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08STATE83144	EFFORTS TO HALT IRANIAN PROCUREMENT IN CHINA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------- SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------- 2. (S//NF) Washington is currently initiating a more focused strategy to prevent shipments of commodities of concern to Iran. We are approaching countries and asking them to inf [...]	2008-08-01 19:52:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ECON KNNP PARM PTER IR CH PINR

08STATE83662	REQUESTING COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Action Request: Department requests that Posts approach host governments at an appropriate level, share the Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) report provided in Paras 5-58 below, and make the following points and requests: -- Ur [...]	2008-08-04 20:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08STATE84902	U.S.-RUSSIA DIALOGUE ON AREAS OF RULE OF LAW [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Department requests Post relay the proposal in para 7 to the Russian government to establish a government-to-government dialogue on areas of rule of law relevant to anti-corruption and law enforcement with the Russian [...]	2008-08-07 17:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV RS SOCI
08STATE85356	DEMOCRACY STRATEGY AND GOALS: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES [...] (SBU) The Department approves Embassy Abu Dhabi,s proposed democracy strategy for the next twelve to eighteen months as discussed on June 4 via secure telecon. This cable summarizes the new strategy, which is an update to Embassy Abu Dhabi,s previous democracy strategy (ref A). ----------- [...]	2008-08-08 17:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMPI EAID AE
08STATE86006	FDLR INFORMATION REQUEST FOR UN SANCTIONS IN DRC [...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 2 - 4. -------------- ACTION REQUEST -------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kigali is requested to thank the Government of Rwanda (GOR) again for their extraordinary effort to produce a comprehensive submission of FDLR targets for inclusion on the conso [...]	2008-08-11 18:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08STATE90905	INFORMATION SHARING FOR UN SANCTIONS IN DRC [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN please see paras 2 and 3. Embassies Brussels, London, and Paris please see para 4. Embassy Paris please also see para 5. -------------- ACTION REQUEST -------------- 2. (SBU) USUN is requested to share the information in paragraph 6 with the Belgian, F [...]	2008-08-23 00:42:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
08STATE91076	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) The Georgian president attempted to explain what led to the armed conflict with Russia. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon) EAST-WEST RAILWAY RE-OPENS FOLLOWING TRAIN EXPLOSION --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (SBU) The British Ambassador, after a visit to the [...]	2008-08-25 12:16:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE92323	DEMARCHE: U.S. WILL NOT SIGN THE NATO [...] (C) This is an action request for all NATO Posts and Embassy Tel Aviv to demarche relevant Foreign Ministry legal and policy offices at appropriate levels prior to the September 2 Meeting of NATO Legal Advisors. We would appreciate information on any comments or replies received; please slug [...]	2008-08-27 22:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL EUN
08STATE92567	DEMARCHE REQUEST: POSSIBLE UNAUTHORIZED [...] (U) This is an Action Request for Embassy Stockholm. Please see paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Post recently obtained information that European Helicopter Service (EHS) Sweden may be planning to retransfer four Bell 212 helicopters to a third country without prior approval [...]	2008-08-28 16:28:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC SW
08STATE92723	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR AUSTRALIA ON BANK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Australian embassy officers recently asked ISN to provide additional information on the proliferation-related activities of Iran's Bank Melli, Bank Mellat and Bank Sade [...]	2008-08-28 20:27:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ECON EFIN IR AS KNNP PARM PTER PINR PREL
08STATE93287	ENGAGING THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN ON ITS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (C) Despite the difficult political context, the precarious economic situation in Pakistan necessitates that we continue to press senior GOP leadership on the urgent need for additional steps to restore confidence and avert an economic crisis. [...]	2008-08-29 22:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL PK
08STATE94723	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (C) The Department sent a demarche (REF A) to initiate discussions with key countries on the importance of implementing robustly the inspection provision of [...]	2008-09-04 15:26:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	GR IS ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PREL KNNP EUN
08STATE94825	USUN INSTRUCTION: CALL P-3 MEETING REGARDING [...] (SBU) This is an action request. USUN is to request a P-3 meeting be held before COB Friday, 5 September. The U.S. intends to propose the four names in para 2 be added to the consolidated asset freeze and travel ban list maintained by the Committee established pursuant to UN Security Council [...]	2008-09-04 17:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KTFN SU UNSC
08STATE97316	DEMARCHE REQUEST: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2008, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will designate two senior Government of Venezuela (GOV) officials and one former official under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin [...]	2008-09-11 15:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE LE SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08STATE97379	UN 1267: REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TO RESOLVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5-8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) In August 2004, the Libyan government nominated 74 names for addition to the UN 1267 Committee's Consolidated List of individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, al-Qaida or th [...]	2008-09-11 16:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER UNSC
08STOCKHOLM118	SWEDISH MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO [...] (C) DCM Silverman met February 14 to review Kosovo issues with MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall and urge early recognition. Lyrvall said: -- Sweden intended to recognize Kosovo, but internal procedures would delay the actual recognition until after a "Privy Council" meeting March 4. I [...]	2008-02-14 17:01:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW YI
08STOCKHOLM532	AT EU, SWEDEN PUSHES IRAQI REFUGEES OVER [...] (U) On June 24, the local media ran an op-ed piece by Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom calling on other EU countries to take in more Iraqi refugees. That same day at the EU Ministerial meeting, the EU did not address the issue to take in more Iraqi refugees. According to press reports, th [...]	2008-07-28 11:17:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER EU IZ SW
08STOCKHOLM533	AT EU, SWEDEN PUSHES IRAQI REFUGEES OVER [...] (U) On June 24, the local media ran an op-ed piece by Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom calling on other EU countries to take in more Iraqi refugees. That same day at the EU Ministerial meeting, the EU did not address the issue to take in more Iraqi refugees. According to press reports, th [...]	2008-07-28 11:17:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV PTER EU IZ SW
08STOCKHOLM534	SWEDISH RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] On July 22, 2008, econoff delivered reftel demarche to Marten Frostgard, Desk Officer at the Department of Security Policy, and Ulf Samuelsson, Deputy Director of the Department of Middle East and North Africa. They thanked the United States for the information and said they would pass it to t [...]	2008-07-28 11:21:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN PARM SW
08STOCKHOLM574	TFGG01: Swedish media coverage of Georgia crisis; Embassy [...] Over the weekend and Monday, August 16-18, Swedish media reported extensively on the crisis in Georgia, with correspondent reports from the region, analytical articles and editorials. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Tbilisi, during which a six-point peace agreement was signed, r [...]	2008-08-18 14:28:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM593	SWEDISH KING TO VISIT KYIV 30 SEPTEMBER [...] King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia will pay a state visit to Ukraine on 30 September to 3 October. A Swedish business delegation will also visit during this time. 2. The visit was in the planning stages from early 2007, but was delayed by domestic turbulence in Ukrainian politics, accor [...]	2008-08-28 07:04:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UK SW PREL
08STOCKHOLM599	ACTION REQUEST: GUIDANCE ON INFORMATION SHARING ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On August 14, CDA and Poloff met with the director general of the Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP),Andreas Ekman, to discuss the ongoing proliferation activities of Mahaco, a Swedish-registered company owned by a Swedish citize [...]	2008-08-29 14:55:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL SW SP IR
08STOCKHOLM640	Media Reaction - South Africa, Mbeki Resignation [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 08:59:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM739	SAAKASHVILI IN SWEDEN: "I REGRET NOTHING" [...] On October 30-31, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili visited Stockholm for talks with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (FM Bildt was in Afghanistan at the time). The visit, planned in 2007, originally was to sign a bilateral investment protection agreement to encourage Swedish investments [...]	2008-11-05 15:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ENRG GG EU ZK SW
08STOCKHOLM763	SWEDISH FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY YET TO [...] (S) Summary: The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (FI) has not yet passed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) warning issued on October 16 to Swedish financial institutions and banks. The warning calls for all countries to strengthen preventative measures to protect their financ [...]	2008-11-14 07:13:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR SW
08STOCKHOLM809	Sweden: Update on Impact of Financial Crisis [...] Summary. On December 4 the Central Bank announced its largest ever steering rate cut (by 175 basis points, down to 2.00 percent). The current recession and lack of confidence in the financial markets have severely impacted businesses and households' ability to finance their activities. The O [...]	2008-12-05 13:42:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV SW
08SURABAYA119	WEST NUSA TENGGARA: LIFE FOR LOMBOK'S AHMADIYAH SECT CHANGES [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 16 visit by Office of International Religious Freedom (IRF) representative and Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer to Mataram, Ahmadiyah refugees described their difficult living conditions and frustrations trying to generate government action to improve their situation. [...]	2008-10-24 07:18:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ID KIRF PHUM
08SURABAYA133	WEST NUSA TENGGARA: HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR CHANGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Elected on an anti-corruption platform, recently inaugurated Governor of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Muhammad Zainul Majdi remains extremely popular among the local population of Mataram, the provincial capital. Political observers, however, are skeptical that he has the skills or [...]	2008-11-20 07:49:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM KISL EINV ID
08SURABAYA32	GORONTALO: VISITING A TROPICAL NEBRASKA, INDONESIA'S CORN [...] (SBU) Summary: Well-known across Indonesia both for its corn production and dynamic Governor, Sulawesi's Gorontalo Province has gained a reputation as a showcase of public administration best practices. In an effort to sort hype from ground truth, Consulate General Surabaya Pol/Econ Officer a [...]	2008-03-05 10:40:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ID ECON PGOV
08SURABAYA53	SURABAYA CELEBRATES EARTH DAY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen Surabaya celebrated Earth Day by joining a clean-the-beach campaign organized by a local NGO and planting trees in a nearby park. Later in the week, the Principal Officer participated in a well-attended seminar organized by a group of women's issues activists to discuss t [...]	2008-04-29 05:39:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KPAO ENRG KWMN EAID TPHY TRGY ID
08SURABAYA80	EAST JAVA--OIL PRICES, POOR INFRASTRUCTURE BATTER BOTH [...] Summary: Top managers at two major Indonesian factories in Gresik, East Java, spoke to visiting Consulate staff about the challenges of running a large-scale factory in Indonesia. State-owned Petrokimia is a fertilizer company with a protected market and guaranteed prices. Privately-owned Kel [...]	2008-07-09 10:52:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ID ECON PGOV
08SURABAYA81	EAST JAVA: EDUCATION COOPERATION A PRIORITY FOR LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 4 visit to Surabaya, Ambassador Hume discussed the prospects for enhanced education cooperation between the U.S. and Indonesia with local officials, academics, and business leaders. All stressed the importance of establishing necessary infrastructure and institutio [...]	2008-07-10 08:21:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO PREL ECON EAID ID
08SURABAYA86	EASTERN INDONESIA: RISING PRICES PUSH INDONESIANS TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past three months, Eastern Indonesia's flour mills have witnessed a dramatic shift in domestic consumption of wheat products as food and energy prices rise. During recent visits by ConGen Surabaya Principal Officer to two of the world's largest flour mills, Bogosari in [...]	2008-07-18 06:24:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD ID
08SURABAYA87	SOUTHEAST SULAWESI: A REMOTE PROVINCE FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Located far from the centers of power, the province of Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) is rich in natural resources yet poor in human capital and infrastructure. Sultra's recently elected, 41-year old, businessman governor has outlined a five-fold plan to capitalize on private-publi [...]	2008-07-22 05:05:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV ID
08SURABAYA98	CONSULAR MANAGEMENT VISIT TO BALI CONSULAR AGENCY [...] Summary. Supervisory Consular Officer / Surabaya Consular Section Chief (CSC) Terry Mobley visited Bali from July 24 - 25. During the visit, CSC and Bali-based Consular Agent Joshua Finch reviewed Consular Agency operations, visited with a few long-term American citizen residents of Bali, an [...]	2008-08-21 07:25:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CASC CPAS ID
08SUVA266	FIJI, TONGA, KIRIBATI, NAURU, AND TUVALU: A STATUS [...] (C) The five small Pacific nations within Embassy Suva's bailiwick all are of interest to the United States, not least because each has a vote in the UNGA. In Fiji, Commodore Bainimarama's December 2006 coup has discolored the bilateral relationship. He is frustrated at not achieving legitima [...]	2008-07-02 04:47:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR SENV EAID FJ
08SUVA35	Tonga's Investment Climate Statement 2008 [...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Tonga, per reftel. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment The Government of Tonga seeks to be welcoming to business and investors. Many Tongans have lived in or visited the United States, and American pro [...]	2008-01-30 15:57:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC USTR TN
08SUVA439	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM THE [...] Embassy Suva received the enclosed letter dated 6 November 2008, addressed to the President-elect Honorable Barack Obama from the President of Kiribati, Anote Tong. The text of the letter follows. BEGIN TEXT. Your Excellency, On behalf of the Government and people of Kiribati, and pe [...]	2008-11-19 23:19:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC AMGT FJ
08SUVA475	KIRIBATI CABINET AGREES TO OFFER ASYLUM TO UIGHURS [...] (S) On December 20, Embassy delivered points reftel to Kiribati Foreign Secretary Tessie Lambourne. Embassy also forwarded a cover note in conjunction with the non-paper. The Kiribati cabinet had not been privy to earlier discussions between governments. Embassy wanted to help President Tong [...]	2008-12-22 03:00:00	Embassy Suva	SECRET	PHUM PTER PREL PINR KDRG FJ
08TAIPEI1034	FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Former President Chen Shui-bian told the Director on July 10 that DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen has been doing a good job so far, adding that he has been working behind the scenes to support her. However, Chen expressed concern that some party heavyweights, sensing possible openi [...]	2008-07-14 10:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CH JA TW
08TAIPEI1038	KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON DOMESTIC POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung, accompanied by Vice Chairman John Kuan and former TECRO Representative Stephen Chen, told the Director on July 14 that it is impossible for President Ma Ying-jeou to stay on the "second line" in the Taiwan political environment. In the fall-out over t [...]	2008-07-15 10:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CH TW
08TAIPEI1093	PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU: AN INTRODUCTORY PROFILE [...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou entered office on May 20 with high expectations that he would improve cross-Strait relations, strengthen economic performance, and help calm Taiwan's charged partisan political atmosphere. Ma's clean image, moderate political style, and reputation for integ [...]	2008-07-24 11:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TW
08TAIPEI1094	KMT MAINLAND AFFAIRS DIRECTOR CHANG JUNG-KUNG [...] (C) Summary: KMT Deputy Secretary-General Director Chang Jung-kung told a visiting INR analyst and AIT on July 17 that cross-Strait relations have made significant progress with the start of weekend charter flights on July 4 and the opening of those flights to mainland Chinese tourists on Jul [...]	2008-07-24 11:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CH TW
08TAIPEI1120	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CONGRESSIONAL [...] (SBU) My AIT team and I are looking forward to your visit, which will help underscore the importance of the U.S.-Taiwan relationship. I will meet you upon arrival at the airport Saturday afternoon, August 9, and, with my AIT team, will provide you a briefing after your check-in at the hotel. [...]	2008-07-31 10:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR TW
08TAIPEI1148	LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON U.S.-TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (KMT) told the Director on August 5 that his recent meetings in Washington went well and he has briefed President Ma on the U.S. desire that Ma's upcoming transits be kept low-key. Wang said he believed the U.S. would try to handle arms [...]	2008-08-05 10:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
08TAIPEI1159	SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU DROPS IN PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: Since the inauguration on May 20, President Ma's polling numbers have plummeted in reaction to economic disappointment and early missteps by him and his administration. Public opinion surveys conducted by various polling organizations in mid-July consistently show Ma's approval [...]	2008-08-07 06:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI1172	FOREIGN MINISTER OU DISCUSSES TAIWAN'S NEW UN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Ou told the Director on August 7 that Taiwan plans to have its allies co-sponsor a proposal on Taiwan's "meaningful participation" in UN specialized agencies at this year's UNGA General Committee meeting. Taiwan is hoping for limited discussion and a mild PRC rea [...]	2008-08-08 10:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TW
08TAIPEI1231	VFM HSIA ON TAIWAN'S UN STRATEGY, TRANSIT, DEFMIN [...] (C) Summary: Whatever its ultimate fate at the UNGA, Taiwan hoped the United States and other key partners would respond positively to President Ma's flexible and innovative approach on "international space," Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Andrew Hsia told AIT Acting Director Wang during their A [...]	2008-08-18 10:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI1292	KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Acting Director on August 27, KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung discussed his recent meetings in Beijing with PRC President Hu Jintao, Central Standing Committee member Jia Qinglin, and Taiwan Affairs Office Director Wang Yi. PRC leaders raised concerns about Taiw [...]	2008-08-28 10:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI1324	FORMER FM ON TAIWAN'S INTERNATIONAL SPACE AND [...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou had erred in not using party channels to engage Beijing directly on international space issues and help China better understand his proposed "diplomatic truce," Taichung Mayor Jason Hu (Taiwan's Foreign Minister from 1997-2000 and TECRO Washington chief repr [...]	2008-09-05 08:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI1327	MODEST RECOVERY IN THE POLLS FOR PRESIDENT MA, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Following a rocky first two months, President Ma Ying-jeou made a modest recovery in public opinion polling in August, but more people are still dissatisfied than satisfied with his performance. Ma's early problems resulted from his inability to deliver on inflated campaign prom [...]	2008-09-05 10:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI1419	DPP LEADERS ON STALLED ARMS SALE AND CHEN YUNLIN [...] (C) Summary: President Ma's cross-Strait policy conveyed the false impression of reduced tensions and thereby weakened U.S. support for arms sales, DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen told the Director during a September 30 meeting. Tsai also hinted of protests during ARATS head Chen Yun-lin upcoming visi [...]	2008-09-30 10:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
08TAIPEI1434	TAIWAN-PARAGUAY TIES APPEAR STABLE, BUT UNDERSCORE [...] (C) Summary: While the facts are murky, indications and perception in Taiwan are that the PRC has thus far discouraged Paraguay's efforts to establish diplomatic ties with China in the interest of reducing cross-Strait tensions. More clear is that Paraguay is dissatisfied with strings curren [...]	2008-10-03 08:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW CH
08TAIPEI1464	LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK, DPP DE-EMPHASIZES [...] (C) Summary. Since the start of 2008, Taiwan,s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been humiliated in legislative and presidential elections and wracked by a scandal that threatens to end in money laundering charges against its former party leader and two-term President. Although reeling, [...]	2008-10-14 06:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PREL TW
08TAIPEI1479	TAIWAN, CHINA SCHOLARS TALKING, BUT IS MA [...] (C) Summary: As Taiwan and China scurry to set the date for the next round of "unofficial" cross-Strait talks, a flurry of recent visits by mainland scholars to Taiwan offers insights on Beijing's strategy and suggests Chinese leaders are in no hurry to seal the deal with President Ma Ying-jeou [...]	2008-10-17 08:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
08TAIPEI1531	FORMER PREMIER SU TSENG-CHANG ON DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Director on October 24, former Premier Su Tseng-chang expressed disappointment that the DPP has not been able to take advantage of what he regarded as the dismal performance of President Ma Ying-jeou and the KMT administration. While Ma's approval rating in [...]	2008-10-30 00:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI1554	PRC ARATS CHAIRMAN CHEN YUNLIN BEGINS HISTORIC [...] (C) Summary: PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairman Chen Yunlin arrived in Taiwan on November 3 for an historic four-day visit. Chen will hold cross-Strait talks with Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P. K. Chiang on November 4, and the two sides will [...]	2008-11-03 11:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
08TAIPEI1628	KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told the Director on November 17 that PRC ARATS Chairman Chen Yunlin had seemed satisfied with his visit to Taiwan, despite the protests. Wu was concerned that violence in some of the demonstrations would give the mainland a bad impression of Taiwan's [...]	2008-11-19 10:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI1648	TAIWAN'S NATIONAL IMMIGRATION AGENCY STRENGTHENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan is taking concrete steps to strengthen anti-trafficking efforts, including, for example, implementing measures to protect victims and allow them to obtain temporary work and residency permits, emphasize National Immigration Agency (NIA) officials. Moreover, Taiwan's Exec [...]	2008-11-24 08:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB TW
08TAIPEI17	MALAWI TO SWITCH RECOGNITION FROM TAIPEI TO [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's effort to prevent the loss of diplomatic recognition by Malawi is running into difficulty as the Malawi government on January 4 declined a request by Foreign Minister James Huang to meet with the president and foreign minister. Huang left Taipei for Malawi on January 2 [...]	2008-01-04 11:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MI TW
08TAIPEI1728	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: TAIWAN TO (AGAIN) SEEK [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's executive branch will request the Legislative Yuan to ratify the UN International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, despite Taiwan's lack of standing in the UN, President Ma Ying-jeou announced at a December 10 ceremony m [...]	2008-12-15 06:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH PGOV PHUM PREL TW
08TAIPEI1758	LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (KMT) assured the Director on December 16 that he would support speedy action by the LY to approve Taiwan's accession to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). Wang discussed plans for his upcoming visit to Washington for the [...]	2008-12-19 06:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ECON ETRD PHUM CH TW
08TAIPEI1759	KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON THE UPCOMING KMT-CCP [...] (C) Summary: Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told the Director on December 18 that he had agreed to the request of both Honorary Chairman Lien Chan and President Ma Ying-jeou to lead the KMT delegation to the KMT-CCP forum in Shanghai on December 20-21. Topics at the forum will include cross-Strait c [...]	2008-12-19 07:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD CH TW
08TAIPEI176	Taipei Economic Brief for January 2008 [...] (U) Summary. Here are the highlights of January 2008 economic events in Taiwan. Taiwan's economy outperformed expectations in 2007, with capital outflow partly offsetting inflationary pressure.... Taiwan's 2008 economic outlook less optimistic.... Initial public offerings in 2007 set a thre [...]	2008-02-05 03:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON SENV TW
08TAIPEI1781	VICE PRESIDENT SIEW ASSESSES TAIWAN'S ECONOMY [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with AIT Director Young, Vice President Vincent Siew expressed guarded optimism that Taiwan's economy will recover in the second half of 2009. At the same time, Siew believes recent moves to improve cross-Strait economic ties would not have much impact on Taiw [...]	2008-12-29 09:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH TW
08TAIPEI1789	KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON CROSS-STRAIT FORUM, [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told the Director on December 29 he was optimistic on prospects for a breakthrough regarding Taiwan's participation in the WHA next May, although he acknowledged the issue is not yet resolved. The Director noted that China objects to the U.S. raising the [...]	2008-12-31 09:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CH TW
08TAIPEI184	Taiwan Biotech: 2008 Outreach Proposals [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 4, 11, and 18. Background ----------- 2. (SBU) Taiwan is the U.S.'s sixth largest agricultural export market. In 2006, the United States exported more than USD 2.5 billion of agricultural, fish and forest products to Taiwan, USD one billion [...]	2008-02-05 05:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD KPAO OEXC OIIP SENV TBIO TW
08TAIPEI2	PRESIDENT CHEN DEFENDS EXISTING POLICIES IN NEW [...] (C) Summary: In his annual New Year's address on January 1, President Chen did not announce any controversial new initiatives, but defended his existing policies on cross-Strait relations, Taiwan's sovereignty, the UN referendum and other issues. Chen promised to keep his international commi [...]	2008-01-02 09:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI246	KMT VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VINCENT SIEW ON REFERENDUM, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting with the Director, KMT vice presidential candidate Vincent Siew lamented the ongoing "green card" scandal bedeviling KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, and delivered to the Director a personal letter from Ma asking the U.S. to confirm that Ma is "nei [...]	2008-02-22 10:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI248	Taiwan IPR: 2008 301 Watch List Submission [...] (SBU) In 2007, Taiwan continued to take measures to reduce intellectual property right (IPR) infringement and strengthen its IPR regime. AIT notes several positive developments over the past year, most importantly the June passage by the Legislative Yuan (LY) of a new law aimed at ending illeg [...]	2008-02-24 04:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TW
08TAIPEI249	Taiwan IPR: 2008 301 Watch List Submission [...] (SBU) In 2007, Taiwan continued to take measures to reduce intellectual property right (IPR) infringement and strengthen its IPR regime. AIT notes several positive developments over the past year, most importantly the June passage by the Legislative Yuan (LY) of a new law aimed at ending illeg [...]	2008-02-24 04:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TW
08TAIPEI262	MA YING-JEOU AND FRANK HSIEH HOLD THEIR OWN IN [...] (C) Summary: KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou and DPP candidate Frank Hsieh both held their own in the first of two media-sponsored presidential debates on February 24. The debate, which featured 20 questions known to the candidates in advance, was relatively low key, and neither candidate suffere [...]	2008-02-25 10:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI281	DPP CANDIDATE FRANK HSIEH ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: DPP candidate Frank Hsieh told the Director on February 28 that the presidential race is much closer than polls suggest and he predicted the margin of victory will be within two percentage points. Hsieh plans to begin promoting the DPP's UN referendum to boost his campaign, but s [...]	2008-02-29 10:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI293	AIT DIRECTOR OUTLINES TRADE AGENDA WITH MOEA [...] (C) On March 4, Director met with Minister of Economic Affairs Steve Ruey-long Chen to review the bilateral trade relationship and the TIFA agenda. Chen observed that the U.S.-Taiwan economic and political relationship has been strained for the past year, but expressed hope that after the Mar [...]	2008-03-05 07:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON EINV KIPR TW
08TAIPEI313	KMT HONORARY CHAIRMAN LIEN CHAN ON REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: KMT "Honorary Chairman" Lien Chan preicted KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou would win if there were no "surprises" between now and the March 22 election. Lien acknowledged that Ma has a "moderate" personality which may appeal to a broad swath of voters, but attributed Ma's [...]	2008-03-07 07:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI349	SEF CHAIRMAN HONG CHI-CHANG ON CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Deputy Director on March 12, Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Hong Chi-chang expressed hope that Taipei and Beijing can make progress on further economic opening and charter flights after the presidential election, adding that he has been urging Pr [...]	2008-03-13 10:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH TW
08TAIPEI351	SEF CHAIRMAN HONG CHI-CHANG ON CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Deputy Director on March 12, Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Hong Chi-chang expressed hope that Taipei and Beijing can make progress on further economic opening and charter flights after the presidential election, adding that he has been urging Pr [...]	2008-03-14 03:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH TW
08TAIPEI39	TAIWAN: CENTRAL BANK CHIEF FORECASTS LOW [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 10:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN PINR TW
08TAIPEI399	PART TWO - 2008 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN [...] (SBU) This is part two of AIT/T's three-part 2007-8 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with paragraph 27 A. Part one contains Paragraphs 27 A-B. Paragraphs 27 A through 29 D are contained in part two. Paragraphs 29 E through 3 [...]	2008-03-20 09:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TW
08TAIPEI400	PART THREE - 2008 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN [...] (SBU) This is part three of AIT/T's three-part 2007-8 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with paragraph 27 A. Part one contains Paragraphs 27 A-B. Paragraphs 27 A through 29 D are contained in part two. Paragraphs 29 E through [...]	2008-03-20 09:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TW
08TAIPEI401	PART ONE - 2008 TIP REPORT - TAIWAN [...] (SBU) This is part one of AIT/T's three-part 2007-8 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The report is presented according to reftel sections, beginning with paragraph 27 A. Part one contains Paragraphs 27 A-B. Paragraphs 27 A through 29 D are contained in part two. Paragraphs 29 E through 3 [...]	2008-03-20 22:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TW
08TAIPEI420	PRESIDENT-ELECT MA YING-JEOU MOVES INTO TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary. The Ma campaign team is shifting into transition mode, with much of the campaign staff moving to the new transition team. President-elect Ma plans to move quickly on selecting his senior administration members so that the Ma transition team can begin addressing the numerous dom [...]	2008-03-24 10:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
08TAIPEI440	TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: EXPLAINING MA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The KMT's Ma Ying-jeou won a record-breaking 58.4 percent of the votes in Taiwan's presidential election on March 22, beating the ruling DPP candidate Frank Hsieh, who took 41.6 percent of the vote (Reftel). Most observers here place the major responsibility for the defeat o [...]	2008-03-26 10:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TW
08TAIPEI452	KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON MA YING-JEOU'S [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Director Young on March 27, KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung conceded that president-elect Ma Ying-jeou had jumped the gun by publicly announcing his desire to visit the U.S. before consulting AIT first. To avoid embarrassment, Wu expressed hope the U.S. would allow t [...]	2008-03-28 11:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
08TAIPEI46	CODEL CHABOT MEETS WITH DPP, KMT PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The PRC will cooperate with a KMT government because the KMT has accepted the "one China" principle and will not push for Taiwan independence, argued KMT legislator Su Chi to visiting Congressman Steve Chabot. However, the KMT will not seek unification with China now or in the f [...]	2008-01-11 10:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI473	VP-ELECT VINCENT SIEW AND CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT [...] (C) Summary: Vice President-elect Vincent Siew told Chairman Burghardt and DDIR Wang on March 28 that the Ma administration will end the current price freezes on oil and electricity, as well as take other steps to deregulate Taiwan's economy and lower barriers to investment in the PRC. The ne [...]	2008-04-01 07:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ETRD CH TW
08TAIPEI475	CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND LEGISLATIVE SPEAKER WANG [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. is Taiwan's most important friend, ally, and democratic role model, Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (KMT) told AIT Chairman Burghardt on March 29. Taiwan will continue to rely on U.S. support, particularly defense assistance, under the new Ma administration. [...]	2008-04-01 10:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ETRD TW
08TAIPEI49	2007 IPR Wrap-up: Overall Progress, Some Trouble Spots [...] (SBU) Taiwan had mixed results combating IPR violations and strengthening its IPR regime in 2007. A new law aimed at ending illegal file-sharing over peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms helped officials shut down some of the worst violators, authorities increased efforts to combat counterfeit pharmac [...]	2008-01-11 10:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TW
08TAIPEI515	VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT VINCENT SIEW MEETS WITH PRC [...] (C) Summary: Vice President-elect Vincent Siew returned Sunday from the Boao Forum in Hainan, where he had met with PRC President Hu Jintao. Siew described Hu as "pragmatic" and said Hu's comments offered a "historic opportunity" to improve cross-Strait relations. During the meeting, Siew an [...]	2008-04-14 10:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CH TW
08TAIPEI545	KMT VICE CHAIRMAN JOHN KUAN ON MA CABINET [...] (C) Summary: KMT President-elect Ma Ying-jeou will draw from previous KMT administrations as well as from those outside the party to staff his Cabinet, KMT Vice Chairman John Kuan told the Deputy Director on April 17. Ma is following his own rules in choosing the new Cabinet, said Kuan, and h [...]	2008-04-18 10:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI571	FORMER PREMIER SU TSENG-CHANG DISCUSSES DPP [...] (C) Summary: Former Premier Su Tseng-chang told the Director on April 24 that former Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen hopes to win the May 18 DPP chairperson election by a wide margin in order to have a strong mandate. The party needs to first focus its attention on restoring its former reputation [...]	2008-04-24 11:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI572	Taiwan Pharma: Slower Approvals, Lower Prices [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 22:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TW
08TAIPEI620	PREMIER-DESIGNATE LIU CHAO-HSUAN ON HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Premier-designate Liu Chao-hsuan told the Director during a May 2 meeting that he had not expected to be named Premier, and that he was leaving academic life somewhat reluctantly. The public expects too much, too soon, from the incoming Ma administration, he lamented, leaving Ma a [...]	2008-05-05 10:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI657	PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU'S NEW CABINET: DEMOGRAPHICS [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable describes the demographic profile of President-elect Ma Ying-jeou's cabinet (not including the National Security Council and Presidential Office appointments),with particular attention to the age, gender, birthplace, education, government experience, political conne [...]	2008-05-13 08:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TW
08TAIPEI671	MAC CHAIRPERSON-DESIGNATE LAI SHIN-YUAN ON FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: MAC Chairperson-designate Lai Shin-yuan told the Director on May 14 that improving cross-Strait relations will be a difficult task, emphasizing that progress will need to come "one step at a time" so as not to get ahead of expectations of what can be accomplished on both sides. [...]	2008-05-14 10:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON CH TW
08TAIPEI698	MA YING-JEOU INAUGURATED AS NEW TAIWAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Ma Ying-jeou and Vincent Siew were inaugurated as Taiwan's new president and vice president on May 20. In his inaugural address, Ma pledged to strengthen relations with the U.S., Taiwan's "foremost security ally and trading partner." Extending an olive branch to Beijing, Ma sai [...]	2008-05-20 11:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI7	Taipei Economic Brief for December 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This cable summarizes selected December 2007 economic events in Taiwan. Better than expected economic performance led to upward adjustment of Taiwan's estimated 2007 real GDP growth which, however, will slow in 2008 due to effects of U.S. sub-prime mortgage situation and higher [...]	2008-01-03 06:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON SENV TW
