUNR SO SU ET DJ SP CH KE
05NAIROBI3575	SOMALIA -- SELF-DECLARED INDEPENDENT SOMALILAND [...] (SBU) The Minister of the Interior of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland committed his "government" to full cooperation with the USG should there ever be a need to deport a Somaliland "national" from the United States. He expressed confusion on learning that Somaliland offic [...]	2005-09-02 06:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CVIS KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI3593	KENYA CONSTITUTION: BATTLE LINES DRAWN ON THE [...] (SBU) Battle lines are being drawn on the upcoming referendum on the proposed new constitution. Former President Moi has announced his opposition to the new draft. Two Cabinet members, Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, have formally joined forces with the leader of the Official Opposition Uh [...]	2005-09-02 12:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI3620	SOMALIA -- SPECIAL SELF-HELP AND DEMOCRACY, HUMAN [...] The Regional Financial Management Center (USAID/Nairobi) has received budget allowance cables for $58,000 to fund the Somalia Self-Help (SSH) Program, and $30,000 to fund the Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) Program, for FY 2005. 2. Mission has over the past several years been unable t [...]	2005-09-06 10:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM SO KE
05NAIROBI3638	SOMALIA -- GERMANY EXPRESSES CONCERNS TO ROME RE: [...] (C) The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) has demarched the Italian MFA in Rome regarding difficult working relations and differences in principle with the Italian Delegation to Somalia in Nairobi. It appears that the frustrations the FRG expressed in Rome are shared by a number of other EU me [...]	2005-09-06 13:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI3643	KENYA CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SET FOR 21 NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenyan authorities have set 21 November as the date for the national referendum on the proposed new constitution. With a date in sight, both sides of the debate are gearing up their campaigns, even while the election officials warn both sides about campaigning and conducting [...]	2005-09-06 14:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI3657	SOMALIA -- PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Somaliland's National Electoral Commission (NEC),its political elite, civil society organizations, and public at large are finalizing preparations to elect an 82-member Parliament on September 29. Despite extraordinary organizational and logistical challenges, chances are very [...]	2005-09-07 08:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI3658	SOMALIA -- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO [...] (C) Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has formally requested that the international community travel to Jowhar, Somalia -- temporary seat of the Somali President's wing of the Transitional Federal Government -- to convene a meeting of the Somali Coordination and Monitoring Committee. In t [...]	2005-09-07 09:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI3847	CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a day of disrupted civic education events on September 14, Samuel Kivuitu, Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Kenya, called for a moratorium on constitutional referendum campaigning until October 21, the beginning of the designated campaign period. Kivuitu argue [...]	2005-09-16 08:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI3863	KENYA CONSTITUTION: VIOLENCE MARS THE YES CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Supporters of the proposed constitution launched their "Yes" campaign with three planned rallies September 16-18. As violence marred several pro-draft events, the message from both sides of the debate shifted to denounce violence and stress the importance of preventing the de [...]	2005-09-19 15:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS PHUM KE
05NAIROBI3927	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: More than six months after the Government of Kenya's anti-graft credentials all but disappeared, the country is at a crossroads in the war on corruption. On the one hand, senior civil servants are driving a series of systemic reforms and improvements in the country's legal and i [...]	2005-09-22 06:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI3982	HOW DO WE RUN THIS THING? COMMISSIONS WEIGH IN ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 21 lunch with members of the Electoral Commission of Kenya and the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission revealed that both organizations are unclear on the referendum process and their respective roles. Exactly two months before the November 21 constitutional r [...]	2005-09-23 10:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
05NAIROBI3988	KENYA REFERENDUM: VIOLENCE, TRIBALISM, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent announcement that the Kenyan government plans to throw all of its resources, financial and human, towards a "Yes" vote threatens the very nature of a free and fair referendum. Recent violence and esculating tribalism surrounding the referendum campaigns further threat [...]	2005-09-26 05:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4002	UK FRUSTRATIONS WITH CT COOPERATION IN KENYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: British counterparts told Poloffs September 19 they are focusing their counter-terrorism (CT) efforts in Kenya on border and aviation security and have money to spend in both arenas. They are, however, frustrated with the Kenyan government,s lackluster CT performance and also c [...]	2005-09-26 13:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER MARR MOPS PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4003	SOMALILANDERS SEIZE JIHADISTS [...] (C) Media reports from BBC and Al Jazeera describe a September 22-23 shoot-out in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The shoot-out ended in seizure of four to eight individuals, some of whom the Somaliland government claims are "foreign Al Qaeda operatives." (NOTE: In the Somaliland context, "foreign" ca [...]	2005-09-26 14:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PHUM SO KE
05NAIROBI4080	DIPLOMATS SPEAK OUT ON REFERENDUM PROCESS -- AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador joined several other chiefs of mission in a September 28 meeting with Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) Chairman to discuss the ECK,s efforts (and difficulties) to supervise November's referendum on the new draft constitution. Following the meeting, the envoys rele [...]	2005-09-29 15:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS KDEM KE

05NAIROBI4128	ANTI-FOREIGN RHETORIC HEATS UP KENYA'S "YES" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The foreign diplomatic community -- and the U.S. Ambassador in particular -- came under fire October 1 for their criticisms of the referendum campaigns for and against a new Kenyan Constitution. The U.S. was singled out among the foreign missions accused of funding the "No" [...]	2005-10-03 15:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4143	KENYAN GOVERNMENT OFFERS CARROTS FOR BANANAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahead of Kenya's November 21 constitutional referendum, the Government has begun offering various constituency groups a variety of enticements, implicitly to win their "Yes" or banana, vote. The offers so far include a number of controversial land ownership concessions, pay incr [...]	2005-10-04 11:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4328	Nairobi Embassy Bombing Victims Maintain Protest [...] (U) On July 12, 14 victims of the August 7, 1998 Embassy bombing began a live-in protest at the "August 7 Memorial Park," located at the site of the former US Embassy in downtown Nairobi. Though the protestors are basically peaceful, their presence inhibits the park from being used for its or [...]	2005-10-18 13:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE PHUM PGOV PINS KPAO PREL
05NAIROBI4384	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) I met alone with President Kibaki for 40 minutes October 19. The meeting was prompted by the decision in Washington earlier this week to find Transport Minister Christopher Murungaru ineligible for entry into the U.S. under Presidential Proclamation 7750. Advised of this decision early [...]	2005-10-24 02:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4409	MOMBASA MUSLIMS SEE ORANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The vast majority of Muslims in Mombasa actively support the &Orange8 campaign for a "no" (or, "Orange") vote in November's referendum on the proposed new Kenyan constitution. While most Muslim leaders rally around contentious issues such as devolution of power and Khadis cour [...]	2005-10-25 02:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC EAID PGOV PINS KISL KE
05NAIROBI4436	"OFFICIAL" CAMPAIGN PERIOD KICKS OFF AS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The "official" period for campaigning for or against the proposed draft constitution kicked off on October 21, with the banana "Yes" team on the defensive following the publication of unfavorable opinion poll results and President Kibaki attracting criticism for allegedly defying [...]	2005-10-26 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SENV KDEM KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4462	ARTICLE 98 AND ATTORNEY GENERAL WAKO [...] (C) Summary: Despite intensive Embassy lobbying over the past year (reftel A-E),and the cutoff of FMF, IMET and some ESF funding pursuant to the ASPA and the Nethercutt Amendment, the Kenyan government still resists signature of an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. Academics, journalists, [...]	2005-10-27 10:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PINS ECON SOCI PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4506	GIFTING AMBOSELI FOR VOTES - A BAD ENVIRONMENTAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: Hoping to create support among the Maasai community for Kenya's draft constitution, on September 28, Kenya's Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife degazetted (declassified) Kenya's renowned Amboseli National Park and handed over administrative control to the local county council. [...]	2005-10-31 07:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV PREL EAID ECON KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4507	KENYA/NEPAD: KENYA COMPLETES APRM SELF-ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 07:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ECON PGOV SOCI KE NEPAD APRM
05NAIROBI4551	FIRST DEATHS MAR RUN-UP TO KENYA'S REFERENDUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Violence erupted October 29 during a pro-new constitution rally in Kisumu. Hundreds of angry youth opposed to the proposed new constitution clashed with thousands of security personal, culminating in 40 serious injuries and four reported deaths. The violence was the most dead [...]	2005-11-01 14:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM PINS KE
05NAIROBI4552	ECK EXPRESSES SOME CONCERNS AS THE REFERENDUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Electoral Commission of Kenya, charged with conducting the November 21 national referendum on the proposed new constitution, is making ready for polling day, including adopting new technology which will permit the ECK to broadcast voting results near simultaneously. While d [...]	2005-11-02 01:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4584	TOP BANANAS SPEAK (FINALLY) TO DIPLOMATS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After two months of requests from the diplomatic community for a briefing from the pro-draft constitution ("Banana") team ahead of the November 21 referendum, the government finally relented November 2. Most notable was the Information Minister's statement that allegations of fo [...]	2005-11-03 16:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4599	IMF BRIEFS DONORS ON KENYA'S ECONOMY AND PRGF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IMF Mission Chief for Kenya Godfrey Kalinga briefed donors on the results of a 10-day IMF mission examining Kenya's progress on the second review of its three-year $326.7 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Kalinga was generally optimistic on Kenya's near-te [...]	2005-11-07 11:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4636	G-8 COUNTER-TERRORISM COORDINATION IN KENYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 5th session of the &Nairobi G-8 Counter Terrorist Action Group8 met November 8 to discuss bialteral counter-terrorism assistance programs in Kenya and to better coordinate programs so as not to duplicate efforts. Unlike past sessions, in which the U.S. and U.K. were the only [...]	2005-11-09 12:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV EAID KE
05NAIROBI4683	KENYA'S GAMBLE ON A NEW CONSTITUTION UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's November 21 referendum on a proposed new constitution risks further polarizing the nation along tribal lines, regardless of the outcome. With the "Orange" opposition increasingly confident of victory, the stage is being set for continued political standoff if they win - [...]	2005-11-10 08:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM ECON KE
05NAIROBI4694	MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE US ABOUND IN BANANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 1 trip through Central Province, local leaders shared with the Ambassador their slanted, often erroneous, views on the U.S. relationship with Kenya and our role in the constitutional referendum process. While providing an excellent opportunity for the Ambassador [...]	2005-11-10 12:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4749	MORE DEATHS AS KENYA HEADS INTO CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With just one week remaining before the constitutional referendum, four more Kenyans died in police clashes at an Orange ("No") rally. Meanwhile, while the Banana ("Yes") team has resorted to more underhanded methods (such as scheduling presidential travel to force cancellation [...]	2005-11-16 01:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4758	SUDAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY CONFERS WITH INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 8 meeting with international partners in Nairobi, Deputy Secretary Zoellick emphasized the urgency of conveying to the various parties in Sudan the need to regain momentum in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Speaking with representatives from Eur [...]	2005-11-16 07:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SU KE SLM CPA
05NAIROBI4764	COASTAL SECURITY KEY TO KENYAN COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of post,s Coastal Security Working Group discussed the security situation and options for engagement with law enforcement and local leaders during a three-day visit to Lamu. The U.S. Navy Special Warfare training program in Lamu is progressing well, and post is looking [...]	2005-11-16 10:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PINS KISL KE
05NAIROBI4781	WFP: POLITICS, ECONOMICS HINDER KENYA'S FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World Food Program (WFP) officials briefed Ambassador and Emboffs on the November 2nd appeal for donor support for Kenya's continuing food emergency, which will likely keep more than 1.2 million people at risk until at least February. WFP Country Director Tesema Negash expres [...]	2005-11-17 12:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL TBIO KCOR
05NAIROBI4783	REFERENDUM: LAST DAYS AND LAST DITCH EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: In the waning days of the referendum campaign ahead of the vote on November 21, the pro-draft ("Yes" or Banana) team has resorted to measures of questionable democratic integrity to ensure a win, including shutting down an opposition radio station and "suggesting" that civil ser [...]	2005-11-17 14:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4829	KENYA INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (U) Mission Nairobi responses to reftel follow: A) Preparedness/Communication ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Kenyan government has established an inter- ministerial taskforce to create an action plan to address the threat of avian flu. The taskforce is nominally headed by Mr [...]	2005-11-18 07:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4835	KENYA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM LARGELY [...] SUMMARY: In Kenya's first constitutional referendum the polls will close soon, after a mostly peaceful exercise. There have been a number of minor irregularities credibly reported or seen by international observers, as well as allegations not yet proved or disproved. There have been other p [...]	2005-11-22 04:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4838	KENYA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: ORANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki acknowledged the defeat of the proposed new constitution at mid- afternoon November 22, with the "no" vote decisively ahead in Kenya's constitutional referendum. "No" supporters had already been celebrating their not-yet- official victory. The Electoral Commis [...]	2005-11-22 11:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4866	SOMALI PIRACY -- ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (S) Country Team elements directly engaged in the issue of piracy off the Somali coast met to discuss the impact of possible interdiction operations in the Somali political, clan, and CT context. We recommend options that mitigate any impact on the current Somali political process or on- goin [...]	2005-11-25 05:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI4878	PRESIDENT KIBAKI SACKS CABINET, KEEPS PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After conceding November 22 the defeat of his proposed new constitution in the previous day's national referendum, President Kibaki moved swiftly to assert his leadership. He dismissed his entire (and entirely disfunctional) cabinet November 23; seeking to ward off preparations [...]	2005-11-28 01:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4901	PRESIDENT KIBAKI BANS ORANGE RALLIES AND MULLS [...] 1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenya's government banned November 27 planned nationwide rallies organized by the Orange Democratic Movement on the grounds the opposition gatherings pose "a threat to national security." The rallies had been called to build support for the Orange Democratic Movement and b [...]	2005-11-28 14:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI4902	A DEFINING MOMENT FOR KIBAKI,S PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary. President Kibaki met with me and three other chiefs of mission on November 25. The COMs praised the government,s handling of the Constitutional Referendum and Kibaki,s stoic leadership following the massive &no8 vote. We urged that Kibaki seize this chance to remove corrupt and [...]	2005-11-29 01:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	KE KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR
05NAIROBI4903	SOMALIA PIRACY -- JOWHAR-TFG MEMBERS LET CONTRACT [...] (C) Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minster Ali Mohamed Gedi has confirmed that members of the TFG allied with President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed signed on November 25 a contract with a U.S.-origin company to provide coastal security and training services. The primary goal see [...]	2005-11-29 01:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI4957	SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER BY TURNS ACCUSATORY, [...] (C) Somali Prime Minister Gedi November 25 alternately accused the USG of abandoning Somalis to the killing clutches of Mogadishu warlords, and sought our advice on building a "third way" in Parliament -- depending on who was in the room. He admitted he and the Jowhar TFG faction were taking [...]	2005-11-30 12:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI4983	WTO - KENYA, WITH THE EU, PREPARES FOR HONG [...] (U) This report includes an action request for State, USTR, and USDA; please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the fact that it does not have a sitting Trade Minister, Kenya hopes to play a leadership role in developing a consensus among African countries at the upcoming WTO Ho [...]	2005-12-01 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV WTRO KE
05NAIROBI4984	KENYA ON HOLD: NO NEW CABINET AND NO DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A week after President Kibaki dismissed his cabinet and suspended Parliament indefinitely, no clear picture has emerged of the post-referendum Kenyan political landscape. The Ambassador's conversation with Orange Democratic Movement leaders revealed a group still groping its way [...]	2005-12-01 12:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5000	FOREIGN MINISTRY URGES US ACTION ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Boaz Mbaya in a December 2 meeting, urged the U.S. SIPDIS to consider greater involvement in Somalia -- in both resolving the political standoff, and in curbing piracy. The DCM and AF/E Deputy Director Deborah Malac reminded Mbay [...]	2005-12-02 10:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KE SO
05NAIROBI5019	SOMALIA POLICY CONSIDERATIONS [...] (C) As the Department develops new approaches to Somalia, Post recommends the USG seek a role in bringing into being -- and sustaining -- a coalition of Somalis that can rule Somalia and combat the violent Islamists. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi welcomes the opportunity to forward [...]	2005-12-05 13:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI5030	WTO - KENYA'S PROTECTIONIST TAKE ON HONG KONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Kenyan Trade officials prepare to depart for the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, it is clear that their main goal, and perhaps for most African countries, is to promote "flexibility" in market access, protect existing preferences (through new compensation measures),and ensur [...]	2005-12-06 07:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV WTRO KE
05NAIROBI5070	KENYA'S NEW CABINET: NO NATIONAL UNITY, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late December 7, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki finally announced his new cabinet. Instead of cleaning house as most Kenyans hoped, President Kibaki has returned to cabinet a full measure of corrupt and obstructionist ministers, including those who advised him so badly on the con [...]	2005-12-08 10:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5072	KENYA'S NEW CABINET APPOINTEES AND U.S. INTERESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kibaki's new cabinet is a mixed bag for U.S. interests in security, corruption, and economic policy. New Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju will be more capable than the laterally transferred Ali Mwakwere, but given his antagonistic track record, will not necessarily be ame [...]	2005-12-08 11:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR ETRD KE
05NAIROBI5073	KENYA'S NEW CABINET: NO NATIONAL UNITY, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late December 7, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki finally announced his new cabinet. Instead of cleaning house as most Kenyans hoped, President Kibaki has returned to cabinet a full measure of corrupt and obstructionist ministers, including those who advised him so badly on the con [...]	2005-12-08 11:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5075	GOVERNMENT WANTS U.S. TO RECOGNIZE KENYA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's lead official for Internal Security beseeched visiting AF/E Deputy Director for the United States to recognize the totality of security measures the government had implemented, and not focus too sharply on reviving the Joint Terrorism Task Force as a marker of Kenyan commi [...]	2005-12-08 12:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KE SO
05NAIROBI5078	THANKS, BUT NO THANKS: CABINET NOMINEES DECLINE [...] (C) Although President Kibaki met his self-imposed two week deadline for announcing a new cabinet (reftel),Kenya's government is still incomplete, with twenty-one nominees declining their appointments. Within moments of the President's announcement on December 7, ten appointees turned Kibak [...]	2005-12-08 13:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5096	DONNING POLITICAL BLINDERS, KIBAKI SWEARS IN NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the loss of nearly one quarter of his new appointees, President Kibaki proceeded with the swearing-in of his rump cabinet on December 9. In doing so, the president effectively shut the door on initiating a dialogue with the marginalized parties to create a body that is t [...]	2005-12-13 01:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5103	CORRUPTION IN KENYA - JOHN GITHONGO PREPARES TO TELL [...] (C) Summary: Former Kenyan "anti-corruption czar" John Githongo has organized all of the evidence of wrongdoing in his possession and put it into a single seamless narrative detailing the grand scale corruption committed by several of the highest-ranking and most influential ministers and ad [...]	2005-12-13 09:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO PINR KE
05NAIROBI5105	KIBAKI CALLS FOR UNITY, CONTINUES PARTISAN GAMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Kibaki appears to be in denial that a serious political crisis is staring him in the face, Orange Democratic Movement leaders intensify their criticism and call for fresh elections. Dissatisfied FORD-K and National Party of Kenya leaders are taking advantage of Ki [...]	2005-12-13 11:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5156	SOMALIA: ITALIAN DEPUTY MFA SEEKS USG - EU UNITY [...] (C) Italy's Deputy Foreign Minister Alfredo Mantica queried Ambassador December 13 on the probable outcome of the USG's Somalia policy review. He confidently pushed for the USG to join a "common EU position" in support of the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Prime Minister and the exec [...]	2005-12-16 06:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO EAID SO KE
05NAIROBI5158	KIBAKI'S SUPER-SIZE CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly a week of wheeling and dealing, President Kibaki December 14 swore in a second tranche of Ministers and Assistant Ministers. This was only after acceding to appointed ministers Charity Ngilu and Musikari Kombo's demands of seats at the table for their party members. [...]	2005-12-16 10:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5171	Transport Ministry Seeks Cooperation on Somalia [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya Transport Ministry Permanent Secretary Ikiara told the DCM December 7 that Kenya seeks SIPDIS an international response to piracy off the Somali coast, and may call a meeting of concerned nations to coordinate. Ikiara will chair an interagency meeting next week to deter [...]	2005-12-19 09:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAIR PTER PGOV MASS KE
05NAIROBI5184	GSP/AGOA LABOR COMPLAINT ON UGANDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials, unions, and some employers are anxious to address the worker rights issues raised in the GSP complaint against Uganda to protect AGOA trade benefits. President Museveni and the Cabinet sent four labor reform bills to Parliament and the GOU referred plant mana [...]	2005-12-20 03:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG
05NAIROBI5238	KENYAN CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW: WAITING FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the proposed document in the November 21 referendum, it is unclear if and how the government plans to proceed with the process of delivering to Kenyans a new constitution. What is abundantly apparent is that the country expects the review to continue, with [...]	2005-12-22 13:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5276	CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITION IN KENYA MAKE [...] In recent days, the Kenyan press has been dominated by alarmist stories of the country?s worsening famine situation in certain regions. Photographs of starving children and adults, as well as dead and dying livestock, along with headlines such as, ?Starvation at Christmas,? have raised the c [...]	2005-12-29 01:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD ECON PREL PGOV SOCI KE
05NAIROBI660	DONORS: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR KENYA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, World Bank Kenya hosted the quarterly meeting of the Donor Coordination Group (DCG) at which near consensus was expressed that the planning for the April 11-12 annual Consultative Group Meeting (CG) for Kenya could not be "business as usual" in light of the resi [...]	2005-02-14 12:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KCOR KMCA PGOV KPAO KE
05NAIROBI868	KENYA LAUNCHES SELF-ASSESSMENT ON GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 09:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ECON PGOV SOCI KE NEPAD
05NASSAU1071	CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS CLOSE MEETING [...] Foreign Ministers from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),meeting as COFCOR (Council for Foreign and Community Relations),concluded a series of meetings in Freeport, Grand Bahama, on June 4 (reftel). In their discussions, the ministers focused on relations with third countries (the U.S., Can [...]	2005-06-06 16:58:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD BF CARICOM
05NASSAU1088	PROFILE OF HAITIAN COMMUNITIES IN ABACO [...] An estimated 40-60,000 legal and illegal Haitians live in The Bahamas among a total population of roughly 305,000. Most Bahamians view cheap Haitian labor as a necessary evil but balk at what they see as the erosion of Bahamian culture as well as the health care and education costs associated [...]	2005-06-08 19:12:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV HA BF
05NASSAU1323	PM CONCERNED ABOUT PETROCARIBE, MOVING ON LNG [...] (C) Ambassador met privately with PM Perry Christie on July 20. The PM discussed several energy matters as well as his political future. PetroCaribe: We Have Concerns ----------------------------- 2. (C) The PM indicated that he "has concerns" about the PetroCaribe agreement signed on [...]	2005-07-20 20:25:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV BF
05NASSAU1799	Bahamas Gets Serious about Tourist Safety [...] SUMMARY: In an effort to better protect tourists, the Bahamian Government organized a major, high-level conference to establish a public/private advisory board on visitor safety. Hosted by the Ministry of Tourism and the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF),the meeting included frank talk about [...]	2005-10-17 19:14:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC PGOV BF
05NASSAU332	BAHAMIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EQUATES ISRAEL WITH [...] (C) Visiting non-resident Israeli Ambassador David Dadonn was not given a meeting with Bahamian Prime Minister Perry G. Christie during his current visit to Nassau. Ambassador Dadonn also reported that his first meeting with Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell ended abruptly after five minutes af [...]	2005-02-16 20:44:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV IS BF
05NASSAU393	FOREIGN MINISTER POISED TO RAISE PROFILE IN CARICOM [...] (C) His intelligence, work ethic, and undisguised ambition have made Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell one of the three or four most powerful members of the Perry Christie Government and a person of growing influence in the Caribbean. Currently the vice-chairman in the Commonwealth Min [...]	2005-02-25 16:57:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL OFDP PGOV XL BF CARICOM
05NASSAU851	DECISION ON LNG PROJECT STILL PENDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives from the U.S.-based AES Corporation visited the Ambassador on April 27 to discuss the status of their proposed $650 million Liquefied Natural Gas project. AES expressed its frustration at the inability to get a final decision from Prime Minster Perry G. Christie, [...]	2005-05-03 22:11:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV BF
05NASSAU917	BAHAMIAN COURT DECISION HALTS [...] (C) A surprising May 10, 2005, decision from Supreme Court Justice Jon Isaacs has ruled the U.S. - Bahamas Extradition Treaty valid but constitutionally unenforceable due to a failure on the part of the Bahamian government to obtain parliamentary approval for public funds expended during the [...]	2005-05-12 22:47:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	BF KCRM PGOV SNAR PREL OPBAT
05NDJAMENA1011	A VISIT WITH CHADIAN GRAND IMAM AND THE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit with the High Council for Islamic Affairs June 20, Chad's Grand Imam welcomed the Embassy's support for English classes at Muslim schools, responded positively to statements about charges of abuse of the Koran at Guantanamo, urged Washington to consider eventua [...]	2005-06-27 06:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM KWMN CD