08TAIPEI727	FOREIGN MINISTER OU AND ACTING DIRECTOR DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: During an introductory call by A/DIR on May 23, Foreign Minister Francisco Ou expressed appreciation to the U.S. for sending Special Envoy Andrew Card to attend President Ma Ying-jeou's inauguration. The Ma administration wants to rebuild the mutual trust with the U.S. that was [...]	2008-05-27 11:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD TW
08TAIPEI73	TAIWAN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 23:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KIPR KTDB OPIC PINR TW USTR

08TAIPEI732	MA YING-JEOU TO FOLLOW MORE PRAGMATIC FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. President Ma Ying-jeou,s foreign policy will focus on Taiwan,s most important economic and security partners rather than continuing the diplomatic numbers game, according to National Security Council (NSC) Deputy Secretary-General Ho Szu-yin. This more pragmatic approach to dip [...]	2008-05-28 10:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV WHO CN TW
08TAIPEI733	PRO-GREEN SCHOLARS CRITIQUE MA YING-JEOU'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent panel discussion, several leading pro-Green scholars argued that President Ma Ying-jeou's May 20 inaugural address and his approach in general are rooted in the past, turning back to KMT policies from the early 1990s (when the party was in power) to address 21st cen [...]	2008-05-28 10:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CH TW
08TAIPEI76	TAIWAN: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Taiwan officially welcomes foreign direct investment. Taiwan,s science-based industrial parks, export processing zones, and free trade zones offer streamlined procedures. Taiwan has made significant improvement in protecting intellectual property. 2. As part of its efforts to improve the [...]	2008-01-16 09:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TW
08TAIPEI79	TAIWAN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 23:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KIPR KTDB OPIC PINR TW USTR
08TAIPEI818	KMT CHAIRMAN WU POH-HSIUNG ON BEIJING VISIT, U.S. [...] (C) Summary: KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told A/DIR Wang on June 11 that the current cross-Strait atmosphere is returning the "China fever" Taiwan experienced ten years ago. In his private meeting with PRC President Hu Jintao on May 28, Wu said he had stressed the importance of "security, inte [...]	2008-06-11 09:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH US TW
08TAIPEI831	TAIWAN AND PRC RESUME CROSS-STRAIT DIALOGUE, SIGN [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, P.K. Chiang (Pin-kung),Chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF),and Chen Yunlin, Chairman of the PRC's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),signed two agreements in Beijing, one on weekend passenger charter flights and the other [...]	2008-06-13 11:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR ETRD CH TW
08TAIPEI84	Taiwan's 2008 Investment Climate Statement [...] LUU, VAN, SSN: *--2779 2. HHE 3. - 4. FROM: TAIPEI, TO: WASHINGTON, DC 5. 19X4519.4-00-2025-2025841024-8169-2234-330230 6. 6 CASES 7. STATE 8. - 9. 7178 LBS 10. 5308 LBS 11. 1078 CUFT 12. 020E TAIPEI 00000084 013 OF 013 13. ETD: 01/09/08, ETA: 02/04/08 14. APL [...]	2008-01-17 06:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR OPIC KTDB USTR KIPR TW
08TAIPEI850	VICE PRESIDENT SIEW ON CROSS-STRAIT, U.S.-TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 17 meeting, AIT Director Young relayed Washington's message of welcome to the new Ma administration, and support for Taiwan's efforts to improve relations with China. Cross-Strait relations are off to a good start, Siew replied, but thornier issues like Taiwan's "intern [...]	2008-06-17 10:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL TW
08TAIPEI892	DPP CHAIRPERSON TSAI ING-WEN ON CHALLENGES FACING [...] (C) Summary: New DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen told the Director on June 20 that so far she has been accepted by party elders, whose support she needs to carry out reforms to strengthen the party's structure. The opposition DPP needs to reduce the damaging infighting in party primaries and to [...]	2008-06-23 10:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TW
08TAIPEI949	LY SPEAKER WANG JIN-PYNG ON CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) Summary: During a June 30 meeting with the Director, Legislative Yuan (LY) Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (KMT) asserted the LY is entitled to supervise cross-Strait negotiations and ratify cross-Strait agreements. This would ensure that Taiwan's sovereignty and security are not impugned, and the [...]	2008-07-01 10:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD MARR CH TW
08TAIPEI969	TAIWAN CROSS-STRAIT EXPERTS EXPECT CONTINUED FOCUS [...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou,s inauguration and new cross-Strait agreements on weekend charter flights and Chinese tourism have raised expectations here of a cross-Strait thaw that will bring Taiwan substantial economic and political benefits. Several Taiwan cross-Strait experts tel [...]	2008-07-03 11:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CH TW
08TALLINN102	ESTONIA: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (S) In response to reftel, post submits the following responses to the questions posed: A. (S) WHAT ARE UROPEAN LEADERS' LONG-TERM (I.E., BEYOND 2008) PLANS FOR THEIR FORCES AND OTHER EFFORTS IN IRAQ? (S) While the Government of Estonia (GOE) has maintained its strong political commitmen [...]	2008-03-11 11:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL IZ EN
08TALLINN135	SCENESETTER FOR ESTONIAN PRESIDENT ILVES' APRIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonia's own "Jersey Boy," visits Washington and Tampa April 17-22. President Ilves is fervently pro-American, and he supports strongly Estonia's military engagements abroad. In fact, keeping Estonia in Iraq will be high on Ilves' agenda during hi [...]	2008-04-14 13:10:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG NATO ECON CVIS EN
08TALLINN153	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - ESTONIA [...] As requested reftel, below is a readout on the Impact of Rising of Food/Commodity Prices on Estonia. Demand and prices ----------------- 2. In Estonia, the most essential foods/agricultural commodities are dairy products, meat, grain, potatoes, and fodder crops for animal feed. In 2007, [...]	2008-05-02 11:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL EN
08TALLINN179	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS DAVID GROSS [...] (U) Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Perhaps the most dynamic of the "Baltic Tigers" since re-independence in 1991, Estonia enjoyed average annual GDP growth racing above eight percent from 2001-2007. Growth began to slow in 2007, [...]	2008-05-22 06:43:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON BEXP PGOV OIIP TINT EN
08TALLINN200	ESTONIAN GDP GROWTH SLOWS MORE THAN EXPECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A preliminary Estonian GDP growth figure showing only 0.4 percent growth in the first quarter of 2008 has shocked analysts and the public. Senior government economic advisors cite steeper-than-expected declines in consumer spending and a sluggish real estate market as the prim [...]	2008-06-06 11:57:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EN
08TALLINN26	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA [...] (U) The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Estonia, keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A.l. Openness to Foreign Investment Since joining the EU in 2004, the Estonian government has sought to maintain liberal policies in order to attract investments that could produce [...]	2008-01-14 13:17:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB EINV OPIC USTR
08TALLINN292	Estonian FM Paet Visit to Baghdad [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Crocker and Iraqi officials told Estonian Foreign Minister Paet August 12 that Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) negotiations are ongoing and there is no guarantee they will conclude before Estonia's legislative mandate for operations in Iraq expires in December. With [...]	2008-08-22 10:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ EN
08TALLINN326	ESTONIA CHARTS LEGAL, MILITARY FUTURE OF CYBER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of the August cyber attacks against government websites in the Republic of Georgia, Estonia has provided both material and technical assistance to Tbilisi. Lawyers at the Cyber Center of Excellence in Tallinn have produced a legal analysis of the status of cyber [...]	2008-09-22 14:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TINT NATO RU GG EN
08TALLINN349	Estonia's Search for Electricity to 2018 and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greater energy independence is a high voltage political issue, and economic necessity, in Estonia. The Government of Estonia (GOE) is well aware the clock is ticking to replace the aging, dirty and CO2- intensive oil shale-fired power plants that generate 90 percent of the coun [...]	2008-10-03 14:33:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG KGHG EN
08TALLINN354	ESTONIA: A/S FRIED VISITS TALLINN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During EUR A/S Dan Fried's October 1 visit to Tallinn, Estonian government and political leaders urged that NATO military commanders update NATO's Article 5 contingency planning in the wake of Russia's invasion of Georgia. Estonia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Ministe [...]	2008-10-07 10:30:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS RU GG AJ MD UP EN
08TALLINN363	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DHS SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary. Mr. Secretary - welcome to Estonia! Your October 29 visit to Tallinn is a significant milestone in our bilateral relationship with Estonia, and will be seen here as the fulfillment of the President's promise of Visa Waiver Program (VWP) membership made during his 2006 visit to [...]	2008-10-23 09:37:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL CVIS AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
08TALLINN366	ESTONIA NOT LIKELY TO BE THE NEXT ICELAND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 12:11:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN
08TALLINN384	2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) The following is Embassy Tallinn's submission for the 2008 - 2009 (EUR) International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. (U) The seizures of record amounts of narcotic substances, destruction of cannabi [...]	2008-11-05 06:02:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EN
08TALLINN392	BANK OF ESTONIA: GDP SLUMP IN '09, RECOVERY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bank of Estonia's (BOE) most recent economic forecast calls for 15 more months of negative GDP, with economic recovery coming in 2010. The Bank identified three reforms it hopes the Government of Estonia (GOE) will prioritize during the downturn: Euro accession, fiscal sust [...]	2008-11-06 15:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV EN
08TALLINN403	ESTONIA'S NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS(C-RE8-00759) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Estonia's post-Soviet political landscape has been characterized by youthful leadership. Beginning with the first post-independence Estonian government of Mart Laar in 1992 to the current Andrus Ansip government elected in 2007, young and influential decision makers have been a c [...]	2008-11-25 14:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EN
08TALLINN427	ESTONIA: DCM VISITS WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 10, DCM visited the Women's Shelter of Tartu and the Tartu Child Support Center to mark International Human Rights Day and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. DCM toured both facilities and met staff, psychologists and social workers for discussions on do [...]	2008-12-16 06:09:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EN
08TALLINN431	ESTONIA: RESPONSE TO CIVIL-NUCLEAR WORKING [...] (SBU) Embassy Tallinn's responses below are keyed to questions in reftel. Questions are repeated below for ease of reading. POC for follow-up questions is Economic Officer Rob Hollister, Jr. at hollisterrm@state.gov, tel. +372 668 8107. -- Describe any plans for the development of nuclear [...]	2008-12-17 14:51:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG PREL PGOV EN
08TALLINN64	ESTONIA: CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON VWP MOU [...] (SBU) Estonian negotiators from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, and Justice reached near agreement with DHS and Department negotiators on the language of a Visa Waiver Program memorandum of understanding. Final agreement awaits completion of text revisions and then approval from t [...]	2008-02-14 09:31:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD PREL EN
08TALLINN66	ESTONIA: DAS GARBER VISITS ESTONIA [...] (C) Summary. Estonian government and political leaders told visiting EUR DAS Garber that GOE priorities for the NATO summit in Bucharest are NATO membership for the Adriatic 3 and "positive messages of progress" for Ukraine and Georgia. Estonian interlocutors expressed continued support for [...]	2008-02-15 13:29:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EN
08TALLINN90	ESTONIA - VOLUNTARY INPUT FOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 [...] (U) Summary: In 2007, the Government of Estonia (GOE) continued to improve the country's IPR regime through legislative changes and cooperation with rights holders. Major changes to IPR legislation were introduced in March, when the Law Amending the Penal Code and Copyright Act came into forc [...]	2008-03-04 13:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON EUR EN
08TALLINN91	ESTONIA - EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING REPORT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Tallinn's Anti- Trafficking Report for Estonia. Responses are keyed to the checklist (Ref A). Post's points of contact on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) are Political Officer Alamanda Gribbin (Email: GribbinAL@state.gov; tel: +372-668-8291) and Political Assistant [...]	2008-03-04 14:20:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EN
08TALLINN96	CORRECTED COPY - ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DHS [...] (SBU) Summary: Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) will be significant new milestones in our bilateral relationship with Estonia. Accession to VWP has been a long-standing priority for the Government of Estonia (G [...]	2008-03-06 15:08:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL CVIS AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
08TASHKENT101	Part 1 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for [...] With an estimated population of 27.3 million, Uzbekistan has the largest population in Central Asia. Rich natural resources such as gold, gas, and cotton offer potentially attractive opportunities for investors. Uzbekistan is the world's fourth largest cotton producer and second largest cotton [...]	2008-01-25 15:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ
08TASHKENT102	Part 2 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 15:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ
08TASHKENT1048	UZBEK DEPUTY FM DENIES GAS DEAL SIGNED WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) In a September 8 meeting with Ambassador, Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov denied that Uzbekistan had "signed" an agreement with Russia for construction of a new gas pipeline during Russian PM Putin's Sept. 2 visit to Tashkent. Nematov said that talks were on-going with Russia on the [...]	2008-09-11 11:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV UZ RS
08TASHKENT1052	UZBEKISTAN: WATER CRISIS DELAYED BUT NOT AVERTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In Uzbekistan the drought of 2008 has not produced the dire consequences that were predicted. In a wide range of meetings with Uzbek officials, we were told that the shortage was predicted in time and that adequate conservation measures were taken. The cotton harvest is predi [...]	2008-09-12 07:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG KTIA PGOV SENV SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1138	UZBEKISTAN: PROTESTANT RELEASED; ACTIVIST GRANTED [...] (C) Summary: In the past week, Uzbek authorities have dropped religious extremism charges against Protestant Aimurat Khayburahmanov and issued an exit visa for human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva to receive medical treatment abroad. Forum 18, which first reported Khayburahmanov's release [...]	2008-10-06 12:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1226	UZBEKISTAN: PROSECUTOR GENERAL PUBLISHES MAJOR [...] (U) On October 17 Uzbekistan Prosecutor General Rashitjon Qodirov prominently published a major 3,000 word report on trafficking in persons (TIP) in the state-controlled newspaper "Narodnoe Slovo" (People's Word). This is the first high-profile action by Qodirov in his capacity as the Chairma [...]	2008-10-24 08:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN UZ
08TASHKENT1227	KAZAKHSTANI NGOS DISCUSS LABOR MIGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day trip to Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan on September 29 - October 3, G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Megan Hall met with Kazakhstani NGOs to discuss labor migration, human trafficking, and child labor issues. The president of an anti-trafficking NGO in Shymkent [...]	2008-10-24 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ELAB KWMN KCRM SOCI KZ UZ
08TASHKENT1259	UZBEKISTAN HOSTS CONFERENCE ON ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 15-16, Uzbekistan's Foundation for Regional Policy (FRP)--an "NGO" with close ties to the Presidential Apparat--hosted an international roundtable entitled "Elections to Representative Bodies and Issues of Increasing the Political Culture of the Electorate" in Tashkent. [...]	2008-10-31 05:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT1266	UZBEKISTAN: "THE MAHALLA," PILLAR OF UZBEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mahallas are a uniquely Uzbek social unit that serves as an intermediary between government and citizen. In a recent meeting the chairman of the Charitable Fund "Mahalla" described the role of the mahallas in Uzbek society and the work of his non-governmental fund. Both a ch [...]	2008-11-03 09:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT129	UZBEK MIGRANTS EYE VISA-FREE TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: On January 13 poloff, who previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bukhara, learned that his Uzbek former counterpart teacher was departing immediately -- and possibly forever -- for Turkey. Having been frustrated at recent attempts to find work abroad in Russia, Cyprus, a [...]	2008-01-31 07:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS KCRM KWMN ECON SOCI TU UZ
08TASHKENT1298	UZBEKISTAN: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT [...] The president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, sent the following congratulatory message to President-elect Obama, the original of which was transmitted to the Department on November 5 via the Uzbek Embassy in Washington. This cable is for record traffic purposes only and, per Reftel, we unders [...]	2008-11-12 08:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC OVIP PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1315	2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR [...] SUMMARY UZBEKISTAN: Uzbekistan is primarily a transit country for opiates originating in Afghanistan. Well-established trade routes facilitate the transit of these narcotics to Russia and Europe. There is a growing market for a variety of intravenously administered narcotics and consequently a [...]	2008-11-17 10:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1316	2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR [...] INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT VOLUME II REPORT ON MONEY LAUNDERING UZBEKISTAN Uzbekistan is not an important regional financial center and does not have a well-developed financial system. Legitimate business owners, ordinary citizens, and foreign residents generally attem [...]	2008-11-17 10:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT1341	FATF Member Embassies Not United on Uzbekistan [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Azimov and Foreign Minister Norov on November 19 on the margins of meetings with TRANSCOM Commander General Duncan McNabb. Azimov was already aware of the upcoming FATF team's visit and mentioned DAS Glaser by name. He nodded [...]	2008-11-21 10:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT142	WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTER OPENS IN BUKHARA WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Bukhara province on January 10 and 11, the Ambassador visited the "Oydin Nuri" ("Moonlight") Women's Crisis Center for victims of domestic violence, which recently opened in November 2007 with support from an Embassy Democracy Commission grant. During his visit [...]	2008-02-01 13:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1477	UZBEKISTAN: TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE ON UNION OF GOOD DELIVERED [...] (C) On December 15, Poloff delivered reftel demarche onthe U.S. domestic designation of Union of Good as a supporter of terrorism to Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev, who promised to inform parts of the Government of Uzbekistan who work on the issue. [...]	2008-12-18 11:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS SA WE GZ UZ
08TASHKENT1536	UZBEKISTAN: IMF ROSY ON UZBEK ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 18 Sena Eken from the IMF told the Tashkent diplomatic community that the Uzbek economy had performed strongly with 9.4 percent GDP growth in the first nine months of 2008. Although Uzbekistan is not immune from the world financial crisis, the IMF predicts that its [...]	2008-12-30 09:38:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KCRM SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT19	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FORMER [...] On December 27, Poloff delivered reftel press release, identifying information, and key points to Ismat Faizullayev, MFA's Chief of Section for U.S. Affairs. Faizullayev indicated that he would share the documents with other members of the Government of Uzbekistan and notify the United States [...]	2008-01-07 09:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN UZ
08TASHKENT230	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NIGMATILLA TULKINOVICH YULDOSHEV [...] (SBU) On February 4, 2008, President Karimov appointed Nigmatilla Tulkinovich Yuldoshev as Deputy Procurator General of Uzbekistan. Yuldoshev, an ethnic Uzbek, was born in 1962, in Tashkent. In 1985, after graduation from the Law Department of the Tashkent State University, he began his career [...]	2008-02-21 08:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT270	UZBEKISTAN: SUBMISSION FOR EIGHTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Post,s submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report begins in paragraph 4. Per reftel, this information covers the period from April 2007 to March 2008. The information provided in the report has been gathered from numerous sources, including the Government of U [...]	2008-02-29 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UZ
08TASHKENT290	JIZZAKH PROVINCE -- THE "FARGO" OF UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During a one-day trip to Jizzakh province on February 29, the Ambassador met with the acting provincial Hokim (governor) Musa Anarbaev, toured a battery production plant operated by an U.S.-Uzbek joint venture, had lunch with alumni of US government exchange programs, and visited [...]	2008-03-06 06:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PBTS PHUM SCUL SOCI TI UZ
08TASHKENT295	UZBEKISTAN GSP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Over the past five weeks, post has demarched Uzbek officials from relevant ministries on the concerns raised ref C. We have informed Uzbek officials in the Ministries of Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs, as well as in the Republican Copyright Agency, of the impending June [...]	2008-03-07 09:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT441	UZBEKISTAN: SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OFFER THE [...] (C) Summary: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (A/DAS) Pamela Spratlen, Ambassador Norland and Emboffs participated in a series of meetings with high-ranking Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials March 28-31 in Tashkent and Bukhara. GOU authorities agreed to all requested meetings [...]	2008-04-16 05:02:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ECON UZ
08TASHKENT445	UZBEKISTAN: SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OFFER THE [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/DAS, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM, met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for nearly two hours. Norov covered a wide range of topics from human rights to security and economic issues. He welcomed an invitation for his D [...]	2008-04-16 05:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM ECON EINV SOCI SNAR AF UZ
08TASHKENT459	UZBEKISTAN VEHEMENTLY DENIES RUMORS OF SEPARATIST [...] (C) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials directed MFA Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev to deliver a statement to Poloff on April 16 refuting press reporting on separatist sentiment in Uzbekistan's autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, and warning that U.S. Embassy i [...]	2008-04-17 12:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT463	DISSIDENT POET JUMAEV SENTENCED TO INTERNAL EXILE [...] (C) On April 15 Reuters reported that dissident poet Yusuf Jumaev was found guilty in a Bukhara court of discrediting the authorities, resisting arrest, and harming a police officer. The charges stem from a December incident in which Jumaev, who was protesting his son's arrest, allegedly drove [...]	2008-04-18 12:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT514	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AG COMMODITY PRICES [...] (SBU) Food and agricultural commodity prices have risen steeply in Uzbekistan over the past year and a half or more. More recent spikes in world prices have been felt acutely in Uzbekistan, as in other Central Asian countries. Embassy Tashkent maintains its own detailed price survey data for [...]	2008-05-02 04:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL UZ EAGR
08TASHKENT580	INTERNATIONAL ANTI-TIP WORKSHOP IN TASHKENT SETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) co-sponsored a major international anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) workshop on May 14-15 in Tashkent. Visiting American participants included a Congression [...]	2008-05-21 09:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT591	IMF MILDLY UPBEAT ON UZBEK ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 15 Sena Eken, Assistant Director of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia Department, briefed a select group from Tashkent,s international community on the conclusions reached by her IMF team during two weeks of Article IV consultations with Uzbek Government officials. [...]	2008-05-23 11:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KCRM SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT713	FRUSTRATED MFA OFFICIAL VENTS ABOUT UZBEK POWER [...] (S) Summary: At a June 20 reception at the Ambassador's residence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev expressed to poloff his deep frustration with the Uzbek government structure. He criticized Foreign Minister Norov as "weak" and noted that rank-and-file [...]	2008-06-23 09:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT748	TRANSPORTATION AID PROVIDES CRITICAL LIFELINE TO [...] (C) Summary: Humanitarian supplies delivered through transportation programs funded by the Office of the Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE) continue to fulfill critical needs of NGOs and other institutions in Uzbekistan that serve many of the country's most vulnera [...]	2008-06-27 12:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT771	UZBEKISTAN: SPECTER OF CORRUPTION STIFLES [...] (C) Summary: On July 1 poloff met with an affluent, well-connected young acquaintance from Bukhara whose extended family has successfully established a syringe-making factory. The family is also planning to diversify and start another factory to manufacture diapers. The young man wants to st [...]	2008-07-03 08:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR ECON BTIO EPET SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT8	UZBEK ELECTRICAL GENERATION AND EXPORT PROSPECTS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met with Botir Teshaboev, the Chairman of state-owned Uzbekenergo, on December 21, to discuss domestic electricity generation, infrastructure and export. Uzbekenergo is modernizing many of its generation facilities, most of which are natural gas fired, increasing effici [...]	2008-01-03 14:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET EAID PGOV PREL ZK AF UZ
08TASHKENT80	AMBASSADOR RECEIVES WARM WELCOME IN CHILLY BUKHARA [...] (C) Summary: Despite frigid temperatures outside, the Ambassador was warmly received by the hokim (governor) of Bukhara province during a trip to the province on January 10 and 11. The Ambassador also visited the Naqshbandi Sufi Shrine and met with Bukharan Jewish community leaders at a local [...]	2008-01-22 12:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB KIRF PHUM PINR SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT845	UZBEKISTAN: BUREAUCRATIC WRANGLING STALLS [...] (C) Summary: On July 10, Poloff met with the Chairman of the Disabled People's Society of Uzbekistan to discuss Uzbekistan's efforts to ratify the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Despite most ministries' endorsement of the Convention, the Ministries o [...]	2008-07-18 12:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL UZ
08TASHKENT878	BUKHARA ACTIVIST: BETTER-TRAINED IMAMS FENDING OFF [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Bukhara on July 15 - 16, poloff discussed the current state of the region's Muslim community with a prominent local human rights activist and imams at Sunni and Shiite mosques. The activist, Shukhrat Ganiev, observed that that Muslim religiosity, especia [...]	2008-07-29 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EG SA RS UZ
08TASHKENT938	UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENTIAL RESOLUTION ESTABLISHES [...] (U) Summary: On June 23 President Karimov issued the latest in a series of decrees on legal reform initiatives, this one establishing a research center in the Supreme Court and promoting the "independence of the judicial system." The resolution envisions the new judicial research center will [...]	2008-08-13 05:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT951	UZBEKISTAN: COST OF LIVING SOARS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Official GOU figures continue to show robust macroeconomic growth, but the benefits of this growth are slow to be seen in the economic lives of Uzbek citizens. Although gross national income per capita is growing, the official consumer price index of 6.5 percent stands in sha [...]	2008-08-18 07:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID EINV KCRM SOCI UZ
08TBILISI109	GEORGIA'S LEGAL EAGLES PROSECUTE ELECTION CRIMES [...] Summary: For the first time in its history, Georgia's Office of Public Prosecution Service (OPP) charged individuals with committing election crimes. U.S.-trained OPP prosecutors charged that two individuals, during the January 5, 2008, election, cast fraudulent ballots. To prepare the OPP fo [...]	2008-01-23 13:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS GG
08TBILISI1123	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES GETTING ATTENTION IN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: On June 9, 2006, President Saakashvili signed Georgia's first legislation on domestic violence. Although the law institutionalized a system designed to shield victims from their abusers, other provisions in the Domestic Violence Law Action Plan have languished due [...]	2008-06-27 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI117	GEORGIA IMPROVES ITS RATING IN HERITAGE FOUNDATION'S [...] Summary: Georgia has improved its standing in the Heritage Foundation's annual Index of Economic Freedom. In 2008 it has moved up from 35th to 32nd out of 163 countries surveyed throughout the world. According to the conservative think tank's report, which measures countries' performance on [...]	2008-01-24 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI1239	POLOFF DISCUSSES TROOP LEVEL AND DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Officer for the United States, Irakli Machitidze, Director of Department of International Organizations, Alexander Nalbandov and Head of NATO Division, Tornike Parulava regarding press reports that Georgia is planning to [...]	2008-07-17 12:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1245	RECENT DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The parliamentary minority faction has nominated one of three vice-speaker positions in Parliament reserved for opposition lawmakers and has filled deputy chairmen positions on parliamentary committees. The Parliamentary Committee for Procedural Issues rejected the Labor Party' [...]	2008-07-18 13:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1420	PM GURGENIDZE URGES SENATOR BIDEN TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 17 meeting with U.S. Senator Joseph Biden, Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze outlined the economic cost of the Russian invasion of his country. He stressed the importance of continued existence of the reform-minded government of Georgia to continuing U.S. i [...]	2008-08-25 04:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL GG
08TBILISI1506	GEORGIA: SITREP 23: DOMESTIC POLITICIANS BEGIN [...] (C) Summary. On September 2 ruling party and opposition politicians met to find a way forward on the domestic political front that will maintain national unity while ensuring the opposition's concerns are not lost. The government sees next steps on the conflicts as the withdrawal of Russian [...]	2008-09-03 11:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1554	GEORGIA: SITREP 29: UN ASSISTANCE CONVOY GAINS [...] (C) Summary. The UN announced that a humanitarian assistance convoy was allowed to pass the Georgian checkpoint at Karaleti September 11, delivering four tons of assistance to the Georgian village of Patara Garadjivari. Georgia's Reintegration Minister formally announced a freeze on develop [...]	2008-09-11 14:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1608	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (C) Introduction and Comment: Tbilisi Mayor and Saakashvili insider Gigi Ugulava told the Ambassador that polling data indicates that Saakashvili and his Government enjoy broad public support, but noted that the Government needed to use the next 12-18 months to focus on rehabilitation and reco [...]	2008-09-19 07:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1620	GEORGIA: YOUR MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI [...] (C) In your meeting with President Saakashvili on the margins of the UN General Assembly you will find a leader who is newly focused on the concept of strategic patience. He is circling his wagons around several key objectives: reconstruction of damaged infrastructure and Georgia's economy; [...]	2008-09-22 05:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU
08TBILISI1751	GEORGIA: WAR CRIMES ISSUES AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson visited Georgia September 10-11 to highlight USG concerns over war crimes and ethnic cleansing allegations from the August conflict and to stress the need to hold perpetrators accountable. Williamson frankly told GOG officials t [...]	2008-09-25 14:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KAWC RU GG
08TBILISI179	DAS BRYZA'S 19 JANUARY MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili told DAS Matthew Bryza at a 19 January meeting that Georgia still hopes to achieve a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the upcoming Bucharest NATO summit. Kezerashvili argued that failure to meet this goal before the spring 2008 Georgian [...]	2008-02-04 14:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI1890	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT REVIEWS MAESTRO LICENSE, [...] (C) Summary. Speaker of Parliament Bakradze announced October 10 that the Parliament would modify the nature of the license for the radio station Maestro to enable it to broadcast political talk shows. Maestro, whose request to expand its entertainment broadcasting to include political pro [...]	2008-10-10 15:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
08TBILISI190	GEORGIA'S ECONOMY HOLDS ITS BREATH AS 2008 BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia's GDP grew an estimated 12 percent in 2007, while inflation was reported at 11 percent for the year. Growth was based on increasing inflows of foreign investment and robust government spending. Because political turmoil has caused foreign investors to hesitate, although [...]	2008-02-06 04:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI195	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Kosovo and the upcoming parliamentary elections will likely dominate your meeting with President Saakashvili at the Wehrkunde conference. Kosovo is nearly certain to be the first issue on Saakashvili's agenda, as he seeks more information about the timing of an independence decl [...]	2008-02-06 13:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1985	GEORGIA: A/S FRIED MEETS OPPOSITION, BOTH INSIDE [...] (C) Begin Summary: On October 20, Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Ambassador Tefft met with Georgian opposition parliamentarians. The MPs told Fried they were working to help the country through its post-invasion recovery and were pursuing democratic reforms. The group spoke about the A [...]	2008-10-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1987	GEORGIA: IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: GEORGIANS [...] (C) Summary: The latest USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, based on 1,500 surveys conducted from September 23 to October 1, showed that the August war with Russia dominated the national mood. IRI said the poll showed that Georgians believed that Russian aggression wa [...]	2008-10-24 13:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI199	GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2008 [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2008. Introduction The dramatic change of government swept in by the 2003 peaceful "Rose Revolution" marked the start of serious political and economic reform in Georgia. Before 2003, Georgia's economic [...]	2008-02-07 05:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR GG
08TBILISI2016	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION INVESTIGATES [...] (SBU) Summary: An Ad-hoc Parliamentary Commission investigating the Georgian-Russian war of August 2008 began its hearings on October 25. The Commission was designed to obtain evidence from government officials, who "were directly or indirectly involved in decision-making during the August e [...]	2008-10-30 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2268	GEORGIA: CABINET RESHUFFLE TRIGGERED BY ALASANIA [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Mgaloblishvili announced a cabinet reshuffle on December 6 almost immediately following the news that Irakli Alasania, Georgia's former Ambassador to the UN, had resigned. Grigol Vashadze, current Minister of Culture and former Deputy Foreign Minister, was named t [...]	2008-12-08 12:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2269	GEORGIA: IMPOSSIBLE TO GOVERN WITHOUT GOD AND BIBLE [...] (C) Summary: The Georgian Orthodox Church is a inherent part of Georgian society and for many, defines what it is to be Georgian. For those who are not ethnic Georgian, this close association threatens disenfranchisement. Most Georgians, even if not fervent parishioners, would not openly [...]	2008-12-08 13:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RU GG
08TBILISI2303	GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SENATOR JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Georgia comes in the aftermath of the August conflict, which resulted in Russia's occupation of and recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tension along the de facto boundaries remains high, and no international monitors have had access [...]	2008-12-09 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2316	GEORGIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 5, to Otar Berdzenishvili, MFA's Counselor of the Americas Division. Mr. Berdzenishvili told Poloff that they would study the issue and take it under advisement. LOGSDON [...]	2008-12-10 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS
08TBILISI2378	GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE TBILISI VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Georgia comes in the aftermath of the August conflict, which resulted in Russia's occupation and recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tension along the de facto boundaries remains high, and international monitors do not have access to So [...]	2008-12-15 11:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2426	GEORGIA: GAS PIPELINE TO TSKHINVALI SERIOUSLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian Oil and Gas Company (GOGC) cannot resume the movement of gas to South Ossetia until unexploded ordnance is cleared and GOGC is given access to repair the gas pipeline which runs from Agara to Tskhinvali and on to Java. GOGC has already repaired all the damage to [...]	2008-12-19 14:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL RU GG
08TBILISI387	GEORGIA MINISTER OF ENERGY ON BTC PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Georgian Minister of Energy Aleko Khetaguri on February 27. Khetaguri told the Ambassador that Georgia is not willing to approve expansion of the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline until it receives an explanation of BP's plans for re-opening the Baku-Supsa [...]	2008-03-07 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI497	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MARCH 21 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 8-21. Okruashvili Asserts Control of Shrinking Party --------------------------------------------- - 2. On March 15, the political party United Georgia elected its most [...]	2008-03-21 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI546	OPCAT--GEORGIA WORKS ON IMPROVING PRISON CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) In June 2007 The Government of Georgia created an Inter-agency Coordination Council to address the issue of torture in prisons and other closed facilities. On March 31, this council met for the first time since September 2007 to discuss the action plan to implement the Optional Protoco [...]	2008-04-02 13:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GG
08TBILISI69	WILL A WEAKER SAAKASHVILI GIVES RISE TO A STRONGER [...] (C) By narrowly crossing the fifty-percent threshold to gain a first-round victory January 5, Mikheil Saakashvili won another five-year term as Georgia's president. Nevertheless, the close result suggests that Georgian politics will be decidedly different in this term than in the first, when t [...]	2008-01-17 09:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GG

08TBILISI741	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES [...] Summary: Food price inflation was 14 percent in 2007 in Georgia. Higher food prices make meeting calorie intake needs more difficult for many Georgians, especially those living in poverty. The government does not subsidize agriculture, other than to provide some equipment that can be rented [...]	2008-05-02 14:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV GG
08TBILISI77	SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes during the most significant period of political uncertainty in Georgia since the 2003 Rose Revolution brought Mikheil Saakashvili to power. The January 5 presidential election was judged by the U.S. Embassy, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu [...]	2008-01-17 15:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON GG
08TBILISI828	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 20 [...] (SBU) Summary: As the election campaign entered its last week, ODIHR released its Second Interim Report on May 15. The report highlights active GOG election preparations, an extended deadline to check voter lists, increased campaign activity by opposition parties, and the broadly-equal TV cov [...]	2008-05-20 15:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI830	RULING PARTY SET TO WIN MAJORITY IN GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: As the election campaign wraps up its final day, Post predicts that President Saakashvili's ruling United National Movement (UNM) party will easily win a majority of the 150 seats in Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections. The UNM may even win the 100 seats needed to obtain a c [...]	2008-05-20 15:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI831	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH JOINT OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Ambassador Tefft, and EU Special Representative Peter Semneby met three leaders of the Joint Opposition, MP David Gamkrelidze, Salome Zourabichvili, and MP Levan Gachechiladze. Gamkrelidze focused on current problems with the election process and [...]	2008-05-20 16:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI867	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WEXLER VISIT MAY 28-30, 2008 [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes just on the heels of the May 21 Parliamentary elections, with Saakashvili's United National Movement easily obtaining a strong majority in the new Parliament. These elections are the culmination of domestic tensions which peaked last fall between the dominant [...]	2008-05-23 14:02:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM OVIP GG
08TBILISI901	PM GURGENIDZE: GEORGIA BUILDING "IDIOT-PROOF" [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze told the American Chamber of Commerce on April 30 that Georgia is living proof that "supply side economics works". His speech to the group was essentially the same as he presents to potential investors at the "Invest in Georgia" conferences the gov [...]	2008-05-30 11:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI922	BUILDING DEMOCRATIC CULTURE THROUGH SUPPORT OF GEORGIA'S [...] Summary and Context: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) in Tbilisi developed and executed a robust public diplomacy strategy to support Georgia's parliamentary elections on May 21, taking into account the challenging political environment with powerful domestic political tensions and a looming [...]	2008-06-02 12:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP SCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI923	DAS BRYZA VISIT WITH DEFENSE MINISTER KEZERASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, Georgian Defense Minister Kezerashvili and First Deputy Defense Minister Kutelia told DAS Bryza that they were very concerned by the build-up of Russian forces in Abkhazia, claiming that at least 600 of the forces that purported to be peacekeepers are actually paratroo [...]	2008-06-02 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KGOV RS GG
08TBILISI926	WHAT THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS MEAN FOR [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Initial results from the May 21 Parliamentary elections indicate that President Saakashvili's ruling United National Movement (UNM) will receive an overwhelming majority in the new Parliament, taking some 120 out of 150 seats. Three factors appear to have contr [...]	2008-06-02 13:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TEGUCIGALPA1006	EFFECT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON HONDURAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Honduran financial sector is beginning to feel an impact from the global financial crisis in the form of reduced credit flows and higher interest rates on correspondent bank relationships. However, because of its limited exposure to the U.S. and global financial systems, the [...]	2008-11-07 17:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EFIN ETRD HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1019	HEAD OF STATE-LEVEL JOINT DEMARCHE - US BRAZIL [...] (U) On November 13, Ambassador and Brazilian Ambassador briefed Acting Foreign Minister Eduardo Rosales on the U.S.- Brazil Biofuels Partnership and informed him of our interest in including Honduras in the third country facilitation program. Rosales said that the government of President Zela [...]	2008-11-14 16:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENVI ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA1064	ZELAYA CONSULTS WITH AMBASSADOR ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya for a one-on-one lunch at the Residence on November 21 where they covered a number of issues, including the upcoming primary elections, Zelaya's proposal for a constitutional referendum, the impact of the global economic crisis o [...]	2008-11-25 19:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI EFIN ECON VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1079	UPDATE ON HONDURAN PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS [...] (C) Summary. Preliminary results confirm that Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo won in a landslide in the National Party primary election and Vice President Elvin Santos' stand-in Mauricio Villeda won a decisive victory over President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti in the Liberal Party primary election, [...]	2008-12-02 18:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SOCI EFIN EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1114	(U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE HONDURAN [...] (U) Summary: Following is Post's response to ref A request for information on Honduran Economic Climate. Answers are keyed to questions in incoming telegram. End Summary. A. (U) ENERGY SECTOR: 1) (C/NF) WHAT IS THE OPERATING AND FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE HONDURAN STATE ENERGY COMPAN [...]	2008-12-10 21:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	HO PINR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA1126	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES HONDURAN CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Summary: At a reception December 10, Ambassador told Central Bank President Edwin Araque that his public criticism of the IMF had been a mistake. Araque said that was probably true, but lamented the international community's lack of recent support, and said he is under tremendous politica [...]	2008-12-15 23:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA242	GOH NEAR AGREEMENT WITH IMF ON STANDBY [...] (C) Summary: Sources here expect the IMF Board next month to approve a Precautionary Standby Agreement with Honduras. Under this agreement, which represents a lower level of ambition than what was being discussed in January (ref B),Honduras is to stabilize its international reserves and deval [...]	2008-03-14 14:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID IMF HO
08TEGUCIGALPA295	DEADLY CATCH: DIVING FOR LOBSTER OFF THE MOSQUITO [...] (U) Summary: At least 258 divers have been killed and 850 injured diving for lobster on the Honduran North Coast over the last two decades. The Honduran Fisheries Association states that Honduras has among the highest rates of lobster diver casualties in the world. Dangerous diving proced [...]	2008-03-31 20:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS ELAB ETRD SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA400	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES - HONDURAS [...] (U) Effect of rising food prices on agricultural commodity demand: none. 2. (U) Effect on supply: Currently certain items are in short supply. Because the economy in neighboring El Salvador is stronger, and because prices of some foodstuffs in Honduras are capped by the government, the [...]	2008-04-25 18:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA45	BIODIESEL, ENERGY & CARBON CREDITS FROM HONDURAN [...] Summary: Most of the building blocks are now in place for Honduras to begin substantial production of biodiesel from African Palm trees. In 2005 a Honduran company succeeded in producing biodiesel to fuel 240 company vehicles and six Tegucigalpa public busses. Another company was the first [...]	2008-01-14 19:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EIND EINV SENV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA526	GOH RESPONSE TO ENERGY CRISIS MAKING RICH RICHER [...] (C) Summary: The surge in global energy prices the past three years has left the GOH in an increasingly untenable position due to unsustainable fuel subsidies and financial losses at the National Electric Company (ENEE). Although the external price shock is the immediate cause of the crisis, [...]	2008-06-02 22:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA55	HONDURAS: LAST TRANCHE OF CABINET REASSIGNMENTS [...] (C) Summary. On January 14, the last tranche of cabinet reassignments were announced by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's administration (ref a). Most noteworthy was the re-assignment of Angel Edmundo "Mundo" Orellana Mercado, previously Minister of Governance, as the new Foreign Minister. Or [...]	2008-01-16 17:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON HO
08TEGUCIGALPA568	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (C) Summary: Former President Ricardo Maduro Joest enumerated the lengthy list of problems in the country caused by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's poor leadership: the fiscal situation is "terrible;" institutions have been undermined; and drugs and gangs have sent crime spinning out of con [...]	2008-06-16 22:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM EFIN ECON KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA583	POLITICS BEHIND RUSH TO COMMERCIALIZE SOTO CANO [...] (C) Summary: President Zelaya's rush decision to ban large aircraft from Tegucigalpa's Toncontin Airport and prepare the Soto Cano military airfield at Palmerola for commercial passenger flights appears to be motivated by a complex web of political considerations of which the safety and conveni [...]	2008-06-18 23:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV PREL MARR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA772	FAINT HOPE FOR IMF STANDBY AGREEMENT IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary. After a reluctant IMF assessment visit August 12-15, the IMF officially concluded that fiscal policies are broadly on track, while advising the GOH to strengthen its monetary and exchange rate policies. Underlying the terse public statement was a private consensus among IMF offic [...]	2008-08-21 13:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IMF VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA84	GOH SEEKS IMF AGREEMENT TO UNLOCK BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Honduran Finance Minister Rebeca Santos and Central Bank President Edwin Araque will travel to Washington January 31 to attempt to lay the groundwork for an IMF Standby Agreement that President Zelaya could finalize and announce when he comes to town for the national prayer break [...]	2008-01-28 18:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IMF HO
08TEGUCIGALPA86	PETROCARIBE AS HONDURAN POLITICAL THEATER [...] (C) Summary: Local media report President Manuel Zelaya will sign an agreement today (January 28) to import Venezuelan fuel on concessional terms through Petrocaribe. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reportedly signed the agreement in Caracas over the weekend. The Honduran Congress approved the out [...]	2008-01-28 22:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA864	HONDURAS REACTION TO PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has discussed preparations for the President's PPA initiative with the highest levels of the Honduran Government, including in Ambassador's introductory call with President Zelaya September 19. Based on those conversations and recent developments here, we do not expect Zel [...]	2008-09-20 02:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD HO
08TEGUCIGALPA866	PRESIDENT ACCEPTS COPIES OF CREDENTIALS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador's credentials were received by President Zelaya in a ceremony at the Presidential Palace September 19, followed by a meeting with the President and his ministers, a private meeting between the President and Ambassador, and then remarks to the press by the Ambassador [...]	2008-09-20 03:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HO PGOV
08TEGUCIGALPA959	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON THE SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) who informed him that things were progressing positively and that they felt well prepared for the upcoming primary elections on November 16. The TSE magistrates detailed their plans for both international [...]	2008-10-24 11:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA998	HONDURAN HUMAN RIGHTS GAINS ABETTED-BY STRONG [...] Over 20 non-governmental organizations (NGO) met with the Ambassador on October 28 to discuss the challenges and opportunities they currently face in Honduras. The meeting offered a chance for the most well known organizations that deal with issues related to Human Rights to meet the new Amba [...]	2008-11-05 21:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI PGOV HO
08TELAVIV1004	RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, emboffs visited Orbit/FR Engineering, Ltd., a subsidiary of Orbit-Alchut Technologies in Netanya on May 6, and met with Vice President for Systems Research and Development Noah Isman, Senior Antenna Measurement Scientist Asi Geva, Customer Support Officer Carmit [...]	2008-05-06 13:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IN IS
08TELAVIV1012	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: ISRAELI'S OPERATIONAL DEFENSIVE [...] (S) During the May 1 inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Israeli Cluster Munitions Working Group (CMWG),Israeli MOD, IDF and MFA officials warned that the current U.S. legislative prohibition on exporting cluster munitions seriously degrades Israel's operational capabilities to defend itself. The [...]	2008-05-07 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	MASS MARR MCAP PTER LE SY IS
08TELAVIV1084	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel-Syria Talks 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The top story in all of the major media outlets was the announcement of indirect peace talks with Syria. Most media linked the timing of the announcement with the lifting of the [...]	2008-05-22 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1230	DOE A/S Karsner Explores Renewable Energy Research in [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner visited Israel May 19-24 to explore alternative and renewable energy research and production. He and his team met with academic and private sector researchers, as well as companies already selling renewable energy [...]	2008-06-11 13:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR EFIN EINV EAGR IS
08TELAVIV1272	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 05:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1400	TRILATERAL WATER MEETING: PLANNING TO MEET SCARCITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 13:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV TBIO IS PA JO
08TELAVIV1636	KNESSET SEEKS SCAPEGOATS FOR WATER CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EINV IS
08TELAVIV1657	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 09:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV168	BUDGET PASSES EASILY BUT SPENDING PRESSURE GROWS [...] (C) For the first time in years, the Israeli budget was approved prior to the beginning of the budget year, as required by law. The NIS 315.8 billion (USD 84 billion at the current exchange rate of 3.75 NIS to the dollar) Israeli government budget for 2008 passed the Knesset on December 27 b [...]	2008-01-18 16:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IS
08TELAVIV1706	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1741	GOI: NEW DESIGNATIONS LAW SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE [...] Per reftel "A", econoff transmitted the new list of UN 1267 designations to Roy Keidar, Legal Advisor to the Israeli National Security Council (NSC). On August 7, Keidar responded to econoff to inform him that the GOI still did not have the capacity to designate the new UN 1267 entities within [...]	2008-08-08 07:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN KTFN IS
08TELAVIV1770	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the U.S. administration has rejected an Israeli request for military equipment and support that would improve Israel's ability to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. A [...]	2008-08-13 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1843	GOI INFORMED OF NEW US DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] Per reftel "A", on August 20 econoff transmitted the new list of designations to Roy Keidar, Legal Advisor to the Israeli National Security Council (NSC). Courtesy copies were also left with representatives of Mossad and with Yehuda Shaffer, Director of Israel's FIU, the Money Laundering and T [...]	2008-08-21 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP KTFN EFIN IS
08TELAVIV195	ISRAEL ENERGIZES ANTI-POLLUTION CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 11:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TBIO KGCC IS
08TELAVIV1954	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 2. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying during a press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah yesterd [...]	2008-08-27 11:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1979	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted a senior GOI source as saying that Hamas recently increased the number of Palestinian prisoners it wants released in exchange for Gilad Shalit, from 1,000 t [...]	2008-08-29 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1994	STATUS ON ISRAEL'S ACCESSION TO THE OECD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Finance (MOF) Senior Deputy Director General Oded Brook noted to Econ officers during a meeting on August 27 that Israel was using the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) accession process to accomplish domestic goals on the environment, taxa [...]	2008-09-02 14:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OECD IS
08TELAVIV2132	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Diplomatic correspondent Aluf Benn wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "Whoever succeeds Olmert will ... have to choose among less than stellar options.... There is no reason to be jealous of the winner." Veteran journalist Hemmi S [...]	2008-09-18 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV221	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-28 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2247	U.S./IS DIALOGUE ON LEBANON: SUPPORT MODERATES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 17, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for NEA Jeffrey Feltman chaired an Embassy Tel Aviv-Washington interagency delegation participating in the first joint U.S./Israeli dialogue on Lebanon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Jerusalem. Overall, the Israelis [...]	2008-09-29 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR IS LE SY IR UN
08TELAVIV2308	MFA CONFERENCE PROVIDES PLATFORM FOR LIVNI [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Minister Livni used the MFA's first annual policy and strategy conference as a platform to elucidate her cautious approach to peace negotiations, stressing her views that negotiations must be grounded in political reality, should not be accelerated to accommodate polit [...]	2008-10-08 11:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNNP IR KPAL IS
08TELAVIV2315	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2434	THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH EXPERTS AT THE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Director Oded Eran and members of the INSS staff October 29. INSS is the premier security studies center, with close links to the Israeli military and intelligence communities. The discussion focused on Isra [...]	2008-11-03 05:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MOPS IR CH RU IS
08TELAVIV2436	THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH EXPERTS AT THE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Director Oded Eran and members of the INSS staff October 29. INSS is the premier security studies center, with close links to the Israeli military and intelligence communities. The discussion focused on Isra [...]	2008-11-03 07:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MOPS IR CH RU IS
08TELAVIV2468	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S. Elections 2. Middle East ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media covered the last day of the U.S. electoral campaign. The printed media predicted that Sen. Barack Obama would clinch the presidency. This morning the electronic me [...]	2008-11-05 11:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2500	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2572	WATER - ENERGY LINK EXPLORED AT PM'S CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: The Prime Minister's Conference on Export and International Cooperation on November 12 devoted a quarter of its program to the link between water and energy issues, in the context of green technologies and the business opportunities these present for Israeli exports. Israel's ongo [...]	2008-11-19 13:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EINV IS
08TELAVIV2582	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 13:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2640	MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS REGIONAL PEACE, DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Director of Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon on November 16 met separately with Eran Etzion, MFA Director of Policy Planning, Tal Becker, MFA Foreign Policy Advisor, and Yaakov Hadas, Deputy Director General of the Middle East and Peace Process Division to discuss Israeli views [...]	2008-11-28 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL SY XF IS
08TELAVIV2720	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Hebron Violence 2. Obama Administration 3. Global Economy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the IDF and police are preparing for a wave of violence by extremist West Bank settlers against Palestinians after yes [...]	2008-12-05 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV274	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2783	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Foreign Minister Livni met in Tel Aviv December 9. They discussed Israeli domestic politics, the impact of the Israeli elections on the peace process, and Iran. Livni said the Israeli electorate feels apprehensive and is looking for strong leade [...]	2008-12-12 12:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV279	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered Monday's suicide bombing in Dimona, in which a woman was killed and 48 others wounded. The media reported that the IDF fears that the terrorists may hav [...]	2008-02-06 05:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2865	ISRAEL: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Israel. Embassy Tel Aviv's point of contact for this report is: Jason Grubb, Political-Military Officer, Tel: 972-3-519-7460; e-mail: GrubbJB@State.gov. 2. Begin Text: Israel Twenty-four Israeli civilians [...]	2008-12-22 16:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC IS
08TELAVIV2928	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Senior Middle East affairs analyst Zvi Bar'el wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: QHamas can rack up its first victory, as several European countries are already talking about a QhumanitarianQ cease-fire, and Egypt has been fixed in t [...]	2008-12-31 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV548	EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 13:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08TELAVIV611	ISRAELI MFA OFFERS MIXED REACTION TO UNSCR 1803, [...] (C) On March 13, Polcouns and Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Miriam Ziv and aide Jonathan Miller to discuss reftel points regarding UNSCR 1803 and the preceding IAEA briefing on Iran non-compliance, which we had passed to her last week. Ziv welcomed the passag [...]	2008-03-14 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08TELAVIV653	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Global Stock Market --------- Â [...]	2008-03-20 10:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV691	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Vice President Dick Cheney's second meeting with PM Ehud Olmert on Monday morning, like their first meeting on Saturday night, was shrouded [...]	2008-03-25 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV786	ADDRESSING ISSUE OF AFRICAN MIGRANTS/REFUGEES AND [...] (C) On April 1, Embassy Refugee Reporting Office Alan Holst delivered suggested points from Reftel A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Simona Halperin. Halperin reiterated GOI willingness to participate in tripartite talks (Reftels [...]	2008-04-03 12:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF EG IS SU ER
08TELAVIV805	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV918	ISRAEL'S WATER POLICY OPTIONS DEBATED [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR IS PA JO
08TELAVIV944	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media featured the intelligence briefings yesterday to Congress on the alleged Syria - North Korea nuclear connection. The media quoted senior Bush administration members as saying [...]	2008-04-25 11:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV95	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 10:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV954	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-28 10:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV961	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media highlighted the IDF's version of the deaths of a mother and her four small children in Beit Hanun, northern Gaza, yesterday: The army maintains that the deaths occurred when two [...]	2008-04-29 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGUE1011	NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: REVOCATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 12:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL NL
08THEHAGUE102	UPDATE ON DUTCH CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR RELEASE [...] (S) Summary. Dutch government sources continue to anticipate an early March release of Geert Wilders' film on the Koran; they are confident that Wilders will give the government 24 hours notice before the film is released. The government is actively engaging key figures in the Muslim world to stres [...]	2008-02-01 15:55:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PTER KISL KIRF PINR PREL PGOV NL
08THEHAGUE1030	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (U) In response to Ref A, following is an analysis of Dutch relations with Cuba in the last half of 2008. (Note: Ref B reports on Dutch relations with Cuba in the first half of 2008. End note.) The Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs provided this information to embassy [...]	2008-12-18 15:34:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU NL
08THEHAGUE1041	NETHERLANDS: ECONOMIC MINISTER VISITS RUSSIA, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch Economic Affairs Minister Maria van der Hoeven returned from her December 4-5 Moscow visit with a handful of energy announcements. Her meeting with Gazprom's CEO touched on Nord Stream, a gas storage project in the Netherlands, and selling future output from Yamal gas fie [...]	2008-12-22 07:04:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET NL RS
08THEHAGUE109	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION PLANS IN [...] (C) Summary: Dutch MOD working-level officials agree enhanced task force and Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) training is vital for new partners contributing toward the Dutch-led ISAF extension in Uruzgan, but argue obtaining financial and political support for such training will [...]	2008-02-04 16:00:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
08THEHAGUE133	WILDERS FILM UPDATE: PANDITH MEETINGS WITH DUTCH [...] (C) Summary. Dutch government and civil society representatives told EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith during her February 7-8 visit to the Netherlands that the Wilders film on the Koran was cause for concern, but that it was important to avoid excessive &hype8 about the film. The Dutch gove [...]	2008-02-13 11:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL KIRF PREL PGOV NL
08THEHAGUE144	NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTS "LIKE-MINDED" STATES IN OSLO [...] (S) The GONL appreciated reftel points in preparation for the February 18-22 Oslo Process meeting in Wellington. MFA Head of Arms Control and Arms Export Policy Matthijs Wolters told polmiloff February 15 that the Dutch subscribe to the group of 17 "like-minded" countries participating in the [...]	2008-02-15 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NL
08THEHAGUE302	THE DAY AFTER FITNA: CALM IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary. Reaction in the Netherlands to the March 27 release of anti-Islam Parliamentarian Geert Wilders' long awaited short film on the Koran, Fitna, has been calm. An almost palpable collective sigh of relief that the film was not as inflammatory as previously expected was evident in reacti [...]	2008-03-28 18:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL PREL KIRF ASEC PTER NL
08THEHAGUE329	SENIOR DUTCH TRADE OFFICIAL DISCUSSES WTO DOHA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A senior Dutch trade official recently told CDA March 27 that the Dutch are committed to clinching a Doha Round deal. However, intra-EU disagreement and entrenched agriculture interests may prevent a breakthrough. The Dutch are reluctant to pressure other EU member states to b [...]	2008-04-10 11:04:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO NL
08THEHAGUE377	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While there has been a steady increase in Dutch food producers' prices over the last two years, these increases have only been partially passed on to domestic Dutch consumers. Despite its role as a leading agricultural exporter (in value terms),there are no indications of an [...]	2008-04-29 14:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EAID ECON PGOV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE380	NETHERLANDS/SERBIA: FM PLEASED WITH SAA AGREEMENT [...] (C) On April 29, Ard van der Vorst, Dutch MFA Western Balkans Coordinator for Political Affairs, told POLOFF that FM Verhagen was pleased to sign the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia. The GAERC language provides that the SAA will not be implemented until Serbia fully [...]	2008-05-05 07:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SE NL
08THEHAGUE419	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): PARIS SEMINAR [...] (U) The French Ministry of Defense through its Delegation for Strategic Affairs and its Foundation for Strategic Research sponsored a seminar limited to Australia Group members plus China and Russia March 25 and 26 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris. The seminar was held to provide background in [...]	2008-05-16 14:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC FR
08THEHAGUE420	CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART I - FORMAL OPENING [...] (U) This cable is part of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7-18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (reftel) and covers the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate. Other cables will fo [...]	2008-05-16 15:42:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE450	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: SOLIDARITY DAY OUTREACH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following up on reftels A and B, post placed an op-ed piece with a major Dutch paper (para 2) and hosted a coffee with a Dutch NGO (para 3) to draw attention to the human rights situation in Cuba. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) PLACEMENT OF OP-ED: On May 21, the Dutch dailQDe Volkskrant, [...]	2008-05-28 11:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM NL CU
08THEHAGUE589	DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN GAZPROM'S NORD STREAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Gasunie CEO Marcel Kramer told us that the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline enhances European energy security. GONL-owned Gasunie has a 9 percent stake in Nord Stream. Kramer described his positive experience partnering with Gazprom, Nord Stream's controlling shareholder. He [...]	2008-07-11 10:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET NL
08THEHAGUE608	NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) On July 17, Emboffs shared reftel points concerning the U.S. domestic designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals with the Dutch Foreign Ministry's Iran desk and Terrorism/New Threats Unit as well as with Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor at the Finance Ministry's Financial [...]	2008-07-18 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR NL
08THEHAGUE61	DUTCH PREPARED TO BE PROACTIVE ON RELEASE OF [...] (C) Summary. The Dutch government and major municipalities are preparing contingency plans to respond to the anticipated release in early February of a short film expected to be critical of the Koran and of Islam made by Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders. Extensive Dutch and international press r [...]	2008-01-17 17:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KINF KISL PINR NL
08THEHAGUE67	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR TWO [...] (U) January 14-18 saw a gradual increase in scheduled OPCW activities following the December/January holiday period. Discussions during the French-hosted P-5 meeting seem to be an early indicator that the objectives of the P-5 States Parties for the Second Review Conference will be marked by a [...]	2008-01-24 07:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE687	NETHERLANDS: EU'S MEK DECISION (C-RE8-01539) [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 08:46:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR NL
08THEHAGUE715	NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 11:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP PREL PARM EFIN NL IR
08THEHAGUE748	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: EU DEMARCHE TO NICARAGUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect the EU demarche to Latin American governments to express opposition to recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and the Dutch are considering withholding aid to Nicaragua based on that country's Georgia policy and restrictions on domestic political parties. 2. ( [...]	2008-09-11 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID NL GG
08THEHAGUE802	NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 12:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC NL IZ
08THEHAGUE826	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR SEPTEMBER 22-26, 2008 [...] (SBU) Informal consultations continued on the budget September 25, as well as a final consultation on the External Auditor's Report on September 22. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) compared notes on the various facilitations and the upcoming Executive Council (EC),with concern in [...]	2008-10-02 09:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC

08THEHAGUE840	NETHERLANDS: FORTIS BANK NATIONALIZED AS DUTCH [...] (U) Summary: The Dutch government announced October 3 that it will buy all of Fortis, Dutch operations for EUR 16.8 billion, including its Dutch insurance activities and the Dutch operations of ABN AMRO. The Dutch government decided to effectively nationalize Fortis, in-country activities af [...]	2008-10-07 07:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE860	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OCTOBER 6-10, 2008 [...] (U) Consultations continued at what is, for the OPCW, a rapid pace with three budget meetings, and facilitations on Articles VII, X, XI and universality. None made much progress, but the budget discussions reached a climax with new documents proposing a 531,540 Euro adjustment that would req [...]	2008-10-14 12:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE89	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR [...] (U) The Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) for Preparations for the Second Review Conference (RevCon) began its work on the draft report in earnest this week. Many delegations offered substantive interventions on "Block 1" of the Chairman's draft text, drawing early lines on the relative import [...]	2008-01-30 14:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE907	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DESIGNATION OF EXPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 14:35:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP EFIN PREL IR NL
08THEHAGUE910	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO SHORE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of the Netherlands (GONL) instituted a series of preemptive measures in October to protect the vulnerable Dutch financial sector from the external shocks of the global financial crisis. Following the United Kingdom,s lead, the GONL announced a EUR 20 billion (US [...]	2008-10-30 08:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE953	NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: UNCERTAIN IF BOLIVIA TAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch note that it's "difficult to assess" whether Bolivia takes combating drugs seriously. The Dutch provide significant assistance to Bolivia and are concerned about the domestic political situation. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On November 13, embassy shared reftel A points wit [...]	2008-11-14 15:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SNAR EAID NL BL
08THEHAGUE988	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: EXPECTING AID DECISION SOON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect to offer 112 million euros in Pakistan development aid over the next three years, in support of education, environment and governance initiatives. Funding is limited primarily by Dutch capacity to oversee the aid programs. The Dutch will work quickly to determine [...]	2008-11-28 10:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN NL PK
08THESSALONIKI12	NORTHERN GREECE MUSLIMS, FAR RIGHT AND LEFT PARTIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 6, the Greek Parliament adopted a law that strengthens the rights of Thrace's Muslim minority by (1) transferring government control over Muslim charitable foundations (wakfs) to local Muslims, and (2) establishing a 0.5 percent employment quota for Muslims in Greec [...]	2008-02-21 11:11:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM GR TU
08THESSALONIKI63	PM KARAMANLIS: STAY THE COURSE ON REFORMS, NO EARLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his annual speech on economic policy at the Thessaloniki Trade Fair, PM Karamanlis promised to continue implementing the GoG's reform agenda, despite the global economic crisis and lack of public enthusiasm. Greece needs to reform its ineffective public sector, further reduce [...]	2008-09-10 07:06:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAIR PREL MK RU GG GR