05NDJAMENA1015	CHAD INQUIRES ABOUT G8 DEBT RELIEF [...] (U) The following message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Minister of Finance is very concerned that, despite oil revenues, Chad is facing intense financial pressures and needs to be considered for G8 debt relief proposals. In a recent mee [...]	2005-06-27 06:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1020	CHADIAN REBELS, RUMORS, REALITIES, AND REACTIONS [...] (S NF) Summary: Speculation about the existence of Chadian rebel groups continues to make Chadians uneasy about the regime's stability. The often conflicting reports and wide-ranging opinions about the size, composition, capabilities, and agendas of Chadian rebel groups make it difficult to [...]	2005-06-27 12:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1077	ERODING PRESS FREEDOMS IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Press freedoms continue to erode in Chad. Of particular concern is the recent arrest of three journalists from the independent press. Two are now free, but remain under threat of further prosecution, while a third is still in custody. Independent media, including newspapers [...]	2005-07-09 09:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1078	PRESIDENT DEBY BRISTLES OVER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Deby was evidently taken aback by the Ambassador's remarks at the Independence Day reception July 1 urging an open, credible electoral process over the coming year. According to his chief foreign policy advisor, Deby is concerned about misimpressions he thinks may hav [...]	2005-07-09 09:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CD
05NDJAMENA1122	CHADIAN RESPONSE TO UN REFORM DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Per reftels, Ambassador Wall met with Chadian Foreign Minister Nagoum Yamassoum on July 11 to discuss the UN reform. In outlining the U.S. position on UN reform, the Ambassador emphasized our desire for overall reform, not just UN Security Council expansion. He noted that G-4 proposal [...]	2005-07-13 16:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CD UNSC
05NDJAMENA1133	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7, Chad's Constitutional Council nullified the public referendum results of over 3,007 voting precincts, but confirmed the overall vote in favor of removing presidential term limits. The rejection of the votes in one-third of the districts and the overseas votes puts [...]	2005-07-15 09:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1134	SCENARIOS FOR POLITICAL CHANGE IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary: Chad is currently experiencing another period of heightened uncertainty. Deby has been able to navigate through them in the past. (Reftels) Nonetheless, the removal of presidential term limits through a less-than-transparent public referendum has many observers wondering what [...]	2005-07-15 09:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA115	CHAD: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Summary: Chad continues to be a strong partner in the global war against terrorism. Chad was not covered in the 2003 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Post responses are keyed to reftel paragraph 15. A. The Government of Chad continues to take significant actions to support the globa [...]	2005-01-25 09:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU PTER
05NDJAMENA1150	IFI'S WELCOME TREASURY ADVISOR, DISCUSS OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The World Bank and International Monetary Fund resident representatives in Chad welcomed the prospect of a resident Treasury Advisor for the Revenue Management College during meetings with a visiting Treasury team, which included the prospective candidate for the mission. The [...]	2005-07-20 17:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1151	TREASURY TEAM MEETS WITH OIL REVENUE COLLEGE, GOC [...] (SBU) Summary: The candidate for the Treasury Advisor position in Chad and accompanying Treasury officials were warmly welcomed at the Oil Revenue Management College and government ministries during their visit to Chad from July 10 to 14. The mission was designed to introduce the prospective [...]	2005-07-20 17:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1165	PRESS FREEDOM AND THE BATTLE OF THE SPEECHES [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Chad has continued to harrass and imprison journalists, despite pressure from the United States, and outcry from the local and international press and groups like Reporters Without Borders. Two journalists have been sentenced to three months and three years [...]	2005-07-22 12:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1209	DISCUSSING DARFUR WITH DEBY [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby outlined Chad's perspective on the upcoming round of negotiations on Darfur in a meeting on July 29 with Ambassador John Yates, the U.S. Special Representative to the talks. Deby expressed his concerns with the African Union's lack of consultation and acce [...]	2005-08-02 12:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1214	OUTREACH TO DARFUR REBEL MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: SuQ Liberation Movement (SLM) members say that they will not be ready to return to the negotiating table on August 24. Special Representative to the Darfur Talks Ambassador John Yates, Ambassador Wall, and P/E officer delivered points per reftel to the SLM leaders on July 29 [...]	2005-08-04 06:24:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1227	TCC DISPUTE GOES ON [...] The following cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the suspension on June 23 by the National Courts of the case brought against Esso-subcontractor TCC by the company's former employees, plaintiffs organized demonstrations on Esso fac [...]	2005-08-07 13:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1228	CHAD,S MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEVELOPS PLAN TO [...] This message contained information that is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. SIPDIS 2. This message is being retransmitted due to technical errors on two previous occasions. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Finance has developed, in consultation with the Wor [...]	2005-08-07 14:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1260	CHAD: LONG AWAITED CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Idriss Deby reshuffled his cabinet on August 7, placing the Ministry of Defense under the Presidency. Key changes include the Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs, Public Security, and Finance. The new cabinet may reflect the President's security concerns and his [...]	2005-08-16 08:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1356	CHAD-CAMEROON PIPELINE PROJECT: OVERVIEW OF HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: With oil flowing, the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project and the conventions that govern it are now being tested. Human rights groups in Chad and their international partners continue to monitor and raise compensation, environmental, social, and security issues. While recognizin [...]	2005-09-03 07:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1357	CHAD'S OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT PROCESS: SHOWING [...] (C) Summary: The recently released report of Chad's Oil Revenue Management College's verification of projects highlights some of the issues now arising over the use of petroleum funds. The College found numerous deficiencies such as non-delivery or significant delays in delivery of items, p [...]	2005-09-03 07:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1377	SALIM ON THE NEXT ROUND OF DARFUR PEACE TALKS, SLM [...] (C) Summary: During his visit to Chad for consultations over September 8-9, the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, shared his views on the upcoming round of peace talks. Salim is committed to starting the talks on September 15, but acknowledges that members of [...]	2005-09-10 17:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1378	EIGHTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: JUMP-STARTING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met September 8-9, taking advantage of a visit by the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim. The agenda was devoid of any overtly controversial issues and focused on a report by the Cease-fi [...]	2005-09-10 17:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1395	CHAD: IMF-WORLD BANK MISSION PRESENTS POSITIVE [...] SUMMARY: The latest IMF-World Bank Mission has presented a fairly positive assessment of Chad's economic prospects, but has also noted the need for progress in non-oil sectors, particularly cotton, agriculture and livestock, and telecommunications. While the country received a passing grade [...]	2005-09-14 14:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA140	SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. [...] The Government's human rights record remains poor. Security forces committed extrajudicial killings and continued to intimidate the public. The judiciary remained subject to executive interference. Violence and societal discrimination against women were common. The independent press occasi [...]	2005-01-28 14:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1412	WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR REBELS: SLM CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wall met with members of Mini Minawi's camp of the Sudan Liberation Movement on September 12 to discuss their views on the recently held Joint Commission, their conference plans, and the Abuja talks. The high-level group explained the importance the field commanders [...]	2005-09-16 08:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1414	FOUR JOURNALISTS STILL IN PRISON; A FIFTH MENACED [...] (SBU) Summary: Three Chadian journalists remain in prison in N'D after being denied bail in a hearing on Thursday, September 15th. A f had been in prison since early July, was granted temporary release on week. A fifth journalist, arrested and then quickly released, is stil charges and trial. [...]	2005-09-16 08:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1418	CHAD: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FOR REGIONAL MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Post seeks Department support for a military contribution for the Chadian-hosted regional military exercise Bahr El-Gazel from November 10-23, possibly through ACOTA or another State-funded program. The exercise was developed to respond to the African Union's call on each of t [...]	2005-09-19 16:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MARR MOPS CD
05NDJAMENA1431	CHADIANS SEEK GREATER FLEXIBILITY WITH NEW OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC has formally asked Esso to deposit revenues from its new satellite field directly into the Government's Public Treasury, rather than follow the existing revenue management process, which stipulates placement in an escrow account. Esso has declined to adhere to this reques [...]	2005-09-23 17:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1481	CHAD: THREE JOURNALISTS RELEASED; RADIO DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The final three jailed journalists have been released. The director of Radio Brakoss, a private radio station in southern Chad, has been arrested, and may be expelled. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Three journalists who had been arrested on charges including defamation, incitin [...]	2005-09-29 17:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO OIIP PREF CD
05NDJAMENA1487	CHAD PROTESTS CROSS-BORDER ATTACK FROM SUDAN [...] (U) This is an action request for AF/SPG, AF/PD. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Chad has told the Government of Sudan to close its consulate in Abeche and announced the withdrawal of its consulate from El Geneina, Sudan after a cross-border jandjaweed attack killed over 36 civilians o [...]	2005-10-04 07:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1521	ESSO IN CHAD: CURRENT TRAVAILS, AND CONCERNS DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Esso's labor, transportation and royalties issues with the GOC continue to brew. The company has attempted to improve relations with the Government by sponsoring the visit of GOC officials to oil market operations in London and Washington. However, GOC officials continue to cr [...]	2005-10-07 12:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1522	ESSO IN CHAD: CURRENT TRAVAILS, AND CONCERNS DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Esso's labor, transportation and royalties issues with the GOC continue to brew. The company has attempted to improve relations with the Government by sponsoring the visit of GOC officials to oil market operations in London and Washington. However, GOC officials continue to cr [...]	2005-10-07 12:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1546	NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR: CHADIAN VIEWS ON REPARING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 15 to share USG ideas on organizing an all-inclusive conference for the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM),Foreign Minister Allam-mi Ahmad welcomed U.S. assistance for the conference and said Chad already is working on the preparation [...]	2005-10-17 10:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1547	NINTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: WIDESPREAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Commission (JC) on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met October 13-14 in N'Djamena. The key agenda item, strengthening the cease-fire, was never completely covered, but participants vowed to rejuvenate the JC and reaffirmed their commitments to participate regularl [...]	2005-10-17 11:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1560	CHAD: GOVERNMENT LOBBYING FOR CHANGES TO OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a chilly reception in Washington by the Bretton Woods Institutions, the Government of Chad (GOC) is reaching out to development partners and civil society in Chad on the need to modify the law governing management of petroleum revenues, with the hope of persuading the [...]	2005-10-21 09:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1615	CHAD: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The United States has important interests at stake and a potentially decisive role to play in promoting democracy in Chad. Earlier this year, President Deby succeeded in removing presidential term limits in a constitutional (but questionable) process, and is now on the path to [...]	2005-11-01 12:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL CD
05NDJAMENA1616	REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI [...] Summary. PRM/AFR and P/E Officer visited Bahai, Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp, and border areas of Bamina and Tine from October 17-19. The security situation was calm at the time of the visit, although fighting in Sudan around October 21 resulted in nine suspected combatants crossing the border [...]	2005-11-01 12:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1624	CENTRAL AFRICAN REFUGEES: PRM VISITS CAMPS IN [...] Summary. PRM/AFR Mary Lange (Deputy Director of the Africa Office) and Neil Ahlsten (Chad/Darfur Program Officer) traveled to southern Chad from October 10-15 to visit the refugee camps in Amboko and Yaroungou. The visit was prompted by the arrival of an estimated 10,700 new refugees from th [...]	2005-11-02 16:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PGOV CD SU CZ
05NDJAMENA1635	RAMADAN ACTIVITIES 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: To celebrate Ramadan this year, Embassy N'Djamena organized a talk by Dr. Abderrahmane Almahy, rector of King Faisal University. The talk was followed by End Summary --------------- MUSLIM OUTREACH --------------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the PAO, [...]	2005-11-07 13:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM KWMN CD
05NDJAMENA1636	RAMADAN ACTIVITIES 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: To celebrate Ramadan this year, Embassy N'Djamena organized a talk by Dr. Abderrahmane Almahy, rector of King Faisal University, on October 25th. The talk was followed by an Iftar dinner hosted by the Ambassador at his residence. For the final day of Ramadan, PAO traveled [...]	2005-11-07 13:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM KWMN CD
05NDJAMENA164	PRIME MINISTE MOUSSA FAKI REPLACE BY A SOUTHERNER [...] (C) Summary. The replacemet of Prime Minister Moussa Faki was announced on February 3. Faki's departure had been in the making for months. His replacement is southerner Pascal Yoadimnadji, previously Minister of Agriculture, and a long-time embassy contact. The Ministers of Finance, Educat [...]	2005-02-04 19:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1649	CHAD: REQUEST FOR UN ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The final version of a UN report on Chad's electoral needs released to donors November 4 concluded that the national institutions responsible for managing elections lacked independence, that the most recent electoral census was not credible and that the recent amendments to t [...]	2005-11-08 16:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD

05NDJAMENA1656	CHAD: GOVERNMENT MOVING AHEAD WITH OIL REVENUE [...] (C) Summary: The Government is moving ahead with its plans to amend the revenue management law despite concern among various donors, diplomatic missions, civil society groups, and opposition parties. On November 9, the Council of Ministers sent the revisions to the law to the National Assem [...]	2005-11-09 16:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA1662	PRIME MINISTER AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji and National Assembly President Nassour defended proposed revisions to the oil revenue management law in meetings with the Ambassador on November 10. Yoadimnadji said the Government has moved forward with the revisions and remains open to dial [...]	2005-11-10 17:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA1672	CHAD: DEBY SHAKES UP MILITARY LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. President Idriss Deby carried out a military shake-up on November 15. The changes include the chiefs of the Armed Forces, Gendarmerie, Nomadic Guard, and National Police. The most surprising change was the removal of Deby relative, General Mahamat Saleh Ibrahim, who had serve [...]	2005-11-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR MOPS CD
05NDJAMENA1684	CHADIAN PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES ELECTION PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, Chadian Prime Minister Pascal Yoadminadji outlined plans for the 2006 elections in a meeting originally billed as the installation of the national independent electoral commission. Yoadminadji may have scuttled the installation after political opposition parti [...]	2005-11-23 15:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM
05NDJAMENA1690	CHAD: UPDATE ON OIL REVENUE LAW REVISIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's proposed revisions to the oil revenue management law are moving through the legislative process. The National Assembly originally planned to debate them on December 14, but a dispute within the majority group in the legislature may slow down the process. In [...]	2005-11-28 10:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM
05NDJAMENA1691	CHAD: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGET/MILITARY SPENDING [...] In response to reftel, Post submits the following information concerning the transparency of military spending in Chad. 2. Audit process of military expenditures: A formal auditing process is conducted annually by the Budget Office within the Ministry of Finance, in coordination with the [...]	2005-11-28 10:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1707	CHAD READY TO ACCEPT WORLD BANK TEAM, PUSHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC is willing to welcome a World Bank/IMF team to explore the Bank's proposed compromise, but is skeptical about the World Bank's ability to assist the government's budget process. Following internal disagreements among ruling-party deputies in the National Assembly, two c [...]	2005-12-06 07:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA1737	CHADIAN COTTON NEGOTIATOR ON HONG KONG MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chad's influential cotton negotiator sought to allay concerns about the Cotton-4 event at the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial in a meeting with us December 5. He also urged concrete actions to cut the domestic subsidy programs that hurt Africa's cotton producers. END SUMMARY 2 [...]	2005-12-07 14:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV ETRD CD WTO
05NDJAMENA1755	USAID FOOD SECTOR SPECIALIST VISITS EASTERN [...] As reported septel, the USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) food sector specialist visited eastern Chad from November 16 to 29 to monitor emergency food assistance activities of U.N. World Food Program (WFP). Representatives from WFP, food distribution partners, and humanitarian organizations acc [...]	2005-12-12 08:56:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI CD SU USAID
05NDJAMENA1758	USAID FOOD SECTOR SPECIALIST VISITS EASTERN [...] From November 16 to 29, the USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) food sector specialist traveled to eastern Chad for the second time in 2005 to monitor USAID- sponsored food aid operations carried out by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and partners. This is the first of two assessment cables re [...]	2005-12-12 10:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI CD SU USAID
05NDJAMENA1760	GOC-WORLD BANK STILL DUKING IT OUT ON OIL LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even though some Chadian ministers remain optimistic about a compromise with the World Bank, President Deby reiterated the GOC's right to move forward with revising its oil revenue management law in a combative speech at ceremonies in Fada in northern Chad on December 10. Becau [...]	2005-12-12 15:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA1761	THE MANY FACES (AND LIVES) OF PRESIDENT IDRISS DEBY [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Idriss Deby at year's end is perhaps more besieged than he has ever been in his fifteen years in power. He is confronting a rash of desertions, raids on military targets, and violent student demonstrations. Even his most respected family members are joining the oppo [...]	2005-12-13 11:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
05NDJAMENA1851	CHAD: OIL REVENUE LAW UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Chad (GOC) has formally invited a World Bank team to come to Chad to discuss the Government's proposed amendments to the Oil Revenue Law and strengthening of the Public Finance System. Some donors have expressed concern that continued disagreement between the [...]	2005-12-27 14:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA1852	CHAD: SLM REPORTS CHAD REBELS REGROUPING [...] (SBU) Summary: SLM General Coordinator Adam Shogar warned Charge that the Sudanese government was arming and supporting Chadian rebels in the Darfur region and that movement of new vehicles and arms indicated that the rebels were gearing up for a new attack. Shogar stated that SLM was tryin [...]	2005-12-27 17:16:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CD SU
05NDJAMENA1871	CHAD: SLM REPORTS CHAD REBELS REGROUPING [...] (SBU) Summary: SLM General Coordinator Adam Shogar warned Charge that the Sudanese government was arming and supporting Chadian rebels in the Darfur region and that movement of new vehicles and arms indicated that the rebels were gearing up for a new attack. Shogar stated that SLM was tryin [...]	2005-12-29 09:22:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CD SU
05NDJAMENA1875	CHAD ASSEMBLY AMENDS OIL LAW;BILL AWAITS [...] SUMMARY: Following a four-hour delay, the Government of Chad-proposed legislation to amend the existing Revenue Management Law passed resoundingly in the National Assembly on December 29. The legislation now goes to the desk of the Head of State for promulgation (ratification). The rapid de [...]	2005-12-29 18:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA261	DEBY HOSTS HEADS OF STATE MEETING ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir agreed to stop aerial activity over Darfur and implement a unilateral ceasefire during the N'Djamena Summit on Darfur held on February 16. Bashir also told the heads of state of Chad, Gabon, Congo, representatives of Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, the [...]	2005-02-19 11:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA262	SEVENTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: PROCESS INCHING [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby and African Union Commission President Alpha Konare opened the well-attended seventh Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Ceasefire (JC) on February 16. Despite an announced "boycott" of the meeting by leaders of the rebel movements, the Sudan Liber [...]	2005-02-20 12:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA285	KEEPING WEAPONS OUT OF SUDAN: CHAD'S RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Foreign Minister Nagoum Yamassoum, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on keeping weapons out of Sudan. Yamassoum stated that as a mediator of the Darfurconflict, the Government of Chad maintains a neutral position and does not provide support to any f the [...]	2005-02-23 15:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETTC CD SU
05NDJAMENA306	2005 AGOA REPORT FOR CHAD [...] Summary: Post submits the following for the 2005 AGOA Report to the President. End Summary. 2. Status: AGOA Eligible. 3. AGOA Trade and Investment: In 2004, Chad,s GDP was $4.6 billion and per capita income was $536. Petroleum now dominates Chadian exports to the United States. The [...]	2005-02-28 22:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA308	CATTLE, CAMELS, ELEPHANTS, AND REFUGEES: SKETCHES [...] (U) Pressures on the land are multiplying in southern Chad. Cattle and camel herds are expanding as nomads migrate further south and stay longer. Clashes with local farmers are breaking out as livestock trample crops and drain water reserves. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR [...]	2005-03-01 14:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD SU
05NDJAMENA326	FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON [...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]	2005-03-03 11:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA329	FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON [...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]	2005-03-03 14:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA330	FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON [...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]	2005-03-03 14:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA370	CHAD SEEKS HELP TO PAY FOR DARFUR MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary. Chad needs help to defray the expenses of its mediation effort on Darfur and is asking for U.S. assistance, according to President Deby's top foreign affairs and military advisors. In the meeting they requested with the Ambassador March 7, the two leaders of Chad's mediation t [...]	2005-03-08 17:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA384	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: PUBLIC REFERENDUM SET FOR [...] (C) Summary: Chad's public referendum on constitutional amendments to remove presidential term limits is scheduled for June 6. Voter registration for the referendum has been completed, but was plagued by numerous technical and logistics problems. The call by some opposition groups for a boy [...]	2005-03-14 06:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA402	WAR OF WORDS OVER OIL REVENUE COLLEGE MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadjimnadji's rebuke of comments by the representative of human rights groups on the Oil Revenue Management College has touched off controversy in N'Djamena. The Government objected to College member Dobian Assingar's statement that new petroleum discoveri [...]	2005-03-17 06:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET CD
05NDJAMENA44	POSTCARD FROM MOUNDOU: RULING PARTY INSIDER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a visit to Moundou on December 13, a ruling party member treated Ambassador Wall to a tour d,horizon of key issues facing Chad. Masagar Mbairidoum Lucas, the Secretary General of Moundou, described growing security problems, societal violence, and the culture of impunity [...]	2005-01-11 16:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA441	CHADIAN TACTICS ALARM AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) Summary: African Union officials are concerned that Chad's attempts to change the leadership of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) will contribute to major delays in restarting the Abuja talks. Ambassador Sam Ibok and Boubou Niang stopped in N'Djamena for consultations from March 18 to [...]	2005-03-22 13:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA454	NEW FINANCE MINISTER ON FUTURE OIL REVENUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad would like to use new oil revenues to enhance public security and protect vulnerable groups as well as reduce poverty, according to Chad's newly-appointed Minister of Finance. In a meeting with the Ambassador March 25, the new Minister also supported an independent panel [...]	2005-03-29 06:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CD
05NDJAMENA542	SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CHAD REPORT ONGOING VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese refugees crossing the border into eastern Chad say violence continues to rage in Darfur, a claim backed by workers from international and non-governmental organizations and African Union monitors based in Chad and Sudan. Refugees described combined attacks involving S [...]	2005-04-05 10:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA555	DARFUR REBEL DEMARCHE: HARIR AND SHOGAR ON SLM'S [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered points in ref A to Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) members Dr. Sharif Harir and Adam Shogar on April 4. Both SLM leaders praised USG efforts on behalf of the three recently passed U.N. Security Council resolutions. They also reaffirmed their commitment [...]	2005-04-06 15:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA565	CHAD PUBLICLY ACCUSES SUDAN OF AIDING CHADIAN [...] (C) Summary: On April 8, the Chadian Government convoked the diplomatic corps to accuse Khartoum publicly of "maintaining, arming, and financing" Chadian rebel groups inside Sudan. There are 3,000 Chadian rebels near El Geneina, Sudan, according to the Minister of Justice. Chad has long su [...]	2005-04-11 06:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA58	CHAD'S PRESIDENT'S SON COMES CALLING [...] (C) Summary. Chad's President Deby will accept the will of the people expressed in upcoming elections whatever the outcome, according to his son and personal secretary. The Ambassador used the opportunity of a meeting with Brahim Deby to probe into his father's views on staying in power for [...]	2005-01-17 19:49:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA589	GENERAL WALD COMES TO CHAD [...] (C) Summary: General Wald, Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command, visited the U.S.-trained Pan Sahel Unit and held meetings with President Idriss Deby, Minister of Defense Emmanuel Nadingar, and Chief of Defense Mahamat Saleh Kaya during his trip to Chad from April 10 to 11. President Deby [...]	2005-04-13 06:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PGOV CD VIP
05NDJAMENA59	PRIME MINISTER FAKI GIVES SENATOR FEINGOLD A TOUR [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Moussa Faki shared the views of the Chadian Government on a wide range of issues with Senator Russell Feingold on January 13. Faki expressed his frustration that the situation in Darfur remains unresolved and his concerns about the plight of the local Chadian pop [...]	2005-01-18 06:56:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU VIP
05NDJAMENA60	SENATOR FEINGOLD GETS AN EARFUL ON DARFUR IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold heard a number of perspectives on Darfur-related issues during his visit to Chad January 12-13. Feingold met with Sudanese refugees at Iridimi Refugee camp, held discussions with Foreign Minister Yamassoum and the Chad mediation team over the status of th [...]	2005-01-18 06:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA666	EVICTING FORMER AMBASSADOR SOUBIANE [...] (U) This is an action cable (see last para.) 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The former Chadian Ambassador to the US continues to occupy the official Residence in Washington and has maintained control of the official vehicle despite the arrival of the new Ambassador, Chad's Foreign Minister and Presid [...]	2005-04-27 13:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ODIP AMGT CD
05NDJAMENA73	SENATOR FEINGOLD TALKS ABOUT ANTI-CORRUPTION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold met with Mariam Ali, the newly-appointed Minister of Public Control and Ethics who also serves as an inspector general for government operations, and members of the Oil Revenue Management College to discuss transparency measures and mechanisms to contro [...]	2005-01-20 13:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM EPET ECON CD VIP
05NDJAMENA791	SLM PLANS FOR DARFUR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) appears to be moving ahead with its plans to hold a meeting of its members in Darfur to make leadership changes. The long-awaited meeting may take place in three weeks time. SLM members from Asmara and Nairobi began arriving in N'Djamena to [...]	2005-05-16 10:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA81	SENATOR FEINGOLD MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold expressed appreciation for Chad's cooperation in the war on terror and discussed human rights with Defense Minister Emmanuel Nadingar during his visit on January 13. Nadingar welcomed U.S. support for the Chadian military, which he says is needed to help [...]	2005-01-24 14:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU VIP