08THESSALONIKI78	THESSALONIKI: GOG INVITES FORMER ADVERSARIES TO NATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a reconciliatory gesture, Defense Minister of Greece Evangelos Meimarakis invited his counterparts from Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia and other outheastern European countries, to attend the traditional military parade on Greece's national day, October 28 (Greece's e [...]	2008-10-31 13:33:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GR MK TU IT BK BU MW AL HR YI
08TIRANA102	FOOD PRICES SKYROCKET AS GOA PINES FOR NATO [...] (SBU) Fears that 2008 will bring rising inflation grew as local media extensively reported on price increases for basic food items. Prices for food products, which represent the largest share in the government's basket of consumer goods for measuring inflation, have increased in recent years. [...]	2008-02-11 06:29:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA103	ALBANIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 06:29:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	AL ECON ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
08TIRANA110	ALBANIA: PARLIAMENT PASSES LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING LAW [...] SUMMARY: On February 4, Albania's Parliament unanimously passed the Local Government Borrowing Law which gives cities the authority to borrow money from commercial banks to finance local development. The borrowing law is the latest milestone in the country's decentralization process and culmi [...]	2008-02-12 15:55:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA118	POSTCARDS FROM ALBANIA: CARS AND TRUCKS AND THINGS THAT GO [...] (U) This cable is part of an occasional series entitled "Postcards from Albania." These cables are prepared by our locally engaged staff to provide analysis, opinions and commentary on Albanian reality from an Albanian perspective. This cable was contributed by a member of the Pol-Econ staff [...]	2008-02-15 16:21:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL KCRM AL
08TIRANA161	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 23-29, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) The Honeymoon is Over: It was to be expected, bu [...]	2008-02-29 16:59:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KV AL
08TIRANA172	IMPROVING THE ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the conclusion of the department's annual process of updating and editing the Human Rights Report, embassies Tirana and Chisnau would like to make the following observations regarding the substance of the reports, the process of updating them from the field, and the process o [...]	2008-03-04 11:15:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL
08TIRANA193	ALBANIANS WILL WELCOME NATO MEMBERSHIP ... ALTHOUGH [...] (U) NATO membership is strongly supported by the Albanian public and officialdom -- over ninety percent favor membership, according to the media and GOA officials. There are numerous reasons for this. Emerging from years of isolation, Albanians want to feel and be recognized as the Europeans [...]	2008-03-14 10:48:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA195	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 8-14, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS - MUSLIM GIRLS AND THE [...]	2008-03-14 15:26:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA199	DEFENSE MINISTER MEDIU RESIGNS OVER WEEKEND [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting March 17, Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu told the Ambassador that he would resign later that afternoon. The proximate cause of his departure, he maintained, was "moral responsibility" for the March 15 explosions at a military weapons depot that to date ha [...]	2008-03-17 14:23:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO PREL AL
08TIRANA21	Inflation Likely to Be Modest in 2008 as Albania's Economy [...] Rising inflation in the second half of 2007 has stoked public anxiety in Albania, especially price increases for food. Although inflation will likely increase in 2008 over last year's rate of 3.0 percent, it is expected to stay within the GOA's target rate for inflation. End Summary. Infl [...]	2008-01-10 15:02:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA23	GOA EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR ELECTORAL REFORM PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOA has extended the deadline for tender proposals for a concession to produce a new national identification card and biometric passport to February 28. On November 8, following a prolonged and controversial drafting process that took almost a year, the GOA announced the o [...]	2008-01-11 10:36:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV AL
08TIRANA252	Macedonia's Ahmeti Visits Tirana [...] (U) Ali Ahmeti, the Macedonian Chairman of the Democratic Union of Integration (DUI),visited Tirana on March 25, where he was received by Prime Minister Berisha, President Topi, Speaker Topalli and Albania's opposition leaders. Ahmeti expressed solidarity from the Albanian community in Maced [...]	2008-03-31 05:30:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MK AL
08TIRANA255	GOA URGES PRESHEVO VALLEY ALBANIANS TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (U) Local Albanian leaders from Serbia's Preshevo Valley visited Tirana March 31 to discuss upcoming elections and general concerns about the rights of ethnic Albanian residents. Representatives of the four major Albanian political parties, including Riza Halimi, Chairman of the Party for Dem [...]	2008-04-02 05:40:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL YI AL
08TIRANA287	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 5-11, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (SBU) TIME FOR A CHANGE: The Albanian Parliamentary [...]	2008-04-11 16:22:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON AL
08TIRANA345	REVIVING ALBANIAN OIL INDUSTRY MAY BE ATTRACTING RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Albania, which possesses one of continental Europe's largest oil fields and has seen promising new finds for additional oil and gas reserves, is substantially expanding its oil production through Western investment. Increased interest by foreign investors in Albania's oil sector is mark [...]	2008-04-29 16:07:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EINV AL
08TIRANA373	ALBANIA: THE UN'S BRAIN GAIN PROGRAM -- TARGETED AT HIGHER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Albania's higher education system has undergone major changes since the fall of communism. Reforming it has been a priority of every government since, though each has devoted varying levels of resources and effort toward improving this vital societal foundation. The brain drain p [...]	2008-05-09 16:20:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI UN AL
08TIRANA378	ALBANIA: FORMER INTELLIGENCE SERVICE DIRECTOR, NOW [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Berisha has refused to dismiss a senior government official facing criminal investigation. The General Director of Tax Administration, Arben Sefgjini, was formally charged by the Prosecutor's office for kidnapping and torture with grave consequences during his previous se [...]	2008-05-13 18:03:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PINR PGOV AL
08TIRANA382	ALBANIA, SCENESETTER FOR HENRIETTA FORE, ADMINISTRATOR OF [...] (SBU) Henrietta Fore, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development and Director of United States Foreign Assistance will visit Albania from May 17-19, 2008. Administrator Fore's purpose in visiting Albania is to convey to the Government of Albania (GoA),judicial officials, busines [...]	2008-05-15 08:55:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID AL
08TIRANA386	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 10-16, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) WHERE REAL ESTATE IS STILL BOOMING: This week, t [...]	2008-05-16 14:25:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA438	HAGUE ABDUCTION ACCESS - ALBANIA [...] Albania has acceded to the 1980 Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction and the Convention entered into force in Albania on August 1, 2007. Central Authority 2. Albania has designated the Ministry of Justice as the Central Authority pursuant to the Convention. Compatibilit [...]	2008-06-12 05:05:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KOCI AL
08TIRANA50	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 11-17, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]	2008-01-18 17:12:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA675	PM BERISHA'S DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the Bucharest Summit in April, Prime Minister Berisha has embarkedon eries of attempts to consolidate his powerat the expense of key independent institutions, ncluding efforts to undermine and interfere in te work of the Prosecutor General, obstruct the onging investigatio [...]	2008-09-05 11:12:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PINR AL
08TIRANA686	PM PLAYS NICE, PRESIDENT EXPRESSES CONCERN IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on September 4 and 5, a conciliatory Prime Minister Berisha and a frustrated President Topi discussed NATO ratification and the draft media, intelligence agency and Prosecutor General laws with Ambassador Withers. In response to the Ambassador's concerns tha [...]	2008-09-11 05:53:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PINR ECPS AL
08TIRANA7	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 28, 2007- [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ----------------------------------- ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL [...]	2008-01-04 15:25:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI PHUM AL
08TIRANA745	GREECE PRESSURING ALBANIA ON BORDER, CEMETERY [...] (C) Summary: The Greek government is pressuring the GOA to accept its demands in bilateral negotiations to demarcate the two countries' maritime border. Athens is also threatening to refuse to ratify Albania's Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU over a contentious issue inv [...]	2008-10-09 13:28:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR AL
08TIRANA770	SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS STUART JONES' VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Tirana warmly welcomes your visit to Tirana, a city you will find unrecognizable since your last visit to Albania 14 years ago. 2. (C) Your visit comes at a time of growing uncertainty for the Albanian public and especially for Albania's political class. Although the past yea [...]	2008-10-24 09:30:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ECON MARR AL
08TIRANA790	ALBANIA'S BANKING SECTOR SEEMS OK - FOR NOW [...] (SBU) International financial experts and the Governor of the Albanian Central Bank (CB) believe that Albania is weathering the global financial crisis quite well due to precautionary moves by the CB to keep deposits in Albania as well as a much lower ratio of loans to deposits than is common i [...]	2008-11-04 12:25:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA828	ALBANIA: ELECTRICITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Albania's electricity generating capacity is totally dependant on hydroelectric power. So far, rainfall in 2008 has been below normal, causing key reservoir levels to drop. The GOA, facing parliamentary elections in June 2009, fears a return to the 2006/2007 electricity crisis, during w [...]	2008-11-20 15:45:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL AL
08TIRANA883	DRAFT LUSTRATION LAW - A POTENTIAL DISASTER FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After nearly 8 hours of debate in Parliament, including an opposition walkout and hour-long speech by the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament used a procedural motion to postpone a vote on the draft Lustration Law until next week, claiming that pending amendments made a d [...]	2008-12-16 13:24:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA884	ALBANIA'S 2009 (ELECTORAL) BUDGET [...] (SBU) PM Berisha declared that the 2009 budget, approved by Parliament on November 29, is an important instrument to finish his 2005 electoral promises, mainly the increase of salaries and pensions and the completion of several infrastructure projects. The opposition claims the budget is desig [...]	2008-12-17 07:33:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV AL
08TIRANA899	LUSTRATION LAW PASSES, BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 22 Parliament passed the controversial Lustration Law by a vote of 74-2, with one abstention. Sixty four opposition MPs boycotted the session. The Lustration Law now moves to the President, who has 20 days to either sign the bill into law, send it back to Parliament [...]	2008-12-23 14:48:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA916	ALBANIA STRENGTHENS ARMO [...] (SBU) A ban on imports of D2 diesel fuel has given the recently-privatized petroleum refiner ARMO a monopoly over the market for cheap but dirty D2 diesel fuel, Albanians' diesel of choice. ARMO is Albania's only refiner, and has, by a decision of the Council of Ministers, until January 1, 201 [...]	2008-12-29 12:05:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD ENRG ECON AL
08TOKYO1001	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TIBET AND NORTH KOREA [...] LEAD STORIES: All papers gave front-page play to the Dalai Lama's press remarks on Thursday, during which he expressed his opposition to the violent protests that disturbed the Olympic torch relay in London, Paris, and San Francisco. 2. "We Should Protect Both Human Rights and Olympic Torc [...]	2008-04-11 04:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1006	SENIOR RULING PARTY LEADERS ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officers called recently on senior ruling LDP politicians Makoto Koga, Kaoru Yosano, and Hidenao Nakagawa in separate meetings to discuss the ongoing impasse in the Diet and possible near-term political scenarios. Although the three offered differing opinions on de [...]	2008-04-11 07:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR JA
08TOKYO1008	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO101	The Japan Economic Scope--January 10, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from January 10, 2008 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Planes, Trains and Automobiles 3. Japan's Auto Sales Hit 25-year Low in a Shrinking Domestic Market 4. Aviation--A Change of Pressure? 5. Local Governments Accept Change in Itami Airp [...]	2008-01-11 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
08TOKYO1014	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1021	MLIT DG SUZUKI DEFENDS NEED FOR FDI LIMITS FOR [...] (SBU) During an April 11 meeting, Transport Ministry Director General Hisayasu Suzuki told EMIN Japan must continue to look for a legislative means to protect four critical airports, i.e., Tokyo's two main hubs and Chubu and Kansai International Airports. Suzuki's name appeared frequently in [...]	2008-04-14 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO1032	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-16 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1048	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 00:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO106	SCENESETTER FOR PACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Japan occurs in the immediate aftermath of Diet passage of legislation allowing the Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces (JMSDF) to resume refueling operations in the Indian Ocean in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's unprecedented decis [...]	2008-01-11 09:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO1061	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1065	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO107	FUKUDA FORCES PASSAGE OF NEW TERROR LAW; OEF [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda carried through on his promise to the international community on January 11, forcing passage of new anti-terror legislation through the Diet over the objections of the opposition-controlled Upper House. Passage of the new law will enable Japan to resum [...]	2008-01-14 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL JA
08TOKYO1071	JAPAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (U) No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) were reported in Japan during the period from April 1 to April 17. GOJ Responds to South Korean Bird Flu Outbreak --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) In response to the current H5N1 AI outbreak in South K [...]	2008-04-18 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA
08TOKYO1072	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1075	PRC EMBASSY ON HU MAY VISIT TO JAPAN, TIBET, AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite failure to make progress on the East China Sea energy dispute during Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka's April 14-15 visit to Beijing, Beijing and Tokyo are working hard to reach a compromise before President Hu Jintao's visit to Japan on May 6, Chinese Embassy Politica [...]	2008-04-18 10:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PHUM PREL BM CH JA
08TOKYO108	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/15/08 [...] On the high seas (Indian Ocean including the Persian Gulf) 2. Territories of other countries (limited to cases where there are concurrences of countries concerned regarding Japan's refueling support activities) TOKYO 00000108 012 OF 015 Definitions Â [...]	2008-01-15 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1096	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1097	PRESS CRITICAL OF J-POWER DECISION [...] Summary: Japanese press commentary has been sharply critical of the GOJ decision to block increased investment in electricity wholesaler J-Power by UK-based Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI). The criticism has largely centered on lack of a stated clear rationale for the government's dec [...]	2008-04-21 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1102	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND ANTI- [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning include alleged insider trading by a Nomura Securities employee and Monday's rocket attack on a Japanese tanker by a small unidentified vessel off Yemen. 2. "Japan-ROK Summit Should Be Start of New Ties" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri argu [...]	2008-04-22 07:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1113	Return to Fukushima: Reform Not Resonating at Japan's [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite shrinking populations and fiscal shortfalls, local authorities in one northern Japan jurisdiction remain fixated on developing manufacturing and on maintaining socio-economic equality. During recent meetings in Fukushima Prefecture -- to the extent our interlocutors co [...]	2008-04-22 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAIR PGOV PREL JA OECD
08TOKYO1122	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1124	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1139	MARGINAL PROGRESS ON RESTARTING JAPAN-KOREA TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Despite a decision to engage in working-level discussions with Japan, Korea is hesitant to restart full negotiations on a trade agreement, according to an official of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The Koreans hope to establish "industrial cooperation [...]	2008-04-24 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JA KS OECD
08TOKYO1143	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO115	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH VISIT TO MIDDLE [...] "U.S. Calls for Encirclement of Iran" A correspondent for the top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote from Riyadh (1/15): "During his speech in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, President Bush called Iran the world's 'leading sponsor of terrorism' and expressed his resolve to tighten the net [...]	2008-01-15 06:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1153	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1170	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-28 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1190	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1192	METI EXPORT CONTROLS SHARES NONPAPER ON WASSENAAR [...] (SBU) During an April 30 meeting, METI Export Controls Deputy Director Atsushi Tanizawa presented EconOff with the following English language nonpaper, keyed to answer questions presented to METI by Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of GOJ Nonpape [...]	2008-05-01 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC JA
08TOKYO1194	JAPANESE THOUGHTS ON PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR [...] (C) Negotiations within MOFA and with the Ministry of Finance are currently underway to determine Japan's next steps with regard to pledging support for Afghanistan, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. He told Political Officer the Paris co [...]	2008-05-01 11:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID KDEM AF JA
08TOKYO1195	JAPANESE REPRESENTATION AT ICI MEETING [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura and most of his senior deputies will be tied up hosting the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) on May 29 and will therefore not be able to attend the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) meeting in Stockholm that same day. A [...]	2008-05-01 11:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EFIN IZ JA
08TOKYO1199	FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN: DIFFERENT REGIONAL APPROACHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese regional authorities' attitudes toward foreign direct investment are largely positive, but when it comes to attracting foreign investors, while some are aggressive, others are ineffective or downright clueless. Limited authority to offer tax or other incentives to pote [...]	2008-05-02 01:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO120	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1201	Impact on Japan of Rising Food/Agricultural Commodity [...] (SBU) Summary: The run up in commodity prices and fear of proliferation of export restrictions by long-standing suppliers has led to the reemergence of food security as a national political issue in Japan. The GOJ has seen the situation as underscoring the urgency of boosting its food self-s [...]	2008-05-02 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1212	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN STILL WORKING CCW AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: An Oslo Process agreement that criminalizes the possession of cluster munitions (CM) and/or penalizes countries that support states that possess CM could block future peacekeeping operations (PKO) and embarrass Japan during the July G-8 Hokkaido Summit, PM Deputy Assistant Secreta [...]	2008-05-02 07:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO
08TOKYO1220	JAPANESE RICE STOCKS AND FOOD AID [...] (U) Japan is sensitive to emerging world rice shortages and spiking prices and has announced plans to contribute $100 million in food aid over the next three months. So far, however, the GOJ has indicated it will not release minimum access stocks that it has imported under its Uruguay Round [...]	2008-05-02 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON JA
08TOKYO1221	FUKUDA-PUTIN SUMMIT AVOIDS DISCUSSION OF MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Dimitry Medvedev avoided raising Russian concerns about Japan's ballistic missile defense (BMD) system and United States-Japan BMD cooperation during Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's April 25-26 Moscow Summit. Japanese officials " [...]	2008-05-02 11:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM ENRG JA RU
08TOKYO1230	SCENESETTER FOR G-8 LABOR MINISTERS' MEETING MAY [...] (SBU) Japan's economy is in its longest postwar expansion, but for many it does not feel that way. Japanese consumers are pinched by rising commodity prices and stagnant wages, and the country is facing long-term fiscal and demographic challenges. Reform, particularly in the labor market, wou [...]	2008-05-07 07:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV OVIP JA
08TOKYO1233	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1238	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 08-11 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 05:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	ECON EFIN JA IZ KN KGHG PGOV PREL
08TOKYO1241	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 05:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1252	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/08 [...] The governments of Japan and China (hereinafter called "both sides") recognized the need to make efforts together hand-in-hand and to cooperate on climate change, a common threat facing human beings. 2. Both sides confirmed the goals and the principles promised in the "United Nations Framew [...]	2008-05-09 02:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1253	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 02:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1263	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE VFM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka, at dinner with Deputy Secretary May 8, said Chinese President Hu's visit to Japan was focused on the future of the relationship and that the Chinese had avoided comments about difficult historical issues. Yabunaka expressed strong dissatis [...]	2008-05-09 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CASC EAID KDEM KOCI KNNP XA AF BM
08TOKYO127	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1272	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH JAPANESE DIET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six Party Talks, the abductees problem, China, Afghanistan, and Iraq were the focus of discussions over dinner between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and a cross section of Japanese Diet members May 9 in Tokyo. Diet members underscored the political importance of addressing the ab [...]	2008-05-10 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA KN CH AF IZ MOPPS
08TOKYO128	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1284	EEB DAS MANISHA SINGH'S APRIL 25 TOKYO MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: April 25 meetings in Tokyo between officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and EEB Deputy Assistant Secretary Manisha Singh reviewed progress on the current World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, Japan' [...]	2008-05-12 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO1288	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1296	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 00:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1311	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1324	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1335	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO134	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1348	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1357	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1367	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1373	THE FIFTH ASIAN SENIOR-TALKS ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ISN Deputy Assistant Secretary Mary Alice Hayward and ISN Counterproliferation Director Tony Foley represented the U.S. at the fifth Asian Senior-Level Talks on Nonproliferation (ASTOP V) in Tokyo April 25, 2008. Recent news on North Korea's proliferation activities conducted [...]	2008-05-20 07:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ENRG ETTC PREL KNNP MNUC JA

08TOKYO1375	FUKUDA NEPHEW ON HIS UNCLE, RECENT POLITICAL [...] (C) Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet representative -- and PM Fukuda's nephew -- Takao Ochi spoke candidly about his uncle's short-comings, particularly his inability to handle the media well and his failure to better explain controversial tax and other measures in a recent meeting with Emb [...]	2008-05-20 07:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1383	SCENESETTER FOR G-8 KOBE ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The agenda for the Kobe G-8 Environment Ministerial includes biodiversity and the 3Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle, but much of the public focus will be on climate change and the steps Japan and other economies will take. This focus seems likely to remain despite the GOJ's strong su [...]	2008-05-20 22:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG PREL OECD JA
08TOKYO1402	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1409	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO141	FOCUS SHIFTS TO DOMESTIC ISSUES, AS DIVIDED DIET [...] (C) Summary. The Diet opened on January 18, with the division between the ruling party-controlled Lower House and the opposition-controlled Upper House remaining as the Legislature's organizing principle. The session opens just three days after the close of the especially contentious extraor [...]	2008-01-18 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO1412	G-8 LABOR MINISTERIAL FOCUSED ON JOBS, PLUS REGIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL THEMES [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL ETRD OVIP JA
08TOKYO142	FOCUS SHIFTS TO DOMESTIC ISSUES, AS DIVIDED DIET [...] (C) Summary. The Diet opened on January 18, with the division between the ruling party-controlled Lower House and the opposition-controlled Upper House remaining as the Legislature's organizing principle. The session opens just three days after the close of the especially contentious extraor [...]	2008-01-18 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO145	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1451	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1484	DEMARCHE ON DRAFT ISO STANDARD ON SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials at METI and MOFA welcomed U.S. comments and greater engagement on ISO efforts to draft social responsibility (SR) standards. The GOJ expects USG involvement will help both to improve the draft and to move the process forward. End summary. 2. (SBU) Econoff deliver [...]	2008-05-30 05:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON JA
08TOKYO1492	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1497	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1504	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1505	G8 ENERGY MINISTERIAL -- JAPANESE GOALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The agenda for the June 8 Aomori G-8 Energy Ministerial includes the world oil and gas markets and the energy investment climate. Much of the press and public focus in Japan, however, will be on climate change and the steps Japan and other economies will take to reduce greenhous [...]	2008-06-02 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KGHG AADP OVIP JA
08TOKYO1517	SEN. LIEBERMAN'S MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE POLITICIANS [...] (C) Summary. During a May 28 visit to Tokyo, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) exchanged views on climate change, Japanese politics, and regional security with ranking Diet Members from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Senator Lieberman underscored that the c [...]	2008-06-03 10:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV OVIP JA
08TOKYO1519	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 02:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO152	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1543	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1551	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1555	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO [...] (S) While your upcoming visit to Tokyo will focus primarily on multilateral and G-8 issues, the Mission would like to share with you some background on where our relations with Japan now stand. Your meetings with Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka and your host, Deputy Foreign Minister Sasae, w [...]	2008-06-08 23:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL JA
08TOKYO1558	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1573	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1574	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 06:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1585	"FUKUDA VISION" ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Fukuda's speech outlining the "Fukuda Vision" for international climate change negotiations and domestic climate policies contained few surprises. The PM confirmed Japan's long-term goal to reduce its emissions 60-80% by 2050, with the main new proposal being a tri [...]	2008-06-10 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG ENRG JA
08TOKYO1595	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1600	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1605	JAPAN-ROK STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOCUSES ON ROADMAP [...] (C) Summary. Tokyo and Seoul called for Six-Party Talks (6PT) participants to develop a roadmap for DPRK denuclearization during the June 5 Japan-ROK Strategic Dialogue discussions in Tokyo. Both sides agreed on the difficulty of persuading the DPRK to submit a complete declaration. The ROK [...]	2008-06-12 06:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL ETRD JA KN KS
08TOKYO1608	CENSURE MOTION PASSES; FUKUDA STANDS FIRM [...] (C) Summary. The opposition followed through on its threat to pass a largely symbolic censure motion against Prime Minister Fukuda on June 11 over his handling of the new medical insurance program for the elderly and other domestic issues. The response, thus far, has been underwhelming. Pass [...]	2008-06-12 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO1609	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO161	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1628	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1629	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - G8 FINANCIAL [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers led with the aftermath of Saturday's major earthquake in northern Japan. 2. "Statements Alone Cannot Stop Inflation" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/16): "In a joint statement, G8 finance ministers pledged to take a concerted line in order to s [...]	2008-06-16 01:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1653	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1657	SHAPING JAPAN'S AFGHAN DEPLOYMENT DECISIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Japanese government is struggling to find a strategy to terminate its C-130 mission to Iraq and start a new deployment to Afghanistan to ""off-set"" its decision to opt-out of the Iraq coalition. The U.S. political calendar appears to weigh heavily on Japanese deliberation [...]	2008-06-17 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV IZ AF JA
08TOKYO166	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1683	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 01:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1690	CLIMATE CHANGE: FURTHER ON THE "FUKUDA VISION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials report the trial emissions trading scheme the PM announced in his "Fukuda Vision" climate change speech June 9 (ref) will likely be "substantially limited" due to time constraints and opposition from industry. The [...]	2008-06-19 06:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG JA
08TOKYO1702	JAPAN CONSIDERING CSC RATIFICATION [...] (U) Please note action requests in paras 4 and 6. 2. (SBU) Embassy officers delivered points (ref) urging Japan's membership in the Convention of Supplementary Compensation (CSC) to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Atomic Energy Division Deputy Direct [...]	2008-06-20 05:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM JA
08TOKYO1712	JAPAN-CHINA AGREE ON EAST CHINA SEA GAS FIELDS [...] (C) Summary. While not relinquishing long-standing territorial claims, Japan and China agreed to joint development of the Shirakaba and Asunara gas fields in the disputed East China Sea. Japanese officials are hailing the agreement as a "victory," perhaps one that will change the tenor of re [...]	2008-06-22 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL CH JA
08TOKYO1729	D/SENK DISCUSSES BROADCASTING INTO THE DPRK [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings June 19, Deputy Special Envoy for North Korea Christian Whiton urged Diet, Prime Minister's Office and MOFA interlocutors to expand U.S.-Japan cooperation in broadcasting medium-wave from Japan to the DPRK or helping to financially support independent groups [...]	2008-06-24 04:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KN JA
08TOKYO1735	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1748	OSLO CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS WILL NOT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan believes the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions (CM) will not interfere with United States Forces in Japan's (USFJ) operations or restrict interoperability with Japan's Self Defense Forces (JSDF),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Shimbo told the Embassy's [...]	2008-06-25 09:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV JA NATO
08TOKYO175	PACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S JAN 18 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Senior Chinese officials were considerably less belligerent on the issue of Taiwan during his January 13-18 visit to China than in May 2007, likely due to consistent messages from the U.S. Government and the results of Taiwan's legislative elections, visiting PACOM Commander ADM Timothy K [...]	2008-01-23 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH JA
08TOKYO1755	ABE, YAMASAKI SPAR OVER DPRK POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The war of words between rival Diet groups on both sides of the DPRK issue is heating up again. Former LDP Vice President Taku Yamasaki is pitted against former Prime Minister Abe; both are joined by several dozen like-minded Diet members. Days after the June 13 announcement that [...]	2008-06-26 04:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO177	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE DEMARCHE ON [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. Department of Treasury domestic designation of four individuals and one entity for executing, directing, and supporting violent attacks against Iraqi citizens, Iraqi government officials, and Coalition Forces to Mini [...]	2008-01-23 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN JA
08TOKYO1772	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1774	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO178	AMB. WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. The international community will need to convince the Cambodian government that it must take immediate action with regard to the corruption issue at the ECCC, visiting Ambassador at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson told Japanese officials on December 3. Amb. William [...]	2008-01-23 09:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM JA TH BM CB
08TOKYO1782	JAPAN'S GENERIC DRUG MARKET - SMALL NOW BUT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. With public debt nearly double GDP and upward pressure on national health insurance expenditures due to Japan's aging society, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) hopes to increase generic drugs' market share from 17% to 30% by 2012, saving the healthcare system an [...]	2008-06-30 05:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD JA PGOV SOCI
08TOKYO180	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1808	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 01:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1817	TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR USTR SCHWAB [...] (C) Our economic engagement with Japan remains less than it should be given that Japan is our fourth largest trading partner with over USD 700 million in goods and services trade flowing each day between our two countries. However, while "trade disputes" may no longer be the first phrase th [...]	2008-07-02 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO1821	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 22:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1859	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1882	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1887	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO19	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1909	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO191	JAPAN: ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, G8 PROMINENT IN PM [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda launched Japan's 2008 spring Diet session January 18 with a policy speech focused on livelihood and environmental issues. Laying out five policy principles, Fukuda stressed a "people first" agenda, including creation of a new Minister for Consumer Affairs and [...]	2008-01-24 09:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SENV JA
08TOKYO193	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1934	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1948	SOLAR POWER IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Solar photovoltaic (PV) power is poised to become a centerpiece of Japanese Government renewable energy initiatives aimed at cutting greenhouse gases and meeting energy needs. Increased PV use figures prominently both in the vision PM Fukuda publicly announced June 9 (ref) an [...]	2008-07-15 04:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY SOCI JA
08TOKYO1950	TCI HOISTS THE WHITE FLAG IN J-POWER CASE [...] (SBU) The Children's Investment Master Fund (TCI),a U.K. hedge fund, announced July 14 it will not contest the GOJ's May 13 order directing it to halt plans to boost its stake in electricity wholesaler Electric Power Development Company (J-Power) (Ref A). The fund's decision ends a highly c [...]	2008-07-15 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO1952	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1962	JAPANESE THINKING ON UPCOMING WTO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (METI) DG for Multilateral Trade Ogawa met with EMIN July 15 to outline thoughts on the upcoming WTO ministerial meeting on the Doha Development Agenda. Ogawa argued the U.S. and EU need to help establish a positive tone at the start if th [...]	2008-07-15 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD JA PREL WTRO
08TOKYO1963	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1978	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1983	DASD WILKES DELIVERS AFGHAN OPTIONS TO JAPAN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Japanese officials and politicians indicated a willingness to consider substantial new financial and personnel contributions to Afghanistan in response to an updated set of Afghan options presented on July 15-16 by DASD for Central Asia Bobby Wilkes. DASD Wilkes' Japanese inte [...]	2008-07-17 04:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV AF JA
08TOKYO1988	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1991	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 02:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1995	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO UPDATING ARF ON REGIONAL [...] (C) USAID Counselor and Political Officer delivered Reftel nonpaper to MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto and Deputy Director Kazutoshi Hayashi on July 16. Miyamoto and Hayashi thanked Embassy Tokyo and agreed on the need to [...]	2008-07-18 05:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ARF ASEAN PARM JA
08TOKYO1997	JAPAN-TAIWAN ECONOMIC TIES CENTERING ON [...] (C) Summary: Economic ties between Japan and Taiwan center increasingly on cooperative operations in mainland China, according to Embassy Tokyo contacts. The rapid improvement in the political relationship between Taipei and Beijing with the accession of the new Taiwan president took some [...]	2008-07-18 07:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL JA TW CH
08TOKYO2000	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2006	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2018	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2021	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 06:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2029	METI STUDY GROUP CRACKS DOWN ON TAKEOVER DEFENSES [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Corporate Value Study Group (CVSG) has produced a long-awaited report on the appropriate use of corporate takeover defenses that includes a strong statement about the positive impact of M&A, even in cases of hostile deals, on cor [...]	2008-07-23 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO2036	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 01:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO204	JAPAN STRENGTHENING TIES WITH MEKONG REGION [...] (C) Summary. The Japanese Government plans to fund infrastructure and poverty reduction programs in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, including $20 million to develop poverty-stricken areas and another $20 million for construction projects on the two "East-West Corridors." Former Prime Minister Abe [...]	2008-01-25 06:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH CB BM LA VM JA
08TOKYO2040	METI'S NEW AGENCY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: METI's new Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Director-General, Kazuhiko Hombu, stressed a strong desire to work closely with the U.S. on energy issues, including in connection with climate change and other environment issues, in a meeting with emboffs July 22. Homb [...]	2008-07-24 07:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL JA
08TOKYO2047	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 03:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO205	COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE REPORT SLOWLY MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: A high-level panel of foreign affairs and other experts has completed a first draft of a report examining scenarios involving collective self-defense -- currently considered unconstitutional -- and making legal and policy recommendations to address these issues. The panel, estab [...]	2008-01-25 06:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS JA
08TOKYO2058	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2067	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO207	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CHINA AND SRI LANKA [...] "China to Shift Economic Focus to Domestic Demand" The conservative Sankei editorialized (1/27): "According to Chinese statistics, the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) for 2007 increased by 11.4 percent from the previous year. Although Beijing has posted double-digit growth for five conse [...]	2008-01-28 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2075	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2085	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2091	JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Japanese participants at the 63rd UN General Assembly are undecided due to the unsettled domestic political situation in Tokyo, according to MOFA United Nations Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki. However, Takizaki said it is hopeful that both Prime Minister Fukuda and Foreign Mini [...]	2008-07-31 04:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA JP
08TOKYO2107	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2108	JAPAN'S NEW CIVIL AVIATION LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Japan's new civil aviation leadership offered no new ideas on civil aviation talks with the U.S. in their initial meeting with Emboffs. The GOJ does not plan to allocate Haneda Airport daytime slots to U.S. airlines. The GOJ, they reiterated, will not negotiate with the EU as a [...]	2008-07-31 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PGOV JA
08TOKYO2109	JAPANESE PUBLIC REACTION TO WTO TALKS COLLAPSE [...] (U) Summary: Japanese media and public reaction to the breakdown of WTO talks in Geneva has been mixed. Agricultural interests have expressed relief, while realizing Japan will be pressed to go further than they would like when talks resume. Business and the GOJ leadership, however, have exp [...]	2008-07-31 09:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL WTRO JA
08TOKYO2110	JAPAN'S AGENDA ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The priority of trade liberalization in the future economic architecture of Asia dominated debate among the 16 country representatives preparing the Japanese-sponsored "Track II" study on a possible ASEAN Plus 6 economic agreement. Japanese participants in the study group ind [...]	2008-07-31 09:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN APECO JA
08TOKYO2120	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2123	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 01:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO214	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-28 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2148	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and, to a lesser extent, Central Asia are all actively on the Japanese radar screen. We are very glad you were able to reschedule your visit to Tokyo to discuss these pressing issues with your Japanese counterparts. On Afghanistan, you will find a g [...]	2008-08-05 22:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL KNNP XD ZK JA
08TOKYO215	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-28 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2159	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-06 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO216	PERMANENT DISPATCH LAW: POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) The government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party continue to lay the groundwork for passing a Permanent Dispatch Law that would allow Japan to send Self-Defense Forces units overseas in support of peacekeeping operations, according to Ambassador Toshiro Ozawa, head of Japan's Internation [...]	2008-01-28 09:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS UN JA
08TOKYO2163	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

08TOKYO2185	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2188	METI PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SHORT-TERM OIL OPERATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been no new developments in the East China Sea dispute since China and Japan signed an MOU on joint development, according to METI Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka. Negotiations may resume in October. Hosaka also described his recent meeting in [...]	2008-08-08 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL CH IR IZ JA
08TOKYO2196	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2201	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2205	APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECT: JAPAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo believes Japan is an appropriate candidate for a future APEC food defense pilot project, but GOJ officials may not show much initial interest in sponsoring such an activity. 2. (SBU) Based on criteria listed reftel, we rank Japan's suitability high. U.S.-Japan food tr [...]	2008-08-11 13:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER TBIO APECO EAGR
08TOKYO2206	FIRST LOOK AT JAPAN'S NEW CONSUMER AGENCY [...] (C) Summary: Japan's proposed Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) aims at revitalizing the Japanese economy through restoring and promoting consumer confidence in product safety and more effective enforcement of existing laws, according to a senior GOJ official who heads the office charged with sta [...]	2008-08-11 22:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO2209	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 01:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2219	OVER-REGULATION TAKES AIR OUT OF WIND ENERGY MARKET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A poorly-targeted subsidy and overlapping regulatory authority between the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) hamper Japan's wind energy market, according to industry sources. As the cost and approval-tim [...]	2008-08-12 23:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV JA
08TOKYO2221	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 00:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2225	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2237	BOUCHER FINDS GOOD PARTNER IN TOKYO ON INDIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher visited Tokyo August 7-8 to discuss India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia with a number of senior government officials. On the India civil nuclear deal, he was told that while Japan is "bas [...]	2008-08-14 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO2238	JAPAN: CABINET SHUFFLE NOT ABOUT ECONOMICS, SAYS [...] (C) Prime Minster Fukuda's cabinet shuffle was about politics, not economics, foreign and domestic business interlocutors told Emboffs in a series of meetings. In shoring up the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for the next Lower House election, PM Fukuda concentrated on balancing party [...]	2008-08-14 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2240	JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S./INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) EMIN met with MOFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Science, Akihiko Nakajima Aug. 13 and delivered the points concerning August 21-22 Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting (ref). Nonproliferation Division Director Tomiko I [...]	2008-08-14 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AORC JA
08TOKYO2259	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-17 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2268	JAPANESE REACTIONS TO DOHA IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: Japanese business representatives and trade officials are disappointed by the failure to reach agreement on modalities for concluding the Doha Development Round, although agricultural interests seem relieved. Industry still seeks liberalization in key NAMA sectors, such as elect [...]	2008-08-18 06:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL JA WTRO
08TOKYO2272	HANEDA AIRPORT INTERNATIONALIZATION HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan has concluded its first agreements, with Malaysia and Korea, for international flights into Tokyo's Haneda Airport from 2010. The agreement with Korea marks the first time the GOJ has allocated daytime slots at Haneda Airport for scheduled international flights under Japa [...]	2008-08-18 07:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PGOV JA
08TOKYO2287	AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTH [...] (S) Japan's failure to extend its Indian Ocean refueling operations in support of OEF would be a shock to the United States and others in the coalition whose forces are in harm's way in Afghanistan, and would marginalize Japan internationally, the Ambassador told Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka [...]	2008-08-19 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PINR ETRD EAID EAGR RU IN GG
08TOKYO229	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2292	JAPAN'S SHORT-TERM ENERGY OPTIONS LIMITED, FOCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite political pledges to relieve energy price pressure on Japan's small and medium enterprises, fiscal constraints and oil supply limitations leave the GOJ with few near-term policy options. GOJ energy-related economic stimulus measures will focus on targeted incentives to bo [...]	2008-08-20 06:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV JA
08TOKYO2293	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 07:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2303	SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S ATTENDANCE AT JAPAN'S G8 SPEAKERS' MEETING, SEPTEMBER 1-3 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 04:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON OREP JA
08TOKYO231	FEARS OF DOWNTURN IN U.S. SPARK CONCERNS IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Weakening economic data from the United States and global financial market volatility are sparking fears that a recession in Japan may not be far behind. In fact, Japanese economic growth is slowing, public and private forecasts have been revised downward over the past several [...]	2008-01-29 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2326	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - CLOSING OF BEIJING [...] LEAD STORIES: Sunday's closing of the Beijing Olympics dominated front-pages of most Japanese dailies on Monday. 2. "After Olympics Come Challenges" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (8/25): "China's gold-medal-first principle of the state taking the lead in athlete train [...]	2008-08-25 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2342	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2361	CHARGE TALKS BEEF, SELF SUFFICIENCY AND WTO WITH [...] (U) Summary: Charge D'Affaires Zumwalt met on August 27 with Mr. Yoshio Yatsu, a senior Diet Member in the House of Representatives and key member of the agricultural caucus. Mr. Yatsu reiterated the GOJ position on beef and conveyed his view that the WTO discussions must resume quickly in ord [...]	2008-08-28 06:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON JA
08TOKYO2369	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2378	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2389	11 TRILLION YEN ECONOMIC PACKAGE: REAL WATER RUNS [...] (C) Summary. Despite the fanfare that accompanied the release of the government,s economic stimulus package, the consolidated impact of the numerous measures and initiatives will not be significant, suggesting that intent of the announcement was primarily for pre-electioneering purposes. [...]	2008-09-02 05:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO2393	CORRECTED COPY: 11 TRILLION YEN ECONOMIC PACKAGE: [...] (C) Summary. One of the last acts of the Fukuda Government before the Prime Minister's surprise resignation September 1 was the announcement of a stimulus package designed to meet public concerns over the stagnating economy and rising food, fuel, and other prices. Initial assessments are [...]	2008-09-02 08:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA PGOV
08TOKYO2400	FUKUDA RESIGNS, WITH CONSEQUENCES FOR OEF, DIET, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda surprised the nation on September 1 by unexpectedly announcing his intention to resign in a hastily-arranged, late-evening news conference. Ruling party executives have moved quickly to set in motion plans for a new LDP presidential election, likely in the S [...]	2008-09-02 09:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO2415	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO242	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - STATE OF UNION ADDRESS [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning papers gave top play to the ruling coalition's submission to the Lower House of a bill to extend by two months the provisional gasoline tax. 2. "How to Deal with Remaining Fissures" The liberal Asahi editorialized (1/30): "...There were no sincere words [...]	2008-01-30 05:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2422	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers front-paged moves on Wednesday within the ruling LDP to find and field candidates to challenge Secretary General Aso, who is seen as the frontrunner in the party presidential race scheduled for September 22. 2. "Russia Should Respond to Mediation by [...]	2008-09-04 04:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2428	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2434	JAPAN ON EXPANSION OF AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C) Japan will support a call by Afghanistan at the September 10 Joint Coordination Board Meeting for the expansion of the Afghan National Army to an authorized strength of 134,000, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. However, Japan will ha [...]	2008-09-05 06:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF JA
08TOKYO2445	GEORGIA LETTER TO G8 SPEAKERS ON RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Embassy of Georgia in Tokyo delivered the following letter from the Chairman of Georgia's Parliament under cover of diplomatic note. The letter was addressed to the delegations attending Japan's G8 Speakers' Meeting in Tokyo and Hiroshima, September 1-3. A copy of the letter has been [...]	2008-09-05 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR OREP JA RS GG
08TOKYO2457	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO247	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/30/08 [...] Submit an independent, lawmaker-sponsored bill on matters pertaining to national and local tax revenues for road projects. 2. The legislative branch will finish thoroughly discussing the fiscal 2008 budget bill, the government-sponsored tax bills, and the lawmaker-sponsored bill at the same ti [...]	2008-01-30 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2476	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2495	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2505	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2508	DASD SEDNEY'S AUG 27-28 MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) In August 27-28 meetings with former and current Japanese government officials and influential Diet members from both the ruling and opposition parties, visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD)/East Asia David Sedney emphasized the importance of implementing as agreed the bil [...]	2008-09-12 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2531	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2535	DEMARCHE ON INCLUSION OF LANGUAGE SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (U) Please see GOJ request for information at the end of para 3. 2. (SBU) Energy Attache delivered nonpaper in ref to MEXT Director for Atomic Energy Tomohiro Yamano, the GOJ lead official on CSC matters, September 16. Yamano noted that Tokyo had received the draft IAEA General Conference [...]	2008-09-16 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC JA
08TOKYO2536	JAPAN TARGETED REQUEST FOR AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires raised points contained in Ref A with Deputy Vice Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho on September 16 and reminded him that the United States is still waiting for a response to our requests for further assistance to Afghanistan, to include: CH-47 and C-130 air [...]	2008-09-16 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF JA
08TOKYO2537	JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (C) Japan will be represented at the September 22 New York meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee by Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Japan's Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Ministerial representat [...]	2008-09-16 09:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG EU IS JA
08TOKYO2538	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO255	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/08 [...] In examining a total budget bill and an annual revenue bill, in-depth discussion, including holding public hearings and question-and-answer sessions involving unsworn witnesses, should be held, and both sides should reach a certain degree of conclusion before the end of this fiscal year. 2. R [...]	2008-01-31 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO257	JAPANESE AND IRAQIS FINALLY EXECUTE FIRST LOAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese and Iraqi officials signed loan agreements worth over USD 1.5 billion covering eight reconstruction projects in Iraq. These are the first of Japan's USD 3.5 billion worth of soft yen loans to Iraq to be signed and come after an extended period due to Iraq's lack of capac [...]	2008-01-31 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ JA
08TOKYO2576	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2594	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2596	"TAINTED RICE" SCANDAL REVERBERATES THROUGH JAPAN [...] (U) Summary: Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) Minister Seiichi Ota's resignation on September 19 marks the latest casualty from Japan's "tainted rice" scandal, following the ouster of his deputy, Vice Minister Toshiro Shirasu, on September 18. Both Ota and Shirasa have been widely [...]	2008-09-21 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON SENV JA
08TOKYO2598	UPPER HOUSE PRESIDENT,S MEETING WITH MOJ ABOUT [...] (SBU) As a follow-up to his meeting with the DCM on September 12, Upper House President Satsuki Eda notified the Embassy that Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials had told him during a meeting on September 18 that their ministry is at the beginning stage of considering accession to the Hague C [...]	2008-09-22 00:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KOCI CASC JP
08TOKYO2601	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2612	ASO WINS LDP PRESIDENCY; WILL BE ELECTED PM ON [...] (C) Summary. Taro Aso overwhelmed four other candidates in the September 22 ruling LDP presidential election, taking 351 of 527 votes. Aso succeeds Prime Minister Fukuda as LDP President effective immediately. He will replace Fukuda as Head of Government and name a new Cabinet on September 24 [...]	2008-09-22 10:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO2614	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2625	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN STILL WORKING CCW AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan still expects to sign the Oslo Convention banning cluster munitions (CM) on December 3, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director-General Asahiko Nakajima told Political-Military Affairs Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ganyard on September 10. At the same time, [...]	2008-09-23 09:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MOPS PARM JA PINR NATO
08TOKYO2639	ASO ELECTED PM; CABINET PICKS AIMED AT SOLIDIFYING [...] (C) Former LDP Secretary General Taro Aso was elected Prime Minister of Japan on September 24, succeeding Yasuo Fukuda, who announced his intention to resign on September 1. Aso announced his new Cabinet the same day, re-appointing just five of 17 ministers from the recently reshuffled Fukuda [...]	2008-09-24 11:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD SENV JA
08TOKYO2679	JAPANESE FINANCIAL COMPANIES ACTING IN U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japanese financial companies are picking up assets available as a result of the failure of Lehman Brothers and other U.S.-based financial firms to grow their international presence. Announcements Japan's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG),would purchase 10 to [...]	2008-09-26 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO2681	METI VICE MINISTER DISCUSSES APEC, WTO, [...] (C) Summary: Japan and the U.S. must work together to develop a strong agenda to support their back-to-back tenures as APEC Chair in 2010 and 2011, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Investment (METI) Vice Minister Hiroyuki Ishige told the DCM September 25. Ishige said he personally is "very in [...]	2008-09-28 23:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR SENV EINV JP
08TOKYO2682	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2708	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 23:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO271	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2711	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2715	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY, NORTH [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers front-paged a coordinated decision by the central banks of the U.S., Japan, and Europe to provide financial markets an additional $330 billion in liquidity in order to make credit available in dollars amid a freeze in lending among commercial banks. [...]	2008-09-30 02:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2724	Progress in Asia Pacific Partnership Transport Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) members explored areas for cooperation in conserving energy and reducing CO2 emissions in road transport during the first APP Road Transport Sector Workshop in Tokyo September 18-19. Following detailed presentations [...]	2008-09-30 06:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN SENV EWWT PREL JA
08TOKYO2727	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2728	SECNAV DISCUSSES GUAM, OEF, AND RUSSIA WITH NEW [...] (U) Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter met September 26 with newly appointed Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada and MOFA Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Mitoji Yabunaka. Ambassador Schieffer and Commander of Naval Forces Japan Rear Admiral James Kelly joined Secretary Winter. 2. (C) Defens [...]	2008-09-30 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO2729	ASO'S ECONOMIC POLICY: STIMULATE THE ECONOMY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Taro Aso's campaign pledges and initial policy speech have focused on an economic stimulus policy that appeals to Japanese voters concerned about their pocketbooks and the direction of Japan's economy. Aso's short-term electoral focus is not to launch a return to t [...]	2008-09-30 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2735	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2744	JAPAN INSURANCE: POTENTIAL BUYERS UNSURE OF AIG'S [...] (SBU) AIG Japan's insurance operations are potentially an attractive acquisition target, given media reports that AIG Japan's FY2007 direct premium revenue was about $24 billion. Japanese domestic insurers are showing interest, but questions remain about AIG subsidiaries' balance sheets, solve [...]	2008-10-01 09:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO2745	SCENESETTER FOR PACOM COMMANDER ADM KEATING'S OCT [...] (C) You will arrive in Japan in the wake of a dramatic leadership change. Newly-elected Prime Minister Taro Aso is regarded as a strong supporter of the U.S.-Japan Alliance, who we expect will try hard to maintain course for our important bilateral initiatives, including the realignment of U [...]	2008-10-01 09:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2747	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2760	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2771	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2775	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2778	MEET MINISTERIAL POSTPONED: GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 22-24 Ministerial Conference on Global Energy and Environment in Transportation (MEET) in Tokyo will be postponed, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) officials told EMIN October 3. Although MLIT has not formally announced a postponem [...]	2008-10-06 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR PREL AORC JA
08TOKYO2779	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2780	ELECTION TIMING UNCERTAIN; EARLY NOVEMBER UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary. Lower than hoped poll numbers for Prime Minister Aso, domestic economic concerns, and the need to deal with the international financial crisis continue to reduce the chances for early elections in Japan. The ruling LDP and DPJ opposition have been unable to agree on a timetable [...]	2008-10-06 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO2781	Japan Economic Scope for October 3, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for October 3, 2008. Insurance and Investment ------------------------ 2. (U) Japan's FDI Stock Up Sharply in 1H 2008 Japan's stock of inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) rose more than 11% in the first half of 2008, according to prelimi [...]	2008-10-06 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO2785	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2794	JAPAN TO CALL FOR BINDING TARGETS FOR EMERGING [...] (C) Summary: Japan is looking for the more developed emerging economies, e.g., China and India, to accept binding greenhouse gas (GHG) or energy intensity targets. In the proposal Japan sent the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action for the 14th UN Framework Convention on Cli [...]	2008-10-07 07:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG ENRG PREL JA
08TOKYO2802	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2813	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2816	USML CONTROLLED ITEMS CONTINUE TO SELL IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs continue to work with Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) officials to track the source of apparently unlicensed U.S. Munitions List (USML) controlled items, including holographic weapon scopes and hand guards being sold on Yahoo A [...]	2008-10-09 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD KOMC JA
08TOKYO2817	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2824	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 01:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2841	JAPANESE SUPPORT UNLIKELY ON FOUR UNGA FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will probably not support U.S. positions on four resolutions that may come in front of the UNGA First (Disarmament) Committee, according to MOFA contacts. Japan has voted in favor of resolutions regarding de-alerting nuclear weapons, depleted uranium munitions, and the Rus [...]	2008-10-10 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PINS AORC TINT TNGD UNGA USUN POL INR IRE
08TOKYO2845	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL'S OCT 15-17 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The situation you will find in Japan is one of continued political uncertainty, despite the recent election of a new government. Newly-elected Prime Minister Taro Aso is a strong supporter of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and appears to favor a more robust Japanese contribution to internation [...]	2008-10-10 10:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PARM OVIP JA PINR
08TOKYO2884	BEIJING OLYMPICS MARGINALLY IMPROVED ATTITUDES, [...] (C) Summary: The Beijing Olympics were well viewed in Japan and helped to showcase for the Japanese China's ongoing modernization and global integration. The Olympics also solidified for the majority of Japanese already deeply suspicious of China and its intentions the view that the PRC is an [...]	2008-10-16 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
08TOKYO2886	CITES: CHINESE SEEN AS WILLING TO PAY MORE AT IVORY AUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A total of 108 tons of stockpiled ivory in four southern African states (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe) will be auctioned to Japan and China from late October to early November 2008. The auction was approved by the CITES Standing Committee in July 2008. Japan' [...]	2008-10-16 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA ETRD CITES JA
08TOKYO2895	SEN. HAGEL'S MEETINGS WITH PM ASO AND OTHER [...] (C) During an October 16 visit to Tokyo, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) exchanged views on his visits to China and South Korea, regional security, and the global financial crisis with Prime Minister Aso and other Japanese officials and Diet members. Aso and Finance Minister Nakagawa both stressed [...]	2008-10-17 07:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MNUC OVIP JA
08TOKYO2904	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO291	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2920	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2932	Japan Economic Scope for October 20, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for October 20, 2008. Environment and Energy ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Japan And U.K. Sign Statement Of Cooperation on Carbon Footprints And Offsets The Ministry of Environment (MOE) published a Japan-U.K. statement of cooperation [...]	2008-10-21 06:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO2934	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2936	NEW GOJ SPACE OFFICE CHIEF PROMOTES U.S.-JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly appointed Secretary General of Japan's Strategic Headquarters for Space Policy, Masakazu Toyoda, told EMIN he intends to formulate and implement a national space strategy for Japan in less than two years. Going forward Japan will focus more on application of technolog [...]	2008-10-21 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA TSPL KSCA PGOV PREL MARR JA
08TOKYO2938	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2954	MAYOR OF TEHRAN VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf visited Japan October 16 - 21, confirmed MOFA Second Middle East Director Motosada Matano. According to Matano, Ghalibaf was invited by the Japanese under the auspices of their "Opinion Leader Program." The Japanese view him as important because he is [...]	2008-10-22 08:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IR JA

08TOKYO2963	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/23/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2964	JAPAN TO START VOLUNTARY CARBON FOOTPRINT LABELING [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) plans to start an experimental voluntary carbon footprint labeling program involving approximately 30 domestic companies in early to mid 2009. Industry associations will design the basic methodology for computing the carbon foot [...]	2008-10-23 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG ENRG EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO2966	METI VM MOCHIZUKI ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Vice Minister Harufumi Mochizuki focused on energy, climate change, the WTO, and China, in an October 22 meeting with the DCM. Mochizuki noted a shared interest in an effective and inclusive post-Kyoto framework, as well as energy s [...]	2008-10-23 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ETRD JA PREL SENV CH
08TOKYO2976	ASO STILL UNDECIDED, AS UNCERTAINTY OVER NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary. Embassy contacts from both the ruling and opposition parties remain unanimous that the chances for an election before the end of this year remain no better than 50/50. They are also in agreement that PM Aso has yet to make up his mind on the timing, and is still in the process o [...]	2008-10-24 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO2978	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2980	INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT CONSULTS WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a visit to Tokyo October 7, INR Assistant Secretary Randall Fort consulted with counterparts from MOFA's Intelligence and Analysis Service, the Prime Minister's Cabinet and Intelligence Research Office (CIRO),the Ministry of Justice's Public Security Information Agency (PS [...]	2008-10-24 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PINR PREL CH KN GG PK RS JA
08TOKYO2983	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2985	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included a plan by the Japanese government to inject up to 10 trillion yen in public funds into domestic financial institutions as part of its emergency market-support measures. 2. "Establish Economic System That Can Control Market" An editorial [...]	2008-10-27 03:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2997	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 22:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3000	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3008	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3018	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3028	Japan Economic Scope for October 27, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for October 27, 2008. Business -------- 2. (SBU) Japan to Start Voluntary Carbon Footprint Labeling with Domestic Companies The Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) plans to start an experimental voluntary carbon footprint labe [...]	2008-10-30 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO3029	NEW TAX EXEMPTION RULES FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan passed a new tax exemption law in 2006 and is finalizing implemention now. The new law, effective December 1, is expected to make the process of getting tax exempt status more transparent and more in line with policies elsewhere in the world. Opinions on the new regulatio [...]	2008-10-30 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL EAID JA
08TOKYO3033	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3035	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO304	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3042	RESPONSE TO: INFORMATION GATHERING REQUEST: SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Japan's key Summit objective is to matter. PM Aso has to call a general election by September 2009 and would like to leverage leadership in the Summit process to build domestic support at home. Top public officials have regularly gone on record saying that Japan's own financial crisis [...]	2008-10-31 06:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO3051	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3070	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3072	ACADEMICS QUESTION VIABILITY OF METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Japan's research and development of methane hydrate extraction has gained momentum and is drawing high-profile political support, academics and industry figures question its commercial viability and are urging a more thorough examination of the GOJ's methane hydrate program [...]	2008-11-04 22:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV JA
08TOKYO3074	JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS SYRIAN COUNTERPART [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone met October 18 with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mualam in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the BMENA Forum for the Future meetings. According to MOFA, during the thirty minute meeting FM Mualam briefed Nakasone on Syria's normalization o [...]	2008-11-04 22:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IR LE IZ JA
08TOKYO3079	PM ASO ANNOUNCES SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Aso announced a new 26.9 trillion ($269 billion),economic stimulus package October 30. The package equals 5.2% of Japan's GDP and is intended to mitigate the negative impact of the global credit crisis on Japan's real economy. The new stimulus package follows [...]	2008-11-05 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO308	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3080	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3083	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3085	DPJ RAMPS UP ATTACK, AS MOD TAKES HIT FOR TAMOGAMI [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hamada and three other parliamentarians have taken voluntary pay cuts and three senior MOD bureaucrats have been disciplined as the government continues to manage the controversy over an essay published by former ASDF Chief Tamogami. The country's most senior m [...]	2008-11-05 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO3088	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3090	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3099	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3101	Japan Economic Scope for November 5, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for November 5, 2008. Business -------- 2. (U) U.S.-Japan Seminar Promotes Cross Border Investment The 2008 Japan-U.S. Investment Initiative's "Invest Japan" seminar took place October 30 in Shizuoka City. Approximately 250 business le [...]	2008-11-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO3102	OPPOSITION PUSHES COMPETING ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) The opposition Democratic Party of Japan is criticizing Prime Minister Aso's second stimulus plan and is pushing a competing agenda, which includes childcare allowances, reduction of gasoline taxes, and the elimination of highway tolls. The proposals fit into the broader economic framewor [...]	2008-11-07 08:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO3103	INCSR: JAPAN 2008 [...] (SBU) Japan's efforts to fight drug trafficking comply with international standards; Japan is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. Japan cooperates with other countries in intelligence sharing and law enforcement. Methamphetamine abuse remains the biggest challenge to Japanese antinarcotics [...]	2008-11-09 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SNAR JP