05NDJAMENA814	REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: MALNUTRITION RATES AND [...] Summary: PRM Office Director for Assistance to Africa Margaret McKelvey and Program Officer Hazel Reitz visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to monitor the operations on behalf of the Sudanese refugees in the east of Chad. This cable, one of three reporting on the visit, focuses on efforts to unders [...]	2005-05-20 10:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA834	REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART I) [...] Summary: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration officers Margaret McKelvey (Director of the Africa Office) and Hazel Reitz (Chad Program Officer and UNHCR liaison officer) visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of progress of protection and assistance efforts for Da [...]	2005-05-23 14:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA835	REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART II) [...] (C) Summary: Bureau for Population, Migration, and Refugees Officers Margaret McKelvey and Hazel Reitz traveled to Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of protection and assistance efforts in eastern Chad. This is the third of three cables from the visit. (Refs A and B). Some [...]	2005-05-24 06:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA863	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: REFERENDUM APPROACHES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The public referendum on proposed constitutional amendments will be held June 6, and allegations of manipulation and irregularities abound. Opposition parties and private radio stations have filed court cases regarding flaws in the registration process, the electoral list, and [...]	2005-05-30 16:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA866	CHAD'S OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT: DEALING WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with visiting Treasury advisors May 23, Chad's Minister of Finance explained his commitment to implementing Chad's oil revenue management system, but expressed concerns over the need to designate new priority sectors eligible for oil revenue financing. He welcom [...]	2005-05-31 06:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA867	CHAD'S OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT COLLEGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on the assessment of visiting Treasury advisors, Chad's Oil Revenue Management College (the College) is working as intended and even in some cases has succeeded in exercising a stronger role than mandated. During their visit to N'Djamena May 15-26, Ken Torp and Eileen B [...]	2005-05-31 06:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA884	SENATOR BIDEN MEETS REFUGEES AND REBELS, URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Joseph Biden delivered a strong message of U.S. support for the resolution of the crisis in Darfur, tempered by a frank discourse on the USG limitations, during his visit to Chad from May 31 to June 1. Biden traveled to Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp near Bahai, where he m [...]	2005-06-02 16:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU VIP
05NDJAMENA887	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: CENI READY FOR REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) Summary: As the ruling party goes all out to drum up votes and opposition parties call for a boycott, Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) President Djimtibaye Lapia Neldjita is confident that the public referendum to amend the constitution, including lifting presidential te [...]	2005-06-03 14:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA902	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: LOW TURN-OUT FOR PUBLIC [...] Summary: Low voter turn-out characterized the public referendum on constitutional amendments, including one that removes presidential term limits, on June 6. The low turn-out is the result of several factors, including apathy, the declaration of a public holiday, and opposition calls for a b [...]	2005-06-07 18:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA932	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: WHAT IF YOU HELD A REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: The low voter turn-out for the public referendum on June 6 is still reverberating throughout Chad's political arena. For now, Chad's political players are preoccupied with digesting and explaining what happened and determining which way forward. President Deby, the ruling part [...]	2005-06-14 16:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA933	CHADIAN MEDIATION TEAM VIEWS ON ABUJA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Chad's non-attendance for the opening days of the peace talks in Abuja stems from the mediation team's misgivings over the preparedness of the rebel movement delegations to negotiate and suspicions of Libyan maneuvering to close a deal outside the Abuja process. Ambassador Wall [...]	2005-06-14 16:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA946	GOVERNMENT AND PRESS WRANGLING [...] (SBU) Summary: Several incidents of press harassment over the past two months are raising concerns about the government's commitment to freedom of the press. Each case is different but a combination of jitters over the public referendum and overzealous government officials have created the a [...]	2005-06-17 11:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CD
05NEWDELHI1073	""NATWAR'S MAN"" SK LAMBAH: INDIA'S LIKELY NEW SPECIAL ENVOY TO ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: The expected appointment of retired career diplomat Satinder Kumar Lambah as Special Envoy to Pakistan would maintain the web of engagement between New Delhi and Islamabad, but at a quieter pitch, a decidedly lower political level, and with firmer MEA guidance than was the case w [...]	2005-02-10 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1076	GOI SAYS RECOVERED URANIUM IS DEPLETED, NOT HIGHLY [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 5, the "Times of India" ran a hysterical story that metal plates recovered from two "small-time drug peddlers" on December 8, 2004 were analyzed and found to be weapons-grade highly enriched uranium. Subsequent reporting, including a press release from India's Atomi [...]	2005-02-10 13:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PGOV PREL TRGY IN
05NEWDELHI1113	NATWAR SINGH TO RESTART INDO-PAK DIALOGUE IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: FM Natwar Singh's February 15-17 trip to Islamabad will be an opportunity for the two governments to re-engage at a high level after a hiatus of nearly two months, during which the most important bilateral stories -- Islamabad's request for World Bank assistance to resolve the Ba [...]	2005-02-11 13:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1190	NEPALESE POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN DELHI [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Sharing perspectives on Nepal developments with Polcouns and Poloffs on February 15, International Crisis Group (ICG) analyst Suman Pradhan (protect) reported on the growing number of Nepalese politicians who have converged in New Delhi i [...]	2005-02-15 12:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN NP
05NEWDELHI1234	KASHMIR BUS AGREEMENT A ""HISTORICAL MILESTONE"" [...] (C) Summary: The February 16 agreement by India and Pakistan to begin bus service across the LOC between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad beginning on April 7 is the most important Kashmir-specific CBM since the November 2003 LOC ceasefire agreement, and will have important political ramifications in [...]	2005-02-16 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1262	GOI WITHOUT PLAN "B", HOPING NEPAL KING WILL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used the return to New Delhi of Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee as an opportunity to discuss with the GOI the current strategy on Nepal. During the February 16 meeting, also attended by MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal/Bhutan) Ranjit Rae, Polcouns and Poloff, Mukherjee expres [...]	2005-02-17 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI1274	NAXALITES AND SYMPATHIZERS ENCOURAGED BY NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: In a reflection of India's mounting concern about internal disorder, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee recently described India's Naxalite insurgency as "the gravest threat to our internal security." This worry is also reflected in the stern GOI reaction to the coup in Nepal, wi [...]	2005-02-18 05:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ELAB PHUM PINR IN NP
05NEWDELHI1304	BIHAR ELECTIONS COULD WEAKEN UPA GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: The elections for the Bihar State Assembly are being watched more closely than usual this year, because the outcome could possibly weaken the UPA coalition in Delhi. A resurgent Congress is losing patience with Bihar satrap Lalu Prasad Yadav, and would like to reduce his influenc [...]	2005-02-18 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KISL IN
05NEWDELHI1422	ASSESSING NEAR-TERM OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NSSP [...] (C) Summary: In hopes of avoiding a slowdown on key issues in the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar outlined specific matters that require resolution during a February 18 meeting with visiting SA/RA Director John Schlosser, PolCouns, and [...]	2005-02-24 11:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PARM MASS TRGY KNNP ETTC IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1424	THE BJP PROMISES FIREWORKS FOR BUDGET SESSION [...] (C) Summary: The BJP leadership is determined to disrupt Parliament when the Budget Session convenes on February 25, insisting that the agitation will not end until the UPA ""restores"" the deposed Goa government (Reftel B). Congress plans to undercut the agitation by convening the Goa Assemb [...]	2005-02-24 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI1427	NOTHING MAJOR FROM JACK STRAW'S NEW DELHI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's February 16-18 visit to India yielded "nothing major," according to the UK High Commission, and was distinctly low key compared to earlier stops in Kabul and Islamabad. Straw signed two immigration/law enforcement agreements, and discussed Indo-Pak [...]	2005-02-24 14:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM IN NP BG AF UK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1481	INDO-US SECURITY COOPERATION: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Meeting on 23 February, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar and DSCA Director for Middle East, Asia and North Africa Ed Ross agreed that a large cooperative defense program, such as a P-3 or C-130 sale, would build trust and demonstrate US reliability as a defense suppli [...]	2005-02-25 13:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KSTC MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI1519	NO CONGRESS KNOCKOUT - BJP BACK IN THE RUNNING [...] (C) Summary: Despite a decisive victory in Haryana, Congress and its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies have emerged chastened by the elections in Jharkhand, and Bihar. Although the Jharkhand/Bihar outcome has given the BJP and its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners a new leas [...]	2005-02-28 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI1520	GOI UPBEAT ON CYBER-COOPERATION, SERIOUS ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a brief February 22 meeting, National Security Council Secretariat Joint Secretary Arvind Gupta and Deputy Director (Information Security) Commander Mukesh Saini were upbeat on US-India cybersecurity cooperation, clarified the objective of the upcoming April 18-19 Cybersecuri [...]	2005-02-28 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCIP TINT KCRM PREL PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI1551	TERRORIST THREATS MARR SUCCESSFUL KASHMIR POLLS [...] (C) Summary: The February J&K municipal elections produced largely positive results. Participation, among the most important criteria for defining a ""successful"" election in the state, greatly exceeded expectations (even in areas with a history of alienation from New Delhi),proving again [...]	2005-03-01 12:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN PK
05NEWDELHI1554	US-INDIA PEACEKEEPING JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) Summary: At the fourth US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on February 14, IO PDAS Swigert underscored US concerns about sexual exploitation committed within UN peacekeeping ranks and asked India, a main troop contributor, to play a leading role to ensure that the problem is deal [...]	2005-03-01 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO XA IN
05NEWDELHI1661	RAHUL GANDHI: LACKLUSTER LEADER [...] (S) In a March 1 conversation with Poloff, influential columnist and political insider Saeed Naqvi commented on Rahul Gandhi at some length. Naqvi prefaced his remarks by noting that he was a personal friend of Rahul's father, Rajiv Gandhi, and a well-wisher of the Gandhi family. Naqvi was initi [...]	2005-03-03 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL IN
05NEWDELHI1664	INDIA REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR IRAQ, BUT NO NEW [...] (C) Summary: Outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf Division) R. Dayakar and his successor Sanjay Singh reiterated GOI willingness to support Iraq's reconstruction, but offered no new initiatives in a meeting with PolCouns and PolMilOff on March 3. Assistance to Iraq will continue to be constrai [...]	2005-03-03 13:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ENRG IZ IN
05NEWDELHI1710	STATE ELECTIONS SET OFF POLITICAL TURMOIL IN INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Attempts by Congress to grab power in Goa and Jharkhand has thrown the Indian domestic political scene into turmoil. Observers in Delhi see these moves as part of a larger strategy by Congress operatives to gain control over a majority of Indian states. Should Congress succeed i [...]	2005-03-04 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI1715	ADVANCING USG EFFORTS ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: The Bhutanese Ambassador reaffirmed to us on March 3 that Thimphu remains committed to repatriate Category 1 refugees under the Dewey-Wangchuck framework, but is unlikely to allow any refugees to return until the constitution is finalized, and sees little prospect of progress on [...]	2005-03-04 13:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI1773	CONGRESS BEGINS PARTY CLEANUP IN HARYANA [...] (C) Summary: Following a week of political turmoil in which Congress has taken a beating for playing fast and rough with the democratic process in several states, the party leadership moved to install a cleaner politician as Chief Minister of Haryana. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, a longtime Congre [...]	2005-03-08 08:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI1783	INDIA SEEKS TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON [...] (S) Summary: During a highly-anticipated February 22 briefing on the Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) missile defense system, GOI and USG representatives cited the exchange as evidence of the transformed Indo-US relationship. Throughout the session, GOI statements and questions indicat [...]	2005-03-08 10:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	KSTC MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1854	INDIA'S COMMUNISTS - CONTENT TO SUPPORT THE [...] (C) Summary: The strong performance of the BJP following recent State Assembly elections has convinced India's mainstream Communists to downplay their differences with the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and cooperate for the time being to meet the "rightist" threat. The Communists [...]	2005-03-10 10:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL PINR IN
05NEWDELHI1866	INDO-PAK CRICKET: FROM ""LOVE-FEST"" TO MINI-SUMMIT [...] (C) Adding to the veritable ""love-fest"" that Mission contacts and Indian press have reported surrounding the Pakistan cricket team's current tour of India (septel),the MEA has publicly cleared the way for an official invitation to Pakistan President Musharraf to attend a match ""of his cho [...]	2005-03-10 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SCUL IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1872	HOME MINISTER UPBEAT ON KASHMIR, WORRIES OF POTENTIAL MAOIST SPILLOVER FROM NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Home Minister Shivraj Patil credited Pakistan with reducing infiltration, called the law and order situation in the state ""more comfortable,"" and expressed confidence that the first Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus would roll on schedule on Apr [...]	2005-03-10 13:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK NP IN
05NEWDELHI1905	PRESSING INDIA ON NSSP PHASE II [...] (C) Summary: In the absence of MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar, who is on extended travel for non-proliferation and C/T dialogues in Australia and the UK, PolCouns flagged the need for progress on Indian export control legislation to keep the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) [...]	2005-03-11 10:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG ETTC PARM IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1921	US ARMS SUPPLIES TO PAKISTAN BACK IN THE PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: With Secstate Rice due to arrive in India March 15, and with political memories still fresh from the announcement of major non-NATO Ally status for Pakistan last March, the issue of F-16 sales to Pakistan is rising. Indian concern regarding the F-16 issue is reflected in a series of GO [...]	2005-03-11 13:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MASS PK IN
05NEWDELHI1938	INDIA WANTS HIGH FIDELITY MISSILE DEFENSE EXERCISES [...] (S) Summary: In her remarks at the initial working group meeting of the US-India Missile Defense (MD) Workshop in Hyderabad on March 3-4, MEA Additional Secretary for International Security Meera Shankar affirmed New Delhi's desire for a cooperative MD technology relationship with the US over [...]	2005-03-14 08:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	KOMC MARR PGOV PREL TNGD IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2047	BHUTANESE CENSUS UNLIKELY TO FACILITATE FURTHER [...] (C) In response to Reftel and following our contacts with travelers to Thimphu, the Mission assesses little likelihood that the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) will use the upcoming census to justify further expulsions of ethnic Nepali citizens from Bhutan. United Nations Development Progr [...]	2005-03-17 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI2050	INDIA ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In an upbeat assessment of Secretary Rice's first visit to India, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar described the action agenda that the Secretary left behind as "the most significant road map we've had in the last 47 years." Areas for immediate progress include expa [...]	2005-03-17 13:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PREL ENRG ETRD MASS TSPA ETTC IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2086	A CHASTENED CONGRESS FACES HARSH REALITIES [...] (C) Summary: As India's leading newsmagazine splashed across the cover of its March 21 issue, "the halo has slipped," from Sonia Gandhi after Congress' electoral setbacks and questionable decisions in Bihar, Goa, and Jharkhand. The long term impact for Congress and the BJP is unlikely to be [...]	2005-03-18 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI2094	FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN REQUESTS REVIEW OF MODI VISA DECISION [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Amid extensive media coverage of the USG decision to not issue an A2 visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and to revoke his B1/B2 visa, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran called the DCM to his office late afternoon on March 18 [...]	2005-03-18 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CVIS KIRF IN
05NEWDELHI2095	ANGRY BJP REACTION TO MODI VISA DENIAL; OTHERS [...] (C) Summary: The March 18 USG revocation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's visa has set off strong criticism in the BJP, and prompted the Foreign Secretary to call in the DCM to lodge a protest (Ref A),followed by an MEA statement expressing its "deep concern and regret." The BJP rea [...]	2005-03-18 13:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI2140	MODI CASE REFLECTS DOMESTIC POLITICAL DIVIDE [...] (C) Summary: Aside from limited and localized protests in Gujarat and scattered nationalist editorial comment, BJP efforts to build a domestic political issue out of the Modi visa revocation seem to be dissipating. Few outside the Sangh Parivar have risen to the bait and responded to BJP calls to [...]	2005-03-21 13:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF IN
05NEWDELHI2266	GOI DEMARCHE: INDIA SEEKS MORE ON IC-814 [...] (C) During a March 23 meeting with DCM and PolCouns and pursuant to discussions at the August-September 2004 US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar delivered the following SIPDIS non-paper requesting USG assistance with the GOI investi [...]	2005-03-24 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI2299	DEFENSE SALES TO INDIA: THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION [...] (C) Secretary Rice's visit to India, the announcement that U.S. companies will enter the competition to supply multi-role combat aircraft to India, and India's already articulated interest in P-3C aircraft, have raised the economic dimension of our defense relationship with India to a new level. ( [...]	2005-03-28 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM ECON EFIN AA NSSP
05NEWDELHI2470	"WE ARE COMMUNISTS, BUT WE ARE NOT FOOLS:" CPI(M) [...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party of India-Marxist, the CPI(M) or CPM, the most organized and important member of India's Left Front (LF),will debate whether to change its leadership at its April 6-12 Party Congress. The CPI (M) patriarch, Harkishen Singh Surjeet, who steered the party to [...]	2005-04-01 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI2602	CONGRESS CULTURE DEFINES SONIA GANDHI'S ROLE [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-06 13:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON IN
05NEWDELHI2608	GWOT ASSESSMENT: MISSION INDIA INPUT [...] (C) Summary: Mission welcomes the opportunity to share its views on ways to expand our GWOT efforts and cooperation with New Delhi as solicited in Refs A and B. We agree with the overall thrust of the Bureau's approach (Ref C),but suggest additional focus on: -- Continued pressing of Isla [...]	2005-04-06 15:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI2631	HISTORIC SRINAGAR-MUZAFFARABAD ""PEACE CARAVAN"" ROLLS! [...] (C) Summary: In an act of personal and political courage, the Prime Minister, joined by key cabinet and Congress Party colleagues, traveled to Srinagar on April 7 to inaugurate the bus service that has captured the imaginations of Kashmiris on both sides of the LOC. Emphasizing that ""nothing [...]	2005-04-07 13:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK IN
05NEWDELHI2717	RGOB NON-COMMITTAL ON SUPPORT FOR UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In an April 7 meeting with Bhutanese Foreign Secretary Neden Zangmo, DCM urged the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) to support a UNCHR resolution against Cuba noting that Bhutan's vote could be decisive. The FS was non-committal citing the support Cuba had provided Bhutan in th [...]	2005-04-11 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP BT CU UNHCR
05NEWDELHI276	TSUNAMI ENCOURAGES A PERIOD OF POLITICAL AMITY [...] (C) Summary: The unprecedented scale of the Tsunami disaster has compelled India's usually contentious political coalitions to bury their differences and cooperate to relieve the suffering. Likewise, elements of the Left which strongly oppose the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's [...]	2005-01-12 05:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL IN
05NEWDELHI2788	INDIAN LEFT REMAINS ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO US SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Most Indian strategic commentators have endorsed the Administration's March 25 South Asia Initiative, and there is an emerging consensus within the GOI that India should capitalize on this opportunity to ensure close ties to the US. India's Communist parties remain adamantly oppo [...]	2005-04-13 12:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MASS IN PK NSSP
05NEWDELHI2844	BHUTAN WILL ABSTAIN ON CHR RESOLUTION ON CUBA WITH [...] (C) Bhutan has agreed in principle to abstain on the CHR resolution on Cuba, but has specifically asked for stronger US support and understanding on the issue of the refugee camps in Nepal, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering stated during an April 14 phone call with the Ambassador. He commented t [...]	2005-04-14 14:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP BT CU
05NEWDELHI2932	A TROUBLED BJP TURNS TO THE RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Facing multiple crises, including electoral lethargy, growing ideological divides and an uncertain leadership succession, the BJP is drifting further to the right in an attempt to rouse its Hindutva base. The imminent departure of former PM Vajpayee and Party President Advani ha [...]	2005-04-19 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI2949	JASWANT SINGH SUPPORTS THE SECRETARY'S MARCH 25 SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with A/S Rocca and the Charge in New Delhi on April 18, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the Secretary's May 25 South Asia Initiative, especially its SIPDIS military aspects such as co-production. Singh implied tha [...]	2005-04-20 09:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV IN PK NSSP
05NEWDELHI301	AFTER DIXIT, INDIA PONDERS ROLE OF ITS NSA AND WHO [...] (C) Summary: Two questions now swirl around India's National Security Advisor position: will it lose its major role in the Indian foreign policy establishment, and who will land the job permanently? JN Dixit's death has prompted media speculation that PM Manmohan Singh is reassessing what he want [...]	2005-01-12 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK

05NEWDELHI3218	PARADIGM SHIFT ON KASHMIR UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's landmark visit to Delhi has strengthened the paradigm shift underway in India about the prospects for progress on Kashmir. Under the leadership of PM Manmohan Singh and the Pakistani President, the two countries have broken their impasse over Kashmir as the [...]	2005-04-28 12:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK IN
05NEWDELHI3270	NEW INDIAN EXPORT CONTROL LAW IN THE MAKING [...] (SBU) Summary: A front page article in the April 26 "Indian Express" reported details of an ambitious draft export control bill giving the GOI far-reaching authority to investigate and enforce stricter controls on WMD-related items and technologies. Entitled "The Weapons of Mass Destruction [...]	2005-04-29 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KNNP KOMC KSTC PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI3365	INDIA'S LEADING COMMUNIST OPENS UP TO THE EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Charge and Poloff on May 4, newly-elected Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat demonstrated that he is a talented SIPDIS and skillful leader who is well-aware of his political importance. Karat emphasized that the Communists want to play a [...]	2005-05-04 12:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI3505	BJP LEADER REAFFIRMS US-INDIA COMMITMENT [...] (C) Summary: BJP spokesman and former Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley warned us recently that the Modi controversy continues to fester among the party rank and file, who see the Chief Minister's visa revocation as a personal attack on a leader of the party that began the transformation of US-India r [...]	2005-05-10 10:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON IN US
05NEWDELHI352	MEA NON-PAPER ON TERRORIST CAMPS IN PAKISTAN AND PAKISTANI KASHMIR [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun K Singh on January 12 showed PolCouns and Poloffs information on the locations and size of eight terrorist camps located in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir. The data are as follows: 2. (S) Begin list: -- Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (L [...]	2005-01-13 12:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI355	MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, DESPITE SLOW PACE [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Foreign Ministry remains optimistic about Indo-Pak relations, despite slow progress in the recent round of the Composite Dialogue, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun K Singh told SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloffs on January 12. ""The process has mo [...]	2005-01-13 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3599	GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT KASHMIRIS THINK [...] ... (COPY THE FORMATED FILE)) SUBJECT: GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT KASHMIRIS THINK Classified By: Polcouns Geoff Pyatt, for Reasons 1.4 (B, D) Â [...]	2005-05-12 11:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK IN
05NEWDELHI3736	PARLIAMENT CONCLUDES A STORMY YET PRODUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Despite BJP disruptions and a boycott of Parliament, the UPA and the Left Front (LF) passed crucial legislation and the budget during the session which ended May 13. Growing animosity between the BJP and the UPA underlies the inability of the parties to cooperate in Parliament, [...]	2005-05-18 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR IN
05NEWDELHI3744	INDIAN GOVERNMENT BRIEFS ON NEW EXPORT CONTROL LAW [...] (C) Summary: MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar expressed MEA intentions to take the lead on implementation of the new WMD law in a meeting with Charge, PolCouns, and PolMilOff on May 18. According to Shankar, the real success of the WMD bill was not its passage [...]	2005-05-18 13:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV KSTC KNNP TRGY ETTC CH IR IN
05NEWDELHI3912	SONIA REVAMPS TWO PARTY COMMITTEES [...] (U) In the run-up to her re-election as Party President on May 27, Sonia Gandhi on May 25 revamped two important Congress party committees, the Parliamentary Affairs Committee (PAC) and the Media Committee (MC). Defunct for almost 20 years, Sonia plans to make the PAC into an active body and [...]	2005-05-26 10:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI3932	NDA CALLS FOR STRIKES TO PROTEST DISSOLUTION OF [...] (C) Summary: A strike called by the opposition NDA for May 24-25 to protest the government's dissolution of the Bihar Assembly and to demand the removal of Bihar Governor Buta Singh drew a limited response. Clearly not impressed with the strike, the UPA reiterated its support for the Governo [...]	2005-05-27 05:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI3933	THE UPA SCORES BETTER THAN AVERAGE AFTER ONE YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The UPA government completed one year in office on May 22. Although the Left parties and the BJP predictably criticized its performance, commentary has been generally positive, reflecting widespread respect for Manmohan Singh's performance. Despite some initial weaknesses (such [...]	2005-05-27 05:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PARM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN
05NEWDELHI395	INDIA COMMITTED TO PUL-I-KHUMRI, INTERESTED IN [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran) Arun K Singh and newly appointed Ambassador to Afghanistan Rakesh Sood provided an update on Indian projects in Afghanistan, noting proudly that with the exception of the Parliament building and the Pul-i-Khumri [...]	2005-01-14 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID IN AF
05NEWDELHI4232	ADVANI'S DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE IN PAKISTAN PROVOKES [...] (C) Summary: During his landmark May 30-June 6 trip to Pakistan, Opposition Leader LK Advani renounced his former antagonism towards Pakistan and its founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, lauding him as a secular "ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity." Advani's public recognition of Pakistani sovereignty [...]	2005-06-06 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IN PK
05NEWDELHI4270	ADVANI RESIGNATION THROWS THE BJP INTO TURMOIL [...] (U) BJP President LK Advani threw his party into turmoil on June 7 when he abruptly announced his resignation after a tempest erupted following his recent visit to Pakistan (Reftel). In his letter of resignation Advani stood by his remarks in Pakistan praising the country's founder Muhammad [...]	2005-06-07 12:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IN PK
05NEWDELHI4299	BIOS OF KASHMIR-RELATED LEADERS -- PART 2 [...] (C) This is the second of a three-part biographic report compiling information and impressions A/Polcouns gained from contact with Indian Kashmir-related politicians, government officials, separatists, academics, journalists, NGO activists, and others during a 2002-2005 assignment at Embassy [...]	2005-06-08 06:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4300	BIOS OF KASHMIR-RELATED LEADERS -- PART 3 [...] (C) This is the third of a three-part biographic report compiling information and impressions A/Polcouns gained from contact with Indian Kashmir-related politicians, government officials, separatists, academics, journalists, NGO activists, and others during a 2002-2005 assignment at Embassy N [...]	2005-06-08 06:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4308	INDIAN LABOR LEADERS OPPOSE UPA PLANS FOR PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: Leftist labor unions and the UPA's communist allies have stepped up their opposition to the GOI's announced plans for a public offering of 10 percent of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL),which will raise approximately $400 million dollars for the National Investment Fund ( [...]	2005-06-08 10:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EINV PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI4312	INFORMATION MINISTER JAIPAL REDDY UPBEAT ON MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Charge and the PA Minister Counselor in New Delhi on June 7, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Jaipal Reddy was upbeat and optimistic about the prospects for further liberalization of the media sector. The purpose of the Charge's call was to get the Minis [...]	2005-06-08 11:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4315	ADVANI'S RESIGNATION - WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] (C) Summary: The turmoil surrounding Advani's dramatic June 7 resignation as BJP President continues. The BJP leadership meeting June 8 voted unanimously for him to remain, while the Sangh Parivar (family of Hindu nationalist groups) spent the day celebrating his resignation and anticipating [...]	2005-06-08 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IN PK
05NEWDELHI4434	INDIA SUPPORTS SRI LANKA'S JOINT MECHANISM AND AIR [...] (C) Summary: During Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's visit to New Delhi on June 2-3, PM Singh gave GOI conditional support for the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),discussed concerns about the LTTE's air capability, and offered to upgrade Sri Lankan Air Forc [...]	2005-06-13 11:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS ECON CE IN
05NEWDELHI4447	ADVANI WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION AND RETURNS TO THE [...] (C) Summary: On June 10, LK Advani withdrew his resignation as BJP party President in response to unrelenting pressure from the party leadership. He accepted a compromise formula which credits him for a successful trip to Pakistan, while criticizing Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Advani's [...]	2005-06-13 11:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI4632	GOI ON NSSP REMAINING STEPS: U.S. MOVING THE [...] (C) Summary: In response to DCM's delivery of reftel demarche on June 17, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar expressed concern that the USG was "moving the goalposts" on non-proliferation negotiations and that it would be difficult to achieve harmonization beyond [...]	2005-06-17 13:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PARM PGOV IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI4633	INDIA PROPOSES INDIA-US GLOBAL DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE [...] The world's oldest democracy and the world's largest democracy have an obligation to the global community to strengthen values, ideals and practices of freedom, pluralism and rule of law. 2. As developed democracies, they must assist other societies in transition to become more open and d [...]	2005-06-17 13:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IN US
05NEWDELHI4761	SOCIOECONOMIC FUTURE OF INDIAN DALITS REMAINS BLEAK [...] (C) Summary: Embassy interlocutors report that after one year of UPA rule, limited government efforts to improve dalit (formerly called ""untouchables"") socioeconomic status have shown little success, ensuring that they continue to face severe economic and social discrimination. Government reser [...]	2005-06-22 13:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI4861	LEFT FRONT SUSPENDS COORDINATION WITH UPA [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, the four parties of the Left Front (LF) suspended regularly scheduled coordination meetings with the UPA government, which were meant to implement the Common Minimum Program (CMP),but said they would continue to support the government from the outside. The Communists [...]	2005-06-27 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON IN
05NEWDELHI492	INDIA DOWNPLAYS LOC CEASEFIRE VIOLATION [...] (C) New Delhi has publicly downplayed the January 18 evening incident of artillery fire at the LOC, the first such case since guns fell silent in November 2003, and has assigned its Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) to discuss the incident with his Pakistani counterpart via a reg [...]	2005-01-19 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4996	INDIA TESTS TRILATERAL TALKS WITH CHINA AND RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's June 2 meeting with the Foreign Ministers of China and Russia in Vladivostok reflects India's desire for greater cooperation on areas of mutual interest such as energy, terrorism, and business, but Delhi-based analysts contend that any results for [...]	2005-06-30 12:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RS CH IN
05NEWDELHI5049	MISHRA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC TO U/S BURNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with U/S Burns and the Charge on June 25, former NSA Brajesh Mishra was cautiously optimistic on the US-India relationship. One of the architects of India's greatly expanded ties with Washington, Mishra stressed that progress would be incremental and evolutionary, that b [...]	2005-07-01 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IN CH US
05NEWDELHI5108	SEEKING ELECTORAL GAINS LEFT PARTIES COME DOWN [...] (C) Summary: India's Left parties have severely criticized the "New Framework for the US-India Defense Relationship" signed by SecDef Rumsfeld and DefMin Mukherjee on June 28, despite initial positive reviews from most Indian media and strategic commentators, and will hold street demonstrations [...]	2005-07-05 10:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PINR PINS PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI5115	INDIA'S ASSESSMENT OF THE EXBS PROGRAM: "TRAIN THE [...] (SBU) MEA Under Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Nutan Kapoor gave PolMilOff a brief overview of an internal GOI assessment of recent EXBS events on July 5. According to Kapoor, MEA surveyed GOI officials that participated in EXBS events in the past year and found that while [...]	2005-07-05 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETTC KNNP PARM IN GOI
05NEWDELHI5208	SONIA GANDHI CAPS INDIA'S MONTH IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Sonia Gandhi's trip to Russia from June 13-16 (Ref A) on her first bilateral visit abroad since taking over as the United Progressive Alliance Chairperson has stirred debate about the symbolism of her trip and provoked a front-page controversy over questions of ethics and protoco [...]	2005-07-07 10:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET PGOV RS IN
05NEWDELHI5216	BJP MISCALCULATES AGAIN: EFFORTS TO CAPITALIZE ON [...] (C) Summary: BJP attempts to capitalize on the July 5 Ayodhya terrorist attack have largely fallen flat, and opposition calls for the resignation of Home Minister Patil and the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister have evoked little popular response. BJP calls for nationwide strikes and demonstrations [...]	2005-07-07 11:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER KISL IN PK
05NEWDELHI5226	PM: SPIKE IN TERRORISM COULD THREATEN INDO-PAK [...] (C) Summary: In addition to the July 6 attack in Ayodhya, senior J&K politicians and civilian officials are increasingly under terrorist attack, and a long string of bombings in Kashmir is growing more lethal. The recent incidents in J&K, coupled with the Ayodhya attack (Ref A),led to PM Si [...]	2005-07-07 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI5320	RSS FLEXES POLITICAL MUSCLES, DEMANDS ADVANI'S [...] (C) Summary: The right-wing Hindutva Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) asserted its political dominance of the BJP on July 8, calling for the removal of LK Advani from his party leadership positions, including the presidency and head of the parliamentary delegation. Pundits expect the move t [...]	2005-07-11 13:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI5354	PM AND DEFMIN SCOFF AT LEFTIST CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary: To place Left Parties' continuing attacks on the New Framework for US-India Defense in context, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have reassured critics that the agreement is in India's national interest, does not compromise Indian security or soverei [...]	2005-07-12 14:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR KSTC IN
05NEWDELHI5365	INDIAN LABOR LAW REFORMS NOT LIKELY SOON; IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary: The Indian business community is frustrated by what it views as "inflexible" labor laws that constrain business operations and lead companies to use costly loopholes. American companies also favor labor law reforms, but are not as concerned as their Indian counterparts. Labor u [...]	2005-07-13 05:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON IN
05NEWDELHI5382	DELHI WORRIED ABOUT SPIKE IN TERRORISM, THREATS, [...] (C) Summary: Indian concerns over possible spectacular terrorist incidents are escalating, based on the recent London and Ayodhya attacks, widespread speculation on what high-profile target might be next, and a significant uptick in terrorism reporting in the Indian media, most of which point [...]	2005-07-13 12:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL SCUL ASEC IN PK
05NEWDELHI5402	FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS REPORT: INDIA, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-14 06:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM ECON ETRD PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI5444	INDIA COMPLETES THE NSSP, STILL PONDERING PSI [...] (S) Summary: Paving the way for completion of the NSSP, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar delivered two non-papers to the Charge and PolCouns on July 14, one responding to USG questions about implementation of the WMD Bill (see text in para 5 and initial analysi [...]	2005-07-14 13:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETTC KNNP KSTC PARM TSPA IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI549	INDIA ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT: NOT WITHOUT ME [...] (C) Summary: Following the November 2004 ASEAN Plus One Summit in Vientiane, the MEA scoffed at the idea of an East Asia Summit, but a recent conversation with MEA Joint Secretary (Southeast Asia Two) Biren Nanda indicates India SIPDIS has shifted from that position. It now appears that In [...]	2005-01-20 13:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN IN ASEAN
05NEWDELHI5521	INDIAN WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE OBSTACLES IN POLITICS [...] Summary: Despite an impressive list of accomplishments, including several current Chief Ministerships and presidency of the Congress party, Indian women continue to face cultural and practical barriers to their participation in politics. Female political leaders insist that greater women's par [...]	2005-07-18 10:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KWMN PINR SOCI IN AF BG PK
05NEWDELHI5592	SRINAGAR BOMBING MERITS PUBLIC USG RESPONSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: A powerful car bomb possibly detonated by a suicide bomber killed at least 3 security personnel and two unidentified persons (probably including the terrorist) outside of a school today in Srinagar. Police sources tell us [...]	2005-07-20 09:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IN PK
05NEWDELHI5593	UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT SHAKY - COULD FALL SHORTLY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 13-15 visit to Uttar Pradesh (UP) Poloff met with a wide variety of interlocutors who speculated that the two year rule of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav would soon come to an end. Pervasive mis-governance and corruption, and a fast-deteriorating law and order sit [...]	2005-07-20 09:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON PINR IN
05NEWDELHI5616	PM SINGH'S US TRIP MEETS NEW DELHI'S HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Initial reactions to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's highly anticipated July 18-19 meetings in Washington have been overwhelmingly positive. Most commentators believe that the US decision to normalize our civil nuclear relationship puts substance behind the US promise to assist [...]	2005-07-20 13:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP ETRD ENRG IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5680	PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S NUCLEAR LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Our contacts in the Indian nuclear establishment welcomed the July 18 announcement of potential civil nuclear cooperation and are confident that Prime Minister Singh's experience with the nuclear sector will be critical to rapid implementation of the commitments that India made [...]	2005-07-22 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD IN KNNP PGOV PREL NSSP
05NEWDELHI5684	INDIAN OBSERVERS: TIME TO TURN UP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: Non-governmental Nepal-watchers in New Delhi remain pessimistic about the chances for a compromise between King Gyanendra and the Nepalese political parties. Many say that the next 2-3 months will be crucial for a rapprochement, with a strong likelihood that the parties and Maois [...]	2005-07-22 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM IN NP
05NEWDELHI5685	MONSOON SESSION OF PARLIAMENT LIKELY TO BE LESS [...] (C) Summary: Although it leads the opposition, the BJP is in disarray and largely incapable of playing a strong role in the upcoming Parliamentary session scheduled for July 25-August 26. The Left Front (LF) is determined to fill the vacuum and will act more like an opposition party than an [...]	2005-07-22 13:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KNNP IN
05NEWDELHI5755	JASWANT IN THE WILDERNESS [...] (C) Summary: A deeply embittered Jaswant Singh shared with us a scathing assessment of the Congress government, calling Manmohan Singh unfit to govern India and warning that the contradictions inherent in the UPA coalition made meaningful reform impossible. Jaswant disassociated himself from t [...]	2005-07-26 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EINV PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI5814	INDIA AND NEPAL TO TEST BORDER CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: India and Nepal have agreed to a pilot program to check documents at only one border crossing as an experiment in increasing security along the 1,750 km open border. MEA officials downplayed the significance of the decision with us, pointing out that any substantial control ov [...]	2005-07-27 12:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV PBTS IN NP
05NEWDELHI5815	INDIAN LEFT OPPOSES "PRO-US SHIFT" BUT WILL [...] Summary: The Left Front heavily criticized agreements reached during the PM's visit to Washington, claiming that the UPA has abandoned its pledge in the Common Minimum Program (CMP) to pursue "multipolarity," in favor of a "pro-US shift" initiated by the previous NDA government. The CPI and C [...]	2005-07-27 13:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ECON IN CH IR
05NEWDELHI5845	TEA WITH AN INDIAN MARXIST: ARTICULATE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge and D/Polcouns met July 26 with Sitaram Yechury, a senior and more moderate member of the CPI/M, to understand better the Left's political calculus at the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, and also to make the pitch for better ties with the U.S. Yechury is the [...]	2005-07-28 07:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI5865	LABOR PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT OUTSIDE DELHI [...] (C) Summary: A July 25 protest rally in support of workers of a Honda subsidiary turned into an all-out riot in Gurgaon, following apparent provocations by unions linked to India's Communist parties. Located 25 kilometers southwest of Delhi, Gurgaon is a major hub of multinational corporations [...]	2005-07-28 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON EINV ASEC PHUM IN JA
05NEWDELHI5874	TRAIN BLAST CAUSED BY RDX, GOI LOSING PATIENCE [...] (C) A blast on a New Delhi-bound train killing at least 13 passengers on July 28 was caused by RDX, police sources told us, noting that the same explosive was found in the possession of the July 5 Ayodhya attackers (Ref B). Director General AK Suri of the Railway Protection Force reported tha [...]	2005-07-29 08:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI5879	INDIAN PM BRIEFS PARLIAMENT ON US TIES: IT'S ALL [...] (C) Summary: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heralded his first state visit to the US as an unqualified success for India's foreign and economic policy in a speech to Parliament on July 29, and emphasized that India's relationship with the US was based on equality and reciprocity, sentim [...]	2005-07-29 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MNUC ENRG EINV KNNP IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI5912	BHUTANESE DRAFT CONSTITUTION: A STEP IN THE RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: The RGOB released a draft constitution on March 26, continuing the process of democratic reform started when the King abdicated power to a council of ministers in 1998. The draft, if approved, would create a constitutional monarchy with a Parliament consisting of an upper and lo [...]	2005-07-29 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ECON KDEM KIRF SENV IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI5913	INDIAN SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ASSAM AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Amidst continuing anguish over the growing number of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in India, the Supreme Court on July 13 repealed the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) (IMDT) Act in Assam, marking a victory for the BJP and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and paving the way [...]	2005-07-29 13:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PINS SMIG PREL BD IN
05NEWDELHI5925	KASHMIRIS: INDIA NOW HOLDS ALL THE CARDS, BUT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A survey of Kashmiri political opinion in Srinagar, Jammu, and Delhi indicates a consensus that India is in a magisterial position right now: our contacts assess that India's strategic stock is secure and rising on the heels of the PM's visit to Washington; they agree the mood of [...]	2005-08-01 07:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS ECON ASEC PBTS IN PK
05NEWDELHI594	INDIA'S SUNNI-SHIA DIVIDE DOMINATES MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: Indian Shias are excited about the prospect of a Shia government in Iraq, revere Ayatollah Sistani and support the January 30 election. This does not mean, however, that they are pro-American, as they also want US troops to depart Iraq as soon as possible and Iraq and Iran to ha [...]	2005-01-25 05:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IR IZ
05NEWDELHI5960	MHA ADDRESSING TERRORISM, WILLING TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: Special Secretary (Home) KP Singh told Charge, Consul General and Poloff on August 1 that recent terrorist attacks in India, while worrisome, represent a return to past levels of higher terrorist activity to which India was accustomed. He identified several new MHA initiatives t [...]	2005-08-02 08:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC MASS IN PK NP
05NEWDELHI6011	PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON US-INDO NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (C) Summary: The much-anticipated Lok Sabha debate on PM Singh's visit to Washington and his July 28 statement in Parliament (Ref A) contained few surprises: the BJP called for a national debate and nit-picked over technicalities of the agreement while the Communist parties decried the Congre [...]	2005-08-03 15:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MNUC MASS KNNP ENRG EPET KDEM NSSP
05NEWDELHI6079	PM REAFFIRMS VALUE OF STRATEGIC TIES WITH U.S. IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Compared to the staid August 3 Lok Sabha debate about Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit (Reftel),the statements in the Rajya Sabha on August 4 were much livelier, with the depth of feeling reflected in repeated personal insults and yelling matches. Throughout the debate [...]	2005-08-05 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MNUC MASS KNNP ENRG EPET KDEM IN
05NEWDELHI6150	DELHI ON WARY TACK WITH ISLAMABAD, MULLING TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting political concern about increased infiltration across the Line of Control (LOC),and BJP sniping over the UPA government's failure to hold Pakistan accountable for terrorism in India, the GOI's top leadership has remained committed to forward progress in the Ind [...]	2005-08-08 15:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ECON PTER KDEM KISL MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6181	MUKHERJEE AGAIN UNDERLINES VALUE OF US-INDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an otherwise uneventful August 8 Parliamentary debate on the US-India Defense Framework, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee signaled strong support for burgeoning Indo-American military ties. Mukherjee responded to politically motivated BJP complaints and the usual litany o [...]	2005-08-09 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MNUC ENRG EINV KNNP MASS IN
05NEWDELHI621	INDIA WELCOMES MORE CONTACT BETWEEN KASHMIRIS [...] (C) Summary: The Pugwash-sponsored conference on Kashmir held in Kathmandu last December has reinforced growing GOI receptivity towards contact between Kashmiris from India and Pakistan, and New Delhi is considering proposals for a follow-on meeting, possibly in Srinagar, according to Kashmir [...]	2005-01-25 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN NP PK
05NEWDELHI6213	INDIAN SUPREME COURT VERDICT IN 2001 PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Mohammad Afzal, reduced a death sentence to 10 years imprisonment for Shaukat Hussain, and acquitted Navjot Sandhu (aka: Afsan Guru),and SAR Geelani (of whom three are Kashmiris) in connection with the spectacular December 13 [...]	2005-08-10 11:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS IN PK
05NEWDELHI6222	TERROR REVISITS ASSAM PRIOR TO INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] (C) Summary: Indian CT experts believe the recent spate of terrorist bombings in Assam by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) is "absolutely routine" and part of an annual uptick prior to India's August 15 Independence Day. The intended lethality of some recent attacks is markedly hig [...]	2005-08-10 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI6310	MANMOHAN SINGH A TRUE STATESMAN IN REACTING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Doing what no Indian leader in 20 years has been willing to do, Manmohan Singh apologized to the nation for government inaction during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The apology preempted BJP efforts to capitalize on the report, which named two high-profile Congress leaders as cons [...]	2005-08-12 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KIRF IN
05NEWDELHI6311	PUNJAB WORRIED ABOUT DRUGS AND JOBS, NOT TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to media reports warning of a resurgence in Khalistani terrorism in Punjab and northern India, Poloff traveled to Chandigarh August 4-5 to interview government, business, police, civil society and political leaders. They were uniformly unperturbed by reports of mil [...]	2005-08-12 13:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM ECON EAGR SNAR ELAB EINV IN PK
05NEWDELHI6312	MEA ON PAKISTAN TALKS: SOME PROGRESS, MANY DOUBTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Pakistan policy manager Dilip Sinha believes India and Pakistan made good but slow progress in their latest round of Composite Dialogue efforts, with a more constructive climate than earlier discussions. They agreed to extend the LOC ceasefire, establish nuclear hotlines, pre [...]	2005-08-12 13:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ECON ECIN ETRD MOPS IN PK AF INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6339	PM INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH: THE WORLD IS WATCHING [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his second annual independence day speech to the nation, PM Manmohan Singh echoed themes from his recent address to the US Congress regarding India's rising economic power, its democratic credentials, its increasing engagement with the international system, and the need to ens [...]	2005-08-16 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PBTS EAID MOPS PTER IN
05NEWDELHI6340	MEA: TURN UP THE HEAT ON THE LTTE [...] (C) Summary: The GOI was saddened but not surprised by the August 12 assassination of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar -- apparently by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) -- because he, as a moderate Tamil, was considered the LTTE's second-most important target after P [...]	2005-08-16 13:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS KCRM PGOV ECON IN CE
05NEWDELHI6414	MEA UNSURPRISED BUT ANXIOUS IN REACTION TO BANGLA [...] (C) Summary: The MEA told us that the few indicators so far available point to the Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh as author of the August 17 bombing wave. The MEA further theorized that the terrorists' goal was to demonstrate organization and sophistication. Delhi views Bangladesh's terrori [...]	2005-08-18 16:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6520	ALL EYES ON UNGA SUMMIT AS INDO-PAK TALKS WRAP UP [...] (C) Summary: Round Two of the Indo-Pakistan Composite Dialogue (CD) is drawing to a close with few concrete results, although the two sides managed to preserve a sense of forward movement, which reinforces the broad Indian public support for rapprochement with Pakistan. To facilitate dialogu [...]	2005-08-24 14:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ECON SNAR SCUL PBTS PINR IN PK INDO PAK UNGA
05NEWDELHI6595	NEW DELHI NEPAL EXPERTS CALL FOR LONG-TERM STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: New Delhi-based Nepal experts representing a wide spectrum of viewpoints agreed that the international community must take a longer-term view of the crisis in Nepal, and argued the US must lead in any recasting of strategy, as New Delhi is handcuffed by conflicting domestic int [...]	2005-08-26 13:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KDEM PGOV MOPS PBTS IN NP
05NEWDELHI6596	TOUGH NEW ANTI-HIJACKING POLICY, AT LEAST ON PAPER [...] (C) Summary: To break with earlier ad hoc practices -- many of which yielded disastrous results -- the GOI recently unveiled India's first formal anti-hijacking policy and streamlined bureaucratic procedures in the event of a successful hijacking in Indian airspace. The Indian Air Force (IAF [...]	2005-08-26 13:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR MOPS KSAC IN PK
05NEWDELHI6635	LEFT SHAKES DOWN CONGRESS USING ITS COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian Left, led by the CPI(M),has been on a political roll. It has pressured the UPA government to forestall disinvestiture plans, to sack a Cabinet minister and to support economically-unsound programs such as the "National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill" (septel). Pun [...]	2005-08-29 12:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB IN KDEM MNUC
05NEWDELHI6637	THE SORDID PATRONAGE POLITICS OF ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On August 24, both Houses of Parliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Bill with little opposition by any political party. The Bill, which could theoretically cost the treasury as much as USD 70 billion over 5 years, will now go to President [...]	2005-08-29 14:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV ENRG PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI6660	IRAQI CONSTITUTION: INDIAN SUPPORT, BUT NO [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/I. Please see para 4. 2. (C) PolMilOff encouraged the GOI to make a public statement in support of Iraq's efforts to draft a constitution and delivered the Secretary's statement and fact sheet (Reftel) during her meeting with MEA Deputy Secretary ( [...]	2005-08-30 16:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ IN
05NEWDELHI6691	PUSHING INDO-PAK DELIVERABLES FOR UNGA MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Although the bonhomie and impressive "to do" list that emerged from the April "cricket summit" (Ref C) gave a palpable boost to Indian perceptions of Indo-Pak relations, the relationship soured in New Delhi's eyes after the GOI reported worsening trends on cross-border infiltrati [...]	2005-08-31 12:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EAID ECON PGOV IN PK AF UNGA INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6694	MEA EAGER TO WORK WITH US ON BANGLADESH AND SRI [...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, new MEA Joint Secretary for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar Mohan Kumar SIPDIS agreed to the need for greater information sharing and policy coordination between GOI and USG on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Stressing that Bangladesh is "India's most impo [...]	2005-08-31 14:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6721	INDIA NOT LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN TRACKER WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) India will likely not participate in the Tracker Automated Export Control System workshop in Oxford, UK, in October because the GOI is developing its own export control software, MEA Under Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Nutan Kapoor told PolMilOff. The GOI is aware o [...]	2005-09-01 10:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KNNP ETTC IN GOI
05NEWDELHI6737	INDIAN MUSLIMS REJECT EXTREMISM VIA FATWAS [...] (U) Summary: The recent controversy surrounding a fatwa from the Darul-Uloom Deoband seminary demonstrates the unique ability of India's Muslim community to reign in signs of extremism to maintain a moderate Islam identity. During Panchayat (local) elections in Uttar Pradesh, three muftis f [...]	2005-09-01 13:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL KIRF PINR PHUM PTER IN IR
05NEWDELHI6803	NEW DELHI 2005 POLITICAL REPORTING OFFICERS' [...] (U) As previewed in recent e-mails to addressee posts, Embassy New Delhi is pleased to host the second annual Political Reporting Officers' Conference, September 29, 2005 in New Delhi. The event, for which we hope to attract participation from both India constituent posts and India's neighbors [...]	2005-09-02 14:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV APER ASEC ECON ETRD IN ABUD AMGT US
05NEWDELHI6804	INDIA WALKING IRAN TIGHTROPE [...] (C) Summary: As Natwar Singh travels to Tehran September 2 to meet the new regime, India's overriding goal is securing energy, followed by preserving access to Afghanistan, maintaining influence in what India perceives as a swing state in the debate over Islam, and advancing other business relati [...]	2005-09-02 14:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PBTS IR IN
05NEWDELHI6844	CONGRESS PARTY: CLINTON DINNER IN BAD TASTE [...] (C) Summary: Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma told the press on September 5 that a lavish September 7 dinner planned by Congress adversary Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav in honor of former President Clinton in the midst of an fatal outbreak in U.P. of Japanese Encephalitis [...]	2005-09-06 14:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER OVIP OTRA EAID PREL ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI6846	GOI MINISTER: NO THIRD FRONT, UPA TO PUSH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: GOI Minister and Congress leader Jaipal Reddy told A/DCM on September 2 that the US-India relationship was welcomed "across the political spectrum" in India, despite some insincere sniping from the opposition. While the Left Front has staked out opposition to some UPA efforts, it [...]	2005-09-06 14:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EFIN ECON PREL ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI6847	INDIAN MINISTER: NEPAL'S KING UNREPENTANT, BUT GOI [...] (C) Summary: Indian Minister Jaipal Reddy told us that Nepal's King Gyanendra was unrepentant in a discussion at the August 29 SAARC information ministers' meeting. The King is hoping India will blink, but it will not, Reddy said. In the meantime, he argued, the Maoists are gaining ground an [...]	2005-09-06 15:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV IN NP