08TOKYO3104	U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP CALLS FOR POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The eighth round of talks under the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Investment Working Group (IWG) took place October 29 in Tokyo co-chaired by U.S. Ambassador to APEC Patricia Haslach and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Deputy Director General Makoto Shiota. The two sides [...]	2008-11-09 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PREL OECD JA
08TOKYO3109	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3112	U.S.-JAPAN BUSINESS COUNCIL: BILATERAL STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) The U.S. and Japan must build on their close economic relationship to become more competitive in the face of rapid developments in technology and the emergence of new global competitors, according to a new report "U.S.-Japan Economic Integration: Enhancing Competitiveness and Securing Ou [...]	2008-11-10 05:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL JA
08TOKYO3114	U.S. - JAPAN - KOREA TRILATERAL POLICY PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trilateral Policy Planning talks were held in Tokyo October 28-29 by S/P Director David Gordon and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho, and Deputy Minister for Planning and Coordination Lim Dae-Hong. Main topics [...]	2008-11-10 06:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EAID SENV KGHG KSCA KDEM XE
08TOKYO3124	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 00:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3137	JAPAN -- 2009 DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETRD JA KIPR
08TOKYO3139	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/08 [...] International cooperation to overcome financial crisis ? Various countries properly implement macroeconomic policies, including fiscal disbursement (Japan has compiled a package of additional economic pump-priming measures worth approximately 27 trillion yen) 2. Mid- to long-term internatio [...]	2008-11-12 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3143	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3146	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3150	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3153	A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES G20 FINANCIAL SUMMIT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: EEB Assistant Secretary Sullivan held meetings with METI Vice Minister for International Affairs Hiroyuki Ishige and DG for Trade Policy Hideichi Okada November 5. Topics included the upcoming G20 Summit and the potential to conclude Doha Development Agreement (DDA) modalities b [...]	2008-11-13 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO3155	TAMOGAMI REPURCUSSIONS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Ousted Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) Chief Toshio Tamogami has continued to make headlines, most recently in Diet testimony where he refused to apologize for his revisionist historical views published in an essay and resulting in his removal as ASDF chief (ref A). Prime Minister [...]	2008-11-13 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA
08TOKYO3164	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-16 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3166	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3175	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3180	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3188	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO319	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3191	JAPAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON APEC, GUAM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A bilateral summit with the President at APEC in Lima is critical to Prime Minister Aso's political and public standing, Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka told the Ambassador during a wide-ranging November 18 meeting. VM Yabunaka thanked the United States for hosting the G-20 Financ [...]	2008-11-18 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA CH
08TOKYO3194	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3202	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3204	JAPAN PLUGS FOOD SECURITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN [...] (SBU) Despite cuts in the Japanese government's overall budget, politicians recently approved an additional 1.7 billion yen ($17 million) for the Ministry of Agriculture, Foresty, and Fisheries (MAFF) to promote food-related "self-sufficiency strategic public relations." Using full page adve [...]	2008-11-19 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD JA TBIO
08TOKYO3209	NEW ASSURANCES FOR JAPAN'S FOOD SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Japan's current approach to food security undermines its economic interests and is an irritant in U.S.-Japan bilateral trade relations. Fears among the Japanese public that foreign sources of food are by definition unreliable and that foreign food, whether from China or the U.S [...]	2008-11-19 23:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD PREL ECON TBIO PTER JP
08TOKYO321	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 01:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3218	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3221	HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY TROY'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary -------- 2. (SBU) As the world's second largest economy, Japan remains a strong ally and a key partner for the U.S. in global health efforts. During its G8 presidency, Japan has shown leadership on import [...]	2008-11-21 10:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI TBIO KSTH ECON PREL KFLU JA
08TOKYO3222	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3233	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3235	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3244	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO325	SENIOR LDP POLITICIAN ON ELECTION PROSPECTS, [...] (C) Senior ruling party politician Koichi Kato told Embassy Tokyo February 4 that poor economic management and a lack of leadership could force the Prime Minister to dissolve the Diet in the fall, with the ruling coalition likely to lose its 2/3 super-majority in the Lower House. During the c [...]	2008-02-07 07:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN OECD JA
08TOKYO3251	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3264	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3279	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3285	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3288	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3293	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - THE OBAMA TEAM AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the collapse of the Somchai administration in Thailand. 2. "Quick End to Turmoil Needed" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/3): "Criticism of the government in a democratic state is a matter of course. However, such a reckless act as [...]	2008-12-03 02:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3300	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3302	JAPAN SEES DRAMATIC DOWNTURN IN OCTOBER EXPORT DATA [...] (SBU) Reflecting reduced demand for Japan's key exports in the global economic slowdown, Japanese goods exports fell in October, according to Ministry of Finance trade data released November 20. Exports were down 7.7 percent year-on-year, with the largest declines in automobiles, semiconductor [...]	2008-12-03 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA
08TOKYO3305	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 02:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO331	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3311	ECONOMIC CONFIDENCE AMONG JAPANESE SMES AND LARGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Japanese large manufacturers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are rapidly losing confidence in the economy. Large-scale manufacturers' business sentiment, according to one source, fell to its lowest level since 2002, while SME sentiment fell to its lowest level si [...]	2008-12-04 07:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO3316	IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT MASHAIE VISITS TOKYO [...] (C) Iranian Vice President for Cultural Heritage and Tourism Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie visited Tokyo November 27-30, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. While in Japan, Mashaie met with governmental and private tourism officials, had breakfas [...]	2008-12-04 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR JA
08TOKYO3318	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3319	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Friday morning included an informal decision by the Japan Patent Office to recognize commercial footage and phrases as trademarks. 2. "Calls for Change Mounting in Iran in View of Obama Victory" A correspondent for the top-circulation, centrist Yomiuri wrote f [...]	2008-12-05 01:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3325	Demarche on Implementation of Amended Lacey Act [...] (U) Environmental Officer, Senior Animal and Plant Health Officer, and Agricultural Scientist met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MOFA) Second North America Division Deputy Director Tsuyoshi Uchida, Global Environment Division's Toshihisa Kato, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [...]	2008-12-05 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAGR BTIO PREL JA
08TOKYO3327	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO333	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 02:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3336	SUBJECT: SENATOR INOUYE EXCHANGES VIEWS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) held discussions with the Japanese Prime Minister, the Foreign, Defense, Trade, and Finance Ministers, and several prominent Diet members during his November 30 to December 4 visit to Tokyo. The Senator underscored the importance of close bilateral r [...]	2008-12-08 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO3338	CODEL BOSWELL'S DECEMBER 13-15 VISIT TO JAPAN: THE [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes CODEL Boswell's December 13-15 visit to Japan to discuss key agriculture-related issues. Your time in Tokyo provides an excellent opportunity to underscore the importance of U.S.-Japan trade in food and food products; to emphasize the vital role U.S. agricultural exp [...]	2008-12-08 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PREL JA
08TOKYO3339	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3344	JAPAN'S NEW TOURISM AGENCY: ACTIONS FALLING SHORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan's renewed efforts to promote tourism to boost the economy face significant challenges. MLIT's new Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) aims to increase inbound and outbound tourism, but despite revenue gains in the tourism industry in recent years, projections for the final quarte [...]	2008-12-10 00:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV ECON EAIR JA
08TOKYO3345	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3347	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS AND [...] LEAD STORIES: All Wednesday morning Japanese national dailies gave top play to Sony's plans for layoffs. 2. "India, Pakistan Remain Calm" The top circulation, moderate Yomiuri wrote (12/10): "Concerns emerged over a possible rise in tension between India and Pakistan in response to the Mumba [...]	2008-12-10 02:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3360	JAPANESE VIEWS: ASEAN, BURMA, THAILAND, CAMBODIA, [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with DAS Scot Marciel, senior MOFA officials reaffirmed that ASEAN remains an important focus for Japan in terms of development assistance, business expansion, and political engagement. In regards to other issues Japan believes that: despite recent events engagement w [...]	2008-12-10 22:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECIN EAID AORC XC BM TH CB RP VM
08TOKYO3362	Japan Economic Scope for December 8, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for December 8, 2008 Business -------- 2. (U) American and Kyushu Companies to Develop Rapid Vehicle Charging Stations Ener1, a New York based energy storage company, announced a deal with Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) to develop rapid [...]	2008-12-11 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL SENV JA
08TOKYO3373	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 06:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3381	JAPANESE OFFICIALS WEIGH IN ON THE WTO MODALITIES [...] (C) Summary: Senior METI and MOFA officials are still looking to conclude the Doha Development Agenda, but Japan remains held back by concerns over opening Japan's agricultural market. The GOJ is watching closely U.S. engagement with China, describing positive outcomes to those discussions [...]	2008-12-12 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EAGR JA
08TOKYO3383	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 00:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3388	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/08-1 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3389	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SUMMIT AMONG JAPAN, [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no Monday morning papers because of a press holiday. 2. "Make Tripartite Summit a Regional Stabilizer" The liberal Asahi editorialized (12/15): "Holding frequent leaders' meetings to exchange frank opinions is a regular occurrence in Europe. An agreement among the [...]	2008-12-15 02:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3401	POLITICAL STALEMATE DELAYING JAPAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. Japan's response to the global economic slowdown has been short on immediate policy measures to stimulate economic growth and demand, and devoid of long-term measures to boost potential economic growth. The Japanese Government's August 29 economic policy package (headline figure [...]	2008-12-15 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL JA
08TOKYO3417	BOJ BUSINESS SENTIMENT INDEX RECORDS STEEPEST FALL [...] (C) Summary: The Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey of business sentiment, a closely watched business cycle indicator and a principal input in the central bank's monetary policy deliberations, revealed a drastic across-the-board deterioration in business sentiment among large, medium si [...]	2008-12-16 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JA
08TOKYO3419	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/16/08 [...] In the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy and the APEC Summit held earlier, strong statements were issued regarding the WTO Doha Round trade talks. Despite these statements, a ministerial meeting has been put off and a modalities agreement is unlikely to be reached by the end of [...]	2008-12-16 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO342	JAPAN MAKES ECONOMIC OVERTURES TO CHINA, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Despite growing cooperation on energy and the environment, Japanese officials in MOFA and METI report an overall lack of progress on advancing economic relations with China. To date, China has rejected Japan's request for an agreement on food safety -- a particularly hot topic [...]	2008-02-08 06:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR PREL JA CH
08TOKYO3424	CODEL BOSWELL: DIET MEMBERS' VIEWS ON WTO [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Diet members expressed no disappointment regarding the lack of progress in the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) in their roundtable discussion with Representative Leonard Boswell (D-IA),Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, and his delegatio [...]	2008-12-16 23:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO3427	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

08TOKYO3431	Japanese Leaders' Statements on WTO Ministerial [...] The Japanese media covered statements by Japanese leaders made December 15 concerning the recent decision by WTO Director General Pascal Lamy to postpone a ministerial level meeting in Geneva many had suspected would take place this week. Minister for Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) Nikai [...]	2008-12-17 03:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO3435	DPJ SECURITY POLICY STILL MUDDLED, AS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The possible shift from an LDP-led administration to one led by the DPJ has potentially serious implications for Japan's security policy, as well as for the future direction of the U.S.-Japan alliance. The leading opposition party has opposed the war in Iraq and used its majorit [...]	2008-12-17 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3437	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - WTO, WAR ON TERROR, [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Wednesday morning dailies front- paged a GOJ panel decision to stipulate in the GOJ's mid-term tax reform program a phased increase in the consumption tax starting in fiscal 2011. 2. "Failure No Longer Acceptable" On the WTO failure to convene a ministerial on the Doha Ro [...]	2008-12-17 09:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO3439	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 23:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3441	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3447	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3453	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 04:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3458	PART 2 OF 2 -- U.S., JAPAN REACH AD REF GUAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 05:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3465	JAPAN RELEASES UPDATED PANDEMIC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) released a draft of the GOJ's updated action plan for pandemic influenza November 28. The revised action plan, according to MHLW officials, incorporates recommendations by the ruling coalition's project team in the Diet on pandemic inf [...]	2008-12-19 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI CASC JA
08TOKYO3466	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3470	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3483	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3484	JAPAN'S SEAMEN'S UNION AND SHIPOWNERS URGE ACTION [...] (SBU) In conjunction with Diet members in the bipartisan Maritime Safety Coalition, the Japan Shipowners' Association (JSA) has lobbied the Japanese government for greater involvement in anti-piracy activities in the Gulf of Aden, a JSA official told Emboffs December 19. The JSA did not forma [...]	2008-12-22 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD PREL JA
08TOKYO35	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3500	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 04:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3507	PART 1 OF 2 -- DEC 18 JAPAN-AUSTRALIA FOREIGN [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials provided Embassy Tokyo generally positive assessments of the second Japan-Australia foreign affairs and defense 2-plus-2 ministerial held December 18 in Tokyo. Discussions on bilateral information sharing and a po [...]	2008-12-28 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON AU JA
08TOKYO3521	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3523	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8-9 VISIT [...] (S) Madam Secretary, Welcome to Tokyo. Prime Minister Aso and Foreign Minister Nakasone will be eager to see you to exchange views. Your press events will serve as a concrete reminder to the Japanese public of the importance of our bilateral relationship. Currently, issue #1 for Japan is the [...]	2008-12-30 02:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO3535	JAPAN ANTI-PIRACY UPDATE: LEGAL WRANGLING, [...] (C) Piracy issues in the Horn of Africa (HOA) remain a topic of extensive interest in Japan, both in the media and among contacts in the Japanese government. Calls from major publications for Japan to "do something" have grown louder in recent weeks, driven in part by China's December 26 dispa [...]	2008-12-30 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS ELTN EWWT JA MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR
08TOKYO354	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3543	Japan Economic Scope for December 29, 2008 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from December 17 to 29, 2008 Foreign Relations ----------------- 2. (U) Nippon Oil/Nippon Mining Merger Nippon Oil and Nippon Mining Holdings, Japan's largest and 5th largest oil companies, announced they have reached a basic agreement to [...]	2008-12-31 04:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO358	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no Tuesday morning papers because of a press holiday. Most broadcasters gave top coverage to Monday's arrest of an Okinawa-based Marine on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old local girl. 2. "New Source of Contention with West" The liberal Mainichi's Wash [...]	2008-02-12 03:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO364	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO371	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 01:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO39	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO395	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EAST TIMOR [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Thursday morning papers front- paged the announcement by the Financial Services Agency that the total losses incurred by Japanese financial institutions from the subprime loan crisis came to about 600 billion yen as of the end of last year. Ambassador Schieffer's separate [...]	2008-02-14 02:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO408	FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN -- OBSTACLES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The GOJ maintains its policy of boosting foreign direct investment and the sharp rise in FDI inflows in 2007 show foreign investors are not "fleeing Japan". Recent high-profile debates over particular investment cases, public warnings by a cabinet member that Japan's investment c [...]	2008-02-14 17:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL PGOV OECD JA
08TOKYO409	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO413	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO416	CLIMATE CHANGE: JAPAN REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary: U.S. ideas on a future climate framework and our plan for negotiations in 2008 enjoy broad support within the Japanese government, GOJ officials told U.S. Senior Climate Negotiator Harlan Watson the week of February 11-15. Successfully bringing China into an agreement is still seen [...]	2008-02-16 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG JA
08TOKYO465	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO467	MLIT POLICIES UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: The recent public squabble over a draft bill that would limit the size of foreign shareholding and thus prevent foreign control of Japanese airport operators seems less about limiting foreign direct investment (FDI) and more about reducing the Transportation Ministry,s (MLIT) st [...]	2008-02-21 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR PGOV EINV PREL JA
08TOKYO473	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO483	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO487	JAPAN SUPPORTS CHINA, INDIA IEA MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) The GOJ "does not anticipate any obstacles" for Japan to support the U.S. proposal to allow China and India to join the International Energy Agency (IEA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Economic Security Division Director Kazuyuki Takeuchi told Emboff February 21. Takeuchi believes th [...]	2008-02-25 03:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG JA IEA OECD CH IN
08TOKYO498	PHYSICAL PROTECTION: MOFA SUPPORT FOR US/JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. MOFA official Yasuyoshi Komizo, meeting February 18 with a visiting interagency delegation, conveyed strong support for continuing U.S.-Japan cooperation on the physical protection of nuclear materials. He also noted GOJ willingness to send representatives to the U.S. to partic [...]	2008-02-26 04:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG JA KNNP MNUC
08TOKYO505	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 00:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO508	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO510	JAPAN: SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan has yet to seriously begin considering what actions it will take with regard to the Air Self Defense Force (ASDF) presence it has deployed in Kuwait following the expiration of MNF-I's mandate on December 31. It is likely that the basic plan governing this deployment will b [...]	2008-02-27 02:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ JA
08TOKYO520	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO525	JAPAN RELENTING ON CAP-AND-TRADE? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has confirmed recent press reports that it formed a task force to prepare recommendations for a possible cap-and-trade system in Japan. The influential Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) came out in support of the stu [...]	2008-02-28 05:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV KGHG JA
08TOKYO528	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO54	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO543	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO561	PM FUKUDA AS LEADER: AVOIDING RISK [...] (C) After five months as Prime Minister, Yasuo Fukuda has emerged as a cautious, risk-adverse, yet shrewd leader. Fukuda has played a weak hand fairly well and marginalized his opposition party opponent, Ichiro Ozawa. Unfortunately for Fukuda, his low-profile, rejection of Koizumi-style strong [...]	2008-03-03 09:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO570	NEW CONSERVATIVE GROUP FOCUSING ON PATRIOTISM, [...] (C) The "True Conservative Policy Study Group" was launched late last year by conservative standard bearer Shoichi Nakagawa. With close to 80 members in the Lower and Upper Houses, the group enjoys the support of conservative heavyweights Taro Aso, Takeo Hiranuma and former Prime Minister Shi [...]	2008-03-04 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR JA
08TOKYO576	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO592	CHINA POLICY-MAKING IN THE FUKUDA CABINET [...] (C) Under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, senior politicians and opinion-makers seeking to play a leading role in Japan-China relations have complicated the policy coordination process. Adding to policy-making difficulties has been the lack of strong leadership and decisiveness on the part of th [...]	2008-03-06 02:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH JA
08TOKYO610	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO616	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO628	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-11 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO643	LITTLE CHANGE IN JAPAN-RUSSIA RELATIONS UNDER [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Ministry, Russian Embassy Tokyo, and Japanese academic experts see little chance Russian President-elect Dmitriy Medvedev will make significant changes in Japan-Russia relations. Outgoing President Vladimir Putin's expected central role in conducting international affairs [...]	2008-03-11 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV JA RU
08TOKYO65	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO665	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO669	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO674	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GENERAL ELECTION IN [...] LEAD STORIES: Thursday morning's Yomiuri led with plans by the Environment Ministry to release its research projection that it is possible to curb the emission of global warming gases by 10 billion tons worldwide by 2020. 2. "Anti-President Mood Mounting" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun's Tehran [...]	2008-03-13 04:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO68	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO683	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO697	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO7	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 04:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO707	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO710	NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO DISCUSSES NUCLEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Speaking on the record March 13 at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, newly accredited Iranian Ambassador to Japan Seyed Abbas Araghchi presented Iran's views of the standoff regarding its nuclear program. He asserted that Iran began its program at the behest of the United [...]	2008-03-17 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM PINR EPET SNAR KNNP UNSC IZ
08TOKYO722	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO723	COUNTERTERRORISM TRILATERAL BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Government officials from Australia, Japan, and the United States met in Tokyo on February 26 for the Counterterrorism Trilateral Border, Transport, and Maritime Security Sub-Group meeting. The meeting was chaired by Paul Fujimura, Director for Asia-Pacific, Department of Homeland [...]	2008-03-18 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KHLS PTER PGOV PREL AS ID MY RP JA
08TOKYO765	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/21/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO782	JAPAN SUBMISSION FOR TIP REPORT [...] Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 608 hours researching trafficking issues, conducting awareness-raising campaigns, drafting [...]	2008-03-21 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF SMIG JA
08TOKYO803	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO804	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN'S POLICY OF AMBIGUITY [...] (S) Summary. This cable describes Japanese policy on cluster munitions (CM) and summarizes Tokyo's participation in both the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and the Oslo process. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) possess CM, and Japan has no intention of supporting a t [...]	2008-03-24 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO
08TOKYO823	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-25 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO829	JAPAN: DNSA PRICE PRESSES FOR PROGRESS ON DOHA AND [...] (C) During bilateral talks with senior Japanese officials and politicians March 19 in Tokyo, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price underscored the need for Japan to show more leadership now, particularly on agriculture, t [...]	2008-03-26 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PGOV WTRO EINV JA
08TOKYO841	SCENESETTER FOR G-8 DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary -- Japan is the world's third largest national aid donor, despite on-going budget cuts. The GOJ has been able to keep the ODA budget between $10-$13 billion using an increased reliance on yen loans to compensate for large cuts in grant aid (40 percent over the past eleven years) [...]	2008-03-27 05:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID JA
08TOKYO846	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO849	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO876	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO901	TOKYO GOVERNMENT PRESENTS YOKOTA AFB DUAL USE TO [...] (C) Summary. During the past week, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) gave presentations to a number of commercial organizations including the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) and an open Town Hall meeting at the Tokyo Hyatt Hotel. During these presentations, TMG speakers [...]	2008-04-02 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO913	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/03/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO944	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO958	WHALING: JAPANESE RESOLUTION CALLS ON U.S. TO ACT AGAINST [...] Japan's House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries unanimously adopted a resolution (No.169-4) condemning the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and other anti-whaling NGOs' interference with Japan's research whaling April 2. The resolution, submitted to Foreign [...]	2008-04-08 07:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS KSCA IWC ETRD JA
08TOKYO959	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO960	AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) Recent incidents involving U.S. servicemen have highlighted the need for the United States and Japan to make efforts to strengthen grassroots public support for and understanding of our alliance's strategic importance, the Ambassador told VFM Yabunaka on April 8. While VFM Yabunaka agreed [...]	2008-04-08 09:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RU CH JA
08TOKYO967	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO975	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO987	JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT IRAQ EXPANDED NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Japan will most likely be represented at the Iraq Expanded Neighbors Ministerial meeting in Kuwait on April 22 by Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Itsunori Onodera, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. While Matano and his colleag [...]	2008-04-10 06:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JA
08TOKYO989	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO990	EMBASSY AND USFJ DISCUSS OPERATIONAL IMPACT OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan remains committed to addressing cluster munitions (CM) within the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) but may be forced to sign an agreement restricting CM under the Oslo Process, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told E [...]	2008-04-10 12:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO
08TORONTO13	Canadian Capital Markets Update - Free Trade in Securities [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian market and regulatory officials applaud U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deliberations to allow U.S. investors to trade directly on foreign exchanges that have regulations in line with U.S. securities regulations. Free trade in securities has been a priori [...]	2008-01-11 15:11:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CA
08TORONTO148	Toronto Airport Plans 56% Passenger Increase by 2020 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) has expressed concern that staffing at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Preclearance in Toronto will endanger growth plans at Pearson International Airport. GTAA officials complain that 62 new flights were recently denied ac [...]	2008-05-13 19:15:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CPAS EAIR PBTS PREL CA
08TORONTO152	Guilty Plea in Ontario Human Trafficking Case [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13, 2008, a Niagara Falls, Ontario resident, Imrani Nakpamgi, pled guilty to two counts of human trafficking. The guilty plea represents the first successful prosecution under a 2005 law criminalizing certain prostitution-related human trafficking offenses in Canada. Na [...]	2008-05-15 19:52:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM PGOV CA
08TORONTO44	Toronto's Iranian Diaspora [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At over 60,000 residents, Toronto's Iranian Community is a small but visible group in a city where over half of its 4 million people are foreign-born. Concentrated in the northern neighborhoods and suburbs of Canada's largest city, Toronto's Iranian community is constantly grow [...]	2008-02-15 13:08:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR CVIS CA IR
08TORONTO66	Canadian Banks Still Weathering North American Credit [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's non-bank sponsored (third party) asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market will remain frozen until April or May while the Crawford Committee, charged with the market's restructuring, secures financial backing from Canadian banks. Canadian banks reported their first c [...]	2008-03-07 21:03:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
08TORONTO90	No Push for Elections as Canadians Focus on Local Issues [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Canada reporting officers concur that, from the brink of defeat in the fall of 2007, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has established itself as a stable minority government, pushing through a relatively impressive policy agenda such as a renewed co [...]	2008-03-28 12:00:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON CA
08TRIPOLI166	LIBYAN PARLIAMENT CONVENES, CABINET CHANGES EXPECTED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 08:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LY
08TRIPOLI248	SECURITY PROCEDURES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT TRIPOLI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRIPOLI 00000248 001.2 OF 003 [...] (S) Summary. Authority at Tripoli International Airport is clearly divided between security services and civilian authorities, General Youssef al-Jeribi, the airport's director, told a visiting Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) team and Emboffs on March 3. Together with top security and intelligence [...]	2008-03-21 09:11:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PINS PTER PGOV EAIR PREL LY
08TRIPOLI275	MFA WEIGHS IN ON EL-JAHMI CASE REF: TRIPOLI 266 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 13:37:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI381	LIBYA URGED TO SUPPORT FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (C) P/E Chief conveyed reftel points and the draft resolution text on May 12 to Tajouri al-Sheradi, Senior Political Adviser in the MFA-equivalant's International Organizations Department, urging that Libya support a French resolution calling on Burma to facilitate the expeditious delivery of h [...]	2008-05-12 12:15:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM LY
08TRIPOLI430	DIE HARD IN DERNA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 16:59:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL PTER PHUM LY IZ
08TRIPOLI467	DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE OF IDRISS BOUFAYED AND FELLOW REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Eleven members of a group of self-described dissidents were convicted on June 10 of planning to foment a rebellion against the "people's authority system" and of meeting with an official from a foreign government; sentences ranged from 6 to 25 years imprisonment. They were not/not [...]	2008-06-16 08:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM LY
08TRIPOLI472	DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE OF IDRISS BOUFAYED AND FELLOW REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Eleven members of a group of self-described dissidents were convicted on June 10 of planning to foment a rebellion against the "people's authority system" and of meeting with an official from a foreign government; sentences ranged from 6 to 25 years imprisonment. They were not/not [...]	2008-06-16 16:20:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM LY
08TRIPOLI481	GOL VIEWS ON DISPOSITION OF C-130'S IN GEORGIA AND POSSIBLE [...] (C) Representatives of Lockheed Martin and the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force traveled to Libya June 2-4 to meet with officials of the Government of Libya (GOL) to discuss the disposition of eight C-130H aircraft purchased by Libya in 1974, which were not granted export licences and r [...]	2008-06-18 12:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS LY
08TRIPOLI500	LIBYAN EFFORTS TO STOP THE FLOW OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ [...] (S/NF) Information below is keyed to questions in paras 4-6 of reftel tasker. - OBJECTIVE MASSEY NAME TRACES: Names for Libyan foreign fighters recovered in the Objective Massey raid in September 2007 were passed in GRPO liaison channels to the External Security Organization (ESO). As of [...]	2008-06-25 12:51:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER MCAP PREL LY

08TRIPOLI506	FATHI EL-JAHMI'S SON ASKS EMBASSY TO STOP VISITING HIM [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 12:42:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY
08TRIPOLI530	LIBYA'S BERBER MINORITY STILL OUT IN THE COLD [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 13:54:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ODIP LY
08TRIPOLI532	GOL SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON WHETHER IT COULD CUT OIL [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting, the head of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) reiterated that Libya could/could cut oil production as a response to U.S. legislation facilitating attachment of Libyan assets and lawsuits against it; however, other GOL sources cautioned that his remarks wer [...]	2008-07-03 14:30:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET PINS LY
08TRIPOLI538	LIBYA FAVORS MORE TIME FOR AFRICAN MEDIATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary. The GOL is "bound by the AU decision" to support a South Africa-led national reconciliation process in Zimbabwe and will not support a draft UNSC resolution calling for targeted sanctions on key Mugabe regime figures. Libya's top officials responsible for African affairs urged [...]	2008-07-07 15:29:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI SU CD UN LY
08TRIPOLI563	OXY'S 30-YEAR EXTENSION IN LIBYA AND WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR OTHER IOCS REF: A) TRIPOLI 555 B) 2007 TRIPOLI 983 TRIPOLI 00000563 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary: The long-awaited ratification of Oxy's contract extension in Libya has solidified its position as one of Libya's leading oil and gas players. The process by which the contract was finalized has shed light on what lies ahead for other foreign companies, all of whom are expected to be [...]	2008-07-13 14:16:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECIN ECON EINV PREL LY