05NEWDELHI6903	BHUTAN FEARS MAOISTS IN REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (C) Summary: Bhutanese MFA officials expressed concern over Maoist intrusions into refugee camps in Nepal and indicated the government's main priority is keeping radical elements out of Bhutan during August 24-25 meetings with Poloff and Econoff in Thimphu. The MFA reiterated the Royal Govern [...]	2005-09-07 12:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI6915	INDIAN DEPUTY NSA UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, HESITANT ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy NSA VK Nambiar told A/DCM and Poloff on September 7 that he was optimistic the Indo-Pak peace process would continue to make slow progress, and looked forward to PM Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Musharraf during the UNGA summit. Nambiar highlighted instability i [...]	2005-09-08 08:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KNNP IN IR PK BG INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI708	INDIAN EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PAC-2 BRIEFING [...] (C) The classified briefing on the Patriot PAC-2 missile defense (MD) system, currently scheduled for February 22 or 23, has generated a great deal of interest within the Indian government, with senior GOI officials hopeful that this will be the beginning of a broader MD relationship with the U [...]	2005-01-28 11:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI7083	DEMARCHE ON LTTE ACTIVITIES DELIVERED TO GOI [...] (C) We delivered Ref A demarche on September 8 to MEA Director (Americas) Sanjay Bhattacharyya and Deputy Secretary (Sri Lanka) Anupam Ray, both of whom accepted it without substantial comment. We pointed out that our giving the GOI this demarche was more about demonstrating our resolve to c [...]	2005-09-13 08:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IN CE
05NEWDELHI709	INDIA REINVENTING NSA POSITION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: MK Narayanan, formally named on January 25 as India's new NSA, will be a different kind of National Security Adviser than his high-profile, powerful predecessors, JN Dixit and Brajesh Mishra. After several weeks of debat [...]	2005-01-28 11:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK
05NEWDELHI7100	SCENE-SETTER FOR MEETINGS WITH MANMOHAN SINGH & NATWAR SINGH IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: Madame Secretary, your meetings this week with (we hope) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister Natwar Singh provide an occasion to sketch the real challenges we face in implementing legislative actions necessary for us to fulfill the civil nuclear vision of the July 18 Jo [...]	2005-09-13 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI7135	INDIA: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, POST SPOKE TO MINISTRY OF LABOR OFFICIALS, NGOS, AND TRADE UNIONISTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 7. A. LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROSCRIBING THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: -- INDIA HAS NOT YET RATIFIED ILO CONVENTION 182. ALTHOUGH THE GOI INITIATED THE PROCESS [...]	2005-09-14 06:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KCRM ETRD IN
05NEWDELHI719	FIRST INDIA-CHINA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE MODEST BUT [...] (C) Summary: The January 24 strategic dialogue between China and India "did not accomplish much," but did provide insight into China's view of the world, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told the DCM on January 27. From New SIPDIS Delhi's perspective, the dialogue illustrated China's [...]	2005-01-28 13:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IN CH
05NEWDELHI72	INDIAN INITIATIVES TO FURTHER HIGH TECH, BIOTECH, [...] (C) Summary: Despite changes in key USG interlocutors, the GOI hopes to preserve momentum on high-tech trade and other cooperation under the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP) umbrella and is looking to Washington for similar signals. In a December 29 meeting with PolCouns and Pol-M [...]	2005-01-04 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC KNNP TRGY IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI7230	WHITHER THE BJP? [...] (C) Summary: Well-documented divisions (reftels) have recently prevented the BJP from fulfilling its role as India's leading opposition party and led to a string of electoral defeats. The latest "crisis" was the expulsion and reinstatement of BJP leader Madan Lal Khurana. The core issue is [...]	2005-09-15 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IN PK
05NEWDELHI7241	EDUCATION IN A HIMALAYAN KINGDOM: ANOTHER FACET OF [...] (U) Summary: During Poloff's August 22-25 visit to Bhutan, our interlocutors insisted that Bhutan is committed to educating its children by providing free schooling for all. Primary school enrollment stands at 87.8 percent. The government's decision in the 1950s to use English as the medium [...]	2005-09-16 09:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF SCUL PHUM IN BT
05NEWDELHI7259	INDO-PAK UNGA MEETING POSITIVE, NO FIREWORKS [...] (C) Summary: The September 14, four-hour Manmohan Singh-Musharraf dinner meeting and joint statement on the sidelines of UNGA continued the positive bilateral vibe even if it did not produce new deliverables, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha told us during a Septemb [...]	2005-09-16 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV IN PK AF INDO PAK UNGA

05NEWDELHI7261	NUCLEAR ISSUES OVERSHADOWED NATWAR'S TRIP TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha complained to CDA and Poloff during a September 15 office call that nuclear proliferation issues overshadowed in the press the rest of Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's September 2-4 trip to Iran. The trip's substantive fo [...]	2005-09-16 13:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET KNNP PARM PINR IN IR UK GM
05NEWDELHI7345	ALL EYES ON VAJPAYEE AS ADVANI AND RSS TUSSLE [...] (C) Summary: The BJP's leadership conclave in Chennai ended with a bang when LK Advani picked a very public fight with the Hindu right-wing RSS over the future ideological direction of the party. On September 18, Advani finally submitted to RSS pressure to resign (in December) as party pres [...]	2005-09-20 12:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER IN PK BG
05NEWDELHI7400	RISING BANGLADESHI MIGRATION IN INDIA AND THE [...] (C) As India grows increasingly concerned about Islamic extremism in Bangladesh, there is a rising paranoia about the number of Bangladeshi migrants, the nature of a more radicalized Islam that they bring to border areas, and changes in political demographics in the Northeast. This problem i [...]	2005-09-22 11:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS SMIG PTER BG IN
05NEWDELHI7417	BHUTAN: GOOD GOVERNANCE LEADS TO HEALTHY MOUNTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite its isolation, low income and rugged terrain, Bhutan has created an effective system of state-provided medical care that is delivering a healthier population and outpacing others in South Asia. The Government continues to invest heavily in the medical sector, with dono [...]	2005-09-23 10:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL EAID IN BT NP UN
05NEWDELHI7432	UNFOUNDED "THIRD FRONT" RUMORS HINT AT CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Persistent rumors in Indian political circles that the Left Front (LF) is conspiring with the Samajwadi Party (SP) of Mulayam Singh Yadav to construct a "third front" capable of unseating the present United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government are unfounded. The LF benefits fr [...]	2005-09-23 11:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI749	HIGH TURNOUT IN FIRST ROUND OF J&K LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Consolidating the pattern set in other recent state elections, Kashmiris turned out in large numbers in municipal elections in North Kashmir on January 30, defying terrorist intimidation and a separatist-led boycott campaign, and demonstrating that they want to have a greater say i [...]	2005-01-31 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM IN PK
05NEWDELHI7493	INDIAN GOVERNMENT AGGRESSIVELY DEFENDING ITS VOTE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: India's decision to support the US/EU resolution on Iran at the IAEA was the most important signal so far of the UPA's commitment to building a transformed US-India relationship. To counter the domestic backlash, the GOI launched an aggressive campaign to explain to its domestic con [...]	2005-09-26 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP IR IN
05NEWDELHI750	Bio-Terrorism Tabletop and Bio-Security [...] Summary: On January 7, 2005, OES/DAS Morin met with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH) and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials to present US - India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) on a bio-terrorism tabletop exercise and [...]	2005-01-31 12:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER KNNP PREL PGOV TPHY TRGY KSCA IN
05NEWDELHI756	INDIA ON IRAQI ELECTIONS: CONGRATULATE AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite the GOI's deliberately low-profile public and material support in the run-up to the Iraqi elections, Indian government, media, and commentators welcomed the completion of Iraq's first election. In a January 31 statement, the Indian MEA called the elections a "noteworthy [...]	2005-01-31 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IN IZ
05NEWDELHI757	STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH CHINA JUST THE BEGINNING, [...] (C) Summary: "If China had proposed a strategic dialogue a few years ago, we would have been wary," MEA Joint Secretary (East Asia) told PolCouns and Poloff on January 31, SIPDIS adding that the PRC now seems willing to engage with India on issues of global importance. Echoing Foreign Secr [...]	2005-01-31 13:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN CH
05NEWDELHI7693	INITIAL INDIAN OUTREACH TO THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Summary: India has begun to lobby Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) members in advance of the 19-20 October meeting of the Consultative Group (CG),MEA Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Hamid Ali Rao told PolCouns and PolMilOff on 3 Oct. So far, the GOI has engaged [...]	2005-10-03 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP IS IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI7725	COMBATING EXTREMISM - MISSION INDIA RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: India enjoys a democratic, multi-religious, multi-cultural, heterogeneous, multi-ethnic society where all major world religions are practiced freely. Isolated elements of religious extremism of many varieties have, however, occurred in India -- notably among Hindus, Muslims, and [...]	2005-10-05 05:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI7759	CONGRESS MOVES TO CALM COALITION JITTERS [...] (C) Summary: The virulent criticism by the Left Front (LF) and the opposition BJP of India's anti-Iran vote in the IAEA and their efforts to politicize the debate on economic reform has caught many Congress leaders by surprise, and fed rumors that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governm [...]	2005-10-05 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB KISL PREL PINR EINV IR IN
05NEWDELHI7767	SECOND ANNUAL SOUTH ASIA POLITICAL REPORTING [...] (U) Summary: The September 29 South Asia Political Reporting Officers' Conference in New Delhi brought together almost 50 officers and FSNs from Indian consulates, South Asian countries, the broader region and Washington to discuss recent developments. Participants discussed the July 18 Indo [...]	2005-10-05 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER BD PK NP IN
05NEWDELHI7794	GOI J&K POINTMAN CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with visiting US Ambassador to Islamabad Ryan Crocker, GOI Interlocutor on Kashmir NN Vohra was generally upbeat on Indo-Pak relations and said that Islamabad is sending positive signals on Kashmir, but Musharraf is not doing enough to combat cross-border [...]	2005-10-06 11:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PBTS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7795	DNSA NAMBIAR TO AMB CROCKER: PAKISTANI GLASS HALF [...] (S) Summary: Playing bad cop, Deputy National Security Advisor Vijay Nambiar gave visiting US Ambassador to Pakistan a twenty minute assessment of Pakistani terrorists' ties to regional and global jehadi groups as a way of "balancing Musharraf's rhetoric." Bangladesh, he feared, was the new hub for [...]	2005-10-06 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PBTS ECON MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7797	GOI: NO BASHAR VISIT PLANNED, BUT SYRIA MUST DO [...] (C) Summary: India's West Asia Envoy C Gharekhan told us he is unaware of plans for Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to visit New Delhi, but agreed that Damascus is eager to exploit any opportunity for high-level visits to dispel its deep isolation. Syria must do more for its own sake and Iraq [...]	2005-10-06 13:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN SY IZ
05NEWDELHI7803	HOME SECRETARY OPTIMISTIC ON PAKISTANI TIES, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Reviewing India-Pakistan relations for visiting US Ambassador to Islamabad Ryan Crocker, Home Secretary VK Duggal observed on October 4 that Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations are generally "on the upswing," but lamented the lack of concrete evidence of a change of Pakistani intentions [...]	2005-10-07 05:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7880	TFPK01: INDIA ANALYZING ITS NEEDS, ACKNOWLEDGES US [...] (U) Please see Action Request in Para 4 below. 2. (SBU) In a meeting October 10 with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran (other topics reported septel),the SIPDIS Ambassador conveyed to India the condolences of the United States for the loss of life and injuries sustained as a result o [...]	2005-10-10 09:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC KISL PREL PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN US
05NEWDELHI7909	CONGRESS ON DEFENSIVE OVER SUPREME COURT DECISION [...] (C) Summary. On October 7, the Indian Supreme Courts ruled that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) May 22 dissolution of the Bihar State Assembly and its declaration of President's rule was unconstitutional. However, the Court refused to cancel the October 18-November 19 state elections, [...]	2005-10-11 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL IN
05NEWDELHI7910	TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 11, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update on salient events in India since the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: "The Hindu" of Oct. 11 reports 927 are dead in Indian Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The J&K government doesn't expect the death toll to go above 1100 because only 180 more are considered [...]	2005-10-11 12:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI792	INDIA RESPONDS QUICKLY TO NEPAL KING'S ACTIONS; [...] (S) Summary: Expressing "grave concern" over the King's decision to dissolve the multiparty government in Nepal, and calling the action "a serious setback to the cause of democracy," New Delhi responded swiftly and with unusual firmness to the February 1 developments in Kathmandu. In a statem [...]	2005-02-01 11:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP
05NEWDELHI796	CONGRESS SET TO WIN IN HARYANA BUT THE VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: Pundits, journalists, and politicians agree that Congress will emerge victorious in Haryana's February 3 Legislative Assembly elections, winning from 60 to 80 seats in the 90 member Assembly. Growing disgust with the misrule and corruption of the ruling Indian National Lok Dal (I [...]	2005-02-01 13:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON IN
05NEWDELHI7967	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (UN Political) Sangeeta Mann on October 13, who said she would provide a response after consulting with her regional office. Post will continue to follow up with GOI officials. 2. (U) Visit New Delhi's Classified We [...]	2005-10-13 13:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM UNSC UNGA
05NEWDELHI7984	TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 14, 2005 [...] (U) The following is the final India sitrep of events related to the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: Contradicting October 13 media reports of 1400 dead, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India (GOI) reports 1178 civilians and 85 Security Forces are dead in Ja [...]	2005-10-14 09:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI7990	TFPK01: KASHMIRIS SEEK LOWERING OF BORDERS AS [...] (C) Summary: PM Singh and the senior Indian leadership have moved swiftly following the October 8 earthquake to show Kashmiris that India shares their grief and would help them, but relief efforts have been slow to reach some areas. The quake is having its impact in Kashmiri politics, too, wit [...]	2005-10-14 10:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI7992	TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 14, 2005 [...] The following is the final India sitrep of events related to the October 8 earthquake. 2. Death toll: Contradicting October 13 media reports of 1400 dead, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India (GOI) reports 1178 civilians and 85 Security Forces are dead in Jammu an [...]	2005-10-14 10:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI8006	THE LEFT GROOMS A NEW GENERATION OF REFUSENIKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the growing strength of Congress and BJP student unions suggests that the student body has become more tolerant of centrist and right wing views, the left continues to dominate student politics at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),one of the country's pre- [...]	2005-10-14 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL ECON IN
05NEWDELHI8008	MEA ESTIMATES ZARANJ-DELARAM ROAD COMPLETION BY [...] (SBU) Further to Ref A demarche, PolCouns and Poloff met on October 14 with MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha, who reiterated that, because of delays in procuring supplies and fuel for the Zaranj-Delaram road project from Iran, the completion date has slipped from [...]	2005-10-14 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELTN EAID IN AF
05NEWDELHI8010	MEA FORMULATING "MORE ACTIVE ROLE" IN SRI LANKAN [...] (C) Summary: The MEA's Deputy Secretary for Sri Lanka Anupam Ray told us that New Delhi is concerned about the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka, and has decided the ""time has come"" for India to start ""taking a higher profile in Sri Lanka."" The GOI does not, however, wish for a facilitatio [...]	2005-10-14 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN
05NEWDELHI8034	INDO-PAK COUNTRY TEAMS DISCUSS HOW TO ENCOURAGE [...] (C) Summary: Taking advantage of Ambassador Crocker's trip to India, New Delhi and Islamabad country teams on October 4 convened a round table discussion on Indo-Pak relations. Both sides agreed that, although there are few feasible avenues for direct USG involvement in this sphere -- and th [...]	2005-10-17 10:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EPET MASS KPAO IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8035	AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH DELHI DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Crocker's October 4 meeting with strategists focused largely on Indian concerns that Musharraf is continuing Pakistani polices that foster intolerance, a hawkish stance on India, and cross-border terrorism. With business leaders, the emphasis was on recent increment [...]	2005-10-17 10:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV ETRD IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8053	GROWING FEARS OF AN INDECISIVE OUTCOME AS BIHAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Bihar goes to the polls tomorrow, October 18, in its second set of State elections in less than nine months. Over 500 candidates made their last efforts over the past weekend to sway voters, in what all observers believe will be a close election. However, the Rashtriya Jana [...]	2005-10-17 13:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI8054	RAJASTHAN PROVIDES NO LET-UP IN UNRELENTING BAD [...] (C) Summary: Rajasthan has joined a long list of places where BJP fortunes are on the wane. Vasundhara Raje pulled off a stunning upset victory to become Chief Minister in 2003 and many thought her administration would be one of the rare "success stories" for the embattled BJP. However, her [...]	2005-10-17 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SCUL PINR IN
05NEWDELHI8061	GROWING FEARS OF AN INDECISIVE OUTCOME AS BIHAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Bihar goes to the polls tomorrow, October 18, in its second set of State elections in less than nine months. Over 500 candidates made their last efforts over the past weekend to sway voters, in what all observers believe will be a close election. However, the Rashtriya Jana [...]	2005-10-18 09:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI8073	J&K ATTACK WILL DEEPEN GOI ANGER OVER TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: Terrorists affiliated with Pakistan-based al-Mansoorian (a front name used by Lashkar-e-Tayyiba) on October 18 conducted a daytime suicide attack on a secure residential compound in Srinagar, killing the J&K Education Minister and two security personnel. This attack appears desi [...]	2005-10-18 10:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI8120	INDO-PAK "DISASTER DIPLOMACY" SOFTENING BORDERS [...] (C) Summary: Terrorism aside (Ref A),the diplomatic vibes of disaster diplomacy are resonating well in India. The GOI warmly welcomed Musharraf's October 18 decision to permit "any amount" of Kashmiris from J&K to cross the LoC into Pakistani Kashmir to assist with earthquake reconstruction [...]	2005-10-19 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECPS PBTS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8150	IRAQ: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR REFERENDUM [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 10:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IN
05NEWDELHI8162	INDIA'S STANCE ON IRAN AND THE IAEA CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The spate of media and political criticism touched off by the GOI's decision to vote with the US and the EU3 (UK, France, and Germany) at the September 24 IAEA meeting on Iran is increasing rather than dying down. Foreign Secretary Saran recently summoned Ambassadors from the EU3 to [...]	2005-10-20 12:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IR IN
05NEWDELHI8163	USG QUAKE ASSISTANCE CAN HELP BUILD GOODWILL IN J&K [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 8 earthquake that carved a path of destruction through Kashmir continues to claim lives as the death toll continues to rise. A USAID/OFDA team completed a rapid assessment in J&K (Ref A) and reports more extensive damage and a slower humanitarian assistance respons [...]	2005-10-20 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS IN PK US
05NEWDELHI8231	JASWANT SINGH BELIEVES THE UPA IS INCAPABLE OF MANAGING THE INDO/US RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with U/S Burns and the Ambassador in New Delhi on October 21, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the India/US agenda and its many components, but reading between the lines, that support was actually qualified. Singh seemed [...]	2005-10-24 10:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PINR IN PK IR
05NEWDELHI8237	U/S BURNS AND F/S SARAN CLARIFY POSITIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S Nicholas Burns' meeting with GOI Foreign Secretary Saran on U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation SIPDIS clarified differing perceptions on how to sequence each side's fulfillment of obligations in order to build sufficient confidence in the other side's executive and legisl [...]	2005-10-24 11:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG IN
05NEWDELHI8245	BURNS-SARAN OCTOBER 21 MEETING ON BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Much progress was made in the October 21 opening meeting in Delhi between Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran which reviewed the US-India joint ventures launched at the July 18 Summit. Both agreed that the two sides must ensure that smal [...]	2005-10-24 11:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS EAID EAGR ENRG EINV KNNP ETRD EAIR ETTC ECPS TSPA TBIO TSPL CVIS KDEM SENV IN PK US
05NEWDELHI825	NEPAL SITUATION "WORST CASE SCENARIO" FOR INDIA [...] (C) Summary: King Gyanendra's decision to dissolve the government is a "worst case scenario," driving the Maoists and the political parties together, undermining the monarchy, and muzzling politicians rather than the Maoists, MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal and Bhutan) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and [...]	2005-02-02 12:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP
05NEWDELHI8253	INDIA OPENS LOC TO HELP PAKISTAN DESPITE TERROR [...] (U) Summary: Consistent with the PM's admonition to find ways to make the Line of Control (LoC) less relevant and facilitate quake relief, the GOI is putting aside fears that terrorists will seize the advantage even as it creates camps along the LoC to provide food, shelter, and medical attent [...]	2005-10-24 13:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR PHUM EAID IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8254	INDIA EMPHASIZES SUPPORT FOR NON-PROLIFERATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a landmark October 24 speech aimed at an elite group of strategic analysts, Foreign Secretary Sham Saran forcefully defended the India-US civil nuclear framework, offered helpful interventions on NSG and MTCR harmonization, and highlighted India's vigorous support for the glo [...]	2005-10-24 14:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KNNP MNUC PREL ENRG IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI8266	INDIA'S SHAME: LINGERING BIGOTRY AFFLICTS 200 [...] (SBU) Summary: India,s 200 million Hindu and Christian Dalits (formerly &untouchables8) constitute approximately 21-25% of the population. Dalit leaders argue, and our Human Rights Report agrees, that Dalits are subject to sporadic cases of human rights abuses, including rape, trafficking, an [...]	2005-10-25 09:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR ECON ELAB KDEM KIRF SCUL IN
05NEWDELHI8380	GOI TRYING TO SALVAGE ISRAEL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Indian-Israel relations have hit a rough patch because of a recent lack of direction on the part of the ruling UPA government in New Delhi, but both sides say they intend to restore better ties. Over the next few weeks, Congress party leadership will affirm India's interest in m [...]	2005-10-28 11:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN IS
05NEWDELHI8394	LEFT RAISES THE STAKES IN CONFRONTATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: On October 27, after a four month hiatus, the Left Front (LF) deigned to meet their Congress coalition partners again in their formal Coordination Committee, but instead of being cowed by their recent pummelling in the press, the Communists were even more combative and rigid, an [...]	2005-10-28 12:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL SCUL PINR EINV ELAB SOCI IN
05NEWDELHI8397	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, I want to warmly welcome you to India, a vibrant, diverse, multi-ethnic, multifaceted democracy -- much like our own in important respects -- that is emerging as an economic powerhouse and has growing global ambitions. Your visit will help set the stage for President Bush's [...]	2005-10-28 13:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON BEXP PGOV PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI840	ABU SALEM EXTRADITION UPDATE [...] (C) In a February 1 conversation with Poloff, Portuguese DCM Frederico Nascimento confirmed recent Indian press reports stating that his country's Supreme Court had rendered a decision to permit the extradition of Abu Salem to India. He noted that this decision allows the extradition of Salem [...]	2005-02-03 08:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV IN PO
05NEWDELHI8510	DESPITE TERROR BLAST, NEW KASHMIR CHIEF MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a suicide car bombing that killed five, Cabinet Affairs Minister and Sonia Gandhi close aide Ghulam Nabi Azad became Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir November 2, as per a 2003 power-sharing agreement between Congress and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's PD [...]	2005-11-04 09:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM PBTS PTER ASEC PK IN
05NEWDELHI8535	THE UPA DESCENDS DEEPER INTO THE VOLCKER REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government continued to descend into the quagmire created by the release of the Volcker Report (reftels),while its embattled Foreign Minister has veered to the left in a desperate attempt to win support from the Left Front (LF). The UPA has [...]	2005-11-07 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETTC EPET KCRM IN IR
05NEWDELHI858	EXPLAINING INDIA'S ANGER OVER DEVELOPMENTS IN NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: New Delhi's surprisingly angry reaction to developments in Nepal underlines the serious mid to long-term implications the GOI believes King Gyanendra's actions will have on Nepal, India, and the GOI's larger foreign policy objectives. From New Delhi's perspective, the King has s [...]	2005-02-03 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP CH
05NEWDELHI860	INDIAN INTEREST, AND HESITATION, ABOUT MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: Despite skepticism from some strategic commentators, the Indian government continues to express interest in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and other maritime security programs, but will not join PSI unless the matter of the Core Group is resolved. In the latest sign [...]	2005-02-03 12:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHSA ETRD EWWT XD XO IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI8681	INDIA WILL URGE IRAN TO COOPERATE WITH THE EU3 [...] Charge took the opportunity presented by the scheduled meeting between Special Advisor for UN Reform Shirin Tahir-Kheli and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran to express concern to Saran about the visit on November 17 of Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari. The Charge noted that the EU3 [...]	2005-11-15 06:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PREL MNUC PARM IN IR
05NEWDELHI8711	THE COMMUNISTS THREATEN THE UPA AGAIN OVER [...] (U) While addressing campaign meetings in Kerala on November 15 Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat and Communist Party of India (CPI) SIPDIS General Secretary AB Bardhan demanded that the GOI change its stance in the IAEA regarding Iran's nuclear program. Bo [...]	2005-11-16 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL IN IR
05NEWDELHI8715	INDIANS WORRIED ABOUT NEW TERROR BLASTS AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a disturbing up-tick in the level of terrorist violence in India, a car bomb blast in Srinagar on November 16 killed four and injured 56, including a former insurgent who changed sides and served for a period as a Kashmiri state minister. This was the third such deadly terror [...]	2005-11-16 17:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KISL PBTS KCRM ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI8741	CONGRESS PUSHES THE LEFT TO MOVE TOWARD COMPROMISE [...] (U) On November 15, Communist leaders from the CPI(M) and CPI demanded that the GOI reverse its position and vote with Iran at the November 24 IAEA meeting or "face the consequences," but left the door open for face-saving "consultations," (ref A). On November 16, the GOI took advantage of t [...]	2005-11-17 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KNNP MNUC IN IR
05NEWDELHI8750	FS SARAN GIVES AMBASSADOR MORIARTY READOUT OF [...] Summary (C) In a 16 November meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Saran and visiting Ambassador Moriarty discussed SIPDIS the worrying political climate in Nepal. The Ambassador described options for increasing pressure on the King to reach out to Nepalese political parties to counter growing [...]	2005-11-17 13:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV MOPS ECON IN
05NEWDELHI8751	KASHMIRIS QUIETLY APPRECIATIVE OF INDIAN ARMY AND [...] (C) Summary: Indian Kashmiris have been quietly appreciative of the way the Army, J&K state government, Indian NGOs, and Indian businesses and citizens provided relief following the October 8 earthquake. Immediately following the quake, soldiers threw themselves into rescue efforts and opene [...]	2005-11-17 15:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KISL PTER EAID MOPS PK IN
05NEWDELHI8782	MEA: LACK OF REPSONSE IN IC-814 CASE COULD HAMPER US-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request for S/CT, CIA, DNI, and SECDEF. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Jaishankar used a November 18 meeting with Charge and PolCouns to warn that a USG failure to respond to earlier information requests (Reftel) regarding the hijacking of IC-814 [...]	2005-11-18 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PTER KISL KCRM EAIR IN US
05NEWDELHI8809	PM SINGH SHUFFLES PORTFOLIOS SLIGHTLY [...] (SBU) In an anti-climax, the GOI announced November 18 that it had reallocated Cabinet portfolios between the sitting Cabinet Ministers rather than expanding the Cabinet as expected. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh retained the External Affairs Ministry. Jaipal Reddy moved from Information an [...]	2005-11-21 11:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON IN
05NEWDELHI8844	CONGRESS FACING A DOMESTIC "PERFECT STORM" [...] (C) Summary: With Parliament set to convene on November 23, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is reeling from assaults from its left and right and faces a series of political events that could undermine its stability, including the UPA defeat in the important Biha [...]	2005-11-22 14:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EPET ETTC KCRM IN IR
05NEWDELHI8845	INDIA DOUBTS NEPALESE MAOIST/POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Recent press reports of a breakthrough between Nepalese Maoists and political parties are not true, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae insisted on November 22, acknowledging nonetheless that the two sides have met in Delhi to discuss a solution to the ongoing crisis. [...]	2005-11-22 15:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV MOPS ECON IN NP
05NEWDELHI8856	CONGRESS DREADS IMPENDING SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Congress is facing a major political mess of its own making as it waits for a Supreme Court judgment that may rule its actions in Bihar to have been unconstitutional, with potentially dire consequences. When Congress moved precipitously to head off the formation of BJP/NDA gover [...]	2005-11-23 10:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI8892	INDIA CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES NEW SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The GOI called Mahinda Rajapakse's victory in the November 17 Sri Lankan Elections a ""wake-up call for India"" and plans to use the new President's upcoming visit to New Delhi to stress the importance of maintaining the Cease-Fire Agreement while continuing India's already close rela [...]	2005-11-23 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN
05NEWDELHI8893	INDIAN REPORTS BREAKTHROUGH IN BHUTAN/NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: The agreement reached in Dhaka between the RGOB and GON to restart the Joint Verification Process and allow for the return of Category 1 and 4 refugees from the Khudunabari refugee camp was a significant and positive step, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCou [...]	2005-11-23 13:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PTER IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI9029	RGOB: NEED CATEGORY 1 AND 4 REPATRIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Bhutan is ready to accept category 1 and 4 refugees from the Khudunabari camp, but needs Nepal to agree to the proposal in writing, which Nepal seems unwilling to do, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering stated in a December 1 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff. The Ambassador reported t [...]	2005-11-30 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PTER PHUM IN BT NP
05NEWDELHI9031	KASHMIRI LEADERS SHARE PERSPECTIVES WITH CODEL [...] (SBU) Kashmiri political leaders and human rights advocates described in differing viewpoints the problems facing Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and emphasized the need for redoubled peace efforts between India and Pakistan during a November 28 meeting with CODEL Burton and embassy officers. Mirwa [...]	2005-11-30 11:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL PBTS PHUM OREP IN PK
05NEWDELHI9078	RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION REQUEST ON DALITS [...] (U) This cable is a response to Reftel A requesting information regarding the treatment of Dalits in India. Please read Reftels B and C in conjunction with this cable for a thorough picture of the issue. The following is posts response to Paragraph 6 questions: 2. (U) Question 1: How is th [...]	2005-12-01 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL SCUL KDEM ELAB IN
05NEWDELHI9080	GOI "CONSTRUCTIVELY ENGAGED" IN BURMA, UPBEAT ON [...] (C) Summary: MEA J/S (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar) Mohan Kumar was candid about India's need to continue engaging in Burma and optimistic that PM Singh had begun to "clear the air" during his bilateral meeting with President Zia in Bangladesh. Acknowledging Indian competition with the [...]	2005-12-01 12:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER BG BM IN SA
05NEWDELHI909	INDIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN 2005 [...] (S) Summary: With political momentum in its favor, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) expects to solidify its hold on power in 2005. The Congress-led coalition's pursuit of closer US-India ties will continue unabated, but the exigencies of coalition government will slow progress on issues of i [...]	2005-02-04 11:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS KPKO XD IN
05NEWDELHI9127	INDIAâ€™S DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMY MINIMIZE EXTREMIST [...] (C) India's over 150 million Muslim population is largely unattracted to extremism. India's growing economy, vibrant democracy, and inclusive culture, encourage Muslims to seek success and social mobility in the mainstream and reduces alienation. With Indian Muslim youth increasingly comfortable in [...]	2005-12-02 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV KDEM PINR PTER SCUL IN
05NEWDELHI9128	NEW ALLEGATIONS BREATHE LIFE INTO NATWAR OIL [...] (C) Summary: The NDA's anti-UPA, anti-Natwar Singh campaign got a new lease on life December 2 when longtime Natwar Singh confidant (and serving Indian Ambassador to Croatia) Aneil Mathrani claimed in a television interview that the former Foreign Minister was deeply and personally involved [...]	2005-12-02 12:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM PTER EPET ETTC IN
05NEWDELHI9133	INDO-RUSSIAN SUMMIT TUNED TO DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The GOI hopes to expand Indo-Russian defense and space cooperation at the December 4-6 Sixth Annual Summit in Russia, but a sluggish economic relationship is dragging down bilateral ties. President Putin and Prime Minister Singh are expected to sign four agreements on defense In [...]	2005-12-03 03:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET PGOV KNNP MASS IN
05NEWDELHI9164	FS SARAN CALLS FOR ENHANCED BHUTAN TIES [...] (C) Summary: India and Bhutan have a vital stake in each other's well-being and greater economic, security and cultural ties will benefit both countries, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran argued during an unusual December 3 seminar focused on Bhutan. Underlining the growing GOI concern about con [...]	2005-12-05 14:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGREL PBTS ECIN ETRD PREF PTER PGOV IN BT NP
05NEWDELHI9204	BHUTAN: LARGELY LACKING WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) In response to Reftel, post spoke to Bhutanese Ministry of Labor, Education, Employment and Works and Human Settlement officials and NGOs to answer questions posed in paragraph seven. We assess that while 45,000 children may at times work, the worst forms of child labor are largely absent [...]	2005-12-06 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KCRM ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BT
05NEWDELHI9207	IN DIVIDED PUNJAB, DIPLOMACY DANCES TO A BHANGRA [...] (SBU) Summary: Drawn together by shared historical, cultural, and ethno-linguistic ties, the Indian state of Punjab and Pakistan's Punjab province continue to forge deeper relations even as Delhi-Islamabad rapprochement has slowed. This message details recent progress in people-to-people con [...]	2005-12-06 13:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS SCUL IN PK
05NEWDELHI9231	GOI INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS COMMUNAL [...] (C) Summary: Over stringent opposition from BJP-ruled states, the Congress government devised a bill to prevent the outbreak and spread of communal rioting by allowing New Delhi to intervene in any state experiencing communal violence. On December 5, the UPA unexpectedly diluted the bill t [...]	2005-12-07 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KISL IN
05NEWDELHI9245	INDIA FACES GROWING NAXALITE MENACE [...] (C) Summary: Despite India's rapidly expanding economy, Naxalite groups in poor rural areas and their educated urban sympathizers continue to spread and have extended their areas of influence into 12 states, proving they can launch spectacular attacks on government facilities. The GOI has respon [...]	2005-12-08 08:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM PTER KCRM ASEC SCUL IN NP
05NEWDELHI9249	GOI DESIRE TO EXPAND CYBER RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) This is an Action Request for PM. Please see para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOI would like to see measurable progress on the creation of a joint Indo-US Cybersecurity fund and joint training opportunities, and welcomes Washington comments on how to proceed on these issues. Of particu [...]	2005-12-08 09:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER EFIN ECPS KTFN IN
05NEWDELHI9296	INDIAN NGOS THAT ASSIST VICTIMS OF TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) India suffers from three major strains of terrorism -- jihadi separatism in Jammu and Kashmir (that also of late spills into Delhi); Maoist/Naxalite terrorism that has spread through 12 states in the West, Central, and South regions of the country; and ethno-linguistic separatism in the [...]	2005-12-09 11:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM IN
05NEWDELHI9319	INDIA SEEKS TO PROTECT CITIZENS, SECURE ENERGY INTERESTS IN MIDDLE EAST (C-NE5-00945) [...] (C) Summary: While India has major interests in the Middle East (energy, trade, expatriate workers, and religious ties),it has historically had lackluster relations in the area. GOI attention focuses on a few nations of particular importance to those interests, primarily Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq [...]	2005-12-12 01:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EPET PTER PINR IN BA IR IS IZ QA MU AE XF
05NEWDELHI9335	PM SINGH AFFIRMS INDIAN NUCLEAR SEPARATION PLAN AT [...] Speaking to the press December 11 while en route to Kuala Lumpur for the East Asian Summit, Indian PM Singh told journalists India is working quickly to meet commitments it made in the July 18, 2005 nuclear agreement with the United States. Specifically, the PM said plans for separating India [...]	2005-12-12 10:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PGOV ENRG MNUC IN
05NEWDELHI9376	IS THE BJP READY FOR A REVIVAL? PERHAPS [...] (C) Summary: The BJP is undergoing churnings that suggest that it could regain its political legs. Supporters of this position point to the recent NDA electoral victory in Bihar, and the decision to expel perennial troublemaker Uma Bharati as signs that the party is putting its internal pro [...]	2005-12-13 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM EPET ETTC ECON IN
05NEWDELHI9393	URGENT REQUEST FOR RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW DELHI [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST for NEA/SA/EX and HR/RMA. Please see paragraph 6. 2. Summary: Embassy New Delhi respectfully requests that the DRI position (10504002 vice Nair) in our Political Section be immediately re-established and filled for 2006- 2008. Our workload has skyrocketed as US- [...]	2005-12-14 09:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT PREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KDEM BT IN US
05NEWDELHI940	INDIAN REACTIONS TO THE IRAQ ELECTION REFLECT [...] (C) Summary: The reaction of India's political parties and major newspapers to the January 30 election in Iraq predictably reflected their political orientations. The UPA government saw the election as a step forward, but unveiled no new initiatives or specific plans for greater engagement. [...]	2005-02-07 09:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ
05NEWDELHI9407	STRANGLING THE GOLDEN GOOSE: LEFT SEEKS TO [...] (U) Summary: At a time of declining union membership, the information technology (IT) sector's high growth, potential to employ large numbers, and lack of unions has attracted the attention of India's Communist labor federation, which sees it as an untapped area to recruit new members. This [...]	2005-12-14 12:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI9421	AHMADINEJAD'S IRRATIONALITY: AN INDIAN [...] (C) Summary: During PolCouns's introductory call on new MEA Additional Secretary (UN and International Security) KC Singh, Singh shared his impressions from his recent posting as India's Ambassador in Tehran, emphasizing that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's perspective is skewed by his fer [...]	2005-12-15 09:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV KNNP PINR IN IR
05NEWDELHI9434	INDIA JOINS ASEAN'S TOUGHER LINE ON BURMA [...] (U) Summary: After many months of wishy-washy Indian posturing on Burma, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called publicly for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and encouraged the GOB to move towards democracy on his return from the East Asia Summit. Speaking after a meeting with Burmese PM Soe Win in [...]	2005-12-15 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM IN BM ASEAN
05NEWDELHI9485	INDIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Below is Post's submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism: Begin text: India remains an important and vigorous ally in the global war on terror. India's law enforcement, paramilitary and armed forces neutralized over 1,500 terrorists in 2005, according to a leading indepen [...]	2005-12-16 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO MASS PGOV PHUM
05NEWDELHI9486	PM SINGH ABLY DEFENDS RECIPROCAL NATURE OF INDO/US [...] (C) Summary: The BJP latched onto a leftist Parliamentary question on the July 18 civil nuclear agreement in an attempt to score points against the UPA. BJP heavyweights Yashwant Sinha (former Foreign Minister) and Sushma Swaraj asserted that the agreement was "stalemated," and that the US [...]	2005-12-16 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC ENRG IN
05NEWDELHI9504	BHUTAN KING TO ABDICATE IN 2008, DEEPENING [...] (U) Wire services and the on-line Bhutanese newspaper Kuensel.com reported on December 18 that King Jigme Singye Wangchuck announced he would abdicate the throne to the well-regarded and modest Crown Prince (known in Bhutan as the Chhoetse Penlop) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in 2008. Kuens [...]	2005-12-19 11:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI9513	EXTRADITION: INDIA: KULBIR SINGH BARAPIND: POST [...] (SBU) Summary: This message will address as many of the Ref A questions as Post is able to answer. Confirming or refuting specific allegations of torture is extremely difficult by the very nature of the usual secrecy surrounding torture. Barapind's claims of torture include a litany of many [...]	2005-12-19 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI9516	NSA NARAYANAN FOCUSED ON POTUS VISIT, NSG, AND [...] (C) Summary: Ahead of FS Saran's meeting with Burns on December 21, NSA Narayanan shared his priorities for the POTUS visit to India and his take on progress at the East Asia Summit and GOI policy on Burma in a December 16 meeting. He listed progress on the civil nuclear agreement and initi [...]	2005-12-19 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ENRG PHUM PTER BM IN
05NEWDELHI9527	THE TRIBAL BILL - A UPA ATTEMPT AT SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: India's forest dwelling tribals (aboriginals largely residing in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra) are caught in a vise between greedy forest mafias and the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist),which hopes to enlist them into its vio [...]	2005-12-20 10:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KCRM ASEC SCUL SENV KSCA TSPL
05NEWDELHI9751	INDIA READY TO PUSH HARDER ON BHUTAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is ready to take a more proactive role in prodding Bhutan to resolve the long-running refugee problem, an MEA official told A/DCM and Poloff on December 27. Bhutan's King had previously informed New Delhi of his plan to abdicate in 2008 following elections, and India is [...]	2005-12-27 12:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KDEM PGOV ENRG IN BT
05NEWDELHI9752	GOI NON-PAPER ON LINKAGES AMONG TERRORIST GROUPS [...] (S) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha in a December 27 meeting passed to Acting DCM a 10-page non-paper on connections among various terrorist groups, entitled "Inter-Group Linkages". The terrorist groups addressed in the non-paper include the following: al-Qaida an [...]	2005-12-27 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN PINR SNAR IN PK BG AF
05NEWDELHI9755	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION TO GOI OF [...] (S) Acting DCM on December 27 passed Reftel prenotification to MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha, who read it with interest. Acting DCM reiterated the confidential nature of the prenotification as a precaution to better enable our counter-terrorism partners to freez [...]	2005-12-28 06:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN IN

05NEWDELHI9761	THE BJP ATTACKS UPA FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The BJP leadership, meeting in Mumbai on December 26-27, continued its twisting foreign policy trajectory, issuing a public statement on ""The UPA's Mismanagement of our Foreign Policy,"" that was so shrilly critical of Congress initiatives that it drew a public rebuke from former Pr [...]	2005-12-28 09:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI9820	BIOS OF INDIAN CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS [...] Summary: This cable includes biographic notes of 13 GOI and Indian private sector cybersecurity interlocutors. These biographies are derived primarily from their resumes, and all below information is in the public domain. End Summary. R. Chandrashekhar ----------------- 2. Ministry [...]	2005-12-30 10:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER KIPR MCAP KCRM ECPS
05NICOSIA1566	EXTREMISM IN CYPRUS: (MOSTLY) "NO PROBLEM" [...] (S) This message is in reply to ref a tasking. The 31-year division of Cyprus has produced two separate, and quite distinct, populations and governing systems on the island. While the USG and the international community recognize the Republic of Cyprus as the sole sovereign government on the [...]	2005-09-28 04:10:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER SOCI TU CY
05NICOSIA1585	CHANGING THE FRAME: HOW WE TALK ABOUT THE CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Since the referenda on the Annan Plan in April 2004, our rhetorical position on the Cyprus issue has been clear and consistent. We support the UN SYG and his Mission of Good Offices. We believe the Annan Plan represented a fair and viable settlement. And, we want the Greek Cyp [...]	2005-09-29 12:17:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC CY
05NICOSIA1617	"AND FOR MY NEXT TRICK...": REVISITING THE CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Although the end result of the EU's October 3 decision on Turkey was positive, the tortuous negotiations on the framework and the "counter declaration" highlight the implications that the unresolved Cyprus dispute has for U.S. interests across a wide range of issues. While the p [...]	2005-10-04 13:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY
05NICOSIA1813	DOING MORE WITH TURKISH CYPRIOTS ON ISSUES OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The United States policy of supporting economic development in the Turkish Cypriot community has an important role to play in support of a resolution of the Cyprus problem -- however, closer cooperation with the Turkish Cypriots can also help advance other issues of broader natio [...]	2005-11-15 06:29:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KCRM EFIN PTER KHLS CVIS
05NICOSIA1955	SUBJECT: "SETTLERS" AND CITIZENSHIP: THE [...] (C) Summary: Questions of "settler status" and ROC citizenship have become increasingly entwined, further complicating an already contentious issue that lies close to the core of the Cyprus dispute. Issues of citizenship, status, and the definition of a "settler" are of more than academic [...]	2005-12-14 11:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV UNSC CY
05NICOSIA2006	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CONTINUING CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) On December 21, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Russian NGO law to Elena Rafti in the MFA's European Affairs Division. Rafti had no substantive response, but promised to pass the message forward for consideration. SCHLICHER [...]	2005-12-23 09:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
05NICOSIA2007	KIDS THESE DAYS: WHAT DO GREEK CYPRIOT YOUNG [...] (C) Summary: In the April 2004 referendum on the Annan Plan for a Cyprus settlement, Greek Cypriots in the 18-24 age group voted "No" by a margin of nine-to-one. Both anecdotal impressions and polling data lead to the conclusion that, on balance, young Greek Cypriots take a harder line on t [...]	2005-12-23 11:32:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CY
05NICOSIA2024	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS ON THE TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: On December 27, Ambassador Schlicher paid introductory calls on key players in the Turkish Cypriot leadership --"President" Mehmet Ali Talat, "Prime Minister" Ferdi Sabit Soyer, and "Foreign Minister" Serdar Denktash -- to discuss the current state of play on the Cyprus issue and [...]	2005-12-28 15:06:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY
05NICOSIA2037	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FEMIP LOAN TO SYRIA [...] (C) On December 28, Poloff delivered the reftel demarche concerning The Facility for Euro-Meditteranen Investment and Partnership's (FEMIP) loan to Syria to Stelios Makriyiannis in the MFA's Political Affairs Division. Makriyiannis had no substantive response, but promised to pass the messag [...]	2005-12-30 12:07:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV
05NICOSIA291	CIVILIAN-MILITARY RELATIONS IN NORTH CYPRUS: [...] (C) SUMMARY. With roughly 25,000 troops in Cyprus and a history of interference in Turkish Cypriot politics, the Turkish military exercised considerable sway in many spheres of civilian life in the north. The army has kept a low profile, however, since the 2003 elections that brought the pro [...]	2005-02-18 15:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY TU PHUM PINR ECON
05NOUAKCHOTT762	WHY DID MAHMOUD ABBAS VISIT MAURITANIA? [...] (U) On July 2, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made his first official visit to Mauritania. Spending roughly 24 hours, he met with President Taya and toured Nouakchott,s port. The two men reportedly discussed Abbas' recent trip to the US, including discussions he had had with President B [...]	2005-07-07 10:34:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MR IS
05OTTAWA1029	MAKING THE ECONOMIC CASE FOR CANADA: [...] (SBU) Having invested a decade of their top talent in an effort to win Quebecers to the federalist cause, the GOC's national-unity strategists now find themselves in a changed landscape. Provincial governments have grown bolder and more effective in asserting themselves on fiscal issues (re [...]	2005-04-07 15:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EFIN PGOV CA
05OTTAWA1134	HAS THE CAMPAIGN STARTED? [...] (C) Summary: The phony war between the Conservatives and Liberals broke out into open trench warfare April 13 as the PM turned a direct question on his relationship with a key figure in the sponsorship scandal into an attempted grilling of Conservative leader Harper on the Conservative health [...]	2005-04-15 12:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA1142	VISIT TO OTTAWA OF CHAIRMAN OF U.S. COMMISSION ON [...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. 2. Summary: Admiral James D. Watkins (ret.),former Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, visited Ottawa April 12 to brief senior Canadian officials on the Commission's final report. GOC officials reviewed the status of Cana [...]	2005-04-15 16:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS PGOV CA
05OTTAWA1172	CANADA'S PRIORITIES FOR THE ST. JOHN'S CONFERENCE [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) Summary: As the host of the Conference on the Governance of High Seas Fisheries and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, May 1-5 in St. John's, Newfoundland, the Government of Canada will be pursuing recommendations for concrete measures to strengthen Regio [...]	2005-04-18 19:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS PGOV CA
05OTTAWA1190	INTERNATIONAL POLICY STATEMENT CALLS FOR ENHANCED [...] (C) Summary: Ottawa unveiled its long-awaited International Policy Statement today, which the government pledged would give Canada a more prominent place on the world stage and provide needed focus to its first-ever effort to integrate defense, diplomacy, development aid, and trade. The docum [...]	2005-04-19 21:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA MARR PGOV PREL AID KCRS
05OTTAWA1244	MISSION CANADA 90 DAY GOALS - 3RD QUARTER [...] Summary - Over the next three months, Mission Canada commits to supporting the SPP, finalizing our budget and continuing our enhancement of our SIPRnet site. In this next period, we also expect to prepare for the arrival of a new Ambassador and to follow-up on our project to design an emerge [...]	2005-04-26 12:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PREL PGOV CASC ECON CA ETRA
05OTTAWA1246	CANADA: CANDIDATE FOR MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTOR [...] Post received the following note (original/fax) from Foreign Affairs Canada: QUOTE NO LIA-0057 Foreign Affairs Canada presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to inform the Embassy that the Government of Canada has the honour to presen [...]	2005-04-26 13:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CA OAS
05OTTAWA1283	HARPER SUGGESTS POINT OF NO RETURN ON ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-27 21:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PGOV NDP
05OTTAWA1318	CANADA WILL VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-02 19:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ PGOV PREL FAC
05OTTAWA1364	Security and Prosperity Partnership in Canada - A [...] (SBU) Summary - From a distance Mission Canada is heartened by the effect and attention given to the SPP in Washington, throughout our government. We are hearing from Canadians most affected that this is precisely what is needed. Because of the political situation now in Canada, we can affor [...]	2005-05-05 19:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EIND ELTN ECON PGOV PREL CA MX
05OTTAWA1371	PARLIAMENTARY MELTDOWN WHILE THE SHARKS CIRCLE [...] (C) Summary: The Conservatives continue to press the Liberals to allow a vote in the House of Commons that would let them attempt to bring down the government, but the Liberal leadership has thus far skillfully maneuvered around the circling sharks. Speaker Milliken announced today that the [...]	2005-05-06 13:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA PGOV NDP
05OTTAWA1384	CANADA: MISSION PERSPECTIVE ON SPP SECURITY GOALS [...] SUMMARY: Mission Canada appreciates the opportunity to comment on the interagency effort under way to identify a coherent and forward looking security road map for North America. We must continue to search for security weaknesses and identify areas where our three countries can strengthen ou [...]	2005-05-06 20:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA ECON ETRD MX PGOV PREL EWWT SMIG SNAR SOCI
05OTTAWA1413	SCENE-SETTER FOR CANUS ARMED FORCES COUNCIL [...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT THAT OPERATES WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND LACKS STABILITY. MARTIN,S OVERRIDING CONCERN IS POLITICAL SURVIVAL AS HE FACES A POTENTIAL NO-CONFIDENCE, VOTE 18 OR 19 MAY WHICH MANY BELIEVE WILL LEAD TO ELECTIONS BE [...]	2005-05-11 11:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
05OTTAWA1459	CANADA: ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES' MAY 18 VISIT [...] (SBU) As you prepare for your first meeting with Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan and Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler, I want to extend my welcome and offer the Embassy's continuing support for the range of issues, initiatives, and processes that form the core of the Department o [...]	2005-05-13 18:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM CA
05OTTAWA1461	CANADA: PARALYSIS IN PARLIAMENT -- WHO'S RUNNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canada's House of Commons came to a grinding standstill on May 12, when the opposition Conservative Party and Bloc Quebecois flexed their muscle by adjourning the daily session of Parliament, to the surprise of the ruling Liberal Party. In the wake of a controversial "confiden [...]	2005-05-13 18:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA NDP
05OTTAWA1475	THE POLITICS OF CANADA'S DARFUR INVOLVEMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an effort to shore up support for his tottering minority government, PM Martin gave in to the demands of independent MP David Kilgour and accelerated the announcement of a major increase in aid for Darfur, to include CN $200 million and up to Canadian Forces technical advis [...]	2005-05-16 22:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA PGOV EAID MARR MASS MOPS PREL SU
05OTTAWA1491	CONSERVATIVE DEFECTION DEALS HEAVY BLOW TO HARPER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Before an audience of stunned journalists, PM Martin announced May 17 that Conservative MP Belinda Stronach has crossed the floor to join the Liberal Caucus and Cabinet as the Minister for Human Resources and Skills Development. She will also hold special responsibility for Demo [...]	2005-05-17 21:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA PGOV
05OTTAWA1522	NEW FOCUS FOR CANADA'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: Canada is focusing its official development assistance (ODA) dollara and will be weaning 130 countries from its bilateral aid programs. The April 19 International Policy Statement (IPS) confirms that Canada, will concentrate its development assistance dollars on countries that can u [...]	2005-05-20 15:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SENV CA
05OTTAWA1528	MARTIN SURVIVES BUDGET VOTE, WILL THE TORIES STAND [...] (C) Summary: The Liberal government survived a budget vote May 19 by a one vote margin, the first time in Canadian history that the Speaker had to vote to break a tie. The impending cliffhanger kept Ottawa buzzing for a week and now leaves MPs to return to their ridings for the long weekend a [...]	2005-05-24 11:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA PGOV PREL NDP
05OTTAWA1607	CANADIAN REACTIONS TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION [...] (C) POLMINCOUNS and POLOFF met May 27 with FAC Deputy Director for Southern and Eastern Africa Stephen Moran and Ethiopia Desk Officer Curtis Ajmani, to discuss post-election Ethiopia and Sudan. On Sudan, Moran mentioned that Canada has set up an interagency task force comprised of individuals [...]	2005-05-27 20:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA ET PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM
05OTTAWA1681	LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES REGROUP, WAIT FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: It appears that the most likely scenario now is an early spring election following the end of year release of the Gomery report. Both sides have settled in for what amounts to a 10-month campaign, with the Liberals appearing much better organized and focused. The Conservatives c [...]	2005-06-03 20:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA PREL
05OTTAWA1713	LIBERAL MP QUITS CAUCUS OVER HANDLING OF SAME-SEX [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 21:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
05OTTAWA1734	CANADA: APPEAL TO DONORS FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff and Econoff met with a combined Foreign Affairs Canada and CIDA team led by FAC Director for the Caribbean and Central America Christian Lapointe June 7 to discuss the Haitian elections budget and the general situation in Haiti. Canadian officials feel it is important f [...]	2005-06-08 15:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	HA AORC EAID EFIN PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA1773	OTTAWA: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 18:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC EFIN KIDE PGOV CA OPIC
05OTTAWA1776	DEMARCHE: DELIVERABLES FOR THE US-EU INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel talking points to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Harder June 7 and Poloff followed up with FAC Deputy Director for the Middle East Ann Flanagan-Whalen June 8. We were told that it is not clear whether Minister Pettigrew will be attending the Brussels meet [...]	2005-06-10 20:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON CA