08TRIPOLI588	LIBYA ENFORCES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AGAINST U.S. OFFICIALS REF: A) TRIPOLI 530, B) TRIPOLI 412, C) STATE 55839, D) TRIPOLI 478 (NOTAL),E) 07 TRIPOLI 165, F) TRIPOLI 515 [...] (C) Summary: Four years after re-establishing diplomatic relations, the Government of Libya (GOL) remains deeply concerned about efforts to cover internal political issues and actively seeks to prevent Emboffs from traveling in-country and engaging with Libyans. The GOL has actively enforced new s [...]	2008-07-21 16:35:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ODIP OFDP LY
08TRIPOLI592	THUG LIFE: HANNIBAL AL-QADHAFI'S ARREST PROMPTS FISSURE IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 16:34:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM CVIS ECON EAIR LY SZ
08TRIPOLI632	LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR JULY 2008 [...] Flight Safety Foundation Workshop in Libya: The Flight Safety Foundation's CAAG (Controlled Flight Into Terrain and Approach and Landing Accident Reduction Action Group) brought its internationally regarded Approach and Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR) Tool Kit workshop to Tripoli, Libya last [...]	2008-08-04 09:58:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD LY
08TRIPOLI741	MINISTER OF ECONOMY POSITIVE ON BILATERAL ENGAGEMENT, CONCERNED ABOUT DOMESTIC REFORM PLANS TRIPOLI 00000741 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary: During a September 16 meeting, Dr. Ali al-Issawy, the Secretary of the General People's Committee for the Economy, Trade and Industry (equivalent of minister of economy and trade) told the CDA that he looked forward to the visit of Assistant Secretary of Commerce Israel Hernandez in [...]	2008-09-19 12:26:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LY EFIN EPET ETRD ECON OVIP
08TRIPOLI764	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SE WILLIAMSON TO LIBYA [...] (SBU) Your trip to Libya comes one month after Secretary Rice's historic visit marked a new chapter in Libya's re-engagement with the West and nearly two months after a U.S.-Libyan agreement to settle outstanding claims for compensation for attacks including the Lockerbie bombing of 1988. I [...]	2008-10-02 15:15:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CD SU LY
08TRIPOLI851	LIBYAN-SWISS CONTRETEMPS DRAGS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 13:50:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAIR ECON SZ LY
08TRIPOLI919	NEA/MAG DIRECTOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIFG NEGOTIATIONS WITH QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION REF: A) TRIPOLI 819, B) TRIPOLI 472, C) TRIPOLI 280, D) TRIPOLI 577 [...] (C) In a meeting with Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) Executive Director Yusuf Sawani, visiting NEA/MAG Director Stephanie Williams urged the GOL to release detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi without conditions and facilitate his travel abroad for medical care if he chose to pursue [...]	2008-11-26 16:33:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI920	NEA/MAG DIRECTOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIFG [...] (C) In a meeting with Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) Executive Director Yusuf Sawani, visiting NEA/MAG Director a Stephanie Williams urged the GOL to release detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi without conditions and facilitate his travel abroad for medical care if he chose to pu [...]	2008-11-26 16:50:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI923	GOL SEEKS TO TURN THE PAGE ON LINGERING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: A group of older political prisoners, many of whom are in ill health, may be released soon in connection with talks that have taken place under the auspices of the quasi-governmental Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF). Separately, the GOL and QDF may soon significantly raise the amou [...]	2008-12-01 10:44:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM LY
08TRIPOLI976	LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Economics officer and senior commercial officer met on November 30 with a representative of Bearing Point, who was in Tripoli discussing future contracts for the company with the Libyan government. Bearing Point did a Basel Core Principles assessment for Libya a few years ago, and now is [...]	2008-12-22 08:43:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND EPET ENRG PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI984	LIBYA PROTEST'S ISRAEL'S STRIKES ON GAZA, CALLS FOR [...] (C) MFA Secretary for European Affairs and senior regime figure Abdulati Obeidi convoked P-5 chiefs of mission on December 28 to denounce Israel's airstrikes against the Gaza Strip. The meeting was filmed and televised by the state-owned Jamahiriya News Agency (JANA). Describing strikes by th [...]	2008-12-29 14:31:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL UN IS LY
08TUNIS104	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF S/CT AMBASSADOR DAILEY [...] (S/NF) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes S/CT Ambassador Dell Dailey, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and accompanying delegation to Tunis from February 10-12, 2008. Your visit takes place in the context of a generally positive bilateral relationship. While cooperation with military and intelligence services [...]	2008-02-04 15:09:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL TS
08TUNIS1093	SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SEEK INCREASED ECONOMIC [...] (C) Ismail Boulahia, Secretary General of the Social Democratic Movement (MDS) and MDS political bureau member Taieb Mohsni, discussed the prospects for economic cooperation with the Ambassador on October 7. Boulahia explained his party's support of the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rall [...]	2008-10-14 15:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1101	TUNISIA PROJECTS CONFIDENCE THAT IT WILL WEATHER [...] (U) In the face of worldwide economic volatility, the GOT is boasting about the Tunisian economy's resilience to the crisis. Most often cited reasons for Tunisia's buoyancy include the non-convertibility of the Dinar, lack of global integration, regulations prohibiting Tunisian banks from inv [...]	2008-10-16 16:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS113	SHOW ME THE MONEY: TUNISIA'S CAPITAL MARKETS [...] (C) Tunisian business people, current and former bankers, and even GOT officials complain that continued weakness, mismanagement and corruption in the banking sector plague Tunisia's whole financial system. The problems in the banking sector not only restrict available credit, but distort acc [...]	2008-02-06 10:37:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	EFIN EINV KCOR TS
08TUNIS1153	BEN ALI'S "YOUTH PACT" MORE ABOUT BEN ALI THAN [...] (C) The GOT's youth initiative (reftel) culminated with the November 7th signing of a "Pact with Tunisian Youth." The agreement is the result of a year long "Dialogue with Youth" sponsored by the government. Though members of government and civil society have at other times dwelt on the iss [...]	2008-11-12 17:34:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1166	PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S ANNIVERSARY SPEECH - GIVING [...] (C) Summary: Ben Ali's annual November 7 speech, given on the occasion of his coming to power in 1987, highlighted the upcoming elections, announced several new development initiatives, and emphasized the government's cautious go-slow attitude toward currency liberalization. In foreign affair [...]	2008-11-19 16:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TS
08TUNIS1177	SCEENSETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Congressman Hastings and accompanying delegation to Tunis December 2 - 3, 2008. In a difficult region, Tunisia is stable and moderate, with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers education, health care, housing, infrastru [...]	2008-11-24 16:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS1178	SCEENSETTER FOR CODEL MEEK [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Congressman Meek and accompanying delegation to Tunis December 5 - 7, 2008. In a difficult region, Tunisia is stable and moderate, with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers education, health care, housing, infrastructu [...]	2008-11-24 16:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS1180	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEK [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Congressman Meek and accompanying delegation to Tunis December 5 - 7, 2008. In a difficult region, Tunisia is stable and moderate, with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers education, health care, housing, infrastructu [...]	2008-11-25 08:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS1181	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Congressman Hastings and accompanying delegation to Tunis December 2 - 3, 2008. In a difficult region, Tunisia is stable and moderate, with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers education, health care, housing, infrastru [...]	2008-11-25 08:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS1210	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT Ratchets Down Projected 2008 GDP Growth B. Tunisia Asks For an "Advanced Status" With the EU C. Tunisia to Offer Telephone License in 2009 D. Tunisia Enticing New FDI E. Tunisi [...]	2008-12-08 11:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS1211	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT Ratchets Down Projected 2008 GDP Growth B. Tunisia Asks For an "Advanced Status" With the EU C. Tunisia to Offer Telephone License in 2009 D. Tunisia Enticing New FDI E. Tunisi [...]	2008-12-08 11:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS1250	TUNISIA: Nuclear Energy Plans [...] (U) This message is in response to Ref A request for Civil Nuclear Trade Initiative related information. The bulk of the information was acquired during the November 18 - 20, 2008 visit of Special Envoy for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Jackie Wolcott (Ref B). ------------------------- Nuclea [...]	2008-12-24 17:38:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS1255	TUNISIA'S 2009 BUDGET FAVORS EDUCATION AND JOB [...] (C) The Tunisian government has approved a 2009 budget that focuses on supporting business and investment in the wake of the world financial crisis. The GOT projects a three percent budget deficit for 2009, and is targeting five percent real GDP growth despite worsening economic conditions [...]	2008-12-30 15:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EXIM FAO TS
08TUNIS126	TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS UNION - PUPPET THEATER? [...] (C) The January 14, 2008 evolution of the Tunisian Journalists Association in favor of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists was viewed by some observers, including the General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, as "historic reform." To other observers, the new [...]	2008-02-08 14:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS
08TUNIS130	BEYWATCH: TUNISIAN BLOGGERS CENSORED BY STATE AND [...] (U) While blogging may have lost its novelty (though not its popularity)in the United States and much of the rest of the world, it is still a nascent phenomenon in Tunisia. Only in the past year or so has the Tunisian "blogosphere" begun to take shape, and its creators and contributors seem to [...]	2008-02-12 08:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO SOCI TS
08TUNIS160	S/CT AMB. DAILEY PRESSES GOT TO COMBAT FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) During his February 10-12 visit to Tunisia, State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT) Ambassador-at-Large Dell Dailey urged the GOT to take steps to prevent the flow of Tunisian foreign fighters into Iraq. Several senior GOT officials, including the Minister of Foreign Affa [...]	2008-02-20 13:14:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MARR PGOV PREL SOCI KISL TS
08TUNIS170	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (S/NF) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch to Tunis next week. Your visit takes SIPDIS place in the context of a generally positive bilateral relationship, and Foreign Minister Abdallah has told us that he very much looks forward to welcoming you. You will be [...]	2008-02-22 18:01:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER OVIP TS
08TUNIS183	TUNIS SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. (SBU) ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? The Government of Tunisia (GOT) is capable of controlling and dispersing any demonstration directed against U.S. facilities. That being [...]	2008-02-29 10:16:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
08TUNIS195	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (S/NF) In exchanges with the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Development and International Cooperation on February 28, A/S Welch underscored US commitment to advancing mutual interests in the respective areas of defense and counter-terrorism cooperation, and increasing bilateral trade [...]	2008-03-03 17:12:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PMIL PTER PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV TS
08TUNIS199	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Growing Inflationary Pressures on Tunisia's Economy B. Tunisia Posts Record US $1.6 billion FDI C. GOT Allocates US $802.94 million for Subsidies D. Tunisia, Morocco Strengthen Econo [...]	2008-03-05 10:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
08TUNIS206	TUNISIA -- 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The information below is provided in response to reftel. Post POC for TIP related issues is Susannah Cooper, (Tel.) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-090. Number of hours spent by rank: 2 hrs FE-MC, 2 hrs FE-OC, 2 hrs FS-01, 50 hrs FS-02. ----------------- THE LOCAL CONTEXT ----------- [...]	2008-03-06 10:59:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC TU
08TUNIS211	TUNISIA TIFA COUNCIL MEETING: A MOMENT OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes the US delegation to the TIFA Council, March 10 - 11. The TIFA Council follows a series of recent bilateral economic events and represents an opportunity to translate GOT statements of interest into concrete action. Despite the positive official GDP growth [...]	2008-03-06 17:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR TS
08TUNIS258	TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM I: PROMOTING A MORE [...] (C) Tunisia's 2009 presidential and legislative elections represent an important opportunity to promote the President's Freedom Agenda and to press for tangible political reform. We have long focused on promoting greater freedom and expression and association in Tunisia. In the months lead [...]	2008-03-13 15:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS273	TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM II: VOTER APATHY [...] (C) Despite official voter registration and presidential election participation rates of almost 90 percent, most Tunisians say they prefer not to vote. Lack of transparency, allegations of fraud, and the sense that election results are a foregone conclusion are all major causes of voter apat [...]	2008-03-17 10:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS277	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes CODEL Boehner and accompanying members to Tunis from March 24 - 26, 2008. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural resources, the Tunisian government has proven i [...]	2008-03-18 09:18:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS278	TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM III: AN UPHILL STRUGGLE [...] (C) Tunisian opposition parties face an uphill battle in their fight for free and fair elections. Despite a multi-party system, civil society activists credibly alleged that the outcomes of the 2004 presidential and legislative elections were predetermined, highlighting a number of procedu [...]	2008-03-18 10:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS286	TIFA COUNCIL - AUSTR DONNELLY'S MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) On the margins of the March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Assistant US Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East (AUSTR) Shaun Donnelly met with Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, Minister of Development and International Coo [...]	2008-03-19 10:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAIR ECIN ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV TS
08TUNIS287	TIFA COUNCIL - AUSTR DONNELLY'S MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) On the margins of the March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Assistant US Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East (AUSTR) Shaun Donnelly met with Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, Minister of Development and International Coo [...]	2008-03-19 10:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAIR ECIN ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV TS
08TUNIS340	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Economy Posts 5.8 Percent Year-On-Year Growth B. Hike in Gasoline Prices C. Stock Market Records Largest IPO To Date D. Central Bank Keeps Benchmark Interest Rate Steady E. [...]	2008-04-04 10:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
08TUNIS356	FM ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, AUSTRIAN KIDNAPPING, [...] (C) During an April 8 meeting, Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah told the Ambassador that little of note had occurred at the March Arab League Summit in Damascus. While President Ben Ali had ultimately decided to attend, nothing could be accomplished in the absence of Saudi King Abdallah an [...]	2008-04-09 12:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KPAL PHUM TS
08TUNIS365	REAL ESTATE IN TUNISIA: AS GOOD AS GOLD? [...] (C) As Tunis' crane-filled skyline attests, real estate development is alive and well in Tunisia. While the announcement of numerous multi-billion dollar Gulf real estate projects has been dominating the headlines, the majority of real estate development represents smaller investments by Tuni [...]	2008-04-14 10:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS387	TUNISIAN ECONOMIC PROBLEMS BREED SOCIAL UNREST [...] (S/NF) The Tunisian economy posted solid growth in 2007 -- hitting 6.3 percent GDP growth for the year. Yet, for all the positive economic figures touted by the GOT, not everyone believes the hype. Regardless of whether the statistics are accurate, Tunisians are undisputedly feeling the pinch [...]	2008-04-18 10:04:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON ETRD PGOV KDEM TS
08TUNIS434	TUNISIA SHINES, SARKOZY STUMBLES DURING APRIL [...] (C) French President Nicolas Sarkozy concluded a 48-hour visit to Tunisia on April 30, which was dominated by big business deals and strong criticism from Tunisia's human rights community. The visit paved the way for Sarkozy's planned July summit to launch the Mediterranean Union and economic [...]	2008-05-02 12:02:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS439	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tourism Earnings Up 8.6 Percent B. Trade Gap Widens As Oil Bill Soars C. Inflation Reaches 5.9 Percent Year-on-Year D. Tunisia Announces Transport Cooperation with Libya and Morocco [...]	2008-05-02 15:59:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
08TUNIS448	SCENESETTER FOR US-TUNISIA JOINT MILITARY [...] (S) Tunisian military officials, including Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane, are looking forward to the twenty-third US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission (JMC) meetings in Washington on May 12-14. The Government of Tunisia is proud of our long history of strong military cooperation [...]	2008-05-06 17:13:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS PREL PTER EAID TS
08TUNIS45	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 08:11:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER TS
08TUNIS50	IMF PRAISES TUNISIAN ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) During a January 14 meeting with the Ambassador, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Director Abdelhak Senhadji praised GOT economic management and characterized Tunisia's 2007 GDP growth of 6.3 percent as "remarkable" in the current international economic climate. Senhadji told t [...]	2008-01-16 14:34:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS51	FOR SALE: GULF INVESTORS GO A ON BUYING SPREE IN [...] (S) Despite what many domestic and foreign investors view as weaknesses in Tunisia,s investment climate, Gulf investors have made several sizable investments in recent months, with the full support of the GOT. The latest to be announced are a US $14 billion investment by Dubai Holding to buil [...]	2008-01-17 11:09:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	EINV ECON KCOR EFIN TS
08TUNIS514	PRESS FREEDOM CASE DRAGS ON, BUT HUNGER STRIKE ENDS [...] (C) At a May 10 hearing, libel cases filed by five Tunisian companies against Rachid Khachana and Mongi Ellouz, editor-in-chief and staff-writer for the opposition Arabic-weekly al-Mowqif respectively, were postponed for May 31. Tunisian civil society has deemed the cases politically motiva [...]	2008-05-12 16:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS52	FOR SALE: GULF INVESTORS GO ON A BUYING SPREE IN [...] (S) Despite what many domestic and foreign investors view as weaknesses in Tunisia,s investment climate, Gulf investors have made several sizable investments in recent months, with the full support of the GOT. The latest to be announced are a US $14 billion investment by Dubai Holding to buil [...]	2008-01-17 11:20:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	EINV ECON KCOR EFIN TS
08TUNIS522	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) Rising world food prices continue to negatively impact Tunisian households, with food inflation hitting 8.7 percent for the first four months of 2008 over the same period in 2007. Overall inflation is up 5.8 percent over the same period in 2007, based on the combination of high food and [...]	2008-05-15 15:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD ECON KCOR TS
08TUNIS54	FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES: TUNISIAN OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) Secretary General of the opposition Popular Unity Party (PUP) Mohamed Bouchicha acknowledged to the Ambassador Jan. 15 the need to improve freedom of expression and association, but said progress should be made "without interference" by foreigners. Bouchicha added that solutions would b [...]	2008-01-17 14:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS568	BEN ALI, INC. TAKES OVER A BANK [...] (S) In the latest in a long string of questionable business deals, the Ben Ali clan has recently entered the banking business, assuming leadership of Tunisia's most profitable private bank -- Banque de Tunisie (BT). In April, Alya Abdallah, wife of Foreign Minister Abdalwahab Abdallah, became [...]	2008-05-28 12:04:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN EINV KCOR TS
08TUNIS595	PRESS FREEDOM TRIAL DRAGS ON, OPPOSITION CANDIDATE [...] (C) In the ongoing libel cases against the editors of opposition newspaper al-Mowqif, the defense presented its argument at a May 31 hearing; no trial date has been set for the plaintiffs to present their rebuttal. In a separate court case, al-Mowqif Editor-in-Chief Nejib Chebbi is also bei [...]	2008-06-03 16:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS596	UNEMPLOYMENT PROTESTS SPREAD TO NEW TOWN [...] (C) Following several weeks of relative calm, demonstrations have again broken out near the Tunisian border with Algeria, this time in Feriana. There have been periodic demonstrations in the region since January, stemming from poverty, high levels of unemployment, and claims of governmental [...]	2008-06-03 16:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS598	EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT DEMONSTRATES BENEFITS OF [...] (SBU) With the first phase of the EU Association Agreement in effect, both the EU and the GOT are largely satisfied with the results. On January 1, Tunisia eliminated tariffs on manufactured goods -- one year ahead of schedule. Aside from the protracted negotiations on processed agricultural [...]	2008-06-04 15:17:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECIN XG TS
08TUNIS625	TERRORISM FINANCE: US DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 06:46:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC UNSC TS
08TUNIS628	TUNISIA'S HAVE NOTS HAVE LESS [...] (SBU) Tunisia prides itself on its solid middle class and often boasts of the nation's dramatic reduction in poverty. While Tunisia's middle class is certainly impressive compared to many developing nations, many experts argue that the GOT's figure of 81 percent overstates the case. With high [...]	2008-06-11 15:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS63	GOT DECISION-MAKING: CLEAR AS MUD [...] (S/NF) As expected in a country with one leader for 20 years, key government decisions in Tunisia are made by President Ben Ali. What is unusual is that few officials, including the most senior, seem to know the process by which Ben Ali makes decisions or who has influence over him. Rumors an [...]	2008-01-22 09:24:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL PTER ECON TS
08TUNIS662	TERRORISM FINANCE: US DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 13:54:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC TS
08TUNIS668	LABOR NEGOTIATIONS INCH FORWARD [...] (SBU) On June 11, the latest effort to restart stalled labor negotiations between the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) and the Tunisian Union for Industry, Commerce, and Handicrafts (UTICA -- Tunisia's employers' union) got underway. After a series of 35 meetings over the last three m [...]	2008-06-20 10:53:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON TS
08TUNIS679	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA: WHAT'S YOURS IS MINE [...] (S) According to Transparency International's annual survey and Embassy contacts' observations, corruption in Tunisia is getting worse. Whether it's cash, services, land, property, or yes, even your yacht, President Ben Ali's family is rumored to covet it and reportedly gets what it wants. Bey [...]	2008-06-23 13:55:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	ECON KCOR PGOV EINV EFIN SOCI TS
08TUNIS69	TUNISIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Tunisia's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Topics covered include: Paragraph -- Topic 2 -- Openness to Foreign Investment 12 -- Conversion and Transfer Policies 17 -- Expropriation and Compensation 18 -- Dispute Settlement 21 -- Performance Requirements and Incentives 30 -- Right to Pri [...]	2008-01-23 13:44:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS
08TUNIS698	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCOLLUM [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes CODEL McCollum and accompanying members to Tunis from July 1 - 5, 2008. Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural resources, the Tunisian government has proven itself capable of providing basic education, health care, housing and a workab [...]	2008-06-26 16:50:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS769	YOUTH IN TUNISIA: DREAMING ABOUT A FUTURE FAR FROM [...] (SBU) For all the advantages Tunisia seems to offer, Tunisian youth are leaving the country at a significant rate -- both legally and illegally. A recent study revealed that 41 percent of Tunisian youth hope to leave Tunisia. They leave in search of more money, better jobs, excitement, and o [...]	2008-07-11 15:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SOCI ELAB ECON PGOV SMIG TS
08TUNIS78	EXTREMISM IN TUNISIA: FERTILE GROUND? [...] (S) This is the first cable of a two part series on extremism in Tunisia; it addresses the forces behind increasing popular support for violent ideologies. Tunisia's general trend toward increased religious identification and conservatism has been marked over the past year by a relative incre [...]	2008-01-25 11:05:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER PGOV KISL SOCI PREL KPAO TS
08TUNIS788	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Alstom Signs Contract for Power Plant B. Energy and Agribusiness Widen Trade Deficit C. Gas Price Hike... D. IMF Counsels Subsidy Reform E. Tunisia's Cereal Crop and Imports Down [...]	2008-07-17 06:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
08TUNIS789	MIXED TUNISIAN REACTION TO SARKOZY'S "CLUB MED" [...] (C) Even while Tunisia harbors aspirations to host the headquarters of the Sarkozy-backed Union for the Mediterranean (UPM),the domestic reaction to the July 13 launch of this new entity has been mixed. From the beginning, the GOT has been supportive of the initiative, but among the busine [...]	2008-07-17 15:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU TS
08TUNIS79	EXTREMISM IN TUNISIA: GETTING AT THE ROOTS [...] (S) This is the second cable of a two part series on extremism in Tunisia; it addresses GOT efforts to combat rising extremism, what threat it represents, and how the USG should respond. The GOT regularly points out that it has been fighting terrorism since the 1980s and note it has invested [...]	2008-01-25 11:07:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER PGOV KISL SOCI PREL KPAO TS
08TUNIS868	CIVIL SOCIETY STRIKES BACK, OR AT LEAST IT TRIES [...] (C) Despite the harassment and intimidation of Tunisian opposition and civil society groups (Ref A),many groups persist in their activism. In spite of limits on their freedom of maneuver, several have managed to overcome government-imposed restrictions to attract attention to their causes, [...]	2008-08-01 12:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS9	TUNISIAN INTEL COOPERATION IMPROVING [...] (S/NF) Summary. After several recent high-level USG interventions with the GOT, most importantly the September letter from President Bush to President Ben Ali, it appears that the Tunisian Ministry of Interior (MOI) is making an effort to improve intelligence sharing on counterterrorism issues [...]	2008-01-03 10:01:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR PGOV ASEC TS
08TUNIS924	TUNISIA TO RE-OPEN EMBASSY IN QATAR [...] (C) Tunisia has announced that it will re-open its embassy in Qatar, which it closed in October 2006 to protest al-Jazeera's unfavorable coverage of domestic politics in Tunisia. Foreign Minister Abdallah had previewed this decision for NEA A/S Welch during the latter's late February visit to [...]	2008-08-19 14:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV QA TS
08TUNIS926	FUN WHILE IT LASTED - FACEBOOK BLOCKED FROM TUNISIA [...] (SBU) Summary. As of August 18, access to popular social networking web site Facebook has been blocked from Tunisia. Facebook joins the long list of political, human rights and social networking web sites blocked by the Tunisian authorities. End summary. 2. (SBU) Beginning on the evenin [...]	2008-08-19 14:57:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC PHUM SCUL TS
08TUNIS962	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (C) Madame Secretary, my team and I look forward to your visit to Tunis. President Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Abdallah are delighted you are coming and will provide a warm welcome. They will want to hear your thoughts on regional issues and to reaffirm strong US-Tunisian relations. For us, [...]	2008-08-29 16:02:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PMIL PHUM TS
08ULAANBAATAR116	IMF: 17% INFLATION THREATENS MONGOLIA'S ECONOMIC STABILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the IMF Article IV Consultation mission that visited Ulaanbaatar last week, Mongolia's macroeconomic stability is threatened by rapidly rising inflation, measured at 17% in January and climbing. Prices are being pushed upward by increased government spending, rapid [...]	2008-03-17 01:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR118	MPs Buying Votes by Nationalizing Mongolia's "Strategic" [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Mongolia's Parliament and Prime Minister S. Bayar's administration have, in post's view and that of western mining firms, embraced a decidedly anti-business set of mining amendments, likely to be passed during an upcoming recess session of Parliament. The amendments are po [...]	2008-03-19 23:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR13	Poisoned Vodka Continues to Plague Mongolia [...] (SBU) As of January 9, 2008, the death toll from the New Year's holiday episode (reftel) has risen from 11 to 14 people and over 70 remain hospitalized out of the 130-plus persons affected by drinking methanol-tainted vodkas produced by "Aziin Chono" or Asian Wolf (AW) Company. Six local polic [...]	2008-01-10 00:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PGOV CASC MG
08ULAANBAATAR174	MONGOLIA'S KHENTII PROVINCE: ONE FOR THE ROAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's eastern Khentii province, proud birthplace of Chinggis Khan, is developing rapidly, with new hotels and restaurants, plans to become a tourist destination, and a soon-to-be-completed road linking the provincial capital, Undurhkaan, with Ulaanbaatar. Electrification ha [...]	2008-04-23 08:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM ENRG KWMN MG
08ULAANBAATAR2	Mongolia's Coal: Dispelling That Old Black Magic [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A few Mongolian officials claim that Mongolia's coal deposits stretch west to east in an unbroken (and unsubstantiated) 170-billion ton belt of untapped hydrocarbon wonder. However, Western firms actively prospecting for both thermal and coking coal argue that Mongolia's coal re [...]	2008-01-02 06:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN PREL ELTN ETRD MG
08ULAANBAATAR202	JAPANESE EMBOFFS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON RECENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese DCM Kobayashi met with the Charge on May 1 for an exchange of views across the full array of Mongolian domestic and bilateral issues. On Mongolia,s June 29 Parliamentary elections, Japan believes that the post-election Parliament will look a lot like it does at present. [...]	2008-05-01 09:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG KCOR ECON MG JP KN KS
08ULAANBAATAR205	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (SBU) 1. SUMMARY: Prices of Mongolia's chief staples have risen more than 33% over the last year, with flour spiking nearly 45% year-on-year. As most of these staples are imported, Mongolia has suffered from inflation related to rising energy and related transport costs. Other factors exacerb [...]	2008-05-02 07:57:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV SOCI EAID ETRD ECON PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR219	MONGOLIA'S ACTIVE CAMPAIGN SEASON OPENS "OFFICIALLY"; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The campaign season formally opened on May 14 for Mongolia's Parliamentary elections, and the independent General Election Commission (GEC) confirmed that the elections would be held on June 29. Up for grabs are all 76 seats in Parliament; a close contest is expected between the [...]	2008-05-14 10:32:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR221	MONGOLIAN PM'S PLAN TO LOWER GAS PRICES BACKFIRES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an effort to bolster his party's prospects in the run-up to June 29 Parliamentary elections, Mongolian Prime Minister Bayar embraced a plan to keep gas prices under control by allowing a Russian oil giant to set up 100 gas stations throughout Mongolia. The plan ha [...]	2008-05-16 01:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL ECON EFIN PGOV KPKO MG
08ULAANBAATAR227	EMBASSY SUPPORTS PEABODY IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT, PM; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Peabody Energy President for Northeast Asia, accompanied by the Charge and Peabody reps, met separately with Prime Minister Bayar on May 8 and President Enkhbayar on May 9. They underscored Peabody's continued interest in doing business in Mongolia and delivered draft r [...]	2008-05-19 09:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR234	MONGOLIA LAUNCHES FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Calling 2008 the "Year of Food Supply and Safety," the Mongolian Government has launched a new program to improve food-handling procedures, raise awareness of food-quality issues, and decrease the country's dependence on imported food. The program, which comes in response to sky [...]	2008-05-22 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV PGOV EAGR SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR264	MONGOLIA ADDS NEW AIR CORRIDORS, CASHES IN ON AMPLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) has added three new air corridors and entry/exit points to accommodate 30% annual increases in air traffic and the expected 40% spike in flyovers during the Beijing Olympics. Approximately 200 flights pass over Mongolia each day (30 ori [...]	2008-06-04 21:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ECON AMGT MG
08ULAANBAATAR275	DAS CHRISTENSEN VISITS MONGOLIA; DAYS LATER, NSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Christensen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 29 with Mongolia's President, Speaker of Parliament, Minister of Industry and Trade, and Vice Defense Minister to discuss Mongolia's role in Iraq and Afghanistan and mining sector developments, among other issues. Christe [...]	2008-06-10 08:46:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ECON SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR276	FINANCE MINISTER OUTLINES INFLATION GOALS, TACTICS; DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 15, Finance Minister Ulaan outlined the Government of Mongolia's (GOM) assessment of the growing inflation problem, Mongolia's worst since 1996. He outlined the GOM's responses to higher petroleum, meat, and flour prices. The following week, in response to a GOM request, [...]	2008-06-11 00:27:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR282	NGO Reports 1/3 of Mongolia's Urban Households Lack Access [...] SUMMARY: A recent Mercy Corps study has found that one third of Mongolia's urban households are "food insecure," meaning they do not have access to enough sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. Poverty and unemployment are key contributing factors. Residents of prov [...]	2008-06-12 09:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PGOV SOCI EAID ETRD ECON PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR309	EMBASSY'S FIRST EVER SHOWING AT MONGOLIAN TRADE FAIR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Ulaanbaatar's Commercial Section has for the first time participated in a major Mongolian trade show. The Embassy's booth displayed promotional materials and brochures from over 40 American firms, mostly related to construction. Local construction companies asked about im [...]	2008-06-23 00:22:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR321	MONGOLIAN MEDIA'S RUN-UP TO PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last few days before Mongolia's June 29 Parliamentary elections, the local media organizations continued to focus on political mud-slinging by parties and criticism of the General Election Commission (GEC). Prime fodder in the press and on TV has been recent promises mad [...]	2008-06-29 12:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OPRC KDEM KMDR KPAO MG
08ULAANBAATAR365	Mongolia's Inflation Continues to Rise During First Half of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's national consumer price index was up a staggering 18.8% in the first six months of 2008. Ulaanbaatar, with its large contingent of urban poor, has been hit the hardest, with an overall inflation rate of 23% and a food price increase of 47.3%. Although much of the in [...]	2008-07-25 08:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR43	MONGOLIAN VIEWS REGARDING IRAQ DEPLOYMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor (FPA) Tsogtbaatar told the DCM January 23 that President Enkhbayar, SIPDIS his boss, firmly supports Mongolia's continued presence, stressing Mongolia is essentially in Iraq to support the U.S. In general, Mongolians support such a presence, [...]	2008-01-24 08:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ MG

08ULAANBAATAR68	2007 Mining Sector Wrap Up: One Step Forward, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MongoliaQs mining sector took a wild ride in 2007 as alarming setbacks overshadowed promising advances made earlier in the year. Major achievements included a deal on a stability agreement with Ivanhoe/Rio Tinto to develop the promising Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, and the appointme [...]	2008-02-06 01:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN PREL SENV ELTN ETRD CA MG
08ULAANBAATAR79	The Soviet Hangover: Alcoholism Threatens Mongolia's [...] (U) SUMMARY: Alcohol, including fermented mare's milk, has traditionally been part of Mongolian culture. But the economic chaos that followed Russia's hasty withdrawal in the early 1990s resulted in skyrocketing rates of addiction to vodka and other hard spirits. This Russian legacy continues [...]	2008-02-14 01:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV CASC MG
08ULAANBAATAR81	ROK, CHINA EYE EXPANDED AIR LINKS WITH MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 13 courtesy call on the Ambassador, the new CEO of Mongolia-based EZnis Airways revealed that the South Korean Government and China's Civil Aviation Authority have made informal inquires to the Mongolian Government regarding the possible expansion of air service [...]	2008-02-15 00:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
08ULAANBAATAR89	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES 6 PARTY TALKS, IRAQ, KOSOVO, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Oyun told the Ambassador over dinner February 22 that Russia and the other six party talks (6PT) members had responded favorably to Mongolia's proposal to host the next 6PT Peace and Security Working Group (PSWG) meeting. Regarding the recent announcement that the Government [...]	2008-02-25 01:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON MARR PGOV MG IQ