05OTTAWA1802	GOC LIKELY TO SURVIVE VOTE ON BUDGET BILLS [...] (U) Summary: Barring a voting glitch that could bring down the government, Canada's basic budget measures are expected to receive final approval by the House of Commons tonight. Members will vote late tonight on Bill C-43, the legislation implementing proposals in the February 23 budget (ref [...]	2005-06-14 20:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PGOV CA
05OTTAWA1811	OTTAWA: REVISION TO 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT [...] The following information has been received from Robert Curtis, claimant G. His letter (below),requesting assistance in returning to Canada, is accompanied by two copies of a FOIA request (para 2). Post is forwarding the original to WHA/CAN for transmittal to the FOIA office and other offic [...]	2005-06-15 16:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC EFIN KIDE PGOV CA OPIC FOI
05OTTAWA1828	ACTION REQUEST: DRAFT CONFERENCE STATEMENT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-16 22:09:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL PGOV EIND
05OTTAWA1829	CANADA ON UN REFORM: REQUEST TO CONVEY USG [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-16 22:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PREL PGOV AORC CA UNSC
05OTTAWA1947	BIO -- GARY FILMON [...] (U) Canadian Prime Minister Paul Mrtin recently named Gary Filmon as Chairman of the country's Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC),which oversees the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Filmon had served on the committee for about four years before his appointment at chairman. [...]	2005-06-27 18:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV CA
05OTTAWA1972	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY COMMITS TO MAINTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 90 senior level officials from Haiti, international organizations, and donor governments met June 17 in Montreal to discuss the future of Haiti. The conference's key theme was the importance of maintaining momentum in the lead-up to the November elections. Partic [...]	2005-06-29 14:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO CA
05OTTAWA1975	LETTER ON PSI CORE GROUP DELIVERED TO CANADA [...] (C) Undersecretary Joseph's letter was delivered on June 27 to Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Jim Wright, with a copy to Rob McDougall, Director of Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Division (IDA) at Foreign Affairs Canada. In a follow-up conversation on Ju [...]	2005-06-29 17:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CA
05OTTAWA2020	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH PM MARTIN [...] (U) Ambassador Wilkins paid an introductory call on PM Martin June 30 in the Prime Minister's Office at Parliament. The tone of the meeting was friendly and allowed time for a cordial exchange on family and political careers, of note sharing experiences operating in a political minority situat [...]	2005-07-06 14:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	CA HA IR PGOV SENV SOCI PTER
05OTTAWA2032	EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD [...] (C) Polmiloff informed Nonproliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director Marina Laker of the new Executive Order on Jun 30 and provided additional details in a follow-up meeting on July 5. Laker welcomed USG's supplemental background and said she would convey the information to A [...]	2005-07-07 14:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC CA
05OTTAWA2042	CANADIAN HEALTH CARE: [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE USG CHANNELS. 2. (SBU) A Supreme Court of Canada ruling on June 9 has opened up and accelerated Canada's national debate on health care reform. The court struck down a Quebec provincial prohibition on private he [...]	2005-07-07 17:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EFIN PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2078	U.S.-CANADA ENERGY CONSULTATIVE MECHANISM: [...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (U) Canada is the United States' largest foreign supplier of energy, and (when its oil sands are considered) the world's second largest holder of petroleum reserves. While high energy prices are boosting Canad [...]	2005-07-08 18:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EFIN PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2081	FOREIGN MINISTRY BRIEFING ON HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) FAC briefed members of the Haitian election observer's steering committee July 8 to help shore up their commitment to supporting the observation mission. Participants were told that the process is largely on track but requires continued coordination and close cooperation if it is to be s [...]	2005-07-08 20:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA HA PGOV PREL KPKO
05OTTAWA2113	CANADA: PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER SPEAKS OUT ON TERRORIST THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 11 Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan gave a speech that the Ottawa Citizen described as one of the most forceful ever by a Canadian minister on terrorism. She stated "we have perhaps for too long thought that these were things that happened somewhere else. But Canad [...]	2005-07-12 20:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PGOV PREL PTER
05OTTAWA228	CANADA: PM MARTIN'S SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Paul Martin traveled to Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Japan and China January 15-23 on a whirlwind tour that mixed tsunami relief with commercial relations. Some of the stops were photo ops or courtesy calls and critics questioned whether anything could be accomplished in such [...]	2005-01-24 22:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CA
05OTTAWA2320	ENVIRONMENT CANADA'S DISMAY OVER ONTARIO'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: ESTOFFs met July 27 with officials from Environment Canada regarding Ontario's Transboundary Air Pollution Report (refs B and C),which attempted to estimate costs to the province of air pollu [...]	2005-08-02 18:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2331	CANADA: MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION BILL LOSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The marijuana decriminalization bill (C-17),which began the Parliamentary term as the potential next big issue on the Liberal agenda, appears to have lost steam. Opinion on C-17 is split between activists who suggest it does not go far enough, and prohibitionists who say it go [...]	2005-08-02 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI
05OTTAWA2361	HAITIAN-CANADIAN ANNOUNCED AS NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: PM Martin today announced that the Queen has approved the appointment of Michaelle Jean, a prominent Quebec journalist and media personality, to a five-year term as Governor General when Adrienne Clarkson's term ends September 27. Jean covers all the right bases, indeed it wo [...]	2005-08-04 20:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV CA PINR
05OTTAWA2380	CANADIAN FORUM OF FEDERATIONS IRAQ TEAM ON THE NEW [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former Canadian Deputy Minister for Natural Resources George Anderson recently returned from Iraq where he was an advisor to the constitutional committee as part of a Forum of Federations team under contract with NDI. He said that the Canadian International Development Agency [...]	2005-08-08 14:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAID IZ PREL CA
05OTTAWA243	TFXO01: ROUNDUP ON CANADIAN TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE [...] The increase in GOC tsunami assistance to C$425 million (US$340 million),from an initial C$1 million on December 26, reflects the overwhelming response of the Canadian public. The GOC has allocated C$36 million (about US$30 million) of the total to the UN Flash Appeal and C$265 million (over [...]	2005-01-26 11:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PGOV CASC CA
05OTTAWA2442	DOES CANADA'S MULTICULTURAL FRAMEWORK MAKE IT [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a briefing during the Cross Border Crime Forum's Counterterrorism Working Group, and discussions with Britain's Political Counselor, Poloff was given two views of the internal terrorist threat in Canada. Canadian officials have, since long before the London bombings, been c [...]	2005-08-12 19:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KCRM PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2617	DEMARCHE REQUEST: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Sarah Fountain-Smith, Director of the Brazil, Southern Cone, and Summit Coordination Office at Foreign Affairs Canada. Fountain-Smith said that Canada takes the summit process very seriously and Peter Boehm, Assistant Deputy Minister for Latin America [...]	2005-09-01 19:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSUM ECON PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2618	IRAQ: PRESENTATION OF A DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C/NF) FAC Middle East Division Deputy Director told Poloff August 30 that the GOC prepared a statement on the Iraqi constitution last week but pulled it back when it became clear that the document was not a finished product and could still change. He said Canada would wait until there was a [...]	2005-09-01 19:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IZ PGOV PREL CA
05OTTAWA2640	YOUR VISIT TO ALBERTA, SEPTEMBER 8-11, 2005 [...] (C) As you prepare to visit Alberta, I want to extend a warm welcome and reaffirm this Mission's strong commitment to making your visit a success. Your meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan will underscore the importance we place on close collaboration with the Canadian government. [...]	2005-09-02 18:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2642	CANADA - TERRORISM FINANCE: YASIN AL-QADI - STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-02 19:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER PGOV PREL SA CA UN
05OTTAWA2702	CANADIAN VIEWS ON CONTINUING MOMENTUM FOR HAITIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 8 to DG for the Caribbean, Central American and the Andes Christian LaPointe, who also introduced members of a newly created office on Haiti. He explained that Foreign Affairs Canada finally accepted that Haiti was going to be a significant issue [...]	2005-09-08 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	HA CA PGOV PREL KCRS
05OTTAWA2726	UNCERTAINTY THE OPERATIVE WORD AS PARLIAMENT SET [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian Parliament is scheduled to resume on September 27, amidst a political climate that is best defined by uncertainty. PM Martin has the option to prorogue Parliament, which would end the current session and reset the agenda by calling for a new session and an early con [...]	2005-09-09 20:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA2764	COLOMBIA MEETING WITH SELECT WHA AND EUR [...] (U) POL M/C made a strong pitch to secure Canadian Political Director Jim Wright for the September 16 Meeting on Columbia. Unfortunately, scheduling conflicts made it impossible for him to be in New York on Friday. 2. (U) Canada, however, remains very interested in the future of Columbia a [...]	2005-09-14 19:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CO OPDC PREL PTER PGOV UNGA ON
05OTTAWA286	S/CRS AMBASSADOR PASCUAL,S OTTAWA CONSULTATIONS: [...] (C) Summary: In consultations January 20 with colleagues from Foreign Affairs Canada, Defense, and the Prime Minister,s Office, Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) Ambassador Carlos Pascual broke new ground in sharing ideas and seeking synergy for shared efforts to impr [...]	2005-01-28 20:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL PGOV CA KCRS START FAC
05OTTAWA289	CANADA: IRAQ OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTING COMMENCES [...] Canada is one of 14 countries designated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to host polling sites for Iraqi citizens to participate in the January 30th election of a transitional National Assembly. As the 3-day window (January 28-30) for out-of-country voting opens at five [...]	2005-01-28 21:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ CA
05OTTAWA2923	CANADA ON SUMMIT OF AMERICAS DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada would like to build on rather than scrap language in the Summit Declaration, given the amount of time that has already been spent negotiating the text and the disruption that new language would cause. The GOC would also like to see more forward-looking language and a more [...]	2005-09-28 21:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KSUM PGOV
05OTTAWA2951	CHANGES AT CANADA'S NATURAL RESOURCES MINISTRY: [...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (U) Pending a cabinet shuffle or an election, GOC Revenue Minister John McCallum now simultaneously carries the GOC's Natural Resources portfolio, as John Efford has left Cabinet due to ill health. Meanwhile, [...]	2005-09-30 20:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2966	HURRICANES AND NATURAL GAS DISRUPTIONS: THE VIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) Summary: With Canada's natural gas production at nearly full capacity, there is little that government or industry can do in the short-term to add to North America's natural gas supply. Interlocutors say that in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and [...]	2005-10-04 17:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PGOV CA
05OTTAWA3022	DEMARCHE: BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 21:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	BM PREL PHUM PGOV CA UNSC UNGA
05OTTAWA3069	Hurricane Katrina and Canadian Response; Lessons [...] Summary: Operational linkages between DHS and Canada's Public Safety Ministry (PSEPC) worked reasonably well as Canada responded to provide relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But, to make those connections even more effective, Canada would like to have a DHS Liaison Officer stationed at [...]	2005-10-13 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PGOV PREL PINS CA
05OTTAWA3090	A PARTNER IN TRANSFORMATION - YOUR VISIT TO [...] (SBU) As you prepare to visit Ottawa, I want to extend a warm welcome and reaffirm this Mission's strong commitment to making your trip a success. I have been on the ground in Canada for just under four months and have traveled to all but one of the country,s ten provinces and three territori [...]	2005-10-14 20:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA ENRG ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SCRS
05OTTAWA3120	CANADA ON U.S. POLICY TOWARD BELARUS -- ENGAGE [...] (C) Poloff shared U.S. views on democratization toward Belarus with Habib Massoud, Deputy Director at Foreign Affairs Canada for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldavia. Massoud was grateful for the readout of U.S. intentions in Belarus and explained how Canada views its role in the region. As part o [...]	2005-10-18 20:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	BO KDEM PREL PHUM EAID PGOV CA SCRS
05OTTAWA3121	MISSION CANADA 1ST QUARTER 2006 90-DAY GOALS [...] (SBU) Summary - Two issues will dominate our relationship with Canada over the next 90 days -- softwood lumber and climate change. The frustration and anger over softwood, whipped up in the current political climate, is palpable and continues to push out all else on our agenda. Our contribut [...]	2005-10-19 14:04:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSPR KPAO AMGT PREL PGOV CA
05OTTAWA3122	BMENA: SUPPORT FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) POLMINCOUNS delivered reftel demarche to Middle East Director General Mark Bailey October 19. Bailey said that Minister Pettigrew would not be able to attend the meeting in Bahrain because of the unstable political situation in Canada but Deputy Minister Harder would attend in his place. [...]	2005-10-19 16:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU XF PREL EAID PGOV PHUM
05OTTAWA3173	CANADA TO FOLD DART UNDER NATO UMBRELLA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-24 16:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK CA NATO
05OTTAWA3317	CANADA: LAYTON PULLS THE PLUG -- THE GOMERY EFFECT [...] (SBU) Summary: NDP Leader Jack Layton announced today that the NDP cannot express confidence in the Martin government, and "the life of this Parliament is limited," after receiving what he considered an inadequate Liberal response to NDP concerns over creeping privatization in health care. Lay [...]	2005-11-07 21:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3334	ELECTIONS CANADA CHIEF ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN [...] (SBU) Head of Elections Canada Jean-Pierre Kingsley called the Embassy November 7 to debrief us on his recent trip to Haiti. He had met with Ambassador Wilkins just before his trip. 2. (SBU) Overall Kingsley said he came away optimistic and confident. He had a good deal of time with the h [...]	2005-11-08 21:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA HA PGOV KDEM PREL SCRS
05OTTAWA336	MINORITY GOVERNMENT HAS ITS PRICE -- PREMIERS COME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOC reached an agreement in principle on January 28 with the provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador in the ongoing dispute over offshore oil and gas revenue and &equalization8 payments. The provinces were the clear winners, with an eight-year renewable deal t [...]	2005-02-03 19:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CA
05OTTAWA3380	OTTAWA PROGRAMS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 EVENT [...] (U) Post plans to observe Human Rights Day with an educational outreach program to fourth grade students at which Ambassador Wilkins will read a picture book entitled "If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks" by Faith Ringgold. The Ambassador will also educate the students about Elean [...]	2005-11-14 16:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM PREL ODIP PGOV APER CA
05OTTAWA3399	GOC PAVES ROAD TO WINTER ELECTION BY PROMISING [...] SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: On November 14 the GOC's annual Economic Update to Parliament took on new life as the Liberal Party's campaign platform. In an hour-long presentation to the House Finance Committee, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale recapped Canada's strong fiscal condition and promised [...]	2005-11-15 19:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV CA
05OTTAWA3415	CANADA WILL SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Harold Hickman, Deputy Director in the Inter-American Relations Division of Foreign Affairs Canada. Hickman said that Canada is definitely going to provide assistance to the OAS Mission to Colombia, and it could be substantial. The GOC sent an inter-a [...]	2005-11-17 16:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CO EAID PTER CA PGOV
05OTTAWA3454	CANADA'S DELEGATION TO THE DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 21:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL ECON KPWR PGOV AF CA
05OTTAWA3507	OSCE SCALES OF CONTRIBUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (U) Reftel demarche was delivered on November 21 to Isabelle Poupart, Deputy Director for NATO and OSCE at Foreign Affairs Canada. In a follow-up coversation on November 22, Poupart said that Canada was aware of USG's position, that negotiations in Vienna were ongoing and continuous, and that [...]	2005-11-28 12:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ABUD AFIN CA OSCE
05OTTAWA3523	CANADA'S MINORITY GOVERNMENT FALLS -- HOW THINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: After losing a straight up confidence vote the evening of November 28 Prime Minister Martin went to the Governor General the morning of November 29 and asked her to dissolve Parliament. He then announced that the election would be January 23, and by the afternoon all party leade [...]	2005-11-29 18:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3540	CANADA ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIAN DRAFT NGO LAW [...] (U) Polcons and Poloff delivered reftEl on 28 November to Tom MacDonald, Director General of the Central, East and South Europe Bureau and Gilles Breton, Deputy Director, Eastern European Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). . 2. (C) According to MacDonald, the GoC shares many of t [...]	2005-11-30 17:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CA RS
05OTTAWA355	IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT ON THE JANUARY 30 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Asif Rashid Sertturkmen, senior representative of the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) in Canada and the UK, recently met with us (at his request) to brief on the status of the Turkomen population in Iraq, and outline what the ITF believes is the systematic political disenfranchisement of the T [...]	2005-02-04 18:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ CA ITF
05OTTAWA3577	CANADA'S ECONOMY STRONG AS ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] Canada's economy continued to accelerate in the third quarter of 2005, rising 3.6% on a real annualized basis (versus 3.4% in the second quarter and 2.0% in the first). While Canada's currency and stock markets have recently appreciated in line with energy prices, media reports tended to overs [...]	2005-12-02 21:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV CA
05OTTAWA3579	DEMARCHE REQUEST: MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 21:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	BO PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3580	QUAD MEETING ON SRI LANKA IN OTTAWA [...] (C) Summary: A Quad meeting was held in Ottawa November 29 on Sri Lanka on the margins of scheduled meetings on Bangladesh and Pakistan. The participants expressed concern over the downward spiral in the peace process and slackening international attention to Sri Lanka. The participants agr [...]	2005-12-02 22:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AS CA KDEM PGOV PREL PTER SL UK
05OTTAWA3618	CANADA: FUNDING APPROVAL FOR EXTENSION OF [...] (SBU) Foreign Affairs Peacekeeping and Peace Operations Group Director Wendy Gilmour has affirmed that Canada plans to extend its police trainers at the International Police Training Center for another year. We understand that the extension had been endorsed by RCMP authorities and the fundin [...]	2005-12-07 22:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS IZ
05OTTAWA3619	CANADA: JIPTC FUNDS WILL BE AUTHORIZED BEFORE YEAR [...] (SBU) Daniel Joly, Director of the Iraq program at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) assured polmiloff late on December 7 that Canadian funding for 2006 training at the JIPTC would be authorized before the end of the year. The funding package already had been reviewed again [...]	2005-12-07 22:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PINS PGOV MARR MCAP MOPS IZ
05OTTAWA3629	ANTI-AMERICAN RHETORIC IN THE CANADIAN ELECTION: [...] (C/NF) Summary: As the themes in the ongoing campaign take shape it appears that the United States will be in the second tier, although this could change as this hotly contested race takes off and the parties scramble to gain traction. At present the primary themes are health and child care, t [...]	2005-12-09 15:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3650	RUSSIAN NGO LAW - THE ART IS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel to Gilles Breton, Deputy Director of the Eastern Europe and Balkans Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC). 2. (C) Breton emphasized that, since our last discussion (reftel B),Vladimir Lukin, the Russian Parliament's ombudsman for human rights issues, has [...]	2005-12-13 17:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CA RS
05OTTAWA3670	WHAT MIGHT THE NEW GOVERNMENT LOOK LIKE? [...] (C/NF) Summary: With the parties polling eerily similar to where they were at this point in the 2004 election, one might assume that the next government will look much like the last one. However, even if the gross percentages are the same, the next government will be very different, and poss [...]	2005-12-14 22:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3697	CANADA ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Canada has issued a very strong statement of support for Iraq's Parliamentary Elections. Text is carried in para 4. The Ambassador has and will continue to cite the elections as a positive development in his public appearances. In addition, Elections Canada, [...]	2005-12-16 21:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ CA KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV
05OTTAWA3698	CANADA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Unclassified entire text. GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. The Government of Canada remained steadfast in 2005 in partnering with the United States and other like-minded states to support the international fight against terror. With a 5,200 mile undefended border, Canada is one [...]	2005-12-16 21:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CA KCRM KHLS PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KPAO
05OTTAWA3717	IMPLICATIONS OF ANWR DEVELOPMENT AND THE PORCUPINE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. See action request in paragraph seven. 2. (SBU) Summary: As Congress moves towards possibly opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas development, reaction in Canada is likely to become increasingly shrill. We can expect Canadia [...]	2005-12-20 21:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV CA
05OTTAWA3726	TRILATERAL REGULATORY COOPERATION MEETING UNDER [...] On December 9, Canadian, Mexican and U.S. officials met in Ottawa to discuss possibilities for regulatory cooperation under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP). The Canadians, who had proposed and organized the meeting, seem enthusiastic about the prospects for eng [...]	2005-12-21 20:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV CA MX SIPDIS

05OTTAWA3741	CANADA'S CONTINUING CONCERNS OVER RUSSIAN NGO LAW [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel to Gilles Breton, Deputy Director of the Eastern Europe and Balkans Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) on 22 December 2005 and shared the USG talking points prepared for delivery in Moscow. --------------------------------------- Transparency Limits Corrup [...]	2005-12-22 21:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS CA
05OTTAWA375	CANADA'S BUDGET: MINORITY STATUS NOT EXPECTED TO [...] (SBU/noforn) Summary: This year's budget could be a brawl. The budget vote is the only absolute confidence vote that Paul Martin's government will face in the short term and debate is expected to be vigorous. Finance Minister Goodale plans to present the budget to Parliament on February 23. [...]	2005-02-07 22:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV CA
05OTTAWA3760	CANADA SUPPORTS BLUE LINE PEACE BUT HAS LITTLE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel to Peter McRae, Director of the Middle East Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) on 29 December 2005. 2. (C) McRae agreed with the American position of encouraging Syria and Iran to end their support for rejectionist groups in southern Lebanon as well as t [...]	2005-12-29 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS SY CA
05OTTAWA395	CANADIAN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A tan, rested, and combative Parliament returned this week ready to get down to business. The buzz on Parliament Hill was higher than normal as the MPs -- energized by their enhanced role in the minority government -- begin to tackle a host of divisive issues. While most agree [...]	2005-02-09 14:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN CA KCRS
05OTTAWA428	A KINDER, GENTLER BLOC QUEBECOIS TAKES TO THE ROAD [...] (C) Summary: Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe has taken his message of the advantages of separation on a quiet, but successful tour of Canada, and now plans to take the message abroad. While gaining little direct support for separatism, he has improved the Bloc,s public image and his nati [...]	2005-02-11 12:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA
05OTTAWA437	CANADA,S DIMINISHING PRESENCE ON WORLD STAGE -- [...] (C) Summary: A recent report reflecting the views of world leaders and policymakers on Canada's slippage in global clout has caused a small stir here. The paper by the former President of Bombardier International posits that Canada should put muscle behind its human security agenda by creat [...]	2005-02-11 17:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA CA UNGA MEPP
05OTTAWA448	CANADA SHARES CONCERNS OVER VENEZUELA'S WEAPONS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche on February 11, FAC South America Division Director Jose Herran-Lima told polmiloff that Canada shares USG concerns about the course Chavez is taking and will find a way to convey those concerns to the Venezuelan government. He said that the GOC is conductin [...]	2005-02-14 13:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL VE CO CA
05OTTAWA494	PM MARTIN,S SEARCH FOR A "BIG IDEA" IN [...] (C) Summary: The Government lost its first vote February 15 when the Opposition Parties banded together to vote against two pieces of legislation that would have divided the Foreign Affairs Ministry from the Department of International Trade. The move took PM Martin,s Liberals by surprise, ha [...]	2005-02-16 21:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PREL CA
05OTTAWA530	HYDRO-QUEBEC MOVES TO ENHANCE SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the intrusion into two Hydro-Quebec generating facilities by television journalists, Thierry Vandal, Hydro-Quebec President for Production, called DCM February 18 to provide an update on steps which the company is taking to improve security. Vandal also expressed [...]	2005-02-18 19:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV TRGY CA
05OTTAWA594	THE POLITICS OF CANADA'S BUDGET: THE RATTLING OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 23, the Martin Government tabled its long-awaited 2005-2006 Budget. The first "minority government" budget in more than twenty years provides for billions in spending across a broad spectrum of policy interests. In addressing some of the oft-professed key interests [...]	2005-02-25 18:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CA
05OTTAWA640	CANADA'S 2005 BUDGET: SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet or distribution outside the USG. 2. (U) Introduction and Summary: Canada's Opposition parties were hard-pressed to complain about the minority Liberal Party's February 23 budget. Prime Minister Paul Martin and Finance Minister Ralph Goodale [...]	2005-03-01 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV CA
05OTTAWA641	U.S.-CANADA CONSULTATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. and Canada held consultations on February 14 in Ottawa in preparation for the upcoming session of the CHR. Both sides agreed that engaging Mexico before the CHR in a tri-lateral meeting would be important, particularly if Mexico goes forward with an initiative that coul [...]	2005-03-01 19:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CA CHR
05OTTAWA663	CANADA: MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION CLEARS THE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada,s Liberal Party will hold its biennial convention in Ottawa from March 3 to 7. It will be both a policy convention and a review of PM Martin,s leadership. Martin is expected to handily survive the review, and with missile defense now out of the way, only the Same-Sex Ma [...]	2005-03-02 17:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA SNAR MCAP
05OTTAWA666	CANADA: SOUTH KOREA AND IMPLEMENTING A VISA [...] (SBU) On February 15, Daniel Jean, Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy and Program Development at Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC),advised post via letter that the Government of Canada (GoC) would continue its policy of a non-immigrant visa exemption for nationals of South Korea. Th [...]	2005-03-02 21:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL PGOV KCRM CA CIC
05OTTAWA696	MICHAEL IGNATIEFF OFFERS VISION FOR LIBERAL PARTY, [...] Summary: Harvard-based Canadian Michael Ignatieff offered a compelling case as the Liberal Party,s keynote speaker for why the Liberals are the most successful party in Canada and can be expected to remain so well into the new century. He attributes the Party,s success to a national (as oppose [...]	2005-03-04 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PGOV PREL PINR CA
05OTTAWA706	CANADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER HEARS DISAPPOINTMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Cellucci met March 4 with Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper, at the latter's request. Although the original reason for the meeting was to explain and gain understanding for the Opposition Party's position on Missile Defense, the Senate vote to keep the border close [...]	2005-03-04 21:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV CA
05OTTAWA713	CANADA'S LIBERAL PARTY CONVENTION: NO TO MISSILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Both PM Martin and Defense Minister Graham used early speaking opportunities at the Liberal Party Convention to remind delegates that non-participation in the ballistic missile defense program does not preclude Canada,s participation in global security matters. Both leaders sou [...]	2005-03-07 20:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PGOV MARR PREL CA