08ULAANBAATAR90	THEY'RE BA-ACK! RUSSIANS RE-ENGAGE MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia has recently focused renewed attention on the Russia-Mongolia relationship. Russia recently offered to equip Mongolia with around $120 million worth of military hardware, possibly including pushing Mongolia to take two MiG-29 fighter jets.. Less conspicuous, but no less [...]	2008-02-25 08:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON MARR ETRD EMIN EPET PBTS EAID KIDE KCOR
08UNVIEVIENNA215	IAEA: HAYWARD DELEGATION TOUR D,HORIZON WITH SENIOR AGENCY OFFICIALS Classified By: Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte for reasons 1.4 b,d and h Summary -------- [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-16 10:30:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM AORC IAEA KNPP IR KN
08UNVIEVIENNA284	IAEA: U/S ROOD TOUR D,HORIZON WITH DG ELBARADEI [...] (C) In a series of meetings with IAEA Director General ElBaradei and Secretariat officials May 6, Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood discussed priority issues on the U.S. agenda: nuclear safeguards in the DPRK and India; reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF) and [...]	2008-05-19 08:23:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PARM ENRG TRGY KNPP KN
08UNVIEVIENNA373	IAEA: U/S BURNS DISCUSSIONS WITH DG ELBARADEI [...] (S) Summary: IAEA DG ElBaradei told U/S Burns June 23 that he would encourage Iran to take advantage of the P5 1 offer. ElBaradei focused almost exclusively on the freeze element of the P5 1 way forward paper, in the hope that it would help re-start negotiations. U/S Burns cautioned that th [...]	2008-07-03 13:23:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PARM MNUC TGRY KNPP KN SY IR
08UNVIEVIENNA392	INDIA/IAEA SAFEGUARDS - GETTING TO YES IN THE BOARD [...] (C) Mission has been seeking expeditious consideration of the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement, which we now expect to come before the Board on August 1 (reftel). Like-minded allies advise that successful Board approval and next steps to make the initiative a reality will require a multi-facete [...]	2008-07-14 08:02:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA427	WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: EXPERTS GROUP JUNE 23 - [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) intersessional meetings had a successful round of negotiations from June 23 ) July 4, 2008. The two topics that consumed the most time were the Technical Working Groups (TWGs) on low-light level (LLL) sen [...]	2008-07-29 08:13:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC KSTC PARM
08UNVIEVIENNA579	UNGASS WORKING GROUPS DEMAND REDUCTION ANND CONTROL OF [...] The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) convened the last two of five Intergovernmental Working Groups (WG) to review progress achieved since the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs. These two most recent working groups approved recommendations in the areas of (1) Dema [...]	2008-10-31 10:18:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCOR PGOV AORC UNCND
08UNVIEVIENNA634	GETTING THE MOST OUT OF PARIS PACT [...] (SBU) The upcoming December 15-16 annual meeting of the Paris Pact Consultative Group is a venue for USDEL to advance USG counternarcotics objectives in Afghanistan by expressing support the UNODC's "Rainbow Strategy." Specifically, the U.S. can use this forum to encourage donor contribution t [...]	2008-12-02 15:43:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL AF IR CA PK UN
08UNVIEVIENNA655	IRAN: TEHRAN EDUCATES DELEGATION ON ITS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 16:03:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR IR KNNP
08USEUBRUSSELS1716	EU INFORMAL DEFMIN MEETING, DEAUVILLE, AND EU [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Finnish Defense Counselor (protect) discussed with USEU Defense Advisor the October 1 EU's Informal Defense Ministers' Meeting at Deauville, and a UK-France-Germany proposal for an EU crisis management and planning capability. On capabilities, the French presidency views its [...]	2008-11-10 06:15:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS MCAP EUN FI
08USEUBRUSSELS859	Second Meeting of the U.S.-EU Transatlantic [...] Summary: The May 13 U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council: -- discussed in a principals-only lunch policy issues related to Russia and protectionism (reported septel); -- agreed that EU Commission would follow through on its November 2007 commitment to remove a major impediment to EU i [...]	2008-06-06 13:39:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EINV EFIN EAGR ENRG
08USNATO122	NATO'S BUCHAREST SUMMIT DECLARATION, CABLE 2 OF 2 [...] (U) Due to the length of the communique, this is cable 2 of 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY, repeated from Cable 1 of 2: As reflected in the Bucharest Declaration (see para 3),the April 3-4 NATO Summit in Bucharest advanced U.S. policy objectives on a variety of fronts. NATO Heads of State and Governme [...]	2008-04-08 17:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL
08USNATO155	NATO-UKRAINE AMBASSADORIAL APRIL 30: LAUNCHING [...] (C) Allied Ambassadors discussed NATO's invitation to "Intensive Engagement" with Ukrainian Ambassador Sagach in the NATO-Ukraine Commission on April 30. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer invited Allies to propose issues for consultation in the run-up to the December 2008 NATO Fore [...]	2008-05-06 16:33:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR UP
08USNATO199	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JUNE 4, 2008 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Former COMISAF General McNeill commended Allied unity and enhanced efforts in ISAF over the course of his command, but stressed the need for Allies to fill ISAF force requirements, open a political avenue to address the challenge of Pakistani [...]	2008-06-06 14:56:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO200	ISAF COMMANDER MCNEILL PRAISES ALLIED UNITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former COMISAF General Dan K. McNeill, who turned over ISAF command to General David McKiernan on June 3, commended Allied unity and investment in Afghanistan during his June 4 farewell address to the NAC and ISAF Partners. Nevertheless, he reminded Allies that NATO's failure t [...]	2008-06-06 15:46:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK
08USNATO208	USD(P) EDELMAN BRIEFS ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman used his June 5 meeting with NATO PermReps and a separate session with NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer to brief on his May 27-June 5 visit to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Lebanon and to urge Allies to contribute more to Afghan police trainin [...]	2008-06-18 13:26:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK
08USNATO224	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 25, 2008 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE briefed on recent events in Kandahar and Arghandab, emphasizing the role of the ANA and the fact that Arghandab was clearly a tactical and logistical win for the ANA. Responding to the briefing, Charge Olson emphasized the importance of the ANA and suggest [...]	2008-06-27 13:40:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO291	TFGG01: AMBASSADOR VOLKER'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 18:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PINR GG RS
08USNATO317	READOUT: SEPTEMBER 3 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY FROM THE NAC: -- AFGHANISTAN: The SYG reviewed his September 1 phone conversation with President Karzai, who said civilian casualties were now "beyond the tolerance and comprehension of the Afghan people." The SYG said he underscored that NATO is making every effort to avo [...]	2008-09-04 16:42:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO32	PM GRUEVSKI DISCUSSES MACEDONIA'S NATO ACCESSION [...] (C) Prime Minister Gruevski discussed Macedonia's progress toward NATO accession with NATO PermReps on January 23, concluding Macedonia's ninth MAP cycle. He cited recent strides toward domestic political consensus, minority representation, decentralization, judicial reform, police reform, a [...]	2008-01-25 17:34:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR MK
08USNATO338	NAC MEETING WITH AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During his comments to the North Atlantic Council (NAC),Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov extolled his country's priorities of continued integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, increased practical cooperation with Euro-Atlantic partners, participation in Partnershi [...]	2008-09-18 16:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO PGOV PINR AF AJ GG
08USNATO373	MACEDONIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Macedonia presented its Annual National Program for 2008-2009 to NATO Allies for comment on October 6. Greece was less critical than it could have been, but several Allies admonished Macedonia for portraying Greece, in its ANP summary (signed by PM Gruevski),as the lone hold [...]	2008-10-15 18:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MK
08USNATO374	NAC MEETING WITH KAZAKHSTAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his comments to the North Atlantic Council (NAC) Kazakhstan, Defense Minister (DEFMIN) Danial Akhmetov extolled Kazakhstan's defense and domestic reforms and announced contributions to ISAF. Allies acknowledged Kazakhstan's progress, but pressed for further assistance and [...]	2008-10-16 11:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV ECON PREL KZ
08USNATO382	GERMAN NON-PAPER ON NATO MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Please see text of German food for thought paper in paragraph 2, which was passed to the Executive Working Group (EWG) on 10 Oct 2008. The non-paper explains Germany's thoughts on the criteria the EWG should use to assess the NATO missile defense architecture options. Germany has [...]	2008-10-17 16:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MNUC
08USNATO396	ALBANIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO [...] (C) Summary: On October 17, a senior-level Albanian delegation presented Tirana's 2008-2009 Annual National Program to NATO'S Senior Political Committee. The presentation drew praise from Allies. At the same time, several delegations, led by the U.S., raised serious concerns about perceived b [...]	2008-10-24 14:18:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO AL
08USNATO397	CROATIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO [...] (C) Summary: On October 16, a senior-level Croatian delegation presented Zagreb's 2008-2009 Annual National Program to NATO Allies. The presentation drew praise from Allies in a warm and friendly meeting. Allies looked forward to Croatia becoming a full member of the Alliance. End Summary. [...]	2008-10-24 14:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO HR
08USNATO399	UK HIGH COMMISSIONER TO PAKISTAN BRIEFS NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Robert Brinkley, UK High Commissioner to Pakistan, told NATO PermReps October 21 that Pakistan has a profound sense of insecurity and sees its relationship with Afghanistan through an "Indian lens." He relayed that Pakistan is not confident the international community will rema [...]	2008-10-24 16:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF
08USNATO407	READOUT: GENERAL OBERING'S 28 OCTOBER MISSILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Obering, the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA),stopped in Brussels October 28 to address NATO Perm Reps on his way to Warsaw and Prague. He updated Allies regarding missile defense (MD) and introduced his successor, Major General (soon t [...]	2008-10-31 17:33:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PARM MARR CZ PL MNUC
08USNATO43	PM BERISHA DISCUSSES ALBANIA'S NATO ACCESSION [...] (C) Prime Minister Berisha discussed Albania's prospects for being invited to join NATO at the Bucharest Summit with the NAC on January 30, concluding Albania's ninth MAP cycle. The participation of opposition figures in his delegation, a recent unanimous parliamentary motion of support for NAT [...]	2008-02-06 13:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR PGOV AL
08USNATO434	UKRAINIAN FM TO NATO - GIVE US MAP OR RUSSIA WINS [...] (C) Summary: Ukrainian FM Ogryzko briefed the NATO-Ukraine Commission on November 19. He called on Allies to provide the Membership Action Plan (MAP) to his country in order to strengthen the forces of democracy in Ukraine, and dissuade Russia from further destabilizing actions. Some Allied [...]	2008-11-20 18:46:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF RU UP
08USNATO453	ALLIES FIND BRIEFING ON AFGHANISTAN NIE â€œGLOOMY,â€ [...] (S/REL NATO) Summary. National Intelligence Officer (NiO) for South Asia, Dr. Peter Lavoy, briefed NATO Permanent Representatives on the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) for Afghanistan on November 25. He said the NIE describes a grim situation in Afghanistan and predicts that negative trends w [...]	2008-12-05 08:31:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO PTER PINR AF PK IN
08USNATO456	NATO POST-MINISTERIAL COMMUNIQUE READOUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 10:04:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR ECON PGOV UN XG XA AF GG UP
08USNATO468	ALLIES VOICE CONCERNS OVER LEGAL STATUS OF NTM-I [...] (C) Summary: During the December 17, 2008 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting, Allies expressed serious concern about the possibility of a lapse in the authorization and legal protections for the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). They also expressed concerns that the draft law approved b [...]	2008-12-17 18:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN UK
08USNATO472	READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General (SYG) obtained North Atlantic Council (NAC) agreement to task NATO Military Authorities to provide rapid military advice on elections support prior to the next Council discussion on January 7. He asked for cooperati [...]	2008-12-18 16:14:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	AF NATO PREL
08USNATO89	NATO-UKRAINE AMBASSADORIAL MARCH 5: PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Ukrainian Ambassador Sagach discussed the broad outlines of next month's NATO-Ukraine Summit with PermReps on March 5. He reaffirmed Ukraine's request for an invitation to MAP and pressed for a Joint Statement at the Summit; both issues are controversial within the Alliance. He signaled [...]	2008-03-10 13:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR UP
08USOSCE150	FSC-PC JUNE 4: CYBER SECURITY AND PREPARATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Estonian defense minister and other speakers discussed cyber security and the need for the OSCE to remain involved in coordinating the efforts of participating States (pS) in responding to emerging threats to information and communication systems. Speakers extolled the Cou [...]	2008-06-06 12:43:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL OSCE KCFE KCIP EN FI XG
08USOSCE185	OSCE,S ANNUAL SECURITY REVIEW CONFERENCE - [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations and speakers alike called for the OSCE to move from symbolic words to concrete action during this year's Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC),held July 1-2 in Vienna. NATO SACEUR General Craddock called on the international community to do more in Afghanistan a [...]	2008-07-18 13:51:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG
08USOSCE249	FSC OCTOBER 15: RUSSIA SAYS SOUTH OSSETIA/ABKHAZIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian deputy director for export controls and nonproliferation Petr Litavrin told Georgia he had no official information about arms transfers to separatists in South Ossetia and Abkhazia prior to the outbreak of war in August. However, he added, Russia can provide information [...]	2008-10-16 15:09:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
08USOSCE310	FSC AUTUMN 2008 END-OF-ROUND: GEORGIA-RUSSIA WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Recriminations from the August Georgia-Russia war echoed through the autumn session in the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),coloring Security Dialogue presentations and even reactions to an otherwise mundane decision describing the work of the Forum. Russia introduced a d [...]	2008-12-17 12:30:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
08USOSCE91	FSC: APRIL 9 - RUSSIA JUMPS QUEUE TO BLAST ANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia opened the Forum for Security Cooperation spring-summer session even before the new chair had a chance to speak by attacking the U.S. for its announcement that Kosovo, as an independent country, was now eligible for defense assistance. Russia described this as an illegal [...]	2008-04-11 08:58:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL OSCE KCFE KV RS XG
08USUNNEWYORK1019	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FIVE AND SIX [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 20 to 22. On October 20, the Chairperson of the Governmental Group of Experts (GGE) on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened the debate. Representatives fr [...]	2008-11-05 13:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1048	UNGA/C-6: UNGA'S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] SUMMARY: UNGA's Sixth Committee debated agenda item 79 "The Rule of Law at the National and International Level" from October 13-14. During the debate, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro presented remarks. Many delegations commended the UN Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group [...]	2008-11-10 14:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1067	UNGA: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL [...] Summary: President of the International Criminal Court (ICC),Judge Philippe Kirsch, presented the ICC's annual Report (A/63/471) to the General Assembly on October 30. Kirsch outlined the Court's progress in the four situations before it last year. Kirsch called for increased ratification o [...]	2008-11-13 23:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1111	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON THE ICESCR [...] SUMMARY: On November 18, the UN General Assembly Third Committee took action on five draft resolutions, adopting four by consensus, including a draft resolution on the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Russia's draft resolution on racism [...]	2008-11-25 16:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1123	UNIFEM EVENT HIGHLIGHTS WIDESPREAD COMMITMENT TO [...] On November 25, UNIFEM hosted a high-level event at the U.N. headquarters entitled "United Voices Say NO To Violence Against Women." The event featured seven distinguished speakers, including SYG Ban Ki-moon and UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman. The event was held as part of UNIFEM's [...]	2008-12-01 21:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM UN UNIFEM
08USUNNEWYORK1127	UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: SOUTH AFRICA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Security Council held its monthly briefing and consultations on the Middle East on November 25. Under Secretary-General Pascoe briefed on the "landmark" Quartet meeting November 9 with the two parties. He stressed that the biggest challenges to a lasting peace agreement [...]	2008-12-02 21:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA SY
08USUNNEWYORK1128	UNSC: UNSCR 1701 QUARTERLY CONSULTATIONS - [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams and DPKO Assistant Secretary-General Edmund Mulet briefed the Security Council in consultations on the SYG's UNSCR 1701 quarterly report. Williams noted the improved political climate in Lebanon but emphasized [...]	2008-12-02 22:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC IS LE SY
08USUNNEWYORK1132	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROMOTION AND [...] SUMMARY: From October 21-30, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed the promotion and protection of human rights, and on October 31, the Committee heard the report of the Human Rights Council. Key themes from the two-week discussion included freedom of expression, freedom [...]	2008-12-04 15:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1192	UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 63RD [...] (U) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African Group includes the st [...]	2008-12-19 21:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
08USUNNEWYORK1198	UNGA 63: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Robert J. Smolik who served as Senior Area Advisor for Western European Affairs to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) During the fall session of the 63rd UNGA, EU and European Free Trade Association states generally aligned with U.S. objectiv [...]	2008-12-23 19:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB
08USUNNEWYORK1199	UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST - MOST STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in five months only two days after a ministerial-level Security Council meeting that saw the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 which confirms the irreversibility of the bilateral neg [...]	2008-12-23 19:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG
08USUNNEWYORK12	SERBIAN FM PLEADS FOR JANUARY 16 UNMIK MEETING TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) Summary: On January 4, Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic told Ambassador Wolcott that Serbia has unhappy memories of closed Security Council meetings in 1999 and asked for U.S. support for a public meeting format for the January 16 UNMIK meeting so th [...]	2008-01-07 15:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
08USUNNEWYORK1203	CHISSANO TO UN: KONY WON'T GO TO ICC; TO U.S.: TRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council issued a Presidential Statement on December 22 condemning the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacks and LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony's failure to sign the Final Peace Agreement. Special Envoy Chissano told the Council on December 17 that Kony would "rathe [...]	2008-12-23 21:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG UG SU XA
08USUNNEWYORK160	UNITED NATIONS PARTICIPATION IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT [...] I have received a February 5 letter from Vijay Nambiar, SYG Ban's chief of staff, in which he asks me for assistance in arranging engagement between the UN and the USG "at the highest level" to ensure operational cohesion and "prudent planning in the event of a security crisis" presumably re [...]	2008-02-20 14:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP AEMR AMGT UN
08USUNNEWYORK185	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JUSTICE PRESENTATION [...] In response to Reftel, Country Clearance is granted for U.S. Department of Justice personnel to give a presentation to the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) to explain how the U.S. prosecutes terrorism cases and to engage CTED in discussions regarding USG and CTED coordination in [...]	2008-02-28 16:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK236	UN OFFICE IN BELGRADE FEARS NATO WILL BE MIA IN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with Ambassador Wolff, the UN Office in Belgrade's Acting Director Richard Wilcox said that Belgrade believes it will control northern Kosovo and is looking for a deal with the EU on Serb enclaves in the rest of Kosovo. Ambassador Wolff responded that Belgrad [...]	2008-03-14 20:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK KV YI UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK280	RANCOROUS UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST DEBATE MAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. SYG Ban Ki-Moon made an unusual appearance during the UNSC's monthly Middle East debate on March 25 to beseech the parties and the international community -- including the Security Council -- to support the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the [...]	2008-03-28 15:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO KPAL KWBG UNSC SY IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK320	U.S. CITIZEN SPOUSE OF AFGHAN DIPLOMAT REPORTS [...] This message is unclassified but sensitive - please treat accordingly. 2. USUN Host Country Law Enforcement Coordinator was recently contacted by NYPD regarding a report of domestic violence it received from Lalla Khan-Amin, the U.S. citizen wife of Afghan Mission Second Secretary Wahidulla [...]	2008-04-09 19:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP UN AF PREL
08USUNNEWYORK328	SWITCHING TACTICS ON BURMA PRST [...] (C) During a one on one meeting with UN Special Advisor Gambari on April 9, Ambassador Khalilzad conveyed reftel points and reminded Gambari that his mission will be judged by how consistently he pushes for change and how honestly and realistically he assesses its efforts and results. Gambari [...]	2008-04-10 00:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK373	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: LEGACY PROJECT [...] SUMMARY: Former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone Joe Melrose (Ret.),currently serving as a consultant to the Sierra Leone Special Court on legacy issues, briefed members of the Special Court Management Committee on April 22 regarding possible uses of the Court facilities in Freetown once the [...]	2008-04-24 15:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
08USUNNEWYORK394	MIDDLE EAST: USUN LEADS WALK-OUT AFTER LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNSC held its monthly discussion on the Middle East on April 23. Following last month's rancorous debate (reftel),SC members agreed to a public briefing by the UN Secretariat, followed by closed consultations. DPA A/SYG Angela Kane briefed on recent attacks in Gaza and s [...]	2008-05-02 20:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG KPKO UNSC SY IS LE LY
08USUNNEWYORK408	CHAIRMEN OF 1267, COUNTER-TERRORISM, AND 1540 [...] The Chairmen of the UN Security Council's 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),and 1540 Committee briefed the Security Council in a public meeting on May 6, 2008, in the ninth such meeting of its kind. The Chairmen, Ambassador Verbeke of Belgium (12 [...]	2008-05-08 00:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PTER KNNP EFIN KTFN
08USUNNEWYORK422	UN/1267 SANCTIONS: UNODC BRIEFS COMMITTEE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean-Paul Laborde, Chief of the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed the 1267 (al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee in a formal session on April 21 on cooperation between the UNODC and the Committee. When visiting countries to provide [...]	2008-05-12 18:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK423	UN/1267 SANCTIONS: COUNCIL CONSIDERS NON-COMPLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep and Chairman of the 1267 (al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee Johan Verbeke briefed the Council on April 24 on issues related to non-compliance with the 1267 sanctions regime. The Committee's discussions of specific instances of possible non-compliance were incon [...]	2008-05-12 18:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK446	CONNAUGHTON, DOBRIANSKY BRIEF SYG ON MAJOR [...] (SBU) In a May 6 meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban, CEQ Chairman Jim Connaughton and U/S Dobriansky briefed on progress in discussions within the Major Economies Meeting process toward a Leaders Statement in July. They also shared details on new U.S. domestic legislation and the recently [...]	2008-05-19 22:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV KGHG TRGY TSPL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK523	PALESTINIAN NY REP URGES USG SUPPORT FOR UNSC [...] (C) Palestinian Amb Riyadh Mansour met at his request June 13 with Council President Amb Khalilzad to express Palestinian support for a Saudi draft of an UNSC resolution calling on Israel to freeze settlement activity. Mansour argued that there is an international consensus on the substance [...]	2008-06-13 22:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK552	UN ON PREPARATIONS FOR IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: USUN deputy political counselor Molly Phee met June 19 with the UN Director of the Electoral Assistance Division (EAD),Craig Jenness, to discuss EAD's support for elections in various countries, including upcoming provincial elections in Iraq. Jenness, who led the UN elections [...]	2008-06-24 17:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IZ
08USUNNEWYORK58	COUNCIL ADOPTS STATEMENT REGRETTING LITTLE [...] (SBU) After a heated Security Council debate January 17 on the question of whether Burma had responded to the demands of the international community, Council members adopted a press statement reiterating support for UN Special Advisor Gambari, including a call for his early return to Burma, [...]	2008-01-18 23:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK640	UN/1267 SANCTIONS: COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1822 [...] (U) The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1822 on June 30 (see full text in paragraph 5),setting out the Council's strategic vision for the sanctions regime concerning al-Qaida and the Taliban, established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999),and extending the mandate of the 1267 [...]	2008-07-18 14:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK646	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS LIKELY TO CONCEDE DEFEAT [...] (C) Arab Group Ambassadors met on July 18 to discuss the revised comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that USUN shared with them on July 16 (ref B). (Note: This revised draft contained more language on settlements than USUN's original elements but retained strong langua [...]	2008-07-19 00:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK808	UN/DRC SANCTIONS: SLOWLY MOVING ON FDLR NAMES [...] (C) As instructed reftel, USUN shared with the UK, France and Belgium UN missions on September 2 information from Washington on individuals affiliated with the FDLR rebel group operating in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The UK, France and Belgium reiterated their desire to [...]	2008-09-08 23:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK870	AT THE UN, IRAN, GEORGIA, BOLIVIA AND OTHERS [...] Summary: The annual UN General Debate continued in the afternoon of September 23 on the themes of global food crisis and UN reform among others. Iran and Lebanon strongly criticized Israel. Iran also defended its nuclear program. Georgia spoke about the need for a stronger UN role given Rus [...]	2008-09-29 14:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON UNGA AORC FI BK RW LH IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK897	SYG BAN'S SEPTEMBER 25 HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON THE FOOD CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. Discussion of the global food price crisis dominated UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's September 25 high-level event on food security and climate change. Ban committed to providing leadership on the food crisis through the High-Level Task Force process, and stated that policy [...]	2008-10-01 20:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG SENV UN
08USUNNEWYORK921	DRUGS AND ELECTION CONCERNS IN GUINEA-BISSAU FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 23:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BR SG XY UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK995	UPDATE ON DOHA FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT (FFD) [...] (U) Summary. Delegations in New York have completed the first reading of the "zero draft" of the outcome document for the November 29 - December 3 Financing for Development Review Conference in Doha. The Egyptian and Norwegian co-facilitators for the FfD process hope to finalize the outcome [...]	2008-10-31 21:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN ECON ETRD UN
08VALLETTA101	MALTA'S RESHUFFLED CABINET INCLUDES NEW FM [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, newly re-elected Prime Minister Gonzi announced his new cabinet. The new cabinet consolidates twelve ministries into eight, with the aim being a leaner and more efficient government. Of particular interest to the US is the fact that the new Foreign Minister is Tonio [...]	2008-03-14 15:14:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MT
08VALLETTA146	SCENESETTER FOR U/S LEVEY APR 15-17 VISIT TO MALTA [...] (S) U/S Levey: Embassy Valletta looks forward to your upcoming visit to Malta. Composed of several tiny islands in the Mediterranean, Malta's small size and population (400,000) belies a relatively important strategic and geopolitical role. Malta joined the EU in 2004, adopting the Euro as its [...]	2008-04-09 11:42:00	Embassy Valletta	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN PTER IR EFIN PARM MT
08VALLETTA244	MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DOMESTIC DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 14:11:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR MT
08VALLETTA95	MALTA: SANCTIONS MONITORING BOARD ACTS ON US [...] (U) On March 7, 2008, PolOff communicated details of US Treasury Department domestic designations of four Syrian individuals per reftel to Charles Inguanez, MFA Director-General for Economic Affairs and Chairman of Malta's Sanctions Monitoring Board (SMB). 2. (C) Inguanez got back to us lat [...]	2008-03-07 14:49:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC UNSC MT PREL
08VANCOUVER288	BRITISH COLUMBIA HOLDS CONFERENCE ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Summary: The BC Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons (OCTIP) held its first ever conference bringing together law enforcement, NGOs, academics, government and political representatives to share ideas and best practices on addressing human trafficking. DPO and representatives of the Consul [...]	2008-11-15 00:07:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED	CA PGOV KTIP
08VANCOUVER76	TWO-YEAR COUNTDOWN TO THE VANCOUVER WINTER OLYMPICS [...] Summary: This is the first of two cables assessing preparations as Vancouver passes the two-year mark in its countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Organizers and officials are giddy with satisfaction over the preparations for the Games thus far. All major sporting venues are complete or wil [...]	2008-04-04 16:48:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED	CA KOLY PGOV ECON ASEC
08VATICAN14	POST ANALYSIS OF PAPAL ADDRESS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: In his annual address on January 7 to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI provided an overview of the Vatican's concerns on a broad range of issues and hot spots. As revealing as his actual words are the Pope's omissions and nuances. Among the cou [...]	2008-01-14 16:41:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM CU CH VE LE IS IR IZ VT
08VATICAN15	HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with a visiting White House official, Holy See Deputy FM Parolin called for dialogue to resolve the Lebanese political impasse and address concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Parolin confirmed that negotiations with Israel on taxation of Church proper [...]	2008-01-18 19:11:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF LE IS SY IR VT
08VATICAN28	LAY MOVEMENTS, PART II: SANT'EGIDIO, COMUNION AND LIBERATION, AND OPUS DEI [...] (U) This is the third in a series intended to facilitate cooperation with Holy See and Catholic Church entities to promote U.S. goals through a greater understanding of the Holy See's institutions, agencies and structures (reftel B). In this cable, we continue our discussion of ecclesial movements [...]	2008-02-25 13:34:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
08VATICAN42	WHA A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES CUBA, PARAGUAY, BOLIVIA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Holy See wants a peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba and will continue to raise the issue of political prisoners with Havana, but believes that change will be slow. For the Holy See, social justice and addressing inequality are key to the success of democracy in the hem [...]	2008-06-06 15:27:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF UN CU PA NU VT
08VIENNA1057	AUSTRIAN MFA ON RELATIONS WITH SYRIA: "CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Austria acknowledges the problems of dealing with Syria and the lack of concrete progress in the European dialogue with Damascus thus far. Nonetheless, Vienna sees multiple potential dangers to the broader Middle East should Syria be isolated. Austria does and will continue to m [...]	2008-07-25 14:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE EUN AU
08VIENNA1095	AUSTRIANS PROMOTE JOINT STATEMENT OF CONCERN AT [...] (C) Pushed by long-standing principle and short-term political calculations, Austria, with Norwegian support, is seeking support from "like-minded" states to agree to a statement of concerns about the terms of the IAEA Safeguards Agreement to be approved August 1. The Austrians do not believe [...]	2008-07-31 14:25:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP AU
08VIENNA1176	AUSTRIANS REMAIN UNDECIDED ON NSG DRAFT EXCEPTION [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed reftel A points August 13 with Johannes Kyrle, MFA SecGen. He emphasized that the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative is of vital importance to the USG, and to the global non-proliferation regime. He stressed that the NSG needs to act quickly in order for the Ini [...]	2008-08-14 06:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AORC AU
08VIENNA1304	AVIAN FLU CONFERENCE IN EGYPT: AUSTRIA PLANNING TO ATTEND, [...] Hubert Hrabcik, General Director of Public Health in the Ministry of Health, Family and Youth Affairs (Assistant Secretary level) told Emboff he had registered for the Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza in October in Egypt and intended to represent the GoA in Sharm el Sheik [...]	2008-09-10 10:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL AU
08VIENNA1348	AUSTRIA TO MISS KYOTO CLIMATE TARGETS, PROMPTING CALLS FOR [...] SUMMARY: Austria will miss its Kyoto Protocol greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions reduction goal by a wide margin again this year -- about a third -- according to a recent study. Austria stabilized emissions at 91.1 million tons CO2 equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2006, but committed to emit only 68.8 mil [...]	2008-09-15 10:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG PREL EIND ECON AU
08VIENNA1362	AUSTRIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY RECOMMENDS DELAY IN [...] (C) Summary. The Austrian MoI believes for several reasons that U.S.-Austrian talks on the VWP MOU HSPD-6 and a Preum-like agreement should be postponed until after the formation of a new Austrian government -- unlikely before January 2009. U.S.-Austrian talks could be held in February, but [...]	2008-09-17 08:42:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CVIS PREL AU
08VIENNA1391	AUSTRIA FAVORS FRENCH PROPOSAL ON BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY [...] Embassy reps discussed biofuels sustainability with biofuels experts Sonja Schantl and Heinz Bach in the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment, Forestry and Water Management (who have the lead on Austria's biofuels position within the EU). Our interlocutors told us that ecological and social s [...]	2008-09-22 11:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN AU
08VIENNA141	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 29, 2008 [...] A recent Gallup poll shows that the People's Party (OeVP) has jumped ahead of the Social Democrats (SPOe) in public opinion. The poll gives the OeVP 36 percent, an increase of one percentage point since the last poll, and the SPOe is at 33 percent, a decrease of one percentage point. The Greens [...]	2008-01-29 15:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA145	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 30, 2008 [...] Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider (BZOe) has said that he sees no legal obstacles to a provincial referendum on the new EU Reform Treaty in the wake of his party's collection of 15,000 signatures in support of such a move. Haider claims that ratification of the Treaty would affect the province i [...]	2008-01-30 14:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
08VIENNA1534	Austrian Euro 100 billion package for banks [...] Summary: In accordance with the October 12 EU agreement, the GoA proposed a Euro 100 billion ($135 billion) "rescue package" for Austrian banks on October 13. The Government Council (cabinet) approved the corresponding legislative proposal on October 14. The plan includes Euro 85 billion ($ [...]	2008-10-15 14:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AU
08VIENNA1550	Weak Competition Fuels High Energy Prices In [...] SUMMARY: Energy prices in Austria Q as in most EU countries Q have soared even more than food prices. As of August 31, energy prices for households were up 14% year-on-year and gasoline cost 15% more (diesel almost 30% more) while the overall inflation rate in this period was 3.7%. Natural [...]	2008-10-20 10:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL AU

08VIENNA1618	AUSTRIA: 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) Austria is primarily a transit country for illicit drugs; it is not a drug producing country. Experts see no change in the usual strategies of illegal trade of narcotic substances in 2008, except for precursor substances, where since 2007 Austria has begun to serve as a depot country for in [...]	2008-11-03 15:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SNAR AU

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