05OTTAWA741	LIBERAL PARTY CONVENTION WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberal Party Convention finished on an upbeat note March 6, trumpeting the theme of "Promises Made - Promises Delivered" for three days. The Liberals followed the model of successful American convention organizers by scripting an overwhelming endorsement of PM Martin,s lea [...]	2005-03-09 21:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PGOV PINR PREL
05OTTAWA761	LIBERAL BUDGET PASSES AT CONSERVATIVE,S EXPENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberal Government,s Federal budget passed March 9 by a vote of 132 to 73, after the largest mass abstention in Canadian Parliamentary history by the Opposition Conservative Party. The Conservatives were anxious to avoid an election, and given the roughly even numbers of op [...]	2005-03-11 18:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA831	NOT GUILTY: CANADA'S AIR INDIA BOMBING VERDICT [...] Summary: A British Columbia provincial court acquitted on March 16, terrorism suspects, Ajaib Singh Bagri and Ripudaman Singh Malik of conspiracy and murder charges resulting from their alleged role in the bombing of two Air India planes in 1985. The case is the largest incident of mass mur [...]	2005-03-18 20:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KCRM PGOV PREL CA
05OTTAWA860	CANADIAN CONSERVATIVES HIT A DOUBLE AT CONVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Conservative Party of Canada held its biennial convention in Montreal March 17 to 19. It was the party's first policy and leadership review convention since the merger of the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties in December 2003. On issues such as aborti [...]	2005-03-22 21:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI CA
05OTTAWA970	CANADA ON SUPPORT FOR EXISTING DRAFT SHIP BOARDING [...] (U) Polmiloff discussed reftel B points with Catherine Boucher, in the UN, Criminal and Treaty Law Division (JLA) at Foreign Affairs Canada late on March 31. Boucher prefaced her comments by noting that Canada-U.S. consultations on this matter are on-going. In this regard, collaboration has b [...]	2005-04-01 20:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV CA
05OTTAWA999	CANADA: COULD GOMERY REVELATIONS TRIGGER AN [...] (SBU) Summary: The possibility of early elections has always been in the background for this minority government, but the revelations coming out of the Gomery inquiry over the past several days have moved that possibility to the foreground. Testimony by ad executive Jean Brault, which remain [...]	2005-04-05 19:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PREL PGOV
05PANAMA1023	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SICHAN SIV MAY 12-13 VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to meet with senior officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to [...]	2005-05-06 21:14:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM
05PANAMA1024	PANAMA OAS DEMARCHE: GOP LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 21:15:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AORC PGOV PREL PM USOAS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1025	PANAMA UNCHR DEMARCHE: GOP LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 21:15:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PM UNGA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1117	SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON JUNE 4-6 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and the economic environment. You [...]	2005-05-19 22:31:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM
05PANAMA1134	PANAMA CSS REFORM DEMONSTRATIONS BEGIN IN EARNEST [...] (SBU) ON MONDAY, MAY 23, THE FIRST ROUND OF DEBATES IN PANAMA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUED AMID ROWDY, MAINLY STUDENT-LED DEMONSTRATIONS IN PRINCIPAL STREETS OF THE CITY, AND AT LEAST 70 ARRESTS. POLICE REPORTED STUDENTS WERE CARRYING KNIVES, MOLOTOV COCKTAILS, PLIERS, AND PETARDS. SOME WORE [...]	2005-05-23 23:13:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV PM PREL POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1173	PANAMA RESPONSE TO ILO DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-31 22:29:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CU ELAB PGOV PHUM PM PREL ILO POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1175	OAS: PANAMA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Watt called Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis on Friday, May 27, to encourage support for the U.S. candidate for Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Paolo G. Carozza. The Foreign Minister informed Ambassador Watt on Tuesday, May 31, that the GOP would support Carozza. 2 [...]	2005-06-01 14:12:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1183	PANAMA'S SOLIDARIDAD-LIBERAL NACIONAL MERGER WILL [...] (SBU) Two of Panama's small opposition parties, the National Liberal Party (PLN) and the Solidarity Party (Partido Solidaridad),are reportedly close to agreement on merging into a single political party. A merger between the two would lend Solidaridad, the larger of the two parties, a wider [...]	2005-06-01 20:39:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1184	PANAMA'S CSS REFORM PACKAGE PASSES WITH MINOR [...] (SBU) On May 31, nine minutes before midnight, Panama's National Assembly passed President Martin Torrijos's Social Security (CSS) reform package with a vote of 43-30. All 43 Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) legislators voted in favor, while the opposition presented a united front against [...]	2005-06-01 21:21:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PM PREL POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1205	PANAMA AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama offers the following information and analysis in response to Reftel A tasking. CUBA AND PANAMANIAN POLITICS 2. (C) Currently GOP and Cuba maintain only consular relations. Full diplomatic relations between the GOP and Cuba have not been reestablished since Cuba broke [...]	2005-06-06 21:51:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PGOV PM PREL POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1320	MDA: PANAMA RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-17 14:02:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PM ICRC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1326	PANAMA HAS NO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-17 21:53:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL PGOV PM UNESCO KSCI
05PANAMA1343	PANAMA RECEPTIVE TO USG PRIORITIES FOR UN REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-21 17:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL PGOV AORC PM UNSC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1352	AS HIS POPULARITY PLUMMETS, PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Apparently surprised by the persistence of anti-CSS (Social Security) reform agitation following passage of a June 1 reform bill (see Reftel),and as one poll placed his approval rating at just over 20%, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos on June 16 proposed a 90-day social security refo [...]	2005-06-21 22:38:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1377	PANAMA PRESIDENT TORRIJOS BOWS TO LABOR PRESSURE [...] (C) In a surprise move on the evening of June 21, as anti-CSS (social security) strikes that no one thought would last more than a few days were set to enter their fifth week, President Torrijos announced that he would "suspend" writing regulations for the June 1 CSS reform law (Law 17),pendin [...]	2005-06-24 21:26:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PM VE POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1415	PANAMA PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'S POPULARITY NOSE-DIVES [...] (C) Panama President Martin Torrijos's popularity plummeted in the wake of the June 1 passage of the Social Security (CSS) reform package pushed through the National Assembly by his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD). Less than one in four Panamanians now believe that Torrijos is doing an a [...]	2005-07-01 21:24:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1416	PANAMA AND CUBA SET TO REESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC TIES [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-01 21:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PM CU POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1423	SENIOR PANAMANIAN OFFICIALS TO VISIT CARACAS JULY [...] (C) Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis called POL Counselor July 5 to let us know that he plans a one-day visit to Venezuela tomorrow, July 6, to meet with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez to "review" the bilateral relationship. Minister of Government and Justice Hector Aleman [...]	2005-07-05 20:39:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1426	MDA: PANAMA RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-05 21:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PM ICRC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1431	PANAMA STRIKE LEADERS EXPLAIN OPPOSITION TO CSS [...] (SBU) Members of the anti-CSS-reform FRENADESSO coalition -- a mixed bag of ideological leftists and bread-and-butter trade unionists -- want the GOP to pay more and the people to pay less to reform Panama's CSS than the June 1 Law 17 stipulates. During recent meetings with PolOffs, leaders o [...]	2005-07-06 19:32:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB PREL EINV PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA1433	PANAMA HAS NO OFFICIAL CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO; WILL [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-06 21:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL OTRA PREL PGOV PM UNESCO POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1438	PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HARRY PONTING AND ALEX [...] Country Clearance is granted to Harry Ponting and Alex Yates, for travel to Panama during July 13-16, 2005. 2. Purpose of this visit is to assist Embassy implementation of the classified web publishing initiative known as Net- Centric Diplomacy (NCD). 3. As per reftel, hotel reservations [...]	2005-07-07 15:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF PGOV PINR OTRA PM
05PANAMA144	PANAMA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IS NOW A FACT [...] (SBU) Panama's revised constitution, now in effect for one month, fulfills a key goal of President Torrijos's domestic political agenda. The entire constitutional revision process -- from its post-May 2004 national election start to its November 15 appearance in the national register -- took o [...]	2005-01-19 16:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1463	PANAMA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT CANDIDACY TO POSTAL [...] (U) This is an Action Request (see para 3). 2. (U) On July 6, Embassy received a dip note from the MFA's Bureau of International Organizations requesting USG support for Panama's candidacy to the Management Committee of the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal at elections to ta [...]	2005-07-11 21:24:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM PUAS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1496	PANAMA-VENEZUELA RELATIONS STUCK ON INTERNAL [...] (C) Panamanian concerns about suspected Venezuelan meddling in Panama's internal politics and domestic headaches due to high oil prices prompted Panamanian Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis and two GOP cabinet officials to meet Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez in Caracas on Jul [...]	2005-07-14 16:46:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAIR EPET PM VE OAS IDB POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1553	(C) VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) Embassy Panama is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending entry into the United States and revoking the visa of Winston Spadafora (DPOB: 22 DEC 1941; Panama). Embassy [...]	2005-07-22 22:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1584	PANAMA ON UNSC REFORM: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-27 20:20:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR PGOV PM UNSC UNGA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1589	PANAMA'S CSS NATIONAL DIALOGUE INCHES FORWARD, [...] (SBU) Four weeks into the 90-day National Dialogue on Social Security (CSS) Reform (reftels A and B),negotiations have produced few results other than threats of more strikes and demonstrations. The National Front for the Defense of CSS (FRENADESO) is promising to demonstrate on July 28, in [...]	2005-07-28 17:13:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1591	PANAMA'S COLON: FLINT MICHIGAN ON THE CARIBBEAN [...] (SBU) When the USG began to draw down military forces from its bases in the Panama Canal Zone in the 1970s, the port city of Colon, on the Canal's northern terminus, was hit hard, experiencing the same rapid decline that made one-time car manufacturing center Flint, Michigan infamous. By the [...]	2005-07-28 20:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1613	PANAMANIAN COMPTROLLER GENERAL DANI KUZNIECKY [...] (C) Disturbed by an administration he sees as rudderless and by President Torrijos's lack of attention to his reform agenda, especially anti-corruption, Comptroller Dani Kuzniecky is considering throwing in the towel. Kuzniecky's defection would deprive Torrijos of one of his most able refor [...]	2005-08-02 15:10:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1651	PANAMA: GITMO TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO MFA [...] (C) PolOff delivered GITMO talking points to MFA Deputy International Organizations and Commissions Director Nubia Lezcano on August 2. PolOff emphasized that detainees are held at Guantanamo Bay for security reasons and that interrogations of inmates have provided over 4,000 reports of actionab [...]	2005-08-08 19:01:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA1688	PANAMA USAID BOOSTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN [...] (U) Now in its second year, the USAID-funded Darien Development program can boast significant achievements. The local community sees the USAID programs as the most successful aid effort in the area. It has boosted micro enterprises, improved market access, and advanced sustainable forestry in [...]	2005-08-12 20:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PM POL OMS
05PANAMA1695	(C) PANAMA: DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC ACTIVITIES [...] (C/NF) Embassy maintains excellent informal relations with Taiwan diplomats in Panama and frequently engages in productive dialogue with them. For instance, PolOffs have met with former Taiwan ambassador David Hu and current Taiwan ambassador Tomas Hu several times. (See Reftel B.) PolOffs [...]	2005-08-12 22:53:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PM TW POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1711	UNHCR UNHAPPY WITH PANAMANIAN REFUGEE POLICY [...] (C) UNHCR Representative Gonzalo Vargas Llosa believes the Torrijos government is starting down the same path as the previous Moscoso administration in failing to meet its international obligations under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. One never-ending issue is that the Government of Panama (GOP) [...]	2005-08-17 19:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM PM
05PANAMA1729	PANAMANIAN INSIDERS ACCUSE TORRIJOS GOVERNMENT OF [...] (SBU) This message is the first in a three"part series on views of the Torrijos administration's performance as it approaches its September 1 first anniversary. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION """""""""""""""""""""""" 2. (C) Martin Torrijos's reform"m [...]	2005-08-19 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PINR PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1779	TORRIJOS CONFIDANT: JUDICIAL REFORM "NOT A PRIORITY," CSS TALKS "GOING NOWHERE" [...] (SBU) In an August 3 meeting with PolOffs, Institutional Protection Service (SPI, the Presidential body guard) Chief Leonel Solis, and close confidant of President Martin Torrijos, described the current national dialogue on social security as "going nowhere" and reform of Panama's judicial s [...]	2005-08-29 19:23:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA1781	DIP NOTE RECEIVED FROM GOP RE: ACCESS TO NATIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 3. 2. (U) Following is an unofficial translation of a Diplomatic Note received by the Panama Embassy's Political Section regarding a request for a document from the National Archives in Washington, DC. BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION REPUBLIC OF [...]	2005-08-29 20:11:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1802	PANAMAX 2005: TRAGIC LOSS MARS GREAT SUCCESS [...] (SBU) PANAMAX 2005, a twelve-day, fifteen-nation military exercise involving the defense of the Panama Canal, concluded August 16. Although all participants viewed this year's multinational exercise as a great success, the drowning deaths of three Panamanian Marines during the exercise's fi [...]	2005-09-01 15:00:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA1818	PANAMA FOREIGN MINISTRY ADVISOR NILS CASTRO ON [...] (C) On August 22, PolOff met with senior MFA advisor Nils Castro, former Ambassador to Mexico, to discuss GOP's August 20 re-establishment of full diplomatic relations with Cuba and GOP objectives in its petroleum negotiations with Venezuela. Castro, who recently spent two days in Caracas wit [...]	2005-09-02 23:02:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM POL FOREIGN
05PANAMA1930	PANAMA'S "COSMETIC" CABINET RESHUFFLE. [...] (SBU) The long-awaited GOP "re-organization," rumored since last April, was finally announced by President Torrijos on Saturday, September 3. Despite high expectations for in-depth Cabinet changes, in the end, just as GOP Embassy contacts predicted, changes were minimal, leading many in the [...]	2005-09-22 14:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST
05PANAMA1947	PANAMA EVANGELICALS SEEKING POLITICAL POWER [...] (SBU) Two Panamanian Evangelical ministers plan to form a political party (Partido Teologia) in 2007 with the goal of electing a president and legislators in 2009. If nerve and energy were the only prerequisites for political success, these admitted political novices would surely win some e [...]	2005-09-23 22:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA1948	PANAMA TURNING TOWARD TAIWAN [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos's last-minute September 22 announcement that he would attend a September 26 Taiwan-Central America Summit in Managua comes on the heels of First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis's September 19 remarks to Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxi [...]	2005-09-23 23:06:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM CM TW POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1975	PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT AND FM ON CASTRO, CHAVEZ, AND [...] (C) Summary: President Torrijos told WHA DAS Fisk and Ambassador that his government is under intense domestic pressure to strike a cheap oil deal with Chavez. The GOP hopes to address this by enticing Mexico to become a counterweight by offering similar oil deals. Torrijos believes that Ch [...]	2005-09-29 22:18:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1976	PANAMA PLEDGES SUPPORT ON NICARAGUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 29, Panamanian President Torrijos told WHA DAS Fisk and Ambassador Eaton that he shares our concerns about developments in Nicaragua and urged the U.S. to maintain a broad range of contacts and channels with the entire spectrum of Nicaraguan political parties and pl [...]	2005-09-29 23:07:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2020	PANAMA,S ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEDGES FULL COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Panama,s Attorney General pledged to cooperate fully with the USG as the case against former Nicaraguan President Aleman goes before a judge on November 23. There are opportunities for the USG to assist Panamanian prosecutors as they prepare for the November hearing. An arres [...]	2005-10-06 20:30:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PGOV PINR PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2139	NO EVIDENCE OF "WHIPSAWING" BY PANAMANIAN TELCOMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econoff and Econ Specialist delivered reftel points to Jose Galan, Director President of Panama's Public Utilities Regulatory Agency (Ente Regulador) on October 14th. Galan confirmed that circuit blockages by Panamanian telecommunications companies to place price pressure on i [...]	2005-10-24 18:26:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD PGOV PREL XM PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
05PANAMA2152	POTUS VISIT PANAMA [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-25 21:44:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OVIP PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA2162	PANAMANIAN OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC THAT CANAL [...] (SBU) This message is the second in a three-part series on views of the Torrijos administration's performance as it passes its September 1, 2005 first anniversary. Part One (Reftel A) evaluated the performance of the Panamanian government (GOP),citing the views of critics outside and inside the [...]	2005-10-27 14:21:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2190	SCENE SETTER: POTUS NOVEMBER 6-7 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome to President Bush for his upcoming visit to Panama. Canal expansion, bilateral security cooperation, and good governance initiatives currently top the bilateral [...]	2005-11-02 16:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA2191	PANAMA PROPOSED MERGER OF AIR AND MARITIME [...] (SBU) An October 6 proposal by Panama's Minister of Government and Justice (MOGJ) Hector Aleman to combine Panama's National Maritime Service (SMN) and National Air Service (SAN) into a National Coast Guard (Guardacostas) as an efficiency and cost-saving measure drew criticism from former Pa [...]	2005-11-02 16:56:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA2232	STATE COMMISSION FOR JUSTICE REFORMS FINAL REPORT [...] (SBU) On September 28, the State Commission for Justice Reform submitted to President Torrijos recommendations for in-depth changes to Panama's administration of justice (AOJ). Many of the report's suggested reforms will require constitutional changes. The report attempts to address glaring [...]	2005-11-15 17:09:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST
05PANAMA2246	PANAMA HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: QUOTES ON FREEDOM AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-16 22:38:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA2263	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER,S VISIT TO PANAMA: FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: FBI Director Robert Mueller visited Panama October 27 ) 28 as part of his five day, five nation visit to Latin America. During his brief stay he met with President Martin Torrijos and senior GOP national security officials, Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez and her senior st [...]	2005-11-18 14:27:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PINS PM LEGATT
05PANAMA2289	PANAMA'S CANDIDACY FOR THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) On November 15, Embassy Panama received GOP Diplomatic Note DGOCI/DGca/897/05, dated November 1, 2005, by which the Ministry of Foreign Relations informs the USG that the Government of Panama has decided to submit their candidacy for [...]	2005-11-23 14:26:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL PGOV PM UNDP POL SPECIALIST
05PANAMA2292	PANAMA HEARING IN ALEMAN CASE POSTPONED AS DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Panama,s November 23 hearing in the money laundering case against former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman and cronies was postponed until March 30 after defense attorneys failed to appear due to alleged health problems. The next step in Panama will be for prosecutors to r [...]	2005-11-23 21:38:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL PM NU NAS
05PANAMA2294	SUPREME COURT JUSTICES FACE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IF [...] (SBU) In the wake of a March 2005 scandal that featured mutual allegations of wrongdoing between four Supreme Court Justices, on November 14 Alianza Pro Justicia (Pro-Justice Alliance) dramatically submitted to the National Assembly a criminal complaint against eight Supreme Court Justices. [...]	2005-11-23 22:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM POL SPECIALIST
05PANAMA2309	PANAMA AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama offers the following information and analysis in response to Reftel A tasking. CUBA AND PANAMANIAN POLITICS 2. (C) On August 20, 2005, the GOP and Cuba reestablished full diplomatic ties with the signing of diplomatic notes in Havana, Cuba (Reftel C). Prior to the re [...]	2005-11-25 21:06:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL PM CU POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA234	PANAMANIANS PONDER BOLIVARIAN CIRCLES AND [...] (C) Despite recent press reports and speculation about Venezuelan-inspired Bolivarian Circles in Panama, threatening language from Venezuelan president Chavez that Venezuelan "terrorists" are using Panama as a base, and Panama-Venezuela discussions about oil and other commercial links (to be [...]	2005-02-01 22:29:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MARR PINS ENRG EPET PM VZ POL CHIEF
05PANAMA235	PANAMA PRESIDENT TORRIJOS TOUTS POLITICAL VALUE OF [...] (U) This is an action message. See Embassy recommendations in paras 13 and 14 below. Summary ------- 2. (S) Citing internal political pressures and dwindling domestic room for maneuver, President Martin Torrijos on January 27 made a plea to the Ambassador for U.S. concessions in the f [...]	2005-02-01 22:50:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2351	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISMISSES CRIMINAL COMPLAINT [...] (U) In a decision that surprised no one, on November 29 the National Assembly Judicial Affairs Committee decided to dismiss Alianza Pro Justicia's criminal complaint against eight Supreme Court Justices. November 29, the Panamanian press was quick to point out, also was the day that the U.S. [...]	2005-12-02 17:10:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM POL SPECIALIST
05PANAMA2357	PANAMANIAN REACTION TO 212 (F) VISA REVOCATION OF [...] (SBU) On the same day that Panama's National Assembly Justice Affairs Committee dismissed a complaint filed by the NGO Alliance for Justice against eight Supreme Court justices for highly questionable rulings, on November 29, Embassy Panama delivered formal notification to Winston Spadafora t [...]	2005-12-05 13:02:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA2369	PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS ON THE HUSTINGS WITH [...] (S) President Torrijos invited Ambassador Eaton to accompany him on a November 25 helicopter visit to Cocle Province for a series of civic, cultural and political events. With each mile separating him from Panama City, Torrijos relaxed and transformed into a gregarious politician, enthusiast [...]	2005-12-07 15:58:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2371	DIALOGUE FINDS CONSENSUS ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) According to Second Vice President Ruben Arosemena, Panama's National Dialogue on Social Security (Caja de Seguridad Social - "CSS") achieved consensus on reforms aimed at restoring t [...]	2005-12-07 19:30:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
05PANAMA2373	DIALOGUE FINDS CONSENSUS ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) According to Second Vice President Ruben Arosemena, Panama's National Dialogue on Social Security (Caja de Seguridad Social - "CSS") achieved consensus on reforms aimed at restoring t [...]	2005-12-07 19:32:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
05PANAMA2392	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PANAMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a 3-hour private dinner December 5 at the Residence, Ambassador held a wide-ranging discussion with Panamanian Foreign Minister (FM) Samuel Lewis Navarro on subjects including U.S. concerns about the integrity of the Panamanian judicial system (including the recent revocati [...]	2005-12-09 19:35:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2416	PANAMA'S CANDIDATE FOR A POSITION WITHIN THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) On November 15, Embassy Panama received GOP Diplomatic Note DGOCI/DGca/896/05, dated November 2, 2005, by which the Ministry of Foreign Relations informs the USG that the Government of Panama has decided to submit Guillermo Castro He [...]	2005-12-14 15:13:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL PGOV PM UNDP POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA2463	PANAMA MOVES CLOSER TO NAMING NEW SUPREME COURT [...] (C) As a civil society evaluative commission released its December 19 report on 72 self"nominated candidates for two high"court vacancies, Supreme Court Magistrate Adan Arjona predicted that President Torrijos probably would choose "serious" people for the job. (See para 4.) Torrijos is expecte [...]	2005-12-21 20:41:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PM
05PANAMA2490	PANAMA NAMES TWO NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] (SBU) On December 28, President Torrijos submitted the names of Harley James Mitchell and Victor Leonel Benavides Pinilla to the National Assembly for ratification as Supreme Court magistrates. In a fast legislative session that evening, the National Assembly ratified both magistrates along w [...]	2005-12-29 18:13:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA277	PANAMA: FISCAL REFORMS PASS WITH A GRIMACE [...] (SBU) In a show of political courage and discipline, and despite yelps of pain from business and white collar groups, President Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) swiftly passed a fiscal reform package on January 31 that was signed into law February 2 (see Reftels). After t [...]	2005-02-07 21:50:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA331	SCENESETTER: CODEL TAYLOR'S FEBRUARY 20-22 VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on the upcoming February 20-22 visit of your delegation to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues in [...]	2005-02-14 23:14:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL EINV AMGT ASEC PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA350	PANAMA: SHOWDOWN AT THE ARNULFISTA CONVENTION [...] (SBU) Defying expectations, former president Mireya Moscoso retained her position as Arnulfista Party (PA) president at a January 16 closed-door convention, co-opting one of her main antagonists, Marco Ameglio, while defeating the other key challenger, liquor magnate Juan Carlos Varela. Now re [...]	2005-02-16 21:31:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA352	PANAMA FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS ON THE CANDIDACY [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis on February 14 to discuss the OAS Secretary General race, per reftel instructions. Bringing Spanish and English versions of WHA PA's suggested op-ed article, she explained to Lewis that she preferred to deliver the text directly to him rather [...]	2005-02-16 21:41:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA388	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING SUPPORT FOR US [...] (SBU) DCM demarched Vice Foreign Minister Ricardo Duran on February 18, stressing U.S. concern about Venezuela's aggressive bid to chair the working group that will draft the OAS social charter and action plan. DCM underscored the U.S. commitment to work constructively with other countries to [...]	2005-02-18 22:16:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY POL
05PANAMA391	PANAMANIAN V/MFA ON SECURING OAS ACTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-18 22:41:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PM OAS POL CHIEF
05PANAMA436	PANAMA LAUNCHES DOL-FUNDED LABOR TRADE CAPACITY [...] (U) With a Panama-US FTA Agreement still in limbo after the 8th negotiating round, on February 17 Panama's Labor Ministry launched Panama's participation in the DOL-funded labor trade capacity building project called "Cumple y Gana" (Comply and Win). The four-year project includes the CAFTA [...]	2005-02-25 20:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID ELAB ETRD PGOV PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA437	CODEL TAYLOR MEETS PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT MARTIN [...] (SBU) In a 48-hour visit during February 20-22, Codel Taylor toured the Darien border region by helicopter, met with senior Panamanian officials (including President Martin Torrijos) and viewed a joint combined training exercise (JCET) in Chagres National Park (former Ft. Sherman) that includ [...]	2005-02-25 20:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA439	PANAMA SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 20:57:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM OAS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY

05PANAMA476	PANAMA: MINISTRY OF PRESIDENCY SUPPORTS U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-03 22:24:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM

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